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SEA Masters Cup #37Sunday, Jan 05 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Open to all D, M + GM's from any region
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This Masters Cup is a double elimination style tournament for Starcraft 2, Heart of the Swarm. $120 prize on offer to the winner, $75 2nd prize, $45 3rd, $20 4th and 5/6th $15 each. $300 prize pool*! There is also a record 820 SEA Championship Series points up for grabs! (Points count towards qualifying for the $2000+ end of season tournament). In addition, the highest ranked Australian or New Zealand player will win a Saphira Mouse, thanks to Tt eSports! This event is sponsored by Eddie, Blizzard ANZ and sc2sea.com
Times + Format
Sunday, Jan 05 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Location: NA Battle.net
Battle.net Group: Join the group SEA Masters Cup.
Double Elimination.
- Upper Bracket bo3
- Lower bracket bo1 until 7/8th placing, where becomes bo3 (2nd last round before semi finals)
Casters: Duckvillelol + Deth
Prizes:
1st $120 + 250 SCS points
2nd $75 + 160 SCS points
3rd $45 + 100 SCS points
4th $20 + 50 SCS points
5/6th $15 + 30 SCS points each
7/8th 20 SCS points each
9-12th 15 SCS points each
13-16th 10 SCS points each
17-24th 5 SCS points each
25-32nd 2.5 SCS points each
*Prizes are in AUD
Plus $10 to a random player just for playing!
Plus the highest placed Aus/NZ player wins a Saphira Mouse!
Bonus SCS points can be earned if:
Anyone ranked below 16th last season beats someone in Top 16: 5 SCS points
Anyone ranked below 16th last season beats someone in Top 17-32 ranked equal or higher: 2.5 SCS points
Anyone ranked 16th - 9th last season beats anyone in Top 8: 2.5 SCS points
1st - 8th have no chance to earn bonus points
2013 Rankings will be used until 1 February
Signup
Post your NA ID, Account most known by (If different from registered account, eg EU, KR ID), Team/Clan and Country.
Example: TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada
Signups will close at 5.45pm PST on Saturday 4th January, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread. If you missed out on pre-registering, the late replacement channel shall be sc2seaMCx. DevianT shall be organizing replacements, message him in game or talk in channel.
Updated Registered Players List can be found here
Map Pool: + Show Spoiler +
The first map of each round is pre-determined and outlined in the following list. The losing player will decide the subsequent map. The map pool is as follows:
Upper Bracket:
Ro128: Bel'shir Vestige (B03) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: Frost (B03) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: Yeonsu (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: Derelict Watcher TE (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: Polar Night (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: Star Station TE (B03)
Finals: Whirlwind (B03) - double chance for upper bracket player
Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Derelict Watcher TE, Star Station TE, Bel'shir Vestige, Whirlwind, Frost, Yeonsu, Polar Night
* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. The first game cannot be vetoed. Maps cannot be repeated twice in a series.
Lower Bracket:
Lower bracket is best of 1 until 7/8th placing, where becomes bo3 (2nd last round before semi finals).
Both players veto 3 maps each from the map pool, and play the remaining one.
Veto system will also be used for lower bracket Bo3 series.
Upper Bracket:
Ro128: Bel'shir Vestige (B03) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: Frost (B03) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: Yeonsu (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: Derelict Watcher TE (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: Polar Night (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: Star Station TE (B03)
Finals: Whirlwind (B03) - double chance for upper bracket player
Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Derelict Watcher TE, Star Station TE, Bel'shir Vestige, Whirlwind, Frost, Yeonsu, Polar Night
* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. The first game cannot be vetoed. Maps cannot be repeated twice in a series.
Lower Bracket:
Lower bracket is best of 1 until 7/8th placing, where becomes bo3 (2nd last round before semi finals).
Both players veto 3 maps each from the map pool, and play the remaining one.
Veto system will also be used for lower bracket Bo3 series.
SEA Championship Series
Masters Cup is a partnered tournament of the SEA Championship Series (SCS). SCS is the SEA regional championship, which follows a yearly season format, where players earn points for placing in all partnered tournaments. The top 32 players ranked via SEA Power Rankings / SCS Player Leader board at the end of the season are then invited to play in the Grand Finale to determine the yearly champion!
PiG was 2013's Champion, taking out the $2100 finals series.
Current 2014 rankings can be found here
