$13,000 Hong Kong Tournament + paid flight! SEA direct qualifier spot
Tournament Overview
Hong Kong Esports Limited is proud to announce their 1st e-Sports Tournament! The tournament will feature a $1,500,000 HKD ($200,000 USD) total prize pool across 5 different games: League of Legends, StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, and FIFA 2013.
The StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm tournament will consist of 8 qualifiers. There will be different qualifiers for different regions. The winners of the 8 qualifiers will be flown into Hong Kong to compete in the grand finals for $100,000 HKD (~$13,000 USD) in cash as well as other prizes!
Server: South East Asia
Part 1: August 4th, 8pm AEST (GMT+10) (Ro64-Ro8)
Part 2: August 7th, 8pm AEST (GMT+10) (Semi-Finals/Finals)
Max Participants: 64 players (Masters/Grandmasters, priority given based on ladder rank)
Format: Best of 3 single elimination, Finals best of 5
Map Pool: Akilon Wastes (2), Bel'Shir Vestige LE (2), Neo Planet S LE (2), Newkirk Precinct TE (2), Red City LE (4),
Star Station (4), Whirlwind LE (4). In a best of 3, each player alternates in banning two maps then they will pick the order of the remaining 3 maps. (player 1 bans, player 2 bans, player 1 bans, player 2 bans, player 1 picks 1st map, player 2 picks 2nd map). In a best of 5, only 1 map ban each.
1st Place: Qualified for Grand Finals + Round trip Business Class Flight/Accommodations in Hong Kong
SEA Qualifier Sign Up
Click HERE! which will take you to our registration application on Facebook.
Like us on Facebook (this really helps us out!) and fill out the application form.
It’s that simple!
Grand Finals Information
Venue: 3rd Floor KITEC, Hong Kong
Date: 10am-10pm, August 31st, 2013
Streams: English/Cantonese
Casters: Wolf/Khaldor
Format: Best of 3, double elimination. WB Finalist starts Grand Finals with 1-0 lead in a best of 7.
Hong Kong e-Sports is a gaming organization founded by a small group of spirited and dedicated gamers who genuinely love gaming and wish to see it grow and flourish in and around Hong Kong. We come from a variety of backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common: we love e-Sports. Our office is located in Central, and we have 9 full time staff and over 30 part time staff and volunteers. Although this is our first major event as a company, our full time staff have organized events like this in the past. We hope to be able to host more tournaments and events in the future.
Last edited by VoxMSI.Rogue; Sun, 4th-Aug-2013 at 2:55 PM.
8 players fighting for $13,000, plus round trip Business Class Flight/Accommodations in Hong Kong, and SEA gets it's own qualifier
(Plus another qualifier for Hong Kong players)
There are two days left to sign up for this tournament. I have moved around some of the dates for the SEA qualifier so it will not interfere with ACL. Here are the revised details for the SEA server:
Server: South East Asia Part 1: August 4th, 8pm AEST (GMT+10) (Ro64-Ro8) Part 2: August 7th, 8pm AEST (GMT+10) (Semi-Finals/Finals) Max Participants: 64 players (Masters/Grandmasters, priority given based on ladder rank) Format: Best of 3 single elimination, Finals best of 5 Map Pool: Akilon Wastes (2), Bel'Shir Vestige LE (2), Neo Planet S LE (2), Newkirk Precinct TE (2), Red City LE (4), Star Station (4), Whirlwind LE (4).
In a best of 3, each player alternates in banning two maps then they will pick the order of the remaining 3 maps. (player 1 bans, player 2 bans, player 1 bans, player 2 bans, player 1 picks 1st map, player 2 picks 2nd map). In a best of 5, only 1 map ban each.
1st Place: Qualified for Grand Finals + Round trip Business Class Flight/Accommodations in Hong Kong
The South East Asian Qualifiers are TONIGHT!!!!
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS! (Hope I get to meet one lucky man in Hong Kong)
Good luck to all the players.
Lokth and Flamga will be casting over at http://twitch.tv/lokth
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