[SEA] 1v1 SCOceania.com Southern Cross Series $50

Shocker88

Australia54 Posts

October 27 2010 15:35 GMT

SCOceania.com is proud to announce the 3rd of the Southern Cross Series tournaments - an ongoing fortnightly tournament for the SEA server. With rankings being tallied from the results of the tournament and a $50(AUD) prize for the winner, a lot of pride is at stake!

Anyone who is a resident of an SEA server nation is eligible to Join this Tournament!

NOTE: Banner time is right for Brisbane only now - screw daylight savings.

When and Where?

The 2nd Southern Cross Series is on this Thursday (28th October) at the following times (stupid daylight savings..):
- 6pm (AEST) - Queensland
- 7pm (AEDT) - NSW/Vic/Tas/Act
- 9pm (NZDT) - New Zealand
- 4pm (SGT) - Singapore
etc...

Cash Prizes

A $50(AUD) cash prize is on offer for the winner of the tournament every fortnight. Proudly sponsored by SCOceania.com staffs backpockets haha.

Other Prizes

Placing higher in the SCOceania.com Southern Cross Series tournaments will yield non-cash benefits such as ranking points that count towards the Oceania rankings calculated on the website.

Tournament Format

The Southern Cross Series Tournaments follow a single elimination format. Matches played up until the semi-finals on Thursday are best-of-one (BO1), the semi-finals are best-of-three (BO3), and the finals a best-of-five (BO5).

Map Pool

The maps will be predetermined, and in BOX series the loser of the previous game will always pick the map (from the map pool) for the subsequent game.

1st Round: Metalopolis
2nd Round: Xel'Naga Caverns
3rd Round: Shakura's Plateau
4th Round: Lost Temple
5th Round: Delta Quadrant
6th Round: Steppes of War

The following maps are available for players to pick upon loss(maps cannot be repeated if just played in the previous game):

Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Xel'Naga Caverns
Scrap Station
Delta Quadrant
Steppes of War
Jungle Basin
Blistering Sands
Shakura's Plateau

How Do I Sign Up?

By Clicking the sign-up button on the site! It's that easy. Direct link to sign-up: http://scoceania.com/tournament/southern-cross-series-3. If you can't see a sign-up link you need to fill out the quick registration form - we'll never need to ask for your B.Net details for the tourneys again!

Competing

After the signup phase is complete, the brackets will be announced. This usually happens at 12pm on the first day of play, but may differ week to week. Players will need to make contact with their opponent, and set up a game as soon as possible. Once the game is complete, the winning player submits the replay to the tournament admin - email will be provided soon. Players must contact the designated tournament admin if any disputes arise.

Spectating, Live Casts and Replays

Spectators may be invited to join a match only if both players agree to it. Quarter-Final matches onwards, or any round thereafter, may be cast live via a live stream for all to watch.

If anyone else would like to stream some games from Thursday, please PM me always happy to help out some Oceanic/SEA casters

Replays
A comprehensive replay pack of all quarter final matches onwards will be released.

For all of the rules and a comprehensive (live) list of players who have signed up go to SCOceania.com - direct link to tournament: Click here

Looking to Help the SEA Community?
SCOceania.com is always on the lookout for enthusiastic community members to join the site for writing articles, news, hosting tournaments, casting, commentating and just generally improving the Oceanic SC Community. If you would like to join our team then please PM me here