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Sapphire Minerals Starcraft 2 Tournament
CEVO is pleased to announce the opening of registration for the Sapphire Minerals Starcraft 2 Tournament. This tournament features over $600 in guaranteed cash and prizes.
This event is free!
Registration for Sapphire Minerals Starcraft 2 Tournament will open on Friday, August 6th at midnight and remain open until Friday, August 20th at midnight.
How To Register:
All players will need to register a personal CEVO user account to participate in CEVO events. If you do not already have one, click "register now" under the CEVO Members section of the website and follow the instructions. Login to your personal user account then go to "teams"->"create a team" (or click "Create a Team" on the main account page).
When you join a paid event, if you have not already paid your event membership fee, you will be prompted for payment. CEVO accepts VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, e-Check, or PayPal payments. All online payments are processed through PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay with a credit card through PayPal. If you would like to pay with a money order, please contact CEVO support for instructions.
Event Details:
This event will be a 128 player, double elimination bracket. Each match will be a BO3 (best of three maps) match. There will be four matches per week with Match Deadline Days on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The "Home" player will choose the first map to be played. The "Away" player will pick the second map to be played. In the result of a tie, the third map will be the CEVO selected map for that round. CMN3 MUST BE USED FOR ALL MATCHES. The top three places will win prizes:
• 1st place - SAPPHIRE 4870 512MB DDR3 Graphic Card
• 2nd place - SAPPHIRE 4850 512MB DDR3 Graphic Card
• 3rd place - SAPPHIRE 3870 512MB DDR4 Graphic Card
*Winnings will be shipped free of charge.
CEVO Support:
For any help, questions or assistance please contact CEVO Support. We are available at http://support.cevo.com and on Ventrilo at texas.cevo.nationvoice.com port 4000.
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CEVO would like to thank NationVoice Communications (top quality ventrilo servers and service), and Sapphire Technologies (High quality ATI Graphic cards)
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wow this all looks so confusing (as usual :S) and you have to pay to play? isn't that against some sort of blizzard rule or something as well as being bad in general 
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Awesome, bought time you showed up to the party, And Huk you have always had to pay for Cevo.
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I think its only against blizz rule when we use their system
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CEVO will always be pay to play. Our tournaments do not break any of Blizzard's policies or rules. We will be having a season and tournaments year round for SC2. Unfortunately, running a company costs money so we do have to charge. We are unable to run CEVO, while throwing some nice prizes your way and not charge you.
The registration for this event is now open and the first 128 paid players registered for this event will start tournament play on Monday, August 23rd. Competition will run weekly Mon-Thurs.
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well its 600$ for prizes and 640$ for registrations assuming its full tournament.
+ shipping costs
- cheaper deals for the hardware value im sure u get
+ adveritisement
-etc. etc.
just idk paying to play in a tournament always gives me a sad face
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yea sick - ev to play this.
Especially since there are tons of free tournaments.
But good luck!
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I can understand that. Luckily there are free tournaments out there through other companies for players that just want casual play. We cater more toward the competitive players. This is just a small event. After this, we will be setting up our season which will likely be more than just $5 but will be a lot larger prize pool. I really don't find $5 too detrimental when it comes to competition play.
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On August 07 2010 12:07 CEVO Nelson wrote:
I can understand that. Luckily there are free tournaments out there through other companies for players that just want casual play. We cater more toward the competitive players. This is just a small event. After this, we will be setting up our season which will likely be more than just $5 but will be a lot larger prize pool. I really don't find $5 too detrimental when it comes to competition play.
so you gotta pay even more to play in other events as well?
i mean there are huge invite / qualifying / free events that have the same if not bigger prizepools
edit: with no cost
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Good luck with this. Although most players will stick to the free tournaments that also have prize pools that are roughly the same if not larger.
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When will the tournament begin?
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[B] The registration for this event is now open and the first 128 paid players registered for this event will start tournament play on Monday, August 23rd. Competition will run weekly Mon-Thurs.
That is just when play begins. Registration is open as we speak!
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On August 07 2010 12:22 Alou wrote:
Good luck with this. Although most players will stick to the free tournaments that also have prize pools that are roughly the same if not larger.
Yeah, its a shame but this is very true... Need to get some sponsors for this tournament and drop the entry fee!
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CEVO getting involved in SC2 is definitely a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I look forward to playing in their league, but I fear putting 5 bucks down on a tourney to lose to 5 rax marine in round 1 would just kill my apetite for competitive play.
I'll definitely be watching to see how the tourney goes though.
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That is why I made this event double elimination. Also, you only have a 1 in 127 chance of being matched up with him in the first round.. Those are good odds! 
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On August 07 2010 12:17 HuK wrote:Show nested quote +On August 07 2010 12:07 CEVO Nelson wrote:
I can understand that. Luckily there are free tournaments out there through other companies for players that just want casual play. We cater more toward the competitive players. This is just a small event. After this, we will be setting up our season which will likely be more than just $5 but will be a lot larger prize pool. I really don't find $5 too detrimental when it comes to competition play. so you gotta pay even more to play in other events as well? i mean there are huge invite / qualifying / free events that have the same if not bigger prizepools edit: with no cost
I believe this is just a starting event. CEVO has a pretty good track record running paid tournaments and leagues. Not sure what they're planning for SC2, but in CS they've always paid out $5000+ for season winners of the P league.
If it's just apprehension about paying an unfamiliar company, know that CEVO is one of the main American CS leagues and has been around for years. EG, coL and all the others play in it.
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Lets go Jibba, I know you are going to get in on this action! I don't see you signed up yet!!
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On August 07 2010 11:52 HuK wrote:wow this all looks so confusing (as usual :S) and you have to pay to play? isn't that against some sort of blizzard rule or something as well as being bad in general
Agreed. I've never payed to play in a tourney and I've won shit tons of money and prizes at them, so it's definitely possible. It's a thing called sponsorship, companies need to learn about it. I understand where CEVO is coming from, but in a game like SC2, it would be good to take a look around and realize how massive the competitive scene already is, and how many huge, huge big money tournaments are popping up, with 10x more prize money and no entry fee. This definitely will play against CEVO's favor.
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United States22883 Posts
I'm trying to figure out what my CEVO login info was. Any idea on the dates?
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Everyone can keep putting the same posts about how spending $5 on a league keeps them from paying their bills, however this post was not made to be flamed, it was put here to inform the community of an upcoming event. If paying to play in a tournament is not your style, that is fine. Please leave this thread open for those that are interested in our event. Thank you.
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