[iMSystem]

The Battle.net World Championship, which will take place later this year, will be the culmination of more than 30 eSports events run by Blizzard and tournament organizers. These events are collectively known as the StarCraft II World Championship Series.

The goal of the StarCraft II World Championship Series is to identify a true global champion, as players enter and qualify through open tournaments starting at the national level. The National Championships are designed to allow local heroes to rise to the top and be recognized in their country. The top finishers at each National Championship will earn spots at their continental Finals events, which will be an all-out brawl between neighboring countries to decide who will represent their continent at the Battle.net World Championship.

Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/479...-4_4_2012#blog

[deL]

Oceania gets its own? Does SEA compete in Asia?

[UHF]

Asia
China, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

Oceania
Australia, New Zealand

My country is not listed here; will I be able to participate in the StarCraft II World Championship Series?
We plan to accommodate as many countries as possible. More information about participating countries not listed here will be posted at a later date.

How do you define nationality?
For the 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, nationality is defined by your country of citizenship. Should you have multiple countries of citizenship you must choose one for the tournament year, and you will have to qualify through that country’s path in order to climb through the ranks.

[x5_Potter]

EDIT: I lose.

[deL]

So basically SG/TH/PH gotta wait until more info is released before they know if they can play :/ I assume they will be included in Asia though.

[asdfSchnitzel]

This is going to be pretty awesome

[iM tgun]

Good to see them finally going to qualifiers, as opposed to invitationals on ladder when a lot of people just don't maintain ladder on SEA :|

Quick Comments

deL:

u mad?

[Dox]

Wooooooooo~~~~~

[Benji]

South America has its own qualifier, yet Taiwan, China and Korea are all pushed into the 1?

Does that seem a little... off to anyone else?

[Apth]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

South America has its own qualifier, yet Taiwan, China and Korea are all pushed into the 1?

Does that seem a little... off to anyone else?

Possibly they've done it geographically < on the assumption that the continental qualifiers won't be online?

If it is all online, then I agree it's a bit silly.

[Bash]

Whoevers organising make sure to call dibs on Pimpson when you talk to blizz.

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

South America has its own qualifier, yet Taiwan, China and Korea are all pushed into the 1?

Does that seem a little... off to anyone else?

Thats assuming each qualifier has the same amount of qualifying slot e.g. if 33%-50% of qualifying spots are given Asia I dont see this being a problem

[Stallion]

theres oceania O.O so a straight off nz vs aussie? intense. Altho i fail to see how they will have 5 people compete there must be say 3 from each reagion to make 15 then an extra from na, eu, asia or thats how i think it'll go anyway

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by aLtStallion

theres oceania O.O so a straight off nz vs aussie? intense. Altho i fail to see how they will have 5 people compete there must be say 3 from each reagion to make 15 then an extra from na, eu, asia or thats how i think it'll go anyway

or 2 for OC, NA, SA and EU and 8 from Asia

[Asrathiel]

Ooooh we're not in the same one as Korea. I like!

Quick Comments

Mayo:

[nirvAnA]

damnit sg lumped with kr/cn/tw

still love what blizzard is doing, especially since wcg is gone now this looks like the new wcg (for sc2)

Quick Comments

EveVendetta:

exactly

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

damnit sg lumped with kr/cn/tw

still love what blizzard is doing, especially since wcg is gone now this looks like the new wcg (for sc2)

Just curious Nirvana are there many players from Indonesia on this site?

because theyd could be included in Oceania ^_^

bl on being on the gosu side of the world T_T

[Stallion]

indonesia there was cruxBeast aka arwa now but i don't know any others

[nirvAnA]

For Indonesia there is hendry(jothree) and kottbullar from nGen but they aren't active.

PJ from Blizzard will be here soon to answer questions so if you have any feel free to shout out.

My questions:

What other countries will be under oceania?
Are philippines / Malaysia under Asia too?
Will it be online or LAN events for the national qualifiers?

[iM tgun]

So is there any dates, even tenative, for this?