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Hi everyone and welcome to WCA 2016 European Qualifier
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I. WCA FORMAT & PRIZE POOL
World Cyber Arena 2016 includes such disciplines as CS:GO, DotA 2, Hearthstone, WarCraft III and of course StarCraft 2. Russian organization UCC will host European qualifiers for WCA 2016 Global Finals and I'll be your EU qualifier org for StarCraft 2.
WCA 2016 Global Finals features roughly $200,000 prize pool for StarCraft 2 as well as ~$15,000 for EU qualifier. Qualifier's prizes:
1st place: 50,000 RMB + Global Finals spot
2nd place: 30,000 RMB + Global Finals spot
3rd place: 20,000 RMB
Considering the taxes (~7%) and current USD/RMB currency, we have the following:
1st place: 7,500 USD
2nd place: 4,500 USD
3rd place: 3,000 USD
II. WCA EU QUALIFIER DETAILS
WCA EU Qualifier consists of Open Qualifier and Main Event. We're inviting all citizens of European countries to take part in Open Qualifiers on August 9th and August 16th at 17:00 CEST.
Open Qualifier #1 Bracket - https://binarybeast.com/xSC21608021 (COMPLETED)
Winners of the Qualifier #1:
+ Show Spoiler +
Open Qualifier #2 Bracket - https://binarybeast.com/xSC21608090[
Winners of the Qualifier #2:
+ Show Spoiler +
Four winners of each Open Qualifier advance to the Main Event.
Main Event features usual 16 players - 4 groups GSL format - Single Elimination playoff format and will most probably be held on August 25th - 27th. 8 players of Main Event come from the Open Qualifiers and 8 are invited directly to Group Stage.
III. WCA EU QUALIFIER MAIN EVENT INVITES
We're inviting three zergs, three protosses and two terrans with the highest EU ladder placements from the recent TOP 16 GM ladder list:
  Snute replaced by  SortOf (confirmed)
 Nerchio (confirmed)
 Bly (confirmed)
  ShoWTimE (confirmed)
 PtitDrogo (confirmed)
 Strange (confirmed)
  uThermaL (confirmed)
MarineLorD replaced by  Beastyqt (confirmed)
IV. WCA EU QUALIFIER MAIN EVENT GROUPS
Group A - Thursday, Aug 25 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
SortOf
Socke
uThermaL
Harstem
Group B - Thursday, Aug 25 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
ShoWTimE
Lambo
Bly
souL
Group C - Friday, Aug 26 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
Nerchio
DIMAGA
PtitDrogo
Kas
Group D - Friday, Aug 26 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
Beastyqt
Elazer
Strange
 HateMe
GSL format, all series bo3, starting matches 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4, player upper in the list starts vetoing.
Two winners of each group advance to Playoff (A1 vs B2, C1 vs D2, A2 vs B1, C2 vs D1)
Playoff - Saturday, Aug 27 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
V. WCA EU QUALIFIER COVERAGE
UCC will provide Russian-language studio coverage for the main event.
BaseTradeTV will cover WCA EU in English.
TakeTV will cover WCA EU in German.
EmScTV will cover WCA EU in Polish.
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I think it would be better to invite players from wcs rankings
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On August 03 2016 10:11 hellraisersc2 wrote:
I think it would be better to invite players from wcs rankings
Looking at WCS rankings (for EU player exclusively), the list would be:
1. Showtime
2. Nerchio
3. Snute
4. Elazer
5. PtitDrogo
6. Uthermal
7. Harstem
8. SortOf
(Followed by)
(Bly)
(Firecake)
(MarineLord)
You're not looking at a hugely different list, really. I also think that it'd be nice for a tournament to not use the WCS system, as it's already used for/in almost everything... Though it does feel a bit arbitrary. What about the barcode person? Or how ML was taken over Welmu?
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Canada8989 Posts
Niiiice!
Glad to see Strange in there I hope he can make it, we need new Russian players.
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is there a NA qualifier for this? O_O
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Russian Federation9 Posts
That should be very interesting! Good luck for all, but for event organizer, Bly and Strange in the first places! ^^
It would be nice to see more players from the CIS in this tournament. They should try hard to qualify...
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Looking forward to this tournament!
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Woah! Where did this come from? Is there a link to the main post for tournament details? When was the official announcement?
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is there a NA qualifier for this? O_O
There is, but it should be held in September/October. Cannot tell you more as I'm only responsible for the European one.
Woah! Where did this come from? Is there a link to the main post for tournament details? When was the official announcement?
If you're following WC3, HS, CS:GO or Dota 2 scene, you could already see WCA qualifiers in those titles. This is WCA official website - http://www.wca.com.cn/wca2016/index.html
This is, for example, Hearthstone announcement on GosuGamers.
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Hello, I'm from Mongolia, Which qualifier do I play in for this event?
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On August 03 2016 23:06 SiorajsSC wrote:
Hello, I'm from Mongolia, Which qualifier do I play in for this event?
Just come to NA lel
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Italy3435 Posts
...poor Sioras that always has to ask where he should play... 
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Unfortunately Sioras is not able to take part in European qualifiers as Mongolia belongs to APAC Qualifiers of our tournament according to our Chinese partners.
MarineLorD declined his spot and we replaced him with Beastyqt.
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I think Beastyqt has the wrong flag, isn't he serbian?
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Our main event lineup is finalized and updated in the OP.
