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What? A Best of 7 showmatch series brought to you by Aquatuning, one of Europe's leading suppliers of performance computer mods and cooling. You can use the promo code "starcraft" for a 5% discount on your order.
Where? My Youtube Channel (and once I get my new machine, live)
Who? Two of Britain's rising Starcraft 2 stars.
Pureball (Team Dignitas) Pureball came back from the losers bracket to win the i40 Starcraft 2 £1000 tournament and is currently competing in other, major European tournaments.
rANDY rANDY is well known in the British Starcraft 2 scene, competing in several beta tournaments. He placed second in both the i40 and British and Irish Open tournaments, coming up against Pureball in the finals of the i40 and DeMuslim in the BIO.
When? Videos should be uploaded this week and will be linked in the OP.
How much? £100 ($160), winner takes all
Map-pool Agreed amongst the players
This is the first of what I hope to be a regular thing, a test-case. The SHOUTcraft Showcase hopes to bring exciting showmatches between both well-known and up-and-coming players as well as forge links and partnerships with well respected sponsors, to ensure regular money is coming into the eSports scene. My focus right now is to help promote British eSports, but my intention is to expand beyond that in the future. I will also be sponsoring some matches myself. I'm a Youtube partner and this is my job, it's only fair that the players see some of that money, since they're doing the hard work.
All matches will be cast from replays to ensure the legitimacy and integrity of the event. At the end of the day, sponsors can be hesitant to put their name behind an event which has the potential to be tainted by cheating. Until a better (tape delay) solution is found, replays are the way to go. In future these events will be both broadcast live and provided in VoD form on my Youtube channel. Sponsorship will be in the form of name-branding the show-match series and a branded bar covering up the replay progress indicator. Sponsorship is all about give and take. Overly intrusive advertising is a turn-off to spectators, but for eSports to grow sponsors need to be getting their money's worth. I'm hoping to strike a good balance with this series.
Information for sponsors
While we're contacting various appropriate companies to secure sponsorship for future events, representatives are more than welcome to contact us by sending enquiries to shoutcraft[at]cynicalbrit[dot]com.
VODs (watch in 720p on Youtube for best results)
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
