Happy Halloween from ESL! WCS Finals begin this weekend, determining which eight players advance to BlizzCon for their shot at the $100,000 Global Championship. Get your trick-or-treating done with the Late Night Skill Cups on Saturday, and nurse your sweet-tooth with Go4SC2 and the Americas Open on Sunday. Oh and don't forget the Eu Halloween Cup!

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It's finally here! All year proplayers have been competing to make it to this competition, and only the best of the best have qualified. The $250,000 prize pool has $100,000 for the Champion, and the competition will be the fierce.Check out ESL's full WCS Global Finals Ro16 Preview here.

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Date / Time Event Name Event Type Prize Streams/Languages Saturday October 31 22:00 CET (14:00 PDT) SC2 Halloween Cup 2015 Open ESL Halloween Cup Award TBA ESL has the holiday spirit with this spooky contest. Up for grabs is the coveted and exclusive Halloween Cup Award! Use your trickiest cheese, or treat yourself to some tasty macro, but whatever you do sign up and get in on the Halloween action! Saturday October 31 18:00 PDT ESL Late Night Skill Cups NA #32 Bronze/Silver Gold/Platinum Diamond/Masters League-Based Open Coaching XBlackknight232 SOL There are three simultaneous tournaments designed for competitive games across all skill levels on the Americas server. The grand prizes are free coaching sessions from ESL’s best mentors. Sign yourself up to get a taste of real SC2 competition with a friendly and competitive atmosphere any SC2 addict will enjoy. So go and sign up already for some of the last ESL tournaments held in HotS! Sunday November 1 14:00 CEST (05:00 PDT) Go4SC2 #520 Open €150 Prize Pool TaKeTV, TBA The best on the European server come together for another awesome free HotS open tournament. Winner receives €100 with €50 for the runner up. Compete to see the best that European amateurs and pros have to offer. Sunday November 1 15:00 PDT SC2 Americas Open Cup #40 Open $50 USD TBA Everyone can come and compete for the $ 50 USD grand prize, no matter what league you're in or your home country. Just sign up and log-in to the Americas server to compete!

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Catch all the action liveLive Streams:The background color in the Event Type sections indicates which version of SC2 the tournament will be held in:orSome stellar competition from last week's Americas Open, featuring some major upsets. Kalazhurand Cooltea, both former Americas Open winners, were knocked out early. Samsung's Realitymade a deep run to the finals, taking on “Avilo” to determine who walked away with the $50 prize.VoDs: Part 1 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