EIZO, Logitech G-Series and Kingston HyperX present DreamHack Open 2013 with five StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm tournaments across Europe. The world's best StarCraft II gamers will have the chance to fight over the 1 200 000 SEK prize pool (equals $190,000) and to become the next DreamHack Champion.
DreamHack Open was launched last year and now returns to bring you some of the best tournaments and eSports shows in the world. DreamHack Open 2013 keeps the core from last year including the appreciated tournament format and the praised Playoff-Show with the final eight players battling it out in front of an on-site live audience and DreamHack’s unique live stream experience. Also, all matches will be live streamed in Free HD (720p) just like all DreamHack events in the past.
In addition to this, DreamHack will present many improvements for 2013. For example, all top 8 competitors will get prize money in all tournaments. Our main focus will be to create an even better experience for competitors and fans at each competition, including new Player Booths, a revamped Stage set-up and new broadcast/interview areas that will give the viewers at home a new broadcast experience with fewer breaks between matches.
"DreamHack's goal is to once again raise the bar on how to create world class eSports shows, expect a lot of new cool features for this year both with the show on location and new features never seen before", says Robert Ohlén, CEO at DreamHack "We're very proud to have EIZO, Logitech G-Series and Kingston HyperX supporting DreamHack’s premiere eSports franchise. They have all proven their passion for eSports and gaming but having them as sponsors of DreamHack Open 2013 are very thrilling for us."
DreamHack Open 2013 kicks off in Stockholm, Sweden with its first tournament in Annexet, Globe Arenas. Tickets to the event and more information about the event will be released soon.
Five events DreamHack Open Stockholm, 26-27 April, Stockholm, Sweden, Annexet, DreamHack Open Summer, 15-17 June, Jönköping, Sweden, Elmia Fair DreamHack Open Valencia, 19-20 July, Valencia, Spain, Feria de Valencia DreamHack Open Bucharest, 14-15 September, Bucharest, Romania, Sala Polivalenta DreamHack Open Winter, 28-30 November, Jönköping, Sweden, Elmia Fair
Sponsors of DreamHack Open Show your support for the DreamHack Open sponsors who keeps supporting DreamHack and eSports. Visit their sites, like their Facebook pages and follow their Twitter accounts.
Eizo Nanao Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of high-end visual display products with a wide range of LCD monitors. The image quality, long-term reliability, and innovative features of EIZO monitors make them the products of choice in many financial trading rooms, hospitals, back offices, and design studios throughout the world. EIZO is based in Japan and represented in over sixty countries by a network of exclusive distributors.
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech’s combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Gaming is one of Logitech’s obsessions – we helped invent the gaming peripherals category and have been leading innovation in that area for years.
Designed to meet the most rigorous demands of gamers, overclockers, creative professionals and tech enthusiasts with ease, HyperX is the high performance product line from Kingston Technology, the world’s largest independent memory manufacturer. Featuring best-in-class components that deliver superior speed, quality and aesthetic design for more than a decade, 100% factory-tested Kingston HyperX memory modules, USB drives, cooling fans, and SSDs load games and applications in the blink of an eye. Check out how Kingston HyperX can optimize the performance of just about any rig at the Kingston website and see what we’re up to and participate in fun activities at Facebook.
On March 09 2013 03:14 Integra wrote: Dreamhacks teasers just gets better for each time O_o.
As Dreamhack is transmited by SVT, do they show these trailers during commercials? Or how do even those broadcast look like ?
Commercials aren't allowed on national TV in Sweden since we are socialists, and what some Americans has suspected along time ago, almost dangerous close to communism, like we are plotting to make it more acceptable and retake USA O_o..
On a more serious note they will probably show the trailer as a teaser before the tournament begins and between games if there is some dead time to fill. They usually plan for some dead time to show off strange but hip music videos and other strange video snippets.
In addition to this, DreamHack will present many improvements for 2013. For example, all top 8 competitors will get prize money in all tournaments. Our main focus will be to create an even better experience for competitors and fans at each competition, including new Player Booths, a revamped Stage set-up and new broadcast/interview areas that will give the viewers at home a new broadcast experience with fewer breaks between matches.
I like the sound of this, looking forward to the 2013 season.
On March 09 2013 03:40 Garnet wrote: Great stuff!.
Should convert SEK to USD in OP though, it's really a pain for me having to Google them.
