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Masters Gaming Arena (formerly known as MSI Beat IT) has been announced for 2015.
MSI MGA will kick off with regional qualifiers for the United States, Europe and Asia. The first qualifier will start in July for Asia, with subsequent weeks covering the rest of the regions across the globe. The 4-day Grand Finals will be held in late August in the United States (PAX Prime), where the best gamers from all around the world will compete over more than $200,000 USD in cash prizes and travel support.
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Qualifiers
The tournament will feature qualifiers running on the ESL Play website, with details of the qualifiers being shown on the MSI MGA portal: http://mga.msi.com/
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)
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KR/TW qualifier for SC2 leads to a 404.
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Australia18228 Posts
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)
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On May 29 2015 21:41 aka_star wrote:
what game is this for?
SC2 & Heroes
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Norway839 Posts
wow  super sick ... thanks
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Italy324 Posts
nice! so hyped :D
hope we get another victory from sen!
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France9034 Posts
Wow, that's some cashprize!
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I wonder who will be invited, top foreigners or top koreans? or maybe both :D
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200k for sc2 and heroes? That's really sick!
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I dig the Death Star in the background.
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How come there's only 1 qualifier per region? Can we expand the tournament to 32??
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Lets hope that europeans are able to play in EU qualifier immediatly after wcs /= but I guess it will be like copenhagen games - no top europeans to give other regions a chance 
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On May 30 2015 00:01 GGuMake wrote:
How come there's only 1 qualifier per region? Can we expand the tournament to 32??
expanding the tournament to 32 is way more expensive than having 16 players, for not a significant viewership increase. I agree though 32 players would be sweet
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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?
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On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote: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.
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On May 30 2015 00:27 KingAlphard wrote: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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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?
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Woah! I hope their production can match their prizepool.
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About SC2:
Above photo: China July 27th-28th?
Behind photo: APAC (Mainland China and Japan?) July 22nd-23rd?
More and more questions worried us......
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This looks pretty good ! Great jobb from MSI :D
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Amazing
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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.
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MSI puts on great tournaments. I just wish they would create a consistent brand for them so it'd be appreciated.
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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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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.
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I approve of ESL stepping up to the plate with this.
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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
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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: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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