Red Bull has announced through video the details of their upcoming LotV Archon Mode Battle Ground tournament.

Qualifiers:
-WCS Toronto (June 26-28), 1 team directly to Grand Finals
-Online (July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7), to Studio Playoffs

Studio Playoffs (August 21-23), 2 teams to Grand Finals

Grand Finals in Washington DC (September 19), Bomber being last season's champion has been invited (presumably with a partner of his choice), plus the 3 teams from qualifiers and playoffs.

SetGuitarsToKill

Canada28396 Posts

June 17 2015 20:10 GMT

I'm sorry, that was literally how the format appears in the video, I'll look for a better quality photo.

Elentos

55594 Posts

June 17 2015 20:17 GMT

Was hoping this was about an individual with WCS points involved, but I'll take archon mode.

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

June 17 2015 20:18 GMT

Ugh so no HotS tournament this year?

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

June 17 2015 20:40 GMT

REDBULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Circumstance

United States11403 Posts

June 17 2015 20:51 GMT

So, wait, are they just not going to let Bomber have a partner?

Elentos

55594 Posts

June 17 2015 20:54 GMT

On June 18 2015 05:51 Circumstance wrote:
So, wait, are they just not going to let Bomber have a partner?

Bomber good enough to play 1v2 archon mode against foreigners confirmed?

Jj_82

Swaziland419 Posts

June 17 2015 21:08 GMT

Yay for Battlegrounds!!! Red Bull did it so properly last time, it was a blast...

argonautdice

Canada2722 Posts

June 17 2015 21:58 GMT

On June 18 2015 05:51 Circumstance wrote:
So, wait, are they just not going to let Bomber have a partner?

MrBitter said in the reddit thread that Bomber will have a teammate to play with

Musicus

Germany23580 Posts

June 17 2015 22:17 GMT

#10

Bomber winning this 1v2 would be hilarious. But I guess he will have a partner like MMA or someone else from Sbenu.

Yorkie

United States12612 Posts

June 17 2015 23:20 GMT

#11

Bomber is good friends with Life...

Yorkie

United States12612 Posts

June 17 2015 23:22 GMT

#12

This is gonna be fun, but compared to last season's red bull circuit a 4 "player" archon mode tourney isn't gonna come close. Less epic finals with fewer and smaller tournaments leading into it. Glad they're trying something new, just sad that it's on such a small scale

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

June 17 2015 23:41 GMT

#13

On June 18 2015 08:20 Yorkie wrote:
Bomber is good friends with Life...

What race would they play? O__o

Solar424

United States4001 Posts

June 17 2015 23:47 GMT

#14

On June 18 2015 08:41 Mistakes wrote:

Show nested quote +

What race would they play? O__o

Protoss

Mizenhauer

United States1960 Posts

June 17 2015 23:50 GMT

#15

Bomber and MMA are practice partners. Seems like a likely pairing.

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19384 Posts

June 18 2015 03:13 GMT

#16

Where's Orlando?!?

Shellshock

United States97277 Posts

June 18 2015 03:24 GMT

#17

nice! glad to see Red Bull doing more tournaments

TelecoM

United States10847 Posts

June 18 2015 03:42 GMT

#18

This is awesome thanks BattleGrounds!... But...Archon Mode only tournament? I am really not happy or satisfied with this at all. StarCraft ha always been a 1vs1 mode game in big events, although this is essentially a 1vs1 with 4 players, I still am upset with this move.

ClaudeSc2

United States73 Posts

June 18 2015 05:10 GMT

#19

The game is in beta still and probably no where near balanced because we haven't seen many top koreans play it. I'd strongly prefer a HotS tournament over this. Archon mode tournament should be a side show to a real tournament.

klipik12

United States241 Posts

June 18 2015 05:26 GMT

#20

On June 18 2015 14:10 ClaudeSc2 wrote:
The game is in beta still and probably no where near balanced because we haven't seen many top koreans play it. I'd strongly prefer a HotS tournament over this. Archon mode tournament should be a side show to a real tournament.

It is - The real tournament is their Dota 2 Battlegrounds series. Not enough budget for both, I guess.