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China6331 Posts
Format and Players
24 man tournament.
8 group stage invites:  INnoVation, GuMiho,  Solar, Rogue, soO,  Classic, Zest, Stats
16 challenger invites: Coffee, TIME, FanTaSy, Cure, TY, KeeN, Scarlett, Impact, iAsonu, RagnaroK, Dear, PartinG, Nice, Trap, herO, Patience
Challenger players are seeded into 8 best of 5 series, 8 winners advance into group stage.
Your average GSL style groups and single elimination bracket after that. BO7 grand finals.
Prize Pool
1st: $3,000
2nd: $1,500
3rd-4th: $750
5-8th: $500
8-16th: $250
Schedule
June 3rd and 4th: challenger playoffs
June 17th: Group A
June 18th: Group B
June 25th: Group C
July 2nd: Group D
July 7th and 8th: Quarterfinals
July 9th: Semis
July 15th: Finals
Broadcast starts 11:30 GMT (+00:00) every playday.
Streams TBD.
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I think you made a mistake,it's herO,not HerO.
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China6331 Posts
Yeah TLPD-ize does that, it still defaults to HerO when parsing the name.
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Awesome, thanks for the info!
Do you have the Challenger brackets yet, or do we need to wait for the broadcast?
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Canada8990 Posts
Wow that a great line up!
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I understand they are probably not in contact with European players, but I do wish to see some EU&NA players like Serral, Neeb and Reynor.
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On June 03 2019 13:23 Soke wrote:
Awesome, thanks for the info!
Do you have the Challenger brackets yet, or do we need to wait for the broadcast?
Special won't come,Coffee will take his spot.
challenger bracket here:
June 3rd: nice vs ragnarok,scarlett vs cure,parting vs fantasy,trap vs keen
June 4th:TY vs herO,IA vs dear,Coffee vs impact,time vs patience
https://wx4.sinaimg.cn/mw690/6c546c01gy1g3num9vervj21hc0u0x6p.jpg
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On June 03 2019 13:41 DoubleRound wrote:
I understand they are probably not in contact with European players, but I do wish to see some EU&NA players like Serral, Neeb and Reynor.
it's an online tournament on KR server,there may be some net problems if they invite EU&NA players.
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China6331 Posts
On June 03 2019 13:41 DoubleRound wrote:
I understand they are probably not in contact with European players, but I do wish to see some EU&NA players like Serral, Neeb and Reynor.
They tried having EU players in the past, it created a lot of headache for everyone involved.
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On June 03 2019 13:46 FBTsingLoong wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2019 13:41 DoubleRound wrote:
I understand they are probably not in contact with European players, but I do wish to see some EU&NA players like Serral, Neeb and Reynor. it's an online tournament on KR server,there may be some net problems if they invite EU&NA players.
OK that's a perfect explanation. Thanks.
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Going to do my best to do an English stream when possible
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Maru is not playing? He was in the previous season.
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Will there be any matches played offline like last year?
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China6331 Posts
On June 03 2019 20:32 yht9657 wrote:
Will there be any matches played offline like last year?
Fully online this time.
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On June 03 2019 20:32 yht9657 wrote:
Will there be any matches played offline like last year?
Not this season.
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Is this only streamed on the Scboy chan? It's so annoying with all those ad overlays
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On June 03 2019 20:34 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2019 20:32 yht9657 wrote:
Will there be any matches played offline like last year? Fully online this time.
That's a shame
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On June 03 2019 20:55 sneakyfox wrote:
Is this only streamed on the Scboy chan? It's so annoying with all those ad overlays
Well,that's inevitable.We also hate those shitty ads.
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On June 03 2019 21:19 yht9657 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2019 20:34 digmouse wrote:On June 03 2019 20:32 yht9657 wrote:
Will there be any matches played offline like last year? Fully online this time. That's a shame
Next season may be offline.
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Well, they don't post the ads they don't receive sponsor's money, and we won't even have a chance to complain
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Have asked to get replays to provide an Eng cast of the games on Wed/Thurs hopefully
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Canada8990 Posts
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On June 03 2019 22:28 LittlePox wrote:Well, they don't post the ads they don't receive sponsor's money, and we won't even have a chance to complain
The ad overlays are posted by stream sites,not the streamer.We have already been tired of complaining about that.
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On June 03 2019 22:47 Nakajin wrote:Nice 3-0 RagnaroK ?????? Was it a walkover?
Some Chinese fans think it was Stats playing the game,LOL.
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On June 03 2019 22:49 FBTsingLoong wrote:Some Chinese fans think it was Stats playing the game,LOL.
It has to be noted that Ragnarok's ZvP is the matchup that drags him down, in a Protoss free tournament Ragnarok in 2019 could be a Code S champion.
