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TeamSpeak sponsors 12 more TL SC2 Opens!
We're happy to announce that TeamSpeak is sponsoring the TL SC2 Open Series again. The first series was a great success and produced some awesome games and provided the backbone for our TSL3 Qualifiers. You may recognize some of the past winners: Dignitas.Select, ROOT.Drewbie, Empire.Nerchio, Empire.Kas, mouz.Thorzain, Tt.White-Ra, and many others. Previous TL Open VODs can be found here.
TeamSpeak is a great sponsor. We really believe in their service, enough so that we used TeamSpeak 3 to cast all the TSL3 games. Also, they provided us with an official TL TeamSpeak 3 server which has been running since November 2010. You'll see many TL users hanging out there at all hours of the day, and our staff use it as a place to play team games, watch movies, and interact with the TL community. Check it out!
A message from TeamSpeak's CEO, Peter Kirk:
Greetings TeamLiquid community,
I am happy to be able to extend my support to TeamLiquid in sponsoring these upcoming Tournaments. We at TeamSpeak have always been hardcore gamers, striving for a tool perfectly tailored for gamers communication needs. For myself my passion in gaming is StarCraft 2 (just checked, I am averaging at 13 games per day :D ), which explains how I know about your site. Try TeamSpeak 3 if you have not tried it yet, it is in the final release candidate stages and will be announced as 3.0.0 Final some time during the next few weeks
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Looking forward to some epic games!
I am happy to be able to extend my support to TeamLiquid in sponsoring these upcoming Tournaments. We at TeamSpeak have always been hardcore gamers, striving for a tool perfectly tailored for gamers communication needs. For myself my passion in gaming is StarCraft 2 (just checked, I am averaging at 13 games per day :D ), which explains how I know about your site. Try TeamSpeak 3 if you have not tried it yet, it is in the final release candidate stages and will be announced as 3.0.0 Final some time during the next few weeks

Looking forward to some epic games!
TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open Details
This TL SC2 Open Series will last 12 tournaments. Each tournament will have a prize pool of $200 and will be played on the North America Battle.net server. Players who place high in these 12 tournaments will earn points and be invited to a single day invite tournament with $1,000 in prize money.
Registration for the first tournament will open Thursday, Jun 09 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
Tournament begins on Saturday, Jun 11 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). View details and register here.
Professional players can PM Hot_Bid for early registration.
For those that haven't participated in a TL Open before, it's a great opportunity to play in a well-run event broadcast by some great commentators. If you'd like to help cast the earlier rounds of a TL Open, feel free to apply here.
This weekend, the first TL Open's semifinals and finals will be broadcast by TeamLiquid and cast by Chill and Liquid`TLO.
About our Sponsor
The TeamLiquid SC2 Open is proudly sponsored by TeamSpeak Systems GmbH, developers of popular TeamSpeak voice chat software for online gamers and now, with their latest TeamSpeak 3 SDK product, virtual worlds and integrated solutions. TeamSpeak enables groups of people to speak with one another over the Internet using their Windows, Mac, or Linux based computer, much like a telephone conference call. Android and iPhone support are also expected to be released in Q3 of 2011. A TeamSpeak user will typically wear a headset with an integrated microphone and connect to his guild or clan's TeamSpeak server to chat with fellow team mates, discuss strategy in real-time, or facilitate online events.
TeamSpeak 3 features include: in-game overlay for DirectX and OpenGL games, simplified permissions system with advanced user toggle, firewall friendly file transfer, BBCode enabled info panes, voice encryption toggle on a per-channel basis, global public web server list, tabbed multi-server connectivity, tabbed text chatting with logging, user avatars, friends lists, offline messaging, and a fully customizable client UI supporting skins, sound packs, and plugins. TeamSpeak is FREE to use for non-commercial entities.
If you are interested in sponsoring a TeamLiquid SC2 Open or one of our other events, please see our advertising / sponsorship page.