DreamHack SteelSeries Lan Tournament

StarCraft II announcement
StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ hit the world of gaming like a tsunami and the eSports community have already embraced it with open arms. Now the floodwave hits DreamHack.

DreamHack is now together with Sapphire, SteelSeries and Eizo announcing the official StarCraft II tournament: DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament (DSL) at DreamHack Winter 2010 with a total prize purse 180 000 SEK where the DreamHack Champion grabs 100 000 SEK in cash.
- This is the largest single pay-out to a winning individual in the history of E-sports at DreamHack, said press officer Fredrik Nyström.

DreamHacks use the classic DreamHack-format where you can qualify on-site, online, via international qualifiers and get a direct invite.
- E-sport at DreamHack is both for amateurs and professionals and we try to combine those two worlds into one. StarCraft II is world’s most popular e-sport game rightnow and we know that you all been waiting for us to announce what we will have in store for you all at DreamHack Winter 2010, said Fredrik Nyström, press officer at DreamHack.

Day9 on-site providing professional commentary
DreamHack will also bring in Sean ”Day9” Plott to attend the event to provide excellent commentary from the tournament. Day9 will be shoutcasting the Grand Final game at DreamArena Extreme, produce Day9 Dailys on exciting spots at the event and also shoutcast a majority of the greatest matches from the main tournament Grand Final game is broadcasted at dreamhack.se (english stream) and SVT Play, swedish national television (swedish stream).

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be the fifth game announced in the Grand Finals of DreamHack on Tour 2010 and the two best players will battle it out in a Grand Final at DreamArena Extreme infront of 1100 people in the audience and thousands watching online

Read more at: Dreamhack.se

Today DreamHack could present the first five invited and confirmed players to [DSL] - DreamHack SteelSeries Lan Tournament - Starcraft 2 at DreamHack Winter 2010 (25th-28th of November) to fight for 180 000 Swedish crowns (~$26 900). Please note that application is still accepted until the 6th of November at sc2@dreamhack.se.

Invited Players:
1. Duckload.White-Ra (P)
2. mTw DIMAGA (Z)
3. Mouz MorroW (Z/T)
4. TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z)
5. TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P)


Source: Dreamhack.se

StarCraft II

StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ hit the world of gaming like a tsunami and the eSports community have already embraced it with open arms. Now the floodwave hits DreamHack when we together with Sapphire and Eizo announce our official StarCraft II tournament: DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament (DSL) at DreamHack Winter 2010 with a total prize purse of 180 000 SEK where the DreamHack Champion grabs 100 000 SEK in cash.

Tournament is played in a classic DreamHack format where the main tournament consists of 32 players and will be played in a tournament area with high-end PCs, referees and professional conditions. All slots to the main tournament is distributed via open online qualifiers, invitations, international qualifiers and a huge open BYOC-qualifier.

DreamHacks aims to make the BYOC-qualifier the biggest tournament on LAN in the history of the game. First day will be dedicated for the BYOC-tournament where we offer a maximum of 512 spots in the tournament, divided into 64-player brackets. On the second day we will play the main tournament and group stage an the last day we will follow-up with Playoffs and the Grand Final 17.00 on Saturday 27th of november 2010.
- E-sport at DreamHack is both for amateurs and professionals and we try to combine those two worlds into one. StarCraft II is world’s most popular e-sport game rightnow and we know that you all been waiting for us to announce what we will have in store for you all at DreamHack Winter 2010, said Fredrik Nyström, press officer at DreamHack.

Day9 on-site providing professional commentary
DreamHack will also bring in Sean ”Day9” Plott to attend the event to provide excellent commentary from the tournament. Day9 will be shoutcasting the Grand Final game at DreamArena Extreme, produce Day9 Dailys on exciting spots at the event and also shoutcast a majority of the greatest matches from the main tournament. Grand Final game is broadcasted at dreamhack.se (english stream) and SVT Play, swedish national television (swedish stream).

