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http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Kung_Fu_Cup/2016/2
Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 2 is here!
As always, Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 2 is a 16-man online tournament, featuring players from all over the world with invites and open qualifiers.
Line up
International Invites:
  Neeb,   iaguz,  MaSa, puCK
,  Stork,  Hydra, Polt, TRUE
Chinese Invites:
 TooDming, iAsonu, Time, Cyan
From Chinese Qualifier:
TBD (4)
Groups:
TBA
Format & Prize pool
Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 2 will use the same unique prize pool system in which every match is a duel and money is on the line. The total prize pool is 150,000 CNY. All prize money distribution listed below is pre-tax unless otherwise noted.
Group Stage
GSL style groups, best of 3.
Prize money for every group stage match: 3000 CNY ($450), winner takes all if won 2-0, otherwise it is a 2/1 split;
Playoffs
Double elimination, best of 5 till grand finals which is a single best of 7.
Prize money for round 1 and winner's bracket: 5,000 CNY($760), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2;
Prize money for losers bracket: 2,500 CNY($380), winner takes all if won 3-0, 4/1 split for 3-1, 3/2 split for 3-2;
Prize money for grand finals: 28,000 CNY($4256), winner takes all if won 4-0, 6/1 split for 4-1, 5/2 split for 4-2, 4/3 split for 4-3, 1st place winner takes an additional 12,000 CNY ($1824).
In addition, Kung Fu Cup 2016 Season 2 is a The OSC League partnership tournament, featuring OSC points award and bounties.
OSC Points Distribution
1st: 500 OSC points
2nd: 350 OSC points
3rd: 250 OSC points
4th: 200 OSC points
5/6th: 125 OSC points
7/8th: 80 OSC points
9-12th: 50 OSC points
13-16th: 25 OSC points
Schedule
September 20th - 21st: Chinese Qualifier #1
September 20nd - 23rd: Chinese Qualifier #2
October 11th: Group A
October 12th: Group B
October 13th: Group C
October 14th: Group D
October 17th - 18th: Playoffs round 1
October 19th: Winner's round 1
October 20th: Loser's round 1
October 21st: Loser's round 2
October 22nd: Winner's finals & loser's round 3
October 23rd: Loser's finals & grand finals
Broadcast time is 8pm KST/1pm CET/7am ET. All schedule are subject to change due to unforeseen tournament conflicts and other reasons. I'll eat a hat if there is no date change in the end.
Streams
Chinese: http://www.douyutv.com/scboy
English: http://www.twitch.tv/n3rdstgamers
International streams are welcomed.
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Why Kela with mexican flag? 
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On September 05 2016 19:42 djack0666 wrote:Why Kela with mexican flag?
Whoops copy & paste error, fixed!
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No non-Chinese qualifiers? No chance to defend the title for Stats? I was really looking forward to another season of Kung Fu Cup but this won't do. It's a big step down from previous Kung Fu Cups and that makes me sad.
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But... but.. It's a Chinese event! It's clearly missing Snute!
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On September 05 2016 19:50 Elentos wrote:
No non-Chinese qualifiers? No chance to defend the title for Stats? I was really looking forward to another season of Kung Fu Cup but this won't do. It's a big step down from previous Kung Fu Cups and that makes me sad.
The previous KFCs were very clear failures in terms of Chinese player live tournament experience/training because the majority of them crash out of group stage, plus the top Koreans will be busy preparing for Blizzcon, hard to find invites.
Regarding non-Chinese qualifier, it is has been hard for Chinese players to have consistent connection while playing European players so they want to keep that to a minimum. Nothing against the EU guys which have been amazing to work with, just logistic reasons.
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On September 05 2016 20:11 digmouse wrote:Show nested quote +On September 05 2016 19:50 Elentos wrote:
No non-Chinese qualifiers? No chance to defend the title for Stats? I was really looking forward to another season of Kung Fu Cup but this won't do. It's a big step down from previous Kung Fu Cups and that makes me sad. plus the top Koreans will be busy preparing for Blizzcon, hard to find invites.
Last year around this time there was also a Kung Fu Cup happening before Blizzcon. 3 Blizzcon participants played the Cup, the champion was the eventual runner-up of Blizzcon. And he was not an invite but rather went through the Korean qualifier. I'm sure it wouldn't have been impossible to get strong Koreans.
Of course, I realize I'm not forced to watch if I find the lineup so terribly uninteresting, but I would have liked to be interested so I'm giving feedback.
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On September 05 2016 20:31 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On September 05 2016 20:11 digmouse wrote:On September 05 2016 19:50 Elentos wrote:
No non-Chinese qualifiers? No chance to defend the title for Stats? I was really looking forward to another season of Kung Fu Cup but this won't do. It's a big step down from previous Kung Fu Cups and that makes me sad. plus the top Koreans will be busy preparing for Blizzcon, hard to find invites. Last year around this time there was also a Kung Fu Cup happening before Blizzcon. 3 Blizzcon participants played the Cup, the champion was the eventual runner-up of Blizzcon. And he was not an invite but rather went through the Korean qualifier. I'm sure it wouldn't have been impossible to get strong Koreans. Of course, I realize I'm not forced to watch if I find the lineup so terribly uninteresting, but I would have liked to be interested so I'm giving feedback.
Yeah I understand the frustration. I'm not involved with line up selection this time but I think there intention is more towards letting Chinese playing more in an tournament environment. Tbh in the past seasons our players has been disappointing, if this kind of welfare line up still do nothing I'm not even sure whether there will be another KFC in a while. Or maybe they'll revert back to the old format favoring more quality players, not a Chinese training ground.
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Thread has been updated with new schedule to avoid conflicts with Kespa Cup.
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RIP KT's domination of KFC.
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Doesnt make sense for me
The prize money can run a tons of Douyu/Leifeng Cups. For " training Chinese players" ,playing a tons of matches is much better than just playing one tournament with huge prize .
The old KFCs gave a wonderful lineup, a wonderful prize money and just get us wrong: we are not running the best online tournament, we just help Chinese players practice?
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no top koreans invited this time, that makes me very sad
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PRC vs Welfare Circuit, who will win?
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What is it with tournaments and not letting Koreans play recently
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Kelazhur is unable to play and has been replaced by Masa.
And for the next installments, KFC will return to a full blown high-quality first tournament, which means top koreans and top foreigners.
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On September 19 2016 17:47 digmouse wrote:
Kelazhur is unable to play and has been replaced by Masa.
And for the next installments, KFC will return to a full blown high-quality first tournament, which means top koreans and top foreigners.
Good news about the next one :D
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MajOr has cancelled participation due to schedule conflicts and is replaced by iaguz. Groups have been updated on Liquipedia.
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