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SHOUTcraft Kings - $5000 monthly King of the Hill

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ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-12-09 07:11:09
June 23 2016 19:57 GMT
#1
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SHOUTcraft Kings - A $5000 monthly King of the Hill

Sponsored by Blizzard Entertainment



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VoDs



July - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS67L5dgs2EYjZfMHPG6KIm6kjxRW6bj6
August - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS67L5dgs2EZ1dABCVlAnvGHRcYI0YoEw
September - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS67L5dgs2Eby1AIOWGbGEXc_TNr00bbC
October - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS67L5dgs2EbZTwtZB8LW1g9gNZ3vIqpQ

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Unofficial Kings Stats page - http://shoutcraft.maxisoft.org/

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Where? - http://twitch.tv/totalbiscuit and http://www.youtube.com/totalbiscuit

When? - Saturday, Dec 10 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Invites - Worldwide, all regions.

Format - King of the Hill. Winner receives $250 per map victory and will continue to defend until they are defeated.

Casters - TotalBiscuit and Incontrol

Map pool - Taken from current seasons ladder.

Foreign language casting teams

French - https://www.twitch.tv/ogamingsc2
German - https://www.twitch.tv/taketv
Korean - http://twitch.tv/crank
Chinese - www.douyu.com/scboy

Announced Players

(Z)Solar
(T)TY
(Z)soO
(Z)Nerchio
(T)INnoVation
(P)HerO
(T)TIME



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Well well, it's been a while and I'm finally happy to announce my new tournament venture, SHOUTcraft Kings, which is directly sponsored by and partnered with Blizzard Entertainment. I've been thinking for a while now about what the Starcraft 2 scene could do better and my conclusion is, story-telling. Any sport lives or dies based on stories. Stories get people to tune in. Stories fuel the passion of the fans. Stories are the basis of competition. Storytelling can be tricky with a complicated system and so many different tournaments. It can be hard to keep track. I wanted to host a format in which it wasn't, something where the story could not be simpler.

Who is at the top of the mountain? How long can they defend it?

King of the Hill is that format. It's a little underused in Starcraft 2, which is a shame, because it's easy to follow and it naturally creates stories. Epic runs, surprise opponents, shock dethroning. I wanted to create something akin to WWEs Royal Rumble, but in Starcraft. Why do people watch that? For surprise entrants, long runs, big elimination streaks. It's exciting to tune in and be surprised. King of the Hill does all of that naturally and it's a compact, easy to follow format with month-to-month continuity.

We're going to do 20 maps in a one day event every month. Each map victory pays out $250 prize-money to the winner. The winner of the map becomes the King and will then play their next opponent. They will not know who that opponent is in advance, it will be a surprise to both them and the audience. If they keep winning, they keep playing and they keep getting paid. If they lose, they're out of that months event, to be replaced by the new King. That said, being King has its advantages. The King gets to choose the map. We use a 5 map pool from the ladder. Once a map is picked, it cannot be used again until the entire pool is exhausted. The King will choose the map and there are no vetoes.

I'm excited to bring you this event in close cooperation with Blizzard who will be providing the prizepool. We've been working on this idea for a number of months and we think it will provide something awesome to the online tournament scene and an entertaining event for the viewers. Join us on July 24th live for the first edition and on Youtube for spoiler-free VoDs. We will be revealing some of the players who will participate over the next month, but of course some will remain a mystery until they appear during the event.


SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 23 2016 20:01 GMT
#2
TB whipping it out to save the scene once again!
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Solar424
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States4001 Posts
June 23 2016 20:10 GMT
#3
HYPE
Rehio
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1718 Posts
June 23 2016 20:29 GMT
#4
This is fantastic. Totalbiscuit is fantastic.

I am so completely on board for this, holy shit.

Thank you so much for making this. It's going to be awesome.
killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
June 23 2016 20:46 GMT
#5
HELL YEAH! TB carrying the SC2 scene on his...shoulders
Byun | Neeb | Ryung | Solar | ShoWTimE | uThermal | Nerchio | TY | soO | MMA | Crank
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30454 Posts
June 23 2016 20:49 GMT
#6
Hyun will win this of course

Awesome event, hope it does well.
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Nerchio
Profile Joined October 2009
Poland2633 Posts
June 23 2016 21:02 GMT
#7
Thank you, looks great
Progamer"I am the best" - Nerchio , 2017.
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
June 23 2016 21:13 GMT
#8
On June 24 2016 06:02 Nerchio wrote:
Thank you, looks great


