Open Wolf Cup 4! (OWC4)

Bracket is posted: http://challonge.com/images/brackets/openwolfcup4.png

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Current Player List:

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Backup Player List:

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Note: Reserved slots are for former winners, assistants, and those who have earned permanent slots in OWCs

Until the semifinals, this tournament will be played in single-elimination rounds. At the semifinals, a best-of-three will be played, and the finals will be a best-of-five set. Many players will probably disagree with this, but it's for the sake of time. This tournament would be FAR too long if the sets were longer for elimination. If a player fails to show up for his match, he will lose by default or be replaced by a backup player.

This tournament will be race-restricting, so once you pick a race, you cannot swap during the tournament. However, if you'd like to change races before the tournament begins, contact me and let me know.

Prior to Semifinals: Lost Temple, Metalopolis, Steppes of War, Scrap Station, Delta Quadrant

Semifinals and finals: Lost Temple, Xel'Naga Caverns, Blistering Sands, Metalopolis, Steppes of War

Essentially, at 2:30 PM EST, ALL players MUST join my IRC channel (see http://thepassingshadow.com/IRC_Chat.html ). Players will use their exact character name as their nickname in IRC (put an underscore afterwards if there are problems with the nick being taken, which can sometimes happen with connection errors). The bracket will be posted so that players can see who their first opponents are. Once in IRC, players should find their opponents and PM them (/msg <username> <message> ) and start sending realID information so that they can add each other as friends. After that, the players should enter a party with one another, do map eliminations to decide which map they will be playing on (see map pool), and then wait for me to tell everyone to begin their first match (will happen at 3 PM EDT). What happens if your opponent does not show up ? PM me in IRC letting me know, and I will either replace your opponent with someone on the waiting list or let you know that you will receive a lucky free win (bye) and will wait for the second round to begin.

After I announce in IRC to begin, all 32 parties will play their first game. Casters will begin casting some of these games. Whenever someone finishes their first game, the WINNER will PM me on IRC, specifying both who won and who lost. Once all groups of players have sent me the winners and losers, and EVERY game of the first round is finished, the second bracket will be posted and players will once again PM each other with character information. Once everyone has finished round one, the second round will begin.Once again, the WINNER will PM me on IRC with both the winner and the loser. This will repeat until the semifinals.

Semifinals/Finals: Semifinalists will play a best out of three with counter-picks for maps from the Map Pool section. During this time, I reserve the right to control who casts which matchup. After that, the two finalists will choose maps again, and the same procedure will take place with SirazTv and I commentating, except with a best of five. Ipp will also cover these, as he has been a big help in organising these. Afterwards, the winner will be announced and everyone will be free to ask for rematches, etcetera etcetera, ask me questions in chat. There may or may not be a third place match.

What happens in a dispute over who won the match ? I will add one of the players' realIDs, and look at match history. If there is a further dispute, I will ask for the replay file. Otherwise, sending replays is optional, not required.

As of now, these casters will cast these matchups/players (VERY subject to change):

ScienceRob- Following qxc

Ipp- Semifinals/Finals + Miscellaneous

SirazTV- Semifinals/Finals dual with Wolf + Miscellaneous

Wolf- Semifinals/Finals dual with SirazTV

ragequit.tv - Not yet announced

Raelcun - Invited to cast

Big T - Not yet announced



If you are interested in casting a preliminary round, contact me via email or PM and let me know. Once brackets are posted, we'll get into better detail of which games you will be able to cast.

Casting rules:

-Do not stream someone else's stream; that simply lowers quality
-Do not list yourself as covering the event if you are not, in fact, covering the event (TL mods may delist your stream if you do this)
-There will be absolutely no spectators except official casters who are covering the event (This means no friends, random spectators, lobby joining lurkers, etcetera; they will be kicked. This minimises lag and makes casting much easier for us.)
-Do not advertise yourself, ask for donations, or use the event for your own publicity

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