Announcing $19200 Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 2!

digmouse

China6330 Posts

August 06 2015 14:02 GMT

The SCboys are proud to announce Season 2 of Kung Fu Cup, the biggest Chinese online tournament series in history!

Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 2 is a 16-man online tournament, featuring top players from all over the world with invites and open qualifiers.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Kung_Fu_Cup/2015/2
The contestants of Kung Fu Cup Season 2 are:

Finalists of Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 1:
(P)

Trap,

Snute

Invites:
~~Flash~~ TY (P)

Zest,

soO,

PartinG,

Stork

From Chinese Qualifier:

Jim,

Mystery,

ezrc,

TooDming

From Korean Qualifier

Stats,

Life,

DeParture

From Worldwide Qualifier

Kelazhur,

ZhuGeLiang,

Bly

Same as last season, the qualifiers are nationality based, which means the Chinese one is only open to Chinese citizens, the Korean one is only open to South Korean citizens, and the worldwide one is only open to non-Chinese and non-Korean players.

Prize pool
1st: 60,000 CNY (≈$9,600)
2nd: 20,000 CNY (≈$3,200)
3rd-4th: 10,000 CNY (≈$1,600)
5th-8th: 5,000 CNY (≈$800)

Total: 120,000 CNY ($19,200)
Sponsored by NetEase

Schedule
Korean Qualifier: Wednesday, Aug 19 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Chinese Qualifier: Thursday, Aug 20 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Worldwide Qualifier: Wednesday, Sep 02 3:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Group Stage
Dual tournament format, all matches best of 3.
Group A:
Monday, Oct 12 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
(P)

PartinG,

Kelazhur,

soO,

Jim
Group B:
Tuesday, Oct 13 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
(P)

Stats,

Ezrc,

Life,

ZhuGeLiang
Group C:
Wednesday, Oct 14 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
(Z)

DeParture, (Z)

Bly,

Stork,

Snute
Group D:
Thursday, Oct 15 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
(P)

Zest,

Mystery,

Trap,

TooDming

Playoffs
Ro8 Single elimination format, best of 5, grand finals are best of 7.
Quarterfinals: Tuesday, Oct 20 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Monday, Oct 12 1:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Semifinals: Tuesday, Oct 27 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Grand finals: Thursday, Oct 29 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Streams
As usual, the SCboys will provide Chinese commentary while the English commentary will be provided by the guys over at EsportsHeaven as they commentate the matches live, with top tier production provided by Qruxel Esports Studio.

Chinese stream: http://www.douyutv.com/scboy
English Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/esportshtv

MiniFotToss

China2430 Posts

August 06 2015 15:06 GMT

wow, they FINALLY (successfully) invited Flash. Last season the main caster for SC2BOY (XiaoSe) wanted to invite Flash so bad (He is a Hardcore Flash Fan), gratz to him and gl hf to everyone.

lastride

2390 Posts

August 06 2015 15:07 GMT

FLASHHHHH !!
omg I didnt even see the next one. STORKUU!!!

oGoZenob

France1503 Posts

August 06 2015 15:16 GMT

stork hypuuuu !!

Rescawen

Finland1028 Posts

August 06 2015 15:21 GMT

can anyone play from chinese qualifier or is it region locked?

digmouse

China6330 Posts

August 06 2015 15:36 GMT

On August 07 2015 00:21 Rescawen wrote:
can anyone play from chinese qualifier or is it region locked?

Same as last season, qualifiers are nationality based, so you can only play in Chinese qualifier if you are a Chinese citizen. The Worldwide qualifier is for non-Korean and non-Chinese players.

ossavi09

Germany441 Posts

August 06 2015 15:39 GMT

On August 07 2015 00:36 digmouse wrote:

Show nested quote +

Same as last season, qualifiers are nationality based, so you can only play in Chinese qualifier if you are a Chinese citizen. The Worldwide qualifier is for non-Korean and non-Chinese players.

I hope blysk also has a chinese passport^^ worldwide qualifier might be quite difficult =D

lichter

1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts

August 06 2015 15:45 GMT

storkuuuuuuuu

Blargh

United States2103 Posts

August 06 2015 15:47 GMT

Pretty badass! Great invites, too. While Stork might be the weakest one there (we shall see just how weak in <24 hours), soO + Flash + Parting is really awesome to see.

Also yay for Bo5. Might take a bit longer, but almost always results in a better series.

Ja.Y.

United States253 Posts

August 06 2015 15:48 GMT

#10

Dem invites doe. Fan favorites, so this is going to be hard to choose..

I hope MMA qualifies and wins the entire thing! :D