After all qualifiers are completed, players will be placed into groups that are "region locked" (NA group / EU Group / KR group / WC group) where 2 invited players will face off against 2 of the qualified players. (With the exception of the Wild Card group which will be 4 players invited AFTER qualifiers)
Players will play 1 group, restricted to their regions, leading into a Ro8 where players will meet players from other regions. NA Sever will always have priority when playing* + Show Spoiler +
KR vs KR = KR KR vs EU = NA KR vs NA = NA
EU vs EU = EU EU vs KR = NA EU vs NA = NA
NA vs NA = NA NA vs KR = NA NA vs EU = NA
Map Pool will be the WCS Season 3 Ladder Map Pool
NA GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 PM PST - Scarlett vs Kane 5:45 PM PST - Polt vs Moosegills 6:30 PM PST - Loser's match 7:15 PM PST - Winner's match 8:00 PM PST - Finals
EU GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 AM PST - Lilbow vs Petraeus 5:45 AM PST - Bly vs Targa 6:30 AM PST - Loser's match 7:15 AM PST - Winner's match 8:00 AM PST - Finals
KR GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 AM PST - Solar vs True 5:45 AM PST - Apocalypse vs Impact 6:30 AM PST - Loser's match 7:15 AM PST - Winner's match 8:00 AM PST - Finals
WC GROUP WC GROUP (approximate times)
5:00 AM PST - TLO vs Yoda 5:45 AM PST - Jaedong vs Jjakji 6:30 AM PST - Loser's match 7:15 AM PST - Winner's match 8:00 AM PST - Finals ________________________________________________________
Tuesday December 16th - RO8 / SemiFinals Approximate match times:(*please keep in mind a series may be shorter, or longer than described below)
Tuesday, Dec 16 1:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Lilbow vs Solar Tuesday, Dec 16 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)TargA vs jjakji Tuesday, Dec 16 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Kane vs Impact Tuesday, Dec 16 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Polt vs YoDa
The SemiFinals were originally scheduled for this day, and we'll try to play them out, but due to how late it will be in Korea we may postpone to the next day if the Koreans are too fatigued to play <3
Wednesday December 17th - 3rd&4th place / Finals
*Scheduling for the RO8-> Finals is tentative and may change
Let me just take the opportunity and say, Rifkin (BTV), whilst I might not enjoy your casting as much as I do other casters, and whilst your inside jokes might not be the best ever, you are sometimes out of the meta, your waiting simulator has the most immature 69 joke ever (lol :D), rambleramble, you are an extremely valuable asset to this community and I appreciate everything you do for it/us!
On December 05 2014 02:29 SC2Toastie wrote: Let me just take the opportunity and say, Rifkin (BTV), whilst I might not enjoy your casting as much as I do other casters, and whilst your inside jokes might not be the best ever, you are sometimes out of the meta, your waiting simulator has the most immature 69 joke ever (lol :D), rambleramble, you are an extremely valuable asset to this community and I appreciate everything you do for it/us!
I would just like to echo this, with the addendum that I actually do like you as a caster! BTTV FTW!
On December 05 2014 02:46 stuchiu wrote: damn I wanted 32 cups 1 boy.
Twas the fight before Christmas, when all through Team Liquid Not a streamer was stirring, not even Winter The events were posted on the sidebar with care In hopes that BaseTradeTV soon would be there The viewers were all nestled snug in their beds While visions of Zerglings fighting Marines danced in their heads
Hi guys, just a small update. After seeing spotv's schedule we're going to work on changing some of the dates (specifically the Korean group and the Ro8 -> Finals) so that we don't run any conflicts :-)! (this applies to both viewers and players)
I'll also be unveiling the invited players per region after we confirm new dates and changes with all of them.
On December 05 2014 02:46 stuchiu wrote: damn I wanted 32 cups 1 boy.
They should totally do this btw! Have one player, "the boy", face off against 32 other players of vastly different skill levels, like everything from invited GM "gladiators" to your average volunteering platinum-joe, trying to cheese out "the boy" for 15 mins of BTV-fame. Each won match would ofc result in a small amout of dollares.
On topic: I'm looking forward to this, I really like the format as it will encourage some nice foreigner vs korean-matchups in the playoffs.
Even though the Korean qualifier sign ups look bleak, we'll still be casting them. This just means better chances for the foreigners, since we'll be handling the Wild Card "after invites" based off of qualifiers.
