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**Dox** · Fri, 27th-Jul-2012, 10:07 PM

Since April 19th, the Global Gaming Alliance and their partners have been bringing StarCraft 2 qualifiers to regions around the world, which will ultimately lead up to a huge Grand Final event. With the North American & European qualifiers now complete, it's time for South East Asia to rise up to the challenge. Starting next week, the best players in SEA will battle it out to determine who will represent amongst the best in the world - with over $5,000 cash and $5,000 in prizes as an incentive.

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Prizes
Qualifiers

1st: $50 + Global Final spot + Products
2nd: $30 + Products/Goodie Bags
3rd: $20 + Products/Goodie Bags

Global Finals

1st: $3,000 + Products
2nd: $1,500 + Products
3rd: $500 + Products
4th – 8th: Goodie Bags + Products

Event Dates
Qualifiers

Qualifier #1: August 1st (Brackets) (Stream) (Winner: Nv.mOOnGLaDe)
Qualifier #2: August 23rd (Brackets) (Stream) (Winner: Tt.PiG)
Qualifier #3: September 5th (Brackets) (Stream) (Winner: JookTo)
Qualifier #4: September 27th (Brackets) (Stream) (Winner: Fray.Ninja)

Global Finals

Global Finals: December 19th

(All qualifiers commence at 7:00PM AEST, stream links to come soon)

You'll need to register an account with Challonge to sign up for the qualifiers. You can participate in as many qualifiers as you like.

Additional Information

Format: Single Elimination, Best of Three (Grand Finals Bo5)
Maximum Participants: 128 (per qualifier)
Check In: 15 minutes before each event
Server: SEA
Channel: GGA
Maps: WCS Daybreak, WCS Ohana, WCS Cloud Kingdom, GSL Metropolis, WCS Antiga Shipyard, WCS Shakuras Plateau, WCS Entombed Valley, WCS Tal'Darim Altar LE (Ignore the maps on Playhem, I've updated them to reflect WCS maps)

Grand Finals Participants
Invited Players (16/16)

Naama

ThorZaiN

MaNa

DIMAGA

TT1

GanZi

Heart

ViBE

STX

SjoW

SeleCT

WhiteRa

Sleep

Mystik

aLive

ByuL

Qualified Players

Revival

Inori

HyuN

Giantt

Daisy

Tefel

mOOnGLaDe

PiG

JookTo

Ninja

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Quick Comments

	NOM:	naiiiise :D
	x5_dot:	oooh exciting!

**Dox** · Fri, 27th-Jul-2012, 10:07 PM

To answer a few inevitable questions before they arise...

Q: WTF Maps?
A: Yeah... I know. They actually started laying out the blueprints for this event in January, so the map situation has changed a bit since then. I've asked if I can update the map pool, waiting to hear back.
A2: Update - Yep, gonna use the WCS Map pool.

Q: ...Playhem?
A: They're an official partner of the event. Hopefully things run smoothly!

Q: Single Elimination!?
A: Yep. People have been asking for it lately, so here we go! Bo3 Single Elim with a Bo5 Final.

Q: How many people advance to the finals from each qualifier?
A: Just the one.

Q: Am I an eligible participant?
A: Anyone with a SEA account can participate. It's not restricted just to SEA residents, or citizens, or anything like that. Ideally we'd like a full bracket of legitimate SEA representatives though.

Q: Where is the Global Grand Finals?
A: The whole event will operate online. There is no offline component.

Q: What are the product/hardware/goodie bag prizes?
A: Dunno. If it really matters, I can chase it up.
A2: It's over $5,000 worth of stuff!

Q: Is there a league restriction? I wanna play, but I'm only Silver league
A: No league restriction.
A2: If we actually fill out the bracket, I may increase the player limit. We'll play it by ear for now.

Q: How is seeding done?
A: I'm unhappy about this, but Playhem will be randomising the seeds.

Q: When is the Global Finals?
A: December. Don't have a specific date.

Q: How many people in the Global FInals?
A: 32.

Can't think of anything else at the moment. If you have any questions, throw them in the thread and I'll add them to this list.

Shieldz · Fri, 27th-Jul-2012, 10:11 PM

wow pretty cool tournament

**inFeZa** · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 12:53 AM

wow! some sick good players in here. good luck to the 4 who get the spots!
Love the opportunities that SEA is getting lately.
Turn of an era.

NvRossi · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 1:09 AM

this is an amazing opportunity, super excited for this

**Dox** · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 2:03 AM

Don't forget to upvote on Reddit, bump on TL, Retweet & share on Twitter/FB! Get into the habit of doing this for all SEA news/events. (Links are in the OP. Nice and easy.)

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PiG:

bump retweet share and upvote! Done all of the above :)

SundaySushi · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 2:48 AM

> < wanna be GM to beat this tournament

ETL.ViTaL · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 12:17 PM

go go SEA !!

**Maynarde** · Sat, 28th-Jul-2012, 1:35 PM

Amazing

Dox is at it again! Show the world what for lads

iM MaFia · Sun, 29th-Jul-2012, 12:20 PM

alright, time to redeem myself and not look like a fool like i did in the FXO Invitational

Quick Comments

AvPoker:

mafia aint ******* around this time

**Dox** · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 8:16 AM

Only 31 registrations so far... The first qualifier is in 2 days! Get into it!

**Dox** · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 8:48 AM

Stream links added for qualifiers #2, #3 and #4. Shall post #1 soon...

Quick Comments

UHF:

oh?!

Another · Mon, 30th-Jul-2012, 1:30 PM

registered, looks like a good opportunity for 4 SEA players : )

UHF · Tue, 31st-Jul-2012, 7:38 AM

Sign up for tomorrow! The competition is only going to get more tough!

**Dox** · Tue, 31st-Jul-2012, 8:22 AM

Tomorrow nights qualifier will be commentated by Playhem's Gwin & our very own Maynarde at Twitch.tv/gwincraft

**Dox** · Wed, 1st-Aug-2012, 8:15 AM

Bump. First qualifier is tonight, 7:00PM. Channel GGA.

If you arrive early, it'll allow us to pick which match we want to stream, and everyone else can start immediately.

Don't forget to check in @ Playhem 15 minutes before the event begins, or else you'll forfeit.

Ignore the maps on Playhem, we'll be using WCS maps for this event (see OP tonight for specifics).