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France7248 Posts
ESL announced the qualifiers for the first season of 2015 WCS : http://www.eslgaming.com/news/announcing-wcs-2015-eu-qualifiers
Surprisingly, while it was initially announced (here: "*In Season 1, regional qualifiers will feed directly into WCS Premier League") that there would be no Challenger league for this Season 1, it seems that there was a change of plan.
There will be 7 qualifiers, allowing 4 players in each to access the Challenger League, where the 28 players will compete in a single round. The Top 14 will then advance to the Premier League.
- Qualifier 1: January 6th, 18:00 CET
- Qualifier 2: January 7th, 18:00 CET
- Qualifier 3: January 9th, 18:00 CET
- Qualifier 4: January 12th, 18:00 CET
- Qualifier 5: January 13th, 18:00 CET
- Qualifier 6: January 14th, 18:00 CET
- Last Chance Qualifier: January 16th, 18:00 CET
The Last Chance Qualifier will feature the top 16 not yet qualified players from the previous six cups and will be a double elimination bracket.
Here are the requirements to participate:
- You must be a resident of Europe, the Middle East or Africa
- You must be a European, Middle Eastern or African citizen (passport) or have a valid visa for your country of residence
- You must be ranked Master or above on the European server in the current season
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
well at least WCS gives us a short break xD
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Wow, I love that last chance qualifier. Looks great, I just wonder what the maps are.
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On December 17 2014 01:50 lichter wrote:
well at least WCS gives us a short break xD
Soon™
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Last chance bracket is very interesting. If only Korea had used that....
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Germany913 Posts
On December 17 2014 02:11 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Last chance bracket is very interesting. If only Korea had used that....
SSL kinda had it, but only because of the European invite dropping out.
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Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad.
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On December 17 2014 02:25 TheDwf wrote:
Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad.
There were noises that the Map Pool will be changed this week. Or at least the new maps will be shown the public.
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On December 17 2014 02:25 TheDwf wrote:
Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad.
still a chance
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On December 17 2014 02:11 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Last chance bracket is very interesting. If only Korea had used that....
The SSL did have a wild card bracket for all the players that finished 3rd in their groups!
On December 17 2014 03:18 ivancype wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 02:25 TheDwf wrote:
Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad. https://twitter.com/PsioneBlizzard/status/540866851832483841still a chance
That's actually hilariously vague. "Planning" to "attempt" this? What on earth
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On December 17 2014 03:20 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 02:11 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Last chance bracket is very interesting. If only Korea had used that.... The SSL did have a wild card bracket for all the players that finished 3rd in their groups! Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 03:18 ivancype wrote:On December 17 2014 02:25 TheDwf wrote:
Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad. https://twitter.com/PsioneBlizzard/status/540866851832483841still a chance That's actually hilariously vague. "Planning" to "attempt" this? What on earth
Isn't "hilariously vague" in every job description at Blizzard?
More information on the new map pool coming Soon™.
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On December 17 2014 03:20 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 02:11 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Last chance bracket is very interesting. If only Korea had used that.... The SSL did have a wild card bracket for all the players that finished 3rd in their groups! Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 03:18 ivancype wrote:On December 17 2014 02:25 TheDwf wrote:
Once again players will have a grand total of 12-36 hours to practice on the new maps for the first qualifiers. When will this aberration get fixed... By accident the current schedule mitigates that with the second week but this is still stupid. Either release the new map pool one week earlier or shift the qualifiers.
Good idea for the Last Chance qualifier, though whoever gets stuck as top3/top4 there will probably feel very bad. https://twitter.com/PsioneBlizzard/status/540866851832483841still a chance That's actually hilariously vague. "Planning" to "attempt" this? What on earth
yeah, Blizzard is trying to diversify the saying "Soon™"
But hope exists anyways.
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Like wtf, why keep the S3 map pool forever TT
And testing the maps, please... That smells like bad, Daedalus-esque maps to me
edit : oh wait, the new maps "are still a work in progress". Does that mean four new maps only Blizzard-made? And I guess the maps that will be kept will be Deadwing, Catalenna and Nimbus.
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Last chance qualifier aka the HeRoMaRinE / MarineLorD bracket 
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On December 17 2014 04:51 OtherWorld wrote:Like wtf, why keep the S3 map pool forever TT And testing the maps, please... That smells like bad, Daedalus-esque maps to me edit : oh wait, the new maps "are still a work in progress". Does that mean four new maps only Blizzard-made? And I guess the maps that will be kept will be Deadwing, Catalenna and Nimbus.
