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SEA Masters Cup #44Sunday, Aug 31 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 single elimination style tournament for Starcraft 2, Heart of the Swarm. $175 prize on offer to the winner, $75 2nd prize, $50 3rd and $25 to 4th. Plus the highest placed SEA player earns a bonus $25. $350 prize pool*! There is also a 820 Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship points up for grabs! (Points count towards qualifying for the $2500+ end of season tournament). This event is sponsored by Eddie, Blizzard ANZ and sc2sea.com
Times + Format
Sunday, Aug 31 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Location: NA Battle.net
Battle.net Group: Join the group SEA Masters Cup.
Single Elimination.
- All series Bo3
- R8, Semi's + 3/4th place Bo5
- Grand Final Bo7
Casters: Silicon Sports + tba
Prizes:
1st $175 + 260 OSC points
2nd $75 + 160 OSC points
3rd $50 + 100 OSC points
4th $25 + 60 OSC points
5-8th 20 OSC points each
9-16th 10 OSC points each
17-32nd 5 OSC points each
*Prizes are in AUD
Bonus OCS points can be earned if:
Anyone ranked below 16th beats someone in Top 16: 5 OSC points
Anyone ranked below 16th beats someone in Top 17-32 ranked equal or higher then themselves: 2.5 OSC points
Anyone ranked 16th - 9th beats anyone ranked equal or higher then themselves: 2.5 OSC points
1st - 8th have no chance to earn bonus points
Signup
Post your NA ID, Account most known by (If different from registered account, eg EU, KR ID), Team/Clan and Country. Either here or the sc2sea thread.
Example: TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada
Signups will close at 10.45am KR on Sunday 31st August, 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 +
King Sejong Station LE, Overgrowth LE, Catallena LE, Merry Go Round LE, Deadwing LE, Foxtrot Labs LE + Nimbus LE
For Best of 3 Series, both players take turns to veto 2 maps from the map pool, so there is 3 left, then they each select the map they most want if they lose, and start with the remaining map.
For Best of 5 Series, both players take turns to veto 1 map from the map pool, so there is 5 left, then they each select the map they most want if they lose, repeat, and start with the remaining map.
For Best of 3 Series, both players take turns to veto 2 maps from the map pool, so there is 3 left, then they each select the map they most want if they lose, and start with the remaining map.
For Best of 5 Series, both players take turns to veto 1 map from the map pool, so there is 5 left, then they each select the map they most want if they lose, repeat, and start with the remaining map.
Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series
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Masters Cup is a partnered tournament of the Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series (OSC). OSC 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 / OSC 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
