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It's Gosu eSports, working in conjunction with the NE-SE, is pleased to announce the official details concerning what it hopes will be the first in a far reaching series of landmark invitational events, The It's Gosu eSports Invitational #1.
The inaugural event of the It's Gosu Invitational Series will feature a $1,750 prizepool, and will pit 64 of the best Starcraft II players on the planet against each other in a single elimination bracket stretching across two days, August 10th-August 11th.
The event will be streamed on the official It's Gosu eSports stream both days, with the field playing itself down to the Round of 8 on August 10th, and the remaining quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals being broadcasted on August 11th.
The stream will be hosted by lead It's Gosu caster and Team GoSu Executive Manager Aaron "Ayesee" Chambers, who will be joined in casting by Team GoSu Manager Scott "Rumcake" Ball.
Competing players will be announced in bursts leading up to the event. 16 players will be announced August 5th, 16 on August 7th, and 16 on both August 8th and 9th.
This event has been made possible by the continued support of lead sponsor NE-SE, which has recently been the subject of much discussion and excitement following the prominent announcement of their own in-house tournament structure and plans on Blizzard's Facebook page, as well as Blizzard's running SC2 blog.
The National E-Sports Event (NE-SE) is an open league designed to revolve around the average to above average players as well as professionals. The system allows all players the ability to earn moderate to large sums of money competing in the video games they play all the time, right from their own homes.
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DETAILS:
Dates:
August 10th-August 11th
Time:
Stream on both days will begin at 7PM EST
Place:
Online, viewable to all via the official It's Gosu eSports stream.
Countdown to stream (in order to avoid timezone confusion) -- (Special thanks to Vindexus of /r/starcraft)
Prizepool:
1st Place - $1,000
2nd Place - $500
3rd Place - $250
Bracket:
The full bracket can be found on the event's main page on ItsGosu.com.
Competing Players:
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GoSu.Namchir
GoSu.Hwangsin
GoSu.Pokebunny
GoSu.wbc
GoSu.Sonkie
GoSu.STX
GoSu.Rhythm
GoSu.Zerker
GoSu.Kyhol
GoSu.Gatored
GoSu.Linko
Fnatic.Rain
Fnatic.lefNaij
Fnatic.KawaiiRice
RGN.Future
RGN.Slush
RGN.Spades
RGN.Perfect
FXO.oz
FXO.sc
FXO.Moonan
FXO.OptikZero
FXO.Nuclear
FXO.TheBest
FXO.Gumiho
SixJax.Major
SixJax.Vibe
Zenex.Puzzle
Zenex.CoCa
Zenex.Hack
Zenex.Yong
Zenex.c0re
Zenex.Naya
Zenex.Life
Zenex.Byun
SlayerS.Cella
SlayerS.Crank
SlayerS.Ryung
SlayerS.Frozen
SlayerS.Min
SlayerS.Sleep
xSix.Mystik
xSix.ThisIsJimmy
xSix.Ver
xSix.Shadow
xSix.Mkengyn
Vile.Ddoro
Vile.State
Vile.Hawk
iS.Edge
iS.JEcho
iS.Taurent
vVv.Titan
vVv.Hasu
vVv.Ruff
Empire.Kas
Empire.Beastyqt
Dream.Attero
Dream.Everize
Avilo
MarineKing.Prime
Creator.Prime
Check.Prime
Terius.Prime
Waiting List:
RaNgEd
ReSpOnSe
coL.Cruncher
Acer.Paran0id
Tournament Roster Changelog:
8/5/11
First 16 competitors added:
GoSu.Namchir
GoSu.Hwangsin
GoSu.Pokebunny
GoSu.Ostojiy
Fnatic.Rain
RGN.Kiwikaki
RGN.Slush
FXO.oz
FXO.sc
SixJax.DDE
Zenex.Puzzle
Zenex.CoCa
Zenex.Hack
SlayerS.Cella
SlayerS.Crank
SlayerS.Ryung
8/7/11
GoSu.Ostojiy, Sixjax.DDE, RGN.Kiwikaki removed due to scheduling conflicts, replaced with GoSu.Sonkie, GoSu.wbc, and GoSu.STX.
Competitors 17-32 added:
GoSu.Rhythm
GoSu.Zerker
GoSu.Kyhol
GoSu.Gatored
GoSu.Linko
Fnatic.TT1
FXO.Moonan
FXO.Optikzero
Sixjax.Major
Sixjax.Vibe
RGN.Spades
RGN.Perfect
xSix.Mystik
xSix.ThisIsJimmy
Vile.Ddoro
Vile.State
8/8/11
Fnatic.TT1 removed due to scheduling conflict, replaced with RGN.Future
Competitors 33-48 added:
Fnatic.Lefnaij
Fnatic.KawaiiRice
FXO.Nuclear
FXO.TheBest
FXO.Gumiho
iS.Edge
iS.JEcho
xSix.Ver
xSix.Shadow
xSix.Mkengyn
Vile.Hawk
vVv.Titan
Avilo
Dream.Attero
Dream.Everize
SlayerS.Frozen
8/9/11
Competitors 49-64 added:
Zenex.Yong
Zenex.c0re
Zenex.Naya
Zenex.Life
Zenex.Byun
SlayerS.Min
SlayerS.Sleep
iS.Taurent
vVv.Hasu
vVv.Ruff
Empire.Kas
Empire.Beastyqt
MarineKing.Prime
Creator.Prime
Check.Prime
Terius.Prime
Map Pool
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns (RO 64 Starting Map)
MLG Shattered Temple (RO 32 Starting Map)
MLG Shakuras Plateau (RO 16 Starting Map)
iCCup Testbug (RO 8 Starting Map)
GSL Tal’Darim Altar (Semi-finals Starting Map, Bronze Match starting map)
GSL Terminus SE (Finals Starting Map)
This event is going to be great.
