All 16 players who will advance to the Gamers 8 Star 2 event scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been decided.
2023 Gamers 8 has been classified as a premier tier according to the size of the prize money, and it is a competition that many gamers are focusing on as the SC2 market has shrunk globally this year, including Korea.
The preliminaries were divided into Korean and overseas regions, and 8 players were selected from each region. In Korea, Kim Do-woo, Jang Hyun-woo, Kim Jun-ho, Kim Do-wook, Byun Hyun-woo, Cho Seong-ju, Park Ryeong-woo, and Kang Min-soo competed. There are many reviews saying that there are players who deserve to be promoted as ‘Hero Marine’, ‘Oliveira’, ‘Spirit’, ‘Eraser’, ‘Rainer’, and ‘Serral’.
Gamers 8 is a huge gaming event with a total value of $45 million, and the prize pool has almost tripled compared to last year. In addition to the StarCraft series, various competitions such as Rocket League, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Rainbow 6, and CS:GO will be held at the event.