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UPDATE: 7/1/12 - In addition to the three bids we've already given away (to NrGKoMA, areaTygA, and KsJig), Playhem will be hosting TWO LCQ's this week for any remaining players who would like to take a shot at playing the country's best @ NASL's upcoming live event in Ontario, Canada! The registration links for these tournaments can be found below!
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Canada Qualifier Post (Pre-LCQ Announcement)
+ Show Spoiler +UPDATE: 6/14/12- Playhem will be hosting 3 Canadian Qualifiers for Blizzard's World Championship Series on the 24th, 27th, and 30th of June (in place of the regularly scheduled Playhem North American $75 Daily). As always, these events will be completely FREE to enter, and are open to LEGAL CANADIAN CITIZENS ONLY (ages 13 and above). Live coverage will be provided by PlayhemTV for each of the events! Links to register for these tournaments can be found below.
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US Qualifier Posts
+ Show Spoiler +UPDATE: 5/10/12 - Playhem are excited to announce that in addition to the first 8 bids initially given through our Playhem Daily Tournaments, all North American Playhem Daily's starting on Tuesday, May, 15th until May, 20th will act as last chance qualifiers for players still looking to compete at the US National Finals for Blizzard's World Championship Series. To sign up for these last chance events, please visit the links below; Tournament Pages For LCQ RegistrationQualifier One @ 5:00 PM PST - May 15th Qualifier Two @ 5:00 PM PST - May 16th Qualifier Three @ 5:00 PM PST - May 17th Qualifier Four @ 5:00 PM PST - May 18th Qualifier Five @ 5:00 PM PST - May 19th Qualifier Six @ 5:00 PM PST - May 20th -- Playhem & PlayhemTV Announce Special “Playhem Daily” Tournaments; Winners head to Blizzard US National Tournament in May - The upcoming Playhem Daily tournaments starting on April 21st and ending on April 28th will act as qualifier tournaments for Blizzard’s upcoming National Tournament for the United States (which leads into the Global Championships that are being held instead of Blizzcon this year). The Playhem Dailies on the previously mentioned dates are completely FREE to enter and will be held at the normal North American Playhem Daily time slot. Players must be US citizens and over the age of 13 to be eligible to compete. When asked about the recent development of the Playhem Daily tournaments acting as a qualifying tournament for Blizzard’s new eSports championship event, Playhem's Director of eSports Travis Hezel had to say, “The chance to host official qualifiers for Blizzard’s eSports Championship is a thrilling opportunity for the Playhem brand. We’re happy to provide 8 spots to US National Final through our Playhem Daily tournaments starting this Saturday. On behalf of everyone who has made the Playhem brand what it is today, we’d like to extend our gratitude to Blizzard for recognizing our hard work up until this point.” Live coverage of each event as always will be on PlayhemTV, and we might have an awesome treat in store for the fans watching online, so you’re definitely going to want to tune in and see who receives the first bids to the US National Tournament at MLG's Spring Championship in June! -- [center] Tournament Pages For RegistrationQualifier One @ 5:00 PM PST - April 21st [COMPLETE] Qualifier Two @ 5:00 PM PST - April 22nd [COMPLETE] Qualifier Three @ 5:00 PM PST - April 23rd [COMPLETE] Qualifier Four @ 5:00 PM PST - April 24th [COMPLETE] Qualifier Five @ 5:00 PM PST - April 25th [COMPLETE] Qualifier Six @ 5:00 PM PST - April 26th [COMPLETE] Qualifier Seven @ 5:00 PM PST - April 27th [COMPLETE] Qualifier Eight @ 5:00 PM PST - April 28th [COMPLETE] -- [center] QUALIFIED PLAYERS[center]Qualifier #1 Winner - Bob "xSixVer" Ekkebus Qualifier #2 Winner - Hubert "keydEverize" Kabak Qualifier #3 Winner - Sky "iSInsur" Xu Qualifier #4 Winner - Kenny "xSixMystik" Vu Qualifier #5 Winner - Sungbin "binskiLighT" Lee Qualifier #6 Winner - Richard "fLcEifeR" Gayler Qualifier #7 Winner - Austin "NrSRaNgeD" King Qualifier #8 Winner - Wenxue "eFragSonic" Jin
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This is pretty cool. Will give a chance for some lesser-known faces to qualify for the National Tournament.
