The highly international MLG Dallas has just ended but another intercontinental tournament is coming forth. European and American players have less than a month to prepare for the challenge.
The SteelSeries: Europe vs America will face two teams of eleven players against each other in a ferocious 1v1 battles and the winner team will take home both the pride of representing the better continent and a prize of 500 USD. Every team will have a tournament manager: Catz for the American and tosS.ita for the European so expect the organization to be top-notch.
The 22 players will be announced in portions with the first one being this Saturday, November 13th. Thus, I highly suggest marking your calendars because the big reveal is just around the corner. I can guarantee you that the names you will see are of enormous magnitude, including champions and vice champions of major tournaments!
The event will be stretched along the first two weekends of December with the dates being 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th. More information about live-streams and precise times will be announced soon so stick around at GosuGamers.net
UPDATE [29.11.2010]: Complete rosters of both teams have been announced!
I have to say, this final update is HUGE! We have the diverse race trio Liquid'Jinro, Liquid'HayPro and NaniWa. And for the opposing team we have the same Z/T/P combination of Idra, Tyler and SeleCT.
With all 22 players now known and ready, all we have to do is wait for another two weeks before the tournaments starts.
UPDATE [20.11.2010]: Torrents of Terran flow into both teams
It is Saturday afternoon and it is splendid as we have more amazing players joining this tournament. Team Europe receives a strong surge of Terran metal with Brat_OK, Sjow and Tarson joining the party. To even the scales, Team America also gets stars of its own: Fenix, Kiwikaki and Drewbie are also to take part in this tournament.
There is also some more good news for the players. SteelSeries, the major sponsor of this event, has announced that they will throw in an extra 550 USD and a set of gaming headgear for each participant of the winning team!
Three players of each team now remain to be announced.
UPDATE [17.11.2010]: The second five players announced
Another week, another five participants. For team Europe we have Demuslim, one of the strongest Terrans in the foreign pro-scene, accompanied by ret, the Dutch Zerg that is to participate in the GSL 3 and Socke who made an amazing appearance in MLG Dallas and is generally known for his high Protoss skills.
On the other side of the fence we have MLG Dallas vice-champion TT1 and his compatriot Slush. Both teams are now equal in count and more players will be introduced next week!
UPDATE [13.11.2010]: The first five players have been announced
Two Ukrainian have been chosen to be the leading faces of the Europe team, namely the old-school toss White-Ra and his compatriot Dimaga. The first names revealed for the overseas team are one of each race, that being HuK, Machine and qxc.
Stay tuned to GosuGamers as we will bring you more information when more players are revealed.
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