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On November 28 2010 08:52 FXOpen wrote:
Dear Gamers,
After a bad mixup with the timings, and alot of disappointed gamers. I'd like to apologise once again for what has happened.
We did not realise that the time would be such a problem as we were looking at our local time (The time displayed by the TL timezone) in order to make our decisions.
With things being such a mess, the brackets ended up being 1 player walking through to the semi finals. So, as the show had to go on, we create new brackets with all players who were ACTIVE in the chatroom and found 64 players. There were alot of AFKers in the chat room understandably, but trying to get as many games played as possible, I had to miss them. And they were disappointed understandably. I apologise sincerely.
What are we going to do?
Well, over the holiday period we will be working intensively to get our own site and automatic tournament management system set up where players will be repsonsible for reporting games, and administration will simply enforce rules. This will make everything run as smooth as the 2nd brackets did without any issues.
On top of that, our website will DISPLAY a count down timer for every tournament, as well as the streams for every event.
On top of this, FXOpen will be looking to recruit players into its team that are not inside russia (we already have a russian team) and are looking strongly at the SEA and south american countries for players. Note that due to forex regulation, we cannot sponsor an entire team from the US, although specific players from the US may happen.
Our next tournament will kick off somewhere towards the end of January, early february, so we have time to sort out any hiccups, and fix the problems that occured with this event. This event, is most probably invite only, and will consist of players around the world. We may throw out a few wild card spots with a public vote of players, or a panel. And work on a relegation system to allow new players to circulate as they improve.
I have not black listed anyone from this event, except 1 person who was extremely offensive and incoherrent. This player make a disgusting attack on myself and various other people. They know who they are.
Again I apologise for the mix up.
On another note, as sheth has so kindly posted the fxopen2 brackets, we are now heading into the final of the event (The show must go on). Sheth is up against optikzero in the semi final, and the winner will take on Capoch in the grand final (play off for $1000).
We have seen extremely exciting games from Optikzero so far, as with Sheth. And Capoch has taken down 2 big SEA names to get to his position, Moonglade and Edge.
We will be streaming replays of the finals at 3pm AEST, 12pm Singapore, 7am Moscow, 11pm NEW YORK.
Our good friends at sc2tv.ru will also be streaming those replays for all to see.
I would like to make a big shout out to optikzero and darkcell_ who are the most patient gamers I have ever met. Although there were alot of patient gamers, I think optikzero waited a very long time for his first game because of no shows, and darkcell the same + a stuff up also made him have to wait even longer. These guys are true gamers and have shown excellent ettiquette and patience.
Also, thank you to SiF and Unstable for casting the event, and sc2tv.ru as well for their excellent support.
Regards,
We apologise for the issues this has caused and will rectify this for any future events.
FXOpen http://www.fxopen.com is proud to announce its sponsored tournament "In the rear with the Gear" Hosted by Clan 2bh http://www.2bh.org.
![[image loading]](http://fxhelpline.com/images/broker_fxopen.gif) ![[image loading]](http://2bh.org/phpBB3/styles/subsilver2/imageset/site_logo.gif)
FXOpen is one of the largest retail foreign exchange (forex) broker in the world with a strong interest in esports and starcraft 2 this is the first of many events to come!
UPDATE BRACKETS POSTED!
Tournament brackets can be found here: http://challonge.com/fxopen (if we missed you I truely apologise but this was origionally a 128 player bracket we will be more comprehensive next time)
Games listed under PRELIMINARIES can be played prior to the 27th of November. If you play your game prior to the 27th of November, please email the result + replay to manager@fxoceania.com to confirmation. It is not compulsory to play your preliminaries before the 27th, however it would be best that as many of these games are played as possible in order to have a smoother event.
Please note, we seeded 32 players, some of them randomly, the others based on reputation and location (we seeded some of the TOP SEA players NA players, etc). Note that this is the first of many tournaments to come, and future seeding will be based on past results for all events (even live events).
