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MLG is launching Online Tournaments for the release of Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm! We're proud to announce our Free-to-Play Online Tournaments on our Online Competition site. Between March 14th and March 22nd, we will be hosting a Free Online Tournament each day, where the prize will be Credits, which can then be used to enter Pay-to-Play Online tournaments at chance to win money. Credits are used to enter into our Pay-to-Play Online Tournaments where the prize is money.
Following March 22nd, we will be offering several Free and Pay-to-Play Online Tournaments every week. So start playing in the Free Online Tournaments to get credits to enter into the Pay-to-Play tournaments to win money!
Go here to register for an Online Tournament
Schedule of March Tournaments:
March 14th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 15th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 16th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 17th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 18th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 19th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 20th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 21st – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 22nd – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 23rd – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 24th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 25th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 27th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 28th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 29th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 30th – 2v2 ; Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
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On March 14 2013 04:52 SniXSniPe wrote:
Bad link?
Link worked* for me.
According to the site the money tournies will give $110, btw.
Now the other post makes more sense..
PS. why are the money tournaments named differently? I can't see any noticeable difference (single elim, same prize and cost to enter)
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I like this. Gives me more reason to get on and play. Besides ladder, i feel more motivated to practice.
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Looks very nice, even managed to fit a 2v2 tournament in there  . Wonder how far they will go with this, could set up some nifty stuff (people with top credits get invited to qualifier or something of that sort).
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this is incredible
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I think that MLG is onto something with this format, especially at this early stage of the game.
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Hey guys,
KC from MLG here. Just wanted to poke my head in here and make some comments.
We made some significant layout changes to our site today. Unfortunately, this created the site to go down a couple times for a few minutes. Hopefully things are steady now and you won't see anymore issues.
With the release of Heart of the Swarm, we want to aggressively grow our Starcraft Online Tournament community. To do that, we're going to host a bunch of free and paid entry Online Tournaments every week. We're really excited about getting more involved here, and hope you guys are as well.
This is purely community driven. If we see tournaments filling and a demand for this, we're going to do more and more. We've got some ideas for the future as well and would love to hear your's too! Let us know what you want!
A few ideas we're looking at....
1. Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
2. Larger entry tournaments ($20-$30) with much larger prize pools
3. Pro Circuit integration where competing in these will provide a benefit in our larger qualifiers
4. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
Thanks for taking an interest. Hope to see you guys take advantage of this and compete next week!
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Great idea guys! Super excited to see how this progresses.
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I wouldn't try too hard, MLG. Dailies are nice but look what happened to playhem. Of course their issues had multiple reasons, but I would be happy with a tournament or two every weekend.
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SICK FUCK NAYSAYERS THIS IS AWESOME
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Looks good.
Account activation for new MLG account doesn't seem to be working though.
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Can't wait for todays tournament
Also, I see a paid tourney for 2v2, but no free ones...do you have to buy pts to play in it?
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Ah this is where all these masters came from :/
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I'm very sad these are only for US Residents...
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How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments
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well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 .....
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On March 15 2013 21:38 1284 wrote:
I'm very sad these are only for US Residents...
There are legal issues behind allowing only US Residents in for these tournaments. I am pretty sure if there is a way to have tournaments for people in other regions of the world, they will run them.
On March 16 2013 02:24 Prplppleatr wrote:
How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments
You have to create a team for each tournament. There is no way to carry over your team from tournament to tournament. If you change the url by adding a number or two on the end, you should be able to use the same name.
Credits are given out to 1st-3rd. The general format for the free tournaments is 25 Credits to 1st, 10 to 2nd, and 5 to 3rd.
On March 17 2013 06:42 iheartEDM wrote:
well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 .....
I am not sure what happened since I wasn't there, but that shouldn't have happened.There is a thread on the MLG forums in the SC2 section to help you with this. We created a group on SC2 called "MLG Online Tournaments" where you can join, chat with other players and support staff, and help you find your opponent a little more easily.
