UPDATE: Twitch has announced their player list for tournament, featuring Polt, Violet, Huk and Minigun among others. Full list updated in the article.
Lionsgate and OddLot Entertainment are partnering with Twitch and MLG to be the first-ever movie studio sponsorship of an esports tournament.
The Ender’s Game on Blu-ray Tournament, a first for a motion picture studio, will feature $20,000 for the best StarCraft 2 players in the United States. The companies noted that Ender’s Game, a military science fiction book and film about an alien invasion on future Earth, was perfect fit for a StarCraft 2 competition.
MLG, in partnership with GameOn, will feature 16 players including 12 invited players, with fans having the opportunity to vote on the remaining four players. Voting will take place February 3rd to 5th at http://gameon.gg/. MLG has confirmed the following players through invites: Sasha 'Scarlett' Hostyn, Tyler 'NonY' Wasieleski, Juan Carlos 'MajOr' Tena Lopez, Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson, Sam 'Kane' Morrissette, Ryan 'State' Visbeck, Marc-Olivier 'desRow' Proulx, Henry 'hendralisk' Zheng, Danny 'ViBE' Scherlong, Maru 'MaSa' Kim, David 'avilo' Blowe, and Victor 'Hitman' Lin.
The event will be cast by Paulo 'CatZ' Vizcarra and Steven 'Destiny' Bonnell along with other guest hosts.
I must be missing something. The title, and the OP says that its a $20,000 tourney. When i click the link http://gameon.gg/ It takes me to the tourney, and says $5,000 prize pool.
On February 04 2014 01:38 Munk200 wrote: I must be missing something. The title, and the OP says that its a $20,000 tourney. When i click the link http://gameon.gg/ It takes me to the tourney, and says $5,000 prize pool.
Can someone please help me out here?
That was the MLG online invitational that was played a few weeks ago, won by Scarlett. This is another tournament entirely.
pretty cool and unexpected. I still wish that there would be some open tournaments in North America though. Every single tournament now is 16 players or less invite only.
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