One of the biggest events in e-sports for StarCraft is going to get it's first major bit of popularity as the Korean event is set to get going tonight.
It's the same story every year, South Korea in first, second and third. There has only been a few instances where that wasn't the case, and one of the times it led to the first protoss winning the tournament. Back in 2005 when a young Russian Terran known as Andriode took on fOru from Korea, fOru won making him the first Protoss to ever win. Fans of the game around the world, and those who have qualified for the final tournament in Los Angeles are going to be tuned in to see who will be unleashing the swarm in America.
Each round will have slightly differing maps, Round of 24 will be Grand Line SE, Polaris Rhapsody and Fighting Spirit. Four players have already received a bye in the tournament and will be joining the rest in the round of 16. The four being Jaedong, Bisu, Stork and Flash (WCG Korea winners last year, Flash is based of off KESPA rating) while the rest of the field stacks up like this;
| WCG Korea Round of 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday August 2nd at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Zero | | Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effort | | Ever)Z(Woon (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday August 3rd at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sea | | Leta | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light | | Great | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday August 4th at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calm | | 이예준 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Movie | | ForGG | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday August 5th at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kwanro | | Really | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| free | | Pure | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday August 9th at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fantasy | | Practice (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baby | | Shine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday August 10th at 12:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kal | | 박재현 (S) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HiyA | | JangBi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All times are KST, if you're having issues look at the top of our page to do a bit of math. Also, any (A) stands for an amateur player while (S) is a semi-pro.
Keep your eye on GosuGamers.net as we'll try to have as much live and up to-date coverage as we can.
Links
ygosu.com - Tournament Schedule (Korean)
