Multiplay Profile Joined November 2011 United Kingdom 53 Posts Last Edited: 2014-07-09 08:18:59 #1

Multiplay are proud to announce their partnership with Mind Sports International to bring you a full year of Starcraft 2 in the UK. Mind Sports have long been the premier venue for Chess, Scrabble, and Magic: The Gathering. Now they’ve got their sights set on the UK Esports scene.



With two seasons, each consisting of six Online events and three Academy events, everything is leading towards the World Championships at the ExCel Centre in London on the 19th-23rd of November.



Multiplay are proud to announce their partnership with Mind Sports International to bring you a full year of Starcraft 2 in the UK. Mind Sports have long been the premier venue for Chess, Scrabble, and Magic: The Gathering. Now they’ve got their sights set on the UK Esports scene.With two seasons, each consisting of six Online events and three Academy events, everything is leading towards the World Championships at the ExCel Centre in London on the 19th-23rd of November. Next Academy Event All Season One Academy Events are concluded.



Next Online Cup Sunday, 13th July 2014 18:00BST: Online Cup #5 (Free to enter!)





Refer to the below table for a description of the Mind Sports points system. All Online & Full Academy members receive a 20% bonus to their points, provided they are Members before the tournament begins.







You can attend as many Online and Academy events as you wish, however your Season Total will be your best score at an Academy event combined with your best three scores at Online events.







Mind Sports Academy offers Membership plans of varying levels (from free introductions to Full Academy membership), offering benefits such as discounted events attendance, access to member-exclusive Mind Sports content and more!



As well as this, all Online & Full Members will get a 20% bonus to their points, provided they are Members before the tournament begins.





The top 2 players in each Championship bracket will have entry into the Grand Final, directly qualifying for the group stages of the top 16 players. On top of that, Mind Sports Academy will provide you with 2 nights accommodation in London so you can focus on having the experience of a lifetime!





This is what it all builds up to, a £5,000 prize pool tournament at the ExCel Centre in London. Five days of fun, two days of intense competition with the best of the best. The MSI World Championships will feature the top two players from each season, plus an open bracket, allowing people one last chance to prove themselves worthy of being crowned the first ever MSI World Champion!



Grand Final Prize Pool Split

Winner - £1,500



- £1,500 2nd place - £900



- £900 3rd place - £600



- £600 4th place - £400



- £400 5th to 8th place - £200



- £200 9th to 16th place - £100

Refer to the below table for a description of the Mind Sports points system. All Online & Full Academy members receive a 20% bonus to their points, provided they are Members before the tournament begins.You can attend as many Online and Academy events as you wish, however your Season Total will be your best score at an Academy event combined with your best three scores at Online events.Mind Sports Academy offers Membership plans of varying levels (from free introductions to Full Academy membership), offering benefits such as discounted events attendance, access to member-exclusive Mind Sports content and more!As well as this, all Online & Full Members will get a 20% bonus to their points, provided they are Members before the tournament begins.The top 2 players in each Championship bracket will have entry into the Grand Final, directly qualifying for the group stages of the top 16 players. On top of that, Mind Sports Academy will provide you with 2 nights accommodation in London so you can focus on having the experience of a lifetime!This is what it all builds up to, a £5,000 prize pool tournament at the ExCel Centre in London. Five days of fun, two days of intense competition with the best of the best. The MSI World Championships will feature the top two players from each season, plus an open bracket, allowing people one last chance to prove themselves worthy of being crowned the first ever MSI World Champion! Multiplay: Serving Gaming since 1997

madals Profile Blog Joined June 2011 United Kingdom 623 Posts #2 This is incredible! Glad to see a lot of events and plans over the year for UK SC2 :D Caster: @Madals91 http://www.youtube.com/Madals91 <--

VTJRaen Profile Blog Joined July 2011 United Kingdom 235 Posts #3 I'm genuinely excited to be at these and see how it all takes off. Could be the beginning of a resurgence in UK Starcraft. Multiplay eSports Co-Ordinator

marcesr Profile Joined June 2008 Germany 1374 Posts #4 Great to see some more Starcraft 2 activity in the UK!

SatedSC2 Profile Blog Joined March 2014 England 3012 Posts #5 I understand that the tournament needs to make money somehow, but I'd be ultra-pissed if I missed out on a spot because someone who performed worse than me managed to overhaul me due to the 20% membership bonus. Oh well.



