Anyways Diggity from sc2gg.com has organized a tournament that will encompass several starcraft sites and all benefitting towards the childsplaycharity that the recent auctions have gone towards.
For Information on the Charity go to either
http://www.childsplaycharity.org
or
which provides information on the Charity and Tournament aspects of the event
To donate towards Childsplay and the donation goal
http://endurance.chipin.com/childs-play-charity
Tournament Information
Three Websites will be handling the various tournaments which will lead up to the Semi Finals and Finals.
For Standard Brood and Big Game Hunters will be handled by iCCup.
- For Fastest sign up at:
o http://vilegaming.com/forums.x/topics/11355 - For UMS Risk and Micro Wars!:
o http://www.wgtour.com/
Tournament Schedule:
I only have information on the tournaments that I am running for iCCup so if you want more information on the other categories please visit their sites.
In the coming weeks every saturday at Noon PST we will hold four tournaments that will send the top qualifiers onto the next stage of the tournament. Two tournaments for Big Game Hunters and two for Brood War.
The top two from each tournament will automatically advance and the 3rd place finishers from each of the two tournaments will play eachother for the fifth spot into the semi finals.
- Big Game Hunters A oct 18th
-Noon PST, 3:00 PM EST, 21:00 CET - Brood War A Oct 25th
-Noon PST, 3:00 PM EST, 21:00 CET - Big Game Hunters B Nov 1st+ 3rd place final
-Noon PST, 3:00 PM EST, 22:00 CET - Brood War B Nov 8th + 3rd place final
-Noon PST, 3:00 PM EST, 22:00 CET
Check Ins will open at 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 20:00 CET for the above tournaments (21:00 CET after the 1st because of DST) - Semi Finals will be the 15th
-TBA - The Finals on the 22nd.
-TBA
The sum total will be given to Childsplay on the 30th of November. The day broodwar came out in 1998.
Tournament Format:
- Each tournament will be set up as an official iCCup tournament with 0 points payin and 0 points rewarded.
- Each Tournament will either be 32 or 64 player max sign up depending on interest levels.
- Signups for each tournament will open a couple days before it is scheduled on Wednesday
- In order to play one must check in to the tournament 1 hour before it starts, the first players to check in will get the tournament slots. Signing up will not register you into the brackets.
Because of the third place playoff those players who lose in the semi finals will need to play eachother the winner receiving 3rd place and then will play the other 3rd place finisher of the same category for the 5th slot into the Semi Finals Tournament.
Tournament Prizes
[list]The overall first place winner will receive a dollar amount to still be determined (at least $50) Diggity from sc2gg.com will buy them a copy of SC2 when it comes out, a FireBatHero T-shirt and the WoW unique item from his Blizzcon goodie bag valued at ~$100.
The two top donators will get a chance to Team Melee the TSL winner JianFei
For more information on the tournament please go to the youtube video announcement here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKF-Yuo24n8