Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH


The last monthly challenge, for "King of Lost Temple", will continue tonight. Team TeD/Hainiu are waiting for the challenger as the previous tournament's winner. In this time, XiaoKK, 120, Zhouxixi, Xiaokai are coming with their teammates too, this will be an interesting game tonight!

Grip:

Introduction of Teams

 Team TeD/Hainiu (previous tournament winners)[1]

An amazing 2vs2 team. They got 2 titles in a row on Lost Temple in TKOM. Additionally, they have one title and one second place from WGL (GCS).

[1]Remark by War3station: The match for crown title will not play tonight.

Team Chinese/Western Combo(中西合璧組合)
Sheik/I really don't know how to play(真的不會玩), a team with Orc and Undead, Sheik is called the last hope of European 2v2.

Team Lonely
Xiaokai/Zhouxixi, Xiaokai found a great 2v2 player, Zhouxixi to replace the previous partner,could everyone stop them?

Team Colorful/Infi
Infi and Colorful, no one can predict what they will do.

Team Cute and Simple(呆萌纯情组合)
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Team 120kk
Xiaokk/120, a strong team with Orc and Undead, they are coming for the champion.

Team Village Heads of LiangShan(梁山老村长组合)
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Team DoNothing(打酱油组合)
Zeppelin(飞艇)/无道OC, they just got the runner-up in King of Lost Temple, although they are amateur players,  they are really good at 2vs2.

Team World Champion
SuperBT/homesaber, they defeated Lawliet and Focus once. They utilize diverse strategies.


Information

Maps: Turtle Rock

Schedule:
26th December 2018, 19:00 (GMT+8)

Format:
BO1 (Best of 1), the winner gets the chance to challenge the previous tournament winner.
BO3 for the crown title.

Previous Tournament Winner: Team TeD/Hainiu

Prizes:[2]
Championship: 10,000 yuan
Single competition:
Champion: 3000 yuan
Runner-up: 2000 yuan
Third place: 1000 yuan

[2]Remark by GLH: The prize of Championship is for the last winner in the match of Crown Title.
The prizes of Single Competition belong to the players who play in the elimination part.


About TKOM:
The King of Maps (TKOM) is a new tournament series sponsored by Mr.Sun, and hosted by War3station. The tournament's goal is to find out who the best players on a certain map is. This tournament was first introduced on 16 October. The top players on NetEase as well as other profession players fight for the prizes and the title "The King of Maps".


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Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH



After Phoenix Cup and G Cup stopped hosting games, a lot of players are so sad because they don't have stable tournaments to play. But now, the chance is coming, XiaoY cup, a tournament sponsored by the famous commentator XiaoY in China Warcraft III and hosted by War3station, we hope for this tournament to provide a platform for players to play and practice. You can play in this tournament whoever you are, a professional player or a newbie.

XiaoY Cup promise that they will host 20 tours!


The stable minor tournaments are the good chance for new players to grow up. 120, Life, Romantic, they trained themselves with this kind of tournaments and grew to become great player. The tournament is starting soon, the players are coming to show their skills in the games.


Information:

Time for application: 2018 Dec 25th to Dec 28th (GMT+8)
Schedule: 2018 Dec 29th to Dec 30th, starts at 1900 (GMT +8), the games will pause after Quarter final on Dec 29th, and we will continue with the Semi final and Grand Final on Dec 30th.
Format: BO3 single elimination ,and BO5 for Grand Final


Some details for players:
Players have to join the group chat(807423172) in QQ, and keep online.

Maps: EI, CH, TM, LR, AZ, TS, NI

Prizes:
Champion: RMB 1000
Runner-up: RMB 500
Third place: RMB 300
Fourth place: RMB 200

Total: RMB 2000



About the commentary XiaoY:
XiaoY is a famous commentary, his videos are humorous , a lot of Warcraft III fans love his video, "娱乐至上，XiaoY 解说"(get your amusement here, XiaoY is casting) has been with us for 10 years. Furthermore, his total views on Youku are over 450 million, hence making him a milestone for Warcraft III commentary.

About Sport Group(电竞圈)
It is an application software of e-sports professional players and e-sports enthusiasts to host and participate in e-sports competitions. The main function are: hosting competitions, managing competitions, online registration, etc. It also provides professional services such as tournament search, event information push, and referee arbitration review.
Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH



One Belt One Road (OBOR) was completed yesterday. Moon won the tournament without losing a single map and got the title! After the games, the organizer gave the prize money to the players immediately.





However, Moon was again in focus. In order to thank his fan for the nice gesture they made in his name, Moon gave all the prize money to Xiage Zhongxin Zhuangxi Primary School in the name of his fan club. This is the same school his fan club recently donated to.

The total prize money for this tournament were 60,000 yuan (~US$8,700) - 30,000 yuan for the champion, 20,000 yuan for second place, and 10,000 yuan for third place.


The last time the donation came from Moon's fans, and now he donates by himself. This is a very beautiful act from one of the most significant Warcraft III players.

As expected this act received a lot of praise on the Internet.



