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StarCraft 2 will have yet another LAN tournament with great prizes in Europe. This time it's The Gathering, Norways largest computerparty.
The worlds second biggest LAN-party, The Gathering, is holding their recordbreaking €13000 tournament from the 4th to 8th of April 2012. The LAN is held at the world known Olympic Ice Skating Hall, Vikingskipet in the town of Hamar. Beside attracting 5200 gamers on the same floor, it is known as the worlds greatest computer-party.
By following the tradition, The Gathering keeps pushing their limits and is including esports heavily in this years schedule. With a total prize pool of over thirteen thousand euro, the tournament is putting Norway back on the e-sports map. This year it's more than honor and glory.
The tournament will be held in the Game:Area with tournament computers delievered by DreamHack, which are very familiar to a lot of proffesional players. The finals will be on the main stage in front of 5000 viewers, and with streaming, the possibilites almost surpass the impossible.
The history of The Gathering goes back to 1992 when it was first held. Last year the Swedish progamer
SjoW won in front of his fellow countryman 
SaSe in the StarCraft 2 tournament. He took home almost €4,000. This year the winner will take home almost double of this prize. If you would like to apply for an invite, you may PM me (nocR) with details of your progaming history. If you would like to participate in the online qualifiers, you can check out the link below.
For other game issues, please contact game[at]gathering.org
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Invites
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Place: Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway
Player limit: 48
Tournament type: Groupstage bo3 / Singel Elimination bo3
Tournament fee: 800 NOK ~ $140 / Foreigner ticket 400 NOK ~ $70
Total prizemoney: €13375
Coverage: sc2.no
English stream by: IMBATV
Website: Gathering.org
Liquidpedia:
The Gathering 2012Additional information:Here
Rules: Here
Online qualfications: http://sc2.no/page/216/
Maps:
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The tournament map pool includes the following maps:
GSL_Antiga Shipyard
GSL_Bel'Shir Beach (Winter)
GSL_Daybreak
GSL_Metropolis
ESL Entombed Valley
Cloud Kingdom LE
Tal'darim Altar LE
Prize by placement:
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Place Prize (NOK) Prize (EUR)
1st 55 000 NOK €7 350
2nd 25 000 NOK €3 350
3rd 10 000 NOK €1 350
4th 5000 NOK €670
5th 1250 NOK €170
6th 1250 NOK €170
7th 1250 NOK €170
8th 1250 NOK €170
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Edit: don't forget IPL 4 is on those dates as well
