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demosthenes · Mar 1, 2016

demosthenes said:
Replays for people that have missed it so far:

http://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2/v/52070145

Not sure if this will feature the quarters, but if it doesn't I'll get another link.

Welcome to WCS 2016. It's a little different this year as the winner of the Winter Championship in addition to getting 3,000 WCS points will get a direct seed in the global finals at the end of the year. This is taking place in Katowice, Poland so times are a bit early for NA or late for KR. This is happening at the same time as CS: GO, LoL, Hearthstone, and Heroes. Full schedule here.

Bracket: I won't update just in case people want to hop in here and not get spoiled on something right away.

Click for direct link to liquipedia.

Didn't mean to post so soon, oops, lol.

Syf · Mar 1, 2016

lol yeah, thanks for the thread though. In before Korea vs Korea final anyway.

SmartWaffles · Mar 1, 2016

Syfadious said:
lol yeah, thanks for the thread though. In before Korea vs Korea final anyway.

Polt and violet are not going to guarantee that any more.

ntropy · Mar 1, 2016

if Neeb can win vs Hydra in the 2nd round, he'll coast to the finals

Syf · Mar 1, 2016

SmartWaffles said:
Polt and violet are not going to guarantee that any more.

I hope not! Would love to have an all-foreigner final

as long as it's not Lilbow.

Wedge7 · Mar 1, 2016

Syfadious said:
I hope not! Would love to have an all-foreigner final

as long as it's not Lilbow.

At times I think I have more fun rooting against certain players I hate then cheering for players I like. I hope that French rat never wins anything again

jabuseika · Mar 1, 2016

All in the middle of the night for west coast NA.

VODs it will be.

SmartWaffles · Mar 1, 2016

jabuseika said:
All in the middle of the night for west coast NA.

VODs it will be.

Good thing ESL always upload vod fast and instant replay releases too.

Striek · Mar 1, 2016

Been out of the loop for a while....are the Koreans not allowed to play or something?

Hazaro · Mar 1, 2016

RIP Vortix.

I know some of these people still.

Syf · Mar 1, 2016

Striek said:
Been out of the loop for a while....are the Koreans not allowed to play or something?

They implemented a tougher region lock this year and split the WCS into two sections: WCS Korea and WCS Circuit (rest of the world). The Koreans you see here are the ones who actually live outside of the country. The rest are in GSL/SSL in Korea. This is how it all works for 2016:

unknownstranger · Mar 1, 2016

Bleh European tournament which means I can watch very little of unless it runs late. Cool to see Maynarde casting it until his voice goes out. Extremely random that Brendan is the only Korean caster.

leatherhat · Mar 1, 2016

I'm rooting for Happy. I'd love to see him win.

demosthenes · Mar 1, 2016

unknownstranger said:
Bleh European tournament which means I can watch very little of unless it runs late. Cool to see Maynarde casting it until his voice goes out. Extremely random that Brendan is the only Korean caster.

Yeaaaaah. It's rough. Finals are Saturday morning @ like 6am EST.

grandwizard · Mar 1, 2016

Rough scheduling on this one :/ probably going to have to catch the VODs

demosthenes · Mar 2, 2016

Games have started!

Syf · Mar 2, 2016

So early ;-;

Too early for this degree of protoss cheese

phoenixyz · Mar 2, 2016

Wow, they are using this really shitty overlay on esl_sc2 which shows pretty much no additional information. Not even worker supply :<

demosthenes · Mar 2, 2016

It's a good thing Lilbow blew off Blizzcon 2015 so he could practice for LotV.

This would have been a lot better if he didn't rally to 2-2, but he still lost.

demosthenes · Mar 3, 2016

Poooooooollllltttt. Too strong.

Dominating 3-0.

Syf · Mar 3, 2016

Has is giving me nightmarish flashbacks of the early HotS days

demosthenes · Mar 4, 2016

Replays for people that have missed it so far:

http://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2/v/52070145

demosthenes · Mar 4, 2016

Quarter finals starting in 6 minutes. There is A LOT of zerg left.

Syf · Mar 4, 2016

Finally on my weekend, just in time for Polt. I really hope he or HuK makes it to the final, there's enough ZvZ already.

Syf · Mar 4, 2016

Katowice finals: PvP two years ago, PvP last year, please god don't be ZvZ this year :\

demosthenes · Mar 4, 2016

As much as it would be awesome for Nerchio to compete in front of the home crowd I think Polt will win. Pretty good showing by him as it's just 3 Koreans left.

I'm hoping for Polt and Snute finals, and Polt to take it.

Finals are tomorrow ~8am EST.

Striek · Mar 5, 2016

Lmao just caught up. Three koreans vs. twenty goddamn nine 'foreigners'. Two remaining in the semis.

Hopefully Snute can prevent KvK finals.

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Polt!!!!!

Snute v Hydra going on now.

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Snute about to take game 3!!!!

2-1!

Striek · Mar 5, 2016

LOL mass ultra vs. lurkers, that went about how I expected. How did Hydra expect anything else?

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

SNUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

POLT V SNUTE

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Winner goes to Blizzcon. Runner up has a great start in qualifying from their WCS points.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Wake up to a TvZ final with Snute?? Awesome!

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Syfadious said:
Wake up to a TvZ final with Snute?? Awesome!

That game 2 had some of the best fights I've seen. Where there were attacks coming from all sides, just awesome.

peakish · Mar 5, 2016

demosthenes said:
That game 2 had some of the best fights I've seen. Where there were attacks coming from all sides, just awesome.

Yeah, some really good setups there.

AmFreak · Mar 5, 2016

With the exception of Huk who kicked out PiG in the 1st round Polt is the only Non-Zerg-Player in the whole tournament who has won against Zergs.
And this is despite 14 out of 32 players being Zerg.

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

This game 4 is crazy.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Really needed to scout that rax follow-up

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Hope Snute can at least take one more map.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Ugghh scout it Snute get in there

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Goddddddddddd damn those fungals Snute.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Massive fungals lol, was worried at the beginning but lucky he blind countered

grandwizard · Mar 5, 2016

THAT FUNGAL

Mr Swine · Mar 5, 2016

Looks like Polt will win this one :/

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

This is a great game 6. Action all over the place.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Burrow could be huge this map

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

God this map is what makes me love this game.

Syf · Mar 5, 2016

Damn. Nice final though, game 2 and 6 especially. Grats Polt!

The trophy is as big as him lmao

demosthenes · Mar 5, 2016

Syfadious said:
Damn. Nice final though, game 2 and 6 especially. Grats Polt!

The trophy is as big as him lmao

I feel like we're talking to each other :lol

2 and 6 were great. Snute put up a great game. He gets a big jump on WCS points for the global finals.

POLLLLLLLLLLLLLLT!

peakish · Mar 5, 2016

Nice finals! The game can be a lot of fun to watch when it clicks.

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