We at Alpha X are happy to announce the second rendition of King of Battles! With $15,000 and 1280 EPT points on the line it's an opportunity for players to earn fame, fortune and important points towards the IEM Katowice 2022 World Championship!
These qualifiers are server qualifiers, players from all regions may play in as many of them as they like. There is no region lock. Double-elimination, 3 spots awarded in each qualifier, 15 qualifier spots total Seeding rule: EPT Combined Standings on the day of the qualifiers.
KR Qualifier #1: Tuesday, Oct 26 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
KR Qualifier #2: Thursday, Oct 28 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
EU Qualifier #1: Wednesday, Oct 27 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
EU Qualifier #2: Wednesday, Nov 03 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
NA Qualifier: Tuesday, Nov 02 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
Our only invited player this time around will be last year's winner: Maru!
Group Selection
After the qualifiers are concluded and we have our 16 participants we will perform a GSL-style group selection where players nominate each other. This way we will ensure full transparency and a bit of added spice for the players. As a tribute to some of the hard-working Liquipedia admins and editors we will be naming our groups after them. Group CynicalDeath Group DARKING Group hjpα Group Kashim
Main event
The main event will be held between November 19th and November 21st. 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.
American Red Cross
After the first two broadcasting days we will hold a series of special fundraising showmatches! Participating players and details will be revealed later. There will also be an exciting new twist that will make your donations be meaningful not just outside of the game but inside of it too!
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After the qualifiers are concluded and we have our 16 participants we will perform a GSL-style group selection where players nominate each other. This way we will ensure full transparency and a bit of added spice for the players. As a tribute to some of the hard-working Liquipedia admins and editors we will be naming our groups after them. Group CynicalDeath Group DARKING Group hjpα Group Kashim
This is such a good idea, hopefully players get into the spirit of the thing.
On September 21 2021 03:56 Nakajin wrote: Yayyyyy!!!!
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Group Selection
After the qualifiers are concluded and we have our 16 participants we will perform a GSL-style group selection where players nominate each other. This way we will ensure full transparency and a bit of added spice for the players. As a tribute to some of the hard-working Liquipedia admins and editors we will be naming our groups after them. Group CynicalDeath Group DARKING Group hjpα Group Kashim
This is such a good idea, hopefully players get into the spirit of the thing.
Amazing idea. Seriously, more tournaments should do this, too!
On September 21 2021 03:56 Nakajin wrote: Yayyyyy!!!!
Also:
Group Selection
After the qualifiers are concluded and we have our 16 participants we will perform a GSL-style group selection where players nominate each other. This way we will ensure full transparency and a bit of added spice for the players. As a tribute to some of the hard-working Liquipedia admins and editors we will be naming our groups after them. Group CynicalDeath Group DARKING Group hjpα Group Kashim
This is such a good idea, hopefully players get into the spirit of the thing.
The prize split wasn't the big problem of Asus ROG (RotterdaM talked about it on his stream why), although I can see how it's a big deal.
For me it was more about the number of invites, and then "free" EPT points handed out that way for Kato qualification. In that sense KOB 2 handles it better than ROG
On September 21 2021 14:18 Philippe wrote: The prize split wasn't the big problem of Asus ROG (RotterdaM talked about it on his stream why), although I can see how it's a big deal.
For me it was more about the number of invites, and then "free" EPT points handed out that way for Kato qualification. In that sense KOB 2 handles it better than ROG
Can you give a TLDR of what Rotti said on stream? But I agree the insane amount of invites wasn t ideal either.
That mean the four highest seed will choose whoever he want for his group, and then the top seed can swap whoever he want into his group A (possibly CynicalDeath), isn't it? How they decide who the four are?
I assume the two highest seed will be allocated for Korea, another two to Europe. Clem may survive from being handpicked into a group with three Korean Protoss at most since he is the top seed from Europe now.
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