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National ESL is partnering with the Electronic Sports world cup to provide the North/South/Central American a method for qualification. This year at the ESWC Grand Finals Starcraft 2 will have a prize purse of $66,000 up for grab! For more information on the finals please visit Here!
For European nations, please visit http://www.esl.eu/eu/eswc/ for information on how to qualify.
Four of the best players are eligible to attend the event from the North/South/Central American region. It will be determined by only ONE double elimination cup, so do not miss out on it! The top 2 from the winner bracket as well as the Top 2 from the loser bracket will qualify and receive the qualifier prizes.
Here is the qualification prize breakdown:
The Top 4 Qualified Players
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FXO.qxc2.
EG.IdrA3.
EG.Axslav4.
CoL.Minigunview replays by clicking on each match "vs" at the brackets:
http://www.nationalesl.com/us/eswc/sc2/sc2_qualification/rankings/
1st & 2nd place:
- A slot in the ESWC Grand Finals 2011
- Paid hotel during the event
- Paid tournament fee
3rd & 4th place
- A slot in the ESWC Grand Finals 2011
- Paid tournament fee
Qualifier Cup Information - Completed
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Entre Fee: $10 entry fee is required for this qualifier
How To Make the Payment:
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First head over to: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/eswc/payment/ and draw your attention over to the Payment box.
If you successfully signed up you need to pay. There will not be any confirmation without a successful payment.
Payment must be done via Paypal. Select in the pulldown menu if you are a player or team, fill in your ESL or Team ID and click buy now.
Make sure you give us your ESL ID or Team ID. If you paid and are not accepted, please make a support ticket.
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Date and Time: Saturday Septemer 24th starting at 8:00 pm EST (GMT -5:00)
Sign up: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/eswc/sc2/sc2_qualification/signup/
Check-In Time: 7:00 pm EST
Cup Rules: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/eswc/sc2/sc2_qualification/leagueinfo/
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Payment
To enter this tournament a player needs to pay 10 dollars. This can be done via paypal. A sign-up will not be accepted before the payment is received. More information can be found here.
Prizes
The top2 of the tournament will get a direct spot in the Grand Finals including a paid hotel and entrance fee.
The number 3 and 4 of the tournament will get a direct spot in the Grand Finals including a paid entrance fee.
Country Restriction
In order to sign-up your country must be listed here:
- United States
- Canada
Replays
Replays must be uploaded to the match page (not zipped) immediately after the match! You will receive penalty points for missing replays starting at the quarter finals!
Match format
Best of 3 in the all rounds except the finales is played in a best of 5.
In Best of 3 and Best of 5 a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player(seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turn removing maps until only three remain, then each player picks a map. Maps are played in order they are picked. The remaining map is played last.
Disconnects
If there is a disconnect in the first 4 minutes of the game and there has been no contact between players, then the game will be restarted.
After this time, the match should be re-gamed unless one player had a great advantage.
If the problem occurs frequently then an admin should be contacted.
If a game is restarted players must choose the same races.
No Shows
If your opponent is not ready to play, 20 minutes after the scheduled match time, then you should report that your opponent is a no show to an admin in the Cup Chat.
Protests
Protests must be raised to admins in the cup chat as soon as possible. Protests raised late, or through the website may be ignored.
Streaming
Streaming partners can contact us via support ticket.
Hosting
If admins want to host the game this will be communicated towards the player via the match page. So make sure you check the match page for admin comments. If an admin communicated a game should be hosted by him, the game is not valid if started anyway.
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Map Pool:
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TSL Metalopolis
ESL Shakuras Plateau
GSL Tal’Darim Altar LE
GSTL GSL Crevasse
GSTL GSL Crossfire SE
GSTL GSL Terminus SE
GSTL GSL Xel’Naga Caverns
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See current registered members: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/eswc/sc2/sc2_qualification/database/members/*/
Players that do not qualify online, or do not have an offline qualifier in their country can be selected to attend the event via sending an application. Read more about the application procedure and its costs on the ESWC website.
Good luck and have fun to everyone!
