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China5693 Posts
Yup, it's back.
The SCboys are happy to announce Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 1, the first 2016 iteration of their long running tournament series.
Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 1 is a 16-man online tournament, featuring top players from all over the world with invites and open qualifiers.
Line up
Runner-up of Kung Fu Cup 2015 Season 2
 Stats
International Invites:
ShoWTimE,  uThermal,  Snute
Chinese Invites:
 Time, iAsonu, Mystery, Chick
From Chinese Qualifier:
Cyan, Coffee, Ein, XiGua
From Korean Qualifier:
DeParture, TY, Solar, Zest
There will be two OPEN qualifiers this time, played on Korean server, open to all non-Chinese players.
Groups:
Group A: Snute, XiGua, Showtime, Chick
Group B: Zest, iAsonu, TY, Mystery
Group C: uThermal, TIME, Stats, Ein
Group D: DeParture, Coffee, Solar, Cyan
Format & Prize pool
Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 1 will use a unique prize pool system in which every match is a duel and money is on the line. The total prize pool is 150,000 CNY ($24802) pre-tax (120,000 CNY/$18241 after-tax) and is sponsored by NetEase. All prize money spread listed below is pre-tax unless otherwise noted.
Group Stage
GSL style groups, best of 3.
Prize money for every group stage match: 3000 CNY ($456), winner takes all if won 2-0, otherwise it is a 2/1 split;
Playoffs
Double elimination, best of 5 till grand finals which is a single best of 7.
Prize money for round 1 and winner's bracket: 5,000 CNY($760), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2;
Prize money for losers bracket: 2,500 CNY($380), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2;
Prize money for grand finals: 28,000 CNY($4256), winner takes all if won 4-0, 6/1 split for 4-1, 5/2 split for 4-2, 4/3 split for 4-3, 1st place winner takes an additional 12,000 CNY ($1824).
In addition, Kung Fu Cup has partnered with The OSC League, bringing it into OSC's championship system, which means Kung Fu Cup will also award players with OSC points.
OSC Points Distribution
1st: 500 OSC points
2nd: 350 OSC points
3rd: 250 OSC points
4th: 200 OSC points
5/6th: 125 OSC points
7/8th: 80 OSC points
9-12th: 50 OSC points
13-16th: 25 OSC points
Schedule
Feburary 1st: Chinese Qualifier #1
Feburary 2nd: Chinese Qualifier #2
Feburary 3rd: Korean Open Qualifier #1 -SIGN UP-
Feburary 5th: Korean Open Qualifier #2 -SIGN UP-
March 31st: Group B
April 1st: Group A
April 7th: Group C
April 10th: Group D
April 14/17th: Playoffs round 1
April 20th: Winner's round 1
April 22nd: Loser's round 1
April 27th: Loser's round 2
April 29th: Winner's finals & loser's round 3
May 1st: Loser's finals & grand finals
Broadcast time is 8pm KST/1pm CET/7am ET. All schedule are subject to change due to unforeseen tournament conflicts and other reasons.
Streams
Chinese: http://www.douyutv.com/scboy
English: http://www.twitch.tv/n3rdstgamers (formerly EsportsHeaven crew!)
International streams are welcomed.
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Yes! Happy you guys are back!
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United States95884 Posts
looking forward to it. enjoyed these tournaments
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Reading the the prize pool distribution of this tournament...
The format is truly unique!
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The prizepool is not only big, but also the duel system is really cool.
Good to see, that SC Boys will give us some fine Kespa vs Foreigner Starcraft action.
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Chinese offical message (writen by XTeam.Xiaose): http://bbs.niuyou5.com/thread-2255756-1-1.html
the third international invitee is Snute.
Korean Qualifier = Open Non-Chinese Qualifier
Chinese Qualifier including players from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
For example,
Alopex should only participate in Korean Qualifier.
Pigeon and  CNProtoss should only participate in Chinese Qualifier.
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China5693 Posts
On January 23 2016 17:31 thickertom wrote:Chinese offical message (writen by XTeam.Xiaose): http://bbs.niuyou5.com/thread-2255756-1-1.htmlthe third international invitee is Snute. Korean Qualifier = Open Non-Chinese Qualifier Chinese Qualifier including players from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan For example, Alopex should only participate in Korean Qualifier. Pigeon and CNProtoss should only participate in Chinese Qualifier.
We are still in talks with Snute but he is at DH right now so I didn't include that in the OP.
EDIT: Snute just confirmed his participation.
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On January 23 2016 11:11 freeamount wrote:
Reading the the prize pool distribution of this tournament...
The format is truly unique!
It's the alot of tournaments need to look at prize money. You shouldn't show up, play great games, actually win some and go home with nothing
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Great to see this tournament back, Kungfucup always has a good mix of players and exciting matches.
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China5693 Posts
Kung Fu Cup (and future SCBoy events) has partnered with The OSC League!
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On January 25 2016 16:56 digmouse wrote:
Kung Fu Cup (and future SCBoy events) has partnered with The OSC League!
Awesome!
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dear whoever is responsible for kung fu cup... could you please consider making the group stages round robin instead of dual tourney? round robin is so much greater of a format and yet so rarely used 
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Awesome that you guys are back. I'd watch Kung Fu Cup over WCS Circuit any day of the week
On January 25 2016 22:36 evolsiefil wrote:dear whoever is responsible for kung fu cup... could you please consider making the group stages round robin instead of dual tourney? round robin is so much greater of a format and yet so rarely used
really
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China5693 Posts
On January 25 2016 22:36 evolsiefil wrote:dear whoever is responsible for kung fu cup... could you please consider making the group stages round robin instead of dual tourney? round robin is so much greater of a format and yet so rarely used
Remember Naniwa's probe rush? Granted with this prize money system players have more incentive to play "meaningless games", but still, that creates more issues than it fixes.
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TIME becomes the first Chinese invitee as the member of X-Team due to the victory against Ein.
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China5693 Posts
In light of recent news regarding Life, we sadly have to announce that his spot will be replaced by the runner up of last season, Stats.
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On January 31 2016 19:15 digmouse wrote:
In light of recent news regarding Life, we sadly have to announce that his spot will be replaced by the runner up of last season, Stats.
Sad
Luckily you got a good replacement 
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what time the tournament is played ?Feburary 3rd: Korean Open Qualifier #1 -SIGN UP-
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