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February 15th, 2008 @ 10:45
Blizzard just confirmed the formation of a new type of tournament in World of Warcraft’s Arena System to “take place on special realms” and which will “allow competitors to instantly create level-70 characters with epic equipment, placing the focus on tactics and execution rather than normal adventuring.”
The tournaments will start in April with two rounds of online qualifiers in Europe, South Korea, North America, and the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. You have to pay to play: 15€/£12 in Europe; 20,000 won in South Korea; $20 in North America; and NT$450 in the regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
The tournaments will “run for six weeks. During this time, teams will play 3-vs.-3 matches on the tournament realm in their region, with the top four teams from each round advancing to the regional finals to compete for more than $27,000 in cash prizes. Winners from each region will then be invited to a global championship event to compete for $120,000 in cash prizes, including a $75,000 grand prize.”
Keep an eye on this for more details.
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February 15th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Nice idea, and they’ve got an instant customer base for online WOWTV which they can probably charge a few € for, or make money through advertising on.
February 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I reckon plenty of people will pay the money just to get to play with a lvl 70 character, to be honest.
February 15th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
yeah you’d think so - is it an additional charge on top of the standard wow sub, or can you use it instead of? I’m guessing the former…
February 15th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Sounds additional, yep.
February 15th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
\o/
April 11th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
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