Solar424 Profile Blog Joined June 2013 United States 3949 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 19:34:01 #1

WESG recently announced that the global finals of their 2017 tournament will take place from March 13th to 18th in Haikou, China.



Format



Group Stage 1 (Round of 32)

Round Robin Best of 3

Top 2 advance to Group Stage 2



Group Stage 2 (Round of 16)

Round Robin Best of 5

Top 2 advance to Playoffs



Playoffs

Single-elimination bracket with 3rd place match

All matches Best of 5 except for the finals, which are Best of 7



Round of 32 Groups



Group A

SpeCial

Sioras

XiGua

NightEnD



Group B

Serral

Has

ShoWTimE

Minato



Group C

Nerchio

Namshar

JonSnow

Bly



Group D

iAsonu

Scarlett

HuT

EnDerr



Group E

Dark

Nice

DeMusliM

uThermal



Group F

Classic

Divian

puCK

Reynor



Group G

TIME

Maru

Semper

Elazer



Group H

Neeb

Kelazhur

Drager

Lambo



Source WESG recently announced that the global finals of their 2017 tournament will take place from March 13th to 18th in Haikou, China.Round Robin Best of 3Top 2 advance to Group Stage 2Round Robin Best of 5Top 2 advance to PlayoffsSingle-elimination bracket with 3rd place matchAll matches Best of 5 except for the finals, which are Best of 7 Greatest Map of All Time Tournament https://tl.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=27617173

LongShot27 Profile Joined May 2013 United States 2084 Posts #2 sweet If all men were created equal there would be no reason to declare it.

ZigguratOfUr Profile Blog Joined April 2012 Iraq 16047 Posts #3 Wow. That Group C. Maps I made recently: Nevermore: https://i.imgur.com/NiqR0Rj.jpg | Rubaiyat: https://i.imgur.com/XD3E3vd.jpg | Grand Canal: https://i.imgur.com/kNgyOCo.jpg

DieuCure Profile Joined January 2017 France 3701 Posts #4 Rofl group G wt

lechatnoir Profile Joined November 2016 240 Posts #5 Someone is going to collect some easy money. But it is really cool to see a wacky selection of players competing.

Ej_ Profile Blog Joined January 2013 47288 Posts #6 Groups A and D are pretty memy "Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya

Mike L Profile Joined June 2014 Germany 162 Posts #7 Scarlett got probably one of the most easiest group from the whole bracket and in group C we have zerg`s bloodbath on the way

SetGuitarsToKill Profile Blog Joined December 2013 Canada 28391 Posts #8 Special and Scarlett can do a happy dance they got so lucky with those groups Community News "As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill

ne4aJIb Profile Blog Joined July 2011 Russian Federation 3102 Posts #9 I wish flags would be near nicknames Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!

HsDLTitich Profile Blog Joined October 2012 Italy 820 Posts #10 4 players groups round robin, ouch ESL Italia - ESL SC2

AzAlexZ Profile Joined September 2016 China 2200 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 14:20:38 #11 On March 03 2018 19:07 Mike L wrote:

Scarlett got probably one of the most easiest group from the whole bracket and in group C we have zerg`s bloodbath on the way

On March 03 2018 21:48 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:

Special and Scarlett can do a happy dance they got so lucky with those groups

Neeb has the easiest group Neeb has the easiest group Faker is a god! SKT Best KT

Alex007 Profile Joined December 2010 Ukraine 205 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 14:49:39 #12 Group Stage 2 (Round of 16)

Round Robin Best of 3

Top 2 advance to Playoffs



Group Stage 2 is bo5.



Sorry for the 4-players round-robins, I'm confident we'll be able to evolve with the GF format next year. Group Stage 2 is bo5.Sorry for the 4-players round-robins, I'm confident we'll be able to evolve with the GF format next year. Russian community leader, caster and project manager working for StarLadder

Judgement Profile Joined December 2010 Netherlands 141 Posts #13 Looking forward to it, too bad there are not that many Koreans but it should still be enjoyable to watch it "What good fortune for goverments that the people do not think."

IArako Profile Joined June 2015 165 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 15:09:54 #14 G>C>E>B>H>F>D>A



Overall good groups tho, nothing too unbalanced. Special Tactics

Musicus Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 23392 Posts #15 Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues. Maru and Serral are probably top 5.

digmouse Profile Blog Joined November 2010 China 5661 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 15:26:43 #16 On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:

Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before. Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before. Translator If you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.

intotheheart Profile Blog Joined January 2011 Canada 16855 Posts #17 Is SpeCial seriously playing Random? kiss kiss fall in love

Elentos Profile Blog Joined February 2015 52869 Posts #18 On March 04 2018 00:47 intotheheart wrote:

Is SpeCial seriously playing Random?

No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD. No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD. Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.

Musicus Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 23392 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 17:29:11 #19 On March 04 2018 00:26 digmouse wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:

Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before. Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before.

Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.



Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.



Demuslim had problems too



Demuslim had problems too Maru and Serral are probably top 5.

digmouse Profile Blog Joined November 2010 China 5661 Posts Last Edited: 2018-03-03 18:29:03 #20 On March 04 2018 01:53 Elentos wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 04 2018 00:47 intotheheart wrote:

Is SpeCial seriously playing Random?

No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD. No, his name just isn't linked to any TLPD.

You can TLPD-ize with MajOr and then manually change the name to SpeCial in the code.



Like this SpeCial



On March 04 2018 02:10 Musicus wrote:

Show nested quote +

On March 04 2018 00:26 digmouse wrote:

On March 04 2018 00:10 Musicus wrote:

Let's see if all the players will be there, I think there are a lot of visa issues.

Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before. Doesn't seem like it. The majority of well known players have been to China before.

Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.



https://twitter.com/SC2ShoWTimE/status/968111946401832960



Demuslim had problems too



https://twitter.com/DeMusliM/status/964121126061379585 Okay. I know a week ago it didn't look good for uThermal and Showtime.Demuslim had problems too

Chinese new year holiday, plus your average incompetence of Chinese orgs. You can TLPD-ize with MajOr and then manually change the name to SpeCial in the code.Like thisChinese new year holiday, plus your average incompetence of Chinese orgs. Translator If you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.

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