For our next tournament we ran a strawpoll to see who you guys wanted to see us have face off against Koreans (as of the time writing this post EU:237 NA:89) so we've decided to copy the format similar to the Eizo Holiday Brawl we recently ran, with the addition of qualifiers.
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/KrEul_Intentions
Prize Pool: $2,000 USD
1st place - $1,000
2nd place - $650
3rd place - $250
4th place - $100
Players:
- 8 Qualified players / 8 Invited players
- 4 EU / 4 KR qualification slots Top 4 from each qualifier get through*
KR Qualifier Tuesday, Feb 10 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)- http://binarybeast.com/xHotS1502040#
EU QUalifier Wednesday, Feb 11 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)- http://binarybeast.com/xHotS1502041#
Format:
- Map Pool is the current season's ladder map pool
- Qualifiers lead into 4 WCS style Groups (2EU/2KR)
> Groups lead into a Ro8 (BO5)
Groups: Currently looking to play group stages out over the 22-25 (tentative to change)
Sponsors/Media:
https://twitter.com/CM_eSports
http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/start/
https://twitter.com/Chairs4Gaming
http://chairs4gaming.com/
*** I'll be back to tidy up this post later, wanted to post it before I forget***