Just divide by 6. Also there is the total amount in USD, it shouldn't be that hard to get a good idea of the amounts. It makes sense to state the currency that's actually being payed out, otherwise the amount might not be the same when the tournament plays as they are announced as, which would be a bit strange.
looks freaking sick!! My only complaint about last year was that there wasn't enough top end players participating...so sometimes it felt like another IEM Singapore. Other than that, fantastic tournament all round. Production so world class.
Really nice video, I like the sound design alot. You made one BIG mistake tho, you used the word "epic"... The most overused word in blizzard contexts. But enough about the trailer.
It seems to me Dreamhack is doing things the right way. They grow at a steady pace and is always looking forward. This year I really am looking forward to the open event! The format looks solid as well. Well done getting me hyped, keep it coming!
On March 09 2013 04:23 lookfirewood wrote: Really nice video, I like the sound design alot. You made one BIG mistake tho, you used the word "epic"... The most overused word in blizzard contexts. But enough about the trailer.
It seems to me Dreamhack is doing things the right way. They grow at a steady pace and is always looking forward. This year I really am looking forward to the open event! The format looks solid as well. Well done getting me hyped, keep it coming!
/Kim
I think epic is fine to use if you don't use it with too much seriousness. The whole trailer was "over the top" so it kind of fits.
Really happy to see Kingston stepping in as well.. they are an amazing supportive company of the eSports world. SK, NASL, EG now DH? And others.. so good!
On March 09 2013 05:04 iNcontroL wrote: Dreamhack.. ah yea brother
Really happy to see Kingston stepping in as well.. they are an amazing supportive company of the eSports world. SK, NASL, EG now DH? And others.. so good!
Will you cast for dreamhack this year ? plzplzpzl say yes ^^
On March 09 2013 05:04 iNcontroL wrote: Dreamhack.. ah yea brother
Really happy to see Kingston stepping in as well.. they are an amazing supportive company of the eSports world. SK, NASL, EG now DH? And others.. so good!
Will you cast for dreamhack this year ? plzplzpzl say yes ^^
On March 09 2013 05:04 iNcontroL wrote: Dreamhack.. ah yea brother
Really happy to see Kingston stepping in as well.. they are an amazing supportive company of the eSports world. SK, NASL, EG now DH? And others.. so good!
Will you cast for dreamhack this year ? plzplzpzl say yes ^^
Ooh, please say yes! That would be awesome for sure.
I really hope Lucifron and Morrow wins one of these, if nothing else than for the amazing play they would show along the way. Would be nice to have Naniwa win one too. I think it would mean a lot to him to win a big tournament in front of all the Swedish fans.
Either way, I'll be sure to bring my gf along to Dreamhack Stockholm. She's been hooked ever since going to that event last year.
On March 09 2013 03:48 Azurues wrote: dreamhack :D
hopefully i can make there 1 day live for the event. always want to know how it feels like sitting together with thousands of nerds :D
I went to DH Stockholm alone last year and let me tell you that when the games start - the awesome production and all-around excitement makes you feel one with the cheering nerd crowd. Time just flies by. And that's just the second day, the playoff day in the Arena; during the first day you can stand just a meter behind a player while he plays his group matches, I spent most of the day watching Ret and Hyun like that.
Already pumped, Dreamhack had never ceased to amaze me. Always good casting, production, and most of all great games! Also, wicked nice work on the promo video!
If only their competition level matched their production values, then DH would be a lot more interesting to watch. As it stands now, with IPL gone, MLG is the only foreign tournament left that's interesting to watch for me.
On March 09 2013 03:14 Integra wrote: Dreamhacks teasers just gets better for each time O_o.
As Dreamhack is transmited by SVT, do they show these trailers during commercials? Or how do even those broadcast look like ?
Commercials aren't allowed on national TV in Sweden since we are socialists, and what some Americans has suspected along time ago, almost dangerous close to communism, like we are plotting to make it more acceptable and retake USA O_o..
On a more serious note they will probably show the trailer as a teaser before the tournament begins and between games if there is some dead time to fill. They usually plan for some dead time to show off strange but hip music videos and other strange video snippets.
so on the main channels no commercials or everywhere ? germany the "public" channels (old man stuff) has no commercial from 20cet afterwards so i know it a bit but no commercial ... sounds epic ^^ (well perhaps then i would go back watch some tv and not only on the internet ^^)
btw to the topic: EPIC trailer, such trailers owns asses !
On March 09 2013 03:14 Integra wrote: Dreamhacks teasers just gets better for each time O_o.
As Dreamhack is transmited by SVT, do they show these trailers during commercials? Or how do even those broadcast look like ?
