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"IQ Cup"? What the hell is that?
For those who aren't as involved in the Chinese scene, "IQ Cup" typically refers to casual showmatch/stream matchs between two Chinese Starcraft community pillars, xiaose and F91. What makes it fun for Chinese viewers are their full random vs random matches, friendly yet savage banter and constant slip ups in mind games and strategy, it remains some of the most popular content they produce since 2012.
So you get the point, same deal: random vs random, casual matches, only bigger and more international.
Alright, I guess I'm in. What can I expect?
Just think about this:
 Dark,  INnoVation, Scarlett,  herO, Leenock, Zest, Solar, TY
TIME, iAsonu, Cyan, Jieshi
Four Chinese qualifier spots: Coffee, Chick, Shana and  LilTenacity
Playing random vs random in a 16 man GSL style tournament, for your entertainment.
This is SICK! When does it start?
Book your calendar then!
March 6th and 7th: Chinese qualifier (might not be streamed in English)
March 13th: Group A
March 14th: Group B
March 16th: Group C
March 20th: Group D
March 21st: Round of 8
March 23rd: Round of 4 and finals.
Broadcast starts 8pm KST...and judging by past records, expect schedule changes.
What are on the line then?
Not a lot by Kung Fu Cup standards, but still quite nice!
1st place: 10,000 CNY ($1453), plus an Alienware Aurora R5 desktop gaming PC (worth $1500-2000).
2nd place: 5,000 CNY ($727), plus an Alienware Aurora R5 desktop gaming PC.
3rd-4th place: an Alienware Aurora R5 desktop gaming PC.
Where can I watch it?
It will be streamed in Chinese at http://www.douyu.com/scboy, and our friend Lucas "Tenshi" Collard will be doing English coverage at http://www.twitch.tv/TenshiSC2, with occasional guest casters.
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nice and fun games are coming! and i have to say, your english is so much better than me
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Man the winner should autograph it and then re-sell it.
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Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do.
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On March 02 2017 16:30 7milesJourney wrote:
Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do.
Is that what Xiaose and F91 does - chat with each other DURING the game? This sounds interesting, can you describe how the IQ Cup is usually played? 
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On March 03 2017 19:02 Aiingel wrote:Show nested quote +On March 02 2017 16:30 7milesJourney wrote:
Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do. Is that what Xiaose and F91 does - chat with each other DURING the game? This sounds interesting, can you describe how the IQ Cup is usually played?
Yes,in fact chat with each other during the game is the most attractive point of IQ CUP.
For example, Xiaose and F91 often call each other "Good Brother"(this word is hard to translate, just need to know is very humiliated to say it in Chinese) after losing the IQ Cup to trade for another chance.
And there are many other funny trades they made during the match. The classical one is , when Xiaose almost lose the game , he begged F91 to "give me a moment for a song before you attack" , F91 accept it because he thought that only 3-4 mins can not change anything , and then Xiaose played a very very long song and use this time to turn the tide.
These funny performance is one of reasons why we call them two comedians.
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wait so are those gamers mentioned above actually going to participate in? if so, this will be so much fun!
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On March 03 2017 19:33 7milesJourney wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2017 19:02 Aiingel wrote:On March 02 2017 16:30 7milesJourney wrote:
Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do. Is that what Xiaose and F91 does - chat with each other DURING the game? This sounds interesting, can you describe how the IQ Cup is usually played? Yes,in fact chat with each other during the game is the most attractive point of IQ CUP. For example, Xiaose and F91 often call each other "Good Brother"(this word is hard to translate, just need to know is very humiliated to say it in Chinese) after losing the IQ Cup to trade for another chance. And there are many other funny trades they made during the match. The classical one is , when Xiaose almost lose the game , he begged F91 to "give me a moment for a song before you attack" , F91 accept it because he thought that only 3-4 mins can not change anything , and then Xiaose played a very very long song and use this time to turn the tide. These funny performance is one of reasons why we call them two comedians.
That actually sounds like an AWESOME format for a tournament - one that's more for entertainment than anything else. We currently don't have anything like that at all. I think that the closest we have is the one that Ravi (Feardragon) did, with the modified map - was it called Indistinguishable? It was also meant to be a "fun" tourney and it was hilarious, and underrated imo.
Do you know if they're going to try to mic up the players and do something similar for this IQ Cup? That'd be so hype!
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On March 03 2017 20:36 teamplasma wrote:
wait so are those gamers mentioned above actually going to participate in? if so, this will be so much fun!
Yes, all the gamers mentioned above are officially in this tournament.
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Calling on world's best players to play random versus each other can be a hell of fun...
we need more hype for this!
