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United States7481 Posts
A new road has opened for Starcraft 2 players to attain GSL Code A.
Currently the Global Starcraft2 League (GSL) has a format with Code S, Code A, and the code B tournament. The Esports Weekly Match (EWM) will add on to this, starting February 5th.
The EWM is a weekly online tournament with 64 players. The winner each will advance into an offline tournament, and the winner of that will get the Code A seed. In 2012, the EWM is expected to provide 1 seed for every code A tournament.
The 64 players will be chosen on a first-come, first-serve basis. To qualify, a player must be above 500 rating in Masters league on the Korean server. However, players that are part of a team, domestic or foreign, are eligible to particpate regardless of rank and are given first priority to particpate.
The format is best of 3 for every round, and the map order is Daybreak, Dual Sight, and Antiga Shipyard.
The tournament will be broadcast overseas via TwitchTV, and will be cast by popular foreign casters John "TotalBiscuit" Bain and Shaun "Apollo" Clark.
source: http://www.gamechosun.co.kr/article/view.php?no=85848
Original Author: 이시우, @ssidaglez on twitter
Some additional info from VirgilSC2:
On January 31 2012 14:26 VirgilSC2 wrote:It's first open to Foreign Players living in Korea, and then open to Korean players on Korean pro-teams (The major pro teams that is). After that it's first come-first serve to players in Korea. tl;dr You have to be in Korea.It should also be noted that Mr. Bitter and RotterdaM will be joining in on the casting as well. As far as I've been informed, players currently in Code S/Code A will not be competing.
+ Show Spoiler [Signup Details] +email ewmkr@naver.com with the following information:
1. Participant Name: James Brown
2. Participants Date of Birth: 01/07/1991
3. Battle.net ID and Friend Code (Korea server): LovelyJames .123
4. Race Played by the Participant: Zerg
5. Participant contact information (cell phone): 010-1235-1235
6. Team Status of the Participant: Team XXXX (or Teamless)
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United States33680 Posts
Poor KSL and ESV Weekly 
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so they took ESV and put on a different name with different casters
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United States1486 Posts
Did not expect this. Oh well, more content is for the best I guess.
I just don't get it. Why set up a brand new tournament when KSL and ESV are already established? Weird.
I suppose if this tournament is only for Code B players this could be spectacular and I love the idea.
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Sorry for the ignorance, but how will this affect KSL and ESV Weekly?
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No poor ESV weekly.
If the prize is a code a spot, what stops friends from forfeiting a match? See Coca fiasco.
Diamond made a rational and well thought out choice to get the best games. Qualifiers where some players have already qualified..well..yeah.
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Didn't ESV not want to give out Code A spots for the sake of their tournament? From the sounds of it, this tournament is PURELY for a Code A spot and there is no other prize.
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On January 31 2012 12:50 leperphilliac wrote:
Sorry for the ignorance, but how will this affect KSL and ESV Weekly?
Pretty much same format, but instead of cash they have code A spot reward
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Will players already in Code A and S not be allowed in the tournament? Makes no sense for them to join. =/
If only code B players are allowed then this might turn into an interesting tournament of up-and-comers.
Edit: Since code B is no longer live streamed/casted.
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wow poor ESV, those guys can't catch a break
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On January 31 2012 12:59 lichter wrote:
Will players already in Code A and S not be allowed in the tournament? Makes no sense for them to join. =/
If only code B players are allowed then this might turn into an interesting tournament of up-and-comers.
Edit: Since code B is no longer live streamed/casted.
If there is no monetary reward, why would they spend their time playing it?
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United States15275 Posts
This sounds nice but seriously, will there ever be a SC2 equivalent to Dream League? That was the shit.
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ESV doesn't really lose anything from this, except for the additional competition. They willingly stopped giving out Code A spots because of the CoCa fiasco. I assume they would only invite non Code-A/S players.
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I do kind of wish they made a partnership with one of the other tournaments and combine to add the code A spot there. Either way this will only make it grow and give lesser knowns a chance to get in the spot light. Can't wait!
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Seems great for up and coming korean players, and with TB&Apollo casting it should be great.
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Are people who are currently in Code A/S able to participate? (They might end up getting knocked out.) ESV had a code A slot as part of it for a while, but then removed it because it caused problems...
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On January 31 2012 13:04 Xcobidoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 31 2012 12:59 lichter wrote:
Will players already in Code A and S not be allowed in the tournament? Makes no sense for them to join. =/
If only code B players are allowed then this might turn into an interesting tournament of up-and-comers.
Edit: Since code B is no longer live streamed/casted. If there is no monetary reward, why would they spend their time playing it?
For shits and giggles if they don't need the Code A seed.
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How do people sign up for this?
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On January 31 2012 13:13 goswser wrote:
How do people sign up for this?
what he said
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Wait, so ESV no longer gives those lovely Code A spots? Darn it, twas so very fun to watch the koreans "duke it out" so to speak.
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EPT
