ASUS ROG The GD Invitational

Unfortunately EG.Stephano.RC has cancelled his participation to the event.

EG has provided a quick statement about the matter:

Despite the short notice, a replacement has already been found and TLAF-Liquid.TLO will be taking Stephano's place in the tournament.

ASUS ROG The GD Invitational announces the groups that are going to start the $10 000 USD tournament off next Saturday, 13. October.

At the end of this week The GD Studio welcomes ASUS ROG under their roof as the ASUS ROG The GD Invitational is about to start. Eight top European players have been invited to the GD house to determine who is the new ASUS ROG champion. With just a few more days until the event gets going, it is time to release the groups.


Groups

• Group A
  
  • Karont3.LucifroN
    
  • EG.ThorZaIN.RC
    
  • FnaticRC.NightEnD
    
  • TLAF-Liquid.Ret

• Group B
  
  • EG.Stephano.RC TLAF-Liquid.TLO
    
  • mouz.MaNa
    
  • Empire.Kas
    
  • ROG.elfi

Reminder: the groups are played in round robin format with bo3 matches. The top three players in each group advance to the playoffs with the group winners placed straight into the second round.


Rough Schedule
Due to the casual nature of the event, a formal schedule is not available beforehand. However, a rough schedule can be drawn from the fact that all tournament games will be streamed individually, one by one.

• Saturday 13. October
  
  • ~10:00 GMT (+00:00) Group A starts
    
  • ~16:00 GMT (+00:00) Group B starts
    
  
  
• Sunday 14. October
  
  • ~12:00 GMT (+00:00) Playoffs start

ASUS ROG announces the full player list and more details about the upcoming $10 000 USD invitational tournament ASUS ROG The GD Invitational held in Stockholm 13-14 October.

Only two weeks to go until the next ASUS ROG Tournament starts in Stockholm, Sweden. As we previously announced, eight European players are invited to battle over the trophy in the two day tournament in a laid back environment provided by the GD Studio crew and their house. Earlier, we revealed three names ( ROG.elfi, Empire.Kas, TLAF-Liquid.Ret), but now the roster is complete with the remaining five invites going to some of the best names in Europe:
EG.Stephano.RC, EG.ThorZaIN.RC, mouz.MaNa, Karont3.LucifroN and FnaticRC.NightEnD.

There has been a change in the tournament format since the last announcement. The group stage will be played in a round robin format instead of the GSL style double tournament format. The reason for this is that with only one player dropping out in a group the usual problems in a round robin system are avoided, and also the GSL style group doesn’t leave much suspense for the last match as both of the players are going to advance regardless of the result.

More details such as groups and schedule released closer to the tournament.

Tournament details

• Location: The GD Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• Date: Oct 13-14
  
• Prize pool: 10 000 $
  
• Players: 8 invited European players
  
• Format: Groups + playoffs
  
• Casters: Apollo & Semmler + guests
  
• Stream: Free HD stream
  
• Event type: Studio, no live audience
  

Full player list

• ROG.elfi
  
• Empire.Kas
  
• TLAF-Liquid.Ret
  
• EG.Stephano.RC
  
• EG.ThorZaIN.RC
  
• mouz.MaNa
  
• Karont3.LucifroN
  
• FnaticRC.NightEnD
  

Prize distribution

• 1st: $4000
  
• 2nd: $2000
  
• 3rd/4th: $1000
  
• 5th/6th: $700
  
• 7th/8th: $300
  

Tournament format

• 2 x 4 player round robin groups
  
• Top 3 advances from each group
  
• 6 player single-elimination playoffs (group winners advance directly to semi-finals)
  

Map pool

• TheGD Daybreak (6x1 middle base)
  
• TheGD Antiga Shipyard (No gold bases, forced cross-spawns)
  
• TheGD Entombed Valley (Horizontal spawns disabled)
  
• TheGD Cloud Kingdom
  
• TheGD Ohana