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China6331 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 States97276 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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China6331 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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China6331 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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China6331 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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China6331 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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China6331 Posts
On February 01 2016 05:39 StronGerSC2 wrote:
what time the tournament is played ?Feburary 3rd: Korean Open Qualifier #1 -SIGN UP-
8pm KST/1pm CET/7am ET. Check in is one hour earlier.
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The offical stream will broadcast spl first.
Please wait for Chinese Qualifer #1.
Thank you.
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Full online cup?
How much gets the winner without dropping a map?
My math says: 2x $456 + 2x $760 + $4256 + $1824 = $8512
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Australia18228 Posts
Why is ApmNineNine allowed to play in both CN & KR qualifier?
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China6331 Posts
On February 03 2016 20:45 Inflicted wrote:
Why is ApmNineNine allowed to play in both CN & KR qualifier?
I'll talk to the admins.
EDIT: he is now disqualified.
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who is whwndgur962? they just beat ryung 2-1
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Australia18228 Posts
On February 03 2016 21:37 elfonse wrote:
who is whwndgur962? they just beat ryung 2-1
2-0d Armani too
Dream's in the channel but not brackets so might be him (born in 96 too)
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Italy3655 Posts
whwndgur962 #onfire 
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Italy3655 Posts
On February 03 2016 21:52 Inflicted wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2016 21:37 elfonse wrote:
who is whwndgur962? they just beat ryung 2-1 2-0d Armani too Dream's in the channel but not brackets so might be him (born in 96 too)
...nice detective skills! 
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Boo TY what a throw :/ Should have pulled back after killing the base :/
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Italy3655 Posts
On February 03 2016 21:59 Elentos wrote:
Boo TY what a throw :/ Should have pulled back after killing the base :/
damn!
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I think TY is the best T now.
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Italy3655 Posts
On February 03 2016 22:31 zjq1991 wrote:
I think TY is the best T now.
...for sure he is in better form than INnoVation and (at least until now) Maru... impressive!
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On February 03 2016 22:45 digmouse wrote:
Who is this whwndgur96?
The best guess we got going in this thread was that it's Dream. And of course him vs TY isn't even getting casted right now ._.
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Italy3655 Posts
On February 03 2016 22:48 Elentos wrote:The best guess we got going in this thread was that it's Dream. And of course him vs TY isn't even getting casted right now ._.
...I rly hope they will cast it after the first qualfying match is done... btw they lost the first map of it... 
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ah. i just saw the update on liquipedia. Dream's weakness is TvT isnt it
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On February 03 2016 22:56 elfonse wrote:
ah. i just saw the update on liquipedia. Dream's weakness is TvT isnt it
Haven't seen him in LotV yet, but he improved a lot in late HotS. Problem being that TY is incredibly strong in TvT aswell.
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On February 03 2016 22:58 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2016 22:56 elfonse wrote:
ah. i just saw the update on liquipedia. Dream's weakness is TvT isnt it
Haven't seen him in LotV yet, but he improved a lot in late HotS. Problem being that TY is incredibly strong in TvT aswell.
TY is the best TvT player statistically of all kespa terrans I think.
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That was an interesting attack. A single tank and medivac with 6 reapers. I wonder what he had planned.
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Those initial reapers delayed that attack so much. Makes me think reapers might have utility in the mid game in TvT.
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On February 03 2016 23:10 royalroadweed wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2016 22:58 Elentos wrote:On February 03 2016 22:56 elfonse wrote:
ah. i just saw the update on liquipedia. Dream's weakness is TvT isnt it
Haven't seen him in LotV yet, but he improved a lot in late HotS. Problem being that TY is incredibly strong in TvT aswell. TY is the best TvT player statistically of all kespa terrans I think.
He is, he also hasn't lost a single TvT series in LotV yet. But he's also like 0-8 against INnoVation historically.
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Watching the vod, and I heard the caster say that lack of Mauruader vs Ravager/roach was going to bite him.
Seriously, does this caster even watch any pro tvz's? Marine/Tank is the standard at high level play vs Ravager/Roach. Noone skilled goes Maurauders.
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Bomber...what is that DT defense with 3CC with scans
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Caught just half of that last game... Was Zest doing the DT build he used against Maru?
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On February 05 2016 21:19 Silvana wrote:
Caught just half of that last game... Was Zest doing the DT build he used against Maru?
Not sure
It's a waprism DT drop with additional warp in
Bomber has 3 CC with scans and a E-bay ready but still lose a tons of SCV and units
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I see Zest still in good form vs Terran so far.
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He has to mix it up for the next tournament tho. I bet the next Terran will be well prepared against DT builds.
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On February 05 2016 23:00 Silvana wrote:
He has to mix it up for the next tournament tho. I bet the next Terran will be well prepared against DT builds.
