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KingAlphard
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Italy1705 Posts
May 29 2015 15:27 GMT
#21
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
Show nested quote +
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
May 29 2015 15:28 GMT
#22
On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?

Or the amount of invites prevent it from being T1, one of the two or both maybe.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
May 29 2015 15:35 GMT
#23
On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?


$200k in cash prizes and travel support.
I guess most of it will be paying for flights and whatnot
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KingAlphard
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Italy1705 Posts
May 29 2015 15:40 GMT
#24
On May 30 2015 00:35 Inflicted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote:
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?


$200k in cash prizes and travel support.
I guess most of it will be paying for flights and whatnot

Yeah but it is split between heroes and sc2 right?
Hoofit
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom128 Posts
May 29 2015 15:48 GMT
#25
Sick city!
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9223 Posts
May 29 2015 15:51 GMT
#26
Woah! I hope their production can match their prizepool.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
thickertom
Profile Joined December 2014
China612 Posts
May 29 2015 16:39 GMT
#27
About SC2:
Above photo: China July 27th-28th?
Behind photo: APAC (Mainland China and Japan?) July 22nd-23rd?

More and more questions worried us......
I love SC2
Taco87
Profile Joined February 2012
Norway72 Posts
May 29 2015 16:48 GMT
#28
This looks pretty good ! Great jobb from MSI :D
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10782 Posts
May 29 2015 18:42 GMT
#29
Amazing
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23579 Posts
May 29 2015 18:50 GMT
#30
On May 30 2015 00:40 KingAlphard wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2015 00:35 Inflicted wrote:
On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote:
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?


$200k in cash prizes and travel support.
I guess most of it will be paying for flights and whatnot

Yeah but it is split between heroes and sc2 right?


Yeah. I'd expect something like 40-50k for sc2, 80k+ for heroes and the rest is travel and stuff.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
May 29 2015 18:55 GMT
#31
MSI puts on great tournaments. I just wish they would create a consistent brand for them so it'd be appreciated.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
orllyfools
Profile Joined May 2012
United States153 Posts
May 29 2015 23:39 GMT
#32
Pretty weak that all the PAX Prime Badges are sold out already. Will there be a separate area to watch this like Blizzcon? Or do they really think people at PAX will sit down and watch SC2?
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Happygreek
Profile Joined April 2012
United States220 Posts
May 30 2015 03:34 GMT
#33
On May 30 2015 08:39 orllyfools wrote:
Pretty weak that all the PAX Prime Badges are sold out already. Will there be a separate area to watch this like Blizzcon? Or do they really think people at PAX will sit down and watch SC2?


I'm hoping they have separate tickets and a separate area for this, but I haven't seen any information about tickets anywhere. Last year they did that for the LoL tournament at Prime so I think it might possible. I'd love to go watch this live, but I'm probably not going to buy Prime tickets just to see this.
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 30 2015 04:18 GMT
#34
I approve of ESL stepping up to the plate with this.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
May 31 2015 17:39 GMT
#35
On May 29 2015 21:14 olimoley wrote:
KR/TW qualifier for SC2 leads to a 404.


I think they're fixed now. No-one registered yet though
Liquipedia"Expert"
ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-09 06:38:13
June 09 2015 06:05 GMT
#36
Hi everyone, I'm one of the admins of this event.

On May 30 2015 03:50 Musicus wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2015 00:40 KingAlphard wrote:
On May 30 2015 00:35 Inflicted wrote:
On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote:
On May 29 2015 21:23 Inflicted wrote:
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-hosting-us200000-masters-gaming-arena-2015.html
A total of 4000 points will be given out at this particular event. During the Grand Finals, top StarCraft II and Heroes of the Storm players from around the world will be able to play on cutting-edge MSI GAMING products that help them showcase their skills and perform at their best.


Looks like it'll be a WCS Tier 2 event (>$25,000 prize pool)


So it's not tier 1? Tier 1 requires $75,000 prize pool so do we have to assume that the prize pool for sc2 is smaller than $75,000?


$200k in cash prizes and travel support.
I guess most of it will be paying for flights and whatnot

Yeah but it is split between heroes and sc2 right?


Yeah. I'd expect something like 40-50k for sc2, 80k+ for heroes and the rest is travel and stuff.


Yes, it's 200k USD in prizes AND travel support. For the actual prize pools: Heroes has 50k and SC2 has 25k.

On June 01 2015 02:39 Inflicted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 29 2015 21:14 olimoley wrote:
KR/TW qualifier for SC2 leads to a 404.


I think they're fixed now. No-one registered yet though



We are approving registrations as they come in on a daily basis.

On May 30 2015 01:39 thickertom wrote:
About SC2:
Above photo: China July 27th-28th?
Behind photo: APAC (Mainland China and Japan?) July 22nd-23rd?

More and more questions worried us......


All dates across the website should be the same now.

Dates and regions on mga.msi.com are the ones to be followed:

HEROES OF THE STORM
June 13, 2015 Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau Qualifiers
June 20, 2015 China Qualifiers
June 27, 2015 Europe, Middle East, Africa Qualifiers
July 4, 2015 SEA, Oceania, Japan Qualifiers
July 11, 2015 Americas Qualifiers

STARCRAFT II
July 1, 2015 Korea Qualifiers Register
July 8, 2015 Europe, Middle East, Africa Qualifiers
July 15, 2015 SEA, Oceania Qualifiers
July 22, 2015 Taiwan Qualifiers
July 27, 2015 China, Japan Qualifiers
July 29, 2015 Americas Qualifiers
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