THE INVITED PLAYERS(please note: at the time of this post not everyone has 100% confirmed the new dates, but have confirmed as of the original ones posted. Posting these so the players in the qualifiers have an idea of whom they will be up against)
NA - Polt & Scarlett EU - Lilbow & Bly KR - Solar & Apocalypse Wild Cards - Invited after qualifiers
We invited players based on who we thought could provide some interesting matches and good games. We learned a long time ago you don't need the biggest, flashiest names to get decent viewership combined with great matches :-) The qualifiers for each region begin within the next few days, and we wish the best of luck to all participants.
On December 10 2014 07:55 ZombieGrub wrote: NA Qualifiers are going to be postponed because Rifkin doesn't have power. We'll let you know the new date ASAP (which is probably tomorrow).
Hello everyone, it appears today was all sorts of bad luck for the NA scene! Not only did I (Rifkin) have no power for the last 6~ish hours, our admin apparently didn't have internet over in Sweden... We're going to set up the NA Qualifiers to play tomorrow, ideally at the same time (we may move it back slightly due to EU Qualifiers)
DEFINITIVE UPDATES WILL BE POSTED TONIGHT Thanks for your patience!
We've taken the original sign up bracket and moved it to tomorrow. Additionally we'll be starting it 1 hour later (4PM PST) The link again can be found here: http://binarybeast.com/xHotS1412031#
If the European qualifiers conflict (THEY SHOULD NOT) then we will start the NA Qualifiers before the actual casting catches up.
For the European Qualifiers we'll be using this bracket instead http://challonge.com/cy0u5ms0 as binarybeast is unreliable and offline / long load times. If BB is not working correctly by the time the NA qualifiers are meant to play, we'll make a new sign up page as well
CASTERS BaseTradeTV Emil ADMIN SirPenguin
Again I stress, if you plan to play the European Qualifiers go to THIS LINK to sign up --> http://challonge.com/cy0u5ms0
On December 11 2014 06:37 KingofdaHipHop wrote: I'm excited, yesterday I was the only gold in a sea of GM's and Masters with the few odd diamonds in the chat. Gonna make the most of it :D
I did an ESL tournament a little while ago and it was the same way lol
I was up against a GM player, and actually almost played a respectable ZvZ against him, so that was fun
On December 11 2014 06:37 KingofdaHipHop wrote: I'm excited, yesterday I was the only gold in a sea of GM's and Masters with the few odd diamonds in the chat. Gonna make the most of it :D
I did an ESL tournament a little while ago and it was the same way lol
I was up against a GM player, and actually almost played a respectable ZvZ against him, so that was fun
I played in some tournament and managed to last nearly 20 minutes in a ZvP against a GM. I was ecstatic.
Apologies for the "last minute'-ness of it all but here is the NA sign up link -> http://challonge.com/tfbcna Consider this like an extended check-in? At any rate rules apply same as all other qualifiers
WCS S3 Map Pool
START TIME - Thursday, Dec 11 12:15am GMT (GMT+00:00)
First map for every round is overgrowth -> Loser's pick (No vetos)
(Edit: Please understand we're taking a volunteer on as a bracket master, and she does not do this on the regular, some patience will be needed tonight as we muddle through this so we'll be asking players to report scores IN GAME as well)
NA GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 PM PST - Scarlett vs Kane 5:45 PM PST - Polt vs Moosegills 6:30 PM PST - Loser's match 7:15 PM PST - Winner's match 8:00 PM PST - Finals
EU GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 AM PST - Lilbow vs Petraeus 5:45 AM PST - Bly vs Targa 6:30 AM PST - Loser's match 7:15 AM PST - Winner's match 8:00 AM PST - Finals
KR GROUP (approximate times) Time Conversion Here 5:00 AM PST - Solar vs True 5:45 AM PST - Apocalypse vs Impact 6:30 AM PST - Loser's match 7:15 AM PST - Winner's match 8:00 AM PST - Finals
Approximate match times:(*please keep in mind a series may be shorter, or longer than described below)
Tuesday, Dec 16 1:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Lilbow vs Solar Tuesday, Dec 16 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)TargA vs jjakji Tuesday, Dec 16 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Kane vs Impact Tuesday, Dec 16 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Polt vs YoDa
The SemiFinals were originally scheduled for this day, and we'll try to play them out, but due to how late it will be in Korea we may postpone to the next day if the Koreans are too fatigued to play <3
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