Don't forget about Tuesday's qualifiers starting at 17:00 CEST - TOP 4 advance to the main stage and will fight for $15,000 prize pool! Register here: https://binarybeast.com/xSC21608021
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Yeah! Looks cool! Alex007, thanks for good news!
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France1887 Posts
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It's OK, they just won't check in  All players are already aware of their invites so everything's fine.
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Am i blind or it doesn't say anywhere how many players actually qualify from the main event to wca?
Looking at the bracket on liquipedia it gives a prize pool for the qualifier but no info about how many spots you can get
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Am i blind or it doesn't say anywhere how many players actually qualify from the main event to wca?
Qualifier's prizes:
1st place: 50,000 RMB + Global Finals spot
2nd place: 30,000 RMB + Global Finals spot
So two.
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France1887 Posts
On August 10 2016 00:37 ArtyK wrote:
Am i blind or it doesn't say anywhere how many players actually qualify from the main event to wca?
Looking at the bracket on liquipedia it gives a prize pool for the qualifier but no info about how many spots you can get
That's because it has not been announced yet. It is really tricky to find information about the main event and qualifying system. WCA's website is in Chinese, and not very well organized imo.
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On August 10 2016 00:56 Alex007 wrote:Show nested quote +Am i blind or it doesn't say anywhere how many players actually qualify from the main event to wca? Qualifier's prizes: 1st place: 50,000 RMB + Global Finals spot 2nd place: 30,000 RMB + Global Finals spot So two.
Blind indeed
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this is not WESG right?= (400k)?
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wow I hadn't seen Socke play in a while !
gg
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souL so salty 
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souL 
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Italy3435 Posts
...I missed the DIMAGA vs. NightEnD match and the official bracket is not updated... who won the last spot?
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DIMAGA won 2-0. Updated the OP & other staff.
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Italy3435 Posts
On August 11 2016 00:52 Alex007 wrote:
DIMAGA won 2-0. Updated the OP & other staff.
thanks!
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where are all top europeans in qualifiers?!
Snute and Marinelord forfeited their spots..
weird stuff.
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Can I cover this for Czech SC2 community? Im partnered twitch streamer and ex caster
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Because they're not playing it is my guess
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On August 17 2016 03:03 Arnstein wrote:
Why is Snute replaced?
According to lickypiddy he just forfeit his spot. Probably tired of playing so many tournaments and wanted a break.
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Updated the OP with all qualifier winners. Groups coming hopefully tomorrow. Stay tuned!
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do the qualified players get a paid trip to china, or do they only qualify for a spot in the bracket?
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They'll get a paid trip to China, most likely. I can't see the organizers being that stingy when they've already thrown down 200k USD.
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why did marinelord forfeit ? looks like easy money for me
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Hey, in case anybody missed our group selections, we already have those - as well as our final schedule:
Group A - Thursday, Aug 25 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
SortOf
Socke
uThermaL
Harstem
Group B - Thursday, Aug 25 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
ShoWTimE
Lambo
Bly
souL
Group C - Friday, Aug 26 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
Nerchio
DIMAGA
PtitDrogo
Kas
Group D - Friday, Aug 26 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
Beastyqt
Elazer
Strange
HateMe
Playoffs - Saturday, Aug 27 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00):
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Here's hoping Socke can show some good games, haven't seen him play for some time aside from his occasional streams.
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Mr Mechanics playing with his wrists wrecked
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Is there no NA qualifier for this?
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Harstem remade his nexus and had it running for a whole minute
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Showtime went offline after writing "GGs" and forgot it's just 1-1 in the winners match xD hope this will become a meme or a bm move players do when they equalize in the winnersmatch xD
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Disrupter shot killed like 5 ravagers lol
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On August 26 2016 23:18 Ej_ wrote:
The king is playing
Nice sig.
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On August 27 2016 00:18 Aeromi wrote:Nice sig.
thanks, yours too
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United States97276 Posts
Ptitdrogod!! France is looking to reclaim their position as top foreigner nation
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United States97276 Posts
Poor Elazer gets Nerchio in the next round
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seeing Elazer vs Nerchio reminds me how much I dislike single elimination brackets.
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United States97276 Posts
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so apparently marinelord and snute forfeited their spot because they doubt anybody will actually get paid ^^
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If they pay for flights and hotel, the risk isn't that bad.
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On August 28 2016 05:44 stardog wrote:
If they pay for flights and hotel, the risk isn't that bad.
it's not unheard of that the players end up paying their trips under the promise that they'll get a refund
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Wow... What a hold by Drogo. I thought he was dead for sure.
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On August 28 2016 06:10 oGoZenob wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2016 05:44 stardog wrote:
If they pay for flights and hotel, the risk isn't that bad. it's not unheard of that the players end up paying their trips under the promise that they'll get a refund
now that would be pretty risky
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United States97276 Posts
wow that was pretty nice micro
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I guess that's how to hold roach ravager Allin... just micro every god damn unit perfect... so easy xD
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On August 28 2016 10:10 J. Corsair wrote:
Results?
Drogo beat Nerchio 4-3 with some really sick warp prism micro. Game 7 was the highlight. Just go watch it when BTTV gets it up on Youtube!
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China6329 Posts
On August 28 2016 05:36 oGoZenob wrote:
so apparently marinelord and snute forfeited their spot because they doubt anybody will actually get paid ^^
Smart decision.
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On August 28 2016 05:36 oGoZenob wrote:
so apparently marinelord and snute forfeited their spot because they doubt anybody will actually get paid ^^
Make sense cause alot of dota players complain about this tournament.
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