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China6330 Posts
Master's Coliseum is back in 2018 and it's starting with a bang! Here is what is in store with SCboy's biggest event to date.
Master's Coliseum 2018 will be a dual-game event with StarCraft 2 and Warcraft 3. For StarCraft 2, the format is as follows:
The main event will be a 16-man GSL style tournament, but the groups will be selected with regions in mind.
Group China: consists of 3 players advanced from the Chinese Qualifier and one seeded player,  Cyan;
Group Korea: consists of 3 players advanced from the Korean Qualifier and one seeded player,  Rogue;
Group Wildcard: consists of 3 players advanced from the Wildcard Qualifier and one seeded player, Zest. The qualifier is open to all players, including eliminated players from the previous two qualifiers.
Group Training House: consists of 4 players advanced from the Training House Qualifiers, reserved for players currently residing in the NetEase StarCraft training house and the Korean training house, each training house will have their own qualifier.
The groups will be standard GSL style group with a slight twist: there will be a final best of 5 match between the top 2 finishers, and the "1st place player" will start with a 1-0 advantage, winner advances to the final bracket.
The 4 group winners will join four invited players in the final, offline single elimination bracket. The invited players are:  INnoVation, TIME, Scarlett, Neeb.
Schedule and sign-up
Chinese Qualifier: July 8th Sign-up Here
Korean Qualifier: July 13th Sign-up Here
Wildcard Qualifier: July 16th Sign-up Here
The Chinese Qualifier is Chinese player only, the Korean and Wildcard Qualifiers are open to all.
Group Stage
Group China: July 22nd
Group Korea: July 23rd
Group Training House: July 30th (likely unbroadcasted)
Group Wildcard: July 30th
Playoffs
August 24-26th, offline in Shanghai, China
Prize pool
1st: 80,000 CNY (~$12,080)
2nd: 40,000 CNY (~$6,040)
3rd-4th: 20,000 CNY (~$3020)
5th-8th: 5,000 CNY (~$755)
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Nice, thanks, and happy to see that TIME is in !
It's almost as if we had the IEM Shanghai this year. 
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why 'korean qualifier' called 'korean qualifier'?
It is same as 'wildcard qualifier'
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Only open to korean players i guess
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Always looking forward to seeing these Chinese online tournaments
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South Korea2105 Posts
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o
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On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o
Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular.
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This is match is sponsored by a friend of SCboy,who is very rich.
We call him weak kidney.
(I think I nust finish my translation for Waxangel...)
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South Korea2105 Posts
On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular.
Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world.
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China6330 Posts
On July 02 2018 20:35 Ziggy wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular. Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world.
We are basically as open as it can be tbh, the Bnet server isolation leaves us very little options.
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South Korea2105 Posts
On July 02 2018 20:44 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2018 20:35 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular. Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world. We are basically as open as it can be tbh, the Bnet server isolation leaves us very little options.
Is there no way to play on the Korean server from China?
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China6330 Posts
On July 02 2018 22:50 Ziggy wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2018 20:44 digmouse wrote:On July 02 2018 20:35 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular. Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world. We are basically as open as it can be tbh, the Bnet server isolation leaves us very little options. Is there no way to play on the Korean server from China?
Oh not about that. That's mostly about local tournaments getting little coverage due to foreign casters not being able to observe the matches. God knows how much trouble we had when I was trying to get Tenshi and Alex into GPL lobbies a couple years back.
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South Korea2105 Posts
On July 03 2018 05:44 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2018 22:50 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 20:44 digmouse wrote:On July 02 2018 20:35 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular. Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world. We are basically as open as it can be tbh, the Bnet server isolation leaves us very little options. Is there no way to play on the Korean server from China? Oh not about that. That's mostly about local tournaments getting little coverage due to foreign casters not being able to observe the matches. God know how much trouble we had when I was trying to get Tenshi and Alex into GPL lobbies a couple years ago.
Doesn't casting off a live-feed solve the problem?
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China6330 Posts
On July 03 2018 07:10 Ziggy wrote:Show nested quote +On July 03 2018 05:44 digmouse wrote:On July 02 2018 22:50 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 20:44 digmouse wrote:On July 02 2018 20:35 Ziggy wrote:On July 02 2018 12:25 pvsnp wrote:On July 02 2018 06:53 Ziggy wrote:
how come there's a starcraft teamhouse in china and it hasn't been advertised in any way yet ;o Chinese scene is fairly active but also very insular. Yeah, quite a shame, it has a lot of potential that could hopefully be realised had they opened themselves up to the rest of the world. We are basically as open as it can be tbh, the Bnet server isolation leaves us very little options. Is there no way to play on the Korean server from China? Oh not about that. That's mostly about local tournaments getting little coverage due to foreign casters not being able to observe the matches. God know how much trouble we had when I was trying to get Tenshi and Alex into GPL lobbies a couple years ago. Doesn't casting off a live-feed solve the problem?
Accessing the chinese streaming sites is still kind of pain and it's annoying to deal with without proper language support, also the overall broadcast quality was often up in the air since back then Chinese production didn't really have top of the shelf encoding quality and in-game observing. It was a bandaid solution at best, and when the Chinese orgs finally upped their job at overall production, the ship has sailed for a dedicated oversea audience due to the sheer amount of inconsistency over the years.
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Hopefully there's some English coverage for the playoffs, so often the issues with the Chinese events are a shame for us in terms of trying to watch ;;
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I'm not a fan of a tournament inviting players and seeding them directly into the money.
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On July 04 2018 01:40 Boggyb wrote:
I'm not a fan of a tournament inviting players and seeding them directly into the money.
Especially ones that would have trouble getting there by competing
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They are surely popular in China, and since it is an offline tournament i find it understandable.
Plus INno and Neeb are competitive most of the time.
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