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Italy3710 Posts
On June 03 2019 22:47 Nakajin wrote:Nice 3-0 RagnaroK ?????? Was it a walkover?
nope
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PartinG was runner-up last Coliseum, TY top 4. They get put into Challenger and face qualification matches while other players simply get a pass because they are who they are. Never change, China..
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On June 03 2019 22:45 Elmonti wrote:
Great nuke by Cure! :O
@Elmonti Indeed, that was a nasty Nuke, WOW!
For those of you who wanna see it, check it out here:
RavenZ
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On June 03 2019 23:50 Elentos wrote:
PartinG was runner-up last Coliseum, TY top 4. They get put into Challenger and face qualification matches while other players simply get a pass because they are who they are. Never change, China..
they'll tell you the rules they invite ppl, if you ask the host.
don't just think things should happen as you imagine or its something special treated.
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On June 04 2019 03:10 Lanthdoral wrote:Show nested quote +On June 03 2019 23:50 Elentos wrote:
PartinG was runner-up last Coliseum, TY top 4. They get put into Challenger and face qualification matches while other players simply get a pass because they are who they are. Never change, China.. they'll tell you the rules they invite ppl, if you ask the host. don't just think things should happen as you imagine or its something special treated.
yeah I don't think anyone here doesnt grasp the concept of inviting whoever you want. Elentos is just showing frustration at how, as usual, invites to Chinese tournaments are primarily a popularity contest.
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On June 04 2019 03:19 Ej_ wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2019 03:10 Lanthdoral wrote:On June 03 2019 23:50 Elentos wrote:
PartinG was runner-up last Coliseum, TY top 4. They get put into Challenger and face qualification matches while other players simply get a pass because they are who they are. Never change, China.. they'll tell you the rules they invite ppl, if you ask the host. don't just think things should happen as you imagine or its something special treated. yeah I don't think anyone here doesnt grasp the concept of inviting whoever you want. Elentos is just showing frustration at how, as usual, invites to Chinese tournaments are primarily a popularity contest.
If the sole criterion is "whomever you want," then we got pretty lucky with this set of invited players. The distribution of race or skill could've been much worse.
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Their first priority is popularity. Among Chinese fans, Zest, soO and INnoVation simply have the highest popularity in each race. Chinese casters invite them whenever possible.
Second priority is about who they can reach to. As far as I know, Maru and Dark are outside the list either because they rejected this event, or they had rejected or even fortified Chinese events before.
Third would be the how each player actually plays in his race. Classic's winning the super tournament gives him a free ticket, Gumiho outplays TY in recent tournaments, and Solar is awarded for his near perfect play in China Team Championship 2019 Season 1.
Last two tickets are given to "please" potential korean players so that they may consider joining the Chinese team tournaments. That's how Stats and Rogue are invited as well.
Let's simply appreciate the fact that none of the Chinese players gets a free pass. I was expecting TIME to be exempted from challenger matches, but now he still needs to fight his way to the RO16.
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China6331 Posts
People seem to forget that invites used to be MUCH worse and random back in early Kung Fu Cup days.
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Ha ha, what is it with Scarlett and eating epic nukes 
Couldn't be the white noise this time.
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Game 4 between herO and TY is a good representation of why playing TvP late game when you're even is a waste of time. Now it looks like the classic TY reverse sweep.
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herO did not look good at all in the process of this reverse sweep but a win is a win I guess. Shame we had to have herO vs TY instead of both qualifying. There were enough easy opponents available, after all
On June 04 2019 13:23 digmouse wrote:
People seem to forget that invites used to be MUCH worse and random back in early Kung Fu Cup days.
The early days? You mean back when 90% of the good players weren't readily available due to Proleague anyway? I seem to recall most of the spots were from regional qualifiers after the very first one.
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It's a pity TY and Ragnarok won't play this tournament.
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On June 05 2019 00:03 Xain0n wrote:
It's a pity TY and Ragnarok won't play this tournament.
I mean TY probably got the 2nd worst possible opponent he could have gotten due to Chinese RNG. But what is RagnaroK's excuse? I know his ZvP isn't extraordinary but like, losing to the 2nd best Taiwanese Protoss isn't what I was expecting. Did anyone see those games?
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Rag’s just destroyed by Nice's immortal push and macro. No cheese.
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On June 05 2019 00:05 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On June 05 2019 00:03 Xain0n wrote:
It's a pity TY and Ragnarok won't play this tournament. I mean TY probably got the 2nd worst possible opponent he could have gotten due to Chinese RNG. But what is RagnaroK's excuse? I know his ZvP isn't extraordinary but like, losing to the 2nd best Taiwanese Protoss isn't what I was expecting. Did anyone see those games?
Oh, Nice almost certainly deserved to advance but he is an opponent Ragnarok can overcome, and I would have liked to see more from him.