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On March 17 2013 12:27 GBMeDiC wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 21:38 1284 wrote:
I'm very sad these are only for US Residents... There are legal issues behind allowing only US Residents in for these tournaments. I am pretty sure if there is a way to have tournaments for people in other regions of the world, they will run them. Show nested quote +On March 16 2013 02:24 Prplppleatr wrote:
How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments You have to create a team for each tournament. There is no way to carry over your team from tournament to tournament. If you change the url by adding a number or two on the end, you should be able to use the same name. Credits are given out to 1st-3rd. The general format for the free tournaments is 25 Credits to 1st, 10 to 2nd, and 5 to 3rd. Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 06:42 iheartEDM wrote:
well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 ..... I am not sure what happened since I wasn't there, but that shouldn't have happened.There is a thread on the MLG forums in the SC2 section to help you with this. We created a group on SC2 called "MLG Online Tournaments" where you can join, chat with other players and support staff, and help you find your opponent a little more easily.
Thank you, and thanks again for doing these tournaments...hasn't seemed like too many people have noticed, but were still getting quite a few people and hopefully more will notice
Also, i think it would be great if both 3rd and 4th got the 5 credits  since it will likely happen often that one or both people who lose in the semi's just log off
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These tournaments haven't filled yet!
Please come and play! especially if you are a lower league ....very few masters playing atm, and money tournaments are for $110!
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If anybody has any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to ask here. I will be checking this thread daily to answer any questions, or to review any feedback provided. Thanks!
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Maybe you should allow Canadian players if you want to grow the cups that did oh so poorly in WoL.
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These tournaments are US only?
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On March 20 2013 02:19 Kinon wrote:
These tournaments are US only?
I'm checking on this for you.
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Will you be using community maps? It wouldn't hurt.
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I don't get this, trying to join the tourney for today. It keeps stopping me asking for a team, I put in my team and then it says wrong country. This is fucking annoying, my account and the tourney is NA.
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The "per league" tournaments sound like a great idea, there is not much incentive for me (Diamond) to participate on a tourny that will surely be won by high masters/GMs.
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Every time I try to make a team it says "You are not permitted to compete in this competition because you don't meet the following criteria: Country"
Can someone help me?
Tournament says NA though, and has a picture of the Canadian continent. Like what? Are you serious MLG? You never come to Canada anyway and now you shafting us. 
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On March 20 2013 23:31 Slardar wrote:
Every time I try to make a team it says "You are not permitted to compete in this competition because you don't meet the following criteria: Country"
Can someone help me?
Its unfortunately because we live in Canada =/
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On March 15 2013 05:13 Prplppleatr wrote:
Can't wait for todays tournament
Also, I see a paid tourney for 2v2, but no free ones...do you have to buy pts to play in it?
I was also wondering about this. Will there be free 2v2 tournaments in the future?
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Wow this is great, people will have more motivation to practice. Gogo!
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On March 20 2013 23:42 BloodyPalace wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 23:31 Slardar wrote:
Every time I try to make a team it says "You are not permitted to compete in this competition because you don't meet the following criteria: Country"
Can someone help me? Its unfortunately because we live in Canada =/
I havent tried but canadians cant play in the free mlg tournaments?
I know Quebec has weird rules and laws regarding winnings but most things exclude Quebec and not all of Canada as a result.
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So to be clear, this is NOT to qualify for MLG Anaheim, it's just for fun/money?
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This website is fucking awful, why do i have to create a "team" to sign up for a single player tournament?
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Wow, sounds cool but alienates every non US resident >< which I would guess is close to half of the MLG content viewers.
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On March 21 2013 00:25 ZeromuS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 20 2013 23:42 BloodyPalace wrote:On March 20 2013 23:31 Slardar wrote:
Every time I try to make a team it says "You are not permitted to compete in this competition because you don't meet the following criteria: Country"
Can someone help me? Its unfortunately because we live in Canada =/ I havent tried but canadians cant play in the free mlg tournaments? I know Quebec has weird rules and laws regarding winnings but most things exclude Quebec and not all of Canada as a result.
Yeah that's what I was thinking, its just weird that it lists the country as the criteria not met as opposed to the province...
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This seems really great. Seems good for MLG to have amateur competitions.
But it seems like.. You have to earn credits in 1v1 in order to compete in 2v2? That kinda sucks for 2v2 players.
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Signed up to try and play. Won't let me because of country (England). Seems rather bizarre now we have access to all servers.
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Is it US only ?
I don't see any intel on this front.