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On March 08 2017 07:26 Aiingel wrote:Show nested quote +On March 03 2017 19:33 7milesJourney wrote:On March 03 2017 19:02 Aiingel wrote:On March 02 2017 16:30 7milesJourney wrote:
Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do. Is that what Xiaose and F91 does - chat with each other DURING the game? This sounds interesting, can you describe how the IQ Cup is usually played? Yes,in fact chat with each other during the game is the most attractive point of IQ CUP. For example, Xiaose and F91 often call each other "Good Brother"(this word is hard to translate, just need to know is very humiliated to say it in Chinese) after losing the IQ Cup to trade for another chance. And there are many other funny trades they made during the match. The classical one is , when Xiaose almost lose the game , he begged F91 to "give me a moment for a song before you attack" , F91 accept it because he thought that only 3-4 mins can not change anything , and then Xiaose played a very very long song and use this time to turn the tide. These funny performance is one of reasons why we call them two comedians. That actually sounds like an AWESOME format for a tournament - one that's more for entertainment than anything else. We currently don't have anything like that at all. I think that the closest we have is the one that Ravi (Feardragon) did, with the modified map - was it called Indistinguishable? It was also meant to be a "fun" tourney and it was hilarious, and underrated imo. Do you know if they're going to try to mic up the players and do something similar for this IQ Cup? That'd be so hype!
The language barriers make it a bit difficult to pull off the mic part. But they also did not use mic much except to post-game interview in the Chinese qualifiers.
The biggest problem with this is that the qualifier games I watched are largely decided by random luck as most of the players are only decent with their main race. But I guess this would improve a lot with BO5 or BO7 for later stages.
Still a lot of fun watching.
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On March 08 2017 11:32 Yiome wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 07:26 Aiingel wrote:On March 03 2017 19:33 7milesJourney wrote:On March 03 2017 19:02 Aiingel wrote:On March 02 2017 16:30 7milesJourney wrote:
Its a pity that these players can not confuse each other by chatting on the same voice channel, just like classical IQ Cup do. Is that what Xiaose and F91 does - chat with each other DURING the game? This sounds interesting, can you describe how the IQ Cup is usually played? Yes,in fact chat with each other during the game is the most attractive point of IQ CUP. For example, Xiaose and F91 often call each other "Good Brother"(this word is hard to translate, just need to know is very humiliated to say it in Chinese) after losing the IQ Cup to trade for another chance. And there are many other funny trades they made during the match. The classical one is , when Xiaose almost lose the game , he begged F91 to "give me a moment for a song before you attack" , F91 accept it because he thought that only 3-4 mins can not change anything , and then Xiaose played a very very long song and use this time to turn the tide. These funny performance is one of reasons why we call them two comedians. That actually sounds like an AWESOME format for a tournament - one that's more for entertainment than anything else. We currently don't have anything like that at all. I think that the closest we have is the one that Ravi (Feardragon) did, with the modified map - was it called Indistinguishable? It was also meant to be a "fun" tourney and it was hilarious, and underrated imo. Do you know if they're going to try to mic up the players and do something similar for this IQ Cup? That'd be so hype! The language barriers make it a bit difficult to pull off the mic part. But they also did not use mic much except to post-game interview in the Chinese qualifiers. The biggest problem with this is that the qualifier games I watched are largely decided by random luck as most of the players are only decent with their main race. But I guess this would improve a lot with BO5 or BO7 for later stages. Still a lot of fun watching.
They actually mic up with Macsed on one of his series yesterday.
Their chat is extremely distracting that Macsed lost to an amateur with his main.
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Groups:
Group A: Jieshi, Scarlett, Chick, Dark
Group B: TIME, Zest, LilTenacity, Leenock
Group C: Coffee, Solar, iAsonu, TY
Group D: Shana, Innovation, Cyan, herO
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On March 08 2017 19:34 digmouse wrote:
Groups:
Group A: Jieshi, Scarlett, Chick, Dark
Group B: TIME, Zest, LilTenacity, Leenock
Group C: Coffee, Solar, iAsonu, TY
Group D: Shana, Innovation, Cyan, herO
Oh is that Confirmed? COOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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On March 09 2017 00:34 velocekr wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 19:34 digmouse wrote:
Groups:
Group A: Jieshi, Scarlett, Chick, Dark
Group B: TIME, Zest, LilTenacity, Leenock
Group C: Coffee, Solar, iAsonu, TY
Group D: Shana, Innovation, Cyan, herO Oh is that Confirmed? COOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Yes, it s confirmed.
