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On January 20 2012 00:47 Pokebunny wrote:
Have invites gone out yet?
Waiting for yours? LOL
"By having more meaningful matches there is more of an opportunity to create content," said DiGiovanni. On top of that, MLG is also currently talking to team managers and players on a case by case basis to determine whether or not they'll be invited to the qualifier.
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/719993/mlg-2012-pro-circuit-season-details-introducing-regional-qualifiers-arena-tournaments-and-winter-championships/
On January 20 2012 01:03 MLG_Lee wrote:
Hey everyone,
Excited to be able to talk about the start of the 2012 season FINALLY.
A quick comment on event conflicts. The MLG team has been planning the 2012 Pro Circuit season since the Fall of 2011. Unfortunately, our large scale events – such as the Winter Arena and Winter Championship in Columbus, have to be scheduled months and months in advance in order to secure large venues and execute a bracket that will provide a timely lead in to our championship events. We always do our best to avoid conflicts with other industry events, however, it simply wasn’t an option in this case.
This is the case with all event organizers, and unfortunately, by the time any of us (event organizers in general) find out where/when all the other events are, it's often too late to change gears.
Stay tuned for additional 2012 details.
Lee
Added it to the OP!!! 
On January 20 2012 01:41 crydee wrote:
How will you handle Heart of the Swarm Release if it's in the middle of a online qualifier and then the event as we go down 2012?
I suppose they will just do the same they did with SC2 back in 2010. It was October I think when they first had SCII as a game in their circuit. It was also towards the end of their season.
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On January 20 2012 01:20 Kralic wrote:
Fall of 2011 was a few months ago, I am sure Assembly had to book in advance like that as well. It is just funny how MLG gets all of the blame for this, it is both events fault in the end and both event's lose out on overall talent.
Well, www.assembly.org/winter12 has been online since August 2011.
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Come to Seattle this year! You won't be disappointed! =D
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MLG rarely fails to deliver, so I will be sure to by a nice season pass from them.
gogo MLG, you guys are the shit.
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On January 20 2012 02:00 Azhrak wrote:Show nested quote +On January 20 2012 01:20 Kralic wrote:
Fall of 2011 was a few months ago, I am sure Assembly had to book in advance like that as well. It is just funny how MLG gets all of the blame for this, it is both events fault in the end and both event's lose out on overall talent. Well, www.assembly.org/winter12 has been online since August 2011.
Same with IEM... http://esfiworld.com/news/final-3-iem-season-6-events-announced
My bet is either MLG didn't want to move, or couldn't because they couldn't get the gear/venue on other dates where it fitted the MLG schedule.
What could be cool, would be that MLG would come out and "sponsor" the conflicting events, where players attending them would get a oppotinity to play in the MLG qualifier, thereby "fixing" the schedule for them to play. IEM is over "many" days, so not many people will be having problems, and it will properly only be problems one day. Assembly is a bit harder, but should be possible with some cooperation.
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On January 20 2012 02:00 Azhrak wrote:Show nested quote +On January 20 2012 01:20 Kralic wrote:
Fall of 2011 was a few months ago, I am sure Assembly had to book in advance like that as well. It is just funny how MLG gets all of the blame for this, it is both events fault in the end and both event's lose out on overall talent. Well, www.assembly.org/winter12 has been online since August 2011.
Okay, a few months earlier, they didn't announce it until this week, is it MLG's job to go to every other tournaments website to make sure they aren't conflicting with them? August - fall of 2011 is a month or two. Columbus Convention Center says we only have ____ weekend open, they have to take it. Blaming MLG soley over this and then people over reacting how they are dissapointed and how MLG is selfish is pretty stupid, that is the only thing that bugs me.
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Heart of the Swarm is being released by Blizzard right? The same company that is releasing Diablo 3? I think we don't have to worry about HotS this year
Also in the OP
We wanted to move to a season-based Pro Circuit for a couple of reasons. First, it allows us to make changes to our format and game lineup easily throughout the year.
