Starcraft 2 news » WCS 2016 Summer Championship Survival Guide

Summer is coming. Prepare yourself for the heat of a StarCraft II competition so intense that we probably won't see anything of it's kind again until BlizzCon. 32 of the most skilled StarCraft II players outside of Korea will clash over this three-day event to claim their share of a $150,000 prize pool and 11,000 WCS Circuit Points. The winner of this event will claim a $35,000 cash prize and the all-important guaranteed slot at the WCS Global Playoffs where $500,000, and the title of WCS Global Champion will be up for grabs. Find the details below so you can be there from start to climactic finish.

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Friday, August 12

• EDT – 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.
• CEST – 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 a.m.
• PDT - 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 p.m.
• KST – 12:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Saturday, August 13)

Saturday, August 13

• EDT – 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.
• CEST – 5:00 p.m. - 5:15 a.m.
• PDT - 8:00 a.m. - 8:15 p.m.
• KST – 12:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Sunday, August 14)

Sunday, August 14

• EDT – 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• CEST – 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
• PDT - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• KST – 1:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Monday, August 15)

• Panel Host – Shaun 'Apollo' Clark
• Stage Host – Sue 'Smix' Lee
• Caster – Nick ‘Tasteless’ Plott
• Caster – Dan ‘Artosis’ Stemkoski
• Caster – Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi
• Caster – Leigh 'Maynarde' Mandalov
• Caster – Nathaniel ‘Nathanias’ Fabrikant
• Caster – Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo

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The WCS 2016 Spring Circuit Championship hosts a 32 player single-elimination bracket. All matches from the Round of 32 to the Semifinals are determined by a Best of 5, with the Finals being a Best of 7 contest.

Total prize pool: $150,000 and 11,000 WCS Circuit Points divided amongst the top 16 players.

• 1^st Place: $35,000 and 3,000 WCS Circuit Points AND an automatic seed into the WCS Global Playoffs
• 2^nd Place: $15,000 and 1,400 WCS Circuit Points
• 3^rd – 4^th Place: $10,000 and 900 WCS Circuit Points
• 5^th – 8^th Place: $6,000 and 600 WCS Circuit Points
• 9^th – 16^th Place: $4,000 and 300 WCS Circuit Points
• 17^th – 32^nd Place: $1,500

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The players above entered WCS Spring Championship in one of the following ways:

• 8 slots were awarded for being a top 8 WCS Circuit player in the 2016 WCS Standings
• 14 slots were awarded via NA/EU/CN Server Qualifiers
• 8 slots were awarded via Regional Challengers
  • 2 slots for North American and 2 slots for Europe
  • 1 slot for each of the following regions: Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau, Latin America, China, and ANZ/Oceania
• 2 slots were awarded via the Canadian National Qualifiers

Notable players include (among others):

• Europe: Nerchio, ShoWTimE, Snute, Elazer, PtitDrogo, Harstem, and uThermal
• North America: Polt, Neeb, MaSa, puCK, PiLiPiLi, and Scarlett
• International: Has, TooDming, XY, and iaguz

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