ESL Open Cups

The ESL Open Cups allow all aspiring professionals and talented players, based in Europe, South Korea and Americas, to participate in weekly tournaments. These contribute 15 points towards the ESL Pro Tour ranking and $100 USD in prize money, each tournament, each region, each week.

These tournaments are open for all players, there are no regional restrictions.

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16896 Posts

January 20 2020 01:50 GMT

Week 2 and the AM cup has 2 Koreans and 2 Europeans in the semis. Hmm... Well at least Astrea is doing well in Korea.

Topin

Peru9605 Posts

January 20 2020 02:10 GMT

come on Bly!

TelecoM

United States10518 Posts

January 20 2020 03:28 GMT

Amazing, this is great! Thanks for hosting! 100$ a week in every region is amazing.

Nakajin

Canada7276 Posts

January 26 2020 14:50 GMT

So is there a reason why most Koreans are skiping those cups? To early in the day maybe?
I don't know how I feel with True winning a Korean cup without playing a single other Korean player.

Oh well, it still give some great games!

Elentos

54484 Posts

January 26 2020 15:16 GMT

On January 26 2020 23:50 Nakajin wrote:
So is there a reason why most Koreans are skiping those cups? To early in the day maybe?
I don't know how I feel with True winning a Korean cup without playing a single other Korean player.

Oh well, it still give some great games!

Last two weeks there was overlap with the BJ Destruction Match. This week everyone probably got wasted for Lunar New Year. We'll see how the bracket looks next week when there should be no significant overlap with anything. At least the online hero regulars should get involved then.

Legan

Finland213 Posts

January 26 2020 16:40 GMT

European brackets for last two tournaments are looking really different compared to last years challengers etc. because Reynor and Serral are missing and Elazer ~~and Lambo~~ are not reaching semifinals.

aringadingding

388 Posts

January 26 2020 17:11 GMT

8 cups so far and 0 toss wins...

Elentos

54484 Posts

January 26 2020 17:48 GMT

On January 27 2020 02:11 aringadingding wrote:
8 cups so far and 0 toss wins...

KR would have been won by a Protoss today but Trap just had to go and lose the PvP to Astrea in the semis. Cursed.

LaughNgamezAfreeca

78 Posts

January 27 2020 01:39 GMT

#10

Do replays get released for these?

Soke

United States789 Posts

January 27 2020 03:21 GMT

#11

That series was fantastic. Parting's stream was also hilarious after he lost to Scarlett. Played the sad music and lamented his loss and eventually got $100 in donations lmao. He also sang 1000 miles w/ duckdeok which was.. interesting.

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16896 Posts

January 27 2020 07:40 GMT

#12

On January 27 2020 10:39 LaughNgamezAfreeca wrote:
Do replays get released for these?

I didn't think so, but there have been a few casts from replays. Maybe try asking the admins on Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/eslsc2.

Sinistro

Brazil680 Posts

January 27 2020 17:29 GMT

#13

Replay packs are not released to public, but we do our best to give access to the approved casters and content creators.

Elentos

54484 Posts

February 02 2020 09:09 GMT

#14

Solar is just gonna win every KR cup he participates in and have the easiest time ever getting to the Global Finals.

Topin

Peru9605 Posts

February 03 2020 02:06 GMT

#15

another semi for Bly, i hope he can take this one

Nakajin

Canada7276 Posts

February 03 2020 02:42 GMT

#16

On February 02 2020 18:09 Elentos wrote:
Solar is just gonna win every KR cup he participates in and have the easiest time ever getting to the Global Finals.

You need to win 50 cups to make up for a 17th-24th/9th-12th differential in GSL

ZigguratOfUr

Iraq16896 Posts

February 03 2020 04:06 GMT

#17

On February 03 2020 11:42 Nakajin wrote:

Show nested quote +

You need to win 50 cups to make up for a 17th-24th/9th-12th differential in GSL

The point distribution is different than for WCS last year (though we don't know all of its details yet including GSL). It's been changed to be less top heavy and also to have fewer points overall, so 50 cups will almost certainly be worth more than that. My guess is that 50 cups should be around the same value as a GSL top 4, but it really depends on how they want to weigh GSL against global events.

SetGuitarsToKill

Canada28393 Posts

February 09 2020 18:56 GMT

#18

Neeeeeeeb

Heromarine on 3/5 in EU finals now, what a scrub.

AzAlexZ

2678 Posts

February 09 2020 23:01 GMT

#19

Of course when Neeb shows up he's like 'you noobs lol' and wins this *cough* easily.
Also HerMarine in 100% of the EU Cup finals that's not bad at all