Together with our tournament sponsors Eizo, AMD, SAPPHIRE and Logitech DreamHack are very happy to return to sunny Valencia and the third competition of DreamHack Eizo Open the 22-23th of September.
Half the season of DreamHack Eizo Open has passed and it's once again time for DreamHack to return to Valencia and Spain. DreamHack Valencia will this time have a huge BYOC LAN with several official tournaments during the three day event during 21-23th of September. The main event will be the DreamHack Eizo Open: Valencia which starts on the second day (22nd) and concludes on the 23th.
Today the registration opens up for all StarCraft II competitors to join ThorZaIN, Polt, MaNa and DIMAGA who already have qualified for the SEK 550 000 Grand Final at DreamHack Winter 2012. There will be 150 000 SEK up for grabs, two slots for the Grand Final and of course important points, see the current ranking here.
Tournament format with 64 competitors and double group stage At DreamHack Eizo Open: Valencia a double group stage will lead into a single elimination system. The tournament is as always open for everyone to participate and pros and amateurs start on equal terms.
The Tournament consists of 2 group stages with 4 player groups, where the best 2 players advance to the next stage, each game up to the Grand Final will be decided in best of three (BO3). After the two group stages the playoff will begin with 16 competitor and all the quarters, semis and Grand Final (BO5) will be played in-front of a huge audience with a high quality DreamHack production.
Free HD stream DreamHack.TV through our streaming partner Twitch.TV will provide free HD streams throughout the tournament where some of world’s best casters will shoutcast the most interesting matches. More information including casters and streaming schedule will be released later on.
Follow Eizo Open on location Come to Valencia and join the LAN with a BYOC ticket and get a spectator ticket for the Eizo Open, a fully packed StarCraft II tournament with a final show worth remembering. You can purchase the BYOC ticket and/or the spectator ticket at dreamhack.es. Please note, as a competitor you will already have a spectator ticket included.
Tournament information:
Format: 1on1 Sponsors: EIZO, AMD, Sapphire, Logitech Prize Purse: 150 000 SEK Location: Feria de Valencia, Valencia, Spain Date: September 22-23 No of players: 64 Signup: Open sign up Platform: PC, Latest available patch Tournament format: Group stage BO3 with 4 players in each group with 2 stages where the top-2 advance in each stage (64 competitors, 32 competitors) and Playoffs Single elimination BO3 from RO16 with BO5 Grand Final. Schedule: TBA
Prize & point distribution: 1. SEK 70 000 + Direct Qualification to DreamHack Winter 2012 2. SEK 40 000 + Direct Qualification to DreamHack Winter 2012 3. SEK 20 000 + 20 qualification points 4. SEK 20 000 + 20 qualification points 5-8. 12 qualification points 9-16. 5 qualification points
Registration / First come, first served Just like all our previous tournaments, it’s a first come - first served scenario so all pros and amateurs out there need to be quick and sign-up for the tournament.
1.A) If you have ticket (BYOC or Competitor) you can proceed to step 2.
1.B) If you do not have a ticket then you need to proceed and buy a ticket (minimum requirement: Competitor ticket) for €35 at dreamhack.es. Choose English up in the right corner, choose a competitor ticket or BYOC ticket and proceed. Fill the formula and purchase the ticket.
2) Send e-mail to sc2 [@] dreamhack.se with following details: - Name - Nickname - Nationality - Race - Clan/Organization - Battle.net ID + Char code (your prime region) - Email - Email address you used for your account when booking the ticket, if not the same as above - Phone no. - Skype ID - Twitter
You are ONLY registered and settled for the tournament when you have received and reply from DreamHack.
Only 64-players this time around... But we should still HYPE IT UP
@digmouse: Dreamhack has stopped with invites. Some high person in Dreamhack (I don't know who) said (on nation television) something among the lines that invites takes away parts of DreamHack's spirit
On July 25 2012 00:34 WindWolf wrote: Only 64-players this time around... But we should still HYPE IT UP
@digmouse: Dreamhack has stopped with invites. Some high person in Dreamhack (I don't know who) said (on nation television) something among the lines that invites takes away parts of DreamHack's spirit
Partially stopped as high profile players get answered first at the emails :D
On July 25 2012 00:34 WindWolf wrote: Only 64-players this time around... But we should still HYPE IT UP
@digmouse: Dreamhack has stopped with invites. Some high person in Dreamhack (I don't know who) said (on nation television) something among the lines that invites takes away parts of DreamHack's spirit
Partially stopped as high profile players get answered first at the emails :D
I meant like the Stockholm/Valencia 8-man invite tournaments Dreamhack held last year.
64 players, first come first served...? If that doesn't lead to trouble... I imagine 64 slots being filled up quite fast. But I am looking forward to it, last year's location was better though, imo. Mostly because of that awesome intro.
