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A new qualifier tournament is now open for registration. The NeSE 1v1 Open Qualifier #1 has $250 in prizes and two invites to the NeSE. This an open tournament open to all North American Starcraft 2 players.

Start Date     Sat Jul 16, 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 22:00 CET ( 9d 15h away)
Checkin Starts     60 min before start date ( 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 21:00 CET)

Prizes:
- 1st and 2nd Place Winners Will Receive Free Entry into the NeSE StarCraft 2 1v1 Tournament featuring round by round cash prizes!
- 1st Place also earns $250!
- Winners will be contacted in-game or by email, cash prizes will be sent via paypal.

Registration for the tournament

Live Coverage during the event at z33k.tv

About the NeSE:

The NeSE is brand new and never before seen style of video gaming tournament for StarCraft 2 that includes; Round by Round Cash Prizes Doubling Every Round, 25% of ALL Participants are Guaranteed to win, 1v1 and 2v2 Bracket Settings and much more.  Our commitment is to eSports in the United States and if you commit to us we promise to constantly increase prizes, feature high quality professional broadcasts and the most entertaining gaming environment in eSports. Learn more at ne-se.com.

Hey guys,

This is Fletcher from z33k. I’m posting to announce the release of new free tournament tools from z33k.com. Over the past few months we’ve been developing a platform for smoothly running Starcraft 2 tournaments. Now we’re opening up this platform for the community – meaning anyone can now create and run a tournament. Some of the cool abilities that our platform offers are: brackets that automatically update when a player reports and uploads the replay, player stat tracking (win-loss record), one-click tournament signup (no manual forum signups), and perhaps most exciting is the ability for players to subscribe to your tournament group – allowing you to update fans about new events. We also expect to roll out drag-and-drop bracket seeding within the week!

z33k is a small independent startup run entirely by volunteers. As gamers ourselves, we’re dedicated to building useful tools for the community. Our site is completely free to use. If you’ve got a group of friends or a larger community that is looking to host a tournament, I invite you to try it out!

Our developers are interested in hearing your feedback as tournament organizers, so if you have suggestions or questions let me know and I can pass it along.

See you in the brackets!

Best regards,

Fletcher LaRue
Z33k Head of Marketing
fletcher@z33k.com