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Tournament Spotlight: Crowdfunded Pre-Season Events

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Tournament Spotlight: Crowdfunded Pre-Season Events

Text byTL.net ESPORTS
March 15th, 2023 03:29 GMT

Tournament Spotlight:
Community Funded Events (2023 Pre-Season)

by Wax

The StarCraft II scene is reeling from the drastic reductions in the 2023/24 prize pool, with around $1 million lost across the EPT and GSL. While that amount can't be made up with crowdfunding, the community has still rallied to help out progamers however they can. Several crowdfunded events popped up in the wake of the news, and it seems as if these community-driven events will continue to be important throughout the 2023/24 season.

Here are three key crowdfunded events to look out for during the pre-season before the EPT and GSL start back up in earnest.

Note: TL.net does not directly endorse the crowdfunding of these events. Users may seek crowdfunding information and support these events at their own discretion.

PiG Sty Festival 3.0 (March 15-19)

Starting from an initial $1000 contribution from PiG, the community has now raised $10,000 in prize money for PiGFest 3 (a hefty $5k contribution from Crate Entertainment sent it over the top).

The donors seem like they'll be getting their money's worth, as the player line-up for PiGFest is absolutely stacked. It features almost the entire top 12 from IEM Katowice, including World Champion Oliveira.

Key info

Bracket:
[image loading]


Schedule: March 15 - 19 - [08:00 GMT (+00:00) start]
  • March 15: Maru vs SKillous, Solar vs Oliveira, Winner vs Winner (RO8)
  • March 16: ByuN vs ShoWTimE, Reynor vs Cure, Winner vs Winner (RO8)
  • March 17: Serral vs Creator, Dark vs Clem, Winner vs Winner (RO8)
  • March 18: herO vs GuMiho, MaxPax vs RagnaroK, Winner vs Winner (RO8)
  • March 19: RO4 and Grand Finals


Prize pool: $10,000 total prize pool. First place wins $3,500.

Streaming: Twitch.tv/x5_PiG.

WardiTV Korean Royale (March 21 - April 9)

The WardiTV Korean Royale focuses specifically on supporting the Korean region, which was hit hardest by the budget cuts in the 2023/24 season. The tournament has the same living-in-Korea requirement as the GSL, and not surprisingly, many of the familiar faces from Code S have qualified.

Technically, this edition of the Korean Royal isn't really crowdfunded. The first season is something of a proof-of-concept, with WardiTV putting up the $10,000 in prize money. At the same time, crowdfunding toward future seasons is already open, and the community will decide whether or not this specific tournament series lasts.

Key info

Players & Format
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  • Group stage: The players are split into two groups of eight. Each group plays out a full round-robin. The top five players from each group advance to the playoffs.
  • Playoffs: Ten players are seeded into two 'gauntlet'-style brackets depending on their group stage results. The surviving players from each gauntlet bracket face off in the grand finals.

Schedule: March 21 - April 9
  • March 21, 22, 25: Group stage matches [12:00 GMT (+00:00)]
  • March 26, April 1, 2, 4: Group stage matches [11:00 GMT (+00:00)]
  • April 8-9: Playoffs [11:00 GMT (+00:00)]

Prize pool: $10,000 total prize pool. First place wins $2,500.

Streaming: Twitch.tv/Wardiii

Korean StarCraft League

The final crowd-funded tournament of note is very different from the others: it's a weekly cup.

The Korean StarCraft League (KSL) is effectively a second ESL Open Korean cup held every week, only it takes place on Thursday (Friday in Korea) and doesn't award EPT points. The baseline prize money is equal to the ESL Open Cups at $400 per cup, but is potentially even greater depending on crowdfunding. For instance, week #1's total prize money was $632.

Interestingly enough, the first KSL drew a stronger group of players than the ESL Open Cup during the same week, and concluded in a thrilling Maru vs ByuN finals. It remains to be seen if the strength of competition will hold up in the coming weeks, but it was an encouraging start to the series.



Key info

Format: Weekly, single-elimination cup.

Schedule: Every Thursday (Friday in Korea) at 15:00 GMT (+00:00)

Prize pool: Variable, but currently crowdfunded to at least $400 per cup. Cups 1 & 2 were funded into the $600 range.

