Before the online qualifiers for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 start on Sunday December 29 and Monday December 30 we would like to release a new set of players who have been invited to join the main tournament on January 31st in Helsinki. With the new eight invites, 16 out of the 24 invitees have been revealed. The online qualifiers will soon add another eight players to the roster while the last eight invites are to be announced later.

New invites

  Alliance.NaNiwa
  EG.Jaedong
  Empire.Kas
  Ence.Serral
  Liquid.Hero
  Millenium.BabyKnight
  Millenium.ForGG
  Samsung_Galaxy.Solar

Current line-up (16/32)

  Alliance.NaNiwa
  Axiom.Alicia
  AZUBU.Patience
  EG.Jaedong
  Empire.Happy
  Empire.Kas
  Ence.elfi
  Ence.Serral
  Liquid.Hero
  Liquid.Ret
  Liquid.Snute
  Liquid.TaeJa
  Millenium.BabyKnight
  Millenium.ForGG
  mouz.VortiX
  Samsung_Galaxy.Solar

Maps

The tournament map pool for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 is the WCS 2014 Season 1 map pool which we will also see in the Battle.net ladder starting on the January 3rd.

• Alterzim Stronghold TE
• Daedalus Point
• Frost LE
• Habitation Station LE
• Heavy Rain LE
• Polar Night LE
• Yeonsu LE

Rough schedule

Below is a rough schedule for the event. While it is not final yet, it gives a good estimate for those planning on watching the tournament especially if you have something special like a BarCraft in mind.

• Friday, January 31st, 2014
  • 12:00 EET (+02:00) Group Stage 1
  • 19:00 EET (+02:00) Group Stage 2
• Saturday, February 1st, 2014
  • 14:00 EET (+02:00) Playoffs start
  • 23:00 EET (+02:00) Final