• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 14:15
CEST 20:15
KST 03:15
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach0[ASL22] Ro8 Preview: In A Tizzy11[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Holy Diver5[ASL22] Ro16 Preview: Rough Waters10[ASL22] Ro24 Preview: Siren's Call8
Community News
Weekly Cups (Sep 13-20): herO scores triple2BSL Season 2313Weekly Cups (Sep 7-12): SHIN, ByuN, MaxPax double down1StarCraft open world shooter announced at BlizzCon101Weekly Cups (Aug 30-Sep 7): herO thrives amid growing schism10
StarCraft 2
General
How do you feel about the StarCraft shooter announcement at BlizzCon 2026? Balance hotfix patch 5.0.16b (July 16) Blizzard Classic Cup @ BlizzCon 2026 - $100k prize pool Weekly Cups (Sep 13-20): herO scores triple The Death of Cheese: From a Professional Cheeser
Tourneys
2026 GSTL Grand Finals ScienceCraft (October 24-25) - Live Event Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) Stellar Fest TWO the Moon (Dec 16-20)
Strategy
[H] ZvP Mid-Late Game: Stalkers Collossi HT
Custom Maps
[M] (2) Sweltering Sands [M] (2) Frigid Storage
External Content
Mutation # 544 Double Trouble The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 543 Enhanced Defenses Mutation # 542 The Ascended
Brood War
General
Bot on ladder an AI researcher's take on the ladder bot [ASL22] Ro8 Preview: Within Reach StarCraft Human 'N' AI League BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL22] Ro8 Day 2 [ASL22] Ro8 Day 1 [IPSL] IPSL is Back With Winter 26-27!
Strategy
Cliff Jump Revisited (1 in a 1000 strategy) Replay Review Process - What do you do? Simple Questions, Simple Answers Odyssey Mineral Stack Saturation
Other Games
General Games
Total Annihilation Zero Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread EVE Corporation
Dota 2
Dota 2 Champions League Season 3 Begins April 25! Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
[TL LoL EUW IHs] Teemo shall perish
Heroes of the Storm
Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Artificial Intelligence Thread All you football fans (soccer)!
Fan Clubs
MarineLorD Fan Club The Creator Fan Club The ShoWTimE Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Diablo Animated Series on Netflix
Sports
Football (Soccer) Thread
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Violent-Cooperative Play and…
TrAiDoS
38 yo Retired SWE loo…
PurE)Rabbit-SF
Can Bots Beat Pros?? Starcr…
namkraft
[meme] I finally understa…
LUCKY_NOOB
Regacy Esports:Our Goa…
regacyesports
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 12986 users

WCS Winter Championship to be held at IEM Katowice

Forum Index > SC2 General
84 CommentsPost a Reply
1 2 3 4 5 Next All
lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 14:03:15
December 18 2015 14:01 GMT
#1
Facebook Twitter Reddit
AdministratorYOU MUST HEED MY INSTRUCTIONS TAKE OFF YOUR THIIIINGS
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 14:12:04
December 18 2015 14:04 GMT
#2
The link from their tweet lead me to some LoL stream at first -.-

Also
StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei

Before the Katowice tournament, a $25,000 8 player invitational will take place at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show where top Korean performers of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters season will compete along other legendary players.
So basically the IEM SC2 WC got moved and downgraded from how it used to be.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
December 18 2015 14:10 GMT
#3
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/499071-iem-s10-world-championship-is-not-sc2#18

Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 14:23:39
December 18 2015 14:11 GMT
#4
Wow this kills my hopes of katowice being a global event and means the circuit championship is not even a standalone event. I wonder in which corner they will have sc fans next to hordes of cs and lol fans. This sucks : (. Will there even be any global events?

The Koreans that dreamt of playing in katowice and thought they qualified must be sad now.

