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UPDATE: VODs have been posted! Click here to see the results.
Back in July TwitchTV, in conjunction with the Japanese StarCraft 2 Community, announced the very first JP Community TwitchTV Cup Series event. Four cups took place during the months of July and August, with the top two finishers of each cup qualifying for the Grand Finals.
This weekend, Saturday and Sunday starting at 12:00 GMT (+00:00), we are excited to present to you the GRAND FINALS (Click here to see the official announcement). The 8 qualified players from the previous cups will face off for approximately $1000 + tons of gear from Steelseries in prizes.
We hope this event can give exposure to the Japanese StarCraft scene in new and exciting ways. The overall goal is to bring the Japanese players to the forefront of TeamLiquid, /r/starcraft. and the general StarCraft community at large, and encourage growth in the Japanese RTS eSports scene. We hope you take the time to tune into the event, or catch the VODs afterwards, and support the SC2 scene in glorious Nippon!
Without further ado, the info:
FORMAT
+ Show Spoiler +- Best of 3
- Double Elimination
- 8-player bracket
SCHEDULE
+ Show Spoiler +ALL TIMES GMT
- 1st Day
- 11:00 - tournament streamers and operators are online
- 11:30 - Start broadcasting with commentator
- 11:50 - Setting up a first match
- 12:00 - Starting the first match from 1st Round
- 12:00 - 1st Round
- 13:00 - 2nd Round, Losers 1st Round
- 14:00 - 3rd Round, Losers 2nd Round
- 2nd Day
- 11:00 - tournament streamers and operators are online
- 11:30 - Start broadcasting with commentator
- 11:50 - Setting up a first match
- 12:00 - Winners Final, Losers 3rd Round
- 13:00 - Losers Final
- 14:00 - Grand Final
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
MATCHES
+ Show Spoiler +- Match 1: Vaisravana (Z) vs breek_ (Z)
- Match 2: PSiArc (T) vs Kuro (T)
- Match 3: MasterGODx (P) vs. Holon ^ w ^ (Z)
- Match 4: Ash (T) vs nemuke (T)
VODs
+ Show Spoiler +
The Japanese stream will be available on Matsujun's TwitchTV channel. Matsujun is the main organizer behind this event, so make sure to follow him on Twitter! Zyori and Thundertoss will provide the English commentary over on ZyoriTV
Thanks for taking the time to read this far - we hope to provide entertaining games and expose the world to Japanese RTS!
About the tournament:
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 $1000 + 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.
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oh wow so there WAS a japanese community website, had no idea -.-;
Well, great news for esports
GL HF Nippon Faito!
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Japanese RTS?
I need to sit for a moment and try to comprehend this.
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If we can't find an English streamer in EU, myself and Gunrun might end up casting this on GLHF.tv. Start time is 5AM for us -__-;
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Japanese + StarCraft 2? Oh my. I actually didn't know it was "big" at all in Japan. This makes me really happy to see and it's great that eSports is being promoted there as well! Hoping their scene will continue to grow like EU/NA/KR and we'll see some insane JP apm and micro!
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On September 08 2011 08:13 Sokalo wrote:
Japanese RTS?
I need to sit for a moment and try to comprehend this.
Hey, Japan did send a few BW players to the 2010 WCG, though they got crushed pretty badly. I think Jaedong remarked that one of them played like a computer.
Anyways, this should be an interesting glimpse into the mysterious Japanese scene.
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I think Jaedong stated that, beating the guy is simple as beating a computer.
JD is badass like that 
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I feel like there's tons of potential for growth in Japanese eSports. Japan has historically not been good at RTS, FPS, or MOBA, but the fighting game scene has developed awesomely. Gives me hope, man.
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On September 08 2011 08:50 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 08:13 Sokalo wrote:
Japanese RTS?
I need to sit for a moment and try to comprehend this. Hey, Japan did send a few BW players to the 2010 WCG, though they got crushed pretty badly. I think Jaedong remarked that one of them played like a computer. Anyways, this should be an interesting glimpse into the mysterious Japanese scene.
They did much better as IEF 2009, both nazomen and redskirt won two games in their groups
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Very interested to see how good Japanese SC2 players are. Would be awesome if there was some super sick player that we don't know of.
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Sadly, I don't really have the best impression of the capabilities Japanese RTS players have if the only Japanese RTS games I've seen were on the NDS...
Best of luck to them though. I never knew there was a Japanese scene to begin with. What server do they even play on? o-o
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On September 08 2011 10:41 Tatari wrote:
Best of luck to them though. I never knew there was a Japanese scene to begin with. What server do they even play on? o-o
Well, in the beginning, amazon.co.jp sold the NA version of SC2, so that's what they started out with, but to be honest, I don't know if that's the server they still play on. I tried to compile some information about the Japanese scene a year back or so and put it into a Liquipedia article ( Japanese SC2 scene), which would answer your first question (which wasn't really a question, I know). Unfortunately, the article hasn't been kept updated, but at least it shows that the Japanese have been trying to get things going for a while.
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Wow, this is really cool, i'll be sure to follow this event!
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Belgium9944 Posts
On September 08 2011 08:50 eviltomahawk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 08:13 Sokalo wrote:
Japanese RTS?
I need to sit for a moment and try to comprehend this. Hey, Japan did send a few BW players to the 2010 WCG, though they got crushed pretty badly. I think Jaedong remarked that one of them played like a computer. Anyways, this should be an interesting glimpse into the mysterious Japanese scene.
Jaedong remarked that about Kazakhstan's player. The japanese invite (some D+/C- guy) to IEF won against machine in one of the most hilarious ZvZ matches ever.
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2nd Worst City in CA8938 Posts
On September 08 2011 20:23 iMAniaC wrote:Show nested quote +On September 08 2011 10:41 Tatari wrote:
Best of luck to them though. I never knew there was a Japanese scene to begin with. What server do they even play on? o-o Well, in the beginning, amazon.co.jp sold the NA version of SC2, so that's what they started out with, but to be honest, I don't know if that's the server they still play on. I tried to compile some information about the Japanese scene a year back or so and put it into a Liquipedia article ( Japanese SC2 scene), which would answer your first question (which wasn't really a question, I know). Unfortunately, the article hasn't been kept updated, but at least it shows that the Japanese have been trying to get things going for a while.
Most of them still play on the NA server while some of them play on the Taiwan and Korean servers as well. You can find more information about them here, including where they hang out, etc.: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=199890
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United States2822 Posts
I'm glad that this movement is starting to catch wind elsewhere. Congratulations to the Japanese Starcraft 2 scene!
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Yeaa Japan! I wish i could find more people in Japan to play with.
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lol japan esports, missing since 1999
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On September 09 2011 00:33 MartinN wrote:
lol japan esports, missing since 1999
Daigo, Fuudo, Kindevu, Mago, Sako, Tokido, and Momochi beg to differ :F although I guess the fighting game community doesn't consider itself part of "esports"
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