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GSL 2019 announced; continues 2018 format and prizing

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-26 06:36:41
January 25 2019 02:45 GMT
#1
Updated rules/schedule

The 2019 GSL Tour will be held in a near identical format as the 2018 tour, with three Code S competitions, two Super Tournaments, and GSL vs. The World. The planned schedule for the tournaments is as follows:

  • GSL Season 1: Feb 2 - April 13
  • Super Tournament I: April 18-21
  • GSL Season 2: April 29 - June 22
  • GSL Season 3: July 3 - September 21
  • GSL vs. The World: August 1-4
  • Super Tournament II: September 26-29

Prize money for GSL events has been adjusted to be more equitable across all placements. The total prize pool is ₩680,000,000 KRW, a slight increase from 2018's ₩675,000,000 KRW (due to a ₩5,000,000 KRW prize increase for GSL vs. The World). Prize money redistribution is as follows:

GSL Code S
Placement20192018
1st30,000,00040,000,000
2nd12,000,00015,000,000
3rd-4th9,000,0007,500,000
5th-8th6,500,0005,000,000
9th-16th4,500,0004,000,000
17th-32nd3,000,0003,000,000
Total170,000,000170,000,000


Super Tournament
Placement20192018
1st10,000,00012,000,000
2nd5,000,0005,000,000
3rd-4th2,500,0002,500,000
5th-8th1,200,0001,000,000
9th-16th650,000500,000
Total30,000,00030,000,000


Seeds to the WCS Global Finals will be awarded in the same method as 2018. Eight WCS Korea players will compete at the Global Finals, with Code S champions winning direct seeds. The remaining spots will be awarded according to WCS Korea points earned during the season.


Initial AfreecaTV press release (via Inven)

AfreecaTV has announced that the 2019 Global StarCraft II League (GSL) will be held in a near-identical format as the 2018 season. Three GSL Code S seasons will be held alongside two Super Tournaments, while GSL vs. The World will also be held once more.

The total prize money for the 2019 season is "approximately 680,000,000 KRW," close to 2018's 675,000,000 KRW.

AfreecaTV also announced it would continue to support a variety of non-GSL content such as BJ Destruction match, and new online cups for professional and amateur players.

AfreecaTV's Interactive Content Business Director Mr. Chae said "After starting in 2010, GSL is entering its 10th year this year. I'm very grateful to all the viewers who have continuously sent us their love and interest. In order to repay them, we won't spare any support for the GSL, and a greater variety of esports tournaments going forward."
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Doko
Profile Joined May 2010
Argentina1737 Posts
January 25 2019 02:48 GMT
#2
Hell, It's about time
jedi1982
Profile Joined January 2011
United States172 Posts
January 25 2019 02:48 GMT
#3
This is much anticipated and well-received news!
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17656 Posts
January 25 2019 02:48 GMT
#4
great news! it'll be interesting to see if there are as many live event dates as there were in 2018.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-25 02:53:17
January 25 2019 02:50 GMT
#5
Great to hear!

Though the fact that it's nearly identical to 2018 GSL does make me wonder why it took so long to announce. And did it say anything about the foreigner ban rumor?
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8990 Posts
January 25 2019 02:50 GMT
#6
An IA demonstration, the best games of 2018 list and GSL is anounce and as big as before, today is Starcraft Christmas!
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
January 25 2019 02:51 GMT
#7
These are great news! Has anything regarding the supposed restriction to be imposed to foreigners being announced yet?
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
January 25 2019 02:52 GMT
#8
Sweet.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17656 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-25 02:57:25
January 25 2019 02:55 GMT
#9
On January 25 2019 11:50 pvsnp wrote:
Great to hear!
Though the fact that it's nearly identical to 2018 GSL does make me wonder why it took so long to announce.

Blizz Prez is new. An entire layer of ATVI upper management in charge of financial stuff was replaced. Makes sense it took a long time. Due to how HGC disappeared the paranoia/fear/skepticism of the community is somewhat reasonable.

i think the takeaway from all this is...
if you love SC2 esports and you want to show ATVI that you want continued support of SC2 esports...
then keep buying the Warchests.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
tagliatelle
Profile Joined August 2018
Canada69 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-25 03:03:35
January 25 2019 03:03 GMT
#10
Thank you Afreeca and thank you Mr. Chae! 10 years of GSL, WOW! Here's to many more
cjb
Profile Joined July 2015
United States99 Posts
January 25 2019 03:05 GMT
#11
Are qualifiers happening now? Any links?
Vutalisk
Profile Joined August 2016
United States680 Posts
January 25 2019 03:13 GMT
#12
Wow, better news than I expected. Good for Korean scene.
Ben...
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada3485 Posts
January 25 2019 03:25 GMT
#13
This is excellent news!
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FrostedMiniWheats
Profile Joined August 2010
United States30730 Posts
January 25 2019 03:34 GMT
#14
That's a load off. I was honestly getting scared this year with how delayed things have been.

2019 is going to be pretty hype with so many returning pros and where Serral will go from here
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EzioAs
Profile Joined September 2017
235 Posts
January 25 2019 03:36 GMT
#15
SSL when?

Kidding. Glad GSL is still going in with it's regular format.
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Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10120 Posts
January 25 2019 03:46 GMT
#16
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8251 Posts
January 25 2019 03:57 GMT
#17
Korea scene is alive for another year! I'm surprised there's no news about foreigners competing in GSL though.
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9223 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-25 04:25:43
January 25 2019 04:25 GMT
#18
Great news. January felt empty without GSL.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3132 Posts
January 25 2019 04:31 GMT
#19
Feels like sc2 has gotten off to an incredibly slow start this year. Dno, just feels like it's been forever since the last big sc2 thing. Has the Serral momentum/hype been deflated by so much lull time?
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
January 25 2019 05:06 GMT
#20
Nice, finally confirmation that everything is going well!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
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