It is in the rulebook: "Starts in calendar week 14 [Monday, 31st of March, 2014]
Ends in calendar week 23 [Sunday, 1st of June, 2014]"

source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCSKe-TrkqqBKqe-fMdTjcHAyHkbqYPr2XRguwPNbNg/edit

Musicus

Germany23579 Posts

March 20 2014 20:05 GMT

#49

On March 21 2014 04:55 NovaMB wrote:

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Ace Revive is back, Mercenaries is gone (unless its a team partnership ie. dignitas-HKA, which is basically a mercenary Sen)

Yeah Ace is Ace, that's not revive. And mercs still possible but only with team alliances, ok thanks.

Drake

Germany6146 Posts

March 20 2014 20:49 GMT

#50

AHHH
root and EG in same group is hurting hard

Aceii

Germany83 Posts

March 20 2014 22:11 GMT

#51

On March 21 2014 04:55 Niko_Thien wrote:

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oh Ok. Thanks

ogsgodlike

Bulgaria31 Posts

March 20 2014 22:34 GMT

#52

Bounty Hunters EZZZZZilyyyyyyyyyyyyy

linkhimura

Argentina231 Posts

March 20 2014 22:36 GMT

#53

I was hoping to see "more" well-known teams, but this still is nice. Also not having like supreme teams in this makes it a little more competitive, not knowing exactly from the get go who will win.

Waxangel

United States33638 Posts

March 20 2014 23:06 GMT

#54

Hm, what happens if boutny hunters make it in but YoDa or First get signed mid season? Do we have another Karont3 situation?

RNSjavi

Argentina7 Posts

March 21 2014 00:27 GMT

#55

On March 20 2014 21:33 HighArT wrote:
Bounty hunters lineup:

MC
First
Yoda
ReaL

Nice Lineup!
Want want to see EG vs ROOT and IvD vs MYi..

Thanks ACER for another ATC!

vult

United States9400 Posts

March 21 2014 00:30 GMT

#56

Ouch, that Taiwan kill first round

root4root!

VoldorusLM

United States5 Posts

March 21 2014 00:56 GMT

#57

Excited to see the Bounty Hunters in action, aside from roster depth at a glance it looks like they'll take a spot. Otherwise it seems like a pretty tight qualifier, will be interesting to see what some lesser known squads bring to the table.

jacky9185

Taiwan27 Posts

March 21 2014 02:16 GMT

#58

Flash Wolves gogo!!

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19367 Posts

March 21 2014 03:19 GMT

#59

On March 21 2014 08:06 Waxangel wrote:
Hm, what happens if boutny hunters make it in but YoDa or First get signed mid season? Do we have another Karont3 situation?

No. This time they will just let MC play in any absent players spot of course... pending he wears the murloc outfit.

Circumstance

United States11403 Posts

March 21 2014 04:25 GMT

#60

I'm guessing this is also the official public notice of Real's separation from Alien Invasion.

Onto the groups:

Group 1: EG is the odds-on favorite. While Root has been coming on strong lately with a lot of good pickups and some very nice results, watching EG in Shoutcraft is the reminder that when they're ready, this team is cash money. (All my love to Karnage and the French, but they really will just be stepping stones.)

Group 2: I can say straight-up that Alternate cannot hang with this crowd. First and Yoda, assuming that they'll be playing with similar lag that led them to shockingly quick exits from the WCS EU qualifiers, are tricky propositions, though they do have the advantage of being in what is basically a 2-race group. This one is pretty tricky to call, but I'm calling the Bounty Hunters here for one simple reason: They have the incredibly deadly duo of MC and Revived MC.

Group 3: One of the strongest teams of Season 2 now tears itself apart for the glory of Taiwan...and there will be Wolves once again. San and Leenock are scary enough, but when you throw in all 3 of the Taiwanese players to qualify for WCS AM Challenger, you are dealing with a truly frightening contingent. That being said, they still have to get past the biggest sleeper team of this entire qualifier: Alien Invasion. That crew has got an incredibly strong core with Patience, Golden, Strelok and Revenge. Yoe still comes in as the favorite to move on, but this is a crew that is NOT to be written off.

Group 4: This is the easiest group to predict by far. mYinsanity is one of the contenders right now for the title of best team on the face of the Earth. The rest of them are just not on that level, and will have bruises left on their cheeks from the backhanding they will receive at the hands of the Swiss team. The real victim of this lopsided draw is whichever team wins the match between Complexity and Gravity in the DETL playoffs, because they will face an IvD crew whose temper will have been set aflame.

Final call on the qualifiers: EG, Bounty Hunters, Yoe, mYinsanity