Streamers:
Unstable TV! with Unstable & Sephyre: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/unstable-tv1
SC2TV.RU! http://sc2tv.ru/
The tournament format is as follows:
DAY 1
BO1 until RO32
PRELIMINARIES – METALOPOLIS (ro512)
ROUND 1 – LOST TEMPLE (ro256)
ROUND 2 – XEL’NAGA (ro128)
ROUND 3 - Shakuras Plateu (ro64)
ROUND 4 - Veto system starts now! (ro32)
END OF DAY 1
DAY 2
ROUND 5 (ro16)
ROUND 6 Quarter Finals
ROUND 7 Semi Finals
ROUND 8 BO5 final and play off
This we feel is the best format to keep time and interest in the tournament. We understand that some people have a tough road to the RO32, I apologise if you feel so. But I assure you this won’t be the case for any future tournaments.
ON THE DAY PLAYERS SHOULD LOOK TO TURN UP AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY
In order to be eligible to play and report your matches, you must log into the 2bh chat by going to http://2bh.org/ and clicking on web chat.
There will be a chat room with 4 administrators. FXOPEN, Will, unstable and another person from 2bh will be admining the tournament.
You must log in to chat to report all games/problems to the administrators. If you do not report them, the results will not count.
If you cannot find your opponent, its likely you will find them in chat. If you are in chat and they do not show up in 15 minutes after start time, they will forfeit.
Also be aware that an admin may request to stream your game. Tournament rules state that FXOpen holds the rights to stream any game they wish.
Please note, if you wish to participate in the creative strategy prize, you must send your replays to manager@fxoceania.com with the subject “MOST CREATIVE” you MUST WIN your match in order to be eligible. You may nominate an opponent if you see fit.
Finally, if you do not declare a scratching PRIOR to the 27th of November, you will be blacklisted for the next 5 FXOpen events (including live events). We are happy to host events for the community, but please do right by us and if you do not intend on showing up, or think you may not be able to, please scratch yourself from the event. It makes everything so much easier on everyone.
Date 27th and 28th of November 2010
Saturday, Nov 27 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Sunday, Nov 28 6:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Tournament size: upto 256 players (if significant interest is shown we will extend this more)
TOURNAMENT IS NOT REGION SPECIFIC.. ANYONE WITH ACCESS TO NORTH AMERICAN SERVER CAN PARTICIPATE
Server: North America
Prizes:
First $1000
Second $200
Third $100
$100 for the most creative win (replays will be reviewed by admins after the tournament you must win with a unique strategy, EG mass contaminate on hatch is NOT Unique because we have seen it before.
Format:
DAY 1 -Bo1 until Ro16 Bo3 for Ro16 until finals
DAY 2 -Bo5 for final and playoff
No losers brackets!
Maps:
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
Xel'Naga Caverns
Lost Temple
Scrap Station
Steppes of War
Delta Quadrant
For Bo1 series each player will veto 3 maps. Games will be played on the remaining maps.
For Bo3 series each player will veto 2 maps. Games will be played on the remaining maps.
For Bo5 series each player will veto 1 map. Games will be played on the remaining maps.
Example of map picking:
Bo3 series
Player A vetos Delta Quadrant
Player B vetos lost temple
Player A vetos Metalopolis
Player B vetos Stepps of war
So map list looks like this
Metalopolis XXXXX
Shakuras Plateau
Xel'Naga Caverns
Lost Temple XXXXX
Scrap Station
Steppes of War XXXXX
Delta Quadrant XXXXX
First map will be the first un veto'd map on the list, in this case Shakuas Plateu. Loser picks the next map up. If this requires more explanation please post and ask for one.
Should more than 256 players sign up, it may be necessary to split the tournament over 3 days and extend the bo3 series to round of 8 or 16 and host the finals the following weekend. We will have made a decision on this 5 days prior to the event.
Sign up details.
Please sign up here 2bh forum signup or alternatively in this thread. But please take the time to signup on the 2bh forum as it is thier hosted event.
Sign up Format: (Please ensure you post your NA account ID if you have access to more than one server)
Sc Name :-
Sc ID :-
Intended Race :-
Streaming:
FXopen reserves the right to decide which streamers will be covering the event as the event sponsor. It has been requested that there be two streams one US based casting team and one SEA based casting team since we specifically chose times for both regions to be able to participate. If you would like to be considered as a caster for the event please PM me with details about your stream, EG quality, casters, average viewers the more info the better.
Rules:
General:
- Any violation of the following rules will result in a forfeit of the series removing the offendor from the tournament.