Betting on Overgrowth, King Sejong, Merry
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On December 17 2014 05:01 TheDwf wrote:Show nested quote +On December 17 2014 04:51 OtherWorld wrote:Like wtf, why keep the S3 map pool forever TT And testing the maps, please... That smells like bad, Daedalus-esque maps to me edit : oh wait, the new maps "are still a work in progress". Does that mean four new maps only Blizzard-made? And I guess the maps that will be kept will be Deadwing, Catalenna and Nimbus. Betting on Overgrowth, King Sejong, Merry
I knew they weren't going to go with the most standard maps d:
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Ready for the new season to get started!
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Im confused why does liquipedia say the 1st eu qualifers is in 7 hours when it says its tommorow on the qualifer dates 0_0???
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On January 05 2015 19:17 SNSeigifried wrote:
Im confused why does liquipedia say the 1st eu qualifers is in 7 hours when it says its tommorow on the qualifer dates 0_0???
It's definitely tomorrow.
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Russian Federation205 Posts
 GO WCS
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Russian Federation134 Posts
Wow!!!
Bunny, Snute, Mana, TLO, ForGG, Dayshi, Harstem, Welmu, Elfi, Heromarine, Happy, Kas and lots of other strong players! But the biggest news, Naniwa is competing!!! So hyped!
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Naniwa has been playing quite a lot on the ladder lately, he appears in good shape.
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I dunno, he said in his fanclub that he isn't sure about participating in the qualifiers. (and if he does I'm afraid every Zerg he meets will try to put him on tilt by SHing hard)
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I'm just gonna go ahead and ask for this thread to be moved to Tournaments, since the WCS thread for every other region is in there, and an open qualifier doesn't necessarily merit a separate LR thread.
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Is there a comprehensive guide of how WCS works right now because it's seems to be such a mess.
Are there 1 qualifier phase + 1 challenger league for each region THEN a global premier league
or is it 1 qualifier phase for each region and THEN a global challenger league and a global premier league.
Between this and GSL & SSL (what is this??) going on at the same time I don't understand shit at the new WCS system.
GSL has its own system of skipping challenger league .
And with the new maps going on live in the middle of the season it's like they don't even give a shit to have any coherence in this.
Welcome to competitive starcraft of 2015, I need a guide! :D
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On January 07 2015 00:21 klup wrote:
Is there a comprehensive guide of how WCS works right now because it's seems to be such a mess.
Are there 1 qualifier phase + 1 challenger league for each region THEN a global premier league
or is it 1 qualifier phase for each region and THEN a global challenger league and a global premier league.
Between this and GSL & SSL (what is this??) going on at the same time I don't understand shit at the new WCS system.
GSL has its own system of skipping challenger league .
And with the new maps going on live in the middle of the season it's like they don't even give a shit to have any coherence in this.
Welcome to competitive starcraft of 2015, I need a guide! :D
I dont understand your questions. I am trying to tell clearly represented.
GSL and SSL are independent. EU, NA, SEA and China are together now (called as WCS Unified) . You can play WCS EU, GSL and SSL if you can.
top4 of each EU qualifier qualify for EU Challenger. top4 x 7 qualifiers = 28 players, all 28 are in Challenger League.
then only one Bo5 away to qualify for permier league. Top14 qualifies for WCs Unified.
WCS Unified has 32 players; 14 are from EU, 8 from NA, etc.
For Season 2 ALL have to qualify again, ALL begin from zero . There are no seeds.
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France7248 Posts
On January 07 2015 00:51 Dingodile wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2015 00:21 klup wrote:
Is there a comprehensive guide of how WCS works right now because it's seems to be such a mess.
Are there 1 qualifier phase + 1 challenger league for each region THEN a global premier league
or is it 1 qualifier phase for each region and THEN a global challenger league and a global premier league.
Between this and GSL & SSL (what is this??) going on at the same time I don't understand shit at the new WCS system.
GSL has its own system of skipping challenger league .
And with the new maps going on live in the middle of the season it's like they don't even give a shit to have any coherence in this.
Welcome to competitive starcraft of 2015, I need a guide! :D I dont understand your questions. I am trying to tell clearly represented. GSL and SSL are independent. EU, NA, SEA and China are together now (called as WCS Unified) . You can play WCS EU, GSL and SSL if you can. top4 of each EU qualifier qualify for EU Challenger. top4 x 7 qualifiers = 28 players. then only one Bo5 away to qualify for permier league. Top14 qualifies for WCS Unified (premier league). Premier League has 32 players, 14 are from EU, 8 from NA, etc. For Season 2 ALL have to qualify again, ALL begin from zero . There are no seeds.
-each region has its own challenger league
-not everyone need to qualify again in season 2. all players who qualify in season 1 premier league will start in season 2 challenger league
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EPT
