We at Alpha X are happy to announce the King of Battles - KB International Championship! With $30,000 and 1280 EPT points on the line it's an opportunity for players to earn fame, fortune and important points towards the IEM Katowice 2021 World Championship! EPT points will be distributed as follows:
KR players can only participate in the KR qualifiers. Non-KR players may only play in either the KR qualifiers or the NA/EU qualifiers.
Double-elimination, 3 spots awarded in each qualifier
KR Qualifier #1: Friday, September 25 7pm KST sign up here.
KR Qualifier #2: Sunday, September 27th 7pm KST sign up here.
EU Qualifier: Sunday, September 27th 6pm CEST sign up here.
NA Qualifier: Saturday, September 26th 3pm EDT sign up here.
Top 2 from Korean EPT standings and Top 2 from Circuit EPT Standings as of 16th August will be directly invited to the tournament.
Main event
The main event will be held between October 3 - October 11. Exact times will be announced after the qualifiers conclude 4 groups of 4 players each will lead into an 8 player single-elimination playoff bracket. You can find all infos on Liquipedia.
You can add $0.50 to the prize pool for free by using the code KOB2020 on Matcherino. Sponsor Quests on the right also add money for free so do check them out!
Replay pack for entire tournament (Main event and casted qualifier matches) available at $10. *new Purchase here as original matcherino page has been finalized - https://matcherino.com/tournaments/39063/overview
*edit - Code has been used up thank you! 50% of any further contribution go towards the prize pool while the other 50% go towards the next big event! Thank you for supporting SC2!
Want to support Alpha X if you are a fan of our events focused style of developing SC2 talent? We frequently organize events of all kinds to support our young talents like Astrea, Zoun, Future & RagnaroK etc and showcase premier players like Rogue, INnoVation, TY etc. Support and more information via Patreon @ https://www.patreon.com/alphaxsc2
Props to AlphaX on landing with this one! I am an avid follower of your streams and showmatch/tourneys and I am glad that you guys host this tournament!
No kidding! It amazes me that companies/orgs put up big money to sponsor these tournaments but don't get a solid commitment on how their company will be promoted. At a minimum, link to their home page...
No kidding! It amazes me that companies/orgs put up big money to sponsor these tournaments but don't get a solid commitment on how their company will be promoted. At a minimum, link to their home page...
Just checked out the Matcherino and saw some awesome dude just put additional 15k bucks in the pool? Or is this part of the "normal" pool? I'm very confused
Some info on the sponsor: it's a Chinese betting site that's had some previous activity in esports (dota2, sponsoring BSG)
According to TheOneAboveU there's no reason for concern, as it's like any other betting site that sponsors a variety of traditional or electronic sports (unless you're someone who just has a blanket distrust of gambling).
THank you so much AlphaX. Keeping StarCraft alive! Only thing i don't get is how can you give the same amount of qualifierr spots to EU and NA region when EU is vastly superior. I wouldn't mind 2 spots for NA and 4 for EU making it 6 EU players including Reynor and Serral...
THank you so much AlphaX. Keeping StarCraft alive! Only thing i don't get is how can you give the same amount of qualifierr spots to EU and NA region when EU is vastly superior. I wouldn't mind 2 spots for NA and 4 for EU making it 6 EU players including Reynor and Serral...
EU players can play in the NA qualifiers and vice versa, meaning we could have 0 NA players and 8 EU.
THank you so much AlphaX. Keeping StarCraft alive! Only thing i don't get is how can you give the same amount of qualifierr spots to EU and NA region when EU is vastly superior. I wouldn't mind 2 spots for NA and 4 for EU making it 6 EU players including Reynor and Serral...
EU players can play in the NA qualifiers and vice versa, meaning we could have 0 NA players and 8 EU.
If the ESL weekly is any indication, this is exactly what will happen
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
On September 25 2020 21:39 darklycid wrote: Protosses with the 5000iq play of showing up en masse and then get one through in the losers bracket (i don't expect hurricane to beat maru)
This strategy didnt work out for Parting much...He lost to Firefly and Billowy wtf is going on with him
Great move by Maru to wait with that interference matrix until the disruptor was out and shot the nova (although there was a colossus already). He would have won anyway but still cool to see
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
sry but what does cba mean ?
Can't be arsed
On September 25 2020 23:29 darklycid wrote: So with inno probably winning over Hurricane/creator this is a sad zealot qualifier.
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
On September 25 2020 20:55 algue wrote: Where have all the good zergs gone
Korea isn't exactly a Zerg haven. Dark cba to play in events like this, Rogue is invited. I'll also give DRG a pass (and Solar one for forfeiting LB) since they play Code S tomorrow.
sry but what does cba mean ?