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On March 21 2013 02:31 ArhK wrote:
Is it US only ?
I don't see any intel on this front.
Yes, currently it is. We are checking to see if we can allow more into the OLTs, for at least the Free ones.
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Please fix:
1. have to make a team each tournament.
2. can't pick any team name that was made before
3. can't tell whether signed up or not on tournament list
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I signed up to play today, my match is at 5 pm EDT, so I have 30 minutes. However, I have no idea who my opponent is, and the chat channel in SC2 is pretty dead. Any ideas?
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On March 21 2013 05:21 1MaSsan wrote:
Please fix:
1. have to make a team each tournament.
2. can't pick any team name that was made before
3. can't tell whether signed up or not on tournament list
I will look into each of these issues, thank you for bringing them to my attention.
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On March 21 2013 02:31 ArhK wrote:
Is it US only ?
I don't see any intel on this front.
This is currently a US only tournament, i will get a EU one up for you as well.
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On March 20 2013 23:19 TheV wrote:
The "per league" tournaments sound like a great idea, there is not much incentive for me (Diamond) to participate on a tourny that will surely be won by high masters/GMs.
This is something we are going to have, that way we can run more league specific tournaments.
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How about you make its NA tourney since it says it's friggin' NA. Spent half an hour on this trying to figure out how the country was wrong in the team creation screen wonder what the hell gives. Ridiculous.
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Boycott MLG fellow Canadians! I'm seriously incredibly disappointed, words can't describe. Offended? New expansion and everything and you guys show your true colors.
*Can't we just have dual America+Canadian events? Why separate. *
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I will have some Canadian only tournaments up for you as well.We are new with running these so just be patient and we will work out all the kinks i promise.
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On March 21 2013 06:11 Slardar wrote:Boycott MLG fellow Canadians! I'm seriously incredibly disappointed, words can't describe. Offended? New expansion and everything and you guys show your true colors. *Can't we just have dual America+Canadian events? Why separate. *
We can work on the dual for free, but the paid ones are trickier due to gambling laws we must follow.
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when will the canada ones be?
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On March 21 2013 06:40 Shyft wrote:
We will have some Canadian ones up.
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On March 21 2013 06:18 Mkmrtn wrote:
I will have some Canadian only tournaments up for you as well.We are new with running these so just be patient and we will work out all the kinks i promise.
I am just curious.. no offense, but how is MLG/GameBattles 'new' to running events? These sorts of tournament/league module features and functions should be standard. You are better off running these on the www.challonge.com website for now until these basic features/functions can be implemented. I'm just a bit baffled by the fact that GameBattles has been around for more then 7 years and has been running tournaments for various games for just as long and there is something more difficult about running a basic single elimination bracket for SC2.
Sorry if I sound like I am ranting a bit.
We need GB to succeed in eSports and for too long it has been ignored by the devs.
John Clark
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On March 21 2013 07:24 ES_JohnClark wrote:Show nested quote +On March 21 2013 06:18 Mkmrtn wrote:
I will have some Canadian only tournaments up for you as well.We are new with running these so just be patient and we will work out all the kinks i promise. I am just curious.. no offense, but how is MLG/GameBattles 'new' to running events? These sorts of tournament/league module features and functions should be standard. You are better off running these on the www.challonge.com website for now until these basic features/functions can be implemented. I'm just a bit baffled by the fact that GameBattles has been around for more then 7 years and has been running tournaments for various games for just as long and there is something more difficult about running a basic single elimination bracket for SC2. Sorry if I sound like I am ranting a bit. We need GB to succeed in eSports and for too long it has been ignored by the devs. John Clark
No i completely agree with what you are saying, we normally haven't run many SC2 tournaments and we are going to change that. We do have somethings we need to do to make our process simpler and will be working diligently with the community to do just that.
I don't see it as a rant but as a forum for suggestions.
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Would it be possible to make it much more clear that this is only available for the NA region? There doesn't seem to be any indication here or on your site that these events are region locked until after you've created accounts and started the sign-up process.
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On March 21 2013 07:43 UHF wrote:
Would it be possible to make it much more clear that this is only available for the NA region? There doesn't seem to be any indication here or on your site that these events are region locked until after you've created accounts and started the sign-up process.
