WCS Austin Survival Guide
The next WCS Circuit is just around the corner as we prepare to head from Katowice, Poland all the way across the globe to Austin, Texas. In a series of preceding WCS Challenger events, we've seen rising stars from around the world claim advantageous seedings by qualifying via highly-competitive regional events. Now however, it's time for the final event to begin.
In addition to our 16 players from WCS Challenger, 64 additional players will join the fray to compete for their share of the $100,000 prize pool. The event will play out in a series of group stages which whittle those 64 down to just 16, who will then face the WCS Challenger champions. WCS Austin is sure to bring new player stories into the limelight, and will soon crown the second 2017 WCS Champion as well. Below are all the details you need to tune in and start discussing the event!
Blizzard & DreamHack
Austin Convention Center 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, Texas 78701
Friday, April 28 - Ro64 - Ro32
- BST: 10:00 p.m.
- PDT: 2:00 p.m.
- KST: 6:00 a.m. (+day)
- CEST: 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 - Ro16 - Ro8
- BST: 5:00 p.m.
- PDT: 9:00 a.m.
- KST: 1:00 a.m. (+day)
- CEST: 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, April - 30 - Semi Finals & Finals
- BST: 5:00 p.m.
- PDT: 9:00 a.m.
- KST: 1:00 a.m. (+day)
- CEST: 6:00 p.m.
- English: Twitch.tv/StarCraft
- Alternate English Streams:
- French: Twitch.tv/ogamingsc2
- German: Twitch.tv/TaKeTV
- Italian: Twitch.tv/element_sc
- Polish: Twitch.tv/emstarcraft
- Portuguese: Twitch.tv/CopaAmerica_pt2
- Russian: Twitch.tv/starladder_sc2_ru
- Spanish (esES): Twitch.tv/HeroStronGer
- Spanish (esMX): Twitch.tv/CopaAmerica_es2
- Chinese (zhCN): http://www.douyu.com/t/blizzardtv
- Korean: Twitch.tv/TVCranK
- Thai: Twitch.tv/MiTHStriKEEE
- Commentator: Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson
- Commentator: Nathaniel 'Nathanias' Fabrikant
- Commentator: Kevin ‘RotterdaM’ van der Kooi
- Commentator: Leigh 'Maynarde' Mandalov
- Commentator: Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo
- Host: Sue 'Smix' Lee
- Host: James ‘Kaelaris’ Carrol
Total Prize Pool: $100,000 USD & 11,000 WCS Points (Total Event)
1st place: $25,000 USD, 3,000 WCS Points, and a direct seed to the WCS Global Finals.
2nd place: $10,000 USD & 1,400 WCS Points
3rd – 4th place: $6,500 USD & 900 WCS Points
5th – 8th place: $4,000 USD & 600 WCS Points
9th – 16th place: $2,500 USD & 300 WCS Points
17th – 32nd place: $1,000 USD
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