Go4SC2 2010

Introduction[edit]

Soon after the Beta of StarCraft II was released, ESL announced two weekly tournaments, ESL StarCraft II Beta Saturday Cup and ESL StarCraft II Beta Monday Cup. While the cups themselves were popular in the community the format without any prize money soon made competitive players move elsewhere. ESL then decided to reformat the cup into one where you get points depending on your finishing placement, they named it Go4SC2. The name is a reference to the old Go4WC3 cup, which pioneered the weekly, one-day 512/1024 player tournaments. The format is pretty straight forward: Two cups are played, one on Wednesday, one on Saturday. Both yield points towards a monthly rating that allows the top players to compete for €500 at the monthly final.

Points distribution[edit]

Place	Saturday Cups	Wednesday Cups*
1st	100pts + 100 euro	60pts
2nd	75pts	40pts
3rd	60pts	25pts
4th	40pts	10pts
5-8th	25pts
9-16th	10pts

*The number of points gained from the Wednesday cups changed after the April tournament.[1]
*The previous point distribution was 45p, 25p and 10p.

Format[edit]

Unlimited participants in the Saturday and Wednesday tournaments.
Saturday cup finals will be played on the following Monday, broadcasted live on ESL.eu
Monthly €500 "Grand Final" with the 8 best ranked players.
Grand final will take place on last Thursday of the month.

Maps[edit]

Blistering Sands	Desert Oasis	Incineration Zone	Scrap Station	Steppes of War

Kulas Ravine	Lost Temple	Metalopolis	Shakuras Plateau

Procedure:

Bo1: Each player eliminates one map at the time until only one map remains.
Bo3: Each player eliminates one map at the time until three maps remain. Then both players chose one map they want. The remaining map is the decider.

Monthly Winners[edit]

2010[edit]

Month	Winner	Replays	VODs
March	LucifroN	Grand Finals	Grand Finals
April	White-Ra	Grand Finals	Grand Finals
May	HuK		Grand Finals
August	Brat_OK	Grand Finals
September	Naama
October	SjoW
November	Tarson
December	MaNa