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Wow that's great. Good job to those at Playhem as this is an amazing opportunity for some new exposure!
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finally a non-korean will win in Playhem NA
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EDIT: I can't read apparantly. Bah-leted!
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Awesome for Playhem! You guys are doing so great now :D
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Awesome, I am looking forward to playing in a lot of these qualifiers!
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When's the USA Nationals?
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Grats Playhem.
All the hard work pays off, give your admins & casters a big hug.
OP says nationals is in May, but MLG announced they organize them in June 8-10 at Anaheim.
The StarCraft II World Championship Series USA Nationals will be held at the MLG Spring Championship – June 8-10 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The top 16 finishers in the USA Nationals will receive an invitation to compete in the StarCraft II World Championship Series North America Finals ( August 24-26, location to be announced).
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Love how blizzard is reaching to the community using other sources for their tournaments, gratz playhem
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EDIT: I can't read apparantly. Bah-leted!
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Wow only US citizens? That is so awesome. I will definitely be playing in those ^_^.
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Blizzard US National Tournament ->>>>>Players must be US citizens
i think thats why its us citizens only
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This will be fun 
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woot woot can't wait to cast this!
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inb4 major signs up to 16 different nationals
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I like the extension to the entire playerbase, not only extremely high level players. Of course they're going to win, but I still enjoy the ability to participate until my silver ass gets roflstomped by illusion... ^_^
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On April 21 2012 04:06 HaZardous47 wrote:
I like the extension to the entire playerbase, not only extremely high level players. Of course they're going to win, but I still enjoy the ability to participate until my silver ass gets roflstomped by illusion... ^_^
Hm i think the top players from MLG and maybe other leagues/ladder get a direct invite to the nationals.
It's 64 spots there after all.
But so yeah, even more chances for the silver league, or unsponsered players to get a trip to Anaheim and play :D
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Can we get clarification from someone from playhem on one point? Are permanent US residents (with green cards) allowed to compete? Restricting to just US citizens seems like a mistake.
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wonder who is doing the Canadian qualifiers :/
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hopefully we get a bit better moderation for restricting it to United States citizens than previous tournaments
GL to everyone playing !
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On April 21 2012 03:49 EmilA wrote:
inb4 major signs up to 16 different nationals
Seriously, I chuckled pretty hard at this HAHAHA
glhf all~!!!!
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Great news for new faces to make a splash on the scene.
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On April 21 2012 04:30 MstrJinbo wrote:
Can we get clarification from someone from playhem on one point? Are permanent US residents (with green cards) allowed to compete? Restricting to just US citizens seems like a mistake.
I don't think it's a mistake at all. Even if you are a permanent US resident with a green card you can still become a citizen. So ya, if you're a citizen, you're a citizen; if you just have a green card and no citizenship, then you just have a green card and no citizenship, lol. If you feel that is unfair, take it up with Blizzard, but the point is that they want people of that nation to represent that nation, IE citizenship.
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Hm, this is pretty short notice.... Still will be fun
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I'll be keeping a thread updated with results and who's qualifying over here. GL everyone !
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Sad that people like me in Diamond have almost no chance of winning this >.<
Its ok, good chance to get some good practice with high end players, everyone should do this.
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i am not american...........sad........
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What time is this happening at? In the OP and Battle.net, it says 5 pm in PST (which is 4 pm in PDT, i believe?), but on Playhem, it says 5 pm in GMT-7, which I believe is PDT.