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Hey, will be broadcasting the "best matches" so far in English tomorrow from ~1/2pm CEST 
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On June 03 2019 23:50 Elentos wrote:
PartinG was runner-up last Coliseum, TY top 4. They get put into Challenger and face qualification matches while other players simply get a pass because they are who they are. Never change, China..
With respect, why do not you hold a better, fairer, opener tournament?
Talk is cheap, show your code.
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On June 04 2019 23:55 Elentos wrote:herO did not look good at all in the process of this reverse sweep but a win is a win I guess. Shame we had to have herO vs TY instead of both qualifying. There were enough easy opponents available, after all Show nested quote +On June 04 2019 13:23 digmouse wrote:
People seem to forget that invites used to be MUCH worse and random back in early Kung Fu Cup days. The early days? You mean back when 90% of the good players weren't readily available due to Proleague anyway? I seem to recall most of the spots were from regional qualifiers after the very first one.
Years ago. SCBOY hired Byun as a mercenary of X-team to win StarCraft League 2015. SCBOY tried to offer a longer-term contract to Byun. Maybe because of poor communication, no happy ending or peaceful breakup. Byun left and won WCS.
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/509528-byun-leaves-x-team
In certain Kung Fu Cup, Byun won the qualifier. Then they invited SOO or somebody else.
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On June 12 2019 13:02 BluestSEA wrote:Show nested quote +On June 04 2019 23:55 Elentos wrote:herO did not look good at all in the process of this reverse sweep but a win is a win I guess. Shame we had to have herO vs TY instead of both qualifying. There were enough easy opponents available, after all On June 04 2019 13:23 digmouse wrote:
People seem to forget that invites used to be MUCH worse and random back in early Kung Fu Cup days. The early days? You mean back when 90% of the good players weren't readily available due to Proleague anyway? I seem to recall most of the spots were from regional qualifiers after the very first one. Years ago. SCBOY hired Byun as a mercenary of X-team to win StarCraft League 2015. SCBOY tried to offer a longer-term contract to Byun. Maybe because of poor communication, no happy ending or peaceful breakup. Byun left and won WCS. https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/509528-byun-leaves-x-teamIn certain Kung Fu Cup, Byun won the qualifier. Then they invited SOO or somebody else.
That just was last year. TY won the Korean qualifier, then had to drop out for the offline finals because it overlapped with his Ro16 group (which was Maru's fault but whatever). TY then got replaced by soO instead of ByuN (who was 2nd in the qualifier). That's not that far back, then.
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On June 14 2019 00:27 Elentos wrote:
That just was last year. TY won the Korean qualifier, then had to drop out for the offline finals because it overlapped with his Ro16 group (which was Maru's fault but whatever). TY then got replaced by soO instead of ByuN (who was 2nd in the qualifier). That's not that far back, then.
After all, they said calculation.
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China6331 Posts
Schedule change, please refer to the OP.
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China6331 Posts
Group C and onwards postponed again /shrugs.
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All right today we have Inno and Stats,gonna be crazy.
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Ro 8 will begin in 1 hour,I don't why it's not on the TL calendar.
Soo vs herO Solar vs Stats
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What stream is going to show the games?
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On July 07 2019 20:55 Greenei wrote:
What stream is going to show the games?
Wardi
but the games are pushed back 1 hour from the original scheduled time because of ROG qualifiers.
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On July 07 2019 21:08 osliang wrote:Wardi but the games are pushed back 1 hour from the original scheduled time because of ROG qualifiers.
Are you sure? He is currently casting his own tourney, lol. And there is more than 1 BO7 left.
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On July 07 2019 21:12 Greenei wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2019 21:08 osliang wrote:On July 07 2019 20:55 Greenei wrote:
What stream is going to show the games? Wardi but the games are pushed back 1 hour from the original scheduled time because of ROG qualifiers. Are you sure? He is currently casting his own tourney, lol. And there is more than 1 BO7 left.
wardi will cast replays. It seems he won't stream this tournament.
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On July 07 2019 21:12 Greenei wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2019 21:08 osliang wrote:On July 07 2019 20:55 Greenei wrote:
What stream is going to show the games? Wardi but the games are pushed back 1 hour from the original scheduled time because of ROG qualifiers. Are you sure? He is currently casting his own tourney, lol. And there is more than 1 BO7 left.
Wardi just said he's not casting Master's Coliseum today, he's gonna cast from replay tomorrow.
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On July 07 2019 21:17 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On July 07 2019 21:12 Greenei wrote:On July 07 2019 21:08 osliang wrote:On July 07 2019 20:55 Greenei wrote:
What stream is going to show the games? Wardi but the games are pushed back 1 hour from the original scheduled time because of ROG qualifiers. Are you sure? He is currently casting his own tourney, lol. And there is more than 1 BO7 left. Wardi just said he's not casting Master's Coliseum today, he's gonna cast from replay tomorrow.
i see, didn't know that, thanks!
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