ESTV presents Joygear Cup Tournament

egernya

Canada352 Posts

January 10 2014 05:57 GMT

http://pgr21.com/pb/pb.php?id=gamenews&no=6755］
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ESTV (former Startale Tv, estv.kr) presents Joygear Cup Tournament, a new Korean minor tournament sponsored by joygear(joygear.co.kr).

All matches are played on the ESTV studio, but there won't be audiences.

Prize pool:
1st player: 2 million won (around 1880 usd)+ gears
2nd player: 0.7 million won( around 660 usd) +gears
3rd player: .3 million won (around 280 usd) +gears

Participating players:

Group A: Nestea(IM), Dream(mvp), Legend(Startale, former GSL observer), Jilla(Prime, aka kal)
Group B: Curious(Startale), OZ(teamless), Supernova(Azubu), Panic(Startale)
Group C: LIfe(Startale), Lure(MVP), Thebest(teamless), Creator(Prime)
Group D: Buldozer(Startale, aka tester), Hack(Startale), JYP(EG), Lucky(teamless)

Schedule: Ro16 (a,b,c,d): January (18th 14:00 kst, 18th 19:00 kst, 25th 14:00 kst, 2th 19:00 kst)
Ro8: February 8th(14:00)
Ro4, and the rest: February 9th(14:00)

Format: Code s format for Ro16, then single elimination from the Ro8

Broadcast will be on Afreeca and Gomtv(Korean). However, VODs will be uploaded on youtube. (but there will be only Korean commentary, I think)

StutteR

United States1903 Posts

January 10 2014 05:59 GMT

Interesting mix of players. Life the favorite?

LockeTazeline

2390 Posts

January 10 2014 06:07 GMT

Korean league with many StarTale players. Awesome! =D

digmouse

China6331 Posts

January 10 2014 06:08 GMT

So Legend is really back into playing? He is not going to observe GSL any more?

GreenMash

Norway1746 Posts

January 10 2014 06:12 GMT

Niceeeeeeee. Can't wait to watch it ^_^

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

January 10 2014 06:12 GMT

Oh wow, interesting! I wonder if this cup was determined through invites or qualifiers, and how the groups were determined, because each group is pretty much racially balanced. Most of these players seem to be right below the very highest level, like Code A or mid Code S, so it'll be good to seem their play.

egernya

Canada352 Posts

January 10 2014 06:17 GMT

On January 10 2014 15:08 digmouse wrote:
So Legend is really back into playing? He is not going to observe GSL any more?

As I remember, he said he was going back to play on his tweet when team epic failed to launch.

Yakikorosu

1203 Posts

January 10 2014 06:28 GMT

Trickster's new name is... Bulldozer? Rofl? Why not Forklift or Backhoe?

Good to see a new korean tournament, even if it is a small one prize-pool wise.

slowbacontron

United States7722 Posts

January 10 2014 06:49 GMT

On January 10 2014 15:28 Yakikorosu wrote:
Trickster's new name is... Bulldozer? Rofl? Why not Forklift or Backhoe?

Good to see a new korean tournament, even if it is a small one prize-pool wise.

Haha, Backho

I don't suppose there was anyone named Forklift in broodwar?