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GSL vs. the World - Invites and Open Voting

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Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-07-22 08:15:53
July 12 2017 18:26 GMT
#1
[image loading]

Update 2:

The bracket has been drawn and here are the matchups:

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Source

Update: The vote has just ended and here are the winners, congratulations to:

(P)herO[jOin]
(Z)Dark
(T)ByuN

(P)ShoWTimE
(Z)Scarlett
(T)Kelazhur

In addition the Wildcard spot for Korea goes to (P)sOs who completes the player lineup for GSL vs the World.

Blizzard also noted:
"*We are aware that voting required a US StarCraft II Character ID to participate, and we very actively pushed pro-active messaging to make sure users knew how to contribute to polls. For future fan voting events, we will make ease of participation for global fans a top priority."

Here are the final teams:


GSL:

Invited (due to WCS points):

Kim “(P)Stats” Dae Yeob
Eo “(Z)soO” Yoon Su
Lee “(T)INnoVation” Shin Hyung
Jun “(T)TY” Tae Yang

Voted:

Kim (P)herO[jOin] Joon Ho
Park (Z)Dark Ryung Woo
(T)ByuN Hyun Woo
Kim (P)sOs Yoo Jin (wildcard)

The World:

Invited (due to WCS points):

Alex “(P)Neeb” Sunderhaft
Joona “(Z)Serral” Sotala
Artur “(Z)Nerchio” Bloch
Juan Carlos “SpeCIaL” Tena Lopez aka (T)MajOr
Zhou “(Z)iAsonu” Hang (china representative)

Voted:

Tobias (P)ShoWTimE Sieber
Sasha (Z)Scarlett Hostyn
Diego (T)Kelazhur Schwimer

Originial Post:

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The epic clash of one StarCraft II region versus many is just around the corner. From August 3 to 6, players will face off in team and individual competition for $100,000, and the pride of Korea or the World. The teams are now being formed, so check below for details on how you can get involved in voting your favorite player in!

The Teams

Each team will be made of 8 players through a mix of invited and online voting.

To kick off each team with a solid roster of players, we’ll be inviting the top 4 point earning players to each team. The finish off each roster, you will be able to vote in a representative of the mighty Zerg, Terran, and Protoss factions into the tournament. Candidates will be drawn from the top of the WCS Standings.

To fill the final eighth place in the lineup, Korea will have one “Wildcard” spot. After the top player is selected from each race, all the 2nd place votes will be compared, and the highest from whichever faction will get the final position!

For the World team, our Chinese fans won’t be able to participate in general vote, so we’ll be opening up the 8th spot to a dedicated China representative based on WCS points.

Voting is open now for all placements until 10:00am PDT on July 19!

GSL Allstars

Invite #1 - Kim “(P)Stats” Dae Yeob
Invite #2 - Eo “(Z)soO” Yoon Su
Invite #3 - Lee “(T)INnoVation” Shin Hyung
Invite #4 - Jun “(T)TY” Tae Yang
Voting #1 - Click here to vote for the Protoss Champion
Voting #2 - Click here to vote for the Zerg Champion
Voting #3 - Click here to vote for the Terran Champion
Wildcard

Note: invites are based on WCS Korea Standings, excluding IEM Shanghai and GSL Season 3

World Allstars

Invite #1 - Alex “(P)Neeb” Sunderhaft
Invite #2 - Joona “(Z)Serral” Sotala
Invite #3 - Artur “(Z)Nerchio” Bloch
Invite #4 - Juan Carlos “SpeCIaL” Tena Lopez aka (T)MajOr
Voting #1 - Click here to vote for the Protoss Champion
Voting #2 - Click here to vote for the Zerg Champion
Voting #3 - Click here to vote for the Terran Champion
China Representative – Zhou “(Z)iAsonu” Hang

Note: invites are based on WCS Circuit Standings prior to WCS Valencia

The Tournaments

GSL vs. the World will include a team competition and an individual competition. The individual competition will include all 16 players in a single elimination bracket. The team tournament will be a special exhibition to put these two regions face to face.

