Finally we're at the SC2 world championships, a 5 day long tournament, with a $1mil prize pool; $400,000 for first place!

(I suggest you sort the comments here by New)

Main Twitch Stream | Youtube Streams | Twitch Stream B

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Liquipedia results | TL discussion thread

(Liquipedia says they start at 5am CDT, but Youtube is saying 4:15am, so there may be a long intro segment/ceremony)

18 Players

Serral, Clem, Oliveira, Cure, Dark, Maru, HeRoMaRinE, Reynor, ByuN, GuMiho, Astrea, Coffee, Classic, Spirit, Solar, herO, ShoWTimE, and SHIN.

(ShoWTimE and SHIN both got in through the last chance qualifier, so they will start in the Knockout Bracket played on August 17th.)

Format

• Main Stage (played August 14th to 16th)

  • 16 players split into Group A and B
    • Double-elimination brackets, and losing again in the Lower Bracket means you go to the first round of the Knockout Bracket.
    • All matches are Bo5.
    • The winner of each group advances to the Final Four.
    • The 2nd place of Group A faces the 2nd place of Group B
      • Winner advances to the Final Four.
      • Loser drops down to the Quarterfinals of the Knockout Bracket

• Knockout Bracket (August 17th)

  • 16 Players
    • 6 players who lost in Group A Lower Bracket
    • 6 players who lost in Group B Lower Bracket
    • The player who lost the 2nd places match
    • ShoWTimE and SHIN, who won the qualifier back in July
  • Single-elimination bracket.
  • All matches are Bo3.
  • Finals are Bo5.
  • The winner advances to the Final Four.

(ShoWTimE and SHIN are starting in the Round of 16 of this bracket, but we don't yet know who will be top of the bracket or who will be at the bottom side)

• Final Four (August 18th)

  • The winner of Group A, the winner of Group B, the winner of the 2nd places match from the Main Stage, and the winner of the Knockout Bracket.
  • Single-elimination bracket.
  • Semifinals (first matches) are Bo7.
  • Grand Finals are Bo9.

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Esports_World_Cup/2024#Group_Stage

"Knockout Bracket: 13 players from the Main Stage and 2 players from the Qualifiers"

so Shin and Showtime will be in the knockout bracket, I'm guessing top left and bottom left of the bracket

so the top 4 will be made up of the 1st place from each group, the winner between the 2nd place from each group (with the loser going to the knockout bracket), and the last slot is the winner of the knockout bracket

I'm not sure if this is entertaining content, but let me know if I should post more of my games here

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/194207

HN Discussion

This might be the last day of GSL ever, we don't know if there will be another season after this :(

Live stream: https://www.sooplive.com/gslenglish

Alternate live stream: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

Youtube (limited): https://www.youtube.com/@afreecatvesports432/streams

TL.net preview article: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/627822-code-s-ro4-and-finals-preview-cure-dark-maru-creator

TL.net discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/627842-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-finals-day

Results: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2

This was a fun one!

Live stream on SOOP (new English AfreecaTV streaming site): https://www.sooplive.com/gslenglish

YouTube (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp92Zudsqvk

TL Preview article: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/627208-code-s-ro8-preview-hero-creator-drg-dark

TL Discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/627211-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-ro8-group-b

Results: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_2

Semifinals and Finals will be on the 29th, but the start time will be 1h30m earlier than this.

Live stream: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

Youtube stream (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYUPboRc0oM

Tonight is Group A with Maru, soO, Cure, and ByuN.

Next week is herO, Creator, DRG, and Dark.

Results Wiki: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_2

TL.net Discussion Thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/626978-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-ro8-group-a

When TL.net posts their preview article, I'll drop it in a comment here

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Spring

And TL's preview article for the tournament was a little late but here it is https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/626282-ept-summer-dallas-road-to-the-ewc

TL discussion thread https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/626242-ept-spring-dallas-2024-info-live-discussion-may-31-june-2

Open Stage: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Spring/Open_Stage

Winners Stage (and seeded players): https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Spring/Winners_Stage

main info: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Spring

prize pool: $100,000 USD

1st place prize: $20,000 and 1500 global EPT points

(SHIN aka Ragnarok)

watch on Afreeca: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

watch on Youtube (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdhrCtlcDw

Liquipedia https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_1

Same time every Thursday.

TL discussion thread https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/624855-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-group-a

The highest prize pool ever for an SC2 tournament

Liquipedia here https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Esports_World_Cup/2024

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/World_Team_League/2024/Summer

https://www.scboy.cc/?thread-631531.htm

qualifier results: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/624115-code-s-season-2-2024-qualifier-results-ro16-groups

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_1

Starting 5 hours from this post

Afeeeca steam: https://play.afreecatv.com/gslenglish/262025972

YouTube stream (limited screen size): https://www.youtube.com/live/r5SE70sYCVk

Preview: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/623656-code-s-ro4-and-finals-preview-stats-hero-maru-cure

TL discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/623663-gsl-2024-code-ss1-grand-finals-day

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_1#Playoffs

Intro Article

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I'll put the actual names in a comment to try to avoid spoilers

Reminder because of daylight savings, GSL Group C tonight and on might be starting at a different local time for you than before. Group C is starting in about 9 hours from this post. Set your alarms accordingly!

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_1#Group_Stage_1

Tonight is Gumiho, Nightmare, Byun, and Creator. Next week is Group D with Solar, Ryung, Cure, and herO.

https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

https://www.youtube.com/live/HskOYw2X_Zw

Sourced from the Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition DVD

Main stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

Main stream YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0G2qz-hoaCswQNgoWU_LTw

B stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b

C stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2c

Preview article for Groups A&B https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/620715-iem-katowice-2024-ro24-group-a-and-b-preview

Preview article for Groups C&D https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/620747-iem-katowice-2024-ro24-group-c-and-d-preview

Results on Liquipedia https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/IEM_Katowice/2024

IEM Katowice is starting 21 hours from this post. It's not the official world championship anymore, but it's still a huge $500,000 SC2 tournament!

Main stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

Main stream YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0G2qz-hoaCswQNgoWU_LTw

B stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b

C stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2c

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/2013_WCS_Season_1_Korea_GSL/Code_S

at 19:23 Life vs Parting game 1, they didn't really show it but Parting saves his pylon with forcefields, you can see it afterwards a little bit