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The Midwest Cup is an online bi-monthly tournament for all Midwesterners to compete and try to show they are among the best Starcraft 2 players in the Midwest region of the United States. Sound cool already? Register here!
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Total prize pool: $300
1st place - $150
2nd place - $90
3rd place - $38
4th place - $23
Update: DjSpectre (http://www.twitch.tv/djspectre) has added $100 to the prize pool again, bringing our total up to $300, matching that of MWC5!
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- Double elimination with seeding by ladder rank
- Registration closes at 04:00 GMT (+00:00) the Friday before tournament day, with the bracket being finalised after players have checked in on Saturday
- The map pool will be the current Battle.net 1v1 ladder maps at the time of tournament
- All games are best of 3, except the grand finals which are best of 7, winner bracket player with a 1-game advantage
- All leagues are accepted and encouraged!
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The event will run Friday - Sunday on the last weekend of May (29-31). Friday is what we like to call “Day Zero” and will reserved for casual Arcade, team games, or friendly showmatches between players. This day is for everyone to get to know each other a little better and have fun! It’s optional, but highly encouraged.
The official tournament starts Saturday with the double-elim open bracket, and concludes on Sunday with the semi-finals and finals.
Friday: May 29th, 23:00 GMT (+00:00) to 03:00 GMT (+00:00) for fun/casual games!
Saturday: May 30th, 18:00 GMT (+00:00) to 01:00 GMT (+00:00) (approximate end time)
- first day of official tournament matches
Sunday: May 31st, finals day, 18:00 GMT (+00:00) to 23:00 GMT (+00:00) (approximate end time)
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To encourage lower league players, we’ll be awarding “top finisher” badges to the players who achieve the highest finish respective of their ladder league. For example, the Silver player who makes it the deepest in the tournament will receive recognition during the broadcast for their achievement.
As there will probably be a number of ties for this category, we’ll end up running side-tournaments for any players that tied in their league. We want this system gives players of all skill levels a chance to be competitive at some time throughout the tournament!
MWC5 Top Finishers
Master - EON
Diamond - Rengen
Platinum - Roka
Gold - DjSpectre
Silver - no competitors
Bronze - no competitors
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All players must live in the Midwest. To verify this, you’ll need to get a picture of your driver’s license (or other government-issued photo ID) and black out the personal information except for your picture, first name, and state. Then include that picture in your registration form. For an example of a good picture that proves residency, check out my lovely mugshot: http://imgur.com/Vq9rzTb
Use this form to register
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We will be streaming as many matches as we can get to on twitch.tv/nivek706. During the games on Saturday, we won’t be able to broadcast all the matches due to time constraints, but for the finals on Sunday we will broadcast all of the final games.
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- Tournament that runs every other month for players in the Midwest
- Free to enter, always at least a $200 prize pool
- Tournament is always the last Friday through Sunday of the odd-numbered months
- Streamed at twitch.tv/nivek706, May 29-31
- Detailed info document
- Detailed rules document
- Register here before Saturday, May 30 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
If you have any comments or questions, feel free to leave them below!
Previous tournament top 4
Moosegills (Wisconsin)
Bails (Kansas)
Crilmon (Illinois)
GAMETIME (Michigan)
See previous Midwest Cup matches here: MWC5 Playlist
Registered players
Sacrilege
Risk
Purge
Otsegoflesh
EON
Hypernia
Seraph
DjSpectre
Vonlin
Grolgor
Countwaffles
Rengen
VampyWorm
Playa
Moosegills
GAMETIME
Jimtoni
Bails