I'll be trying to play in as many online cups as possible, and maybe try to make it out to the Liverpool offline tournament as well. Shame there isn't a tour stop in Manchester! Masters Protoss | Twitter: @Sated86 | Currently representing @DGeSports | Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

jamesykins Profile Joined November 2011 England 50 Posts #6 apart from the points is there any reward for the academy events? I'm like 4 hours away from the nearest one.

WiggyB Profile Joined April 2013 United Kingdom 103 Posts #7 Awesome, we need some more UK starcraft!

May have to participate.

Definitely turning up at the Peterborough tourney.



Not to sure about the £120 membership sign up though... Ever noticed you can type "Starcraft" with just your keyboard hand?

Wardi Profile Blog Joined November 2011 England 826 Posts #8 £25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^ Commentator Owner of WardiTV. Streamer, caster & event organizer. / / www.wardi.tv

JDfz Profile Joined December 2012 United Kingdom 50 Posts #9 Am going this weekend with a bunch of people for the Scrabble and Starcraft, Great combination. PM me anyone else coming CJGumiho <3

SatedSC2 Profile Blog Joined March 2014 England 3012 Posts #10 On May 09 2014 06:27 Wardi wrote:

£25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^

The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".



Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. Masters Protoss | Twitter: @Sated86 | Currently representing @DGeSports | Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

aka_star Profile Blog Joined July 2007 United Kingdom 1543 Posts #11 How does this membership process work and whats the point of it FlashDave.999 aka Star

Wardi Profile Blog Joined November 2011 England 826 Posts #12 On May 09 2014 08:41 SatedSC2 wrote:

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On May 09 2014 06:27 Wardi wrote:

£25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^

The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".



Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament.



The first one of each season is free, afterwards it's £5 per cup. The first one of each season is free, afterwards it's £5 per cup. Commentator Owner of WardiTV. Streamer, caster & event organizer. / / www.wardi.tv

SatedSC2 Profile Blog Joined March 2014 England 3012 Posts #13 On May 09 2014 08:53 Wardi wrote:

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On May 09 2014 08:41 SatedSC2 wrote:

On May 09 2014 06:27 Wardi wrote:

£25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^

The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".



Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament.



The first one of each season is free, afterwards it's £5 per cup. The first one of each season is free, afterwards it's £5 per cup.

Well that's just stupid. Guess I'll just play the first one then. Well that's just stupid. Guess I'll just play the first one then. Masters Protoss | Twitter: @Sated86 | Currently representing @DGeSports | Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

Rotcod Profile Joined November 2010 United Kingdom 138 Posts #14 Not sure what the point system is, might just turn up at Bristol for the crack :D its been to long since I slayed some uk nerdssssssssss :D

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Multiplay Profile Joined November 2011 United Kingdom 53 Posts #15



http://multiplay.com/blog/ Academy Live: Bristol has concluded and for those who are curious we have a full write-up available on the Multiplay Blog: Multiplay: Serving Gaming since 1997

Multiplay Profile Joined November 2011 United Kingdom 53 Posts #16 The first of our online cups is happening this Sunday, and is free to enter. There's no residency requirement, so get yourselves signed up now. To find out more, follow the link: https://www.mindsportsacademy.com/esports/starcraft-ii.aspx Multiplay: Serving Gaming since 1997

sixfour Profile Blog Joined December 2009 England 11021 Posts #17 On May 09 2014 08:41 SatedSC2 wrote:

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On May 09 2014 06:27 Wardi wrote:

£25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^

The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".



Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament.



i never understand this complete reluctance to pay to enter events. do you never do any other sports, hobbies etc that require you to pay to compete? i never understand this complete reluctance to pay to enter events. do you never do any other sports, hobbies etc that require you to pay to compete? p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea

SatedSC2 Profile Blog Joined March 2014 England 3012 Posts Last Edited: 2014-05-14 10:34:18 #18 On May 14 2014 18:43 sixfour wrote:

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On May 09 2014 08:41 SatedSC2 wrote:

On May 09 2014 06:27 Wardi wrote:

£25 to enter every online cup for one season, or even more so you can get extra points... Seems pretty crap for anyone other than the few Top UK players who are going to dominate every tournament anyways ^^

The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".



Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament. The online cups are free dude. Says right there in the post, "Free To Enter".Unless it's just the first one. I'm definitely not paying to play an online tournament.



i never understand this complete reluctance to pay to enter events. do you never do any other sports, hobbies etc that require you to pay to compete? i never understand this complete reluctance to pay to enter events. do you never do any other sports, hobbies etc that require you to pay to compete?

I'll take football as an example.



When I pay to play football, I am paying to use someone else's pitch, goalposts, netting, football(s), locker rooms, showers, referees, car parking, and other facilities. Not only does it cost a lot of money to set these things up, these things also cost a considerable amount of money to maintain and clean, not to mention other costs such as renting/paying for the land that they facility is on, bills for electricity to run floodlights etc., bills for water to run showers etc., and other misc. taxes on such a business. It is very obvious where the money is going because I am physically interacting with all of these things. Despite all these potential costs to the company running the pitches, I'll still only pay a very small amount of money to play, and it's usually less than that I'd have to pay to enter one of these tournaments.



If I were to pay to play in these online tournaments, I am essentially paying to use my own computer, my own electricity, my own internet connection, my own mouse, my own keyboard, my own monitor etc. Where are all the costs for a company running an online tournament? There are barely any, and most of them are front-end rather than constant, unlike the constant maintenance/cleaning etc. costs that someone running football pitches would incur. There certainly aren't enough costs to justify paying the same price to enter this tournament as I would to play football. Your comparison is ludicrous. I'll take football as an example.When I pay to play football, I am paying to use someone else's pitch, goalposts, netting, football(s), locker rooms, showers, referees, car parking, and other facilities. Not only does it cost a lot of money to set these things up, these things also cost a considerable amount of money to maintain and clean, not to mention other costs such as renting/paying for the land that they facility is on, bills for electricity to run floodlights etc., bills for water to run showers etc., and other misc. taxes on such a business. It is very obvious where the money is going because I am physically interacting with all of these things. Despite all these potential costs to the company running the pitches, I'll still only pay a very small amount of money to play, and it's usually less than that I'd have to pay to enter one of these tournaments.If I were to pay to play in thesetournaments, I am essentially paying to use my own computer, my own electricity, my own internet connection, my own mouse, my own keyboard, my own monitor etc. Where are all the costs for a company running an online tournament? There are barely any, and most of them are front-end rather than constant, unlike the constant maintenance/cleaning etc. costs that someone running football pitches would incur. There certainly aren't enough costs to justify paying the same price to enter this tournament as I would to play football. Your comparison is ludicrous. Masters Protoss | Twitter: @Sated86 | Currently representing @DGeSports | Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

sixfour Profile Blog Joined December 2009 England 11021 Posts #19 so you're thinking of the online qualifier in isolation to the whole event. i guess that venue, equipment on site, other live costs (insurance say?), prize pool, casters, admins, support staff, internet hosting, they should all be paid for either by sponsors or the organisers' own pockets? or the money for them grows on trees? give me a break. it's your own choice if you don't want to play, but entry fees for tournament are in no way unreasonable. if anything, it should be the standard if people want a sustainable scene p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea

SatedSC2 Profile Blog Joined March 2014 England 3012 Posts Last Edited: 2014-05-14 12:27:05 #20 On May 14 2014 20:11 sixfour wrote:

so you're thinking of the online qualifier in isolation to the whole event. i guess that venue, equipment on site, other live costs (insurance say?), prize pool, casters, admins, support staff, internet hosting, they should all be paid for either by sponsors or the organisers' own pockets? or the money for them grows on trees? give me a break. it's your own choice if you don't want to play, but entry fees for tournament are in no way unreasonable. if anything, it should be the standard if people want a sustainable scene

You must've missed the part where I put "online" in bold.



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I would pay to play in an offline event, but I was speaking exclusively about the online portion of this tour. There are so many free online tournaments that give out cash prizes (not points like these online tournaments do) that it is a farce to suggest that you need all your competitors to pay £5 in order to run one. There simply aren't that many costs to running an online tournament. You must've missed the part where I put "online" in bold.EDIT:I would pay to play in anevent, but I was speaking exclusively about theportion of this tour. There are so many freetournaments that give out cash prizes (not points like these online tournaments do) that it is a farce to suggest that you need all your competitors to pay £5 in order to run one. There simply aren't that many costs to running an online tournament. Masters Protoss | Twitter: @Sated86 | Currently representing @DGeSports | Better to die on your feet than live on your knees...

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