Commercials aren't allowed on national TV in Sweden since we are socialists, and what some Americans has suspected along time ago, almost dangerous close to communism, like we are plotting to make it more acceptable and retake USA O_o..
On a more serious note they will probably show the trailer as a teaser before the tournament begins and between games if there is some dead time to fill. They usually plan for some dead time to show off strange but hip music videos and other strange video snippets.
so on the main channels no commercials or everywhere ? germany the "public" channels (old man stuff) has no commercial from 20cet afterwards so i know it a bit but no commercial ... sounds epic ^^ (well perhaps then i would go back watch some tv and not only on the internet ^^)
btw to the topic: EPIC trailer, such trailers owns asses !
On the state-funded television channels SVT1 and SVT2 (and other minor iterations run by SVT) no commercials are allowed apart from their own about programming (i.e. no 'buy this new kind of soap' commercials, only 'this saturday this show will air' stuff). Commercial channels (like TV4) have commercials.
Really happy with DH's schedule for this year and I'm very excited and curious to see what new innovations they will bring to the stage this time around.
Cool, these might get very interesting to me again now that we're in somewhat of a flux period with HotS in which foreigners are probably going to become a bit more relevant.
It was always such a tragedy that they have great casters, an electrifying crowd, fantastic production, but fall short in the most important category the lineup. Outside of staples in HerO and Taeja they just can't seem to consistently get the top-tier Koreans like MLG for whatever reason. For now at least, this shouldn't matter quite as much as it did in 2012 and it should be a great event.
On March 09 2013 12:24 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Cool, these might get very interesting to me again now that we're in somewhat of a flux period with HotS in which foreigners are probably going to become a bit more relevant.
It was always such a tragedy that they have great casters, an electrifying crowd, fantastic production, but fall short in the most important category the lineup. Outside of staples in HerO and Taeja they just can't seem to consistently get the top-tier Koreans like MLG for whatever reason. For now at least, this shouldn't matter quite as much as it did in 2012 and it should be a great event.
It is likely due to travel costs. MLG has a lot of qualifiers which the players can get travel and board covered. I don't think DH has that so it is very expense for Korean teams to send players. So you usually get the Koreans from foreign teams who get more from the exposure.
Can not wait for what is to me the best tournament as a spectator to watch, fantastic stream quality great crowd always a kick ass crew and casters and dreamhack just has a vibe going around.
On March 09 2013 12:24 FrostedMiniWheats wrote: Cool, these might get very interesting to me again now that we're in somewhat of a flux period with HotS in which foreigners are probably going to become a bit more relevant.
It was always such a tragedy that they have great casters, an electrifying crowd, fantastic production, but fall short in the most important category the lineup. Outside of staples in HerO and Taeja they just can't seem to consistently get the top-tier Koreans like MLG for whatever reason. For now at least, this shouldn't matter quite as much as it did in 2012 and it should be a great event.
It is likely due to travel costs. MLG has a lot of qualifiers which the players can get travel and board covered. I don't think DH has that so it is very expense for Korean teams to send players. So you usually get the Koreans from foreign teams who get more from the exposure.
ya, Korean pro-teams are (still) having trouble finding sponsors so I can imagine the expenses of flight travel is something they just can't afford.
I love DreamHack events, and this one appears just as excellent, if not better. Maybe DH can attract the higher A-list Koreans now with the bigger prize pools, because they seem to be struggling in bringing in Koreans beyond a few repeats.
On March 10 2013 08:28 PhoenixVoid wrote: I love DreamHack events, and this one appears just as excellent, if not better. Maybe DH can attract the higher A-list Koreans now with the bigger prize pools, because they seem to be struggling in bringing in Koreans beyond a few repeats.
On March 10 2013 08:28 PhoenixVoid wrote: I love DreamHack events, and this one appears just as excellent, if not better. Maybe DH can attract the higher A-list Koreans now with the bigger prize pools, because they seem to be struggling in bringing in Koreans beyond a few repeats.
I have no problem with less koreans.
I think DH did a great job with balancing foreigners and koreans so far. Unlike MLG and IPL, there is almost always a few foreigners making deep runs.
Will be participating in both summer and winter of Dreamhack in Sweden. I also hope I can go to the other events such as the one in Romania and Spain, but we'll see!
It's a great tournament, and I can advise anyone that wants to show himself to the world to get the best results in these open tournaments to get your name going. Good luck to all the players participating, and much fun to the visitors and viewers.
EPT
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Will be an awesome event, I am sure. :D
