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TLDR 8 player tournament, 10k in prizing, June 16-18, Toronto, Canada



North by Northeast (sister company to the popular South by Southwest) is hosting a music & arts festival at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto. They wanted to feature some gaming content, and lucky for all of us, that means Starcraft 2. The location is great, and the plaza is huge, and with this we're hoping to really show off to a crowd just how great Starcraft 2 is! This event will take place June 16-18th, and while it's the same days as Dreamhack (unavoidable!) we will be trying to start our show after Dreamhack finishes so nobody has to pick & chooose.



Qualifier sign up links: MORE INFO BELOW

http://challonge.com/GameLandNA

http://challonge.com/GameLandeu

http://challonge.com/GameLandWC

http://challonge.com/GameLandWC2







8 player tournament, 10k in prizing, June 16-18, Toronto, CanadaNorth by Northeast (sister company to the popular South by Southwest) is hosting a music & arts festival at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto. They wanted to feature some gaming content, and lucky for all of us, that means Starcraft 2. The location is great, and the plaza is huge, and with this we're hoping to really show off to a crowd just how great Starcraft 2 is! This event will take place June 16-18th, and while it's the same days as Dreamhack (unavoidable!) we will be trying to start our show after Dreamhack finishes so nobody has to pick & chooose.MORE INFO BELOW PRIZE POOL: $10,000

(All prizes are in CAD)

1st $4000

2nd $2000

3rd $1500

4th $900

5th-8th $400





*Please note that the distribution may change



FORMAT



2 day event. Ro8 will consist of 2x4 player WCS style groups, all bo3 on the current ladder map pool. Day 2 will feature 2x Bo5 semi-finals, Bo5 bronze match, and a Bo7 grand finals.



Group 1:

vs KeeN

vs Soul



Group 2:

vs PandaBearMe

vs PiLiPiLi



We will cast as many of the matches as scheduling allows, but we may allow some (such as both group preliminary matches) to play at the same time for sake of time.









THE 8 PLAYERS



2 day event. Ro8 will consist of 2x4 player WCS style groups, all bo3 on the current ladder map pool. Day 2 will feature 2x Bo5 semi-finals, Bo5 bronze match, and a Bo7 grand finals.Group 1: Zest vs NoRegreT vsGroup 2: Leenock vs MaSa vsWe will cast as many of the matches as scheduling allows, but we may allow some (such as both group preliminary matches) to play at the same time for sake of time. **IMPORTANT**IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OR DO NOT KNOW ABOUT GETTING A VISA IN TIME FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE DO NOT PLAY IN THESE QUALIFIERS (this event is introducing some new sponsors to esports/starcraft and we can't afford no shows due to visa issues)



All invited/qualified players will be provided with hotel accommodations & travel. (Possible exceptions to travel being the WC qualifiers below. There will be a cap on assisted flight costs to be discussed depending where you're flying from. It's safe to guess that any flight $1,000 or below will be covered, however)



3 Invited Koreans: Leenock, KeeN & Zest

(we wanted to bring some koreans over, because the korean vs foreigner element is always entertaining, but while we could have invited Gods, we tried to aim for demi-gods, increasing the chance for some cool foreigner upsets!)



1 Invited NA Player: TBA



Top 1 player from the North America Qualifier (USA/Canada/Mexico only)



Sunday, May 21 - (5:00 PM PDT)



Top 1 player from the Europe Qualifier ("Am I in Europe?" If you have to ask, then just default to the Wild Card qualifiers)



Sunday, May 22 - (9:00 AM PDT)



Top 1 player from each of the Wild Card Qualifiers GLOBAL (No Chinese or Korean players allowed)



Wednesday May 24 - (9:00 AM PDT)



Thursday May 25 - (5:00 PM PDT)





SPONSORS



TBA







(this event is introducing some new sponsors to esports/starcraft and we can't afford no shows due to visa issues)invited/qualified players will be provided with hotel accommodations & travel.(USA/Canada/Mexico only) http://challonge.com/GameLandNA Sunday, May 21 - (5:00 PM PDT)("Am I in Europe?" If you have to ask, then just default to the Wild Card qualifiers) http://challonge.com/GameLandeu Sunday, May 22 - (9:00 AM PDT)GLOBAL (No Chinese or Korean players allowed) http://challonge.com/GameLandWC Wednesday May 24 - (9:00 AM PDT) http://challonge.com/GameLandWC2 Thursday May 25 - (5:00 PM PDT)TBA And of course, covering the event will be none other than the duo of Rifkin & Zombiegrub



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