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Japan Competitive Gaming opens up an SC2 league!

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520
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2822 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 17:13:18
April 23 2013 16:09 GMT
#1
http://sc2.j-cg.com/

http://sc2.j-cg.com/news/2

It looks like Japan has started their own league system for intrepid Starcraft 2 players in the country. The format is split into seasons of 6-weeks each and split into three classes of competition that all run concurrently. The league starts on May 6th.

Tournaments will be streamed on http://www.twitch.tv/japanesports

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The first is the open class, which takes place every Tuesday at 9pm JST in the form of 4-man single-elimination Bo3 tournaments. Each tournament distributes points to its participants based off of placement. 1st place 5 pts, 2nd place 3 pts, 3rd place 2 pts, 4th place 1 pt. Once you get at least 10 league points, you are eligible to participate in the second stage.

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The second stage is the master league, which takes place every other Sunday at 9pm JST in the form of 4-man round robin Bo3 tournaments. Similarly to the open league, you receive points based off of placement. 1st place 5 pts, 2nd place 3pts, 3rd place 2 pts, 4th place 1 pt. The top 4 players by point-ranking are eligible to participate in the third stage. For Season 0, entry is limited to players who have reached Master's League or higher on any server, but for future seasons, you will be able to enter based off of your league points you've received in the open class.

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The third stage is the premier league, which also takes place every other Sunday at 9pm JST on the weeks that the master league tournaments are not held. The tournament format is a series of 4-man round robin Bo3 tournaments. Winners of these round robin matches compete in a playoff each season to determine the victor of the season. The victor of each season will get an invite to a LAN finals to take place in January 2014.

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Yellow - Open Class
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Nithix
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States184 Posts
April 23 2013 16:11 GMT
#2
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!
Not even death can save you from me. - Diablo
synd
Profile Joined July 2011
Bulgaria586 Posts
April 23 2013 16:13 GMT
#3
A really surprising change in JP.
I know that JP is hardcore console gaming, PC is very rare there but if SC2 goes big, there might be hope.
ragz_gt
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
9172 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 16:14:06
April 23 2013 16:13 GMT
#4
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene
I'm not an otaku, I'm a specialist.
Heathen
Profile Joined January 2011
Philippines351 Posts
April 23 2013 16:14 GMT
#5
good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.
Demicore
Profile Joined October 2011
France503 Posts
April 23 2013 16:24 GMT
#6
Excellent news, can't wait to see what comes out of it.
"I love male nipples in starcraft; the two go together so well." ~Tasteless
Integra
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Sweden5626 Posts
April 23 2013 16:25 GMT
#7
Excellent news actually, would be awesome to see Japan attend the global SC2 scene.
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Grettin
Profile Joined April 2010
42381 Posts
April 23 2013 16:26 GMT
#8
Cool. Very happy for Japan!
"If I had force-fields in Brood War, I'd never lose." -Bisu
Zion9
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Romania347 Posts
April 23 2013 16:27 GMT
#9
Good news ! Hopefully it will be a real good league and japanese players can get some exposure out of this!
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LTY
Profile Joined November 2012
United States223 Posts
April 23 2013 16:32 GMT
#10
niceeee!!!!!!
Known as Miso or LTY
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
April 23 2013 16:32 GMT
#11
Beautiful. We need more Japanese culture in the SC2 scene
ThomasjServo
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
15244 Posts
April 23 2013 16:34 GMT
#12
Maybe Kuroa will play in it, I was always curious at the lack of well known Japanese players.
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
April 23 2013 16:35 GMT
#13
They should invite all the Koreans with GSL wins to help grow their scene, increase their skill level and develop their eco system. They should allow anyone without a realistic chance to sign up, too, so they can model themselves after perfection, MLG.

Is it possible for a NA to choose the Japan region, or are they not playing "make believe"?
Larkin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom7161 Posts
April 23 2013 16:37 GMT
#14
Cool, glad to see everything expanding!
https://www.twitch.tv/ttalarkin - streams random stuff, high level teamleague, maybe even heroleague
blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-23 16:40:07
April 23 2013 16:39 GMT
#15
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft
FOOL! Pain is my friend! Now let me introduce you to it!
Weavel
Profile Joined January 2010
Finland9221 Posts
April 23 2013 16:40 GMT
#16
Really cool news.
Life/Seed//Mvp/NaNiwa fighting! ZeNEX forever!
Sayle
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom3685 Posts
April 23 2013 16:42 GMT
#17
Any word on a stream? I've been looking for a good Japanese SC stream
CuteZergling
Profile Joined November 2011
641 Posts
April 23 2013 16:45 GMT
#18
On April 24 2013 01:13 ragz_gt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2013 01:11 Nithix wrote:
Hmm, interesting. I thought Japan's gambling laws mostly deterred competitive gaming over there - but maybe I was mistaken? Either way, cool to see another region hop in to SC!


Huh? That can't be the case as they have a huge competitive fighting game scene


I've heard the same thing about the gambling laws and that FGC pros in Japan often compete for small amounts of money, or prizes/food/store points.
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Dismay
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1180 Posts
April 23 2013 16:46 GMT
#19
Hopefully I'll see more out of Breek and Nemuke now. I'd like to watch if they have streams.
In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same.
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
April 23 2013 16:50 GMT
#20
On April 24 2013 01:39 blagoonga123 wrote:
hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft

LOL, I need SC2 Manga/Anime, like RIGHT NOW!
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
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