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AfreecaTV Revealed GSL(Global StarCraft® II League, GSL)' Tour Plan for 2017.
The GSL is making its return in 2017 even bigger than last year. Next year the GSL will expand from two seasons to three. In addition, AfreecaTV will host two additional tournaments during the year known as the GSL Super Tournaments. These events combined will award 570 million won, a prize pool increase of 20% compared to last year. All leagues will be held live at the FreecUP Studio in Seoul, Korea with English commentators Nicolas ‘Tasteless’ Plott and Dan ‘Artosis’ Stemkoski.
The format of the GSL has changed slightly. There will no longer be a Code A, instead being replaced by the qualifiers. Code S will remain as the round of 32 onwards. The rest of the format remains the same; round of 32 and round of 16 will be groups of four, dual tournament format. Round of 8 onwards will be a single elimination tournament.
There will be two Super Tournaments in addition to 3 regular seasons. The main purpose of the Super Tournaments is to provide more opportunities to SC2 Players. The 1st and 2nd place players of the preceding season of the GSL and 14 players from qualifiers will be entered into Super Tournaments.
Sookiel Kevin Seo, AfreecaTV CEO, said “GSL has been a historic and most iconic SC2 event of all time. AfreecaTV will do its best to continue to produce SC2 content. Thank you all GSL fans.”
2017 GSL Season 1 Qualifiers will start on December 27 and the main league will begin in January 2017.
Watch GSL Live on AfreecaTV:
http://afreeca.tv/2017gsl (Tasteless and Artosis)
http://afreeca.tv/korea20 (Alex007 - Russian)
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AfreecaTV is a social media platform that anyone from anywhere can use to broadcast live from PC and mobile devices. Founded in 2006, AfreecaTV is the #1 live streaming platform in South Korea. To make it accessible to global users and to expand on our success, AfreecaTV Global launched in 2015 and everyone can enjoy AfreecaTV’s original eSports content and various streams such as K-Pop, mokbang and social. For more info, visit AfreecaTV Global Website http://afreeca.tv .
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