GIGABYTE Announces the Kick-off of Pro League Tournament

We promise you a fantastic StarCraft II: HotS Invitational

Taipei, Taiwan, 19th April 2013 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, has been already known for famous StarCraft II events. In partnership with AMD, GIGABYTE now is back to produce a tremendous International Tournament. The 1st qualifier of GIGABYTE Pro League will begin today, Friday 19th April, 2013. The 2nd round will be scheduled in May and you don’t want to miss it. During the three months, 32 of the world’s best players will compete in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm to be part of the final event of Pro League. Players will fight in a single elimination tournament to compete for their share of a $6,500 prize pool and a chance for their name to be engraved onto the Final.


The GIGABYTE Pro League will feature an allstar caster line-up. Llewellys, YoGo & Mori and ToD who had already commentated last year's Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. We hope all worldwide gamers will enjoy it as much as the list of commentators below.

 

Casters & Hosts Line-up:

 
  • German Caster      
        Maurice "Mori" Lange
  • French Caster         
        Rémy "Llewellys" Chanson
  • English Caster       
        Yoan 'ToD' Merlo
 

Moreover, the originality of this competition is that people will votes for 4 invited French and German players respectively on GIGABYTE Aivia forum, and participants will get a chance to win 2 sets of the GIGABYTE WINDFORCE 3X gaming graphics card (GV-R795WF3-3GD) and peripheral products (Aivia Krypton Dual-chassis Gaming Mouse and Aivia Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard) with a total value of over 1,000 USD. During our casters will randomly pick 3 winners in the 2nd qualifier and final. Entry is quick and simple!
Prizes

  • GIGABYTE GV-R795WF3-3GD WINDFORCE 3X graphics card x 2
  • Aivia Krypton Dual-chassis Gaming Mouse x 2
  • Aivia Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard x 2

For more details about GIGABYTE Pro League, please visit the dedicated threads on GIGABYTE Aivia Forum: http://aivia.gigabyte.com/pages/forum.aspx?fid=75

For more details about the prizes, please visit our official website:
GV-R795WF3-3GD http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4121#ov
Aivia Krypton Dual-chassis Gaming Mouse http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4103#ov
Aivia Osmium Mechanical Gaming Keyboard http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4179#ov

About GIGABYTE

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