2017 牛魔王杯: The Bull King Cup
Who is China's number one in 2017? We will find out soon.
On April 15 2017, The Bull King Cup (牛魔王杯) will start, a Chinese 1v1 tournament, hosted by _VG_F0rgeT (http://www.douyu.com/qiuqiao - 20:00 CST), with a prize pool of 35,000 RMB provided by "Bull King" and donations to _VG_F0rgeT's stream.
Sign-ups (by seeding; highest rating/current rating*):
1. Mr. Yo (2596/2355)
2. Tim (2463/2310)
3. Lyx (2406/2406)
4. LoveCheng (yinghua) (2338/2130)
5. vivi (SOBIGDIAO) (2328/2256)
6. Whoop (2270/2048)
7. cl02 (happyhappy) (2225/2149)
8. _XD_xiaofan (2312/2029)
9. Paladin (FengXin) (2300/2061)
10. _CBJ_IORI (2196/2016)
11. IamOK (2328/2131)
12. xiaoxiong (wudixiaoxiong) (2174/2135)
13. YangGe (2300/2225)
14. CNA_StrayDog (hagouhello) (2165/2140)
15. Win_wu_kong (fangxiaoqi) (2211/2000)
16. jibatong (China_No2/chounan) (2141/2040)
17. myth (loveloveloveme) (2218/2080)
18. World_Chief_dj (2113/2000)
19. _LHD_xiaohai (2104/2071)
20. wang2 (1825/1782)
21. JX_DanLian (1992/1777)
22. _LK_SkyWalkeR_ (_LK_yishengsuoai) (2066/1775)
*If higher on Voobly China, I use that rating.
Settings:
22 players. Top 10 seeds (voted by the 22 participants, according to current rating and past tournament performance) automatically qualify for the round of 16 (BO7), while the remaining 12 will go through a qualifying round (BO5). The Grand Final is a Best of 9.
Game 1: Arabia
Game 2: Islands
Game 3: Nomad
Game 4: Gold Rush
Game 5: Full Random
For Best of 7: Add:
(Game 6: Home Map of player who is behind in score after Game 5)
(Game 7: Home Map of player who was leading in score after Game 5)
Grand Final Settings:
Game 1: Winners Bracket Finalist's Home Map 1
Game 2: Winners Bracket Finalist's Home Map 2
Game 3: Winners Bracket Finalist's Home Map 3
Game 4: Arabia
Game 5: Islands
Game 6: Nomad
Game 7: Gold Rush
Game 8: Regicide Fortress
Game 9: Full Random
Civilisations: hidden, no repeat.
1 restart per set per player.
Brackets:
The Qualifying Round takes place from April 15-21, each of the following rounds lasts 7 days too, with the finals scheduled to begin on May 21.
From the Round of 16 on it is a Double Elimination.