CSL presents E-Sports SQUARE Sakura Tournament

Spring is here and with it comes renewed life, natural beauty, and Heart of the Swarm! The Collegiate Starleague is proud to announce the Sakura Tournament, a spring feature tournament in Tokyo, Japan. E-Sports Square, the only e-sports cafe of its kind in the country, is hosting this LAN alongside the CSL. We invite all StarCraft fans in the Tokyo area to attend, and hope you enjoy what promises to be an exciting event.

The StarCraft community in Japan has always been a topic of interest, as it stands mysteriously disconnected from the rest of the worldwide e-sports community. With that in mind, the aim of the tournament is to bring the two communities closer together, foster e-sports in Japan, and have a lot of fun most of all!

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A 16-man single elimination bracket. Depending on the number of participants, the tournament may increase to a 32-man bracket.

All matches are best-of-3 until the semifinals. The semi-finals, 3rd place decider match, and finals are Bo5. Each round starts with a predetermined map, and loser picks the next map.

The tournament will be cast live in Japanese, and CSL will separately broadcast the tournament later at an agreeable time for European and American audiences on the CSL stream.

Stream: http://ja.twitch.tv/esportssquare

Participation Fee: Free! If you can make it, you can play!

Prize Pool:

1st Place - ¥15,000 + food right*
2nd Place - ¥9,000
3rd Place - ¥6,000

* CSL is covering a substantial portion of the dinner, up to ¥12,000.
      The champion gets to choose where we go or what sort of food to have.

Map Pool                                          Date & Time*

GSL Daybreak                                      April 20th, 2013
Star Station                                      Check-in – 11:30am
Graystone Ravine                                  1st Round (GSL Daybreak) – 12pm
GSL Bel'shir Vestige SE                           2nd Round (Star Station) – 1:30pm
KeSPA Neo Planet S                                3rd Round (Graystone Ravine) – 3pm
                                                  3rd Place Match (GSL Bel'shire Vestige SE) – 4:30pm
                                                  Finals (KeSPA Neo Planet S) – 6pm

* - All times are in JST, Japan Standard Time

Location:
e-sports SQUARE (website)
〒272-0034
Chiba-ken, Ichikawa-shi, Ichikawa 1-6-6
Moriyasu Building, 2nd Floor
TEL: 047-314-8687

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Direct link to registration form is HERE.

Anyone who wants to register can go straight to the thread on e-sports SQUARE and register by clicking on the Google form marked by こちら. Fill in your username, character code, race, and real name. Once you hit submit you'll be entered in the Sakura Tournament.

Thread: https://e-sports-square.com/info/420-collegiate-starleague様協力-オンライン大会/
Alternate Link: https://e-sports-square.com/communities/topic/84
(In the alternate link you have to copy/paste the shortened URL near the top of the post)

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• This tournament will be played in Heart of the Swarm
  
• All players should play from their own HoTS account. A guest account is available if necessary.
  
• Walk-in signups are allowed if there are openings in the bracket. Event spectators are most welcome, please come and give your support!
  
• No spectators, other than casters, are allowed in the game lobby.
  
• Native English and Japanese speakers will be on-site.
  
• Excessive BM will not be tolerated.

Connectivity/Lag Guidelines

• If Battle.net mass-disconnects before the finals, all games in progress will be resumed from replays.
  
• If Battle.net disconnects during the finals, the games will be continued at the discretion of the host.
  
• If lag makes the game unplayable on your computer, pause the game and ask an employee to check the state of your network connection.
  
• Games may be replayed if the lag is caused by the network.
  
• Games will NOT be replayed if the player lags because they set the graphics to ultra.