M ost of us think think that the only country where a real progaming exists is
South Korea. Well, most of us are wrong, since in the rising 
China, several teams are sponsored, and offer to their gamers a real StarCraft job, which enables them to live thanks to the game.The PLU (Players' Labor Union) is one of the biggest leagues taking place in China. In this country of more than 1.1 billion inhabitants, many leagues are being played like:
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Phoenix66 in 2004 and 2005» The China E-Sport Games Official League. MVP of CEG Starcraft 2005:
Phoenix66» CEG Intel Master Cup Starcraft Matchs One of the most important invite tournament Winner in 2005:
Phoenix66
#2 625 $ USD #3 250 $ USD #4 125 $ USD |
Now the League is in its round of 8 stage. The remaining 8 survivors are:
The remaining eight players were divided into two groups, all the matches being played as bo3, and only the first 2 players will advance to the rest of the competition.
Here are the groups :
| Ehome.JayStar SKTelecomT1_Lx hacker.iloveyoukh Ehome.Super |
| SoZ.F91 Marconi_Beckham SKTelecom.T1_Pj Marconi_Cos |
Here are the PLU round of 8 results and replays:
Day 1
Group A:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Lx | > | Hacker_iloveyoukh | on  Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Lx | > | Hacker_iloveyoukh | on Luna |
Group B:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Pj | < | Marconi_Beckham | on Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Pj | < | Marconi_Beckham | on  Rush Hour |
Day 2
Group A:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Lx | < | Ehome.JayStar | on Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Lx | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Rush Hour |
| Game3: SKTelecomT1_Lx | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Luna |
Group B:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Pj | < | Soz_F91 | on Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Pj | > | Soz_F91 | on  815 |
| Game3: SKTelecomT1_Pj | < | Soz_F91 | on 815 |
Day 3
Group A:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Lx | < | Ehome.Super | on Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Lx | < | Ehome.Super | on Rush Hour |
Group B:
| Game1: SKTelecomT1_Pj | > | Marconi.Cos | on Luna |
| Game2: SKTelecomT1_Pj | < | Marconi.Cos | on 815 |
| Game3: SKTelecomT1_Pj | > | Marconi.Cos | on 815 |
Day 4
, date delayed.Group A:
| Game1: Ehome.Super | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Luna |
| Game2: Ehome.Super | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Luna |
| Game1: Hacker_iloveyoukh | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Luna |
| Game2: Hacker_iloveyoukh | > | Ehome.JayStar | on Neo Forte |
| Game1: Hacker_iloveyoukh | < | Ehome.Super | on Luna |
| Game2: Hacker_iloveyoukh | > | Ehome.Super | on Luna |
| Game3: Hacker_iloveyoukh | > | Ehome.Super | on Luna |
Current standings:
| Ehome.Super 2-1 (5-3) #2 SKTelecomT1_Lx 2-1 (5-3)#3 hacker.iloveyoukh 1-2 (3-5)#4 Ehome.JayStar 0-3 (1-6) |
| Marconi_Beckham 1-0 (2-0) #2 SoZ.F91 1-0 (2-1)#3 SKTelecom.T1_Pj 1-2 (3-5)#4 Marconi_Cos 0-1 (1-2) |
The four players who will advance to the top4 are
Ehome.Super, SKTelecomT1_Lx, SoZ.F91 and SKTelecom.T1_Pj, because of the forfeits of some players. Stay tuned for more updates.Group of 4:
| Match 1: SKTelecom.T1_Pj | > | SKTelecom.T1_Lx | 2-1 |
| Match 2: Ehome.Super | > | SoZ.F91 | 2-1 |
Revival stage:
| Match 1: Chinatttt | > | REGoG | 2-0 |
| Match 2: Phoenix66 | > | RushGoon | 2-1 |
| Match 2: Chinatttt | > | Phoenix66 | 2-1 |
Chinatttt thus won the revival stageThe current standings of the regular tournament is:
1:
Ehome.Super 2:
SoZ.F91 3:
SKTelecom.T1_Pj 4:
SKTelecom.T1_LxThe first match of the final stage will be:
SKTelecom.T1_Lx vs Iloveyoukhthen the winner will face #3
SKTelecom.T1_Pj, etc- Final stage results:
| Match 1: SKTelecom.T1_Lx | > | Iloveyoukh | 4-0 |
| Match 2: SKTelecom.T1_Pj | > | SKTelecom.T1_Lx | 4-1 |
| Match 3: SKTelecom.T1_Pj | < | SoZ.F91 | 2-4 |
| Match 4: Ehome.Super | vs | SoZ.F91 | 0-0 |
Links to more informations and sources:
» live.plu.com.cn/live Watch the games live!
» GosuGamers.net Gosubets
