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Greetings, if you're reading this thread than you're probably wondering why it's 'unofficial'. Before getting into the details of the tournament, the folks who do the official graphics/posters etc for TING are on holidays until the new years and we really want to make this info public so players & other ogranizers can prepare.
TING SEASON 3
Patch notes:
- Groups have changed (still using GSL/WCS group format)
old All Bo5
new All Bo3
- Qualifier regions changed
old 2 NA / 2 EU / 2 KR / 2 WC
new 1 NA / 2 EU / 2 KR / 3 WC
- Prize distribution
old paid to top 8 players
new paid to top 4 players
old 2000 / 1000 / 600 / 400 / 250
new 2500 / 1500 / 750 / 250
- Live RO4
old everything was online
new Top 4 players will be flown out to TBA location in California. Hotels will be paid for, and we will provide flight accommodations up to $1,500 USD for each player.
- Invited player: Neeb (NA Group)
old no players were invited before qualifiers had concluded
new as a sponsored player, Neeb is the only player granted an invite.
Qualifier Dates:
Semi-Finals & Grand Finals will take place the weekend of March 25-26. PLEASE PLAN AHEAD ACCORDINGLY
Top 2 players from each qualifier will advance to the Ro32 Group stage, and 2 players will be invited after the qualifiers are concluded (these invites are usually based off of performance in the qualifiers) with the exception of NA, which will only have 1 return invite as Neeb has already taken a spot.
North American Qualifier:
Feb 4th
European Qualifiers:
Jan 18th & 25th
Korean Qualifiers:
Jan 19th & 26th
Wild Card Qualifiers: (anyone from any region can sign up to play)
Jan 15th & 29th
Feb 5th
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I liked the Bo5 groups. What's the reason behind the change?
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On December 28 2016 11:31 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I liked the Bo5 groups. What's the reason behind the change?
I remember when we had the old WCS, one group would take around 5 hours or so, so if you have potentially 50% more games, then your broadcast is extended by a couple more hours. It just means a bigger time commitment by basetrade, the players, and some Ting people.
This may not be the case at all, but more games do mean more time committed by those involved.
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On December 28 2016 12:02 FrkFrJss wrote:Show nested quote +On December 28 2016 11:31 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I liked the Bo5 groups. What's the reason behind the change? I remember when we had the old WCS, one group would take around 5 hours or so, so if you have potentially 50% more games, then your broadcast is extended by a couple more hours. It just means a bigger time commitment by basetrade, the players, and some Ting people. This may not be the case at all, but more games do mean more time committed by those involved.
Old WCS taking 5 hours is a live show, online downtime between series is much lower. I can't speak for Basetrade, but here are my two cents on BO3 / BO5.
The problem is volatility in length. A BO3 can take 15-20 minutes and be over, or 20 minutes and still be in game one. The risk here is running too short of a broadcast. In a BO5 that volatilty grows ten-fold. When I ran Wardi Open some groups took ~4 hours with 5 BO5s, another took almost 6, which is too long for players and also long for casting. By running BO3s you run the risk of a shorter broadcast, which is possibly more desirable than a broadcast which is too long, especially if you have other events to cast around the clock which Basetrade obviously do.
Essentially as you said, just worded a bit differently.
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Nope, which is even more awesome
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Great news :D except from top 8 prize to top 4 !  But all looks super good !
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This is so freaking awesome, especially the chance for players to visit California!
But the GSL final is on the same weekend? (25 Mar) Would that affect players who have a good chance of reaching the GSL finals?
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Ohh I hope the finals are near me so I can go.
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This is awesome 
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thats good news
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Haha it's perfect!
Live finals are going to be so cool. Thanks again to Rif and ZG for putting so much effort into these tournaments, so excited for Season 3! See you guys in Twitch chat
Oh, and GO NEEB!
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