The full game has been released! The hottest cup series in StarCraft II will resume on Wednesday with Go4SC2 Cup #24. This week you can earn a place at the IEM Global Challenges at gamescom, Germany in! Sign up now and don't miss out! If you're not able to play then sit back and watch the streams.

Go4SC2 #24

   Begin: Weds, 28.07.10 17:00 CEST
   Meeting place: #esl.go4sc2 on Quakenet IRC - web chat is available on the cup page!
   Structure: 128/256/512 player, Single Elimination
   Replays: Replays must be uploaded to the match page (not zipped) immediately after the match. You'll gain penalty point for missing replays starting at the quarter finals!
   Coverage: All coverage is allowed! Please send us your streams to:
online-pr@turtle-entertainment.de so we can link them here.
   Map pool: Agria Valley, Blistering Sands, Burial Grounds, Crossfire, Desert Oasis, Incineration Zone, Jungle Basin, Junk Yard, Scrap Station, Steppes of War, Worldship, Xel Naga Caverns, Lost Temple, Kulas Ravine, Metalopolis
   More details and the whole rulebook can be found in the cup info.

The top 3 players will be invited to IEM Global Challenge gamescom

The top 4 players will earn ranking points

Gameaccounts

Blizzard have reset and changed the gameaccount system again, which means that you need to re-enter your StarCraft II gameaccount on the ESL.

The new format is Nickname.Character code e.g. TheRogue.123

To find your nickname and character code, login to Battle.net in-game then hover over your avatar (in the top right hand corner) OR click the friends icon and 'Add friend'.

Click here to enter your gameaccount on the ESL

How to sign up?

First you must register on the ESL.

Register your StarCraft II Battle.net (EU) gameaccount

Edit your profile and enter a contact method (IRC, ICQ, MSN, Skype, XFire) - make sure to show it publicly!

Then you can    Sign Up

To confirm your place in the cup you must check-in 20 minutes before the cup starts! Read below!

List of Wednesday's players

Until 16:40 CET	Sign-up	From now until twenty minutes before the cup starts, up to 100 players can sign up in advance.
16:40 CET to 16:55 CET	Check-in	To confirm their place in the cup, everyone must check-in between 20 and 5 minutes before the start of the cup.
17:00 CET	Start of cup	The cup starts! Make sure you are in the IRC channel and in-game so that you can find your opponent, and they can find you. Check your open matches to find your match.

Check-in!

While waiting for the cup you can play in the 1on1 Ladder.

Coverage

We welcome all coverage in all languages! If you would like to cover the cup, or know someone who could, please contact us.

Check out the ESL StarCraft II streams homepage to find coverage in several languages.

Feedback

If you have any feedback - bad or good - about anything we are doing in StarCraft II then please go ahead and post in the feedback topic in the forum.

We are looking for admins!

Would you like to help to run the Cups and Ladders at the ESL SC2 section? You know exactly what the SC2 community needs and you would love to be a dedicated admin? Then apply now!

While waiting for the cup you can play in the new 1on1 Ladder or in one or several of our 11 Release Day Madness Cups.

Your Admin team