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PiGFEST 3.0 IS HERE!
The lineup for PiGFest 3.0 is STACKED! With the sad news of Blizzard no longer funding StarCraft 2 esports, we decided to host PiGFest much earlier than usual this year. Thank you to everyone in the community who has already donated to the prize pool - the generosity has pushed the prize pool to $10,000!
SUPPORT THE TOURNAMENT!
100% of donations to https://streamlabs.com/x5_pig/tip go to the prize pool for PiGFest tournaments. This will be left open until the end of the tournament. PiG is putting up $1,000 himself. The community has already raised $5,000! over $12,000!
Edit:
The prize pool has been capped at $10,000(!) to ensure this tournament is not overfunded and all donations over that amount are going directly to PiGFest 4.0 which will be around July-October! We seriously did not think we'd get this level of donations!
PRO TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Format: Single elimination bracket held over 5 days. Ro16 and Ro8 will be best of 5. Ro4 and Grand Final will be best of 7.
Schedule: March 15-19 2023, starting at 10am CEST / 8pm AEDT each day. The first four days will each have two ro16 matches, with the winners facing each other in the ro8 on the same day - making it like a mini 4-player tournament to see who goes through to the Semifinals.
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Prize Pool:
1st = $3500
2nd = $1700
3rd/4th = $800
5th-8th = $400
9th-16th = $200
Total = $10,000USD
Stream Details:
PiGFest will be streamed on www.twitch.tv/x5_PiG in English.
All non-english casters are welcome to cast this tournament. Contact PiG on Discord or Twitter for more details.
Liquipedia page link
Link: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/PiG_Sty_Festival/3
CARNIVAL EVENT DETAILS
The support act to our huge pro tournament will be a Hidden Name Tournament where 4 players will hide their identities while trying to unmask their opponents.
Schedule: March 9 2023 starting at 11am PST / 2pm EST / 8pm CEST (March 10 6am AEDT)
Check out the first Hidden Name Tournament vod HERE
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single elim bracket seems pretty vanilla, maybe get insiration from wardi or others? nice event though!
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Yo look at this lineup. Who can complain about that huh?
Hidden Name tournaments are amazing, btw.
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Finland1838 Posts
That is a sick list of players. Great seeing stuff like this to support the scene.
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On March 07 2023 16:37 oneill12 wrote:
single elim bracket seems pretty vanilla, maybe get insiration from wardi or others? nice event though!
I disagree, an online tournament like this best keep it super simple. I'm very excited that the ro4 are bo7's and the ro16 bo5's. Should give us some incredible series!
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The time of the day of these matches might be too early for Clem.
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On March 07 2023 22:40 bulya wrote:
The time of the day of these matches might be too early for Clem.
Same thing for everybody from the EU region, so I don't see this as a big issue. The only timezone problem would happen if a player based from the Americas had been invited (Vindicta, Neeb, etc)
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Holy shit Maru and Dark--what a stacked lineup! Glad to see community stepping up
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Ready to tune in next week. Let's go, let's go.
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Very exciting, and I am happy about the format! I like the big group stages but it is nice to have some that are just single elimination, and the fact that ro16/ro8 are best of 5 means we'll be getting some deep dives into each match!
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Germany339 Posts
prize pool split vs total makes no sense
split sums up to 6k
while it says total is 5k
which is correct?
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On March 08 2023 14:01 hjpalpha wrote:
prize pool split vs total makes no sense
split sums up to 6k
while it says total is 5k
which is correct?
Ahh it WAS $5k total, but the crowdfunding has exceeded $6k now anyway :D Good pick up!
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Germany339 Posts
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Really liking the Hidden name tournament 
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Hopefully the percentages increase evenly, and the tournament gains more money. With first place taking 40% of total pool.
Thanks PiG for stepping up, I hope others are inspired to do so. Donating or running your own small tournament is a good thing to do
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Update: Donations are almost at $13k!
When we came up with the format we thought the prize pool would get to maybe $5k or so like previous PiGFests. NEVER did we think it would get this high. Unbelievably we had a $5k donation from Crate Entertainment (who made Grim Dawn) as they wanted to see SC2 esports continue to flourish! They didn't even ask for anything in return like promotions for their games, but feel free to give them some love https://twitter.com/CrateEnt
There isn't enough time to rejig the tournament format so we are capping the prize pool for PiGFest 3.0 at $10k AND all dollars over that amount will go to PiGFest 4.0 which will be held between July to October. This means PiGFest 3.0 will still have a pretty damn amazing prize pool AND players will have more tournaments to play for this year. We plan on doing qualifiers next time in addition to direct invites.