Edit: seriously I can't believe this, this is the first time i'm actually ashamed of starcraft. This is no world championship.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
December 18 2015 14:12 GMT
#5
I feel like more qualifiers spots and less ladder spots would have been better. But we'll see.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
AWalker9
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United Kingdom7229 Posts
December 18 2015 14:12 GMT
#6
On December 18 2015 23:04 Elentos wrote:
The link from their tweet lead me to some LoL stream at first -.-

Also
Show nested quote +
StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei

Before the Katowice tournament, a $25,000 8 player invitational will take place at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show where top Korean performers of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters season will compete along other legendary players.
So basically the IEM WC got moved and downgraded.


That's pretty crap, I assume it's only going to be Koreans taking part if not it'd be pretty sad.
soOjwa has returned to smite all that stand in his way
Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 14:14:04
December 18 2015 14:13 GMT
#7
http://en.intelextrememasters.com/news/the-first-wcs-winter-championship-to-take-place-at-intel-extreme-masters-katowice/

Intel Extreme Masters Katowice will see 32 StarCraft II players battle it out for US$150,000 in the WCS Winter Championship.

Intel Extreme Masters returns to Katowice, Poland in early March next year for the annual World Championship. The Spodek arena will once again see thousands of fans witness top-notch CS:GO and League of Legends played by some of the world's best teams. In addition to this, we are thrilled to announce that joining the game lineup will be StarCraft II in the form of the first ever WCS Winter Championship!

Intel Extreme Masters Katowice will be the first WCS Circuit Championship, during which a total of 32 players will battle it out for a share of the US$150,00 prize pool. The winner will receive a WCS Global Playoffs seed at BlizzCon and 10,000 WCS points, which will dictate seeding and global rank.

Slot distribution

The slots for the WCS Winter Championship will be distributed as follows:

Regional challenger (8 slots)

Two for Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Two for North America (USA and Canada)
One for Latin America
One for China
One for Oceania, Southeast Asia and Japan
One for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau

Server qualifiers (14 slots)

Eight for Europe
Six for America

National qualifiers

Citizens from hosting nation eligible

WCS standings invites (8 slots)

2015 WCS standings will be used for Winter Championship

In order to compete in the WCS Circuit Championship, players must be citizens or residents of one of the eligible regions listed above.

Format

The format of the WCS Winter Championship will be a single elimination bracket with best-of-five matchups except for the grand final, which will be a best of seven.

StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei

Before the Katowice tournament, a $25,000 8 player invitational will take place at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show where top Korean performers of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters season will compete along other legendary players. You can read more about the event over here.
LiquipediaWe will have only each other at the last
SmykuToronto
Profile Joined October 2014
Poland269 Posts
December 18 2015 14:15 GMT
#8
They told me to chill. This ain't a thing I'd chill about Gz to Gfinity for becoming most stacked tourney series in SC2.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
December 18 2015 14:18 GMT
#9
Hmm okay.
Sapphire.lux
Profile Joined July 2010
Romania2620 Posts
December 18 2015 14:19 GMT
#10
So it's confirmed, Intel Extreme Masters Katowice with no Koreans. Expect DH to be the same.
Head Coach Park: "They should buff tanks!"
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55594 Posts
December 18 2015 14:21 GMT
#11
On December 18 2015 23:12 AWalker9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 18 2015 23:04 Elentos wrote:
The link from their tweet lead me to some LoL stream at first -.-

Also
StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei

Before the Katowice tournament, a $25,000 8 player invitational will take place at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show where top Korean performers of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters season will compete along other legendary players.
So basically the IEM WC got moved and downgraded.


That's pretty crap, I assume it's only going to be Koreans taking part if not it'd be pretty sad.

Well it mentions "top Korean performers". The actual top 8 from season 10 coming would make for a pretty stacked bracket. Of 8 players. Although one of the actual top 8 retires before IEM
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 14:36:30
December 18 2015 14:30 GMT
#12
Nice. Last year I had to switch between CS:GO and SC II, that was annoying, couldnt catch all cool games.

