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MLG is launching Online Tournaments for the release of Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm! We're proud to announce our Free-to-Play Online Tournaments on our Online Competition site. Between March 14th and March 22nd, we will be hosting a Free Online Tournament each day, where the prize will be Credits, which can then be used to enter Pay-to-Play Online tournaments at chance to win money. Credits are used to enter into our Pay-to-Play Online Tournaments where the prize is money.
Following March 22nd, we will be offering several Free and Pay-to-Play Online Tournaments every week. So start playing in the Free Online Tournaments to get credits to enter into the Pay-to-Play tournaments to win money!
Go here to register for an Online Tournament
Schedule of March Tournaments:
March 14th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 15th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 16th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 17th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 18th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 19th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 20th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 21st – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 22nd – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 23rd – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 24th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 25th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 27th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 28th – Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
March 29th – Entry Fee = FREE ; Prize = Credits
March 30th – 2v2 ; Entry Fee = 10 Credits ; Prize = Money
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On March 14 2013 04:52 SniXSniPe wrote:
Bad link?
Link worked* for me.
According to the site the money tournies will give $110, btw.
Now the other post makes more sense..
PS. why are the money tournaments named differently? I can't see any noticeable difference (single elim, same prize and cost to enter)
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I like this. Gives me more reason to get on and play. Besides ladder, i feel more motivated to practice.
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Looks very nice, even managed to fit a 2v2 tournament in there  . Wonder how far they will go with this, could set up some nifty stuff (people with top credits get invited to qualifier or something of that sort).
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this is incredible
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I think that MLG is onto something with this format, especially at this early stage of the game.
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Hey guys,
KC from MLG here. Just wanted to poke my head in here and make some comments.
We made some significant layout changes to our site today. Unfortunately, this created the site to go down a couple times for a few minutes. Hopefully things are steady now and you won't see anymore issues.
With the release of Heart of the Swarm, we want to aggressively grow our Starcraft Online Tournament community. To do that, we're going to host a bunch of free and paid entry Online Tournaments every week. We're really excited about getting more involved here, and hope you guys are as well.
This is purely community driven. If we see tournaments filling and a demand for this, we're going to do more and more. We've got some ideas for the future as well and would love to hear your's too! Let us know what you want!
A few ideas we're looking at....
1. Tournaments based on rankings (Masters, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze)
2. Larger entry tournaments ($20-$30) with much larger prize pools
3. Pro Circuit integration where competing in these will provide a benefit in our larger qualifiers
4. 2v2, 3v3, 4v4
Thanks for taking an interest. Hope to see you guys take advantage of this and compete next week!
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Great idea guys! Super excited to see how this progresses.
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I wouldn't try too hard, MLG. Dailies are nice but look what happened to playhem. Of course their issues had multiple reasons, but I would be happy with a tournament or two every weekend.
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SICK FUCK NAYSAYERS THIS IS AWESOME
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Looks good.
Account activation for new MLG account doesn't seem to be working though.
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Can't wait for todays tournament
Also, I see a paid tourney for 2v2, but no free ones...do you have to buy pts to play in it?
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Ah this is where all these masters came from :/
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I'm very sad these are only for US Residents...
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How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments
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well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 .....
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On March 15 2013 21:38 1284 wrote:
I'm very sad these are only for US Residents...
There are legal issues behind allowing only US Residents in for these tournaments. I am pretty sure if there is a way to have tournaments for people in other regions of the world, they will run them.
On March 16 2013 02:24 Prplppleatr wrote:
How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments
You have to create a team for each tournament. There is no way to carry over your team from tournament to tournament. If you change the url by adding a number or two on the end, you should be able to use the same name.
Credits are given out to 1st-3rd. The general format for the free tournaments is 25 Credits to 1st, 10 to 2nd, and 5 to 3rd.
On March 17 2013 06:42 iheartEDM wrote:
well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 .....
I am not sure what happened since I wasn't there, but that shouldn't have happened.There is a thread on the MLG forums in the SC2 section to help you with this. We created a group on SC2 called "MLG Online Tournaments" where you can join, chat with other players and support staff, and help you find your opponent a little more easily.
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On March 17 2013 12:27 GBMeDiC wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2013 21:38 1284 wrote:
I'm very sad these are only for US Residents... There are legal issues behind allowing only US Residents in for these tournaments. I am pretty sure if there is a way to have tournaments for people in other regions of the world, they will run them. Show nested quote +On March 16 2013 02:24 Prplppleatr wrote:
How do i sign up for another tournament?
I played in yesturdays tournament...and now i am trying to sign up for todays, but it keeps taking me to the create team page (again) and i can't create the same team...and when i search for my already created team it doesn't show up
PS. i simply added a number to the end of it and it worked, but it seems silly that i will have to do this...and the team thing in general
Second question: Can there be points for more than just first place...if they are the only ones getting points, then they will be the only ones who can do the money tournaments You have to create a team for each tournament. There is no way to carry over your team from tournament to tournament. If you change the url by adding a number or two on the end, you should be able to use the same name. Credits are given out to 1st-3rd. The general format for the free tournaments is 25 Credits to 1st, 10 to 2nd, and 5 to 3rd. Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 06:42 iheartEDM wrote:
well that was disappointing. I signed up for the tournament and waited about an hour for my opponent to get online. He never got online so I never could play him. I filed the thing to say that my opponent did not show up, and when i checked back later it says he won 2-0 ..... I am not sure what happened since I wasn't there, but that shouldn't have happened.There is a thread on the MLG forums in the SC2 section to help you with this. We created a group on SC2 called "MLG Online Tournaments" where you can join, chat with other players and support staff, and help you find your opponent a little more easily.
Thank you, and thanks again for doing these tournaments...hasn't seemed like too many people have noticed, but were still getting quite a few people and hopefully more will notice
Also, i think it would be great if both 3rd and 4th got the 5 credits  since it will likely happen often that one or both people who lose in the semi's just log off
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