Yes same rules appy to them, but to my knowledge neither has touched SC2 since 2012 so i didn't list them. Whereas Tgun + Mafia played in SCS Grand Finale 2 months ago, and Light still posts frequenly/follows the scene.
The idea is to reward those who are putting in the time, work and #dedication. I have though on extending it to top 16, but then everyone wont get a prize. The Open Challenge editions are to work out who is best of the rest so to speak, and thus have bigger prizepool and more prestige..
I think top 16 is fine but only top 8 get prizes? This in the same way rewards people for putting in time, work and #dedication but further rewards those who has skills.
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