$4,500 Tokyo Game Show

aLt)nirvana

Singapore846 Posts

June 26 2012 10:23 GMT

The Tokyo Game Show 2012!

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SC2SEA.com is proud to be hosting the Starcraft 2 qualifiers for the the Asia e-Sports Cup held at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan. Sort of like a mini-wcg for the SEA/ANZ region, the Asia e-Sports Cup will unite the best CS and Starcraft 2 gamers across the SEA/ANZ region. The tournament's main sponsor is Alienware.

Key Information

Includes an international Starcraft 2 / CS tournament
7 winners of the respective qualifiers will receive all expense paid trips to japan (air ticket* + accommodation)
7 different qualifiers for 10 nations will be held online, run by SC2SEA with the help of the various head admins of the respective countries.
Finals has a prize pool of $5,000 USD

Registration has begun for the Australian, Thai and Malaysian qualifiers to be held this week.

Registration is absolutely free and has to be done on the CyAC website, our tournament partner.
It has a lot of cool social features (e.g you can comment on anything tournament and any match!) so be sure to check it out.
The organizer has specified only citizens can play in their respective qualifiers and represent their respective nations in Japan.
The tournament is only open to SEA + ANZ citizens.

You need to have a Starcraft 2 SEA "game account" tagged to your account registered on their website. As all qualifiers will be online, identity verification might be requested if suspicious activity is suspected and strict punishments will be handed out to offenders.

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The Australian qualifiers will be streamed by Team Immunity and players can sign up for only ONE qualifier. The sole winner of each of these two qualifiers will battle it out at the GESC LAN finals the following week in Melbourne. Should the player NOT be already qualified for GESC/ACL during that weekend, Team Immunity has offered to pay for the flight expenses to Melbourne. nirvAnA and BakaInu will be responsible for overseeing the overall tournament qualifiers and any inquires can be directed to them.

Australia Qualifier Dates:
Qualifier #1: Thursday, 28th June 8pm AEST - Sign Up Here!
Stream: http://www.own3d.tv/TeamImmunity
Qualifier #2: Friday, 29th June 8pm AEST - Sign up Here!
Stream: http://www.own3d.tv/TeamImmunity
Channel: TGS
Admin: Arnor@Cityhunter
Finals @ GESC: Saturday 7th July (Tentatively after GESC concludes)

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Please note the change in time to Sunday for the Thailand + Malaysia qualifier. Likewise, the top 2 winners of this tournament will qualify for the TGX LAN to be held on Thailand from the 13th to 15th July where the winner will battle it out for the ticket to Tokyo.

Thailand / Malaysia Qualifier Dates:
Qualifier: Sunday, 1st July, 12 Noon SGT - Sign up here!
Channel: TGS
Admin: jump
Stream: TBD
Finals @TGX Expo Thailand: 13th to 15th July.

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Dates of Qualifiers

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All qualifiers will be held online, and those with physical events will result in "showmatch" between the top 2 players to decide who gets the ticket. As all qualifiers will be online, identity verification might be requested if suspicious activity is suspected.

Australia Qualifier Dates:
Qualifier #1: Thursday, 28th June 8pm AEST
Qualifier #2: Friday, 29th June 8pm AEST
Finals @ GESC: Saturday 7th July (After GESC concludes)
Admin: Arnor@Cityhunter

The Australian qualifiers will be streamed by team immunity and players can sign up for only ONE qualifier. It isn't held over the weekend as ACL qualifiers have been scheduled already then. The sole winner of each of these two qualifiers will battle it out at the GESC LAN finals the following week in Melbourne. Should the player NOT be already qualified for GESC/ACL during that weekend, Team Immunity has offered to pay for the flight expenses to Melbourne. nirvAnA and BakaInu will be responsible for overseeing the overall tournament qualifiers and any inquires can be directed to them.

Thailand / Malaysia Qualifier Dates:
Qualifier: Sunday, 1st July
Admin: jump

Vietnam Qualifier Dates:
Online Qualifier: Late July
Finals @ TGX Vietnam: 11th - 12th August
Admin: TBD

Singapore / Indonesia Qualifier Dates:
Online Qualifier: Late August
Finals @ TGX Singapore: 7th to 9th September
Admin: Frogmite

India Qualifier Dates:
Online Qualifier: Late August
Admin: TBD

Philippines / New Zealand Qualifier Dates:
Online Qualifier: Late August
Admin: Zendex

More Links

AEC's Facebook page | AEC News Post | Alienware | TGX | Team Immunity

Stitch

Hong Kong134 Posts

June 26 2012 10:46 GMT

Oooo I'm so psyched. Usually don't see too much Japanese StarCraft around! Can't wait to see who goes and would really be pleased to see the live event!

Seph02

Netherlands221 Posts

June 26 2012 11:40 GMT

Was @ the Tokyo Game Show 2 years ago, amazing event.

Back then I only spectate some Street fighter/Tekken tournaments, but an SC2 tournament...quite awesome actually.

Also, I was wondering why a huge and densely populated country such as Japan, doesn't have any really good SC2 players..
I mean in Japan they got tons of other awesome games they are playing a lot, but still..

SamuraiSEA

Japan89 Posts

June 26 2012 12:20 GMT

Cool to have, even though it is small - Starcraft 2 in Japan.

All we have is RPG's and crazy MMORPG's... It's about time some truly skill based games got introduced to the mainstream.

Anyway this sounds great, I hope the event goes well and good luck~

gape.ninja

Japan249 Posts

June 26 2012 12:58 GMT

(b~.^)b

MartinN

Spain307 Posts

June 26 2012 20:24 GMT

nice event

Some day Japan will join in esports.. dunno

Shinta)

United States1716 Posts

June 26 2012 20:37 GMT

Japan has had a bunch of SC2 tournaments already.. In fact, Japan Cup was a tournament just this past weekend that featured SC2.

But the issue is that it's not that huge yet.
Although some companies are supporting SC2 in Japan, there is not enough support, so everyone should support and follow Japanese eSports to help it's growth!!

aLt)nirvana

Singapore846 Posts

June 27 2012 04:34 GMT

The Australian qualifiers start tomorrow, signups are still open.

Remember registration is totally free and winner gets flown to japan to represent their country

WeAgree

Canada16 Posts

June 27 2012 23:32 GMT

SEA and ANZ? so not even japanese players can participate?

aLt)nirvana

Singapore846 Posts

June 28 2012 06:56 GMT

#10

Japanese players can participate they have their own qualifier

We are running the qualifier for the other SEA / ANZ nations.

Tournament starts in 3 hours from this post and registration for the Australian Qualifier 1 will end in 2 hours.

Stream goes Live at 8PM AEST http://www.own3d.tv/TeamImmunity

aLt)nirvana

Singapore846 Posts

June 30 2012 11:07 GMT

#11

Congrats to Nv,mOOnGLaDe and iM Mafia (he hit GM on korea for those who don't know!) who won the top 2 spots. They will battle it out live at the GESC finals in Melbourne next Saturday to decide who represents Australia in Japan.

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Some final changes for Thailand qualifiers tomorrow.
Games will begin at 2PM SGT.
The organizer has requested for a top 4 final @ the physical LAN, instead of top 2.

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