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be the fifth game announced in Grand Finals of DreamHack on Tour 2010 and the two best players will battle it out in a Grand Final at DreamArena Extreme infront of 1100 people in the audience and thousands watching online.

Biggest individual prize check in history of DreamHack
DreamHack will together with SteelSeries and Sapphire boost a total prize purse valued 180 000 SEK where the champion grabs 100 000 SEK. Eizo will provide monitors for the tournament.
- This is the largest single pay-out to a winning individual in the history of E-sports at DreamHack, said press officer Fredrik Nyström.

DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament – Main tournament
Game version: Latest patch EU, “StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ by Blizzard Entertainment (1on1, PC)
Tournament format: Groupstage, 2 players advance. Single elmination BO3, Final BO5.
Tournament set-up: High-end Tournament PCs
Max no. of players: 32
Rules: TBA
Prizes:
1.100 000 SEK (~EUR 10300) + Hardware TBA
2.30 000 SEK (~EUR 3100) + Hardware TBA
3.20 000 SEK (~EUR 2050) + Hardware TBA
4. Hardware TBA
5. Hardware TBA
6. Hardware TBA
7. Hardware TBA
8. Hardware TBA
Registration: No registration
(Only qualified or invited teams)
Schedule:
25/11 20.00 Group A / Group B – Round 1
25/11 21.00 Group A / Group B – Round 2
25/11 22.00 Group A / Group B – Round 3
26/11 09.00 Group C / Group D – Round 1
26/11 10.00 Group C / Group D – Round 2
26/11 11.00 Group C / Group D – Round 3
26/11 13.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 14.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 15.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 17.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 18.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 19.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 20:00 Round of 16 – Part 1
26/11 22:00 Round of 16 – Part 2
27/11 10:00 Round of 8
27/11 13:00 Semifinals
27/11 17.00 Grand Final

Distribution of slots:
1. Duckload.White-Ra (P)
2. mTw DIMAGA (Z)
3. Mouz MorroW (Z/T)
4. TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z)
5. TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P)
6-15. Invitation (Do you want a direct invite? Send your name, nickname and all achievements to sc2@dreamhack.se before 6th of november)
16-24. DH on Tour Qualifier – Sweden (Online), Sweden (LAN), Norway, Finland, Denmark, Benelux, Benelux, Benelux, France
25-32. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!

DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament – BYOC tournament
Game version: Latest patch, “StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ by Blizzard Entertainment (1on1, PC)
Tournament format: Single elimination bracket, divided into maximum eight brackets with 64 players
Tournament set-up: BYOC (Played in LAN, requires computer seat)
Max no. of players: 512
Rules: TBA
Prizes:
1. Spot in Main tournament.
Registration: Open
Schedule:
25/11 14.00 Registration closed.
25/11 16:00 Round 1
25/11 18:00 Round 2
25/11 19:00 Round 3
25/11 20:00 Round 4
25/11 21:00 Round 5
25/11 22:00 Round 6

Attention! We strongly recommend all StarCraft II players to sit in Hall C. Its not a requirement but you will get the best experience (quiet) and also the best information (closest to the Game Info desk)

Any questions?
Do not hesitate to contact DreamHack Esport Administration
Email: esport[at]dreamhack.se
Phone: +46768 00 1336

DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament will be something really special. 100 000 SEK to the winner, world’s best players, open BYOC-qualifier, Day9 shoutcasting and Grand Finals at DreamArena Extreme infront of 1100 screaming people in the audience. Let’s fuel the fire!

DSL is growing by the minute and we can now present the five next invites who been invited directly to the main tournament. The biggest thing is of course the massive BYOC qualification where 8 players goes into the main tournament fighting againts the invites and qualified players. Be sure to sign up today at www.playdh.com.

DreamHack have already invited five top players to DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament [DSL] that will be hosted at DreamHack Winter 25-28th of november. We are now adding five more players to the list and we’ll announce a few more interesting things later this week.

