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Due to the recent earthquake in Japan, the offline finals were canceled. The finals will now be online. Due to the planned blackouts in the Kanto area the finals will now take place on April 30.
A few weeks ago I posted about the e-Sports Japan Championship in this thread. Starcraft II is one of the games that will have an offline finals alongside CoD: Black Ops and Super Street Fighter IV in the UDX Theater in Akihabara, Tokyo. There will be two qualifiers in which the top 4 players will go on to the group stage. Also 8 players are hand picked from the qualifier signups and are directly invited to go to the groups stage. The group stage will have 16 players divided into 4 groups. The top 2 players from each group advances to the finals.
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Tournament Schedule:
+ Show Spoiler +Qualifier 1: December 11, 2010 6:00 PM JST
Qualifier 2: December 25, 2010 8:00 PM JST
Group Stage: January 29, 2011 8:00 PM JST
Offline Final: April 30, 2011 7:00 PM JST
Format:
+ Show Spoiler +Qualifiers: BO1 Single Elimination until Qualifier Finals and 3rd Place match
Group Stage: BO3 matches.
Offline Finals: BO3 until Grand Finals which is BO5.
Rules in Japanese: http://www.cyac.jp/files/downloads/jec/rulebook.pdf
Prizes:
+ Show Spoiler +1st Place: 40000 yen + Razer Starcraft 2 Full Set (Spectre, Marauder, Banshee)
2nd Place: 20000 yen + Razer Starcraft 2 Full Set (Spectre, Marauder, Banshee)
3rd Place: 12000 yen + Razer Starcraft 2 Full Set (Spectre, Marauder, Banshee)
4th Place: 8000 yen
5th Place: 5000 yen
6th Pace: 5000 yen
7th Place: 5000 yen
8th Place: 5000 yen
List of Participants:
+ Show Spoiler +Qualifier 1:pixtar seric08 Holon Enoch  NazomenCovo tenti denchu kurOaHresve1gr autogero MasterGODx SorrowRush Fird bLix shadowglitch Senjutsu rootkun qky HugeInJapan はどうけん KusaruN ThreeO3 hirilyu D_Ash senkin Kayblis gGlHamaji ikdsk fpmchu makky gGlEduca nanasisan SsKyH gGlTaichi tm124 meitan spark takaaki ukapon dobu-souji vaisravana Masatosi raggio Qualifier 2:SiCkO tenti Senjutsu はどうけん hirilyu ikdsk gGlEduca meitan vaisravana SynthetIc FaNaTic spark takaaki gold_hunter NoobToss Crawkick akawon Skeith raggio ReVenge autogero Covo surapop NeRvtakashi LexSC2 shadowglitch SsKyH Hresve1gr dobu-souji Kayblis Adlib pixtar tm124 Wrath KusaruN Fird K Man Ipsen haromi masternate ENZA Nebel Room zorro makky yumir Keii ReSpOnSe Haulu Hanamichi Vansetsu vagitarian fijity clearwater macks
Qualified for Group Stage:
+ Show Spoiler +Qualifier 1:MasterGODx vaisravana bLix Holon Qualifier 2:Adlib ikdsk Kayblis ENZA Invite:SorrowRush NoobToss D_Ash NazomenkurOaSkeith sb_sth nanasisan
Groups
+ Show Spoiler +Group 1:sb_sth 2-1 NoobToss 2-1 MasterGODx 2-1 bLix 0-3 Group 2:nanasisan 0-3 Holon 1-2 kurOa 3-0 vaisravana 2-1 Group 3:SorrowRush 3-0 Adlib 1-2 Kayblis 0-3 Skeith 2-1 Group 4:ENZA 0-3 Nazomen 3-0 D_Ash 2-1 ikdsk 1-2
Qualified for Finals:
+ Show Spoiler +
IRC:
+ Show Spoiler +Server: irc.friend-chat.jp
Channel: #jec_SC2
Finals Page: http://cyac.jp/en/cup/6769
Stream: http://www.cyac.jp/en/tv
JEC Page: http://www.cyac.jp/en/jec
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Osaka27178 Posts
Looks sweet. I hope you guys have a good time.
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40000 yen is about 400 dollars
20000 yen is about 200 dollars
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Wouldn't the plane ticket to get to japan cost more than 1st place prize?
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On November 12 2010 10:19 storm44 wrote:
Wouldn't the plane ticket to get to japan cost more than 1st place prize?