- No cheating in any way of the following but not limited to. Using 3rd party programs to aid in any form of way, receiving messages from players while ingame, listening to stream while playing or sharing an account with any other player or an account that you did not register with.
- Players must set their status to Busy while ingame.
- If any player is more than 15 minutes late for a scheduled match it will result in a forfeit
- Players may change race inbeetween games.
- No abusive or spamming chat behaviour of any kind will be tolerated.
Maps and Hosting:
- Games must be hosted on one of the tournament maps, games played on any other maps will be void and must be replayed.
- In Bo3 and Bo5 series loser will decide the map of the remaining non veto'd maps
- It is the players responsibility to check the map pool and report any issues.
Disconnects and Lag:
- If any Player is lagging the non lagging player MUST take a screenshot of the lag as proof and submit it to a tournament admin.
- If a disconnect happens before 5 minutes of game time the game can be replayed.
- Any disconnect after 5 minutes will be reveiwed by a tournament admin, if there is no clear winner or advantage to any player the game will be replayed.
- If there is unplayable lag that seems to be BNET related players are to contact an admin immediatly.
Coverage and Observers:
- There is strictly no observers allowed ingame other than those appointed by tournament admins
- Streamers are allowed to stream any game they wish. HOWEVER if this causes lag in the game streamers must leave immediatly to allow a lag free and fair game to the players.
FAQ
Q: im EXTREMELY curious why a forex broker is interested in e-sports. could anybody shed any light onto this?
On November 03 2010 13:51 FXOpen wrote:
I am happy to shed light on this for you mate.
Our company currently sponsors MMA, a drift car series (fxdrift.com) and various other sporting events.
Of late, myself, and another senior member of staff have realised we have a passion for sc2, and that there is a hole in the industry.
It is merely a new business on the side of another business.
I hope this helps your curiosity.
Message from sponsor
On November 03 2010 13:31 FXOpen wrote:
Hello SC2ers,
Its great to support such a great event merging the SEA and NA players.
Let me introduce myself, I am Josh, long time player but I suck. I am the managing director of one of the FXOpen branches.
Questions regarding the date. I apologise that it mixes up with another tournament, however, due to time constraints and potential conflicts with major sc2 events, we felt this was the most appropriate date for the event.
If you get a chance, feel free to take a look at our website, 2bh's website.
I'd like to say a huge thanks to Unstable for helping me organise this event. And thank you to 2bh for helping with ideas and being part of the map panel and creative win panel.
Let it be known that this is not a one off event for us. We are looking at taking things all the way.
We have invited a few professional teams to watch our streams of this event in the hope of creating a new environment for western gamers (Australia in particular). I won't name names. But just know they will be there.
I will be organising the event on the day/s and helping conduct interviews with random gamers.
I request that anyone approached by tournament admin to do some media, take up the opportunity. Its always fun to get your name out there and would be a great help in reaching our goals.
If you have any questions for myself or regarding the event please feel free to send me a pm.
See you all on the day.
Regards,
The Team of FXOpen.
Please feel free to post any questions you have about the event in this thread and I will do my very best to answer them.
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Danny
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I hope you guys can get 256 people, i think you will easy with that amount of money!
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Edit: My Mistake You Don't Sign up Here.
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looks like its going to be a fun tourney good luck to everyone else who enters 
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avilo
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sign me up please !!!!
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You don't sign up here lol
lol my bad i was wrong
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On November 03 2010 12:31 iDoMiNaTe2.0 wrote:
You don't sign up here lol
On November 03 2010 12:09 Unstable87 wrote:Sign up details. Please sign up here 2bh forum signup or alternatively in this thread.
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On November 03 2010 12:31 iDoMiNaTe2.0 wrote:
You don't sign up here lol
Please sign up here 2bh forum signup or alternatively in this thread.
They kindly give us a choice
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Canada36 Posts
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I am very discouraged this is on the same day as the Canada cup  . Is there any way to move tournament to following weekend? The Canada cup has been in planning for over 2 months.
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NA Server: US Bnet
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Terran
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Posting for my friend:: (if its allowed, PM me if its not plz)
HoboTurtle.676
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US Server
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Moa
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I am confident you will get more than 256 players wanting to play with a prize pool like this.
