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StarCraft II
Electronic Sports League has confirmed StarCraft II as one of the Intel Extreme Masters games that will be played during next month’s gamescom in Cologne, Germany, where 16 participants will fight for their share of the $15,000 prize pool. The first three players: Dima “DIMAGA” Filipchuk, Pierre “SarenS” Guivarch and Pedro “LucifroN” Moreno Duran, have already secured their spots in the event by placing top three in the 24th Go4SC2 cup. The next qualifier takes place on Sunday, so sign up today!
Day[9]’s King of the Beta concluded on StarCraft II launch day with American Zerg player Greg “IdrA” Fields defeating Korean Protoss player Seo Ki “Tester” Soo. IdrA wins the $2,000 first place prize for his efforts, while runner-up Tester receives $1,000. Check out Day[9]’s video channel to watch all the games from the tournament.
 
Warcraft III
Dutch orc player Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen claimed victory in the 147th edition of the weekly ZOTAC-Cup. In a mirror match final he beat South Korean, 11-time ZOTAC-Cup winner, Dong Hwan “viOlet” Kim 3-1, achieving a 15th victory of his own.
 
World of Warcraft
Team Dignitas’ own Thomas “Flyn” Kogler is the next player featured in the “Player Spotlight” series on their official site. Check out this interview to find out more about his life in and outside the game, his thoughts on the upcoming changes in Cataclysm, the 2010 European Warcraft Invitational he and his team have been invited to, and different setups currently used in competitive arena play. In other news, Rogue-specialist Emerson “Woundman” Condon has moved to Team EG to reunite with his old teammates and contribute in upcoming tournaments, like 2010 MLG Raleigh, for which Major League Gaming just revealed the list of 12 invited teams.
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BcBoy #227
BcBoy
07/08/2010
Aah! Awesome. I really hope that TLO will get a spot.
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EVLork #211
EVLork
04/08/2010
Coool!
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Magebane #737
Magebane
03/08/2010
It would be great if there is a championship in future like in football. Something midway between Football & WCG - a whole season each year of SC 2 :)
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Khebron #280
Khebron
02/08/2010
I would like to see in the future same SC2 game fight on TV XD
The good is in this game that after some game played and watching the pross you will make your on playing mode and have vining games just don't give up Firestarter
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InMate #673
InMate
01/08/2010
Actually i think competitive games is just a matter of time before showing up on tv all over the world. Like olympics etc. There are many serious players out there that do all to win and with good speakers (commentatories?) it would be fun to watch.
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Firestarter #510
Firestarter
01/08/2010
then i die
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Firestarter #510
Firestarter
01/08/2010
I suck in starcraft 2 my units building to slow
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Agilent #332
Agilent
01/08/2010
When i will see some Korean pros playing it in Proleague or OSL or MSL?
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Regimantas #596
Regimantas
01/08/2010
Dima “DIMAGA” go go go :) win :)
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machine #503
machine
31/07/2010
i just remembered: "the character Code"! which i have no idea what it is.
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Mozylon #562
Mozylon
04/08/2010
@machine: in game hold the mouse over the image of your caracter and you should see the code
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machine #503
machine
31/07/2010
I tried to register, but i had to enter my ID! (perhhaps in order to associate my battle.net account with the tourney. so i don't mean an ESL ID which i do have) and i couldn't figure it out, even though i tried my name in battle net, my email, etc.
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MadMaSs #266
MadMaSs
31/07/2010
easy access and great news ... good job blizz :)
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ÎmpăratuRoşu #467
ÎmpăratuRoşu
31/07/2010
Hehe 147 editions of zotac cups : ). There's gonna be a lot of starcraft 2 ones since they're gonna start early :D
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LastDay #566
LastDay
31/07/2010
Seeing these on the official site is going to do wonders to interest towards e-sports for sure!
@LastDay: That's what we hope as well!
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Jocoma #705
Jocoma
30/07/2010
Nice job doing esports news... Really liking this new approach!
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Desdinova #457
Desdinova
30/07/2010
Looking forward to terrible terrible damage.