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Overview: Hello Team Liquid! I am excited to announce the first (hopefully of many) Retro Map Championship hosted by Surreal gaming! We’re a small for fun team that has been around since the release of Wings of Liberty who are passionate about Starcraft 2 and want to see a great tournament on the maps we have loved throughout the years. To do this we have put in our own money in for a prize to go to the top 3 players of this tournament!
Basic requirements: must be a top ranked master or gm player on the North America server. Players must be active on the NA ladder. Any proven instances of manipulating the ladder such as hacking/account boosting will result in immediate disqualification from this tournament and any future events hosted by Surreal gaming. Players must play on an account with their real name or proven legal alias to participate. To sign up for the tournament send a message to me via skype @ Miserytheory , or email me @ mmonkhou@lakeheadu.ca as I will be making the brackets.
Format: The tournament will be a 32 man single elimination format. Each round will be a Best of 3 with the exception of the semi finals and the finals. The semi finals will be a best of 5 with 1 map veto for each player and the finals will be a best of 7 with 1 map veto per player.
Map pool: Xel Naga Caverns, Metalopolis, Terminus SE, Scrap Station, Shattered Temple, Shakuras Plateau, Blistering Sands, Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War
Prize Breakdown: First Place: $150.00
Second Place: $75.00
Third Place: $25.00
Total Prize pool : $250.00
Donations: I am looking to make the prize pool bigger for the participants anyone interested can donate via paypal @ mmonkhouse13@yahoo.com
Date: RO32-RO8 -Saturday, Dec 14 8:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00), Semis and Finals – Sunday, Dec 15 8:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Caster(s): Nan “NanMan” Johnson, Brandon "Muataran" Mucciarone (Co-Caster), Sean "Kuran" McCoskey (Observer)
Stream: www.twitch.tv/TheRealNanMan
EVERYONE PLEASE MEET IN THE CHAT CHANNEL RETRO MAP CHAMPIONSHIP 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT
Best of luck to everyone who signs up and we hope to see a great turn out!!!
PUSHED BACK THE TIME FOR DAY 1 TO 3:30PM EST DUE TO ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
CONGRATS TO OUR TOP THREE PLAYERS Fiasco who took 3rd place, Envious who took 2nd and Guitarcheese who won the first Retro Map Championship!!
Changed out Antiga Shipyard and Ohana for Delta Quadrant and Steppes of War.
HERES THE BRACKET FOLKS BEST OF LUCK TO ALL!!!
http://challonge.com/retromaplchampionship
