Welcome to Grand Championship Series 2

#2 - The Venue
Community member Ed80hertz is supplying us all with an incredible venue free of charge, a place to rival the best studios in the world. But with a key difference: the opportunity to plan for months in advance to ensure the best possible settings for the players and an awesome production for the fans.

George Atkins founded 80 Hertz Studios in Manchester in 2005.
He has since built a client base both locally and throughout the UK and amassed a large CV as a producer and engineer respectively. His career so far has seen him working with major label artists like Lily Allen, Wiley and The Twang but also innovative indie signings like Paul Thomas Saunders, Patterns, Stealing Sheep and Vessels.

We’re located in The Sharp Project, a hive of productivity where digital tech and media start-ups rub shoulders with major TV and advertising productions. 10 mins by tram from the city centre’s hotels, shops and restaurants. Free secure car parking, café bar, showers, alongside 80 Hertz’s own kitchen, you’ll certainly be comfortable as you work!

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2018, 20:05 PMBartonPL

i'm curious how much (if any at all) Lelic will contribute to this

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2018, 20:48 PMVladislavs89

I see the dates for qualifying tourneys, but has the date for the main event been decided yet?

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2018, 21:00 PMnigo

Balance patch for this tournament?

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2018, 21:32 PMA_E

Balance isn't as dire as it was in the build up to GCS1 with the maxims and the call in meta etc.

Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2018, 21:32 PMA_E

However it still has some worries, it's nothing I feel we need to make a huge fuss about from a tourney standpoint, however I believe there may be rumblings about more community patch work anyway so it's all cool

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2018, 10:44 AMskemshead

On some level you are correct, however there are still glaring balance issues, old bugs have been replaced by new ones and soviets will still cheese their way to victory.

The last patch was two steps forward, one step sideways and then one step back, with the net result being improvements for some but in general little overall improvement since old cancer simply gave way to new cancers.

As much as I do enjoy the casts of all casters involved and commend those involved for their passion I have no interest in watching a tourney given the meta that has emerged from the last patch, nor will I quietly accept some of the decisions that were made in regard to the last patch by supporting this event as a spectator.

Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2018, 00:16 AMmomo4sho

Are the actual times of the qualifying tournaments available? Is it super early for west coast like KOTH?