New players ready for [DSL]:
EG IdrA (Z)
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK (T)
Fnatic Fenix (T)
aTn Socke (P)
Dignitas Sjow (T)

Here’s the full list rightnow.

Players list:
1. Duckload.White-Ra (P)
2. mTw DIMAGA (Z)
3. Mouz MorroW (Z/T)
4. TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z)
5. TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P)
6. RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK(T)
7. Fnatic Fenix (T)
8. aTn Socke (P)
9. Dignitas Sjow (T)
10. EG IdrA (Z)
11-15. Invitation
16-24. DH on Tour Qualifier/invite Sweden (Online), Sweden (LAN), Norway, Finland, Denmark, Benelux, Benelux, Benelux, France
25-32. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!

DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament powered by Eizo and Sapphire in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will feature some of world’s best top gamers and today we’re proud to announce five more players ready for the tournament 25-28th of november at DreamHack Winter 2010.

It’s been a long list of requests from world’s top players and our admin team have been working hard to get the best possible invite list. However, a invitation is never fair and we hope as many as possible will try their luck in the DreamHack BYOC qualification with 8 more slots in the main tournament.

5 more invited players:
Mouz Naama (T)
RAGE Tarson (T)
fnatic Lucifron (T)
mTw DeMusliM (T)
SK MaDFroG (Z)

You can still participate and qualify for the tournament in our open qualifications before the event and in the massive 512-player BYOC tournament at DreamHack Winter 2010. 8 players will qualify and get a spot in the main tournament.

Distribution of slots:
01. Duckload.White-Ra (P)
02. mTw DIMAGA (Z)
03. Mouz MorroW (Z/T)
04. TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z)
05. TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P)
06. RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK(T)
07. Fnatic Fenix (T)
08. aTn Socke (P)
09. Dignitas Sjow (T)
10. EG IdrA (Z)
11. Mouz Naama (T) – Invited
12. RAGE Tarson (T) – Invited
13. fnatic Lucifron (T) – Invited
14. mTw DeMusliM (T) – Invited
15. SK MaDFroG (Z) – Invited
16. SkruF (Z) – DH on Tour Qualifier Norway
17. elfi (P) – DH on Tour Qualifier Finland
18. France Adelscott (P) – DH on Tour Qualifier France
19. Nederlands srs DaBoO (Z) – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
20. Belgien TBA – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
21. Luxemburg TBA – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
22. Denmark TBA – DH on Tour Qualifier Denmark
23. TBA – DH on Tour Qualifier Sweden Online
24. TBA – DH on Tour Qualifier Sweden LAN
25. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
26. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
27. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
28. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
29. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
30. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
31. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
32. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!

3000 SEK to each BYOC-qualification winner
Thanks to EIZO DreamHack will also add some more value for the participating BYOC players.. All winners in the each BYOC-qualification (64-player single elimination bracket) will get 3000 SEK in cash. This boost the total prize pool of 180 000 SEK with another 24 000 SEK which gives us a new total prize purse of 205 000 SEK at DreamHack Winter 2010.

Sapphire and EIZO is also announcing the product prizes for the main tournament. We’ll have some massive product prizes including graphic cards, motherboards and screens from Sapphire and Eizo. Please have a look at the detailed list below.

Welcome to DreamHack Winter 2010!

Prizes – Main tournament:

1st prize – DreamHack Champion
- 100 000 SEK
- EIZO FS2331 EIZO
- Sapphire HD 5870 1GB Vapor X
- Sapphire PC-AM3RS890G Motherboard
- Sapphire Pure PSU 1250W
2nd prize – Silver medalist
- 30 000 SEK
- Sapphire HD 5870 1GB
- Sapphire Pure PC-AM2RS790G Motherboard
- Sapphire Pure PSU 1050W
3rd prize – Bronze medalist
- 20 000 SEK
- Sapphire HD 5850 Toxic 2GB
- Sapphire Pure PI-AM3RS785G Motherboard
- Sapphire Pure PSU 950W
4th place
- Sapphire HD 5850 Vapor X
- Sapphire Pure PI-AM3RS760G Motherboard
- Sapphire Pure PSU 625W
5-8th place
- Graphic card from Sapphire. Model TBA.

