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We at TwitchTV are proud to announce the first Starcraft 2 JP Community TwitchTV Cup Series! This event is targeted at promoting growth in Japanese eSports by offering a large prize pool (approximately $750 + hardware from Steelseries), great competition, and professional broadcasts in both Japanese and English. We hope this tournament will expose the top-talent in the land of the rising sun, and encourage more Japanese players to go “pro” in SC2! Additionally, the event will feature Novice, Expert, and Master class divisions, which will allow players of all skill levels to participate and have fun playing Starcraft 2 in a competitive environment.
FORMAT
+ Show Spoiler +- Each stage has Novice, Expert and Master class.
- Bronze/Silver/Gold class players participate Novice class, Platinum/Diamond class players participate Expert class and Master class players participate Master class.
- BO1 single elimination tournaments(Stage) are played each week. The semi-final and final are BO3. Each of them will be done in 1-day. There is no seeding for each stage.
- The 1st place and 2nd place winners of Master class in each stage, 8 players in total, proceed to Final Stage, which is BO3 double-elimination.
- Player's race is set on register form. The race cannot be changed in this tournament.
There is no seeding rule.
SCHEDULE
+ Show Spoiler +- The schedules of each stage are 24th Jul.(Sun), 30th Jul.(Sun), 7th Aug.(Sun) and 13th Aug.(Sat). Each day of coverage will start at 12:00 GMT
- Final Stage will be completed 21 Aug. (Mon) beginning at 11:00 GMT
PRIZES
+ Show Spoiler +- 1st Place: 30,000 yen, SteelSeries 6Gv2(Japanese) Gaming Keyboard + Spot for 2nd Grand championship
- 2nd Place: 15,000 yen、SteelSeries Siberia v2 Full-size Headset(Blue) + Spot for 2nd Grand championship
- 3rd Place: 10,000 yen、SteelSeries 3HD MousePad + Spot for 2nd Grand championship
- 4th Place: 5,000 yen
RESULTS
+ Show Spoiler +Cup #1 - MasterGODx and nemuke qualify for the Final Stage. VODs will be cut and uploaded later. For now, check out the recordings here.
The Japanese stream can be found at http://twitch.tv/matsujun - still looking for broadcasters to produce the English streams. Email ben@justin.tv if you are interested in streaming this tournament series in English.
Please check out the announcement on the official Starcraft 2 JP Community site for more information.
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This will be interessting, definitly gonna watch that. 
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wow! Japanese stream should be fun.
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which server is this being played on?
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Cool you guys are doing this! I always thought it was odd how little Blizzard advertises in Japan when I lived there. I'm curious, do they even have SC2 on shelves in Japan? Or are all players forced to buy other region versions online somehow?
Btw, to answer question above me I saw this on their community page, could be applicable:
SC2JC で開催するイベントは全て USサーバー で行います。
"All SC2JC events are held on the US Server"
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On July 20 2011 10:48 EcstatiC wrote:
which server is this being played on?
This tournament is played on NA Server.
Because of sponsored issue, the participates are limited to the people stay in Japan.
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Thanks for the responses! Yes, the tournament will be played on the NA Server.
And btw, HUGE thanks to matsujun for organizing this tournament! He is the man behind the Japanese SC2 community, and will be organizing / producing the stream. Arigatou!
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Can't wait to see what Japanese meta game is like! I hope it's motherships everywhere.
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I think I'm just as interested in hearing Japanese commentary as seeing their metagame. Too bad one of the weeks conflicts with MLG Anaheim/GSL Finals/EVO.
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UPDATE: Each cup will begin at 12:00 GMT. The 8-person Final Stage has been confirmed for August 21st, beginning at 11:00GMT. The Japanese stream will be found at http://twitch.tv/matsujun - still working on finding an English streamer!
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Too bad no english stream available. 
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Really looking forward to this, best of luck!
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Nippon Banzai!:D
Gambare! Goodluck!
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The first cup is complete! MasterGODx and nemuke have qualified for the Final Stage, and their chance at $750 + Equipment from Steelseries! Stay tuned for the next 3 qualifying cups, and the finals!
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nemuke's multidrops are decent, but his play is a bit sloppy. i'm rooting for MasterGODx (gogo brotoss).
minna ganbatte kudasai :D
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Wish I lived in Japan...
(Well, I say that /after/ the earthquakes...)
I'm Japanese but live in Canada atm T_T;;
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Just as a reminder, the second cup is taking place Saturday at 12GMT / 05 PDT! Make sure to tune in and support the Japanese community
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I live in Tokyo and can do the English commentating for the next event. Sorry I missed this one. I participated in one event earlier this year and had a blast with Matsujin's crew even though I went 0 ad 3 against a bunch of Masters.
I sent an email and you can PM me next here next time as well.
宜しくお願いします。
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wow really a tourny for japan how about us , so sad TT
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