Of course they'll prioritize high profile players over random people. I hope they also give spots to the spanish progamers out there, VortiX is in a rampage lately.
Looking forward to another great Dreamhack tournament, I gotta give you guys props for putting on so many big events every year when most organizers ( IPL,NASL,assembly ) only do two per year.
On July 25 2012 00:54 Dodgin wrote: Looking forward to another great Dreamhack tournament, I gotta give you guys props for putting on so many big events every year when most organizers ( IPL,NASL,assembly ) only do two per year.
I also like that DH go to Bucharest later this year and try to expend Sc2 to new markets.
On July 25 2012 00:54 Dodgin wrote: Looking forward to another great Dreamhack tournament, I gotta give you guys props for putting on so many big events every year when most organizers ( IPL,NASL,assembly ) only do two per year.
I also like that DH go to Bucharest later this year and try to expend Sc2 to new markets.
Idd I am looking forward to that one. :D Last year they had dreamhack balkans which gave invite and accomodation to DH !
On July 25 2012 00:34 WindWolf wrote: Only 64-players this time around... But we should still HYPE IT UP
@digmouse: Dreamhack has stopped with invites. Some high person in Dreamhack (I don't know who) said (on nation television) something among the lines that invites takes away parts of DreamHack's spirit
Partially stopped as high profile players get answered first at the emails :D
On September 17 2012 20:47 Castigo wrote: no eg players, no dimaga (direct seed), no mana (i guess that's ok since he is in Korea), what's going on?
You wanna have same players in every event ? So far no EG players , but 4 Liquid players , 4 fnatic players , Scarlett and many many more. And we still dont know 22 players so.. ?
Today the registration opens up for all StarCraft II competitors to join ThorZaIN, Polt, MaNa and DIMAGA who already have qualified for the SEK 550 000 Grand Final at DreamHack Winter 2012. There will be 150 000 SEK up for grabs, two slots for the Grand Final and of course important points, see the current ranking here.
You should read their actual press release before you post. ;/
Does anyone know what time this might wrap up on the sunday? I can't find anything resembling a schedule of estimated times. I've got to make a final decision on hosting a Barcraft in my area but can't without being able to estimate times.
On September 17 2012 22:44 StarStruck wrote: You should read their actual press release before you post. ;/ At Castigo ofc.
You should read the player list from 1 to 41 released in the past few days before making such harsh comments. It does not include any of the above, but ok there are still 20 spots left, and stephano announced he will be going.
On September 17 2012 20:47 Castigo wrote: no eg players, no dimaga (direct seed), no mana (i guess that's ok since he is in Korea), what's going on?
I was thinking the same thing last night. After Stephano won WCS Europe yesterday I went to check who would be at DH:Valencia and was very surprised that no EG players were announced yet even though Stephano got top 4 at DH:Summer and Thorzain won DH:Stockholm. Stephano tweeted he's going and Thorzain ought to be going too, but I hope 3-4 EG will make it.
On September 17 2012 20:47 Castigo wrote: no eg players, no dimaga (direct seed), no mana (i guess that's ok since he is in Korea), what's going on?
I was thinking the same thing last night. After Stephano won WCS Europe yesterday I went to check who would be at DH:Valencia and was very surprised that no EG players were announced yet even though Stephano got top 4 at DH:Summer and Thorzain won DH:Stockholm. Stephano tweeted he's going and Thorzain ought to be going too, but I hope 3-4 EG will make it.
Dont care much for EG or their players othan than Thorzain but im actually a bit curious to see that Suppy guy. Would be cool if he could make it and nice with a fresh face instead of idra etc.
Question: If the winner/runner-up of a DH has already won before (and is already qualified), does the 3rd place get the spot? Or does it become top 12+1 ranked players.
On September 21 2012 06:30 Redox wrote: Really surprised that there are so many good players participating with such a top heavy prize pool. This will be a great tournament!
It's because its a "qualifictaion-tournament" for DreamHack Winter 2012, like all the previous tournaments by dreamhack this year have also been. Ofcourse you do get money if you finish top 4, but another important thing you get is a direct seed/seeding points to be able to compete in the final tournament (DHW12) at the end of the "dreamhack open" season.
I was going to make a joke about how tournaments keep throwing money at Stephano just by being open to him, but now it's on. Stephano - Taeja final anyone? No disrespect to any other participant, there are certainly others capable of winning this, but I don't think it's a baseless prediction I'm especially excited to see games from Sase and TLO! And how many SCVs Naama will attack with ;D
Would love to see TLO finish among the 5-6th place. I think it will come down to Stephano, Taeja, Hero and those spanish brothers Lucifron and Vortix. Can`t wait.
After Stephano would have won the DH I wanted to propose him as ''Cursebreaker Zerg'' now hes just another victim of the vicious curse . How many players will we loose to The Curse ?!
EPT
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