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6 hours from this post, Koyuki and I will cast the third place/finals match of the Chinese Red Bull ECL featuring China's top 4 players

The Red Bull ECL is a tournament where the top 16 players from China Legend were invited to a LAN featuring Hearthstine, Dota, CS: GO, and SC2. These top 16 players fought in a bracket until only two are left now. Yesterday, Koyuki and I casted the semifinals on his stream. We saw a lot of wild decks and got to witness the metagame of China atm.

See previous VODs here: http://www.twitch.tv/koyuki0/b/493116127

The format is Blizzcon format, 3 decks, bo5 with some minor adjustment. Newly introduced to the rules is a sidedeck rule. A player may sidedeck up to three cards out of his deck before he uses this deck for the first time. Then, that deck must remain the same for the rest of the match. For example, Player 1's Shaman loses to Player 2's Mage. Then, Player 1 picks Warlock and sides in Mortal Coil, Power Overwhelming, and Leeroy Jenkins. Player 1's deck is now set in stone for the rest of the series and he cannot change it for any reason. Also, Demonic Pact is banned.

3rd Place Match: Round vs PigSeason Finals: Comm vs Hunter

Note that it is especially interesting that Comm was the Chinese WCS 2012 Champion, which essentially made him arguably the best Chinese player at that time. He has since retired from SC2 and makes his return to Hearthstone.

The schedule we were provided with is as follows:

10 PM PST/1 AM EST/7 AM CET: 3rd Place Match

Dota match in between

12:30 PM PST/3:30 AM EST/9:30 AM CET: Finals

Keep in mind though that games were delayed up 2 hours yesterday and Chinese tournaments are notorious for their delays. You'll probably be safe showing up half an hour late to either match. I'll also tweet when both matches start and you can follow me at @TL_monk.

You can find the cast here: www.twitch.tv/koyuki0

I'll answer any questions in this thread.

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