Battle.net World Championships In Shanghai Nov. 16-17 (PST)
After 30 StarCraft II World Championship Series Tournaments players from 28 countries meet to battle it out for a $100,000 1st place prize.
Get ready for two days of intense competition at the Global Finals, where players will fight for fame and fortune on a world-sized stage. 32 of the best StarCraft II players in the world will give everything they've got to rise above the competition, but only one can claim the title of StarCraft II Global Champion. Check out the complete players list to see who you'll be rooting for. Also, check out the brackets and groups.
Some of the best casters in the world will be casting the games on multiple streams. The casters include: Day[9], Artosis, Tasteless, RotterdaM, MrBitter, Axeltoss, Khaldor, Apollo, Kaelaris, and Axslav. Stay tuned for coverage, live streams, player interviews and more below.
Players, Caster, Developer Interviews from BWC
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Day[9] Interview
Suppy D2 Interview
BitterDam Interview
dApollo Interview
Morhaime Interview
Browder Interview
Alan Dabiri Interview
Axeltoss Interview
IdrA D1 BWC
TitaN Interview
ViBE BWC Interview
Illusion and Maj0r
StarCraft II Main Stream Schedule
All times PST>
- 6 pm Opening Ceremony
- 6:45 pm Comm vs Suppy
- 7:45 pm Sen vs KiLLeR
- 8:45 pm Grubby vs HuK
- 10:00 pm Nerchio vs Creator
- 11:00 pm Group Match 17
- 12:00 am Group Match 21
- 1:00 am Group Match 25
- 2:00 am Group Match 29
- 3:00 am Group Match 33
- 4:00 am Group Match 37
Day One (November 16)
- 5:30 pm Ro 16 Match 1
- 7:00 pm Ro 16 Match 5
- 8:30 pm Quarterfinal 1
- 10:00 pm Semi Final 1
- 12:00 am 3rd/4th Place Match
- 2:00 am Grand Finals
Day Two (November 17)
15 comments
Whoa... Looks like Idra's been pumping some iron and grew a beard. I guess the nerd jokes are no longer applicable? : ))
3 Like Shame to blizzard... thats all i have to say.
100.000 only when they earn 130Millions from wow subs alone when RIOT and VALVE were gaving like 1M+++prizes for League of Legends and Dota 2.
Pfff... Greedy blizzy bastards :)
@AzatiS You know, there may be perfectly reasonable explanations as to why Blizzard doesn't offer more than 100k for the grand prize in these tournaments... Madkings (below) makes sense when he compares how spread out Blizzard is in comparison to a company like Riot... But I totally agree with you with regards to how lame a 100k grand prize is. It is kind of embarrassing when the highest amount of money that you can earn in a Starcraft tournament (the most popular esport on earth!) is a mere $100,000. I mean, you've got a significantly higher chance of earning 100 grand a year by having a standard career than you've got being a pro Starcraft player...
@AzatiS Thank you! This is the growth we want! And i totally disagree with you, yes the other prizes were bigger, but the fact that you can complain about $100,000! is freaking insane. And Blizzard is not doing as much as Riot, no, but Riot has 1 game and spends 100% of their resources into that game. Blizzard can put in more money, but it is much more important that they are helping the other companies (MLG, DH, IEM and the rest who took care of broadcasting all the qualifiers and regional finals). And that is something that Valve still doesn't do.
On another note: IDRA!! The Leather Gracket is back! Hope he throws it down in day 2!!
2 Like Can't wait and can't forget to mention Grubby who is probably going to get mobbed in China! Also 100k is not too little by any means. Seriously we are done with this lol v sc2 it's just silly
100,000 is too few,when riot gives one million(200,000 per player) .blizzard cant be cheap if she wants to keep the pros playing and not migrating to lol(a lot have already left)
@Hate_Squad Well, to be fair this is their first year :PI wouldn't doubt it will be higher next year
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Starcraft II: WoL
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PC, MAC
- Publisher:
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Category:
- Strategy
- Release:
- Jul 27, 2010
- ESRB:
- T
