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PiGFEST 5.0 IS HERE!
With no one knowing for sure what is happening with Blizzard/EWC/ESL, we have decided to host PiGFest 5.0!
This will be an opportunity for the community to come together, watch great Pro StarCraft 2 and support the players.
QUALIFIER DETAILS
PiGFest Qualifier #1
Schedule: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 10am KST / 12pm AEDT
Qualifying spots: 1 spot for the top non qualified player. This qualifier also doubles as Pigosaur Weekly #19 with $400 prize.
Sign up link: https://challonge.com/pigosaur_19
PiGFest Qualifier #2
Schedule: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 10am CET / 6pm KST / 8pm AEDT
Qualifying spots: 2 spots. Qualified players are not allowed to play in this one.
Sign up link: https://challonge.com/pigfest_qual_2
Approved English language caster: Light_VIP
Both qualifiers are open to all regions.
DONATE!
All donations/tips will go towards the prize pool and showmatches. This will be left open until the end of the tournament on 16 March.
Donation link: https://streamlabs.com/x5_pig/tip.
PLAYERS
 ByuN - winner of PiGFest 2.0
 MaxPax - winner of PiGFest 3.0
 Serral - winner of PiGFest 1.0 and PiGFest 4.0
- Solar
- Maru
- Zoun
- Bunny
- herO
- SHIN
- Classic
- Rogue
- Dark
- Clem
- Cure - qualified through Qualifier #1
- SKillous - qualified through Qualifier #2
- trigger - qualified through Qualifier #2
Reynor was the only player to decline his invite. His spot was added to PiGFest Qualifier #2, making it a total of 3 spots available through qualifiers.
PRIZE POOL
1st = 24%
2nd = 14%
3rd-4th = 9%
5-6th = 7%
7-8th = 5%
9-12th = 3%
13-16th = 2%
Total = Minimum $2,000USD (Max $10,000USD - funds above this will be diverted to the next PiGFest)
GROUP STAGE
Schedule: 27 February - 2 March, starting at 10am CET / 6pm KST / 8pm AEDT each day.
Format: 4-player group stages with GSL format. All matches will be best of 3.
PLAYOFFS
Schedule: 14-16 March, starting at 10am CET / 6pm KST / 8pm AEDT each day.
Format: AFL format.
HOW TO WATCH
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.
All PiGFest matches will be uploaded to PiG Casts youtube channel.
Liquipedia page link
Link: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/PiG_Sty_Festival/5
CARNIVAL EVENT DETAILS
Schedule: 7-9 March, starting at 10pm CET each day (PiG's normal NA friendly streaming hours)
Showmatches: TBA
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Hype  very Nice
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AFL finals format! Love it 
Will be really important to finish top of your group!
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Awesome! This tournament has been awesome to watch in the past. Looking forward to it.
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donated some bucks to support the format is nice.
why does it say" Total Max $10,000USD?" what would happen if there is more money through donations?
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On February 14 2025 02:27 DarkGamer wrote:donated some bucks to support the format is nice. why does it say" Total Max $10,000USD?" what would happen if there is more money through donations?
Would guess it goes towards funding the next one. But just my thought
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On February 14 2025 02:27 DarkGamer wrote:donated some bucks to support the format is nice. why does it say" Total Max $10,000USD?" what would happen if there is more money through donations?
Doesnt Blizzard still need to grant the license to host tournament with prizepool over 10k? Though I doubt anyone from MS really care about it at this point.
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On February 14 2025 02:27 DarkGamer wrote:donated some bucks to support the format is nice. why does it say" Total Max $10,000USD?" what would happen if there is more money through donations?
Similar to what we did for PiGFest 3.0 and 4.0, if the prize pool hits $10k we will divert any funds over that to the next PiGFest.
Will make that clearer in the post.
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Note: qualifier information has now been updated in the OP
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The final spots of PiGFest 5.0 have been determined:
Congrats to Cure for claiming the spot from Qualifier #1.
And big congrats to SKillous and trigger for claiming their spots from Qualifier #2!
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kin ell, this is some narsty shit
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The groups have been released today!
And alongside that we're happy to announce that Rotti will be co-casting with me for the Group Stage this week, from Thursday to Sunday!
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Nice looking groups, will be interessting gr.D see how maru is atm.
Pig and Rotti cast, cant be more hype
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Pig is awesome for putting this together!
In the little comments on the photos, everyone gets a compliment except Solar, who gets "nuke magnet" LOL
Has Solar eaten any large nukes besides the famous one vs Maru?
Classic lost a game to Maru just this year by letting his entire army get nuked. Admittedly it wasn't as bad as losing a won game like solar did, but he still let a maxed protoss army get demolished by a nuke...
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GSL groups being played during the GSL timeslot, feelsrightman 
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Have to see the replay to see how Serral lost those 2 games
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On February 28 2025 01:16 Blitzball04 wrote:
Have to see the replay to see how Serral lost those 2 games
Serral didn't scout Cure's 3rax in time. Didn't watch the Trigger games, but I think the casters said Serral messed up his early harass defense badly.
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