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Beyond Gaming is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with Blizzard as part of the Battle.net World Championship Series. Beyond Gaming has been chosen to host a series of US National Qualifying events. The winner from each of the 8 qualifying events will earn a trip (Flight and Hotel accommodations only) to the US National Finals June 8th- 10th in Anaheim, CA. Top 16 from the US National Finals will move on to the continental championship in the StarCraft 2 World Championship Series.
Starting on April 29th and running through May 7th Beyond Gaming will host a total of 8 daily qualifying events. Each daily event consists of 2 tournaments with the winners of each tournament facing off in a best of 7 series to determine the overall winner. Each winner will earn a paid trip and invitation to the US National Finals courtesy of Blizzard. All the qualifying events are free to enter and players must be Legal US citizens and over the age of 13 to be eligible to compete.
For more information on the qualifiers or to compete, click here.
Event Schedule Qualifying Event #1Sunday April 29th, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifying Event #2 Monday April 30th, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Winner Update : col.GoswserQualifying Event #3Tuesday May 1st, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifier #1 Championship match – 8 pm EST Qualifier #2 Championship match – 9 pm EST Qualifying Event #4 Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifying Event #5Thursday May 3rd, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifier #3 Championship match – 8 pm EST Qualifier #4 Championship match – 9:30 pm EST Qualifying Event #6 Friday May 4th, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifier #5 Championship match – 8 pm EST Qualifying Event #7Saturday May 5th, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifier #6 Championship match – 8 pm EST Qualifying Event #8 Sunday may 6th, 2012 Tournament #1 – 2:00pm EST Tournament #2 – 7:00pm EST Qualifier #7 Championship match – 8 pm EST Monday May 7th. 2012 Qualifier 8 Championship match – 8 pm EST Winners:
Qualifier #1:
xSixPerfect
Qualifier #2:
col.Goswser
Qualifier #3:
hellokitty
Qualifier #4:
Sasquatch
Qualifier #5:
GosuSTX
Qualifier #6:
EG.LZGamer
Qualifier #7:
FG.Future
Qualifier #8:
xSixSuppy
Register to participate here.
The Championship matches from each of the qualifying events will be broadcast live on the Beyond Gaming’s twitch.tv channel. Be sure to tune in for some great matches and special guest commentators.
Tune into the live broadcasts here.
Don't forget to check out our Getting Started guide on TL click here.
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How much did that cost? xD
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When is Canada qualifiers?
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so there using playhem and beyond gaming?
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Now I see why EG havent participated in the playhem tournaments, makes sense now :o
Gl Beyond Gaming
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I still dont even know what Beyond Gaming is --- I would totally support them though
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Nice to see there are more opportunities for those that don't qualify through playhem. :D
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On April 26 2012 06:50 rbkl wrote:
I still dont even know what Beyond Gaming is --- I would totally support them though
it's because they're beyond gaming. *cheesy jokeeeeeeeee*
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Everything is on Sunday and Monday 
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Sorry about that guys we fixed the days!
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Nice I was wondering where the last 8 spots were coming from.
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I sent my resume in for a chance to commentate some of these events! Good Luck to everyone who signed up and hopefully I'll be able to cast some of your matches ^_^
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Congrats to Beyond Gaming for receiving some seeds!
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On April 26 2012 04:50 TaeTae wrote:
How much did that cost? xD
I sincerely doubt Blizzard's qualifiers are up for sale...
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1n Beyond Gaming! Liking your presence right now!
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BG is good but they need more variety in their SC tournaments :S
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Thank you all for the support and kind words regarding this opportunity. We are hard at work to introduce an amazing overhaul to our UX/UI that we believe everyone will love. In the meantime, please enjoy the tournaments we offer and good luck to everyone participating in these US National Qualifying tournaments.
We will be announcing the caster lineup later this week, might be some surprising names included
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Beyond Gaming reminds me of 6pool Gaming. They don't actually do anything but throwing money at things. Weird.
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Signed up for all of em.
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On April 26 2012 05:33 SabreUK wrote:
Now I see why EG havent participated in the playhem tournaments, makes sense now :o
Gl Beyond Gaming
Umm...what ? Back when Axslav and Strife were in EG, they both often played in the Playhem daily.
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Awesome, I am really liking all these shots to qualify. It is good to be getting some new people in the scene!
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One more day left to signup for the First qualifier if you have yet to sign up there are still spots available.
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20 Minutes left to sign up if you have not already go do it now!
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holding round 2 matches before all round 1 matches are done means a 256 man event is going to take 8 hours to finish. Plus everything is bo3 which is nice but should be done on a "play when your ready" basis not have to wait for EVERY round 1 match to finish first.
Not having a check in also causes tons and tons of no shows which takes time to figure out/walkover while all the round 2 guys are stuck derping around in the channel.
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On April 30 2012 03:45 LuckyFool wrote:
holding round 2 matches before all round 1 matches are done means a 256 man event is going to take 8 hours to finish. Plus everything is bo3 which is nice but should be done on a "play when your ready" basis not have to wait for EVERY round 1 match to finish first.
Not having a check in also causes tons and tons of no shows which takes time to figure out/walkover while all the round 2 guys are stuck derping around in the channel.
This, prolly the most inefficient reporting system to be blunt, id rather individually upload replays and give input the results than this. Gonna take till midnight to get every round finished at this rate.
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We apologize for the slow start everyone. We appreciate everyone's feedback and comments and we are working to add a few new features to address them.
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is it required to download this BG Link thing in order to play in the tournament?
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Yes it is required to have BGLink downloaded and running during all SC2 match play on Beyond Gaming.
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Already enjoying this qualifier much more than the Playhem one. Admins are ready and available to answer questions, and I love the bo3 format and bo7 finals. Great job Beyond Gaming!
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I love the idea of this <3
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So from the first 2 days the finals upcoming:
May 1, 8:00pm EST
Amaterasu vs Perfect
May 1, 9:00pm EST
coLgoswser vs iMpBoonrbU
Is that right? BO7 in 1 hour seems a bit stretched though :D
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Yes the matches will start being Streamed at 8pm EST tonight on www.twitch.tv/beyondgaming. They first match may run longer than an hour that's just a tentative start time.
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Tourney is toooo long, especially for those who make it far or to the finals  6.5 hours with no reward = sadface
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We know some of the tournaments have run a little long but remember it is a best of 3 not a best of 1 series so that tends to take longer and with a large amount of people that only adds to the problem. We hope you have all noticed over the last couple days that the tournaments have been moving along quicker and we have made adjustments to make things smoother. Good luck to those that participating in the event.
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are brackets links for any of these posted anywhere?
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On May 05 2012 02:04 BeyondGaming wrote:
We know some of the tournaments have run a little long but remember it is a best of 3 not a best of 1 series so that tends to take longer and with a large amount of people that only adds to the problem. We hope you have all noticed over the last couple days that the tournaments have been moving along quicker and we have made adjustments to make things smoother. Good luck to those that participating in the event.
The tourney did start going a bit faster recently
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For those who have heard the announcements we have 4 more qualifying spots available, the tournaments for those spots start tomorrow.
Sign up here!
Good Luck everyone.
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