#PassionCraft aims to provide great competition for diamond & master league players, allowing any players below 5650 MMR to fight for already over 80€!
The season consists of 4 double-elim qualifiers, with top 12 advancing to the main stage.
At the main stage, the 48 qualified players, as well as 16 invited passioncraft veterans, compete in large round robin groups for their spot in the RO32 playoffs.
The season will take approximately two months, starting 7th of september and ending with the playoffs on 28/29th of octobre.
Qualifier links:
http://passioncraft.challonge.com/passion6Q1 Sep 7th
http://passioncraft.challonge.com/passion6Q2 Sep 9th
http://passioncraft.challonge.com/passion6Q3 Sep 14th
http://passioncraft.challonge.com/passion6Q4 Sep 16th
Weekdays are Thursdays and Saturdays for the qualifier, the weekday for the main stage is still to be voted by the community. The playoffs are on a weekend.
As for the prizepool, Forged Force Gaming (FoFoG) has reliably been sponsoring #PassionCraft for several seasons and has put in 50€ towards the prizepool this season as well, but this time they are willing to support us even further and are going to DOUBLE any community donations made to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/passioncraftstarleague), putting us at a guaranteed prizepool of 80€ already, with hopes of reaching 200€ by the end of the season!
If you are in high diamond or master and you want to compete, or just play for fun in our community, sign up for the qualifiers and join our discord server (https://discord.gg/5um65qS)
Liquipedia of LAST season: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Passioncraft_Open_S5
Liquipedia of CURRENT season: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Passioncraft_Open_S6
GL HF
To answer some frequently asked questions:
"I'm less than 5650 MMR now, but I was higher before, can I play?"
-> No, to keep competition fair and fun for masters, we do not allow players that have hit 5650 MMR on any server at any point, as well as any players that career finished in GM. For KR, the restriction is 5500 MMR.
"What if I am close to the border now (e.g. 5500 MMR) and may exceed the MMR cap throughout the season? Will I be disqualified?"
-> No, we will never kick a player mid-season for exceeding the MMR cap. Players can finish their run in this season, however they cannot play in any future seasons.
"What if I hit GM when its low at the start of the season, but never exceed the 5650 MMR?"
-> Then you can play