Source: GOM eXP

Details for GOM eXP's 2014 international tournament have been announced. The '2014 GSL Global Tournament' will be held between April 24-26 from GOM eXP's studio in Korea.

Dear GOM eXP users,

New Global Tournament, 2014 GSL Global Tournament, is coming soon! The strongest players from GSL, WCS EU, WCS NA will participate in GSL Global Tournament and have big matches for the best player title.

This is a summary of 2014 GSL Global Tournament.

Players
- Two Top Players of 2014 GSL Season 1
- Two Top Players of 2014 WCS AM Season 1
- Two Top Players of 2014 WCS EU Season 1
- Ten players from Global Qualifier (will begin on April 7th. more details to be announced)

Tournament Format

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Broadcast Schedule
- Ro.16

Online league
Schedule : 19th, 20th of April

- Ro.8 ~ Final

Offline league in Gangnam GOM eXP Studio
Schedule : 24th, 25th, 26th of April

Prize and WCS Point
$ 10,000 for Basic Prize and additional prize with 10% of GSL annual ticket sales (up to April 5th)
- 18,247 USD currently (http://www.gomexp.com/gsl)
- 1,800 WCS points (1st player 300, 2nd player 200 etc)

Prize split
- 1st place: 40% of total prize pool
- 2nd place: 20% of total prize pool
- Top 4: 10% each
- Top 8: 5% each

Jer99

Canada8155 Posts

March 21 2014 22:11 GMT

if i win this will you sign me?!

Olli

Austria24310 Posts

March 21 2014 22:12 GMT

So it's like a small Season Finals with additional qualifiers... cool! Level of play should be really high in this.

nGBeast

United States900 Posts

March 21 2014 22:12 GMT

On March 22 2014 07:11 Jer99 wrote:
if i win this will you sign me?!

do you play terran?

Negius

Netherlands290 Posts

March 21 2014 22:13 GMT

Sick!

Great to see such an event hosted by GomEXP, let's hope for some exciting players and games!
Jaedong vs. Flash finals is still possible guys... just like mvp vs. MKP :D

purakushi

United States3262 Posts

March 21 2014 22:17 GMT

Hopefully not too many Protosses...

SantosPhillipCarlo

United States333 Posts

March 21 2014 22:18 GMT

Oh, snap. I like how it's now a 16-person field and will now have a global qualifier so that it can potentially be like a 2011 GSL. This ought to be special.

Jer99

Canada8155 Posts

March 21 2014 22:19 GMT

On March 22 2014 07:12 nGBeast wrote:

Show nested quote +

do you play terran?

of course, i'm already ahead in the list of terrans to sign

VVeForever

United States75 Posts

March 21 2014 22:20 GMT

Please Life beat soO for this !

Boucot

France15997 Posts

March 21 2014 22:21 GMT

#10

Can't wait ! The Ro16 will be hardcore with only one qualified player per group.

NovaMB

Germany9521 Posts

March 21 2014 22:23 GMT

#11

I guess "Group fulll league" means Round Robin?

SorrowShine

695 Posts

March 21 2014 22:23 GMT

#12

looks like fun

Furikawari

France348 Posts

March 21 2014 22:46 GMT

#13

This looks sick indeed!

looknohands119

United States814 Posts

March 21 2014 22:48 GMT

#14

This is going to be awesome! Its been a while since we have had an event in Korea specifically designed to bring in players from other regions. :D

mnck

Denmark826 Posts

March 21 2014 22:52 GMT

#15

Any korean tournament with open qualifiers should be the absolute stacked tournament, absolutely loving it! I really wish there were more open qualifier tournaments like this for koreans so we get a chance to see who the best are at the moment. GSL can be deceiving because of how much you have to go through to get Code S, so if you are the best right now it might take a while to get there. Good shit.

Holdenintherye

Canada1437 Posts

March 21 2014 22:54 GMT

#16

Awwww yeah!
Hope scarlett plays in the qualifiers, our foreign hope!

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

March 21 2014 23:04 GMT

#17

this sounds awesome!

Boucot

France15997 Posts

March 21 2014 23:06 GMT

#18

On March 22 2014 07:48 looknohands119 wrote:
This is going to be awesome! Its been a while since we have had an event in Korea specifically designed to bring in players from other regions. :D

Last one was Blizzard Cup 2011 I guess. And yet again, it could have been 10 koreans.

real1g

United States7 Posts

March 21 2014 23:09 GMT

#19

gogo

Waxangel

United States29938 Posts

March 21 2014 23:23 GMT

#20

On March 22 2014 07:52 mnck wrote:
Any korean tournament with open qualifiers should be the absolute stacked tournament, absolutely loving it! I really wish there were more open qualifier tournaments like this for koreans so we get a chance to see who the best are at the moment. GSL can be deceiving because of how much you have to go through to get Code S, so if you are the best right now it might take a while to get there. Good shit.

well it's not announced as to whether it will be region locked qualifiers or open qualifiers

I imagine they're going to want at least some region locked spots to guarantee some foreign representation

to be honest, the way WCS is shaping up now, I think they might have to completely region lock the qualifiers if they want ANY non-korean players in the live Ro8