PlayXP was a major community site for Warcraft III in Korea. After being somewhat inactive for a period, it has come back in force for Starcraft II.
PlayXP and Gameplex are going to hold a the first Blizzard approved SC II Beta tournament in Korea. It will be a weekly tournament, with 64 or 128 players competing each week. It begins this Saturday, March 6th with a small invitational tournament between top ladder players in Korea.
UPDATE - The tournament was completed, and the replays are up!
On March 07 2010 07:51 GTR wrote:
PlayXP Invitational #1 Pack
All replays from the 8-man PlayXP Invitational.
PlayXP Invitational #1 Pack
All replays from the 8-man PlayXP Invitational.
Basic Info
Organizers: PlayXP, Gameplex
Format: Single elimination tournament. Single games for the first round, best 2 of 3 for top 4 and above.
Time and Date: March 6th, 3PM.
Live Broadcast: Daum TV Pot.
VODs: VODs will be available on PlayXP and GomTV.
Official Site: http://playxp.com/sc2/news/view.php?article_id=1921806
Here's the list of invited players for Week 1.
Players
Kim Byung Jun (Z) - Love
2nd place division 2. 500-301
Choi Jung Min (Z) - ZenioWerra
2nd place division 1. 417-152
Kim Tae Ho (T) - Hyo
4th place division 5 - 359 - 268
Park Jae Shin (P) - Thanatoss (Progamer "Eve" from Warcraft III)
5th place division 7 - 251-163
Kim Jinwoo (T) - isskin
6th place division 2 - 136-72
Lee Jae Hyuk (P) - Arena
7th place division 2 - 234-117
Chang Du Seop (P) - ChangDuSeop (Progamer "Who" from Warcraft III)
2nd place division 6 - 154-65
Kong Tae Suk (P) - kkong
8th place division 1 - 118-47
Looks fun to me! I hope the VODs are easily watchable by people outside Korea as well.