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SC2 MLG Arena II

MLG SC2 Arena II is on it's way to make it's spring appearance. With the dates being May 18th to 20th located in New York City, this is one not to miss. If you follow Team Acer, you now will know that our own Aleksandr 'Acer | Bly' Svusuyk  is competing against 31 other players for a prize pool of 26,400 USD.

The top four players from MLG SC2 Arena I which were DongRaeGu, Heart, Ganzi and MC were seeded into Arena II, including Thorzain, who won DreamHack Stockholm.

There are also 10 qualifying players from each region: Korean, North America and Europe. These regions include players such as MMA, Leenock, IdrA, SeleCT, Stephano, Grubby, Ret, HuK, Violet, Rain, Goody, many more and of course our own Acer | Bly.

The players that finished top 12 (Including the seeding players from Arena I) from the online qualifiers will be placed into the Championship Pool Play, with the bottom 16 players placed into the winners round 4 spring championship open bracket. The tournament format is a double elimination bracket with consolation matches. All matches are Best of 3, with it being Best of 7 if players meet once again.

The matches will be played on the following maps:

• Antiga Shipyard
• ESV Cloud Kingdom
• Daybreak
• Entombed Valley
• Metropolis
• Shakuras Plateau 
• Tal’darim Alta

The Prizing for the event are as followed:

1. 10,000 USD
2. 6,000 USD
3. 3,600 USD
4. 2,200 USD
5. 1,400 USD
6. 1,400 USD
7. 900 USD
8. 900 USD

In order to watch the event, you must visit MLG's website and just support your favorite player! They will be having free streams up and running and you may also buy a HD pass to watch it at it's best quality. Stay tuned to Team Acer to get all the news coverage for MLG Arena II and to support our own Acer | Bly.

source: mlg.com