PIG STY FESTIVAL 8.0! (13 - 23 August)

PiGStarcraft

Australia1003 Posts

July 30 2026 22:22 GMT

PiG Sty Festival/8

PiGFEST 8.0 IS BACK!

No Starcraft at EWC? No problem. PiGFest is back to bring some scintillating games like always. Every iteration so far has brought amazing SC2 to the community and supported players in a time when Blizzard has abandoned its games and fans.

QUALIFIER DETAILS

PiGFest Qualifier #1
Schedule: Saturday, Aug 01 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Qualifying spots: Top 4. FFA will be played to determine group selection.
Sign up link: https://challonge.com/PiGFest8Qual1
This qualifier was cancelled due to low sign ups.

PiGFest Qualifier #1 Redo
Schedule: Thursday, Aug 06 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Qualifying spots: Top 4. FFA will be played to determine group selection.
Sign up link: https://challonge.com/PiGFest8Qual1Redo

PiGFest Qualifier #2
Schedule: Tuesday, Aug 11 11:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Qualifying spots: Top 4. FFA will be played to determine group selection.
Sign up link: https://challonge.com/PiGFest8Qual2

Both qualifiers are open to all regions.

PRIZE POOL

PLAYERS

TBA

GROUP STAGE

Schedule: 13 - 16 August, starting at 2pm CEST / 9pm KST / 10pm AEST each day.

Format: 4-player group stages with GSL format. Matches will be best of 3, except Qualifying Matches which will be best of 5.

PLAYOFFS

Schedule: 21- 23 August, starting at 2pm CEST / 9pm KST / 10pm AEST 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.

PiGFest replays will be available to download for Twitch/Patreon subscribers once all matches are published on Youtube.

Liquipedia page link
Link: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/PiG_Sty_Festival/8

Kreuger

Sweden952 Posts

July 25 2026 09:52 GMT

Sweet

. Perfect timing with lots of free time to watch during august

TeamMamba

267 Posts

July 26 2026 10:27 GMT

Pig to the rescue!!

Harris1st

Germany7350 Posts

July 27 2026 09:54 GMT

Yes Yes Yes!

EDIT: Congratz to 1000 posts PiG! I feel like this wasn't a coincidence

PiGStarcraft

Australia1003 Posts

July 27 2026 12:41 GMT

On July 27 2026 18:54 Harris1st wrote:
Yes Yes Yes!

EDIT: Congratz to 1000 posts PiG! I feel like this wasn't a coincidence

haha wow i didn't even notice! that is definitely a good sign for PiGFest :D

PiGStarcraft

Australia1003 Posts

July 29 2026 09:41 GMT

Introducing our invited players for PiGFest 8.0!
*Clem had to decline his invitation and was replaced by ByuN

Gantz023

36 Posts

July 31 2026 03:16 GMT

nice !!!!!!! thx PIG !!

funkyemy

Germany16 Posts

July 31 2026 08:56 GMT

On July 29 2026 18:41 PiGStarcraft wrote:
Introducing our invited players for PiGFest 8.0!
*Clem had to decline his invitation and was replaced by ByuN

"I am out of office until September 30. Your emails will not be forwarded."

Average Euro summer enjoyer even though I would have liked to see his TvT against Maru

TeamMamba

267 Posts

July 31 2026 14:08 GMT

Good invited player list

Kreuger

Sweden952 Posts

August 03 2026 06:47 GMT

#10

Qualifier1 moved?

Kashim

Poland1236 Posts

August 03 2026 15:15 GMT

#11

On August 03 2026 15:47 Kreuger wrote:
Qualifier1 moved?

yes

Kreuger

Sweden952 Posts

August 03 2026 15:26 GMT

#12

On August 04 2026 00:15 Kashim wrote:

Show nested quote +

yes

Ah thanks.

PiGStarcraft

Australia1003 Posts

August 06 2026 15:28 GMT

#13

The first qualifier is done and the PiG Bounty FFA played to do group selections was hilarious!

Zoun won the FFA and chose to join group B.
Cure came second and chose group C.
Rogue came third and chose group A.
Trigger was eliminated first and was left with group D.