Also: as of today I can confirm that Cooler Master / CM Storm will be involved as a sponsor for the DSCL! Hurray!
We're also making serious progress concerning the tournament format / rules / planning / etc. You're all invited to join the bèta tournament in september through november, and at the end of november we'll start going all-out promoting the DSCL, which will start in January 2013. Details to follow soon!
We need your help! That is: if you're Dutch or live in The Netherlands. Why?
We're looking for a venue for the live finals! What does our venue need:
- A big room (400-500 people) for the main stage. Preferably with 'theater' seats and beamer / audio pre-installed. Large lecture hall would be ideal, for example. - A smaller room (~200 people) for the secondary stream/cast. - A place for the players to play. Can be a separate room or in a corridor somewhere, but must not be too drafty - Fast internet connection - Central location / easy access with public transportation
You get bonus points for the following: - Not expensive - Bar in-house (that way we don't have to arrange for catering) - Good (cheap) parking facilities nearby
Please help us out, we currently do not have people from most major cities in The Netherlands who could help us find these locations. Google helps us find expensive convention centers, but they usually have small rooms, or no beamers, or no bar....
And we're BACK! After our sudden exposure on national television earlier this month, the DSCL has really sped up. The website is now live and contains the most crucial information. Please check it out!
Currently we're looking for a number of volunteers: 1) Two members for the 'executive team' (i.e. 'bestuur'): Head Marketing & Chief Editor Website. 2) Casters - application details are on the website 3) People who want to help with graphics / adminning / promotion / general
If you want to help in any way, send me an e-mail at contact@dutchstarcraftleague.nl.
I've just posted info on our very first qualifier! This kick-off event will be offline at the HCC!lan party during the christmas holidays. I'll definitely be there, and hope to see many of you.
For those interested: contrary to our regular qualifiers this one will have prizes. €400 for the #1, hardware for #'s 2 & 3
I've just arrived at DreamHack! Will be trying to get short interviews with Dutch players and ask them about e-sports in the Netherlands. If anyone here has questions you want me to ask them, just let me know!
I'll be posting results from Dutch players on our Twitter as soon as I get them.
This is going to be EPIC , I hope I somehow manage to qualifie for the offline finals though that will be really hard :p but I am pretty sure regardless of that I win or lose, I should come to the live event
Really looking forward to this event, might be a breakout for some players even! :D I'm not that great yet and practicing hard to stand even a small chance in the qualifiers, but of course just the experience is worth it. =) Great job on setting this up!
I really like the point idea, since I am not sure engough about my skills to get top 2, but I am sure I should be able to make decent results overall :D
I'm going to put some posters at the Radboud University and possibly HAN in Nijmegen next week. Anyone here wants to help me?
Nowadays I work at the Open University (at the study center in Nijmegen), but I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to get 5 people for a team there - not really any gamers there
Also: start-post updated somewhat. More updates to come in the near future.
First of all, admissions are now open to international players as well. Only requirement is that you have to come to our finals event in the Netherlands if you make it that far of course.
Secondly, the prize pool was just announced: 1st: €400 2nd: €200 3rd: €150 4th: €100 5th & 6th: €50 7th & 8th: €25
And finally, we're giving away HotS beta keys! All you have to do is hop on Twitter or Facebook, follow the Dutch Starcraft League and retweet and/or share our promotional post/tweet.
If you do both, you double your chances. This promotion runs until 21-12 20:00 CET after which the winners will be drawn randomly (provided the world hasn't ended).
On December 20 2012 23:04 Rannasha wrote: Some new developments with the DSCL!
First of all, admissions are now open to international players as well. Only requirement is that you have to come to our finals event in the Netherlands if you make it that far of course.
Secondly, the prize pool was just announced: 1st: €400 2nd: €200 3rd: €150 4th: €100 5th & 6th: €50 7th & 8th: €25
And finally, we're giving away HotS beta keys! All you have to do is hop on Twitter or Facebook, follow the Dutch Starcraft League and retweet and/or share our promotional post/tweet.
If you do both, you double your chances. This promotion runs until 21-12 20:00 CET after which the winners will be drawn randomly (provided the world hasn't ended).
On December 08 2012 23:40 VanCaspel wrote: It will be 100% WoL. Perhaps some side-thingy with HotS, but with a release right between our qualifiers and tournament, we're not going to switch.
In this thread it says: ''Switching to HotS after the qualifiers''. And on the website it says: ''The qualifiers will all be played in Wings of Liberty, but for the main tournament we will switch to Heart of the Swarm.'' So what is it? Is it 100% WoL or till the main tournament WoL?