I think he only goes DTs when he sees he can do damage, and thankfully he generally doesn't do it on low economy so he can always fall back to something if they don't do a lot. But he does love his DTs right now, wow.
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Well okay then, I guess PvT is a non-issue for Zest now. I'm fine with that.
E: Mutas look completely broken in ZvZ tbh
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China6331 Posts
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai!
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On February 06 2016 01:52 digmouse wrote:
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai!
Ohhh that will be awesome!!!
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On February 06 2016 01:52 digmouse wrote:
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai!
What if the Grand Finals is Zest vs TY and KT plays the Proleague round playoffs that weekend and wants them both to stay in Korea? Switch to online?
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On February 06 2016 01:58 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2016 01:52 digmouse wrote:
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai! What if the Grand Finals is Zest vs TY and KT plays the Proleague round playoffs that weekend and wants them both to stay in Korea? Switch to online?
That's why it is not confirmed yet, technically they can play proleague on the 26th then fly in on the 27th, it's a two hour flight from Seoul to Shanghai afterall.
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On February 06 2016 01:58 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2016 01:52 digmouse wrote:
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai! What if the Grand Finals is Zest vs TY and KT plays the Proleague round playoffs that weekend and wants them both to stay in Korea? Switch to online?
It could be Stats vs Zest or TY vs Stats too
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On February 06 2016 02:16 MiniFotToss wrote:Show nested quote +On February 06 2016 01:58 Elentos wrote:On February 06 2016 01:52 digmouse wrote:
It is not entirely confirmed but
The grand finals of Kung Fu Cup will be played live at WCS Circuit Shanghai! What if the Grand Finals is Zest vs TY and KT plays the Proleague round playoffs that weekend and wants them both to stay in Korea? Switch to online? It could be Stats vs Zest or TY vs Stats too
It was the first thing that came to my mind, you're right ofc. And it's completely hypothetical regardless.
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China6331 Posts
We might not be able to host the finals at WCS Shanghai event due to various schedule and commitment reasons, but we are still working on having some sort of KFC content at the event.
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China6331 Posts
Updated the schedule in OP, basically due to WCS Circuit Shanghai KFC is being postponed into April due to all the qualifiers taking up time, especially Chinese qualifier being a full GPL season.
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China6331 Posts
Groups are out!
Group A: Snute, XiGua, Showtime, Chick
Group B: Zest, iAsonu, TY, Mystery
Group C: uThermal, TIME, Stats, Ein
Group D: DeParture, Coffee, Solar, Cyan
Rip iAsonu and Mystery lol.
Also the tournament will be played on new maps of next ladder season.
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Boooooooooooo KT team kill.
And group A :/
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On March 12 2016 02:03 digmouse wrote:
Group B: Zest, iAsonu, TY, Mystery
How the fuck does this even happen every time? And how did group A dodge every Korean?
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Australia18228 Posts
On March 12 2016 02:08 Elentos wrote:How the fuck does this even happen every time? And how did group A dodge every Korean?
Liquid bias
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On March 12 2016 02:08 Elentos wrote:How the fuck does this even happen every time? And how did group A dodge every Korean?
Well, 4 groups, 5/16 is korean.
if it is all random, odds to have a group without Korean is actually pretty high.
But honestly, for the entertainment factor, I don't mind the organizers do something to give foreigners a small edge.
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i am xiaose this event admin
group rule is :
8 Chinese players and 8 no-Chinese players
1 no-cn / 1 cn /1 no-cn /1 cn
not random
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On March 12 2016 04:17 xiaose1982 wrote:i am xiaose this event admin group rule is : 8 Chinese players and 8 no-Chinese players 1 no-cn / 1 cn /1 no-cn /1 cn not random
I see, thanks man.
On March 12 2016 03:51 CxWiLL wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2016 02:08 Elentos wrote:On March 12 2016 02:03 digmouse wrote:
Group B: Zest, iAsonu, TY, Mystery How the fuck does this even happen every time? And how did group A dodge every Korean? Well, 4 groups, 5/16 is korean. if it is all random, odds to have a group without Korean is actually pretty high. But honestly, for the entertainment factor, I don't mind the organizers do something to give foreigners a small edge.
So you see, chances for a group without Koreans were actually not that high.
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Oh man, Zest TY Solar & Stats are like 4 of the top 5 players right now (except for dark), this is gonna be siiiiick
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Hello
When group matches will be known ? I mean will it be Zest vs iAsonu first or Zest vs TY or vs Mystery ?
Thanks!
On March 12 2016 02:03 digmouse wrote:
Groups are out!
Group A: Snute, XiGua, Showtime, Chick
Group B: Zest, iAsonu, TY, Mystery
Group C: uThermal, TIME, Stats, Ein
Group D: DeParture, Coffee, Solar, Cyan
Rip iAsonu and Mystery lol.
Also the tournament will be played on new maps of next ladder season.
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