2016's OSC Season 4 Championship will be played over 7 days, Mon Jan 1 - Sun 7 NA timezone (2-8th SEA/KR).

This Championship will be the culmination of our $250,000 season, and feature the top 50 players who've acquired points from 300+ events in 2016! The winner of this finals series will be declared 2016's OSC Champion!

2016 OSC World Rankings can be viewed here

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Above: Trophy won by yearly Champion!

Solar was 2015's Champion, taking out the $5000 finals series.
GuMiho was 2014's Champion, taking out the $3500 finals series.
PiG was 2013's Champion, taking out the $2100 finals series.

$10,000+ USD Prizepool!
Every player gets played!

If you want to help support players and increase the starting prizepool, we have a matcherino page setup, where you can add $1 for free with the code OSC

1st $2000 + Trophy
2nd $1000
3rd $800
4th $500
5/6th $350 each
7/8th $300 each
9/10th $225 each
11/14th $175 each
15/18th $150 each
19/26th $125 each
27/32nd $100 each
33/38th $75 each
39/50th $50 each

(1st-18th prize values can be increased though matcherino donations. 19th-50th are fixed value.)

4 Bonus OSC $ Bounties claimed so far this tournament:

$75 Scarlett > Solar
$50 PiLiPiLi > TRUE
$30 PiG > Ryung
$30 Probe > puCK

Players:

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Schedule:

Basic explanation of the format:

The top 26 highest players from the 2016 season, get seeded into championship bracket. 1-20 Upper Bracket, 21-26th Lower Bracket.
The next 24 players (27-50th), play in 4 6 player SSL style groups, and the top 12 players post groups are matched up in the playoff stage to determine the 6 best players to join the Championship Bracket.

7 Days of SC2 action!

Format is explained in detail and with visuals here.

+ Show Spoiler [Days 1-6 Results] +

Players and Brackets to be posted once confirmation stage is complete.

Day 1: Group A
Sunday, Jan 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Wardi
Stream B: Catz
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Day 2: Group B
Monday, Jan 02 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Wardi
Stream B: Gauntlet SC2
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Day 3: Group C
Tuesday, Jan 03 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Wardi
Stream B: Gauntlet SC2
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Day 4: Group D
Wednesday, Jan 04 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Wardi
Stream B: PiG
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Day 5: Championship Bracket Pt.1
Thursday, Jan 05 9:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Wardi

(P)

Probe v

puCK

TRUE v

PandaBearMe
(T)

KeeN v

Ryung

Snute v

GuMiho

aLive v

Snute/

GuMiho

Day 5: Playoffs
Friday, Jan 06 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream: Maynarde

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Day 6: Championship Bracket Pt.2
Friday, Jan 06 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Gauntlet SC2
Stream B: Wardi
Stream C: Catz

Schedule for Games and Results can be viewed here

Day 7: Championship Bracket Pt.3
Saturday, Jan 07 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Stream A: Gauntlet SC2
Stream B: Wardi

Schedule for Games and Results can be viewed here

Casters:

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Non English Streams:

Crank TV

Tohimon

Godzilla TV

We will have 2 English streams running at simutaneously for most of the Championship, so we can cover most games. Streams will be allocated games, so players/casters/fans know the schedule.

Only official tournament streams and casters are allowed to observe/stream matches and must set a 2 minute delay. No first person streams.

Admin team: CaVaLieR (Eddie), Elusory and Namakaye

Sponsors

Matcherino

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Razer

ADVMoto Magazine

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PSISTORM Gaming

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Blizzard Entertainment

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ratgod

United States34 Posts

November 17 2016 03:55 GMT

awesome! was looking through the top 50 and there are a TON of really sick players. this should be very cool

Nakajin

Canada8991 Posts

November 17 2016 04:58 GMT

There is some amazing player in the top 50th, I will be watching for sure!

DARKING

Mexico675 Posts

November 17 2016 08:47 GMT

I'm in 508th place, I've still got a chance!

