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14 years ago

$100,000 up for grabs this weekend at World e-Sports Masters

In the slow days after Code S and Season 2 grand finals, China is welcoming eight SC2 players and eight LoL teams, luring them with some serious cash and tough competition.

$31,000 for StarCraft 2 and $69,000 for League of Legends is how the prize pool is distributed, all of which to be collected on Sunday, October 28th.

The line-ups for both games are also staggering. The StarCraft 2 tournament features masters of the game like Mvp, NesTea, MMA (all Code S champions), Leenock, MarineKing (both two-times MLG champions), IPL 4 champion Alive, HSC V bronze medalist JYP as well as Spring Championship top four Sase. The eight are going through a double-elimination bracket for the $12,000 first place cheque.

World e-Sports Masters, Winners Bracket round 1
Korea MvpVSKorea Nestea
Korea LeenockVSKorea MMA
Korea MarineKingVSKorea Alive
Korea JYPVSSweden Sase


The League of Legends line-up is no slouch either with Chinese powerhouses IG, LGD and WE, America's Curse and the recently established Acer, Korea's Incredbile Miracle and SEA runner-ups Singapore Sentinels. The format is again double elimination and winner's prize is up at $22,000.

World e-Sports Masters, Winners Bracket round 1
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2c7c4ba96022932347d5733970fa228ef9a4e4a864182c0b4d59da0d54.png CurseVSef7824df435a6d12dd84a728bcf5f5ce517b9b37beebdc266f995bd286.png Acer
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We'll be keeping and eye or two on the tournament and keep you updated on how the battle Hangzhou is going so stay tuned.