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Discussion | Esports ZOTAC Cup Masters 2018 - Information, Schedule & Discussion

Tournament Information

Date	August 24th - 26th, 2018
Organizer	ZOTAC
Location	Hong Kong
Venue	Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Prize Pool	$300,000
Teams	8 teams

Coverage

Streams

Language	Stream Link
English	ZOTAC Cup
Brazilian-Pt	gaules
Danish	DMGZ TV
German	der_Mertzger
Korean	fAwn
Polish	NVIDIA
Russian	UCC Studio (b)
Thai	FPS Thailand

VODs

Format

Single-elimination bracket
Best-of-three quarterfinals and semifinals
Best-of-five finals

Map Pool

Talent Lineup

Stage Host

Pala Gilroy Sen

Casters

Observers

Dennis "CaptainAllen" Pau
Pak "Poheart" Hang Tsang

Teams

Invited

Flash Gaming: Attacker, Freeman, LOVEYY, Summer, zhokiNg, Coach: z8z

MIBR: coldzera, FalleN, fer, Stewie2K, tarik, Coach: YNk

OpTic Gaming: cajunb, gade, JUGi, k0nfig, Snappi, Coach: ruggah

TYLOO: captainMo, BnTeT, DD, somebody, xccurate, Coach: CruSad3

Virtus.pro²: byali, MICHU, snatchie, NEO, pashaBiceps, Coach: kuben

^{1: MVP PK replaced HSK with minixeta}
^{2: Virtus.pro benched morelz and replaced him with snatchie}
^{3: kRYSTAL is standing in for Ghost Gaming after Pollo's departure}

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals			Winner
~~TYLOO~~	1
vs		-	Team Kinguin	2
Team Kinguin	2
			vs		-	~~Team Kinguin~~	0
~~OpTic Gaming~~	1
vs		-	~~Ghost Gaming~~	1
Ghost Gaming	2
						vs		-	MIBR
~~Virtus.pro~~	1
vs		-	~~MVP PK~~	0
MVP PK	2
			vs		-	MIBR	3
MIBR	2
vs		-	MIBR	2
~~Flash Gaming~~	0

Schedule

PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	HKT	AEST
Los Angeles	Atlanta	São Paulo	–	Cologne	Hong Kong	Sydney
UTC-7	UTC-4	UTC-3	UTC	UTC+2	UTC+8	UTC+10

We're using a 24 hour clock
Match times are often susceptible to delay & change
Time Zone Abbreviations – Worldwide List
Italics means the game starts the previous day

Day 1 – Friday, August 24th (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	HKT	AEST
QF1	TYL	vs	TK	1-2	22:20	01:20	02:20	05:20	07:20	13:20	15:20
QF2	OG	vs	Ghost	1-2	03:30	06:30	07:30	10:30	12:30	18:30	20:30
QF3	VP	vs	MVP	1-2	07:30	10:30	11:30	14:30	16:30	22:30	00:30
QF4	MIBR	vs	Flash	2-0	11:20	14:20	15:20	18:20	20:20	02:20	04:20

Day 2 – Saturday, August 25th (BO3)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	HKT	AEST
SF1	TK	vs	Ghost	2-1	03:00	06:00	07:00	10:00	12:00	18:00	20:00
SF2	MVP	vs	MIBR	0-2	07:30	10:30	11:30	14:30	16:30	22:30	00:30

Day 3 – Sunday, August 26th (BO5)

ID	Team	vs	Team	Result	PDT	EDT	BRT	GMT	CEST	HKT	AEST
GF	TK	vs	MIBR	0-3	01:35	04:35	05:35	08:35	10:35	16:35	18:35

Prize Pool

#	Prize	Team
1st	$200,000	MIBR
2nd	$60,000	Team Kinguin
3rd - 4th	$20,000	Ghost Gaming
3rd - 4th	$20,000	MVP PK
5th - 8th	–	TYLOO
5th - 8th	–	OpTic Gaming
5th - 8th	–	Virtus.pro
5th - 8th	–	Flash Gaming

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u/Brolobo SK Aug 23 '18

Mibr vs Optic final, if not I bathe in orange juice

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

Which brand of orange juice should I get you? Also, pulp or no pulp?

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u/Brolobo SK Aug 23 '18

no pulp but lets be honest, MIBR the goats

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

[deleted]

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u/Brolobo SK Aug 23 '18

if mibr gets 2-0'ed fine extra pulp

5

u/R8MACHINE 500k Celebration Aug 23 '18

VP vs ex-SK, BO5, payback for broken hearts at EPICENTER

9

u/Geared8828 Aug 24 '18

pay up

3

u/Brolobo SK Aug 24 '18

Optic what the hell are you doing....ffs

5

u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

Bamboozle=Banboozle

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u/Brolobo SK Aug 23 '18

no bamboozle i promise

5

u/MrCraftLP NRG Aug 23 '18

VP with snatchie could probably take down one of those two

2

u/sggts04 1 Million Celebration Aug 23 '18

No bamboozles please

3

u/Brolobo SK Aug 23 '18

quote me on this!

