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Alienware Arena - StarCraft II European Challenge
Join us for the StarCraft II European Challenge for your chance to win PC gaming gear from Alienware, Dell's premier PC gaming brand representing premium power and performance for gamers and technology enthusiasts alike.
The StarCraft II European Challenge is an online, head-to-head tournament that will conducted across four one-day qualifiers with the winners advancing to the subsequent Championships for the chance to win an Alienware M11x laptop.
Registration is free and open now to residents of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland and Russia that are 18 years of age or older. Each qualifier will accommodate up to 256 players maximum, so don't delay to sign-up before all the slots are gone!
For all the details on each qualifier go now to:
Qualifier 1 (February 13) - completed
Qualifier 2 (February 20) - completed
Qualifier 3 (February 27) - completed
Qualifier 4 (March 6) - completed
Championships (March 13) - http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/eu-challenge
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Championship Prize: Alienware M11x Laptop
Go anywhere. Do anything.
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Features & Benefits:
§ The most powerful 11" laptop in the universe.
§ At only 11", weighing less than 4.5 pounds, and with battery life up to 8.5 hours, the M11x offers the mobility and convenience of a light weight notebook without sacrificing the power you need.
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Oha, Kulas Ravine in the mappool - this sounds interesting.  Unfortunately the cuppage doesn't say anything about casters. And no ukrainian citizens allowed to play? And there are a lot of other countrys where good players are from aswell which are not listed in the "eligable to play" list.
(may be there are some problems regarding shipping the products?)
Anyhow the prizes look good, could be an awesome tournament.
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no entry for my country 
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On February 02 2011 17:55 eu.exodus wrote:no entry for my country
same here =(
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can military currently stationed in Germany try to win this?
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On February 02 2011 17:55 eu.exodus wrote:no entry for my country
To be fair, it is European , assuming you're actually in South Africa that would pretty much rule you out - sorry!
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On February 02 2011 21:43 NrT.RuSH wrote:
can military currently stationed in Germany try to win this?
They can , get yourself registered!
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why such a random country restriction?
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sad that they left Belgium out, while all of its bordering countries are in it
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country selection is annoying to say the least
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland and Russia
you know europe is a just a tiny bit larger than those countries, granted germany IZ STRONG ESPORTS. disappointing
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This is the thanks we Americans get for saving all your country's asses in WW2? Gawd!
But on a serious note, why did you exclude so many countries, whats the problem with it ):
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Do they really think they are going to get 256 players for each qual with those country restrictions?
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its a european challenge, the restrictions for europe are kinda bad..
But maybe they will make another challenges with other country restrictions^^
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People who are wondering about the country restrictions...
Europe isn't a single big country like the US is, and every country in europe has different laws when it comes to gambling/competitions that involve prizes. Most countries even have seperate rules (more stricter rules) when it comes to competitions that are hosted in another country.
So in short, you'd need a staff of fulltime lawyers just to make sure what countries are eligable(remember, countries also change their laws from time to time), and if it's a grayzone, it's usually better to exclude that country instead of the risk of getting sued bigtime.
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We had one on the LA server with the same prizes
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Oh come on, I'll be 18 on march...;___;!
I'll follow this tournament nontheless
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For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling.
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There are alot of good players from Serbia! Why cant they join ?
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On February 03 2011 05:53 PET wrote:
For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling.
That is so lame, damn.
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On February 03 2011 06:36 Tesla12 wrote:
There are alot of good players from Serbia! Why cant they join ?
Name 5, no really I'm curious.
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On February 03 2011 05:53 PET wrote:
For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling.
really?
wow, poor Romania
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On February 03 2011 07:32 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 06:36 Tesla12 wrote:
There are alot of good players from Serbia! Why cant they join ? Name 5, no really I'm curious.
Rock curling, I hear europeans own that at.
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i mean i dont understand this - why exclude those countrys if in other cups its no problem at all? . would be nice if someone would explain this too me
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This is going to be so awesome Nice prize
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My gues is that the listed countries are the ones in Europe that allienware is officialy present in.
Ex. they have alienwares distibutors, support etc for thoes countries. Its a marketing event for them. Why should they advertise a products in the country they dont sell theirs products to?
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In many countries there´s a certain threshold on which one can earn money or valuable items in a competition. After that it´s either illegal or costs a ton of taxes.
Blizzard always limits themselves to the countries that have laws allowing them to do it. That´s why the Danish people can´t use recruit a friend with WoW, as due to Danish law it is an unfair advantage i.e. gambling.
