Collegiate E-Sports Invitational [$5,000 Cash]

Founded in 2011, Collegiate E-Sports aims to foster intercollegiate competition amongst schools in North America. Our first event, the Collegiate E-Sports Invitational, consists of a Starcraft 2 tournament featuring some of the best schools across the United States and Canada. The prize pool for this event is $5000 from the help of our two major sponsors, NOS Energy Drink and Major League Gaming. For future events, we intend on using input from participants and monitoring trends in gaming to incorporate more games in the future.



April 9th, 2011 from 8AM-12AM EST.



The first event hosted by the Collegiate E-Sports Series will be a BYOC intercollegiate LAN in Indianapolis, IN. The event will feature a Starcraft 2 team tournament between the attending schools with a maximum limit of 20 schools. The event is free for participants as well as spectators. Teams interested in competing must fill out the application below. All teams will receive a $100.00 “prize” that we hope will help alleviate some of the travel costs.











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First Place: $1500.00
Second Place: $800.00
Third Place: $500.00
Special*: $200.00

Additionally, all teams will receive $100.00 for participating in the first ever Collegiate E-Sports Invitational (totalling $2000.00)

Total Prize Pool: $5000 cash and more!

Along with cash prizes, we are providing additional sponsored prizes such as free passes to future MLG Circuit events.

UPDATE: Hardware prizes will be distributed for players eliminated from the tournament in special events that we will announce during the event. Sponsors for the product prizing include Steelseries, Das Keyboard, and Big Foot Networks!



Set 1: 1v1
Set 2: 1v1
Set 3: 1v1
Set 4: 2v2
Set 5: 1v1
Set 6: 1v1
Ace: 1v1

Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, and Set 4 will require strictly unique players. Double racing (where players select the same race) is NOT allowed; however, a team to choose to play, for example, Terran and Random. Each player from Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, and Set 4 can be re-used in the latter sets; however a player may only play in two games per match. If a team chooses to re-use 3 players, one of the players must come from Set 4 (2v2). Both players from Set 4 can be re-used. The team first to achieve 4 set wins will win the match.

The map selection for each round will be selected by the tournament administrators at the event. Teams will be required to submit a line up prior to each match in a blind format -- meaning you will not be able to see your opponents selection. When both teams have submitted their line ups by selecting a player and a race for each position, then the lineups will be revealed and there will be no substitutions allowed after submission. No observers other than the casters or referees are allowed to be in the game and players must set their online status to "Busy." There can be no form of communications between players in game and players spectating (ie verbal communications, hand signals, etc). The only exception is having the 2v2 team communicate. In that case will we set up a VOIP program such as Ventrilo for those teams.

In the case of disconnections, chat violations, and other unpredictable circumstances, a referee will be assigned on the case and rulings will be determined on a case by case basis.



There are no registration fees or sign up costs for this event, in fact $100.00 will be paid to the coordinators directly at the event for traveling down to the event (we hope it helps travel costs). For competitors, all players for each team will receive free custom shirts with their university’s name. The event will be streamed on a dedicated Internet line with professional video production teams. All teams will have a personal liaison for the event that will help direct the team to the proper locations. Food will be available including products from Coca-Cola, dinner, open snack bar, and as much NOS Energy Drink you can handle. There will be a BYOC competition area for players to set up and get organized. During non-match times, there will be NOS Gaming Stations (equipped with televisions and gaming systems) for the players to enjoy.



This event is free for spectators to attend. If you are coming in support of a particular team, please let us know and we can get you a free team t-shirt as well. There will be a professional stream available for the duration of the event. Along with watching the games live as they progress, spectators will have same free access to all of the food and the console gaming stations (see above).



There is additional information on our website. Otherwise, email admin@cesleague.com or post in this thread with questions or concerns.