Waiting list for SC2 Player Passes can be found here: http://forums.majorleaguegaming.com/topic/266864-columbus-winter-championship-starcraft-ii-1v1-player-pass-waiting-list

The MLG Columbus event will take place March 23-25 (The Full StarCraft 2 Schedule has not yet been released.)

Please try to purchase your pass as soon as they go on sell and come to Columbus and show your support for MLG and the North American SC2 scene!

As always, please feel free to ask any questions regarding the event, and I'll try to answer them to the best of my ability. Please keep in mind that there are still details to be released, so if the information is not below, it's likely not available yet.

Venue:
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Venue/Tournament Location: Greater Columbus Convention Center: 400 N. High Street; Columbus, OH 43215

Hotel Locations:
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Westin Columbus

Reservations: 614-228-3800
Hotel Rate: 129 + $16.75 tax s/d
Reservation deadline: March 9, 2012
Distance to venue: 7 blocks
Parking: $20 per night

Red Roof Columbus Downtown

Reservations: 800-733-7663
Hotel Rate: $115+ 16.75% tax s/d/t/q for 2 beds
Reservation deadline: March 9, 2012
Distance to venue: 1 block

Residence Inn Columbus Downtown

Reservations: 800-331-3131
Hotel Rate: $139+ 16.75% tax s/d/t/q
Reservation deadline: March 7, 2012
Distance to venue: 4 blocks

Sheraton On Capitol Square (formally Hyatt)

Reservations: 800-331-3131
Hotel Rate: $139+ 16.75% tax s/d/t/q
Reservation deadline: March 7, 2012
Distance to venue: 4 blocks

It is not mandatory to stay in these hotels. If you'd like to do a price comparison to find the cheapest hotel, I would suggest to use Google Search, using the address of the Greater Columbus Convention Center which is 400 N. High Street; Columbus, OH 43215 to find the hotels closest to the venue.

Transportation:
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Transportation:

Airport:

Port of Columbus Airport (CMH)

Transportation Cost from Airport:

ARCH TRANSPORTATION (614-252-2277) runs 7am-midnight daily. Airport: $17.00 per person each way. Individual pickup times can be scheduled by calling them directly, reservations recommended.
Cab fare is $20-25 each way.

Pass Breakdown and Competition Format:
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256 total players
Read here for additional information

Prizes ($76,000 in prize money]):
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1st Place: $25,000
2nd Place: $15,000
3rd Place: $9,000
4th Place: $5,500
5th/6th Place: $3,500 each
7th/8th Place: $2,250 each
9th- 12th Place: $1,500 each
13th-16th Place: $1,000 each

Event Schedule
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Friday
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM Problem Check-In / Registration
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM Check-In
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Warm-Up
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Welcome
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Open Winners Round 1
5:30 PM - 11:45 PM Pool Play
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Open Winners Round 2
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Open Winners Round 3
11:30 PM - 12:30 AM Open Winners Round 4

Saturday
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Warm-Up
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Open Losers Round 1
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Open Winners Round 5 / Losers Round 2
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Open Winners Round 6 / Losers Round 3
2:30 PM - 9:15 PM Pool Play
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Open Losers Round 4
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Open Losers Round 5
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Open Losers Round 6
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Open Losers Round 7
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Open Losers Round 8
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Open Losers Round 9
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Championship Losers Round 1
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Championship Losers Round 2

Sunday
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Warm-Up
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Championship Losers Round 3
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Championship Losers Round 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Championship Winners Semifinals A / Losers Round 5
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Championship Winners Semifinals B / Losers Round 6
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Championship Winners Finals / Losers Round 7
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Championship Losers Round 8
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Championship Losers Round 9
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Championship Losers Finals
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Championship Finals

*All times are subject to change based upon the number of registered Players.

