Schedule, Requirements & Rules

What kind of a SC2 mod is Starbow?

Our streamers for this cup so far: (see below how to apply as streamer)

Replays & VODs

This cup is being run by the "ESLplay" team!

Date: Tuesday, January 21stStart: 6pmSupport: #esl.sc2 (IRC quakenet)StarCraft II game accountPlayers from all regions are allowed to play in this tournament!In BO1 and BO3, a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player (seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turns removing maps until only one (BO1)/three (BO3) remain. We play BO1 and BO3 from Quarter Finals on!Fighting SpiritCircuit BreakerBloody RidgeNeo Tau CrossTexasStarrunner... click on the blue ESL Play logo to go directly to the cup!Brood War economyHigh ground advantage (units who attack uphill have a 50% miss chance)Combats generally last longer and happen over larger areas than in SC2More positional playStill uses SC2 mechanics, like unlimited selectionThe balance is closer to the BW balance (but with additional/different content for a broader meta-game)In the future, ESL Play will act as ESL's new site for leagues and tournaments. Named "ESL Play", the site differentiates between our website for players, our website for network-wide news and our website for eSports TV (ESL.TV). You might have realized that ESL.eu has become much too outdated to serve as our main tournament page... For that reason we are moving everything over to ESL Play , which is still in its Beta phase, but fully functional. - Don't worry too much about "News, Watch, Play"... once we start the migration, all these platforms will be connected and easy to find in an inter-connected ESL hub.Once you are on ESL Play , you can make an account (takes a few seconds - and you only have to do this if you don't already have an ESL account)... after that you're good to go!In the interest of fairness, we'd like players in North America to please play only on the NA servers, and those in Europe to play only on the EU servers. This request is made in the hopes of improving the quality of our cups for all our users., regardless of whether you are simply a player or a budding caster, send an eMail to jhi@turtle-entertainment.com