StarCraft II: MLG announces Global StarCraft 2 Invitational

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Sep 12, 2011 02:19

The Global StarCraft 2 Invitational will feature 24 players competing to win their regional bracket and qualify for the finals, which will be held at the MLG National Championship on November 18th.

MLG has announced the Global StarCraft 2 Invitational which will see 24 players competing in regional brackets (North America, Korea and Europe) to qualify for the finals of the event, which will be held at the 2011 MLG National Championship in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday November 18th. The finals are an entirely separate tournament from the MLG National Championship.

The tournament is intended as a bonus for Gold/Silver members, so they can view more HD content. Apparently a number of the matches from the tournament will be cast from replays. The event will be cast by Artosis and JP McDaniel. Many players, from around the world, were asked but some declined to compete.

In semi-related news the winner of BlizzCon 2011 will both receive an invitation to compete at the Global StarCraft 2 Invitational finals and a spot in the MLG National Championship. So there will be four players in total competing for the Global StarCraft 2 Invitational title: the European, Korean and North American champions, along with the BlizzCon champion.

Full Schedule (All broadcasts begin at 7pm ET)

9/13/11 North America – Winners Round 1
9/15/11 Europe – Winners Round 1
9/20/11 Korea – Winners Round 1
9/22/11 North America – Winners Round 2 / Losers Round 1
9/27/11 Europe – Winners Round 2 / Losers Round 1
9/29/11 Korea – Winners Round 2 / Losers Round 1
10/4/11 North America – Losers Round 2
Europe – Losers Round 2
10/6/11 Korea – Losers Round 2
10/10/11 North America – Winners Finals / Losers Round 3
Europe -Winners Finals / Losers Round 3
10/18/11 Korea – Winners Finals / Losers Round 3
10/20/11 North America – Losers Finals / Finals
Europe – Losers Finals / Finals
10/25/11 Korea – Losers Finals / Finals

Full Prize Breakdown

Regionals

1st in Region = $2,000 per player = $6,000 Total (plus all-expenses paid Providence trip)
2nd in Region = $1,000 per player = $3,000 Total
3rd in Region = $500 per player = $1,500 Total
4th in Region = $250 per player = $750 Total
Blizzcon Winner = All-expenses paid Providence trip

Source: MLG via TeamLiquid