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This is gonna be my first tournament - really exciting 
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On February 03 2011 07:32 GreEny K wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 06:36 Tesla12 wrote:
There are alot of good players from Serbia! Why cant they join ? Name 5, no really I'm curious.
Beastyqt
RAGEDaut
Shmi
VladoicA
zljo
Top/Mid master league... And both Beasty and Daut are pro players!
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@PET, no, that are miss understanding rules. Games like StarCraft, Quake3, Counter-Strike and any other games where you DON'T pay any fee to join the competitions or the games you pay only once to buy them, are NOT cosiderate gamblings.
Games like WoW and any other games where you pay every week/month and so on are in the same "domain" as gambling and are not "supported" for some countries do to laws, BUT, even then they are not illegal.
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Each Player consents to use of his or her name, contact information (email, address, phone), scores, alias, game account and image by Sponsor, its respective agents and assignees for display and publishing in any media, now known or hereafter developed, without compensation, in any and all advertising and promotional materials relating to the Tournament, worldwide and for a duration of 5 years from the ending date of the Tournament. The information collected to enter the Tournament will be used to contact each Winning Player. Additionally, each Player may agree at the time of registration that Sponsor and its agents and assignees may use this information for marketing purposes and to contact Players regarding offers, promotions and other contests related to products or services distributed by Sponsor. In addition, any such information may be used and disclosed as set forth in the Alienware Arena privacy policy located at http://www.alienwarearena.com/legal/privacy/. Please note that by participating in the Tournament and accepting these Official Rules, you acknowledge and accept the use of your data for the purposes set out above and that your personal data may be transferred and stored outside the European Economic Area and the United States in particular.
Guess I'm not participating.
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Signed up, look forward to getting my arse handed to me
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Problem is, dell can only do prizes in countrys where they are allowed "by law" to do competitions!. hence the selection
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I just checked Serbian law and its allowed to do gaming and stuff...
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On February 02 2011 17:55 eu.exodus wrote:no entry for my country
Same here.
WTF. even Russia has a entry and they dont count as europe =.=
so lame..
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cant wait iam in for surexD
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Only the m11x? Are you fucking serious what a joke. Alienware being cheap as fuck
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On February 03 2011 22:17 the p00n wrote:Show nested quote +Each Player consents to use of his or her name, contact information (email, address, phone), scores, alias, game account and image by Sponsor, its respective agents and assignees for display and publishing in any media, now known or hereafter developed, without compensation, in any and all advertising and promotional materials relating to the Tournament, worldwide and for a duration of 5 years from the ending date of the Tournament. The information collected to enter the Tournament will be used to contact each Winning Player. Additionally, each Player may agree at the time of registration that Sponsor and its agents and assignees may use this information for marketing purposes and to contact Players regarding offers, promotions and other contests related to products or services distributed by Sponsor. In addition, any such information may be used and disclosed as set forth in the Alienware Arena privacy policy located at http://www.alienwarearena.com/legal/privacy/. Please note that by participating in the Tournament and accepting these Official Rules, you acknowledge and accept the use of your data for the purposes set out above and that your personal data may be transferred and stored outside the European Economic Area and the United States in particular. Guess I'm not participating.
Yeah, that kind of sketched me out a bit as well. Hopefully (I guess) none of the participants become super-gosu pros known throughout every household around the globe within the next 5 years, or else they might regret their decision.
Will this tournament be streamed at all?
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On February 04 2011 15:53 Slivered Skin wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 22:17 the p00n wrote:Each Player consents to use of his or her name, contact information (email, address, phone), scores, alias, game account and image by Sponsor, its respective agents and assignees for display and publishing in any media, now known or hereafter developed, without compensation, in any and all advertising and promotional materials relating to the Tournament, worldwide and for a duration of 5 years from the ending date of the Tournament. The information collected to enter the Tournament will be used to contact each Winning Player. Additionally, each Player may agree at the time of registration that Sponsor and its agents and assignees may use this information for marketing purposes and to contact Players regarding offers, promotions and other contests related to products or services distributed by Sponsor. In addition, any such information may be used and disclosed as set forth in the Alienware Arena privacy policy located at http://www.alienwarearena.com/legal/privacy/. Please note that by participating in the Tournament and accepting these Official Rules, you acknowledge and accept the use of your data for the purposes set out above and that your personal data may be transferred and stored outside the European Economic Area and the United States in particular. Guess I'm not participating. Yeah, that kind of sketched me out a bit as well. Hopefully (I guess) none of the participants become super-gosu pros known throughout every household around the globe within the next 5 years, or else they might regret their decision.
