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    StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Jul 27, 2010

    The first chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy focuses on the struggles of the Terran race, as seen through the eyes of Commander Jim Raynor, leader of the rebel group Raynor's Raiders.

    North American Starcraft league COUNTDOWN

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    #1  Edited By endless_void
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    #2  Edited By Wipeout

    I figured this is what EG.InControl was talking about.  And why Greg Fields moved back to America.  The only downside is this will fragment the best players into different leagues, and I'll probably have to pay for GSL tickets AND this.  Oh well, maybe some Koreans will come to NA and be the foreigners for once. 
     
    EDIT: Oh my God, it looks like Geoff Robinson (EG.INcontrol) is going to be a caster for the NASL.  That.  Is.  Awesome.  The dude has a hugely funny personality.

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    #3  Edited By blueduck

    There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america.

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    #4  Edited By Cataphract1014
    @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues.
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    #5  Edited By csl316

    Exciting.

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    #6  Edited By endless_void
    @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Not really, I can't think of one other than MLG....and look at what that has become....
     
    @Wipeout:  Agreed, Incontrol is a great caster! I can't wait to see how this turns out.
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    #7  Edited By Animasta
    @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man
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    #8  Edited By Arkanti
    @Laketown said:
    " @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man "
    The duder flows strong in this one.
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    #9  Edited By Winternet

    This may be awesome. Wait . . it IS awesome.

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    #10  Edited By DystopiaX
    @Arkanti said:
    " @Laketown said:
    " @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man "
    The duder flows strong in this one. "
    Not sure if it's better, but it's certainly bigger in terms of prize money and, I would argue, mainstream (gamer) attention. 
     
    Also, what if it's a huge troll and NASL doesn't stand for North American Starleague at all, but something else? lol
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    #11  Edited By Winternet
    @DystopiaX said:
    " @Arkanti said:
    " @Laketown said:
    " @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man "
    The duder flows strong in this one. "
    Not sure if it's better, but it's certainly bigger in terms of prize money and, I would argue, mainstream (gamer) attention.  Also, what if it's a huge troll and NASL doesn't stand for North American Starleague at all, but something else? lol "
    North American Stacking League. I mean, it has to be. Right?
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    #12  Edited By Chokobo

    There have been tons of e-sports leagues in NA.
     
    MLG is the only major one that hasn't gone bankrupt (yet).

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    #13  Edited By Cataphract1014
    @Laketown said:
    " @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man "
    Nah, its fact.
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    #14  Edited By audiosnag
    @DystopiaX said:
    " @Arkanti said:
    " @Laketown said:
    " @Cataphract1014 said:
    " @blueduck said:
    " There have been tons of leagues for esports in north america. "
    Starcraft 2 a better game than anything put in those leagues. "
    that's just, like, your opinion man "
    The duder flows strong in this one. "
    Not sure if it's better, but it's certainly bigger in terms of prize money and, I would argue, mainstream (gamer) attention.  Also, what if it's a huge troll and NASL doesn't stand for North American Starleague at all, but something else? lol "
    Then there will be a mob heading out after iNcontrol. I will not be part of it. That dude's huge.
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    #15  Edited By yinstarrunner

    I love G4's strategy of waiting until they get booted off of my DirectTV before actually showing something I'm interested in.
     
    Bravo, G4.   Bravo.

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    #18  Edited By Cameron

    Unless the prize money for this league can compete with the GSL it will never attract the best players and I don't think the audience here is big enough to support that kind of prize money.

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    #19  Edited By Wipeout
    @Chokobo said:
    " There have been tons of e-sports leagues in NA.  MLG is the only major one that hasn't gone bankrupt (yet). "
    Thats because sponsors only care about Starcraft.  As they should, its the only one thats fun or even tolerable to watch.
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    #20  Edited By frankxiv
    @Cameron said:
    " Unless the prize money for this league can compete with the GSL it will never attract the best players and I don't think the audience here is big enough to support that kind of prize money. "
    mlg already is for their national finals, with the added bonus of not having to drop everything and move to korea. 
     
    it doesn't have to be as big, as long as it's more accessible, it seems what players care about is consistency, not some megahuge prize pool at the end of a months long tournament. 
     
    and incontrol being a player himself, i'm sure he knows how to make it attractive for others to participate.
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    #21  Edited By Cataphract1014

    MLG finals this year, last I heard, were going to have a Grand Prize of 50k for the winner.

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    #22  Edited By StarvingGamer

    Hype! Maybe this will actually be at a reasonable time for me to watch it!

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    #23  Edited By frankxiv

      

      $100,000?
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    #24  Edited By audiosnag

    That is more money then I was expecting them to put up for this. That could go a long way to bringing Korean players over to compete depending on how its divided up.
    This is getting pretty awesome.

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    #26  Edited By csl316
    @onimonkii said:

    "   

      $100,000? "
    Probably.  This is what Youtube's closed captioning reveals:

    "we had one hundred thousand dollars battle remove bats will be is what zero somewhat as sunday school. five six years retire:" 
    Great retirement plan, though he'll be leaving once Legacy of the Void starts hitting its stride.

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    #28  Edited By DystopiaX
    @raiz265 said:
    " http://nasl.tv/   bump    $400k wat "
    That's the total prize pool, 100k grand prize. 
    50 man online invite tourney, top 15 invited to finals, open tourney held for 16th slot, grand finals hosted live in LA, Incontrol and Gretorp casting.
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    #29  Edited By Cataphract1014

    Games 5 nights a week for at times that american's don't have to stay up until 4am to see.
     
    Stoked.

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    #30  Edited By csl316

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