Honestly, it would so I don't recommend going to Japan solely for the tournament. This is aimed more for those who live in Japan or are staying there for an extended period of time.
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On November 12 2010 10:19 storm44 wrote:
Wouldn't the plane ticket to get to japan cost more than 1st place prize?
if you were planning to go to japan anyway it would be nice to pick up prize money and tour around
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Wow nice prizes! GL HF
Hurray for more esports expansion and activity :D
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Cool to see the SC-scene growing in Japan.
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I really hope sc2 grows in japan. Those guys are some crazy gamers, want to see the fighting circut there fall into the sc2 circut!
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On November 12 2010 10:35 Zeroes wrote:Show nested quote +On November 12 2010 10:19 storm44 wrote:
Wouldn't the plane ticket to get to japan cost more than 1st place prize? if you were planning to go to japan anyway it would be nice to pick up prize money and tour around
you make it sound like there will be no one else to contest your claim to the prize money, im sure there are plenty of good starcraft players in japan
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i thought sc2 wasnt sold in japan ?
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So, ThreeO is not participating. Maybe he is not in Japan currently? It would be great see a good Zerg player from Korea playing with gamers from Taiwan, US, and Japan(nearly global as GSL,isn't it?) so it is somewhat disappointing. Still, it is really good to see Japanese SC2-scene is actually growing.
Maybe we can see some Japaness players paticipating in GSL and other big Leagues in near future, which will be really cool.
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On November 12 2010 12:13 b_unnies wrote:
i thought sc2 wasnt sold in japan ?
Yes, they have to purchase US version through Amazon(or something like that).
Since SC:BW scene was so small in Japan disregarding Blizzard's huge effort in localization, it is somewhat reasonable that they don't even bother about Japan this time.
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Wow I didn't know there is a SC2 scene in Japan.
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On November 12 2010 12:19 Blitzmarine wrote:
So, ThreeO is not participating. Maybe he is not in Japan currently? It would be great see a good Zerg player from Korea playing with gamers from Taiwan, US, and Japan(nearly global as GSL,isn't it?) so it is somewhat disappointing. Still, it is really good to see Japanese SC2-scene is actually growing.
Maybe we can see some Japaness players paticipating in GSL and other big Leagues in near future, which will be really cool.
ThreeO signed up a few weeks ago. I just updated the roster list in the OP yesterday.
If anyone wants to cast some of the games I'll ask the guys at CyAC if it would be alright. I also might ask if I can get some of the replays.
The non-SC2 tournaments are being streamed live at Nico Nico Douga so I think it would be the same for SC2. Apparently, you need a premium account if you want to see VODs of live shows
and a regular account to watch it live (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
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Akihabara !!! That place is awesome!
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400$ is nice, but winning the full sc2 razer setup is freakin awesome 8) GL to all, how good exactly is the japanese scene anyways ? ? ??
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On December 11 2010 18:35 CrackSpider93 wrote:The first qualifier is being streamed at http://www.cyac.jp/en/tv right now.
Holy crap the stream quality is perfect, best i've seen.
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Updated OP with the list of players invited to the group stage as well as the list of participants for the second qualifier. You may notice that some of the invited players are registered for the qualifier but disregard that as they were invited after they signed up.
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wth, why is response in this tournament?
Anyways, will the live event be streamed as well? I'd really like to get a look at the scene in Japan.
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On December 23 2010 11:57 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:
wth, why is response in this tournament?
Anyways, will the live event be streamed as well? I'd really like to get a look at the scene in Japan.
Yes, the live event will be streamed.
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Im so mad at myself for missing this sign up !! one day late! if only i knew about it sooner... im in japan too =/
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Damn! if i only knew about this as well!!! Grrrrr!!! and i dont mean the old school player.
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Nice to see eSport growing in JP, cyac doing really nice job!
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gogo Japan eSports~
Best of luck to you all.
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how good are japanese players? i thought blizzz did not release sc2 japan. is there a big crowd in japan?
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wow SC2 in Japan... I'm so happy.
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CrackSpider, just sent you a pm
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How could I have missed this... Starcraft in Japanese sounds badass, Here's to hoping their SC2 scene grows big.
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damn i wish i was commentating/observing! im sure i could do better!
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lolol "crackspider just logged on"
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Damn, I wish I could watch this but the stream for me is laggy as hell  Anyone know if there will be VoDs?
(and the commentators are super quiet, I have everything pumped at 100% and can barely hear them )
e: vvv I should clarify, the video is choppy but the audio is fine. I can hear the commentators but the video doesn't move.