So if HotS does come out they could add it to the next season.
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On January 20 2012 02:13 Trevor.PGT wrote:Heart of the Swarm is being released by Blizzard right? The same company that is releasing Diablo 3? I think we don't have to worry about from HotS this year Also in the OP Show nested quote +We wanted to move to a season-based Pro Circuit for a couple of reasons. First, it allows us to make changes to our format and game lineup easily throughout the year. So if HotS does come out they could add it to the next season.
Yeah, they can just add it as they go like when SCII came out in 2010. They ended up adding it towards the end of the MLG season of 2010
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Honestly for people still complaining about prize money this is like the TSL, expect instead of flying the top 2 to NYC they are flying the top 32. It is a huge investment by having fully paid travel expenses for everyone who qualifies.
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MLG Zagreb please, Sundance D:
This looks ridiculously exciting, MLG is always my favorite tournament, will be definitely continuing to buy MLG gold for certain.
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On January 20 2012 02:19 feanor1 wrote:
Honestly for people still complaining about prize money this is like the TSL, expect instead of flying the top 2 to NYC they are flying the top 32. It is a huge investment by having fully paid travel expenses for everyone who qualifies.
Also factor in the huge publicity teams/players get for competiting in MLG. It's not on ESPN yet but it is popular enough that YouTube streamed MLG live in 2011.
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On January 20 2012 02:27 Trevor.PGT wrote:Show nested quote +On January 20 2012 02:19 feanor1 wrote:
Honestly for people still complaining about prize money this is like the TSL, expect instead of flying the top 2 to NYC they are flying the top 32. It is a huge investment by having fully paid travel expenses for everyone who qualifies. Also factor in the huge publicity teams/players get for competiting in MLG. It's not on ESPN yet but it is popular enough that YouTube streamed MLG live in 2011.
Agree completely with you mate. And getting streamed on YouTube is a really huge deal as YouTube was not meant to be for Live Streaming! :D
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Interested in how the 138 players will be selected.
138 of the best SC2 players in the world (based on the results of all notable 2011 SC2 competitions) will be invited to compete in their choice of three regional double-elimination online tournaments (North America, Europe, and Korea/Taiwan). Competition dates are as follows:
Hoping its off mlg points, I'm 73rd :D, like top 20-25 of North American/Canadian players
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Why no live audience at NYC!!!
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really hope they reconsider the no audience in NYC.... makes absolutely no sense at all, doesn't have to be at Yankee Stadium or anything but I'm sure a small crowd is better than no crowd at all. Perhaps you can even make it something like the Homestory Cup; a much more informal event with more player-fan interactions.
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On January 20 2012 02:35 Tanatos wrote:
Why no live audience at NYC!!!
Its probably played in the MLG offices, which are really small.
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On January 20 2012 02:39 amazingoopah wrote:
really hope they reconsider the no audience in NYC.... makes absolutely no sense at all, doesn't have to be at Yankee Stadium or anything but I'm sure a small crowd is better than no crowd at all. Perhaps you can even make it something like the Homestory Cup; a much more informal event with more player-fan interactions.
The are going to be partnering up with a lot of BarCrafts to bring you the ultimate BarCraft experience.
Also relevant to the whole thread:
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/onaae/first_details_about_the_mlg_2012_pro_circuit/c3ijfob
The arena is $26k plus all travel expenses for all attending players.
PRO Circuit Events have a stand alone prize pool and still have an open bracket.
There will be multiple Arenas this year - as in a bunch as in lots.
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You better come back to Anaheim!
And I'm 21 in 3 weeks so I'll be able to attend Barcrafts this year!
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On January 20 2012 02:47 LovE- wrote:
You better come back to Anaheim!
And I'm 21 in 3 weeks so I'll be able to attend Barcrafts this year!
Anaheim was confirmed a really long time ago. In fact it was the first venue confirmed last year to return this year. So far they have confirmed Anaheim, Columbus and by accident (involuntary leak) Raleigh.
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EPT
