Yesterday, via MLG’s website, the organization announced the MLG Global StarCraft2 Invitational, a 24 player online event that will play host to some of the world’s best players. Taking place over a 2 month span, the players will compete in three regional brackets, featuring North America, Korea, and Europe. Players from each region will look to battle their way through the bracket in the hopes of making it to the Grand Final, held live at the 2011 MLG National Championship in Providence, RI on Friday, November 18th.
MLG provided the following information with the announcement:
Each bracket will consist of eight players from that region, who will compete in best-of-three matches in a double elimination tournament. In the end, the winner of each region will take home $2,000 in cash, and will also earn an all-expenses paid trip to MLG Providence, where they will take on the winners of the other two regions, and the Blizzcon Champion. These four players will play best-of-three matches in a single-elimination Finals for the Championship. The winner of the Global Invitational Finals will take home an additional $3,000, bringing the total winnings for 1st Place to $5,000.
Regionals
Finals
MLG has reached out to some of the best players in the world from each of the three represented regions. Here are the full rosters:
Europe:
North America:
Korea:
JP McDaniel and Artosis will be providing live casting of each match via MLG.tv, though some matches may be casted off of replays due to the time-zone differences. More information, including the broadcast schedule and map pool can be found by clicking here.