The NA Apprentice is back for its 2nd season of the year. We're making some big changes this season, most notably expanding the player count from 16 to 28 as well as opening up the event to players from Latin America!
We're also bringing back the Group Selection Ceremony, something we haven't done in years, to decide the Group Stage 2 groups! More details on that will come following the conclusion of Group Stage 1.
You can check out the full details below:
Eligibility Requirements
• Open to everyone in the North America and Latin America regions
Prize Pool
Here's the distribution for the base $600 prize pool:
• 1st - $150
• 2nd - $90
• 3rd/4th - $60
• 5th/8th - $30
• 9th/16th - $15
If you'd like to help out with the prize pool, you can do so on Matcherino.
Players
Here is the breakdown of the 28 players participating in this season:
• 8 players seeded from Season 1
• 4 invites
• 16 spots from 2 qualifiers (8 from each qualifier)
Schedule
• Qualifier 1 - Friday, June 16 @ 7pm EDT
https://challonge.com/NA2023S2Q1
• Qualifier 2 - Saturday, June 17 @ 7pm EDT
https://challonge.com/NA2023S2Q2
• Season begins - Monday, June 19
• Group Selection Ceremony - TBA
Season Format
• 2 round robin group stages
• Single elimination playoffs
Contact Us
For any inquiries you can reach out to us via:
• Discord - sugarsc2
• Email - austin@apprenticeesports.gg
Sponsors
Thank you to DaemonumCAMO and feardragon for helping out with this season's prize pool, you can check them out on Twitter here:
• DaemonumCAMO
• feardragon
Liquipedia
Check out the Liquipedia page here.
Discord
Be sure to join the Apprentice Esports Discord server for all things related to the NA Apprentice!
discord.gg/985Bw6tmeK