Here are the groups for the online qualifier portion of the qualifier - top 4 + 1 wildcard advance to join the 3 WC teams (SKT, Samsung, Najin Sword) for the offline portion broadcast by OGN. Dual tournament format (2nd place goes to wildcard qualifier, which is single elimination)

10/7 5pm KST
LG-IM #1 vs CJ Frost
VTG vs CJ Blaze

10/8 5pm KST
Samsung Galaxy Blue vs KT Arrows
CTU vs KT Bullets

10/9 5pm KST
Jin Air Stealths vs Xenics Storm
LG-IM #2 vs Xenics Blast

10/10 5pm KST
Najin Shield vs Sirius Vega
Jin Air Falcons vs Mook

Wildcard 10/11 5pm KST
A 2nd vs B 2nd
C 2nd vs D 2nd
Winner of 1st Match vs Winner of 2nd Match (Bo3)

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

September 30 2013 14:27 GMT

haha i totally forgot wcg was still a thing

is there some site with aggregate wcg info across all regions? or as much as possible?

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

September 30 2013 14:35 GMT

so when's the first time we'll see skt's 2nd team in action? their adc "it now" made it to challenger just now with beastly stats, especially on poke and skillshot dependent champs. looks like a beast team in the making

Dan HH

Romania9173 Posts

September 30 2013 14:38 GMT

The online portion is gonna be on NGTV.
Kinda weird that LPL & OGN teams can participate but LCS teams/players can't.

On September 30 2013 23:27 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
haha i totally forgot wcg was still a thing

is there some site with aggregate wcg info across all regions? or as much as possible?

The Leaguepedia Page is alright.
Also, this for the Chinese qualifier - http://www.tatazu.com/index.php?action-viewnews-itemid-37829-page-16
And for Taiwan it's gonna be Gama Bears vs winner of LNL (it's between TPS & TPA so far).
Other than CN, KR & TW most will be 3rd tier teams.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

September 30 2013 14:47 GMT

On September 30 2013 23:38 Dan HH wrote:
Kinda weird that LPL & OGN teams can participate but LCS teams/players can't.

Because Riot is against international competition outside of Worlds but Tencent and Riot Korea aren't.

Given how China/Korea have participated in other cross-regional competition over the past year while NA/EU haven't, it's not that surprising.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

September 30 2013 14:47 GMT

On September 30 2013 23:38 Dan HH wrote:
The online portion is gonna be on NGTV.
Kinda weird that LPL & OGN teams can participate but LCS teams/players can't.

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thanks

it's pretty much expected, im just hyped for it as an Asian powerhouse international tournament now anyways~

On September 30 2013 23:35 oneofthem wrote:
so when's the first time we'll see skt's 2nd team in action? their adc "it now" made it to challenger just now with beastly stats, especially on poke and skillshot dependent champs. looks like a beast team in the making

more godly adc teams for me to bandwagon on?? my body is ready

On September 30 2013 23:47 TheYango wrote:

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more china vs korea will be good after worlds to see how the other teams in the region mathc up - presumably we'll get some different teams than we saw in s3, and presumably more games

Dan HH

Romania9173 Posts

September 30 2013 14:53 GMT

On September 30 2013 23:47 TheYango wrote:

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Can't say it's surprising but I was hoping that at least between Worlds and LCS Spring S4 they would be allowed to play in other tournaments, since it's such a long time.

There's also IeSF, IEM Singapore, IEM Sao Paulo, Dreamhack Winter and ITB's EU Nations Cup in this gap and it's gonna be pretty frustrating if they keep LCS players on the sidelines for all of them.

On September 30 2013 23:47 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
more china vs korea will be good after worlds to see how the other teams in the region mathc up - presumably we'll get some different teams than we saw in s3, and presumably more games

Well there's only gonna be 1 team for each and probably gonna meet just in the final while the other ~30 teams will be walkovers. Imo the KR & CN qualifiers will be higher quality than the actual main event.

UmberBane

Germany5450 Posts

September 30 2013 16:01 GMT

Have to say I don't particularly care about WCG anymore, but good games will be good games.
I'm most interested in the CJ teams, KT A, and Jin Air Falcons. LG-IM 2 might also be interesting to see.

LaM

United States1321 Posts

September 30 2013 16:06 GMT

CJ teams using their summer rosters still or reformed rosters? I wanna see the CJ superteam. Doesn't exist yet and is already my favorite team.

Inflicted

Australia18228 Posts

September 30 2013 16:16 GMT

#10

How were the teams chosen? Are the new teams (Sirius Vega/Mook) any good?
Group D is so much easier to the other 3.

Leeto

United States1320 Posts

September 30 2013 18:01 GMT

#11

It kinda sucks that both CJ teams and both KT teams are in the same groups.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21244 Posts

September 30 2013 18:35 GMT

#12

On October 01 2013 03:01 Leeto wrote:
It kinda sucks that both CJ teams and both KT teams are in the same groups.

Second place advances too so all four can advance.

Well, at least into the wild card in which case at lest one would be eliminated.

iKill[ShocK]

Vietnam3530 Posts

September 30 2013 19:44 GMT

#13

anything definite on both CJ's lineups? lots of rumors lately but nothing solid

Itsmedudeman

United States19229 Posts

October 01 2013 07:11 GMT

#14

Too bad SKT T2 isn't finished yet. They could honestly give SKT T1 a run for their money assuming they get coached up in the same manner. Godly top laner, godly jungler, godly adc, just need godly support and mid laner. I guess the mid laner is incredibly important though in this meta.

I've also heard xenics storm is pretty strong now.

Arpejjio

United States130 Posts

October 02 2013 03:22 GMT

#15

I really want to see if KT has changed. The roster is perfect, but with Score being given a new powerful Corki and Ezreal, all they need is to have InSec learn more champions (switch to more carry role than tank) then they can easily win Winter.

GTR

51543 Posts

October 06 2013 13:30 GMT

#16

Oh, now I remember Mook...

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=398841

UmberBane

Germany5450 Posts

October 06 2013 13:40 GMT

#17

Wow seriously? Oh boy.

Sharp memory GTR

RouaF

France4121 Posts

October 06 2013 13:53 GMT

#18

Any idea if there will be vods ?

Dan HH

Romania9173 Posts

October 06 2013 14:01 GMT

#19

Is Sirius Vega the same as Sirius Altair which played in last season's NLB? Anyway I love the fact that they're named after bright stars.

I'm pretty sure Mook played in Clan Battle (which is like 1 tier below NLB) and finished top 4 there.

WhiteWulf

Australia244 Posts

October 06 2013 14:03 GMT

#20

so hyped to see how the new cj teams do