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Rongyi Cup
The Chinese scene has announced another major-tier event, with RongYi Cup Season 3 putting up ¥150,000 CNY (~$21,000 USD) in prize money for top competitors. The tournament will take place from January 22- February 7 in a hybrid online/offline format, with the finals being played offline.
Classic, herO, Zoun, ByuN, Clem, Maru, SHIN, and Solar are the eight initial invitees, with eight additional slots being decided by open qualifiers. Qualifiers will be held during January 11-13.
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are there any chinese players left who are actively competing in sc2? i miss iA
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What about Serral, did he reject the invite or did not receive one?
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I hope Serral has to and will be playing the Qualifier
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Another great tournament coming up with good prize pool
The invites were mainly focused on the Korean scene to help them out.
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On January 09 2026 21:13 Moridin wrote: What about Serral, did he reject the invite or did not receive one?
I'd guess the offline finals component made him decline? He's played most of the all-online CN tournaments with $10k+ prize money.
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Considering that Serral is playing in the All-star event in China next weekend, then if he decide to play in HSC, it could be too much of a turnaround to come back to China for this in early Feb (assuming he made the Final Stage).
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Very cool that China is organizing more and more events!! The scene is looking healthier than last year this time around imo!
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Scarlett playing
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"Offline finals" as in just the Grand Final is offline or also semis ?
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On January 11 2026 22:44 Pelloth99 wrote: "Offline finals" as in just the Grand Final is offline or also semis ? grand final only
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wow we'll have all-star cup, HSC and this starting the year?! Dead game alive!
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Should be a fun tournament 
8 protoss 5 Terran 3 Zerg
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On January 12 2026 19:50 Harris1st wrote: wow we'll have all-star cup, HSC and this starting the year?! Dead game alive!
Good to see China back to supporting sc2
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Groups are out. 11:00 GMT (+00:00) starts during Jan 22-25 for the group stage.
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HerO has no time to rest since he's playing in OSC vs Clem in 3 hours and looks like his Rongyi match with Rogue is coming right after.
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I think some OSC matches, if not most of them, are cast from replay. I wont be surprised if herO and Clem already played earlier.
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Surprises result from Showtime. Based on history, he usually chokes on the decider series
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It's been interesting to see how Creator has played relatively conservative in this cheesy PvP meta, and how it's working out surprisingly well for him.
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Maru vs Solar game 1 is game of the year. Watch it if you haven't
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Poor creator. Finish first in his group just to end up facing Maru in the playoff
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Damn, didn't know it was going straight ahead into the playoffs :o
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+ Show Spoiler +I feel like if Clem scouted the proxy on the first map he would have most likely won this series. This unconcern costed him tournament life. Trigger can't stop surprising! well played
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Creator looks completely clueless in the late game.
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On January 27 2026 22:47 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: Creator looks completely clueless in the late game.
In that late game stage all toss looks clueless since it’s heavily op in terran favor once they get their lib ghost composition
Also good Trigger got the win, but at this point we never gonna get to see pvt between clem and Maru
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On January 27 2026 23:52 TeamMamba wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2026 22:47 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: Creator looks completely clueless in the late game. In that late game stage all toss looks clueless since it’s heavily op in terran favor once they get their lib ghost composition Also good Trigger got the win, but at this point we never gonna get to see pvt between clem and Maru Clem vs Maru the new Maru vs Serral
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Also this is the easiest path to the finals ever for Maru in a tournament where almost all the top players participated (only Reynor and Serral missing).
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On January 27 2026 23:52 TeamMamba wrote:Show nested quote +On January 27 2026 22:47 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: Creator looks completely clueless in the late game. In that late game stage all toss looks clueless since it’s heavily op in terran favor once they get their lib ghost composition Also good Trigger got the win, but at this point we never gonna get to see pvt between clem and Maru Its the tradeoff for being so OP in the midgame i think it's a Bit extreme currently in pvt.
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On January 28 2026 01:32 Charoisaur wrote: Also this is the easiest path to the finals ever for Maru in a tournament where almost all the top players participated (only Reynor and Serral missing).
It will be a cakewalk for Maru if solar beats herO
Solar is a punching bag meme for Maru
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On January 28 2026 04:55 TeamMamba wrote:Show nested quote +On January 28 2026 01:32 Charoisaur wrote: Also this is the easiest path to the finals ever for Maru in a tournament where almost all the top players participated (only Reynor and Serral missing). It will be a cakewalk for Maru if solar beats herO Solar is a punching bag meme for Maru You'll never guess who maru lost to in the group Stage
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On January 28 2026 06:19 darklycid wrote:Show nested quote +On January 28 2026 04:55 TeamMamba wrote:On January 28 2026 01:32 Charoisaur wrote: Also this is the easiest path to the finals ever for Maru in a tournament where almost all the top players participated (only Reynor and Serral missing). It will be a cakewalk for Maru if solar beats herO Solar is a punching bag meme for Maru You'll never guess who maru lost to in the group Stage 
I never count group results unless it’s “decider match” kinda situation.
In these win or go home situation (playoff bracket etc) I have never see solar or shin beat Maru (correct me if I’m wrong).
As amazing as solar is as a player, but for me he will always be remembered as the player who constantly gets clowned on
For example: Dear in base DT shrine , parting cannon rush blocking ramp with one pylon , and meltdown on cam after Maru nuked his winning army
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maru once again proving he is the #1 terran. people always seem to forget since he doesnt play many tournaments... clem u get to see him dominate multiple times a week. maru made trigger look easy though.
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The pacing of this tournament has felt super weird, but glad to get another offline finals with some real stakes
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Unfortunately, looks like they won't be able to hold the finals offline as planned.
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Late reminder that finals are soon :o
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herO on fire for 2026. 3 championships already.
Total of 30k winning in less than 2 months. Pretty good
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This was a meh Final in term of game quality, Maru just didnt show much of anything new, and hes not turtling hard enough in mid-game to survive till late game neither.
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