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Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH

Due to visa problems, our Ukrainian Night Elf player Foggy was absent from the OBOR tournament. That made Foggy realize there was a problem. Yesterday Foggy created a Weibo Account, and he posted that he would go to Shanghai next week and would start streaming on Douyu within 2 weeks.

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HazyFoggy
Hi everyone, I will go to Shanghai and I will start streaming on Douyu within 2 weeks. Once the time comes, I will show you Night Elf games from player's point of view. Of course the most important thing is that I will be able to play in W league with good ping The last two games are crucial!
@War3staion @Qiaolin @Infi @Lyn @Qiaolin
@Ugrilainen @Warcraft Commentator XiaoY @TeD @TH000 @120
@Fly @Moon @Sky @Grubby
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Previously, Foggy said in an interview that "Night Elf doesn't have too big advantage in patch 1.30, Infi lost to me because he spent too little time practicing Human, and this caused him to make many mistakes in our games."

This interview ignited a lot of discussions, and a lot of people said Foggy was "insincere". Meanwhile, Foggy realized that this answer was inappropriate, so he apologized to Infi on Weibo, and said he wanted to be friends with all the players, and that he wanted to contribute to Warcraft III together with them.


There is a Chinese saying "Being a friend is better than being an enemy." The best solution is to change the "battle talk". However, the Ukrainian may see things in a very different manner. After he apologized to Infi, he challenged Infi to a game. In order to prove Night Elf isn't really "imba", Foggy wants to switch races with Infi and play a BO5 (best-of-5) series. In other words he wants to play Human challenging Inf's Night Elf. The bet he proposed was 200 yuan for the winner.

Foggy hopes both of them could let go of the bad feelings with such game.


Post on Weibo
(GLH's translation)
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Today, I want to say the something to my fans. Yes, I know my words made Infi feel uncomfortable and made the fans feel disappointed. I apologize to the people I hurt.

In the interview, I didn't express my opinion in a sincere way, and this made Infi and the fans of the Human race misunderstand me, I am very sorry.

The truth is I want to be in good relationships with all the players, not an enemy. By the way, my coach is a Human lover too, and I know how bad things for Human players are in patch 1.30. I hope every races will be strong enough, and I hope Blizzard will manage to make so that all races play under fair conditions.

Thus, I would like to invite Infi to play a BO5 game with me, and we can switch races. I will play Human, you may switch to Night Elf if you want. The winner will get RMB 200 from the loser.

Of course, I hope this game will not bring us bad feelings. I hope this game will help us let go of any bad feelings, and I hope that in future we could be friends. Infi, will you accept the challenge and be friends with me in the future?

Additionally, I hope I could be friends with all the Chinese players and Chinese fans. In the past few years Chinese players helped me improve a lot, like Sini, Infi, 120, Colorful, Zhouxixi, I would love to say thank you! I also want to say thank you to the Chinese fans, thanks for your support all the time!

Additionally, if Infi accepts the challenge, I would like to invite all the players to cast these games. I hope all the players will be able to see how I solve this issue my own way.

If I move to live in China for Warcraft III, I would love to say "Nice to meet you"! I will practice my Chinese (language) very hard!

I wish Warcraft III have a great future!
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At the time of writing this article, Infi was not awaken yet. Will he accept this challenge?[1]

[1]Note by translator: The original article was posted at about 12:30am (Chinese time).
Short Recap about Infi vs Foggy

Before GCS 2016 Spring, as the ranking on NetEase ladder were going to affect the seedings for the offline tournament directly, all of the players were playing hard on ladder, including Infi. The last day both Infi and Foggy were playing the whole night, and after a winning streak that night, Infi advanced to the playoffs in the last second. After that, Infi called Foggy "my Ukrainian brother".

During the period between 2016 and 2018 September, Infi won all matches he played against Foggy in tournaments, until the game in W league when Foggy beat Infi and broke the curse.

After that, in WGL 2018 monthly race, Infi beat Foggy with Undead and with Orc, showing his overall strength.

In the semi-finals of WGL 2018 Winter, Infi lost to Foggy 1-3. In the interview after the games, Foggy said Infi lost to him because Infi spent too little time practicing Human, and this caused him to make many mistakes in our games. He didn't mention any race advantage which made Infi angry.
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Original Author: War3station
Translator: GLH


The King of Maps (TKOM) is a new tournament series sponsored by Mr.Sun, and hosted by War3station. The tournament's goal is to find out who the best players on a certain map is. This tournament was first introduced on 16 October. The top players on NetEase as well as other profession players fight for the prizes and the title "The King of Maps".


Information about This Month's Challenge:

Registration time: 2018, Dec 22nd to Dec 25th
Registration link: http://www.dianjingquan.cn/join.html?id=5573
Schedule: 2018 Dec 25th, 19:00 (GMT +8)
Format: 2v2, BO1 (always same map per edition) and single elimination, the first four teams will advance to Elimination part, and the first two players will get prizes.


**Details for Participant:

Participant have to join the group chat on QQ (807423172) after your registration, and keep online on QQ.


Map (for this particular tournament):
Turtle Rock

Prizes:
First place: 800 Yuan
Second place: 500 Yuan



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