Yes sir that is we can get done.
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On March 21 2013 07:43 UHF wrote:
Would it be possible to make it much more clear that this is only available for the NA region? There doesn't seem to be any indication here or on your site that these events are region locked until after you've created accounts and started the sign-up process.
We are looking into this. As of now, it is only listed in the Rules, as to which countries are eligible.
We are also working on allowing people outside the US to enter these OLTs. We should have more information soon.
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Seemed well organized and was fun and enlightening. I'm sold, will be participating whenever I can.
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I think I missed out this time around, but looks like a lot of fun. Will definitely try and participate presuming it's held at decent times.
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Good stuff! Glad to see more things like this going on for SC2.
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On March 21 2013 08:56 ThaReckoning wrote:
Seemed well organized and was fun and enlightening. I'm sold, will be participating whenever I can.
Great to hear!
As always, we are open to feedback (please keep it constructive ). You can either post it in this thread, or feel free to PM me.
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Please make it available for more countries!
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Is this the "big thing for the NA scene" Sundance talked of or is more to come?
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I really like the idea of these tournaments, I just feel like the general website layout could use a little work. I found it a bit difficult to find out where to submit my replays and had to keep figuring it out again. Maybe it's just me though.
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On March 21 2013 21:54 LeafBlower wrote:
I really like the idea of these tournaments, I just feel like the general website layout could use a little work. I found it a bit difficult to find out where to submit my replays and had to keep figuring it out again. Maybe it's just me though.
Do you have any specific recommendations on how we could make this easier for you? Feel free to PM me your ideas.
On March 21 2013 20:53 SinCitta wrote:
Is this the "big thing for the NA scene" Sundance talked of or is more to come?
This does not have to do with the Pro Circuit (at least at this point.) These are just Online Tournaments held regularly
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it's only for US? in rules i didint find anything about it and i cant join when i have country " czech republic "
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On March 22 2013 02:00 TomikuS wrote:
it's only for US? in rules i didint find anything about it and i cant join when i have country " czech republic "
Correct. US only as of now. However, we are looking to add more countries soon.
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Also, FYI, going to be an application process for up and coming casters to cast some of the matches from our Pay to Play Online Tournaments
App info will be up in a few days.
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So are we giving up the open bracket in favor of this?
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On March 22 2013 09:06 Darpa wrote:
So are we giving up the open bracket in favor of this?
No, These tournaments have nothing to do with the Pro Circuit. They are just Daily tournaments for people to join and have fun in.
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Hopefully europeans gonna be able to participate sometime.
And keep making 2v2 tournaments, hopefully u'll make one for Europeans aswell - then i'll take part.
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Haven't seen any admin's for this one online yet, some delays going on?
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On March 22 2013 22:14 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:
Hopefully europeans gonna be able to participate sometime.
And keep making 2v2 tournaments, hopefully u'll make one for Europeans aswell - then i'll take part.
ImbamechLillekanin - do you even have a set 2v2 partner? 
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On March 23 2013 07:18 KalWarkov wrote:Show nested quote +On March 22 2013 22:14 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:
Hopefully europeans gonna be able to participate sometime.
And keep making 2v2 tournaments, hopefully u'll make one for Europeans aswell - then i'll take part. ImbamechLillekanin - do you even have a set 2v2 partner?
Yes, if u havnt noticed im rank 1 World wide AT with him (Sc2ranks.com)
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On March 14 2013 09:40 mlgkc wrote:
Hey guys,
KC from MLG here. Just wanted to poke my head in here and make some comments.
We made some significant layout changes to our site today. Unfortunately, this created the site to go down a couple times for a few minutes. Hopefully things are steady now and you won't see anymore issues.
With the release of Heart of the Swarm, we want to aggressively grow our Starcraft Online Tournament community. To do that, we're going to host a bunch of free and paid entry Online Tournaments every week. We're really excited about getting more involved here, and hope you guys are as well.
This is purely community driven. If we see tournaments filling and a demand for this, we're going to do more and more. We've got some ideas for the future as well and would love to hear your's too! Let us know what you want!
A few ideas we're looking at....
1. Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
2. Larger entry tournaments ($20-$30) with much larger prize pools
3. Pro Circuit integration where competing in these will provide a benefit in our larger qualifiers
4. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
Thanks for taking an interest. Hope to see you guys take advantage of this and compete next week!
