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![[image loading]](https://liquipedia.net/commons/images/8/8c/FEL_Cracov_2025.jpg) Together with Gerald and Fusion Esports League I'm extremely excited to announce +8000 USD FEL Cracov 2025!Offline tournament will be held in Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury - Cracow al. Jana Pawła II 232 Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wu5omHHRGu5Fy64j8A total of 12 players will play in the tournament, and this is how they will be selected:4 Global Invitations 2 Invitations for players from Poland 1 Slot for the winner of the  FEL Cracov 2025 Polish Championship5 Slots from the Open Qualifiers Open Qualifiers Informations:These qualifiers are open to everyone. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS ONLY IF YOU'RE ABLE TRAVEL TO POLAND. TRAVEL/HOTEL IS NOT PAID BY ORGANIZERS.Qualifier #1 - Saturday, Jul 05 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here. Top2 qualify Qualifier #2 - Sunday, Jul 06 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here. Top2 qualify Qualifier #3 - Saturday, Jul 12 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here. Winner qualify Main Event:July 27 2025 TBA Double Elimination Bracket Upper Bracket Round 1 and Quarterfinals are Bo3. Upper Bracket Semifinals and Final are Bo5. Lower Bracket matches are Bo5. Grand Finals are Bo7. Sponsors:Infolet BroadcastSmith Miasto Kraków Twitter/X - https://x.com/FEL_PL2025Liquipedia: - FEL Cracov 2025Follow for more informations! We are still looking for partners/sponsors!
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United States33680 Posts
awesome, love to see more live competitions ^_^
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so cool!! wish i could attend. curious about the lineup
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Always glad to see some new competition come up!
Timing wise this is right after EWC. Bit unfortunate I guess
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Finally Mana can win an offline event in 2025 with everyone being in Saudi still
Wish they would have organized this a month later or so, it will get absolutely drowned by EWC - quite weird decision
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On June 26 2025 19:00 funkyemy wrote:
Finally Mana can win an offline event in 2025 with everyone being in Saudi still
Wish they would have organized this a month later or so, it will get absolutely drowned by EWC - quite weird decision
Since we have a lot of posters that doesn’t support Saudi, in theory they won’t watch EWC. They’ll have this event to watch instead
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On June 26 2025 23:18 TeamMamba wrote:
Since we have a lot of posters that doesn’t support Saudi, in theory they won’t watch EWC. They’ll have this event to watch instead
Neither have I, but most if not all players attending will not be at Krakow then which will make it quite a bit less interesting honestly
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Thank you! Love to see more SC2 tournaments!
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More Starcraft! Alive Game!
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Reminder FEL Cracov 2025 Qualifiers coming up this week!
Qualifier #1 - Saturday, Jul 05 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
Top2 qualify
Qualifier #2* - Sunday, Jul 06 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
Top2 qualify
Qualifier #3 - Saturday, Jul 12 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
Winner qualify
* Remember that Qualifier 2 has a different hour slot to make it easier for players from different time zones.
These qualifiers are open to everyone. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN THIS ONLY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO POLAND. TRAVEL/HOTEL IS NOT PAID BY ORGANIZERS.
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On June 27 2025 17:57 funkyemy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 26 2025 23:18 TeamMamba wrote:
Since we have a lot of posters that doesn’t support Saudi, in theory they won’t watch EWC. They’ll have this event to watch instead Neither have I, but most if not all players attending will not be at Krakow then which will make it quite a bit less interesting honestly
It’s a good opportunity for the tier B players to get paid and compete
Can I expect my boy creator to win? Maybe asking too much
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Nice, didnt know if Rotti would stream it.
Now lets have Fjant qualify to make it perfect :D
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Hello, update about 3rd open qualifier. We decided to change a starting time to 2pm CEST!
Qualifier #3 - Saturday, Jul 12 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) sign up here.
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Didnt expect anyone from ewc to attend since they are so close to eachother, we have our clear favorite now 
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On June 26 2025 19:00 funkyemy wrote:
Finally Mana can win an offline event in 2025 with everyone being in Saudi still...
looks like not anymore...
Bonjour and Buongiorno!
unexpectedly strong lineup. cool!
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Really strong invites, makes you wonder who the 4th and last will be
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Will there be any separate tickets for live event? Or is this part of SteelWorks Game Fest 2025?
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I will absolutely try to attend (if I understand how to buy the tickets), it will be great if I get to meet sOs and Reynor in person again after so many years!
But I feel like the invites should not be for the world champion, it makes quite anticlimatic now, unless they announce also Serral, Classic, herO, or the only true Clem nemesis: old man Ryung.
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On July 12 2025 04:28 t5Fab wrote:
I will absolutely try to attend (if I understand how to buy the tickets), it will be great if I get to meet sOs and Reynor in person again after so many years!
But I feel like the invites should not be for the world champion, it makes quite anticlimatic now, unless they announce also Serral, Classic, herO, or the only true Clem nemesis: old man Ryung.
you can buy here online: https://cracowgamefest.com/en/bilety/ or on the day of the event when you arrive to NCK
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United States33680 Posts
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Nice. Another zerg to balance it somewhat
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Very Nice
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Clem vs Raynor in the finals seems like the obvious pick, but somehow sOs is going to win it all.