Streaming: Twitch.tv/davetestasc & Twitch.tv/chickenmansc, various community casters



Images & Art: ESL, Liquipedia
Statistics and records: Liquipedia and Aligulac.com

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oneill12
Profile Joined February 2012
Romania1202 Posts
March 15 2023 03:41 GMT
#2
encouraging
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States9643 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-15 05:18:53
March 15 2023 05:18 GMT
#3
wow that top 12 is looking sick! too bad creator has to play vs serral ro1 though

also nice article giving exposure to these events!
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
skarsnik41
Profile Joined October 2021
5 Posts
March 15 2023 12:39 GMT
#4
thx for this, i just looked up pigs stream
PiGStarcraft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Australia966 Posts
March 15 2023 13:00 GMT
#5
Really appreciate the spotlight, thnx mates
Progamerwww.twitch.tv/x5_pig | pigrandom88@gmail.com | @x5_PiG | www.facebook.com/pigSC2
nostrasbeefs
Profile Joined May 2017
28 Posts
March 15 2023 17:04 GMT
#6
I love the little but steady scene we have. <3.
Riner1212
Profile Joined November 2012
United States323 Posts
March 15 2023 17:47 GMT
#7
well the real question is how long will the community continue supporting for?
Sjow "pretty ez life as protoss"
davetesta
Profile Joined June 2019
United States16 Posts
March 15 2023 22:58 GMT
#8
Thank you for giving us some attention, fam!
Greatly appreciated.
"Oh s@#t! They found my proxy!"
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24131 Posts
March 15 2023 23:13 GMT
#9
such an awesome community for such an awesome game
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia18736 Posts
March 16 2023 15:20 GMT
#10
Stats playing deserves a 50k prize pool!
ModeratorOfiicial Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Vision_
Profile Joined September 2018
592 Posts
March 16 2023 19:26 GMT
#11
I would prefer some money into a SC 2.5.
CursOr
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States6333 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-16 21:14:58
March 16 2023 21:12 GMT
#12
Just for some reflection, think about how blizzard killed a FULLY organic and self-sustaning esports scene in Broodwar. Two dedicated television channels. Multiple sponsored teams, with full time, live-in player training houses.

The esports scene of today (see Faze collapse) would be envious of what was curated in Korea from 2002 - 2010, and Blizzard literally destroyed it for SC2 ... and now, we finally see the rug pulled out from under that.

I hate to be Debbie-Downer but, what we had was super special and I really feel like it needs recognition as a true lighting strike in the history of gaming. I am proud to have witnessed and enjoyed it while it was thriving.

edit: it just goes to prove that it IS possible, and entirely without blizzards help, in fact - it's better off without.
CJ forever (-_-(-_-(-_-(-_-)-_-)-_-)-_-)
Booze
Profile Joined September 2019
4 Posts
March 17 2023 01:15 GMT
#13
Hey, quick question:
Anyone knows what happened to SoO and TY? Just went through the different qualifiers and Stats seems to be the only one, who's back, who even tried. Seems odd.
Did I miss something? Please don't tell me they threw in the towel after the bad news.
remeka
Profile Joined March 2023
2 Posts
March 19 2023 05:59 GMT
#14
On March 17 2023 10:15 Booze wrote:
Hey, quick question:
Anyone knows what happened to SoO and TY? Just went through the different qualifiers and Stats seems to be the only one, who's back, who even tried. Seems odd.
Did I miss something? Please don't tell me they threw in the towel after the bad news.


TY and a couple more are playing broodwar, i saw them in the qualis
Booze
Profile Joined September 2019
4 Posts
4 hours ago
#15
Ah, alright. I thought TY was trying for both. Really seems like the prize-cut announcement took the wind out of his sail.
Damn...
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2501 Posts
3 hours ago
#16
On March 20 2023 17:29 Booze wrote:
Ah, alright. I thought TY was trying for both. Really seems like the prize-cut announcement took the wind out of his sail.
Damn...

They played some SC2 showmatches since returning I belive
So I gues, they are not focusing on SC2 exclusivly, but might atend at events every now and then
MaxPax
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