Hello, this looks great. I had one question about these tournaments and the idea you stated that you were looking into doing.
*Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
Is this something that is coming soon?
And for the current entry free tournaments are they based on any rank can enter?
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he tell me that i cannot register to the tournament due to country restriction...
people in europe are not allowed?
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I got second in one of the free tournaments, I want to use the credits to sign up for the real tournament today. How do I get the credits I won?
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FYI, the 2v2 tournament is set up as a 1v1 and only allows one person on the team.
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This Help Me Thread Should help some of you navigate around our tournaments better. Not sure why some of you have so many questions since this has been up for quite some time and 98% of everything else is found within the tournament rules page/information.
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On March 25 2013 00:38 Let it Raine wrote:
I got second in one of the free tournaments, I want to use the credits to sign up for the real tournament today. How do I get the credits I won?
You are sent a PM you can access from your account that details exactly how to claim your prize.
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On March 14 2013 09:40 mlgkc wrote:
Hey guys,
KC from MLG here. Just wanted to poke my head in here and make some comments.
We made some significant layout changes to our site today. Unfortunately, this created the site to go down a couple times for a few minutes. Hopefully things are steady now and you won't see anymore issues.
With the release of Heart of the Swarm, we want to aggressively grow our Starcraft Online Tournament community. To do that, we're going to host a bunch of free and paid entry Online Tournaments every week. We're really excited about getting more involved here, and hope you guys are as well.
This is purely community driven. If we see tournaments filling and a demand for this, we're going to do more and more. We've got some ideas for the future as well and would love to hear your's too! Let us know what you want!
A few ideas we're looking at....
1. Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
2. Larger entry tournaments ($20-$30) with much larger prize pools
3. Pro Circuit integration where competing in these will provide a benefit in our larger qualifiers
4. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
Thanks for taking an interest. Hope to see you guys take advantage of this and compete next week!
I would love to play in these; unfortunately, most of them are weekdays and I work 9-5 in the pacific timezone. I imagine a lot of mountain time people are cut out of the picture, too. Even for high school students, 3pm is not really workable. Any chance some of these tournaments will have staggered times to accommodate? That's a lot of potential participants you're missing out on
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On March 24 2013 04:17 RoninColt wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2013 09:40 mlgkc wrote:
Hey guys,
KC from MLG here. Just wanted to poke my head in here and make some comments.
We made some significant layout changes to our site today. Unfortunately, this created the site to go down a couple times for a few minutes. Hopefully things are steady now and you won't see anymore issues.
With the release of Heart of the Swarm, we want to aggressively grow our Starcraft Online Tournament community. To do that, we're going to host a bunch of free and paid entry Online Tournaments every week. We're really excited about getting more involved here, and hope you guys are as well.
This is purely community driven. If we see tournaments filling and a demand for this, we're going to do more and more. We've got some ideas for the future as well and would love to hear your's too! Let us know what you want!
A few ideas we're looking at....
1. Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
2. Larger entry tournaments ($20-$30) with much larger prize pools
3. Pro Circuit integration where competing in these will provide a benefit in our larger qualifiers
4. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
Thanks for taking an interest. Hope to see you guys take advantage of this and compete next week! Hello, this looks great. I had one question about these tournaments and the idea you stated that you were looking into doing. *Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) Is this something that is coming soon? And for the current entry free tournaments are they based on any rank can enter?
Yup, that is coming!
On March 24 2013 20:41 Garmer wrote:
he tell me that i cannot register to the tournament due to country restriction...
people in europe are not allowed?
Currently, the OLTs are only open to those from the US. However, we are looking to allow more players to be eligible.
On March 25 2013 12:50 Tryitsniperz wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2013 00:38 Let it Raine wrote:
I got second in one of the free tournaments, I want to use the credits to sign up for the real tournament today. How do I get the credits I won? You are sent a PM you can access from your account that details exactly how to claim your prize.
To view the PM, you would go here: https://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/messages/inbox
The PM will provide you with the instructions on how to claim the prize.
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2v2, cool. Don't think I've seen a 2v2 tourney with GM players, probably imbalanced as shit but I'd tune in :d
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