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With the overwhelming number of new users joining every day, it's becoming more and more difficult to individually assist each player in learning how to play in our tournaments so here's a visual step by step guide to help walk you through your first Playhem Daily tournament.
If you're having any problems that aren't outlined here or in our rules (spoiler at the bottom of this thread) you can always contact an admin or ask in channel Playhem for assistance.
1. Finding and joining a tournament
Before you can begin this step, you'll have to have your Starcraft II account attached to your Playhem profile. To do this, log in to the battle.net and click on your name, then your profile:
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Copy the address you're currently at into the provided box on Playhem
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You can come back to this section at any time by clicking on "Games" at the top to change your information (for example if you have a new account, or name change), or to add other regions to your profile. You can also hit the check mark on this menu at any time to instantly update your rank if you were promoted instead of waiting for the site to update your rank which may take a few days.
Once your profile is set up, it's time to find the right tournament to join. Be sure you only join based on your highest ranked account across all regions!
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Depending on the tournament you joined, you'll need to check in during a period before the start of the tournament. For our Dailys you'll be able to start checking in 45 minutes before the start, check in ends the moment the tournament starts and there are no latecomers so make sure you don't miss checking in!
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2. Starting the tournament
Once the tournament has begun, it's time to start your first match. The bracket will show up automatically on the same page where you joined and you'll be shown your first opponent and which map to play on.
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Take this information to Starcraft II and find your opponent, one of you will need to host the game and invite the other.
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When hosting the game, make sure you're using the exact map listed! If the bracket says "Tal'Darim Altar LE" you must use that version and not "GSL Tal'Darim Altar LE" or "Tal'Darim Altar LE super version" etc.
A good tip to use here is to put a plus sign "+" before each word of the name, this will tell the search to look for these words exactly. If your map is "MLG Shattered Temple" you can search for "+MLG +Shattered +Temple"
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You can use the +Player button to invite your opponent now that you've added him as a friend
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3. Reporting your match
Once you have won your match, you will report your results directly to the bracket by uploading your replay. Make sure you upload only the correct replays! The site will automatically determine who won and update the brackets for you. In the case of a best of 3 series, upload all the replays in the order they were played - either after each game or at the end of the series. If you need help with this step, there's a video on the page to show you how.
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After your match has ended and you've moved up in the bracket, you'll either have your next opponent assigned if they are also finished, or you'll need to wait for their match to complete.
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The brackets will automatically update on your screen when your next opponent has uploaded his replay and you can begin your next game immediately.
4. Getting help
If at any time during the tournament you need assistance, first consider if the problem is a commonly answered question. Most questions are answered in our rules (spoiler at the bottom of this thread) or here. If your problem requires intervention from an admin, you can click the information & rules tab to see a list of the commissioners that are available for the Daily.
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When contacting any of the admins, please be concise about your problem and always mention which tournament you're playing in by name so that we can help you more effectively.
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Depending on how busy it is, you may not get a reply for several minutes as problems are addressed in the order we get them (often very many at once).
5. Prizes
After all tournaments have ended for the day, we manually add cash prizes to the winners accounts (this part is not automatic so you may need to be a bit patient). Once you've won, you do not need to stay online or contact an admin. You'll find your winnings at the top right of the page next to your points.
You can save up your winnings or withdraw them to PayPal at any time:
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This portion is also automatic, your prize should show up in your PayPal account almost immediately!
If you have any other issues or questions that aren't addressed here, you can message myself or the other admins any time and we'll be happy to help.
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You can find an admin almost any day of the week through the in-game chat channels playhem, playhem2, and playhem3 or you can email ben or myself at ben@playhem.com or unfortunate@playhem.com
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But how do I find my opponent in the NA tournament when I signed up for EU tournament 3 days ago? Playhem?
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Nice. Will definitely link this to people and get them to play! ^_^
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Wow, this is great! My interest in this tournament was sparked by the 30k+ replays post on map balance.
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This is awesome! I've never actually played in a playhem. I think it'd be fun :3
EDIT: Woah, the pictures show account info for Calamue... he was on today's funday monday. Small world lol.
