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There are great North American Starcraft 2 players, contrary to popular belief. They may not be the best in the world, but given an opportunity to shine, they can show some fantastic play. It is my belief that in order for the North American SC2 scene to grow, we have to make sure there is enough incentive for players with potential to practice. Drawing inspiration from Shoutcraft NA, I launched the show Breaking Out, where I spent a week highlighting 8 up and coming North American players that I felt had the potential to "break out" into the big leagues someday.
The show emphasized my belief that part of the reason the proper incentives don't exist for North America, is because unless you're already an established, top level North American pro, it's incredibly difficult to put yourself out there. For this reason, I structured the show to display each player's personality and history in an interview and fun activity, their playstyle in every one of their three matchups, and their actual perspective on the game.
Now, 8 weeks later, we have 8 fantastic players and a ton of information about them. With these 8 players, we're hosting an 8 player invitational with $1,000 up for grabs! The tournament will take place over the course of 3 days during the "off season" of WCS, and the semi-finals and finals will finish up right before the Redbull LAN! Don't miss this tournament if you have any interest in building the North American Starcraft 2 scene!
The groups are
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The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, November 20th - Group stage 1, casted by Feardragon and Wyrd on Feardragon's Stream
Thursday, November 21st - Group stage 2, casted by Feardragon and Temp0 on Feardragon's Stream
Friday, November 22nd - Semi-finals and Finals casted by Feardragon and Axeltoss on Feardragon's Stream
Wednesday, November 20th - Group stage 1, casted by Feardragon and Wyrd on Feardragon's Stream
Thursday, November 21st - Group stage 2, casted by Feardragon and Temp0 on Feardragon's Stream
Friday, November 22nd - Semi-finals and Finals casted by Feardragon and Axeltoss on Feardragon's Stream
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Currently $2,153.32 as of 9:00pm PST, Nov 21st
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Currently $2,153.32 as of 9:00pm PST, Nov 21st
Donate Directly To Players
+ Show Spoiler +
XT Jowj -
c SaroVati(Coming soon) -
SEED Arium -
CORE JonSnow -
Fnatic Hellokitty -
SEED Bones -
Eternity NuBrGNi -
CORE Sonic -
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This tournament will be hosted and casted by myself, feardragon. Wyrd and Temp0 will commentate alongside me on Wednesday November 20th and Thursday November 21st during the group stage.
The final day, Friday November 22nd, will then commentated by myself, feardragon, and Axeltoss!
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The tournament format will go as follows:
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1) One group stage resembling WCS groups. 4 Players in each group, top 2 players advance. Games will be played in a Bo3 on maps resembling the current ladder pool of this new season.
2) Players that advance will move to a round of 4 semi-finals match that will be played as a Bo5. This bracket is single elimination.
3) The winners of the semi-finals will face off in the finals in a Bo7 match for 1st place!
The prize pool distribution will be as follows:
1st place: $500 (50%)
2nd place: $200 (20%)
3rd/4th place: $100 (10%)
5th-8th place: $50 (5%)
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1) One group stage resembling WCS groups. 4 Players in each group, top 2 players advance. Games will be played in a Bo3 on maps resembling the current ladder pool of this new season.
2) Players that advance will move to a round of 4 semi-finals match that will be played as a Bo5. This bracket is single elimination.
3) The winners of the semi-finals will face off in the finals in a Bo7 match for 1st place!
The prize pool distribution will be as follows:
1st place: $500 (50%)
2nd place: $200 (20%)
3rd/4th place: $100 (10%)
5th-8th place: $50 (5%)
Also be sure to check out our sponsor, the Let's Kung Fu Podcast for SC2 and Hearthstone!
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Thanks to Noobity for the art assets related to player intros! I'm currently figuring out who took each of the photos shown so be on the lookout for the awesome photographers names to be edited in down here soon! Hope you all decide to tune in!