P.S. Can someone pls ensure my maths is correct this time
- dot
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On March 11 2023 06:52 PiGStarcraft wrote:Update: Donations are almost at $13k! When we came up with the format we thought the prize pool would get to maybe $5k or so like previous PiGFests. NEVER did we think it would get this high. Unbelievably we had a $5k donation from Crate Entertainment (who made Grim Dawn) as they wanted to see SC2 esports continue to flourish! They didn't even ask for anything in return like promotions for their games, but feel free to give them some love https://twitter.com/CrateEntThere isn't enough time to rejig the tournament format so we are capping the prize pool for PiGFest 3.0 at $10k AND all dollars over that amount will go to PiGFest 4.0 which will be held between July to October. This means PiGFest 3.0 will still have a pretty damn amazing prize pool AND players will have more tournaments to play for this year. We plan on doing qualifiers next time in addition to direct invites. P.S. Can someone pls ensure my maths is correct this time - dot
Holy shit. I'm glad all those hours I sunk into Grim Dawn is now saving esports :D
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OMG this is so cool good job PiG and donators on making this happen !!!
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Thanks so much PiG + donators for all of this. 13 years of essentially free entertainment of the highest possible quality and enjoyment for me. Last time I paid was via paypal to GRETECH Corp for GOMTV premium in 2013. I am very keen and enthusiastic to start paying for this entertainment again to help it to continue! Can't wait for 4.0 later in the year and donating now to help ensure its success.
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nice to see a direct replacement for super tournament
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Updated with bracket for ro16!
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Canada8988 Posts
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Damn Maru why couldn't you have done that at IEM?
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Hearing him pouring his heart about the sadness and suffering from that match was something else we have not heard before. But you gotta grow from that pain in other to move on and hopefully get better. And no, I am still not "forgiving" him for that Final series in IEM, it was a travesty he did on himself and us fan.
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That final interview at the PiG stream broke my heart.. Poor Maru. It will haunt him forever. But he should do as Dark, and let the rage empower him even more.
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Poor maru. He may 20-0 Oliveria this year but he would have still won zero IEM championship
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Mech actually working vs. Zerg
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Wow this build from Serral is scary af! (game 6 vs Clem) oO
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Serral and Clem going all the way! Game 7 hype
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On March 17 2023 22:43 Javah wrote:
Wow this build from Serral is scary af! (game 6 vs Clem) oO
The "no ling speed 7min hive 8min lurker"-build? xD
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Man, Serral vs Clem was an absolutely amazing series.
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enjoying it.. are there vods?
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Finland1838 Posts
Yoo congrats Clem on the victory vs Serral! Amazing series
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Damn was hoping we'd see Serral or Dark vs Maru in his current form in this event. Guess it's looking like we'll see if he really fixed his TvT or not.
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Clem seems to be getting his aura in TvZ back, especially with that Battle Mech build.
On March 17 2023 23:41 JJH777 wrote:
Damn was hoping we'd see Serral or Dark vs Maru in his current form in this event. Guess it's looking like we'll see if he really fixed his TvT or not.
His TvT was never broken in term of skill or mechanics, its all in his head. He picked a bad build, lost and repeat the same build twice over without any scouting or anything. Its like the time he lost to Rogue in the GSL Final, Rogue went Roach and Maru was acting like he never heard of it before.
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On March 17 2023 23:41 tigera6 wrote:Clem seems to be getting his aura in TvZ back, especially with that Battle Mech build. Show nested quote +On March 17 2023 23:41 JJH777 wrote:
Damn was hoping we'd see Serral or Dark vs Maru in his current form in this event. Guess it's looking like we'll see if he really fixed his TvT or not. His TvT was never broken in term of skill or mechanics, its all in his head. He picked a bad build, lost and repeat the same build twice over without any scouting or anything. Its like the time he lost to Rogue in the GSL Final, Rogue went Roach and Maru was acting like he never heard of it before.
The grand final was weird but he also lost to Heromarine and then went 1-1 vs Spirit in WTL. He's obviously still the best TvT but not quite on the nigh untouchable level he was previously. Hoping he'll prove he's back to untouchable vs the winner of Cure/Byun (don't have much faith in Reynor in this type of event) and then Clem in the finals.