This year the decision is easy, I can watch all CS:GO games.
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
December 18 2015 14:30 GMT
#13
feels like the air is out of the balloon
The_Red_Viper
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
19533 Posts
December 18 2015 14:31 GMT
#14
Meh. This just is disappointing overall, not gonna lie
IU | Sohyang || There is no God and we are his prophets | For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.” | Ignorance is the parent of fear |
boxerfred
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
Germany8360 Posts
December 18 2015 14:58 GMT
#15
StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei

Before the Katowice tournament, a $25,000 8 player invitational will take place at Intel Extreme Masters Taipei at Taipei Game Show where top Korean performers of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters season will compete along other legendary players. You can read more about the event over here.


Well we got this.
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10128 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 15:02:55
December 18 2015 14:59 GMT
#16
me not like this

edit:

so we will have a 8 korean man tournament and after a big foreign tournament?
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
Netherlands30548 Posts
December 18 2015 15:00 GMT
#17
Nice, Katowice always has great croud support and hype. I'm sure they will deliver this time as well!
Neosteel Enthusiast
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-12-18 15:06:44
December 18 2015 15:05 GMT
#18
On December 18 2015 23:59 Topin wrote:
me not like this

edit:

so we will have a 8 korean man tournament and after a big foreign tournament?


The new IEM Finals will be played at IEM Taipeh, from 29th Jen to 2nd Feb. 8 invited players, 25k$ Prizepool
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
December 18 2015 15:12 GMT
#19
at the end of the day it's like a bit of a major like thing à la csgo
Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of shitposting, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven".
TL+ Member
Matte3D
Profile Joined March 2012
Sweden26 Posts
December 18 2015 15:12 GMT
#20
Just so disappointed. Hoped for a better christmas present. :'(
1 2 3 4 5 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Yamato Cup
15:00
#8
killerbeecast11
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
IndyStarCraft 245
mouzHeroMarine 224
BRAT_OK 70
Codebar 10
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 27128
Shuttle 1130
Mini 243
actioN 128
Dewaltoss 124
Rush 121
firebathero 109
White-Ra 79
Mong 60
Hyun 53
[ Show more ]
Trap 32
Dota 2
qojqva3804
Counter-Strike
fl0m4478
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox202
Mew2King43
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu592
MindelVK9
Other Games
Liquid`RaSZi2133
B2W.Neo1036
Beastyqt958
ArmadaUGS228
QueenE95
Organizations
StarCraft 2
WardiTV1727
Other Games
gamesdonequick895
BasetradeTV313
StarCraft 2
angryscii 20
StarCraft: Brood War
lovetv 5
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 3
[ Show 19 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 55
• Adnapsc2 7
• LUISG 5
• Reevou 4
• Kozan
• Migwel
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 12
• 80smullet 11
• Michael_bg 9
• blackmanpl 7
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 1391
• WagamamaTV617
Other Games
• Shiphtur214
Upcoming Events
BSL Open Qualifier
46m
BSL Open Qualifier
46m
OSC
4h 46m
Replay Cast
5h 46m
Afreeca Starleague
15h 46m
Soma vs Jaedong
WardiTV Weekly
16h 46m
Monday Night Weeklies
21h 46m
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 15h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 15h
Leta vs Soulkey
PiGosaur Cup
2 days
[ Show More ]
Kung Fu Cup
2 days
The PondCast
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
CranKy Ducklings
5 days
Online Event
5 days
FEL
5 days
BSL: Ladder Tournament
6 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #5 - GSA
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
Calamity Invitational

Ongoing

ASL Season 22
Super Anchor Qualifying S3
CSL 2026 AUTUMN (S22)
Acropolis #5
1win Private Club #1
Logitech G Play Connect 2026
SL StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #3
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3

Upcoming

Acropolis #5 - GSB
Acropolis #5 - GSC
BSL Season 23
SC4ALL II: Brood War
BSL 23: Non-Korean Championship
HSC XXX
Stellar Fest 2: Lunar Cup
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Offline Finals
Custodian Cup
Copium Cup
PGL Major Singapore 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 6
BLAST Rivals Fall 2026
IEM Beijing 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 5
PGL Masters Bucharest 2026
1win Private Club #2
Thunderpick World Champ. '26
ESL Pro League Season 24
Stake Ranked Episode 4
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.