From the TF2 blog:

ETF2L is gearing up for their Highlander Community Challenge. It's a fun tournament aimed at getting lots of people into some fun competitive matches. In addition, we're providing them with the ability to give out in-game medals to players who participate in the tournament.

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Are non-European teams welcome?

Yes, as long as you are fine with playing on European servers and in European timezones.

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Okay so here is the deal, I want to play in the tournament but I live in Australia and my average ping to Europe is around 300ms. I know from experience that with a bit of patie

From the TF2 blog:

ETF2L is gearing up for their Highlander Community Challenge. It's a fun tournament aimed at getting lots of people into some fun competitive matches. If you feel like you're crushing everyone in pubs, this'll be a great opportunity for you to find a new challenge. In addition, we're providing them with the ability to give out in-game medals to players who participate in the tournament.

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Cons:

• European servers (so bad pings)
• European timezones (we are around 8 hours ahead)

Pros:

• 14 player teams, 9 play at a time so there isn't pressure to be there for every game.
• The times o

I couldn't find a list of all the things Blizzard are trying to do to help new players enter the potentially intimidating realm of multiplayer Starcraft so I looked around for a bit and made my own. Hopefully it'll convince some people to give SC2 multiplayer a go. It's worth pointing out that the Beta is definitely not newbie friendly.

• In-game tutorials showing the basics of each race.

• Challenges - 5-10 minute "mini-missions" that teach a critical aspect of StarCraft 2 gameplay. Every challenge is scored so the player knows when they are improving. Examples include:

Defending against a Zergling rush.

Unit counters.

Micromanaging.

Using hotkeys.

Building a economy.

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