You ready to get paid?
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
Spect8rCraft
Profile Joined December 2012
649 Posts
June 23 2016 21:26 GMT
#9
On June 24 2016 05:46 killerm12 wrote:
HELL YEAH! TB carrying the SC2 scene on his...shoulders


Yes, he has very broad... shoulders.
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97118 Posts
June 23 2016 21:40 GMT
#10
TB + Incontrol casting should be great
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crystyxn
Profile Joined November 2010
Romania254 Posts
June 23 2016 21:43 GMT
#11
saving starcraft
"You should be the one putting pressure on your opponent, not the other way around." - Artosis
felisconcolori
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States6168 Posts
June 23 2016 23:01 GMT
#12
On June 24 2016 05:49 FueledUpAndReadyToGo wrote:
Hyun will win this of course

Awesome event, hope it does well.


Indeed. Hyun will come out of nowhere. He needs to get more awesome pants.

Good show, Teebs BiscutBear TotalBiscuit.
Yes, I email sponsors... to thank them. Don't post drunk, kids. My king, what has become of you?
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16954 Posts
June 23 2016 23:06 GMT
#13
Really excited about this format.
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
June 23 2016 23:50 GMT
#14
Any chance for a side qualifier to get a shot at one of those invites? I'm sure you could outsource those qualifiers to Basetrade and have a good amount of signups/views
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
June 24 2016 01:27 GMT
#15
On June 24 2016 08:50 desRow wrote:
Any chance for a side qualifier to get a shot at one of those invites? I'm sure you could outsource those qualifiers to Basetrade and have a good amount of signups/views


I'm thinking a qualifier for what is potentially a BO1 is not worth the effort in organizing. However, we will be actively looking at the results of online events in all regions as a reason for invites. Distinguish yourself in smaller events, get noticed, get an opportunity.
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
June 24 2016 11:39 GMT
#16
On June 24 2016 10:27 ClanWars wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2016 08:50 desRow wrote:
Any chance for a side qualifier to get a shot at one of those invites? I'm sure you could outsource those qualifiers to Basetrade and have a good amount of signups/views


I'm thinking a qualifier for what is potentially a BO1 is not worth the effort in organizing. However, we will be actively looking at the results of online events in all regions as a reason for invites. Distinguish yourself in smaller events, get noticed, get an opportunity.


This is awesome to hear! Can't wait to watch the show
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
Frankenberry
Profile Joined February 2012
Denmark302 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-24 11:53:40
June 24 2016 11:49 GMT
#17
This looks sick! Nice format. Great for storylines and drama (in the good sense) TY TB
fezvez
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
France3021 Posts
June 24 2016 13:07 GMT
#18
There's something a bit weird.

If you do 20 maps, it means you have 21 players in mind (let's forget about the additional life).

If the players don't know the orders in which they are supposed to play, that's going to be a long-ass wait

If they do, then I would feel slighted if I am supposed to be the player #21. It's actually possible that I don't play at all (because of the extra life rule). At most, I can pocket $250, while the first player can pocket $5000

Anyways, I like it a lot!
ClanWars
Profile Blog Joined February 2014
United States330 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-24 16:37:58
June 24 2016 16:34 GMT
#19
On June 24 2016 22:07 fezvez wrote:
There's something a bit weird.

If you do 20 maps, it means you have 21 players in mind (let's forget about the additional life).

If the players don't know the orders in which they are supposed to play, that's going to be a long-ass wait

If they do, then I would feel slighted if I am supposed to be the player #21. It's actually possible that I don't play at all (because of the extra life rule). At most, I can pocket $250, while the first player can pocket $5000

Anyways, I like it a lot!


I think that answer to that is, "tough shit". They accept the conditions of the event when they accept the invite. If they don't want to, there are plenty more people who will gladly take the money. It's ridiculously good money for what they have to do and frankly right now I don't think all that many players can afford to be so picky.

Players will have a rough idea of when they're going to play. They're just not gonna know exactly, so they need to be around during a certain time period, which is not at all hard. Let's be honest after the nonsense with Clan Wars I've had quite enough of diva players not showing up, then having the audacity to complain that there isn't enough money in the scene anymore for them. Oh it's there, you're just not showing up to claim it, you're not acting like a professional so you won't be treated like one.

It's not like you can't practice while waiting. That's what they're supposed to be doing anyway, practicing.
SHOUTcraft Kings - Official account.
killerm12
Profile Joined November 2014
Slovakia601 Posts
June 24 2016 17:20 GMT
#20
most of them will be laddering in the meantime anyway so I don't see any problem with this
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