Here are some news from Japan! "e-Sports Square" (e-sports gaming club) announced that they will have "Heart of the swarm" online tournament on 17th of march starting at 21:00 Japan time (4:00PST). Most importantly it will continue every first and third sunday of the month!
2nd stage of the tournament starts on April 7th at 21:00 Japan time (4:00PST).
The match will be held between two players chosen by poll. This time GROATS vs breekfast (Z) The format is Bo5.
Next challenger will fight with the winner of this Bo5 in 2 weeks.
Map pool is StarStation, Whirlwind LE, Bel'Shir Vestige LE, Newkirk Precinct, NeoPlanetS LE, Cloud Kingdom LE, Daybreak LE. Map for the first game will be selected this way: Player A kicks 1 map=>Player B kicks 2 maps=>Player A kicks 1 map. Map for the second game will be selected by the loser of the previous game.
Application requirements: 1. You are living in Japan and can speak Japanese (you can communicate in Japanese). 2. You can use skype. 3. You can talk about the games you have just played via skype in Japanese (you can explain your in game thought process) 4. You should be registred on e-sports Square web site: (https://e-sports-square.com/users/login) 5. In case you have lost once, you cannot apply for 4 times. 6. You are a mannered person :D
Prizes are: for 1 win: 1 free coupon for e-sports Square or visa prepaid card for 500¥ for 2 win in a row visa prepaid card for 1000¥ for 3 win in a row visa prepaid card for 3000¥ for 4 win in a row visa prepaid card for 5000¥ for 5 win in a row visa prepaid card for 10000¥+ e-sports suggested device + you will enter the "Hall of Fame"
Is SC2 starting to catch on in Japan? I've always wondered what the following was like for it over there, given their market is so domestically console heavy.
On March 17 2013 20:53 yokohama wrote: Can't wait! Good to see Breek playing again :D
breek never really stopped playing, he simply announced that he was quitting being a pro gamer. He only wanted to play the game for fun while he completes his University ^^
大悟となおひろファイチング!
Hope this sees much success and becomes more frequent!
Really glad to see Japan SC2 tournaments going on. I'll be studying abroad there in a little less than a year, so I am curious to know what servers they play on, what they are like, and how good Japanese SC2 gamers are on average.