Eight out of twelve players have already qualified and the last four are going to be determined in the remaining two qualifiers. The winner of this season will earn a total of $100, while the top four will also qualify for the next season's groupstage already, and season 2 is going to hold a total of $500.
By now those eight players consist of US-American Zerg Michael, the Russian Terran reps)Pro7ecT, the German Zerg LRM)Bakuryu, the Bulgarian LRM)TechnicS, the Polish SouthPark, the Peruvian Nb.TerrOr. and the two freshly qualified: The Finnish Zerg/Terran Nb.Lossilohi and sas.Sziky as the Zerg from Hungary who recently came first in the ISL.
Sign up now over at play.gosugamers.net to secure a spot in the first 32 safe spots or to get one of the early reserve slots. The tournament is going to start this Sunday at 19CET.
If you are not that competetive and want to enjoy playing in a competition you can also just sit back and relax while watching the stream, casted live by Sayle over on his twitch.tv channel where you can also find VOD's of the recent casts, however, those are also found organized by games on his YouTube channel.
Or simply download the replays from the brackets which can also be found over at play.gosugamers.net by clicking the magnifying glass that appears when hovering over a match and then selecting the replays you want to watch.
Like every week there is one map going to be replaced in the mappool, this week we will see New Bloody Ridge 2.1 replaced by a map that you will soon be able to vote for on the GosuGamers StarCraft front page.
The maps to choose from are New Empire of the Sun 2.0, La Mancha 1.1 and Neo Heartbreak Ridge 2.1, all those map are also included in the mappack for this week, which does not define the whole mappool, however, the mappool will be found in the rules on Sunday. You can get the mappack by clicking here if you are unsure whether you've got all of the maps or not.
Please make sure to read the rules beforehand in order for a smooth tournament and no major incidents. Not knowing the rules is your own fault!
Links
play.gosugamers.net - Sign up now; don't forget to check in
dl.dropbox.com - Download the mappack
twitch.tv - Sayle's stream