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Edited: There is actually a Liquipedia page for this event!  IQ Cup/2017/International
I really hope they'll try their best to mic up the players! I tried to look for the VODs of the Chinese qualifiers on the scboy Douyu channel, but I couldn't find them :'( I wanted to see the "Macsed getting distracted" game that CxWiLL was talking about lol
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On March 11 2017 07:04 Aiingel wrote:Edited: There is actually a Liquipedia page for this event! IQ Cup/2017/InternationalI really hope they'll try their best to mic up the players! I tried to look for the VODs of the Chinese qualifiers on the scboy Douyu channel, but I couldn't find them :'( I wanted to see the "Macsed getting distracted" game that CxWiLL was talking about lol
It start with F91 got knocked out by an amateur (麦乐鸡块, basically McNugget) because Xiaose and Mayuki cast his game with Sichuan accent.
VOD of F91 vs 麦乐鸡块
So when 麦乐鸡块 face Macsed the next round, they mic up with Macsed to screw with him, claim they want to harrass all the pros out of this qualifier.
VOD of Macsed vs 麦乐鸡块
+ Show Spoiler +Macsed won the series even after losing game1 with protoss.
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On March 11 2017 16:19 CxWiLL wrote:Show nested quote +On March 11 2017 07:04 Aiingel wrote:Edited: There is actually a Liquipedia page for this event! IQ Cup/2017/InternationalI really hope they'll try their best to mic up the players! I tried to look for the VODs of the Chinese qualifiers on the scboy Douyu channel, but I couldn't find them :'( I wanted to see the "Macsed getting distracted" game that CxWiLL was talking about lol It start with F91 got knocked out by an amateur (麦乐鸡块, basically McNugget) because Xiaose and Mayuki cast his game with Sichuan accent. VOD of F91 vs 麦乐鸡块So when 麦乐鸡块 face Macsed the next round, they mic up with Macsed to screw with him, claim they want to harrass all the pros out of this qualifier. VOD of Macsed vs 麦乐鸡块+ Show Spoiler +Macsed won the series even after losing game1 with protoss.
Hey thanks SO MUCH for these links CxWiLL! This Bilibili site looks amazing for uploading tourney vods - it looks like they are all linked in a tournament playlist.
But because I had difficulty getting the videos to run smoothly (it's the same with Douyu, outside China the streams are not smooth), I poked around and found that Xiaose has a Youtube channel!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwoGHVFaPZy1u3os6rYKJw
So I managed to watch the Macsed vods and they were hilarious  He's really sporting actually! He was trying so hard to speak in dialect too, and it was funny when he lamented "what is wrong with putonghua (standard Mandarin)" at one point hahaha
I totally understand the appeal of the IQ Cup now. Looking forward to the Group A games tomorrow - even with the language barrier, Xiaose and 91 should still be entertaining. Also, Tenshi will be casting the English stream!
(edited to add: Even though MacSed won that series he still didn't make it to the actual group stage?)
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On March 13 2017 06:49 Aiingel wrote:Show nested quote +On March 11 2017 16:19 CxWiLL wrote:On March 11 2017 07:04 Aiingel wrote:Edited: There is actually a Liquipedia page for this event! IQ Cup/2017/InternationalI really hope they'll try their best to mic up the players! I tried to look for the VODs of the Chinese qualifiers on the scboy Douyu channel, but I couldn't find them :'( I wanted to see the "Macsed getting distracted" game that CxWiLL was talking about lol It start with F91 got knocked out by an amateur (麦乐鸡块, basically McNugget) because Xiaose and Mayuki cast his game with Sichuan accent. VOD of F91 vs 麦乐鸡块So when 麦乐鸡块 face Macsed the next round, they mic up with Macsed to screw with him, claim they want to harrass all the pros out of this qualifier. VOD of Macsed vs 麦乐鸡块+ Show Spoiler +Macsed won the series even after losing game1 with protoss. Hey thanks SO MUCH for these links CxWiLL! This Bilibili site looks amazing for uploading tourney vods - it looks like they are all linked in a tournament playlist. But because I had difficulty getting the videos to run smoothly (it's the same with Douyu, outside China the streams are not smooth), I poked around and found that Xiaose has a Youtube channel!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwoGHVFaPZy1u3os6rYKJwSo I managed to watch the Macsed vods and they were hilarious He's really sporting actually! He was trying so hard to speak in dialect too, and it was funny when he lamented "what is wrong with putonghua (standard Mandarin)" at one point hahaha I totally understand the appeal of the IQ Cup now. Looking forward to the Group A games tomorrow - even with the language barrier, Xiaose and 91 should still be entertaining. Also, Tenshi will be casting the English stream! (edited to add: Even though MacSed won that series he still didn't make it to the actual group stage?)
He lost the final qualifying series against an amateur. Got Protossed lol.
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thanks for making this thread!
seeing the IQ cup rules in formal English surely feels strange haha...
btw, I think you may have included an extra comma in the stream links, which leads to invalid URLs.
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