[Puffstuff]

After fighting one on one for three months, the regular season matches of TCL4 have come to an end. Next, we will be bringing you the even more exciting playoffs! Let’s first take a look at the teams that will be on the finals stage:

In group A, we have Xeria Gaming and StorM advancing from the five teams, representing the strongest teams on SEA server and Taiwan. Furthermore, these two teams have gained a great lead in the group point-wise. They sure have widened the gap between the rest of the teams in the group, and we will definitely be seeing a fierce battle in the playoffs.

On the other hand in group B, the Korean team that stormed through TCL4, aLive, has advanced to the playoffs as expected. The other team being NewBlitZ, after winning the decisive final match against inFi, they successfully secured their place in the playoffs. Compared to group A, there is an obvious difference in the points between the first and second place in group B. However, in Starcraft II, we can’t make judgments just looking at the points, the winner cannot be determined until the last minute!

With the strongest teams from Southeast Asia, Korea, China, and Taiwan, TCL4’s playoffs will sure be an extraordinary fight!

Finally, let’s take a look at the match-ups in the playoffs:

• 1/29 (Sunday) : First Semifinal, Xeria Gaming v.s. aLive
• 1/30 (Monday) : Second Semifinal, StorM v.s. NewBlitZ
• 1/31 (Tuesday) : TCL4 Grand Final

Rules for the playoffs:

The playoffs will be using Elimination Series. Each team will have 7 players, the first 3 rounds are Bo1, and each round won will gain 2 points for the team. The last 4 rounds are Bo3, winning rounds 4,5,6 will gain the team 3 points, and the final match is worth 4 points. The team who gains over 10 points first will be the winner.

Prizes:

We have prepared some great prizes for the teams, the Champion will take away 20,000 NTD in cash (~660 USD) and 5 sets of Razor equipment (keyboard + mouse + headphones). The runner up will also receive 10,000 NTD (~330 USD) in cash, Kingston’s RAM, SSD, and Motherboards from ASRock.
Which team will be the final winner of TCL4? Let’s all sit tight and prepare for the final battle!

P.S.

Benji would you mind updating the link for your cast? I'm sorta confused right now

good luck guys!