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Hello SC2ers,
Its great to support such a great event merging the SEA and NA players.
Let me introduce myself, I am Josh, long time player but I suck. I am the managing director of one of the FXOpen branches.
Questions regarding the date. I apologise that it mixes up with another tournament, however, due to time constraints and potential conflicts with major sc2 events, we felt this was the most appropriate date for the event.
If you get a chance, feel free to take a look at our website, 2bh's website.
I'd like to say a huge thanks to Unstable for helping me organise this event. And thank you to 2bh for helping with ideas and being part of the map panel and creative win panel.
Let it be known that this is not a one off event for us. We are looking at taking things all the way.
We have invited a few professional teams to watch our streams of this event in the hope of creating a new environment for western gamers (Australia in particular). I won't name names. But just know they will be there.
I will be organising the event on the day/s and helping conduct interviews with random gamers.
I request that anyone approached by tournament admin to do some media, take up the opportunity. Its always fun to get your name out there and would be a great help in reaching our goals.
If you have any questions for myself or regarding the event please feel free to send me a pm.
See you all on the day.
Regards,
The Team of FXOpen.
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United States7166 Posts
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nocontrol
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sign me up!
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im EXTREMELY curious why a forex broker is interested in e-sports. could anybody shed any light onto this?
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I am happy to shed light on this for you mate.
Our company currently sponsors MMA, a drift car series (fxdrift.com) and various other sporting events.
Of late, myself, and another senior member of staff have realised we have a passion for sc2, and that there is a hole in the industry.
It is merely a new business on the side of another business.
I hope this helps your curiosity.
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On November 03 2010 13:51 FXOpen wrote:
I am happy to shed light on this for you mate.
Our company currently sponsors MMA, a drift car series (fxdrift.com) and various other sporting events.
Of late, myself, and another senior member of staff have realised we have a passion for sc2, and that there is a hole in the industry.
It is merely a new business on the side of another business.
I hope this helps your curiosity.
thank you
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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On November 03 2010 13:31 FXOpen wrote:
Hello SC2ers,
Its great to support such a great event merging the SEA and NA players.
Let me introduce myself, I am Josh, long time player but I suck. I am the managing director of one of the FXOpen branches.
Questions regarding the date. I apologise that it mixes up with another tournament, however, due to time constraints and potential conflicts with major sc2 events, we felt this was the most appropriate date for the event.
If you get a chance, feel free to take a look at our website, 2bh's website.
I'd like to say a huge thanks to Unstable for helping me organise this event. And thank you to 2bh for helping with ideas and being part of the map panel and creative win panel.
Let it be known that this is not a one off event for us. We are looking at taking things all the way.
We have invited a few professional teams to watch our streams of this event in the hope of creating a new environment for western gamers (Australia in particular). I won't name names. But just know they will be there.
I will be organising the event on the day/s and helping conduct interviews with random gamers.
I request that anyone approached by tournament admin to do some media, take up the opportunity. Its always fun to get your name out there and would be a great help in reaching our goals.
If you have any questions for myself or regarding the event please feel free to send me a pm.
See you all on the day.
Regards,
The Team of FXOpen.
Sounds good!
Be great to some some decent $$$ lans (not online) tournaments as well in Australia.
One small thing , best of 1 without loser bracket until the quarters is a little sad face though ;(
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On November 03 2010 15:06 zor.au wrote:
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Sounds good!
Be great to some some decent $$$ lans (not online) tournaments as well in Australia.
One small thing , best of 1 without loser bracket until the quarters is a little sad face though ;(
I agree, We did not expext so many signups so fast We are changing it to Bo3 from Ro16!
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Sc Name : recon
Sc ID : 320
Intended Race : Terran
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Sc Name : damageinc
Sc ID : 735
Intended Race : Protoss
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Sc Name:grinTOR
Sc ID: 143
Race intended to play: Zerg
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Sc Name :- AmsiPinder
Sc ID :- 317
Intended Race :- Protoss
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WongFeiHung
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Also signed up on the 2bh forums. Posting here to make sure.
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Sc Name : iAMaDROPbear
Sc ID : 814
Intended Race : Terran
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are you guys seriously doing this at 2am oO?