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On December 25 2010 20:58 Rampager wrote:Damn, I wish I could watch this but the stream for me is laggy as hell Anyone know if there will be VoDs? (and the commentators are super quiet, I have everything pumped at 100% and can barely hear them )
It's been laggy for me as well. I'll ask about the VoDs.
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Stream quality is great for me, no lag at all (I am in Europe). Commentator's voice is a bit low though.
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Updated the OP with the top 4 players from the 2nd qualifier who qualified for the group stage.
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nice to see esports growing in nihon
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I'm wondering why is the qualifier shown to be On Air at the sidebar when its ended a while ago.
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Oh, I didn't even know about this... if I had of I would've tried playing in it. I doubt I'd get very far, but it'd be fun to play in a competition for once.
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This is coming up soon, yay! Just stumbled across the thread randomly after a discussion about whether or not a SC2 scene exists in Japan. I sure hope this helps! A lot of awesome gamers in Japan. Any new news on the tournament?
Ganbatte ne minna san!
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hey im new here..., living in japan too..., pity i didnt see this tournament earlier... ive been to tokyo just yesterday and if knew id prolly look up and drop by on that cafe and check it out... 40000yen aint much but i bet the experience would have been one of a kind... plus i loooove tokyo...
good to hear the sc2 community here is growing..., where i live the young people dont know how to have fun... majority of 18y/o onwards its just gambling gambling gambling... some play online games but they just do something like ragnarok or gunbound kinda thing... and thats their definition of "gamer".... (at least where i live thats the way it is)...
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How will the earthquake affect this
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On March 12 2011 01:10 Chiyeung wrote:
How will the earthquake affect this
I think tournament is still a go as the stream on http://cyac.jp/en/tv is up. As how this will affect competitors or spectators, I don't know.
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2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
Apparently I fail at searching the forum. I searched for CyAC before I made the post but nothing came up so I thought no one made a post about it yet. Oops.
Tournament was canceled from what matsujun told me.
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On March 12 2011 09:53 Souma wrote:Apparently I fail at searching the forum. I searched for CyAC before I made the post but nothing came up so I thought no one made a post about it yet. Oops. Tournament was canceled from what matsujun told me.
Here is the official cancellation notice:
http://cyac.jp/news/7382
I'll update the thread on any news on the status of the JEC.
Its pretty disappointing that the earthquake came so close to the day of the tournament. Reportedly the tickets for the JEC were sold out. Hopefully the friends and families of the everyone in the Japanese gaming community are safe.
On March 11 2011 11:09 ChromeK wrote:
hey im new here..., living in japan too..., pity i didnt see this tournament earlier... ive been to tokyo just yesterday and if knew id prolly look up and drop by on that cafe and check it out... 40000yen aint much but i bet the experience would have been one of a kind... plus i loooove tokyo...
good to hear the sc2 community here is growing..., where i live the young people dont know how to have fun... majority of 18y/o onwards its just gambling gambling gambling... some play online games but they just do something like ragnarok or gunbound kinda thing... and thats their definition of "gamer".... (at least where i live thats the way it is)...
There is usually some sort of event going on in the Japanese SC2 community. You should go to http://starcraft2.game-server.cc/sc2/ and look at their events calendar. Also check out the WIPLeague.
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@crackspider
tnx for the link..., ill prolly check it sometime..., as u can imagine things here are pretty much tense..., even in places far away from the epicenter, because of the nuclear plant going down.., electricity will be distributed on a time-based system... nothing really much on that but it seems some of the japanese are panic-buying on supplies... i heard tokyo is sold out on basics like water batts and cup noodles... not sure but i think even the highways on some places are on lockdown..:
guess all we can do is pray and hope for the best for the people who really is facing this catastrophe 1st hand... and God Bless all the people who wake up in the morning trying to make a change...
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The JEC online finals have stated streaming (it started a while ago but I didn't know that matsujun was using his personal stream)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/matsujun
Results:
+ Show Spoiler +Ro8:
Skeith vs. kurOa 0-2
SorrowRush vs.vaisravana 2-0
sb_sth vs.Nazomen 1-2
NoobToss vs.D_Ash 0-1
Ro4:
SorrowRush vs. kurOa 2-1
D_Ash vs. Nazomen 0-2
Third Place Match:
D_Ash vs. kurOa 2-0
Finals:
Sorrow Rush vs. Nazomen 3-2
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Cant belive I missed this -_-
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Cool to see the Japanese having a Sc2 scene.
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