Does the tournament occur at the Playhem time or the Battle.net time?
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same time as playhem daily always is, 8pm est/5pm pst
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admin has to ban those who are not US citizens or those who already qualified to the wcs...
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Invited already I'm sure.
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EDIT: nm, they do have invites.
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Is there a separate qualifier for Canada?
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That's so sweet! Glad to see that Playhems tournaments give seeds for larger tournaments. I was actually waiting for this to happen for quite some time.
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Love love this! Very cool that MLG is working with Playhem on this. More people will get a chance to see the Playhem Daily regulars ... so many good players out there people don't know much about.
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Playhem would like to congratulate Bob "xSixVer" Ekkebus on winning the first open qualifier for the US Nationals! To support Ver visit Check Six's website HERE!
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Kibbelz and I casting the tournament tonight. No one was available for last night. Looking forward to seeing who tonight's winner is :p
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Here we goooooooooo! Live live live!
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Come on Destiny, win it. Watching right now.
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Where are the brackets and list of notable players for each of these qualifier Playhems?
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Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these?
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lol, and destiny bites the dust
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On April 23 2012 12:33 TestSubject893 wrote:So what happens if someone who isn't a US citizen wins? TLPD says Everize is Polish.
I checked with Everize while he was competing and he told me he was a citizen, and he lives in the US. If not then we'll give the spot to a runner up.
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I am completely baffled that all these no name players will qualifying. How big is this national tournament going to be?
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On April 23 2012 16:35 onedayclose wrote:
I am completely baffled that all these no name players will qualifying. How big is this national tournament going to be?
Since it's only US citizens it isn't to surprising. Other then Idra/Sheth I can't think of any other NA players who will qualify no matter what (and I imagine both sheth/idra got invites to w/e and don't need to play in these).
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On April 23 2012 11:16 Zzoram wrote:
Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these?
huk and scarlett are canadian...
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Is Playhem hosting the oher regional qualifiers? where are those brackets?
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On April 23 2012 18:26 Coramoor wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 11:16 Zzoram wrote:
Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these? huk and scarlett are canadian...
I believe Huk has dual citizenship, or have I misheard?
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On April 24 2012 02:05 TestSubject893 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 18:26 Coramoor wrote:On April 23 2012 11:16 Zzoram wrote:
Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these? huk and scarlett are canadian... I believe Huk has duel citizenship, or have I misheard?
Huk has dual citizenship.
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On April 24 2012 02:05 TestSubject893 wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2012 18:26 Coramoor wrote:On April 23 2012 11:16 Zzoram wrote:
Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these? huk and scarlett are canadian... I believe Huk has duel citizenship, or have I misheard?
Yes he has the citizenship to kill others in a 1 on 1 battle....
It's dual not duel ;___;
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On April 24 2012 08:01 NOOBALOPSE wrote:Show nested quote +On April 24 2012 02:05 TestSubject893 wrote:On April 23 2012 18:26 Coramoor wrote:On April 23 2012 11:16 Zzoram wrote:
Why are Idra, iNcontroL, Huk, Sheth, Illusion, SeleCT and Scarlett not playing these? huk and scarlett are canadian... I believe Huk has duel citizenship, or have I misheard? Yes he has the citizenship to kill others in a 1 on 1 battle.... It's dual not duel ;___;
Ya know, I had it as dual. Then I thought to myself, "that's the wrong spelling" and changed it, lol.
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On April 24 2012 00:39 wajd wrote:
Is Playhem hosting the oher regional qualifiers? where are those brackets?
We're not hosting anything other than the US ones at this point. I'm sure the other regions will be coming out soon though!
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On April 24 2012 12:03 Chriscras wrote:
Where's Nony?
Its possible that he already has an invitation to the national finals.
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Where are these "invitation" comments coming from? From my understanding it was going to be quite similar to a WCG or ESWC where there are not invites and everyone has to qualify.