Can't be arsed
On September 25 2020 23:29 darklycid wrote: So with inno probably winning over Hurricane/creator this is a sad zealot qualifier.
2 NA players in the ro16 in the NA qualifiers. Mid tier koreans dominating EU qualifiers is a tragedy but mid tier EU players doing it to NA is fine is seems.
On September 27 2020 07:11 ilax30 wrote: Mana qualifying as the first player, no surprises just yet..
I mean he got a little bit of a lucky bracket i think, but he looked pretty good vs neebs NA moves.
Ha ye was a bit sarcastic, doubt anybody expected him to qualify. Was pretty big the super battery mined just about 400 minerals so he could expand elsehwere. Would be interested what would of happened otherwise. Neeb still would of lost nearly everything against the 1 voidray. Maybe if he got a 3rd stalker out he would win I guess
MaSa vs Nice game 2 is real similar to Clem vs Gerald from last month. The terran spots the proxy void rays and then loses due to committing hard to shutting it down.
Clem not qualifying in the first qualie with a double elim bracket is a solid surprise. No shame in losing to uThermal and Showtime who are 2 opponents who have bested the Frenchman multiple times this year. Looks like it will be a rematch of Neeb v uThermal, kinda unlucky for the Dutchman with Mana somehow winning that upper bracket match
Thats gotta hurt for uthermal, completely outplayed and outmultitasked nice all game to die to a few ruptor shots right when he wanted to finish the deal. Must be hard with ping, but ofc it shouldnt happen none the less
Really doubt anybody predicted Nice to advance. He managed to beat Elazer, Neeb, Namshar, which is a pretty sick run. Not to mention he beat Masa twice, who beat Drogo. Insane!
Wow, Mana and Nice qualifying in the first round, that was unexpected.
On September 27 2020 05:42 royalroadweed wrote: 2 NA players in the ro16 in the NA qualifiers. Mid tier koreans dominating EU qualifiers is a tragedy but mid tier EU players doing it to NA is fine is seems.
Well with only a handfull of Na* Pros signing up, this would have been a realy sad qualifier, if it would have been Region locker to NA only. *Na pro players: Cham, Future, Masa, Neeb, Nina, (Kelazhur, Namshar)
On September 27 2020 19:31 SenorChang wrote: i don't really understand the format here, how do players make it to the ro16?
Are you looking at liquipedia? The bracket is larger than that, it's just cut off to better fit the page is is usually done with larger open tournaments
On September 27 2020 19:31 SenorChang wrote: i don't really understand the format here, how do players make it to the ro16?
Are you looking at liquipedia? The bracket is larger than that, it's just cut off to better fit the page is is usually done with larger open tournaments
yes I am, is there any way to look at the larger bracket?
On September 27 2020 19:31 SenorChang wrote: i don't really understand the format here, how do players make it to the ro16?
Are you looking at liquipedia? The bracket is larger than that, it's just cut off to better fit the page is is usually done with larger open tournaments
yes I am, is there any way to look at the larger bracket?
Oh you meant Ro16 in the Qualifiers? The official breaket is allways on the sidebar on liquipedia, most of the time a challonge link, wher you can see the entire breaket, seeding and so on.
On September 27 2020 21:50 darklycid wrote: Solar really really didnt want to win this game it seems.
I don't think he could have ever killed the army anyway with Trap at the helm but god was that ever beautiful Zerg army control if you're a Protoss.
Yeah idk feel like zergs are not at the point where they know how to play vs the blink disruptor coloss armies rn and need some time to catch up in the meta, but control like this certainly doesnt help (also not the first time solar looked completely inept at anti disruptor micro.
On September 27 2020 21:50 darklycid wrote: Solar really really didnt want to win this game it seems.
I don't think he could have ever killed the army anyway with Trap at the helm but god was that ever beautiful Zerg army control if you're a Protoss.
Yeah idk feel like zergs are not at the point where they know how to play vs the blink disruptor coloss armies rn and need some time to catch up in the meta, but control like this certainly doesnt help (also not the first time solar looked completely inept at anti disruptor micro.
I was also a big fan of blowing up 20 banelings on a gateway that didn't wall anything.
On September 27 2020 21:50 darklycid wrote: Solar really really didnt want to win this game it seems.
I don't think he could have ever killed the army anyway with Trap at the helm but god was that ever beautiful Zerg army control if you're a Protoss.
Yeah idk feel like zergs are not at the point where they know how to play vs the blink disruptor coloss armies rn and need some time to catch up in the meta, but control like this certainly doesnt help (also not the first time solar looked completely inept at anti disruptor micro.
I was also a big fan of blowing up 20 banelings on a gateway that didn't wall anything.
