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On November 19 2010 04:22 -BW-Map_God wrote:
Any idea if brackets will be up before Saturday? Just curious to see them ^^.
I think I would rather pay for parking than walk a mile carrying my computer but that's just me :D. How much is parking near that building?
They should be up tonight (unless something happens). They'd be up sooner but I have a test in 3.5 hours and thats stealing my attention from the more important task of the brackets XD.
Edit: While the brackets ARE done, they will likely not be posted until the day of the tournament.
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Parking on campus might very well be crazy since it's a game day, I guess it depends on when you get there. I think I may try that area north of campus. Is it guaranteed that we'll be able to pay at the door to spectate? Just wondering if the place might fill up
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On November 19 2010 04:22 -BW-Map_God wrote:
I think I would rather pay for parking than walk a mile carrying my computer but that's just me :D. How much is parking near that building?
My plan was to just drive up near the building and just unload the computer and then go find parking.
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I'm down for needing to use a computer, but after this week i'm about 95% sure i'll have a laptop to use for this event, who should I PM to let them know I don't need a computer assigned? I will still need internet access setup or what not for non-ut student
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On November 19 2010 07:22 CidO wrote:
I'm down for needing to use a computer, but after this week i'm about 95% sure i'll have a laptop to use for this event, who should I PM to let them know I don't need a computer assigned? I will still need internet access setup or what not for non-ut student
I'll update your information. Thanks for letting us know.
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On November 19 2010 07:00 ColonelSeitan wrote:
Is it guaranteed that we'll be able to pay at the door to spectate? Just wondering if the place might fill up
Absolutely. We have a huge room reserved - space shall not be a problem.
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An email went out to all players tonight, if you did not get it, please tell me.
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Wait.. so its possible to setup your computer tonight if your already in town so you don't have to drag it over and set it up in the morning? If so that would be excellent, hopefully someone replies on this before I head out to Austin this evening--I could also pay that registration fee tonight if people are around setting up. How long will ya'll be setting up? I will be over at the Fed nearby dancing but could probably take a short break to get my computer somewhere secure and out of my car for the evening :D.
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Gaaaah I came home from work and my computer will not boot. I'm digging through my boxes trying to find the factory restore. Yesterday it was fine, today MBR or some hard drive problem!
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Edit update: Grub fixed! Yay! Complicating factor was I had to yank my new video card and put an old one in to get ubuntu live CD to work.
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ONLY ONE DAY AWAY SWEET
sorry :3
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Final update: The tournament is tomorrow in the ACA building on the UT campus! As a reminder, check-in lasts between 9:00 and 10:00am. The official tournament will last from 10:00am to approximately 8:00 pm with an hour-long lunch break at 1:00pm. At 10:00am, our opening ceremonies will start - be sure not to miss them! Also, during lunch, we will be conducting live interviews with Nony and ZpuX with questions from the audience.
Throughout the day, we will be having game-related trivia contests. We will also have an arcade style game set up here players throughout the day can compete for top points. After our lunch interview, we will have a unit impersonation contest which should prove to be filled with fun and laughter. In addition, console game stations will be set up all day when you need a break from the action.
And of course, live casting during each round will be happening ALL DAY! Be sure that you make it out - you do not want to miss this tournament! The player's bracket is full, but spectator passes are available at the door for $5. Parking may be hard to find later in the day because of the afternoon football game, so I highly suggest that if you are coming to spectate, you make it here early.
Feel free to PM or e-mail (AdamRosen75@gmail.com) me if you have any last minute questions that urgently need answers. To the players: best of luck! To everyone else: we all hope to see you there to cheer on your favorites and to participate in our other festivities.
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good luck hope the event runs smoooooth, sounds like its good to go, gl to all players
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GL to everyone. A&M Fighting.
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Well it was fun, aside from the 50 minutes walking around campus carrying a box with my computer stuff in it, my computer and my moniter. Next time I am definitely getting a phone number to call...I was sure it was at the JGB building as per this post:
Jacobs Ladder United States. October 27 2010 04:37. Posts 356
It will be held in the JGB building. I expect the tournament will be single elimination if we have a RO64 or higher. If its only RO32, we will have double elimination.
So yea, I parked accordingly and walked around the wrong area a bit...finally called a friend to look it up and found it at least. The only other mention of the location was a map with it starred which I could not read but assumed was the location previously mentioned. So yea in the future hopefully TESPA will actually post the location in the thread. Luckily they did finally put a room # on with a picture of a poster advertising the tournament. Anyway on the plus side UT's campus isn't quite as confusing now. Oh yea, and the fact that it was gameday I couldn't seem to find any way to drive near the building to drop my stuff off. But I was apparently on the wrong side of campus.
My match went well, I went in not having played 1vs1 in a few days and having come off 9 hours of swing dancing and lack of sleep the night before. First game on Metalopolis I took it in a mostly macro game as we almost base traded but I had 3 more hatches up and got out the units needed to take the game after staying way ahead economically. I was fairly happy since I was matched against a 1900 diamond level terran (I am a 1600 Random).
Match #2 (He picked Lost Temple) - Bunker block managed to get my expansion and he went into banshees and heavy pressure eventually taking the game. Random still refuses to give me a race other than zerg.
Match #3 (Jungle Basin) So on match #3 I got to pick and went with Jungle Basin since it was one of the first maps he eliminated and I really like playing Terran and Protoss on it and zerg is ok....so I figured I should be good. Game started and I got Zerg again... so already bad start. I tried early roach pressure but he scanned at just the right timing to see my roaches pop out and was able to get his bunker up. I then broke the back door but couldn't push because of a bunker again. He then got banshees in and owned me as I didn't have enough queens or creep spread. Ah well, overall it was fun. Not sure how high rated other players are but looks like I had a tought draw with another 1900+ diamond terran waiting if I won. Wish I had a chance to play Protoss or Terran...one thing that sucks about random I guess. Maybe I should have picked a race for the last match. Anyways it was fun, $22 dollars and some time taken up that I had free between my other event.
I am curious on the random seeding if any non-diamond players got paired up against each other or not. I know the guy behind me was playing a Platinum level player but for the most part it seems to be diamond level players here.
Anyway in retrospect I wish I had moved my overlord in correctly to scout the banshees and I wish blizzard's random gave more variety...it seems to like giving you zerg a ton on the ladder as well---oh well.
Edit: Other than that my 2-1 loss still shows as a 2-0 on the tournament bracket...apparently all the other first round games went 2-0 so they just put 2-0 on mine. Ah well :-/.
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Wow i just heard about this tournament when your treasury officer talked about it during an event saturday night. I feel so bad for missing out on all the action. However, I just want to commend the TeSPA organization on an amazing job of organizing and fostering the growth of e-sports in UT. When I ran the UT CSL team, I did not do anything near this level. Keep up the amazing job guys!
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