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On April 24 2012 12:27 TestSubject893 wrote:Its possible that he already has an invitation to the national finals.
From my understanding there wasn't going to be any invites? i could be wrong tho
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On April 24 2012 14:24 Lohse wrote:
From my understanding there wasn't going to be any invites? i could be wrong tho
In some countries there is invitations based on performances in relevant local tournaments.
Here the official word for the US of A:
64 participants will be invited through a combination of qualifiers and the StarCraft II ladder to compete in a best of three games, double elimination tournament for $15k in prizing. The top 16 finishers in the USA Nationals will receive an invitation to compete in the StarCraft II World Championship Series North America Finals.
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I wish they'd do Canadian open qualifiers through Playhem. Somehow, I feel doing it through CSL will be leaving people out.
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When does the Canadian qualifiers comes out anyone knows? please ^^
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Sky Zu , Sungbin Lee! Might have some non US ringers on our hands!
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No admins online. I am very disappointed @ playhem for not having any admins online but having 2 casters online. I had to dispute a smurfer who admitted he was from Canada and thought it was a North America tournament and not USA only. I have vod of him admitting but no admins are online so I guess it is whatever.
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Congrats to NrSRaNgeD, out most recent qualifier! Takes our FTaCtFiery 2-1 in the finals to secure his trip to MLG Anaheim to compete in the WCS USA National Championship. Only one qualifier left, good luck to those playing in it!
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On April 28 2012 10:30 Future wrote:
No admins online. I am very disappointed @ playhem for not having any admins online but having 2 casters online. I had to dispute a smurfer who admitted he was from Canada and thought it was a North America tournament and not USA only. I have vod of him admitting but no admins are online so I guess it is whatever.
vVvAstro was online during the tournament.
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On April 28 2012 15:34 godulous wrote:Show nested quote +On April 28 2012 10:30 Future wrote:
No admins online. I am very disappointed @ playhem for not having any admins online but having 2 casters online. I had to dispute a smurfer who admitted he was from Canada and thought it was a North America tournament and not USA only. I have vod of him admitting but no admins are online so I guess it is whatever. vVvAstro was online during the tournament.
He was not responding. He had been afk for a while as multiple people were trying to find someone to help them.
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On April 29 2012 03:46 Future wrote:Show nested quote +On April 28 2012 15:34 godulous wrote:On April 28 2012 10:30 Future wrote:
No admins online. I am very disappointed @ playhem for not having any admins online but having 2 casters online. I had to dispute a smurfer who admitted he was from Canada and thought it was a North America tournament and not USA only. I have vod of him admitting but no admins are online so I guess it is whatever. vVvAstro was online during the tournament. He was not responding. He had been afk for a while as multiple people were trying to find someone to help them.
Hi, vVvAstro here. I was online during the whole tournament in channels: playhem, playhem2, and playhem3, as well as my BNet Info (vVvAstro.137) being available in the "Information and Rules" tab on the tournament page. I'm sorry that you could not find me, but I was online at the time you posted this saying I was afk. Thank you
-Blake
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On April 29 2012 10:20 astroorion wrote:Show nested quote +On April 29 2012 03:46 Future wrote:On April 28 2012 15:34 godulous wrote:On April 28 2012 10:30 Future wrote:
No admins online. I am very disappointed @ playhem for not having any admins online but having 2 casters online. I had to dispute a smurfer who admitted he was from Canada and thought it was a North America tournament and not USA only. I have vod of him admitting but no admins are online so I guess it is whatever. vVvAstro was online during the tournament. He was not responding. He had been afk for a while as multiple people were trying to find someone to help them. Hi, vVvAstro here. I was online during the whole tournament in channels: playhem, playhem2, and playhem3, as well as my BNet Info (vVvAstro.137) being available in the "Information and Rules" tab on the tournament page. I'm sorry that you could not find me, but I was online at the time you posted this saying I was afk. Thank you -Blake
I could not reach you, you were not responding in channel playhem for a long time, and I was looking for about 10 to 15min for any admins at all. They started streaming Hashe vs Kings (the guy I had the dispute with) but I went unnoticed. I tried even the stream chat but no one responded there either. Many other players were trying to contact you as well, as multiple messages were in the playhem channel. I stopped looking once Hashe beat Kings because there was no point then. If an admin was online(actively) maybe playhem could have come to a decision based on Kings admitting he was from Canada before he played his game vs Hashe.