CynicalDeath

Italy3739 Posts

November 17 2016 09:07 GMT

On November 17 2016 17:47 DARKING wrote:
I'm in 508th place, I've still got a chance!

...never lose hope!

Nerchio

Poland2633 Posts

November 17 2016 16:15 GMT

I am always lost in this OSC thing, what tournaments do I have to play to get points? :D

EddieSc2

Australia917 Posts

November 18 2016 00:04 GMT

On November 18 2016 01:15 Nerchio wrote:
I am always lost in this OSC thing, what tournaments do I have to play to get points? :D

Any Partnered Tournament, of which there are many!

Can keep an eye on SC2Online for open OSC events. Updated regularly. Shows open events and qualifiers, but not events that are already underway or invitationals. Otherwise most tournaments are usually listed here on TL.

Many events are open globally/not region locked. However, timezones are often OSC home region/WCS NA region friendly.

SNSeigifried

United States1640 Posts

November 19 2016 21:14 GMT

Great tournament a much watch and honestly Eddie has does an amazing job for the community. The OSC Participation also is 1 of the best features implemented in this system this year and is very rewarding to the dedicated players.Show your support by watching the finals!!!

phWinter

Sweden3 Posts

November 24 2016 17:08 GMT

Really exited for this! Been pushing myself through the ranks and its been incredible having all these ground up and bigger tournaments for the SEA and NA scene to play in. Hopefully the it will finish with a big finale and then move on to an even greater season in 2017

Cham sc2

1 Post

December 02 2016 08:57 GMT

#10

OSC Gives you alot of experience and helps you to growth as a player, personally OSC was a big part of why i was getting better, im super exited for the finals not just because of the money also because of the competition it self there ll be 50 players of the best quality that got points through out the year. definitely stay tune for the finals and cheer for your champ.

lechatnoir

392 Posts

December 02 2016 10:53 GMT

#11

I'm sure Byun has got this. But 50 players is bonkers!

EddieSc2

Australia917 Posts

December 05 2016 08:03 GMT

#12

Season 2016 ends: Sunday, Dec 18 12:59pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

View upcoming open signup events here (updated daily).

ElusoryX

Singapore2047 Posts

December 11 2016 10:16 GMT

#13

Only 1 week left to earn points!
Season 2016 ends: Sunday, Dec 18 12:59pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Namakaye

Australia114 Posts

December 14 2016 02:30 GMT

#14

OSC Season 2016 ends in a few days! Might be worth trying to setup a challenge match to improve your ranking!

(Link http://sc2online.com/unique-bonuses/ )

EddieSc2

Australia917 Posts

December 18 2016 04:17 GMT

#15

Final tournament of the year is complete!

Rankings updated with results!

There's a few hours remaining if players want to try a challenge match!

Season 2016 ends: Sunday, Dec 18 12:59pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Musicus

Germany23580 Posts

December 19 2016 10:38 GMT

#16

Nerchio sneaking into the top 50 last second

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Definitely will try to watch the finals now.

Salteador Neo

Andorra5591 Posts

December 19 2016 11:10 GMT

#17

Only 7 protoss in the top50 :o

EddieSc2

Australia917 Posts

December 19 2016 23:56 GMT

#18

After speaking with a lot of players during the initial confirmation period, several have expressed conflicts with having earlier flights leaving for WESG, or only being available up to the 7th.

As such we have decided to start the tournament one day earlier!

Day 1: Group A
Sunday, Jan 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 2: Group B
Monday, Jan 02 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 3: Group C
Tuesday, Jan 03 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 4: Group D
Wednesday, Jan 04 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 5: Playoffs
Friday, Jan 06 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 6: Championship Bracket Pt.1
Friday, Jan 06 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Day 7: Championship Bracket Pt.2
Saturday, Jan 07 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

EddieSc2

Australia917 Posts

December 23 2016 10:46 GMT

#19

Under 10 days until the Championship begins!

Confirmed Players can be viewed here!

Player confirmations close at Monday, Dec 26 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)

We'll also be announcing the casting talent within the next few days