Maps and Settings
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MLG Antiga Shipyard - Cross Spawns Only
MLG Dual Sight
MLG Daybreak
MLG Entombed Valley - All Spawns Allowed
MLG Metalopolis - No Close by Ground Spawns
MLG Shakuras Plateau - No Close by Ground Spawns
MLG Tal’darim Altar - All Spawns Allowed

2012 Map Updates
- All Rich Mineral Fields have been replaced with Normal Mineral Fields.
- On Entombed Valley, a Neutral Supply Depot has been added to the bottom of each Main Base Ramp

Settings
1. Category = Melee
2. Mode = 1v1
3. Game Speed = Faster

MLG Deimos

United States652 Posts

January 31 2012 17:36 GMT

Winter Season Structure

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Xoronius

Germany6362 Posts

January 31 2012 17:44 GMT

76k. That is quite a lot. I really like the prize-pool-destribution, paying the top 16 will hopefully pull more europeans to MLG-Events.

VirgilSC2

United States6151 Posts

January 31 2012 17:45 GMT

Absolutely stoked for this. Probably going to be my first LAN event with my new team, very exciting stuff.

Cantro

Canada117 Posts

January 31 2012 17:53 GMT

Yay MLG!

Champloo

Germany1850 Posts

January 31 2012 17:55 GMT

Prizepool destribution really is good.

Hope the top europeans will still go to this even though they can't attend Winter Arena and get expenses paid.

MCDayC

United Kingdom14464 Posts

January 31 2012 17:59 GMT

AWWWEEEEESSOOOMEEE!!! I'm super hyped for this, it should be incredible.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

January 31 2012 18:01 GMT

Hype it up! Good to see prize money has increased. This should help justify the costs of travel for a lot of players. Brace yourselves, the Koreans are coming.

TheDougler

Canada8307 Posts

January 31 2012 18:20 GMT

Fantastic prize pool! Great to see MLG always stepping it up.

MLG Deimos

United States652 Posts

February 01 2012 11:14 GMT

#10

Spectator passes are now available for the 2012 MLG Winter Championship in Columbus. Please see the first post for more details.

Muffinman53

571 Posts

February 01 2012 15:51 GMT

#11

Just purchased my spectator pass. SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

February 01 2012 15:56 GMT

#12

Woo!! I'll be there.

can't wait.

IndridCold

United States385 Posts

February 01 2012 16:04 GMT

#13

what other games are there this season, ive seen nothing about anything but sc2?

jarf1337

United States146 Posts

February 01 2012 16:05 GMT

#14

How am I supposed to get a gold membership if the shop doesn't work? :/

Edit: I am asking because I want to buy one so I can get in early this year! :D

red4ce

United States7313 Posts

February 01 2012 16:13 GMT

#15

I love the increased prize pool. $15,000 for 2nd place is more than the whole prizepool for an entire MLG last year. It's still pretty top heavy though. The $20,000 between 1st and 4th place is an awful lot for 3 BoX series.

MLG Deimos

United States652 Posts

February 01 2012 16:50 GMT

#16

On February 02 2012 01:05 jarf1337 wrote:
How am I supposed to get a gold membership if the shop doesn't work? :/

Edit: I am asking because I want to buy one so I can get in early this year! :D

MLG is currently in the process of revamping our membership products. During this time, we have removed all membership passes from our online store. If you would like to purchase a membership in the meantime, Gold Membership cards can be purchased at your local GameStop (US only) and Toys R Us (US only). So if you have one near by, I'd suggest to go to the store to see if they have any MLG League Membership Cards.

On February 02 2012 01:04 IndridCold wrote:
what other games are there this season, ive seen nothing about anything but sc2?

That announcement will be made in the coming days/weeks.

jarf1337

United States146 Posts

February 01 2012 17:37 GMT

#17

On February 02 2012 01:50 MLG Deimos wrote:

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Is it safe to assume that the early entry will still apply to Gold Membership? I plan on going to GameStop as soon as I am out of work today. I'd rather not buy one to find out there's a new Platinum Membership package that has the cool event perks. Thanks for the quick reply!

rawb

United States252 Posts

February 01 2012 18:19 GMT

#18

Just booked at the Red Roof and bought my spec pass.
Crowne Plaza (where I stayed last year, across the street) was saying that one bed rooms were booked for the weekend already, here's to some ridiculous conventions being there alongside MLG. Last year was haunted house operators.

:D:D:D:D HYPE