All that is saying is that the tournament winner can be identified as being the winner of the specific tournament in any media published for up to five years without paying royalties. It's a perfectly normal thing to do and shouldn't be a negative factor for anyone.
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It's sad to see so few countries which can enter in this contest.
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Can I enter the tournament just for the sake of playing it ?
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at what time check in start plz ?
User was banned for this post.
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No support for my country(a bit understandably) though there is too much personal information they require so even if it was listed I would not have participated.
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latin america version won by Killer against capoch, vvvmaker and fkcneo
qualify 1:
1. Capoch
2. pOwSpawN
3. pionner23
4. EQKShuku
qualify 2:
1. vVvMaker
2. LoWJimRiSiNg
3. ITHFalkor
4. MexRochi
qualify 3:
1. dignitasKiLLeR
2. Asgardinho
3. Lightness
4. ZapoColorado
qualify 4:
1. Fkcneo
2. Juansej
3. LOWjaking
4. Rivera355
this weekend top 16 will play for a cloned laptop
http://www.alienwarearena.com/news/345//
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No, I'm not ready for this =/
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On February 03 2011 07:43 SmoKim wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 05:53 PET wrote:
For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling. really? wow, poor Romania
Dude, you're from Denmark - you should know eSports is in general considered as gamling here aswell. Plus it's illegal in Denmark to make a competition where you need to pay to enter (hence WoW-arena is illegal as a tournament in Denmark), so not sure if SC2 tournies are actually allowed (you need to buy SC2, right?).
And another thing, money earned - UNLESS through Danske Spil (the government bookmaker) you need to pay income taxes on your money won through bets and gambling. Awesome country, huh  ?
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On February 23 2011 20:01 Mentalizor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 07:43 SmoKim wrote:On February 03 2011 05:53 PET wrote:
For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling. really? wow, poor Romania Dude, you're from Denmark - you should know eSports is in general considered as gamling here aswell. Plus it's illegal in Denmark to make a competition where you need to pay to enter (hence WoW-arena is illegal as a tournament in Denmark), so not sure if SC2 tournies are actually allowed (you need to buy SC2, right?). And another thing, money earned - UNLESS through Danske Spil (the government bookmaker) you need to pay income taxes on your money won through bets and gambling. Awesome country, huh ?
Of course SC2 tournies are legal.. Thats like saying that chess-tournaments should be banned because someone has to pay for the board and pieces..
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On February 23 2011 20:01 Mentalizor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2011 07:43 SmoKim wrote:On February 03 2011 05:53 PET wrote:
For Romanians who are asking about why Romania is out. We are out in a lot of esports competitions because the laws in Romania consider video games as gambling. really? wow, poor Romania Dude, you're from Denmark - you should know eSports is in general considered as gamling here aswell. Plus it's illegal in Denmark to make a competition where you need to pay to enter (hence WoW-arena is illegal as a tournament in Denmark), so not sure if SC2 tournies are actually allowed (you need to buy SC2, right?). And another thing, money earned - UNLESS through Danske Spil (the government bookmaker) you need to pay income taxes on your money won through bets and gambling. Awesome country, huh ?
I just read your post another time - And you are wrong on alot of levels... Do you know that we have had at least 8 Starcraft 2 tournaments in Copenhagen alone since release?
And no, E-sports isn't gambling!
http://www.esportdanmark.dk/
Don't run your mouth unless you have at least a clue of what you're talking about..
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all those arguments do not validate the exclusion of austria.
on the other hand there is not much of a loss of good players..
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Just signed up for the qualifiers 3! Looking forward to it.
Does anyone know how i check if i got one of the spots?
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All registered players have been added to the tournament. some spaces still remain so don't be shy of getting involved still !
All players assigned a place in the brackets have been emailed with a link to their brackets and instructions on what to do on the day.
Anyone still wishing to take part head over to : http://alienwarearena.com/event/eu-challenge-q3/ and register for the site / join the tournament now!
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I've got to play merz, out of all the people, THAT IS CRUEL!
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I think it's a mistake to seed the registered players days before the actual trounament.
about a third - a half will not even show up. you should've used a sign up + check in system.
really...
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Was the 4th qualifier played? The brackets doesn't show any results at all
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EPT