Prizes in each BYOC Qualifier (64 players):
1. 3000 SEK
- Spot in Main tournament

All products is given on-site during Prize Ceremony
Cash prizes is paid out as per our Prize Money Policy.

Read more about the tournament:
- StarCraft II information
- Registration to BYOC-tournament
- Book your ticket today!

DSL is organized by DreamHack and is sponsored by Sapphire, SteelSeries and Eizo and the tournament will feature live shoutcasting by the famous Sean ”Day9” Plott.

Any questions?
Do not hesitate to contact DreamHack Esport Administration
Email: esport[at]dreamhack.se (general tournament questions)
Email: sc2@dreamhack.se (contact with SC2 head admin)
Phone: +46 768 00 1336 (Office hours)

“StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ is the copyrighted product of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. © 2010 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.”

Two Korean progamers will attend DreamHack Winter 2010. Team Liquid-player HuK from Canada, oGs TOP and oGs inCa from South Korea will participate in DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament (DSL) the 25th to 28th of november.

This is not major, this is magic for all eSports fans in Sweden. DreamHack is proud to welcome two korean StarCraft II-players to the event and to participate in the DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament with 205 000 SEK in the total prize purse, including 100 000 SEK to the winner only.

DreamHack will invite Canadian Protoss-player HuK to replace IdrA and korean S-player oGs Inca to replace russian BRAT_OK in the main tournament. His team mate TOP will also join inCa on his trip to Sweden and will participate in the tournament, but needs to play the BYOC-qualifications first in order to qualify for the 32-player main tournament.

Former DreamHack-champion in Brood War BRAT_OK will not attend the tournament due to visa issues. American Zerg-player IdrA qualified for the third season of GSL and will play league matches during the upcoming days which made it impossible to play both tournaments.

Have you not planned your trip to DreamHack yet? Make sure to visit DreamHack Winter 2010, opening 08.00 on Thursday to follow the StarCraft II-action on-site. Everyone will be able to follow the action behind the players in the tournament area, on the separate Eizo stage where Day9 will be casting and in the DreamArena Extreme with seating capacity of 1100 people. Information about livestreaming will be released in the upcoming days and gathered at live.dreamhack.se.

Players and remaining slots
01. Duckload.White-Ra (P) – Invited
02. mTw DIMAGA (Z) – Invited
03. Mouz MorroW (Z/T) – Invited
04. TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z) – Invited
05. TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P) – Invited
06. oGsInCa (P) – Invited
07. Fnatic Fenix (T) – Invited
08. aTn Socke (P) – Invited
09. Dignitas Sjow (T) – Invited
10. TLAF-Liquid HuK (P) – Invited
11. Mouz Naama (T) – Invited
12. RAGE Tarson (T) – Invited
13. fnatic Lucifron (T) – Invited
14. mTw DeMusliM (T) – Invited
15. SK MaDFroG (Z) – Invited
16. SkruF (Z) – DH on Tour Qualifier Norway
17. elfi (P) – DH on Tour Qualifier Finland
18. Adelscott (P) – DH on Tour Qualifier France
19. srs DaBoO (Z) – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
20. ServaNT (T) – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
21. NTT (T) – DH on Tour Qualifier Benelux
22. ActionJesus – DH on Tour Qualifier Denmark
23. LaLuSh (Z) – DH on Tour Qualifier Sweden Online
24. ThorZaIN (T) – DH on Tour Qualifier Sweden LAN
25. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
26. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
27. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
28. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
29. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
30. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
31. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!
32. BYOC-qualifier – Register here!