The Schedule

August 3 - Round of 16, Day 1
August 4 - Round of 16, Day 2
August 5 - Round of 8 and Semi-Finals
August 6 - Team Competition and Grand Finals

Voting is now open, so make sure to check the links above and make your voice heard. There are more details to come on prizing, schedule and the team competition soon!
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Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
July 12 2017 18:29 GMT
#2
GSL vs The World without the GSL champion? Can't let this happen.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-07-12 18:32:26
July 12 2017 18:31 GMT
#3
Let's get Zest in there for the foreigner pity win

Also, your foreign Terran vote links to the Korean Terrans
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-07-12 18:34:55
July 12 2017 18:33 GMT
#4
On July 13 2017 03:31 Inflicted wrote:
Let's get Zest in there for the foreigner pity win

sOs would also cover the pity win and he's in a better position to win the poll.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-07-12 18:45:23
July 12 2017 18:38 GMT
#5
For some reason I can't actually login and vote on battle.net :/.

Edit: Tested both Firefox and Chrome. Doesn't work.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1909 Posts
July 12 2017 18:39 GMT
#6
The fact that this is a fan vote is nauseating. Let players earn the right to compete through their own merit instead of it becoming a loaded popularity contest.
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
July 12 2017 18:41 GMT
#7
Just hoping Maru gets in there <3
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Mizenhauer
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
United States1909 Posts
July 12 2017 18:43 GMT
#8
On July 13 2017 03:41 Pandemona wrote:
Just hoping Maru gets in there <3


He won't because ByuN was always going to win the fan vote for Terran.
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showstealer1829
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Australia3123 Posts
July 12 2017 18:44 GMT
#9
HASU!

VOTE FOR HASU!
There is no understanding. There is only Choya. Choya is the way. Choya is Love. Choya is Life. Has is the Light in the Protoss Dark and Nightmare is his chosen Acolyte
DrunkenSCV
Profile Joined November 2016
76 Posts
July 12 2017 18:45 GMT
#10
Stephano and Avilo incoming
Durnuu
Profile Joined September 2013
13322 Posts
July 12 2017 18:46 GMT
#11
On July 13 2017 03:43 mizenhauer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2017 03:41 Pandemona wrote:
Just hoping Maru gets in there <3


He won't because ByuN was always going to win the fan vote for Terran.

Poor GuMiho.
Completely agree with you too, shouldn't be a vote. Just because LoL does it with All-stars doesn't mean SC2 needs it :/
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geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8245 Posts
July 12 2017 18:47 GMT
#12
Lol popularity contest... Oh boy.

Why is this a single elimination tournament? We should have GSL style groups.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
July 12 2017 18:50 GMT
#13
On July 13 2017 03:46 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2017 03:43 mizenhauer wrote:
On July 13 2017 03:41 Pandemona wrote:
Just hoping Maru gets in there <3


He won't because ByuN was always going to win the fan vote for Terran.

Poor GuMiho.
Completely agree with you too, shouldn't be a vote. Just because LoL does it with All-stars doesn't mean SC2 needs it :/

Agreed, it's appalling. The GSL champion's only hope of getting into GSL vs The World at this rate is hoping for the wild card. Which is also based on the stupid polls.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1024 Posts
July 12 2017 18:50 GMT
#14
On July 13 2017 03:46 Durnuu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2017 03:43 mizenhauer wrote:
On July 13 2017 03:41 Pandemona wrote:
Just hoping Maru gets in there <3


He won't because ByuN was always going to win the fan vote for Terran.

Poor GuMiho.
Completely agree with you too, shouldn't be a vote. Just because LoL does it with All-stars doesn't mean SC2 needs it :/


Why not? It's fun, it gets the fans engaged. And it's fun. Vote Maru!
raff100
Profile Joined April 2011
498 Posts
July 12 2017 18:51 GMT
#15
This format is atrocious
hexhaven
Profile Joined July 2014
Finland956 Posts
July 12 2017 18:53 GMT
#16
Why are the players being voted in when the tournament awards WCS points?
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Makro
Profile Joined March 2011
France16890 Posts
July 12 2017 18:54 GMT
#17
yea so the popularity vote is gonna be quite disturbing and the most interesting thing will be the individual tournament imo

looking for it
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
July 12 2017 18:55 GMT
#18
On July 13 2017 03:53 hexhaven wrote:
Why are the players being voted in when the tournament awards WCS points?

It doesn't. 100,000$ prize pool though.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
July 12 2017 18:57 GMT
#19
If Has doesn't win I am disappointed in this community.

Also, can't log in, Blizzard plz
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16024 Posts
July 12 2017 18:57 GMT
#20

GSL vs. the World will include a team competition and an individual competition. The individual competition will include all 16 players in a single elimination bracket. The team tournament will be a special exhibition to put these two regions face to face.

I see, all korean ro8 then.
Good thing there's also this team tournament so the foreigners don't fly over to play 1 bo5.
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