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United States33680 Posts
Aight, on to the next one 
I think [spoiler] will win because of [spoiler] they did at EWC
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Didnt realise untill now the whole tourney will be played today. All day sc2, what better way to spend a sunday
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They just announced on Polish stream that special envoy will pick up Clem and Reynor directly from the Airport. They are not yet at the venue. Hoping for good flight for them and great games afterwards.
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Northern Ireland27272 Posts
Oh god, poor Elazer after that series
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Awww, Skillous getting reverse sweeped so that now the three EWC guys are the top 3. Which is not unexpected, obviously.
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Clem plays as Zerg - complete player 😅
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Reynor with the troll builds in the finals.
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Congrats to Clem for beating Reynor in 4 games, losing 6 to him, and still winning the tournament
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United States33680 Posts
bring back extended series
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Northern Ireland27272 Posts
How did those guys play a series that good after travel hell and landing in the venue basically as it started?
GGWP, and great event! Happy to hear they’re hoping to do another one
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Another grand final banger between Clem and reynor
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Northern Ireland27272 Posts
On July 28 2025 07:39 Waxangel wrote:bring back extended series
Extended series definitely > a 1 set advantage for sure.
Generally I don’t actually like grand finals advantage in a properly stacked tournament all that much. I think the disadvantage of another tough series and a chance to get knocked out is sufficient.
If there’s a pretty clear gap between a couple of players and the rest, then I switch to being in favour of some kind of grand finals advantage for the upper bracket, as realistically Clem just got to have 2 shots at Reynor this one.
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GG to these legit GAMERS. Zooming all over the globe cranking out solid matches.
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The group of archeologists enters the sarcophagus chamber. Suddenly, the mummy raises its hand and gives them a sign to approach. One of the fellows overcomes fear and leans over the mummy. He hears it whispers: 'Does Zedd still cast tourneys?'
good stuff, ggs
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On July 28 2025 08:04 WombaT wrote:Extended series definitely > a 1 set advantage for sure. Generally I don’t actually like grand finals advantage in a properly stacked tournament all that much. I think the disadvantage of another tough series and a chance to get knocked out is sufficient. If there’s a pretty clear gap between a couple of players and the rest, then I switch to being in favour of some kind of grand finals advantage for the upper bracket, as realistically Clem just got to have 2 shots at Reynor this one.
This tournament is just another reason why i completely hate double elimination and winner and loser brackets. It completely eliminates upset and surprise potential. You can come up with clever builds and play your heart out against a more favoured opponent and win only to lose the rematch because your opponent can watch the replay and think with cool head how to patch the holes after the defeat..
I hope we will use more single elimination brackets in the future, unless we want to see the very same 2-3 persons winning every remaining tournament (I don't). I'm really sad that RSL is also locked into this bullshit already. 2nd season, 2nd double elim format...
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On July 28 2025 16:31 kajtarp wrote:Show nested quote +On July 28 2025 08:04 WombaT wrote:On July 28 2025 07:39 Waxangel wrote:bring back extended series Extended series definitely > a 1 set advantage for sure. Generally I don’t actually like grand finals advantage in a properly stacked tournament all that much. I think the disadvantage of another tough series and a chance to get knocked out is sufficient. If there’s a pretty clear gap between a couple of players and the rest, then I switch to being in favour of some kind of grand finals advantage for the upper bracket, as realistically Clem just got to have 2 shots at Reynor this one. This tournament is just another reason why i completely hate double elimination and winner and loser brackets. It completely eliminates upset and surprise potential. You can come up with clever builds and play your heart out against a more favoured opponent and win only to lose the rematch because your opponent can watch the replay and think with cool head how to patch the holes after the defeat.. I hope we will use more single elimination brackets in the future, unless we want to see the very same 2-3 persons winning every remaining tournament (I don't). I'm really sad that RSL is also locked into this bullshit already. 2nd season, 2nd double elim format...
Agreed. Double elim is a bad format because it favors mechanics over strategy too much, which LotV as a whole already does too much.
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On July 28 2025 16:31 kajtarp wrote:Show nested quote +On July 28 2025 08:04 WombaT wrote:On July 28 2025 07:39 Waxangel wrote:bring back extended series Extended series definitely > a 1 set advantage for sure. Generally I don’t actually like grand finals advantage in a properly stacked tournament all that much. I think the disadvantage of another tough series and a chance to get knocked out is sufficient. If there’s a pretty clear gap between a couple of players and the rest, then I switch to being in favour of some kind of grand finals advantage for the upper bracket, as realistically Clem just got to have 2 shots at Reynor this one. This tournament is just another reason why i completely hate double elimination and winner and loser brackets. It completely eliminates upset and surprise potential. You can come up with clever builds and play your heart out against a more favoured opponent and win only to lose the rematch because your opponent can watch the replay and think with cool head how to patch the holes after the defeat.. I hope we will use more single elimination brackets in the future, unless we want to see the very same 2-3 persons winning every remaining tournament (I don't). I'm really sad that RSL is also locked into this bullshit already. 2nd season, 2nd double elim format...
Group stage into playoff bracket is the way to go
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sOs not winning a single series is quite sad... i hope he doesnt get demotivated his comeback to the scene has not been great.
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EPT