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I've always been curious about the details of participating in playhem tournaments. This informative blog post cirtainly saved me alot of time.
Thank you.
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this is a great guide, I do like playhem, wish more people did the head to head!
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Go playhem! This is a great way for the scene to filter through the masses to find the rising stars. It allows everybody a shot to try. Definitely would like to try myself sometime.
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now where is the guide on how to win games, cuz that's where I run into issues...
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Thanks for this guide.
/bookmarked
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Well, most steps are obvious and can be done without any tutorial.
Still it's a good tutorial.
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On February 09 2012 15:25 nucLeaRTV wrote:
Well, most steps are obvious and can be done without any tutorial.
Being an admin for a day might change your mind about that 
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Seriously, I might pay you to experience it.
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Might I also recommend that people planning on playing in multiple playhems bookmark the maps in the map pool. (Feel free to reread the sentence with "plural" instead of "multiple" if you really like alliteration.)
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Ben so smart, so wise 
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Love these playhem tourneys, smooth and easy to navigate website, good maps and good admins.. even most the people you play are manner with a "gl hf" and "gg" at the end. I usually try to play 2-3 of these a week and its always a pleasure.
To all people involved: Keep up the good work!
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Really helpful write up, joining tournaments can be really confusing for newer players!
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I never realised you could use the + in your searches like that. Suddenly using the battle.net search features actually becomes useful! This is amazing <3
No longer will I have to look through maps like Slide Baneling Slide and Gebirgslandshaft when searching for GSL maps to play... It was really frustating, but this little tip fixes this. Best tip ever!
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So I am 16 years old and because of that I have no PayPal account. I do not care about the cash prizes either. Could I still participate in Playhem tournaments?
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wow thanks soo much this helps, i never knew what to do if i had any winnings (i came 4th in a tourney  ) i dont have a paypal but now i have realised it IS possible to win money and not have paypal at the time. tyty
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this is SO useful, gonna try to tinker around with this latjer
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On February 09 2012 21:56 Kavachi wrote:
So I am 16 years old and because of that I have no PayPal account. I do not care about the cash prizes either. Could I still participate in Playhem tournaments?
Yes, and anything you win will stay on your account until you withdraw it to a paypal account (it can be one you borrowed).
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Thanks for the write up, a great tournament to participate in for new generation pros to get their hands dirty.
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Very well done. Well explained and easy to understand ! Thanks!
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Never mind, I was able to find the answer to my question. Sorry!
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Hi. I am new to playhem tournaments and was wondeirng what the points are for. I noticed some of the tournaments award points rather than cash. What are these used for? Playing in my first tourney tonight ^_^
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On April 28 2012 10:12 Kaladin wrote:
Hi. I am new to playhem tournaments and was wondeirng what the points are for. I noticed some of the tournaments award points rather than cash. What are these used for? Playing in my first tourney tonight ^_^
Actually, I was wondering this as well, as far as I can tell tournaments cost points to enter so you need them to continue entering tournaments? Although starting with 200 and gaining another 100 for every 10 games played makes it seem unlikely you will ever run out so maybe there is another use for them?
Edit: Referenced from T&C:
http://playhem.com/terms
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For some reason the profile section that deals with my US battle.net name and character code dosnt work. Any ideas as to why? I have the right profile section from the online battlenet, but IDK how to get a character code. Do I just make it up, or what?
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On July 07 2012 11:08 Talon881 wrote:
For some reason the profile section that deals with my US battle.net name and character code dosnt work. Any ideas as to why? I have the right profile section from the online battlenet, but IDK how to get a character code. Do I just make it up, or what?
Hover your mouse over your portrait in game.
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Yeah, thats what I put in. Still nothing. I copy and pasted the right page on BN, and I now know I have the right code..It says
Error: One of your Battle.Net nicknames contains invalid characters.
I only have one BN name..
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Okay, removing my URL allowed the CC to go through. Now it just wont accept my URL.
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EPT