I like how twich chat is praising Byuns lategame micro, while he loses Liberators to spores and 10+ Marines get cleaned up by 4 Banes, because they just stand there and wait for their death Earlygame controll is insane though
On September 28 2020 04:06 ilax30 wrote: uThermal with the revenge win on Neeb. The Dutchman with a really painful qualifying loss v Nice yesterday, another good chance v Gerald now..
I thiiiink if uThermal can beat Neeb he ought to be able to beat Geralt, and I'd love to see him in the main event.
Happy uthermal qualified, he was a bit emotional after losing to Nice yesterday deep in the night after losing his entire army to 2 ruptors in game 1 after dominating that map and then losing the series as a result. It was a painful loss but he regrouped today. Made it scary again though, that 2nd game v Geralt should of been a win and eating a storm in game 3 it didnt look bad for geralt for a bit.. Fun series
On September 28 2020 05:36 dbRic1203 wrote: Special forfeit vs Kelazhur? So its probably EU Server and he didn t bother trying to Play TvT with such a bad ping?
He forfeited NA as well, does it a lot in other tourneys ruining brackets, highly irritating. Hope he gets a warning for once
On September 27 2020 23:41 dbRic1203 wrote: I like how twich chat is praising Byuns lategame micro, while he loses Liberators to spores and 10+ Marines get cleaned up by 4 Banes, because they just stand there and wait for their death Earlygame controll is insane though
Actually his muktitask seemed very good but his micro like the bane clicking was a bit off.
That was it, entertaining stuff in the qualies. Any names you guys thought would of gone through? The NA one was a surprise fest for sure. Looking forward to the main draw!
Also the terran top-3 in EU qualifying after a triple protoss in NA..
On September 28 2020 08:00 ilax30 wrote: That was it, entertaining stuff in the qualies. Any names you guys thought would of gone through? The NA one was a surprise fest for sure. Looking forward to the main draw!
Also the terran top-3 in EU qualifying after a triple protoss in NA..
I'm just glad we got all three of Showtime, Heromarine, and Clem. Pretty much the top dogs in the EU scene after Reynor and Serral
On September 28 2020 08:42 TentativePanda wrote: 1 of 12 qualifiers were Zerg. OP race pls remove their best two units - queen and baneling.
You'd almost think three of the best Zergs were already invited and a fourth didn't attempt to qualify.
And on the NA/EU side Scarlett did not participate. I think she would have qualified. It's strange how many players didn't participate in this or only played in 1/2 qualifiers with $30k on the line.
On September 28 2020 08:42 TentativePanda wrote: 1 of 12 qualifiers were Zerg. OP race pls remove their best two units - queen and baneling.
You'd almost think three of the best Zergs were already invited and a fourth didn't attempt to qualify.
And on the NA/EU side Scarlett did not participate. I think she would have qualified. It's strange how many players didn't participate in this or only played in 1/2 qualifiers with $30k on the line.
High Level Players, that come to my mind, that didn t participate in Qualifiers: Kr: Dark Na: Scarlett, Astrea, Future Eu: Lambo
E.: Appearently Lambo was late for signup and actually wanted to compete:
THank you so much AlphaX. Keeping StarCraft alive! Only thing i don't get is how can you give the same amount of qualifierr spots to EU and NA region when EU is vastly superior. I wouldn't mind 2 spots for NA and 4 for EU making it 6 EU players including Reynor and Serral...
EU players can play in the NA qualifiers and vice versa, meaning we could have 0 NA players and 8 EU.
I hate how accurate he was, really hoped Neeb would qualify for this, though we did have Nice qualify
THank you so much AlphaX. Keeping StarCraft alive! Only thing i don't get is how can you give the same amount of qualifierr spots to EU and NA region when EU is vastly superior. I wouldn't mind 2 spots for NA and 4 for EU making it 6 EU players including Reynor and Serral...
EU players can play in the NA qualifiers and vice versa, meaning we could have 0 NA players and 8 EU.
I hate how accurate he was, really hoped Neeb would qualify for this, though we did have Nice qualify
Well I love how accurate he was. I must say I expected Neeb or Special to ruin the 8/8 Eu/Kr Split and not Nice of all the people. But that s actually quite a pleasant suprise, to see him qualifying
Hopefully Serral Maru is played on NA west otherwise there's no hope. I wonder how Maru's wrists have been doing. The fact that he even played in this event suggests they're doing better.
I loved the torunamente hope to see more of these series just an amazing name and cool players around the world. Theres is a way to get the replays pack of these amazing tournament? TY GG
On October 20 2020 11:29 HerrKamerad wrote: I loved the torunamente hope to see more of these series just an amazing name and cool players around the world. Theres is a way to get the replays pack of these amazing tournament? TY GG
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