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Originally Posted by Waxangel (Team Liquid)

In 2011 and 2012, we had the Blizzard Cup. GomTV invited the top finishers from premier tournaments around the world to compete in one final competition to close out the year. MMA lifted the trophy in 2011, and Life capped off his domination of 2012 by winning the cup as well.

This year, the Blizzard Cup has become the Hot6ix cup, and the format has changed alongside the name. Instead of inviting the top finishers from international tournaments, the eight finalists from this year's Code S and Starleague tournaments have been invited to compete in an all-Korean event.

Best Player Award, Best Match Award, and Best Rookie Player Award will be given at the Grand Finals venue.

Format

8-player, single-elimination bracket. Best of 5 quarterfinal and semifinal matches. Best of 7 grand final.

Prize Pool

~$41,000 will be distributed among players as follows:

• 1st Place - $18,820
• 2nd Place - $7,528
• 3rd/4th Place - $3,764
• 5th-8th Place - $1,882

Map Pool

Polar Night • Yeonsu • Frost • Bel'Shir Vestige • Derelict Watcher • Whirlwind • Star Station - TE

Participants


* Bomber replaced INnoVation, who will be participating in ASUS ROG NorthCon 2013.



Schedule

Wednesday, December 4th - 19:00 KST, 11:00 CET, 02:00 PDT



Thursday, December 5th - 19:00 KST, 11:00 CET, 02:00 PDT



Friday, December 6th - 19:00 KST, 11:00 CET, 02:00 PDT

- Semifinals

Sunday, December 8th - 17:00 KST, 09:00 CET, 00:00 PDT

- Grand Final and Award Ceremony

Streams

• GOM eXP

Should be good matches.

Feels like it's been way too damn long since I've seen Rain in action.

Hopefully his PvZ improved over the months. Would be a damn shame if he got knocked out in the quarters by Symbol.

LET'S GO, RAIN!!

Oh this is perfect, have a long night of freelancin'

Don't usually like PvP but, gotta say, I am some kinda hyped for Dear vs Rain.

I'm perfectly happy with Bomber replacing Innovation. My God did he botch it at Dreamhack.

Old format sounds better but these should be fun to watch

Only managed to watch the Rain games. He really outclassed Symbol in all of them. Hoping he or Bomber end up winning the whole thing.

LOL wtf was SoO thinking attacking into the seeker missiles? Everything just died instantly.

He's a true hero sacrificing the game for such sweet explosions.

Proxy 2 raxs on Whirlwind...

I've now seen everything.

Wow. Artosis sure is the hype-machine-deluxe!

My god what he hype up some of the players.