ESL is rounding out the month of August with a weekend full of StarCraft2 tournaments! MSI Masters Gaming Arena will run throughout the weekend from PAX Prime in Seattle, while Red Bull Battle Grounds: Santa Monica playoffs continue as well with Legacy of the Void Archon-Mode action. Get even more LotV with the SEA LotV Beta Anniversary Tournament Singapore Qualifier on Sunday, then settle back into HotS for the Go4SC2 Europe Cup and SC2 Americas Open tournament. All this and a multitude of other open community tournaments for all skill levels and regions hosted by ESL this weekend.

The Pro Scene:

Starting Sunday August 30the MSI Masters Gaming Arena Finals will take place at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washingtonfeaturing a stacked lineup of competition. The Round-of-Sixteen lineup will feature nine players from the global qualifiers including:and seven invited players:Check out ESL's MSI MGA Preview Here Catch the action live at 11:00 EDT (08:00 PDT) August 30thLive Stream Here Official Site Here Ready for some Legacy of the Void Archon action? You better be, because the craziness starts Friday and continues Saturday as six teams from the online qualifiers and two invited archons, compete in a headhunting group-stage to determine who will advance to the Grand Finals at Red Bull Battle Grounds: Washington.The unique tournament format has each team issue a Best-of-Three challenge, with the loser of the match losing one of their three tournament lives. When a team loses three times, they are eliminated. The teams Archon challengers include:from Qualifier #1from Qualifier #2from Qualifier #3and Reality from Qualifier #4from Qualifier #5from Qualifier #6The action starts Friday August 29 and continues Saturday August 30th at 12:00 PDT.Check out the Official stream on Twitch.tvThe second qualifier for thewill showcase the best players from Singapore, competing for two seeds into the Round-of-Ten Group Stage taking place on October 18, 2015. The LotV action will begin on Saturday, August 29th at 22:00 PDT (August 30th, 14:00 PHT) featuring Singaporean Pros Lobo in a double-elimination bracket.The two finalists will join EnDerr and JaBiTo from the Filipino Qualifiers.Catch The Action Live at: http://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b Check the Brackets here And visit the official webpage for more information:

The Community Scene:

Taking place Sunday, August 30th, 2015 at 14:00 CEST (05:00 PDT) featuring aprize pool withfor the winner and €50 for the runner up, the best from the European ladder will compete for dominance, Go4SC2 Points and enough prize money to celebrate their victory in style.Check out the monthly Go4SC2 Cup Standings here Streams: TaKeTV , TBAKicking off Sunday, August 30th, 2015 at 15:00 PDT with players from across all of the Americas competing for thegrand prize in the weekly HotS open tournament. Matches will be broadcast on Twitch.tv by community casters. Congratulations to last week's winner on his second consecutive victory, Sign up here and compete yourself to get paid and receive ever lasting adoration.Streams:TBABrazil’s StarCraft2 community will come together to compete on Saturday August 29th at 11:00 PDT in two back-to-back tournaments for all levels of ladder warrior. The competition will be fierce as the community grows, so don’t miss any of the action!Check the brackets or sign up here:Catch it live from Rockletztv: http://www.twitch.tv/rockletztv Sign up and join in on the action Saturday August 29th at 18:00 PDT. The three simultaneous HotS open tournaments cover all levels of skill on the Americas ladder, from Bronze to Masters. Compete for the free coaching grand prizes, great games and join an even better community of competitors!The events will be shoutcasted on twitch.tv, steamers permitting.Sign ups:

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Premier League Groups E, F, G and H were played in Colognethis week, determining the final eight players to make it to the Round-of-Sixteen in Kraków, Poland.To see who made it (and what the mysterious Hitman looks like) click below:Official Brackets here Live Stream here Official VoDs here If you have any feedback - bad or good - about anything we are doing in StarCraft II then please let us know in the forum Would you like to get involved with StarCraft 2 in the world's largest biggest and most important eSports league? Apply now! Good luck, have fun,Your ESL Staff