Due to the Lunar New Year, we've decided to push the GosuCup SEA finals one week, so all players can get their much deserved holiday times! 

Literally your last chance to qualify! Don't miss it!

In two weeks it will be over - the GosuCup SEA 2014 initiative that started in November will see its grand finals played out and the top three players will split the $500 prize pool. With the showdown approaching, now's the time to announce a few changes to the tournament that what was previously announced.

First of all, the finals will not use the 4-decks-1-ban format as the original rules stated. With the announcement of the 2015 BlizzCon circuit and the new "Conquest" format, we've decided to make the GosuCup grand finals in coherence with the overall World Championship experience. Here's how it will work:
 

  • Each player must prepare four decks of four classes and pre-submit them to tournament admins
  • There will be no bans
  • For Bo5 series, players will pick 3 out of their 4 classes and announce them to their opponent
  • For Bo7 series, players announce all 4 classes to their opponent
  • The first player to win one game with each of his three (for Bo5 series) or four (for Bo7 series) is proclaimed victor of the match
  • When a player wins a game, the deck used by the winning player cannot be used for the remainder of the match
  • The losing player can keep the same deck used or switch to a different one of their choice
  • Players will be told what classes their opponent has available, but they won’t know which class is picked until both players have picked.

This format will only affect the GosuCup grand finals and the upcoming GosuCup #16 will be played out in the regular rules (no bans, no restrictions).

Additionally, due to the Lunar New Year coming on February 19th, we've decided to push the GosuCup finals one week, from February 21st to February 28th, so that the finalists who celebrate don't have to spend it thinking about decks, and matches and that [card]Dr Boom[/card] card.

The 32 players in the tournament will be split into eight round robin groups and will play Bo5 matches to determine the top two players to advance. The final stage will be a 16-man single elimination bracket with Bo5 all the way, except for the Bo7 finals.

Invitations to the tournament have already been. This is what the groups will look like:
 

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D Dennisgosu Daph Crunchyboy Condauco Charge Genji27 Teckwei Azuresky Mokochiro Jizzes Hovati16 Keruya Havatite
  ElleWhyJay
  Kaka
  Quubeeee
 Group EGroup FGroup GGroup H Waningmoon Wufflerman Infernity TrollTrollTroll Haizstuff Superpogi NyikNyukNyek BibleThump IgnisSolus Exclusiveee Ferdzm Alexieishere TiemporaveGosuCup #16 winner Wespogi Aaronkoh