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United States2822 Posts
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
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/gWLEDQQ.png)
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.
![[image loading]](http://sc2.j-cg.com/uploads/fckeditor/contents/uid000001_20130418043240b5fdbbba.png)
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.
![[image loading]](http://sc2.j-cg.com/uploads/fckeditor/contents/uid000001_20130418044315e165fba5.png)
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.
![[image loading]](http://sc2.j-cg.com/uploads/fckeditor/uid000005_20130418114531967cbe73.png)
Yellow - Open Class
Green - Master League
Red - Premier League
Striped Boxes - Playoff Matches
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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!
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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.
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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
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good for Japan. I thought theyd never catch up with the rest of the world.
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Excellent news, can't wait to see what comes out of it.
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Excellent news actually, would be awesome to see Japan attend the global SC2 scene.
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Cool. Very happy for Japan!
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Good news ! Hopefully it will be a real good league and japanese players can get some exposure out of this!
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Beautiful. We need more Japanese culture in the SC2 scene 
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Maybe Kuroa will play in it, I was always curious at the lack of well known Japanese players.
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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"?
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Cool, glad to see everything expanding!
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hooray one step closer to a sports manga based around competitive starcraft
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Any word on a stream? I've been looking for a good Japanese SC stream
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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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Hopefully I'll see more out of Breek and Nemuke now. I'd like to watch if they have streams.
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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!
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EPT
