Seoul, South Korea – International E-Sports Group Inc is proud to announce a new StarCraft tournament for North American players called StarCraft SuperStars. This new tournament series will have 16 players battle for $1,000 in cash prizes as well as for one lucky winner, an all-expense paid trip to Seoul to play with the professional StarCraft team, eSTRO.

The first tournament will take place on Sunday October 14th and already has all 16 players confirmed. There are two ways to get you into one of the StarCraft SuperStars event; receive an invitation from one of the StarCraft SuperStars admins or qualify through one of the open qualifiers that will be hosted prior to future S3 events. To be eligible to play in StarCraft SuperStars, you need to be a resident of a North American country.

The lucky winner will be chosen from a pool of the top5 finishers during the inaugural StarCraft SuperStars event by eSTRO’s expert coaching staff. Each of these five players will submit all of their match replays until one is decided the lucky winner. Once chosen, the winner will be flown to Seoul and live amongst the professional StarCraft players of eSTRO.

Prizes:
1st place: $500 cash
2nd place: $300 cash
3rd place: $150 cash
4th place: $50 cash
Total cash prize: $1,000


Current map list for StarCraft SuperStars:
Tau Cross
Python
Peaks of Baekdu

About International E-Sports Group

International E-Sports Group is a company based in Seoul, South Korea. International E-Sports Group is the tournament operator and license holder for the Electronic Sports World Cup in Korea. In addition to operating events in Korea, IEG is also the owner of the professional gaming team, eSTRO.

For more information regarding StarCraft SuperStars or IEG, please contact Stuart Brooks (stuart@iegroup.co.kr)