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everyone pretending MaxPax loosing to Clem is a forgone conclusion lol
Its pretty much a coinflip between them (as both of them have pointed out in their interviews)
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Germany4 Posts
Great tournament, keep it up PiG,
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Terrans are doing quite well after the patch. All the doom and gloom seems to have been a bit owerblown. How was Reynor vs. Byun? Surprisingly one sided result.
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On March 19 2023 17:08 HeroSandro wrote:
Terrans are doing quite well after the patch. All the doom and gloom seems to have been a bit owerblown. How was Reynor vs. Byun? Surprisingly one sided result.
TvP was always said to be terran favored after the patch and in TvZ the creep nerf and battle mech buffs seem to be more significant than initially thought.
Zerg got a lot better in lategame but that doesn't matter when they can't get to lategame
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Yeah Terran seems to be doing reeeally well lately. Also poor Byun getting crushed by Maru again lol.
Edit: jinxed Maru, sad to see Byun's wrist issues are that bad.
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On March 19 2023 17:17 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2023 17:08 HeroSandro wrote:
Terrans are doing quite well after the patch. All the doom and gloom seems to have been a bit owerblown. How was Reynor vs. Byun? Surprisingly one sided result. TvP was always said to be terran favored after the patch and in TvZ the creep nerf and battle mech buffs seem to be more significant than initially thought. Zerg got a lot better in lategame but that doesn't matter when they can't get to lategame
Do you think zerg is generally better in late game or because of the last patch zerg late game is better?
because there were several changes ghost-viper-bl
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Germany15880 Posts
On March 19 2023 19:09 jack_less wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2023 17:17 Charoisaur wrote:On March 19 2023 17:08 HeroSandro wrote:
Terrans are doing quite well after the patch. All the doom and gloom seems to have been a bit owerblown. How was Reynor vs. Byun? Surprisingly one sided result. TvP was always said to be terran favored after the patch and in TvZ the creep nerf and battle mech buffs seem to be more significant than initially thought. Zerg got a lot better in lategame but that doesn't matter when they can't get to lategame Do you think zerg is generally better in late game or because of the last patch zerg late game is better? because there were several changes ghost-viper-bl
Ghost change is by far the most impactful one out of them so Zerg is definitely better in lategame than last patch
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This series with top notch banter between Maru and ByuN is the best between these 2 so far
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France12761 Posts
I don’t see MaxPax beating Clem, he is figured out in PvT being one-dimensional. Poor Maru gotta beat three terrans in a row in bo7
Edit: nvm, seems like it was 50-50
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On March 19 2023 20:24 Poopi wrote:
I don’t see MaxPax beating Clem, he is figured out in PvT being one-dimensional. Poor Maru gotta beat three terrans in a row in bo7
Edit: nvm, seems like it was 50-50
When in doubt 4g blink 
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Interesting to See maxpax basically doing 4g blink in Like 90% of His pvts and in the end it still works Out.
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What is wrong with Maru this last year... He literally can't win finals even in something small like this.
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what a series by maxpax!!! wow
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France12761 Posts
4g blink seems very strong cross server, meh games
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Germany15880 Posts
On March 20 2023 00:01 Poopi wrote:
4g blink seems very strong cross server, meh games
Don't like this discrediting tthe win. His control was insane and other Protoss players can't do this
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On March 20 2023 00:00 JJH777 wrote:
What is wrong with Maru this last year... He literally can't win finals even in something small like this.
its deserving though, he played a poor opening over and over again and get hard countered in the end. Plus hes keep pulling SCV rather than playing from behind into lategame.
I will say this again, Maru NEED a coach to talk to him on how to approach these finals games, its very bad to not mixing up builds in the series and assume that you are good enough to win with poor strategy.
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On March 20 2023 00:02 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2023 00:01 Poopi wrote:
4g blink seems very strong cross server, meh games Don't like this discrediting tthe win. His control was insane and other Protoss players can't do this
Idk Control was good but other toss Players can do this in theory they are Just almost all gone.
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Canada8988 Posts
Maxpax pulled a parting on Maru
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On March 20 2023 00:02 Charoisaur wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2023 00:01 Poopi wrote:
4g blink seems very strong cross server, meh games Don't like this discrediting tthe win. His control was insane and other Protoss players can't do this
Yeah, while I'm not certain Maxpax could replicate this performance offline he's a sick player and I hope we get to see him try.
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On March 20 2023 00:07 Nakajin wrote:
Maxpax pulled a parting on Maru
Or a Trap, they both used to pick Maru apart with these Blink Stalker build in GSL. TY was the best at defending those with amazing building placement and tank position, just never die.
