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@JKtheBullfrog

On your comment. I am not able to respond on forum post that state "who can play tonight?" Mostly because I dont see those. Secondly I think the organizers want 24 hours notice so they can stream every match so a bit of planning is involved.

To end on a good note. I am free this friday and saturday evening somewhere between 19:00 CEST and 23:00 CEST.

@FischyVishy my match against xuanet will probably take place next Thursday, he'll confirm soon. Again much gratitude for the efforts you put in organizing this event.

For what it's worth, I'd like to support JK's suggestion from earlier. Opper can now only be caught if gsvc-fumitoks and BB-opper both end 10-0, which seems a long shot.

I think the most spectator friendly way to proceed would be to play one of these matches soon, and then get the finals underway.

The remaining candidates matches could still be announced and played, I would suggest at the candidates's discretion, for those who enjoy watching high level zh, even if nothing is at stake.
To maintain the competition, I suggest that the loser of the finals and Candidates 2-nd and 3-rd places (and maybe wildcard) will join directly the Candidates tournament of the next CWC, while the rest will join the waiting list, as well as being ranked at top of next Double Elimination Qualifiers (according their final standings in this tournament), so finishing these Candidates as high as possible will make sense anyway.
Everyone should just stop commenting here. We need people to just play their matches, I have already messaged several people. Wait for the Candidates to finish before the WC starts.
Feel free to arrange matches at shorter notice. The best thing to do is go on discord and ping @cwc-match if a match is starting. Anyone who wants to receive these pings on discord can have the cwc-match role added to be notified.
Kleerkast vs Xuanet

Thursday 25th at 19 30 CEST (17 30 GMT)

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