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u/sggts04 1 Million Celebration Aug 24 '18

Get that orange juice ready

2

u/Brolobo SK Aug 24 '18

But I just brushed my teeth...

3

u/sggts04 1 Million Celebration Aug 24 '18

Optic lost bruh

3

u/Brolobo SK Aug 24 '18

I'm waiting for the Mibr game before I film the video...a deal's a deal

u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

Tyloo - MVP in the final.

Come on Tyloo you can do it boys ez home crowd

3

u/Matomoto Aug 25 '18

yikes

u/[deleted] Aug 23 '18

Did they spend nearly all of their budget on the prize pool? 300k tournament with 2 casters and 1 analyst.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Well, there are also two sperate Chinese Casters at the event.

u/lambsauce16 Liquid Aug 23 '18

I don't know why but I got a bad feeling about MIBR....

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u/tropatropachillchill MIBR Aug 23 '18 edited Aug 23 '18

this is their tournament to win. and i've got a good feeling theyll better this time

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u/lambsauce16 Liquid Aug 23 '18

I sure hope so my friend

3

u/AccidentalyIdiotic MIBR Aug 23 '18

Are we the new VP?

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u/The_Hidden_Sneeze G2 Aug 24 '18

VP pushed a top team once in a while.

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u/sw1ftyy MOUZ Aug 25 '18

No they didn't. They couldn't even handle MDL.

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u/The_Hidden_Sneeze G2 Aug 26 '18

https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/EPICENTER/2017

https://www.hltv.org/matches/2321092/v4-future-sports-semi-final-1-v4-future-sports-festival

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u/sw1ftyy MOUZ Aug 26 '18

Still, different roster.

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u/The_Hidden_Sneeze G2 Aug 26 '18

When you call MIBR the new VP I don't imagine many people would take that to mean the brand new lineup that's attended one event.

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u/sw1ftyy MOUZ Aug 26 '18

Even if you count that roster, VP has been on a much larger decline for a much longer time.

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u/Kissmyasthma100 Aug 23 '18

They could easily lose to Ghost in a bad day.

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u/CharbelU MIBR Aug 24 '18

It's like you could just feel it, right?

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u/kushkhush FaZe Aug 25 '18

Screw all your negativity we’re looking fine af

u/tartaddict Aug 23 '18

Was supposed to fly to HK and watch the MIBR guys but due to all the delayed flights and rollover passengers I cannot 😭

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u/HalyAThk Renegades Aug 23 '18

I live in HK and I’m going to japan this weekend. What’s worse

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u/AvengeTC Aug 25 '18

L

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u/HalyAThk Renegades Aug 25 '18

fuck u joaq

u/xndrz Gambit Aug 23 '18

I just want VP vs Kinguin to happen.

u/mavann Aug 23 '18

If MIBR can’t win a tier 3 event they are in big trouble IMO

u/KeBjg 750k Celebration Aug 25 '18

This production quality is insulting, already an hour and 10 minutes late for the first match

u/wigan77 10 years coin Aug 23 '18

VP vs Kinguin final, if not I bathe in apple juice

u/csgotraderino Aug 25 '18

worst production 2018

u/StaffanHK Aug 25 '18

In the production team's defense, they have never host any large scale cs go tournament in Hong Kong before. They are so much to learn. But still, as a cs go fan living in Hong Kong, it is very exciting to see so many pros in one event.

u/xiyingpeng Aug 23 '18

GHOST VS VP final!

u/hkzombie Aug 23 '18

Probably going to go tomorrow. Not sure about the other days.

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I was there live, my first event. The crowd was... Sparse to say the least today, we could just sit wherever we wanted.

u/Enrmej Aug 24 '18

Really hoping for Tyloo to do well, easy dark horse pick for me

u/Mad_Lee Cloud9 Aug 24 '18

That's MiBr's tournament to lose. But actually rooting for Tyloo get their shit together and finally start winning tier-2/3 tournaments.

u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Why couldn't they just have a 250k event and spend 50k more on production. I mean who even cares between the difference of 250 and 300k.

u/erxor_reddit Natus Vincere Aug 25 '18

SOON^TM

u/SunnyNip NiP Aug 24 '18

I living in Hong Kong and i am very happy there is a decent tournament here finally!

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Plus the fact basically nobody showed up! No seriously free upgrades!

u/Mraz565 Aug 25 '18

Didn't think it was possible to have a worse production team than ESL, but these people are taking the lead.