With the SGL Season 1 playoffs a week away, the Starcraft Gaming League(SGL) will be hosting a Pre-Playoff Invitational sponsored by Bigfoot Networks!
It will be a 512-man, one day tournament with a winner take all prize pool. BigFoot Networks has sponsored the tournament and the SGL by providing $150 USD and a Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card for the winner! The SGL sends a big thank you to BigFoot Networks for sponsoring our tournament and making it possible! We invite you to please view a 1-minute video about their Killer 2100 NIC at the bottom of this post!
We would also like to thank our streamers, iCCup TV and Gosu TV who will both be attending the event that Sunday. We are looking for a few more streamers for the tournament so if you're interested please send me a PM with a little bit of information about your streaming experience.
Here are some quick facts about the tournament: -Date: Sunday November 14th -Time: 10:00 AM EST -Location: North American SC2 Server -Prizes: $150 USD and a Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card -Registration: November 6th 21:00 EST - November 14th 08:59 AM EST -Check-In Phase: November 14th 9:00 AM EST - 9:50 AM EST
Maps for each round: -Ro516: Steppes of War -Ro256: Jungle Basin -Ro128: Delta Quadrant -Ro64: Blistering Sands -Ro32: Xel'Naga Caverns -Ro16: Scrap Station -Ro8(Bo3): Lost Temple -Ro4(Bo3): Metalopolis -Finals(Bo5): Map Chosen by Players(Process of Elimination)
For the tournament, we have invited certain players from the SGL to participate, these players are the following (Bold = confirmed):
Misc. Invites: Dignitas.Sjow Dignitas.Apollo Dignitas.merz Dignitas.PureBall RyaN vVv.Murder
How can I sign up for this event? Follow these simple instructions:
1.Create an account at www.binarybeast.com (or login if you already have one) 2. Visit http://binarybeast.com/xSC21011012/info 3. Click 'Join this tournament' 4. Stop back an hour before the start of the tournament for check-in phase.
If you have any questions, please email SGLTour@live.com or post a comment here and someone will get back to you! You can also find more information at the Starcraft Gaming League's home page.
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Good Luck to everyone! Looking forward to losing to a great player! Omw to buy a Big Foot Networks NiC Card right now, what better way to support a sponser?
I would just like to remind everyone that this Tournament is open to everyone with a NA Sc2 Bnet account, so sign up for a chance to play against some of the top players on the American server, and the chance to win great prizes and lots of eFame.
Highly recommended that you sign up. It will be fun to see as much people as possible play and its guaranteed that there will be exciting matches! And like stated above ... ANYONE CAN JOIN!! so whats the risk?
Well, what I dont like about this is going through a 512 person tourament in one day. I feel like the finals will be effected by being tired. Like the players have been going ALLLLL DAY LONGGG and exhaustion will set in, I don't know thats my opinion but I do get all giddy when I see events like this. It never fails
On November 10 2010 16:52 DROPPINBOMBS wrote: Well, what I dont like about this is going through a 512 person tourament in one day. I feel like the finals will be effected by being tired. Like the players have been going ALLLLL DAY LONGGG and exhaustion will set in, I don't know thats my opinion but I do get all giddy when I see events like this. It never fails
you do have a point...the tournament can be mentally tiring but i guess it also tests everyone's endurance of sc2? :D
p.s - as stated above, it is FREE to register and ANYONE with a NA SCII account can sign up!
There are still a lot of top American players who have not yet signed up for this tournament, which should allow your average diamond player to have a chance at placing well in this tournament.
Don't think there will be too much people signing up from the SEA community though, it starts at 3:00am GMT+12, which is pretty much the most unfun time to start a Tourney for us Kiwis. Only the most dedicated players are going to be awake then.
On November 16 2010 04:27 MrCon wrote: oops sorry just saw that's there is a "dowload replays" link on the bracket page. edit : bleh kawai replays are not in the pack :/
Hover your mouse over the match you are wanting to see, hit the view details link and if there is a replay available you can click the "Download the Replay-Pack" link.
I will see if we can get some of the missing replays posted for all you guys. ^-^
I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part in Starcraft Gaming League's (SGL) first Tournament. + Show Spoiler +
And a big thanks to KawaiiRice of FnaticMSI for taking part and congrats for winning the $150 + Killer 2100 Network card from Bigfoot Networks. Well done to StrifeCro of EG for making it to the finals as well!
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