Here is a Vod I highlighted from the night as I was streaming the tournament. **notice :20-:26 seconds in the VOD as I am in the Playhem channel and also how player STn is looking for admin as well and said "Astro is on but hes not replying to anything or being active."**
Link of me trying to contact admins.
It does not really matter at this point but Playhem needed active admins, not admins that just idle during important events like WCS USA qualifier.
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I'm trying to sign up for the LCQ tournaments, yet i get a "user_cant_play_on_cash" error every time.
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Why are you trying to play on cash shew, this isn't poker foo
6 more spots wow awesome....
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On May 12 2012 06:55 Shew wrote:
I'm trying to sign up for the LCQ tournaments, yet i get a "user_cant_play_on_cash" error every time.
I get the same exact error =/
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On May 12 2012 08:14 dicedicerevolution wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 06:55 Shew wrote:
I'm trying to sign up for the LCQ tournaments, yet i get a "user_cant_play_on_cash" error every time. I get the same exact error =/
Sorry about that, should be corrected now. Let me know if the problem persists.
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On May 12 2012 08:52 godulous wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2012 08:14 dicedicerevolution wrote:On May 12 2012 06:55 Shew wrote:
I'm trying to sign up for the LCQ tournaments, yet i get a "user_cant_play_on_cash" error every time. I get the same exact error =/ Sorry about that, should be corrected now. Let me know if the problem persists.
Still getting the same error. I relogged, tried to use different browser, etc. still no dice.
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yes! Goooo everize! Im a big fan!
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LOL for the May 15th date
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Awesome news! :D Now if only playhem would contact me back about casting for them
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Wow! Huge stuff and awesome too!
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QQ Must be US citizens. My green card out!
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I'm a US citizen that lives in Europe. Can I compete in these ?
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Pretty awesome for the US citizen's but Canada qualifiers wont have that many spots  hopefully playhem will do some tournaments like this but for canada!
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You guys wrote May instead of June :D
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if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD
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Can't sign up for the Canadian qualifiers, getting "user_cant_play_on_cash" error.
Edit: Resolved
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On June 16 2012 04:48 Zeppelin535 wrote:
Can't sign up for the Canadian qualifiers, getting "user_cant_play_on_cash" error.
Same here, and im not authorized to submit a support ticket apparently? Not sure where else to post but here. \
EDIT: Resolved.
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EDIT: Should be resolved!
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On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD
Skip this and just WCS man :B Team Dynamic fighting~~
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On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD
wondering this as well!
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On June 16 2012 05:41 LgNKane wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD wondering this as well!
You'll be ineligible to win the event (since you can't have multiple bids)
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yayyy GJ more qualifiers!!!
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UPDATE: 6/14/12 - Playhem will be hosting 3 Canadian Qualifiers for Blizzard's World Championship Series on the 24th, 27th, and 30th of June (in place of the regularly scheduled Playhem North American $75 Daily). As always, these events will be completely FREE to enter, and are open to LEGAL CANADIAN CITIZENS ONLY (ages 13 and above). Live coverage will be provided by PlayhemTV for each of the events! Links to register for these tournaments can be found below.
Good luck brothers from the north, look forward to watching this.