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I think the biggest Problem was maru setting himself behind with all These Proxy raxes.
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On March 20 2023 00:11 darklycid wrote:
I think the biggest Problem was maru setting himself behind with all These Proxy raxes.
I think he underestimated Maxpax. Was really apparent in the game where he got really far ahead by killing 7 Phoenixes for free and then threw it away with repeated overly aggressive attacks into defensive Protoss positions.
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On March 20 2023 00:11 darklycid wrote:
I think the biggest Problem was maru setting himself behind with all These Proxy raxes.
The same thing happened in IEM, seems like he got tilted by losing, so he decide to do the same damn thing again just to prove that his build is good enough. Its just bad to watch, and its not like he is doing that all the time, just mostly in the Finals. Remember how Rogue just Roach all-in him all series long and he just not think about dealing with it.
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I do think pvt is running into a problem tho where the best way to play is doing 4g blink and then its 50/50 depending hon how good the trrran handles it, as recent series/games i saw suggest that more defensive/other strats are more on the weaker side or just figured out and terrans manage to just win in these games (if they dont fuck up massively).
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Btw, we need to add this into the list of rant that Poopi(?) did as well. 2 racks proxy against Protoss REPEATEDLY is bad, who would have thought, right?
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The funny thing is that Maru was co-casting with Crank on one of the other days, and admitting how TvP favors Terran and Phoenix-Colossus is the only Protoss opener that lets them go 50/50
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I'd really love to get the replays for this if they are made available, do we know how this is going to work? Do I need to sub to PiG or something like this?
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Is there a way to rewatch the Interviews from today? Or is Pig only putting the vods of the matches onto his Youtube?
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Congrats to MaxPax. Pretty wild taking 3 game7s in a row.
Maru repeating his uninspired tilt // lack of creativity from the IEM finals. <_<
and obligatory lol @ zerg cabal for our lovely TTTP top4! :0)
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MaxPax gotta be the GOAT now right?
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MaxPax is the online Oliveira
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On March 20 2023 01:00 Waxangel wrote:
The funny thing is that Maru was co-casting with Crank on one of the other days, and admitting how TvP favors Terran and Phoenix-Colossus is the only Protoss opener that lets them go 50/50
the real funny thing is how it's true.
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On March 20 2023 00:26 darklycid wrote:
I do think pvt is running into a problem tho where the best way to play is doing 4g blink and then its 50/50 depending hon how good the trrran handles it, as recent series/games i saw suggest that more defensive/other strats are more on the weaker side or just figured out and terrans manage to just win in these games (if they dont fuck up massively).
I agree with this. I think Protoss had a similar dynamic against Zerg during the glaives era where they can force a 40/60 game for the protoss (once the zergs figured the defense out). For these reasons, protoss can always compete but it's frustrating that it's so high variance.
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On March 20 2023 00:59 tigera6 wrote:
Btw, we need to add this into the list of rant that Poopi(?) did as well. 2 racks proxy against Protoss REPEATEDLY is bad, who would have thought, right?
Do you mean Harstem's 2rax/3rax tweet?
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On March 21 2023 01:01 MJG wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2023 00:59 tigera6 wrote:
Btw, we need to add this into the list of rant that Poopi(?) did as well. 2 racks proxy against Protoss REPEATEDLY is bad, who would have thought, right? Do you mean Harstem's 2rax/3rax tweet?
I mean this, https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/607038-god-dammit-iem-wc-spoiler, (sorry, its from Nakajin).The list of real "accomplishment" that Maru has gotten in his career.
On one hand, Maru has done better than herO/Dark/Serral/Reynor in tournament since 2023 begin, but damn it I dont give a F, reaching 2 finals and lose in terrible fashion is worse than not making the Final at all from my view.
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On March 21 2023 11:04 tigera6 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 21 2023 01:01 MJG wrote:On March 20 2023 00:59 tigera6 wrote:
Btw, we need to add this into the list of rant that Poopi(?) did as well. 2 racks proxy against Protoss REPEATEDLY is bad, who would have thought, right? Do you mean Harstem's 2rax/3rax tweet? I mean this, https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/607038-god-dammit-iem-wc-spoiler, (sorry, its from Nakajin).The list of real "accomplishment" that Maru has gotten in his career. On one hand, Maru has done better than herO/Dark/Serral/Reynor in tournament since 2023 begin, but damn it I dont give a F, reaching 2 finals and lose in terrible fashion is worse than not making the Final at all from my view.
Oh!
I completely forgot about that post. Good read.
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