Hello all SGL Fans!

With the SGL Season 1 playoffs a week away, the Starcraft Gaming League(SGL) will be hosting a Pre-Playoff Invitational sponsored by Bigfoot Networks!

It will be a 512-man, one day tournament with a winner take all prize pool. BigFoot Networks has sponsored the tournament and the SGL by providing $150 USD and a Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card for the winner! The SGL sends a big thank you to BigFoot Networks for sponsoring our tournament and making it possible! We invite you to please view a 1-minute video about their Killer 2100 NIC at the bottom of this post!

We would also like to thank our streamers, iCCup TV and Gosu TV who will both be attending the event that Sunday. We are looking for a few more streamers for the tournament so if you're interested please send me a PM with a little bit of information about your streaming experience.

Here are some quick facts about the tournament:
-Date: Sunday November 14th
-Time: 10:00 AM EST
-Location: North American SC2 Server
-Prizes: $150 USD and a Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card
-Registration: November 6th 21:00 EST - November 14th 08:59 AM EST
-Check-In Phase: November 14th 9:00 AM EST - 9:50 AM EST

Map Pool:
-Xel'Naga Caverns(2)
-Steppes of War(2)
-Jungle Basin(2)
-Scrap Station(2)
-Blistering Sands(2)
-Metalopolis(4)
-Delta Quadrant(4)
-Lost Temple(4)

Maps for each round:
-Ro516: Steppes of War
-Ro256: Jungle Basin
-Ro128: Delta Quadrant
-Ro64: Blistering Sands
-Ro32: Xel'Naga Caverns
-Ro16: Scrap Station
-Ro8(Bo3): Lost Temple
-Ro4(Bo3): Metalopolis
-Finals(Bo5): Map Chosen by Players(Process of Elimination)

For the tournament, we have invited certain players from the SGL to participate, these players are the following (Bold = confirmed):

ROOT Gaming:
Drewbie
Catz
CauthonLuck
Qxc
Suggy
Bubba
Sheth

CNB e-Sports Club:
Levin
Lamp

FnaticMSI:
KawaiiRice
Gretorp
TT1
Fenix
SeN

Team NOVA:
Stalife
AntiMage
FireZerg

rSGaming:
sAint
Arcanne
LagLovah
nEAnS

Evil Geniuses:
iNcontroL
Axslav
Machine
LzGaMeR
StrifeCro

inFlow Gaming:
Spades
Masq
Mini

Team N:
[N]zar
Huy[N]h

Misc. Invites:
Dignitas.Sjow
Dignitas.Apollo
Dignitas.merz
Dignitas.PureBall
RyaN
vVv.Murder

How can I sign up for this event?
Follow these simple instructions:

1.Create an account at www.binarybeast.com (or login if you already have one)
2. Visit http://binarybeast.com/xSC21011012/info
3. Click 'Join this tournament'
4. Stop back an hour before the start of the tournament for check-in phase.

If you have any questions, please email SGLTour@live.com or post a comment here and someone will get back to you! You can also find more information at the Starcraft Gaming League's home page.

More Information on our Sponsor -- Bigfoot Networks:

Bigfoot Networks is a leading networking technology company that develops hardware and software solutions that significantly improve the online gaming experience. Its products are designed to provide maximum network performance for online gaming and other real time applications.

Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 NIC Commercial:

loving the epic music felix <3

And I thank Pandora for making me aware of epic trailer music ^^

requiem for a dream nice one.

this tourney looks great, go sta and fire!

Dam...who made that sexy banner? =P

toot toot

lol nice avatar change gemini xD

So um, are we going to change some of the text to clarify that this is an Invitational + Open. We do actually want people signing up you know

Random question: are the invited players going to be seeded, if so into what round? Im making our liquidpedia page now