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On June 16 2012 07:06 Chargelot wrote:Show nested quote +UPDATE: 6/14/12 - Playhem will be hosting 3 Canadian Qualifiers for Blizzard's World Championship Series on the 24th, 27th, and 30th of June (in place of the regularly scheduled Playhem North American $75 Daily). As always, these events will be completely FREE to enter, and are open to LEGAL CANADIAN CITIZENS ONLY (ages 13 and above). Live coverage will be provided by PlayhemTV for each of the events! Links to register for these tournaments can be found below. Good luck brothers from the north, look forward to watching this.
But I'm cheering for the sister of the North. Go Scarlett!
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What are the odds HuK doesn't win?
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On June 16 2012 17:11 fuzzylogic44 wrote:
What are the odds HuK doesn't win?
Hopefully we'll see some upsets.
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I was so confused reading the OP and then the comments until I realized the date was changed in the OP.
Signed up for the third qualifier. Is there any way we have to confirm we are a legal Canadian citizen before competing? It would be a shame to be knocked out by some skilled foreign player early on only to find out that the guy who beat you should have actually been disqualified.
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On June 16 2012 05:41 LgNKane wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD wondering this as well!
really..? what's the point of qualifying a 2nd time knocking people out who might qualify..
anyway the 3winners get expenses paid to toronto or not?
Thanks playhem and torte lini for organising this!
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If only I'd been practicing ;P
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On June 17 2012 04:32 desRow wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2012 05:41 LgNKane wrote:On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD wondering this as well! really..? what's the point of qualifying a 2nd time knocking people out who might qualify.. anyway the 3winners get expenses paid to toronto or not? Thanks playhem and torte lini for organising this!
yeah wtf.. I realize people want to play on streams that have high # of viewers, but if you've already qualified you really shouldn't be competing in other qualifiers. There's absolutely no point + it might hurt the chances of other competitors.
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On June 17 2012 04:32 desRow wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2012 05:41 LgNKane wrote:On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD wondering this as well! really..? what's the point of qualifying a 2nd time knocking people out who might qualify.. anyway the 3winners get expenses paid to toronto or not? Thanks playhem and torte lini for organising this!
because it's a daily.
edit: just reread the main thread, realized that it's not actually a daily, nevermind!
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On June 17 2012 22:30 LgNKane wrote:Show nested quote +On June 17 2012 04:32 desRow wrote:On June 16 2012 05:41 LgNKane wrote:On June 16 2012 04:32 FuzzySc2 wrote:
if i already qualified can i play in this still? T_T the qualifier i played in had very few stream viewers should of waited for this xD wondering this as well! really..? what's the point of qualifying a 2nd time knocking people out who might qualify.. anyway the 3winners get expenses paid to toronto or not? Thanks playhem and torte lini for organising this! because it's a daily. edit: just reread the main thread, realized that it's not actually a daily, nevermind!
ahh makes sense hope to qualify so I can meet you and so many other Canadians in toronto ^^
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Nice to have some more qualifiers :D
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hopefully I don't embarrass myself too badly, even though I probably will
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Any place to see notable players playing in this tonight?
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Why is it best of 1 for so far into the tournament? Who thought this was a good idea for something as big as a paid WCS trip on the line?
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Huh. Was hoping that ROOT Canadians like slush, tt1, drewbie, and Fayth would sign up, but it doesn't look like they did
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why the hell are these brackets best of 1 ...?
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Hopefully it's fixed for the next 2!
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I'm watching desRow play through the qualifer with MaximusBlack commentating. Super entertaining.
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Are there really 2 more qualifiers??? I thought they were all over with.
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Trying to sign up for the LCQ but getting user_cant_play_on_cash error :S
Reading the thread doesn't seem to be the first time this happens to someone? (Im over 18 so that shouldn't be a problem)
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On July 01 2012 19:38 HaIf wrote:
Trying to sign up for the LCQ but getting user_cant_play_on_cash error :S
Reading the thread doesn't seem to be the first time this happens to someone? (Im over 18 so that shouldn't be a problem)
They should be good to go! Give it another shot =D
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