$400k main event for Gamers8, qualifier invites announced…

On July 29 2023 02:52 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Oh that format sounds cool!! Was sad at first seeing Creator matched against Serral

On July 29 2023 12:27 tigera6 wrote:
Much, much better format than the same old 4 group of 4 players format. But they would need to have a fairly balance seeding system to match the players up.

On July 29 2023 17:44 M3t4PhYzX wrote:
bo3 or bo5?

would be nice if bo3 but bo5 for the elimination/qualification games

pretty refreshing, gotta say

On July 29 2023 16:33 FCHK wrote:

They did, using Gamers Without Borders 2023 results then sorted by EPT points

World Stage 1 UB Serral vs Creator Korea Stage 2 LB
World Stage 1 UB HeRoMaRinE vs herO Korea Stage 2 LB
World Stage 1 LB Reynor vs Classic Korea Stage 2 UB
World Stage 1 LB Spirit vs Cure Korea Stage 2 UB
World Stage 2 UB Clem vs Dark Korea Stage 1 LB
World Stage 2 UB ShoWTimE vs Maru Korea Stage 1 LB
World Stage 2 LB Elazer vs ByuN Korea Stage 1 UB
World Stage 2 LB Oliveira vs Solar Korea Stage 1 UB

It all align except putting Elazer above Oliveira

On July 29 2023 20:52 tigera6 wrote:

yeah, but I am also speaking about for later rounds, like with those whose record are 1-0, and then 2-0. Theoretically you should never match Maru vs Serral if they both win out because they have the highest seed, supposedly. I think when they did the this format in ESL Master EU, they F up the seeding, we had MaxPax playing against Clem in 2nd round at the same time as we have Skillous vs Lambo.

On July 29 2023 22:56 WombaT wrote:
It’ll no doubt be a hyped watch, and I like the bracket format chosen too.

Really, really not what SC2 actually needs is another big money tournament for the top players around though.

On top of an exhibition tournament of undoubtedly rusty legends with double the prize pool of the last GSL season?

Yeah that’ll really help the scene…

Compared to the money needed to gain traction in Formula One or football, eSports bar to entering the scene as a big player and host is absolutely minuscule, I’m still equally as wary of the underlying motivations.

On July 30 2023 08:05 Balnazza wrote:



Apparently there are atleast 12 different games that get money thrown at during this event. It is just sportswashing, so of course the TO tries to get as many top players as possible. Not much use to invest in lower level players if you just want to connect with a younger audience fast

On July 30 2023 08:20 Die4Ever wrote:

Holy crap 12 games lol, how rich are these people?

On July 30 2023 08:05 Balnazza wrote:



Apparently there are atleast 12 different games that get money thrown at during this event. It is just sportswashing, so of course the TO tries to get as many top players as possible. Not much use to invest in lower level players if you just want to connect with a younger audience fast

On July 30 2023 14:36 Slydie wrote:


As I know the Arabs, I have never seen them even try to build a solid food chain from the bottom up. All they do is skimming the top of a scene, going for the most publicity money can buy. This event goes right into their usual strategy.

I would actually respect them a lot more if they shifted to sponsoring smaller and local events all around Western Europe. That should even do a better job of painting them as "good guys", or at least show they have a likeable side.

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On July 31 2023 06:57 sidasf wrote:


Not even trying to hide being a racist pos, impressive.

This is great for the scene, a literal god send. Can't wait to watch it!