Full information on DSL and how to participate can be found here!

Earlier today we announced the changes made in the players list – including the swap of IdrA to HuK and BRAT_OK for oGs inCa. We are now proud to announce the groups in the main tournament.

DreamHack SteelSeries LAN-tournament (DSL) consist of 32 players with eight still open BYOC-spots that will be determined during the first event day with a massive BYOC-qualifer with 512 seats. If you want to join the fun – make sure to register for the BYOC-tournament now and also read the guidelines in the end of this newspost. We also announce the rule book for the tournament that can be read here.

Groups:

Group A
Duckload.White-Ra (P)
SK MaDFroG (Z)
ThorZaIN (T)
elfi (P)

Group B
mTw DIMAGA (Z)
fnatic Lucifron (T)
ActionJesus
NTT (T)

Group C
Dignitas Sjow (T)
Mouz MorroW (Z/T)
ServaNT (T)
BYOC-qualifier #2 Winner – Register here!

Group D
aTn Socke (P)
Mouz Naama (T)
BYOC-qualifier #8 Winner – Register here!
BYOC-qualifier #6 Winner – Register here!

Group E
Fnatic Fenix (T)
mTw DeMusliM (T)
Adelscott (P)
BYOC-qualifier #5 Winner – Register here!

Group F
oGsInCa (P)
TLAF-Liquid Tyler(aka Nony) (P)
srs DaBoO (Z)
BYOC-qualifier #4 Winner – Register here!

Group G
TLAF-Liquid TheLittleOne (T/Z)
LaLuSh (Z)
SkruF (Z)
BYOC-qualifier #3 Winner – Register here!

Group H
TLAF-Liquid HuK (P)
RAGE Tarson (T)
BYOC-qualifier #1 Winner – Register here!
BYOC-qualifier #7 Winner – Register here!

Schedule:
25/11 20.00 Group A / Group B – Round 1
25/11 21.00 Group A / Group B – Round 2
25/11 22.00 Group A / Group B – Round 3
26/11 09.00 Group C / Group D – Round 1
26/11 10.00 Group C / Group D – Round 2
26/11 11.00 Group C / Group D – Round 3
26/11 13.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 14.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 15.00 Group E / Group F – Round 1
26/11 17.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 18.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 19.00 Group G / Group H – Round 1
26/11 20:00 Round of 16 – Part 1
26/11 22:00 Round of 16 – Part 2
27/11 10:00 Round of 8
27/11 13:00 Semifinals
27/11 17.00 Grand Final

Rules:
Read the full rule book here (.pdf)

About BYOC-tournament and IRC:
The BYOC-tournament will be organized through IRC on Quakenet server, in the #dh.sc2 channel. To access IRC and Quakenet you can use all kinds of IRC-clients. If you’re not familiar with IRC then use Quakenets own Web-client. Follow these steps.

1. Start your browser and go to http://webchat.quakenet.org/
2. Enter your nickname that you have signup with and choose #dh.sc2 as the channel
3. You are now in the official Dreamhack Starcraft 2 channel here you can find all the admins and the players in the tournament. The ones with @ infront of their name are admins of the tournament.
4. To join your specific bracket channel for example #dh.sc2.1 then write /join #dh.sc2.1

Read more about the tournament:
- StarCraft II information
- Registration to BYOC-tournament
- Book your ticket today!
DSL is organized by DreamHack and is sponsored by Sapphire, SteelSeries and Eizo and the tournament will feature live shoutcasting by the famous Sean ”Day9” Plott.

Any questions?
Do not hesitate to contact DreamHack Esport Administration
Email: esport[at]dreamhack.se (general tournament questions)
Email: sc2@dreamhack.se (contact with SC2 head admin)
Phone: +46 768 00 1336 (Office hours)

“StarCraft®: Wings of Liberty™ is the copyrighted product of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. © 2010 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved.”