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2012 Battle.net World Championship Event Announced

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DeepBlu2
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States975 Posts
January 25 2012 14:18 GMT
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Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best pro-gaming competition in the world. Slated to take place in Asia toward the end of 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.



We’re excited to be showcasing Blizzard eSports on a truly global stage this year. We're also heavily focused on getting Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm into players’ hands as soon as possible. In light of our jam-packed schedule, we’ve decided to hold the next BlizzCon in 2013.



More details about the 2012 Battle.net World Championship and BlizzCon 2013, including specific dates and locations, will be coming in the months ahead.


Looks exciting, will be interesting to see whether they can pull it off better than the previous events they have held. It will also delay Blizzcon, so they will be much more focused on the games themselves as opposed to things like panels, and hype for upcoming games, like they did at previous Blizzcons.
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thezanursic
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
5497 Posts
January 25 2012 14:20 GMT
#2
I hope this is more like wcg with each country getting represented and a HUGE bracket
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Benjef
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom6921 Posts
January 25 2012 14:20 GMT
#3
Ah sounds sick :D. Look forward to it.
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50637 Posts
January 25 2012 14:21 GMT
#4
hopefully forgoing Blizzcon will make sure the tournament is run at the best capacity.
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pdd
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia9933 Posts
January 25 2012 14:23 GMT
#5
On January 25 2012 23:21 BLinD-RawR wrote:
hopefully forgoing Blizzcon will make sure the tournament is run at the best capacity.

The fact that "Battle.net" is still in the title of the tourney doesn't really give me good hope for the map pool .

But yeah, if it's going to be a dedicated esports event, they better do it right.
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SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
January 25 2012 14:23 GMT
#6
On January 25 2012 23:20 thezanursic wrote:
I hope this is more like wcg with each country getting represented and a HUGE bracket


My thoughts too. Hopefully they will go all-in with it. OSL final style!
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Yaki
Profile Joined April 2011
France4234 Posts
January 25 2012 14:30 GMT
#7
gonna be cool hopefully it does better than blizzcon
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Bengui
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada775 Posts
January 25 2012 14:33 GMT
#8
Call me a pessimist, but this more like a "sorry for not having Blizzcon" tournament than a "let's kick some ass" tournament.
Naniwa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Sweden477 Posts
January 25 2012 14:36 GMT
#9
regional qualifiers or invites ? :C
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ChriS-X
Profile Joined June 2011
Malaysia1374 Posts
January 25 2012 14:36 GMT
#10
oh wow, no blizzcon 2012, hopefully that means D3 and HotS sometime in 2012!
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
January 25 2012 14:39 GMT
#11
On January 25 2012 23:33 Bengui wrote:
Call me a pessimist, but this more like a "sorry for not having Blizzcon" tournament than a "let's kick some ass" tournament.


More like, we don't have blizzcon but we're gonna keep the tournament with 100% focus and production.
schimmetje
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands1104 Posts
January 25 2012 14:43 GMT
#12
On January 25 2012 23:36 ChriS-X wrote:
oh wow, no blizzcon 2012, hopefully that means D3 and HotS sometime in 2012!


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dextrin303
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden320 Posts
January 25 2012 14:43 GMT
#13
I hope this means d3 sometime soon.
Hots would also be nice =D
Lorch
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany3691 Posts
January 25 2012 14:45 GMT
#14
Didn't they say we'll see a better version of hots at the next blizzcon T.T Inb4 hots 2014...

Ah well still cool I guess, hope the battle.net in the title doesn't lead to shitty ladder maps again.
Python62
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia6 Posts
January 25 2012 14:47 GMT
#15
hopefully this will be a good tournament, hopefully the map pool will be better than the ladder pool though (or even better they make the ladder pool better then use the new pool) but other than that i think that this will be a good tournament...hopefully.
IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
January 25 2012 14:47 GMT
#16
THE RETURN OF STEPPES OF WAR
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SenorChang
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia4730 Posts
January 25 2012 14:49 GMT
#17
On January 25 2012 23:47 IdrA wrote:
THE RETURN OF STEPPES OF WAR

Maybe Jungle Basin can make a cameo appearance too!
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Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
January 25 2012 14:50 GMT
#18
On January 25 2012 23:47 IdrA wrote:
THE RETURN OF STEPPES OF WAR



ROFL

Man IdrA why u know post more xD

Sad no BlizzConn glad there still doing the tournament though!
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NeoCyberD
Profile Joined September 2010
Switzerland65 Posts
January 25 2012 14:51 GMT
#19
On January 25 2012 23:47 IdrA wrote:
THE RETURN OF STEPPES OF WAR


roflmao... probably...

I'll give my best to be there ;D
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Alacast
Profile Joined December 2011
United States205 Posts
January 25 2012 14:55 GMT
#20
The tourney was the only interesting part of Blizzcon. I approve.
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