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Twelve teams have signed up for the first Open Series, and amongst them are fan-favourites such asandThe first Open Series will be a best-of-one single elimination contest, with the format expanding to best-of-three clashes for the Semi and Grand Finals. A seeding system has been touted to ensure that heavyweight teams avoid each other in the early rounds, but it has not yet been confirmed.The winners will receive $150 and lay claim to the first spot in the Invitational Series, where they will eventually go head-to-head with the winners of the seven other Open Series qualifiers for the $10,000 grand prize.The action gets underway this Saturday, June 2nd at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (19:00 CET), with FireFlash set to shoutcast all of it live, along withand - potentially - our very owntoo.Sign up information is available below.