

Kevin Knocke (Caster)

Rachel "SeltzerPlease" Quirico (Host)

Mike "Adebisi" Van Driel (Observer) Shaun 'Apollo' Clark (Caster)Kevin Knocke (Caster)Rachel "SeltzerPlease" Quirico (Host)Mike "Adebisi" Van Driel (Observer)

Format

Ro64: Group Stage format.

* Round-robin.

* Best of 3.

* Top 2 advance to Ro32.

Ro32: Group Stage format.

* Round-robin.

* Best of 3.

* Top 2 advance to Single Elimination playoffs..

Single Elimination playoffs are Best of 3 till Finals.

* Finals: Best of 5.

List of notable competitors that will participate in the event

14 Protoss, 11 Terran & 15 Zerg players

8 players

Qualified to grand finals by points

DreamHack Antiga Shipyard - cross spawn only -gold bases exchanged to neutral - fixed lower right base so pylon power cant reach.

DreamHack GSL Daybreak - GSL version with the limited forward third base - building blockers at mainbase ramp.

DreamHack ESV Cloud Kingdom - building blockers at mainbase ramp.

DreamHack ESV Ohana - building blockers at mainbase ramp.

TSL 4 Metropolis LE

Schedule

GMT+2

Day 1 - Saturday - 22 September

Day 2 - Sunday - 22 September

15:30 - Show begins

Unfortunately Namutin, Origine have had to cancel and have been replaced

Ret announced on Twitter a couple of minutes ago that he wont be able to attend DreamHack, because his flight was overbooked.

"Alternative gets me to dh tomorrow after my games start. I cant go :( Im sad. I trained hard for this and wcs was shitty. Life sucks atm."

"Ben Goldhaber ‏@FishStix

Rumor has it that Dustin Browder was added to the Valencia #eSports Congress lineup last minute. Confirm/deny? #VEC #DHVLC



Robert Ohlén

‏@robertohlen

@FishStix correct, he’s already here."

All images are courtesy of DreamHack

DreamHack's main stream will be available here and will be broadcasted in High-definition for free. On Saturday it will feature highlighted matches from the group stage. On Sunday we continue with the playoffs. The main show with the last 7 matches (Round of 8, Semifinals and Grand Final) will start 15.45 CEST and the first game is 16.00 CEST. Grand Final is played 22.00 CEST.Official Valencia casters:In addition to that, DreamHack will have multiple community-streams broadcasting various matches from the groupstage. All streams will be avaiable here A total ofwill be direct qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012.A total of 12 players will be qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012. Final 12 players will be determined after the last DreamHack Open-stop in Bucharest 20-21st October. Players will be determined according to following:1) Ranking points2) Best placement3) Match score4) Map scoreIf tied, DreamHack will arrange tie-breaker match.Prize money at the Grand Finals will be a total of 550 000 SEK ~ 76 149 USD.1st Place - 250 000 SEK ~ 38 074 USD2nd Place - 100 000 SEK ~ 15 229 USD3-4th Place - 50 000 SEK ~ 7 614 USD5-8th Place - 25 000 SEK ~ 3 807 USDEach player will have one blind vetos. The played maps and order will be random generated.The groups can be found here 09:30 - Player setup (Group 1-8)11:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 1 (BO3)12:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 2 (BO3)13:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 3 (BO3)14:00 - Player setup (Group 9-16)15:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 1 (BO3)16:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 2 (BO3)17:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 3 (BO3)18:30 - Player setup (Group A-H) Second Group Stage20:00 - Group A-H – Round 1 (BO3)21:00 - Group A-H – Round 2 (BO3)22:00 - Group A-H – Round 3 (BO3)23:00 - END -09:00 - Setup time10:00 - Eight Finals 1-2 (BO3)11:00 - Eight Finals 3-4 (BO3)12:00 - Eight Finals 5-6 (BO3)13:00 - Eight Finals 7-8 (BO3)16:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 1 (BO3)17:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 2 (BO3)18:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 3 (BO3)19:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 4 (BO3)20:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 1 (BO3)21:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 2 (BO3)22:00 - Grand Final (BO5)23:30 - END -According to Robert Ohlén's twitter, Dustin Browder himself will attend DreamHack.Tune in on the 22th for our DreamHack Coverage, here at SK-Gaming.com Source: DreamHack , Twitter 1