Monthly Preview - November 2012

Note: Players for each competition are subject to change before the actual date. Players may be added via open brackets as well as additional qualifiers and certain players might be replaced for various reasons or will not be able to attend.



October 31st - November 4th
Electronic Sports World Cup 2012

ESWC 2012 will take place in Porte de Versailles during the Paris Games Week, holding tournaments in many different games including Dota 2, Shootmania, FIFA 13 and Starcraft 2 among others. The SC2 tournament will hold 32 players and a $40,000 prize pool.

Qualifiers have been going on since July and will continue up to the event itself. A group stage of eight groups will start the tournament where the top two players of each group move on to the playoffs. The championship bracket will have a BO3 up to the finals and bronze match where a BO5 will be played.





November 2-4
MLG Pro Circuit 2012 - Fall Championship

The fourth and final MLG Pro Circuit tournament for 2012 will be the Fall Championship held in Dallas, Texas, November 2-4. Participants will include players from the 2012 MLG Summer Championship, from the 2012 MLG vs Proleague Invitational and from the Invite Only Online Qualifier. Eight from each event conclude at 24 players directly seeded into pool play.

With the addition of an Open Bracket boasting a maximum of 208 players, an eight-group stage, and a championship winners and losers bracket, we're in for a huge tournament. A prize pool of $76,000 will be spread among the winners.





November 17-18
Battle.net World Championship

It's finally here. After dozens of events spanning the entire year where hundreds of dedicated Starcraft 2 players did battle for a chance at the glory, the final event is finally upon us. We went through National Qualifiers leading to National Championships, followed by Continental Championships and finally, the World Championship is upon us.

The best players in the world will convene in Shanghai China on November 17-18 to crown the champion. 32 players have made it to this point and they will go head to head for the largest prize the game has ever known - $250,000 with $100,000 going directly to the first place.





November 22-25
2012 DreamHack Open: Winter

The fifth and final stop in DreamHack Open's 2012 run. The Winter Tournament will boast a BYOC competition where the top four join 20 players whom have already qualified via previous DreamHack Open events and by ranking points, to form a 24 player grand finals. The prize pool consists of 550,000 Swedish Kronor or about $82,500.



November 22-25
IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Singapore

Intel Extreme Masters Season VII is heating up with the second event of the season (after Guangzhou was cancelled). The tournament will feature 24 players from worldwide qualifiers competing for an unannounced prize pool.





November 29th - December 2nd
World Cyber Games 2012

The WCG is a grand tournament with several titles under it's belt - Starcraft 2, Dota 2 and FIFA 12 to name a few. The SC2 tournament's worldwide qualifiers are still being played and so the final player count is yet unknown. A prize pool has also not been announced.





November 29th - December 2nd
IGN ProLeague Season 5

The climax of Season 5 of IPL will happen on November 29th through December 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada. 72 players from a plethora of qualifier rounds, other tournaments and invites will fight for the title and a jab at the $100,000 prize pool.





November - December 5th
Global Starcraft 2 League Season 5

The group stage of the GSL Code S is already going strong with matches scheduled throughout the month. 32 players will do battle for the 132,000,000 South Korean Won (~$120,000) prize pool. Code A should start off once parts of Code S are decided.

The RO32 has already began and is set to conclude on November 8th. RO16 has matches scheduled for November 12th up to the 15th followed by the Quarterfinals on the 21st and 22nd and the entire competition coming to a close with the semis and finals at the 1st and 2nd of December.





November - December 9th
North American Star League Season 4

NASL started on September 12th and has been going strong ever since. With five divisions filled with nine players each and matches scheduled all through October, November and up to December 9th, NASL provides a lot of action day by day. The prize pool is yet to be announced.