How to find amateur online sc2 tournaments? [closed]

Sometimes it might be fun to enter a tournament every once in a while, but I don't really know where to start. How does one go about finding online amateur-level tournaments?

I am hoping for something like a simple news feed / calendar that links to upcoming public tournaments. I am hoping for something nice and accessible, and avoid having to "become involved with" a forum or community and spend a lot of time searching.

Basically something to supplement ladder play with a different dynamic, and a tangible end result.

Solution 1:

Team Liquid has a list of tournaments: http://www.teamliquid.net/tournaments/

Solution 2:

Z33K has a lot of tournaments going on:

http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/

http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/community_tournaments

Teamliquid has a listing: http://www.teamliquid.net/tournaments/

Binary Beast has a bunch: http://binarybeast.com/tourney/list/public

Solution 3:

You can try out either Sc2-tournament.com - they host amateur tournaments only so far.

Also Playhem.com

Solution 4:

For European tournaments (mostly in French) you can use Wannawar.com They are lots of amateur-level tournaments but also decent good-level tournaments.

However, I believe Wannawar don't host non European tournaments ATM.

Solution 5:

One Idea that worked very well is starting up a local tournament at my company.

For an amateur trying to break into the scene there are many high level tournaments (for example Gosu Coaching holds a weekly tournament, as does US Craft Cup), but frequently for amateur players these are out of their skill range.

Instead, if you take the time to organize a tournament at you company you may quickly find a tournament more your caliber. What's more you can even form some sort of after hours gaming league where you compete against other companies.

I wasn't allowed to discuss this before, but we did (with the help of Day9) set up an After Hours Gaming League, where I do participate in show matches.