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Get me a job in the FXOpen E-sports section, thanks.
Looking forward to it, gl hf everyone.
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On November 03 2010 22:43 ionlyplayPROtoss wrote:
are you guys seriously doing this at 2am oO?
Australian.
BTW do you mean AEST or is it AEDT? Just double checking.
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btw trying to mark my calendar but im a bit confused here:
Date 27th and 28th of November 2010
Friday, Nov 26 6:00pm PST
Saturday, Nov 27 11:00pm PST
Which days is it O.o
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Hi Guys,
Please pay attention to the time zones. The listed time zone is GMT. From there, you need to find out what time the start is.
For those in Australia, the time is 12PM Sydney on the 27th and 5pm on the 28th. For those brothers of ours in North America, this means the tournament will be the day PRIOR due to the time differences of up to 17 hours.
Since everyones timezones are different, it is recommended that each player check their individual times to make sure they understand when the tournament truly is. It is complicated for us to list every single time zone.
Thanks alot
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Busy on these days. Sorry.
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Sc ID : 915
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hi i'll like to sign up.
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Sc Name :- Sworn
Sc ID :- 892
Intended Race :- Terran
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lets hope that at least some of those 256 players are handpicked...
for 1k i sure hope that we get to see some quality games from players that are well known
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On November 04 2010 04:26 Mattes wrote:
lets hope that at least some of those 256 players are handpicked...
for 1k i sure hope that we get to see some quality games from players that are well known
Dont worry, we have thought of this and will do our best to make sure the best possible games are played!
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Name:SonicBoom
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On November 04 2010 08:11 g5000 wrote:
lulumadbro
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(i may be changing my name if i do i will edit my post with my updated name/char code)
PM me if this is the case.
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signing up for my friend.
quito.179
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Just a comment, it would probably work better if it went
Player A vetoes map W
Player B vetoes map X
Player B vetoes map Y
Player A vetoes map Z
Just to kinda even it out, otherwise player B has a slight advantage in the fact he can react more so to the maps player A is going to veto :o.
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On November 04 2010 04:26 Mattes wrote:
lets hope that at least some of those 256 players are handpicked...
for 1k i sure hope that we get to see some quality games from players that are well known
I'd rather see someone who deserves it win rather than just because they are a well known player...
Kinda boring seeing the same people in the top 4 every time.
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--------All data taken until this point---------------
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hey i just wanted to post here to say that i recently changed my ID from NonSenSe to Tejin.
my new info is
Tejin
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EverZtelecoM
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Please sign me up
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On November 04 2010 09:47 deL wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2010 04:26 Mattes wrote:
lets hope that at least some of those 256 players are handpicked...
for 1k i sure hope that we get to see some quality games from players that are well known I'd rather see someone who deserves it win rather than just because they are a well known player... Kinda boring seeing the same people in the top 4 every time.
Of course...but how do you know if someone deserves it when you invite?
In the worst caste you have lots of bad games from bad players because you invite random from the billions of people that register in this thread.
well known players are mostly well known because they already proved themselves.
At least one should check that only High Diamond players participate.
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On November 04 2010 19:11 Mattes wrote:Show nested quote +On November 04 2010 09:47 deL wrote:On November 04 2010 04:26 Mattes wrote:
lets hope that at least some of those 256 players are handpicked...
for 1k i sure hope that we get to see some quality games from players that are well known I'd rather see someone who deserves it win rather than just because they are a well known player... Kinda boring seeing the same people in the top 4 every time. Of course...but how do you know if someone deserves it when you invite? In the worst caste you have lots of bad games from bad players because you invite random from the billions of people that register in this thread. well known players are mostly well known because they already proved themselves. At least one should check that only High Diamond players participate.
Agree to a point. It is no shame on allowing everyone the experience of participating in a tournament. Most of the people you would consider 'bad' will be knocked out first or second round anyway.
In order to filter through things, we will be seeding top players from each nation playing the "named" players, and they will most probably get through the bo1 without a game. This is just a possibility.
We have more than 256 players at the moment. So now its to the drawing board to make it organised before hand. We will be closing off registration in the next day or two. Just incase anyone missed out.
Unfortunately alot of the big names from SEA are on holidays.. Namely glade, legionnaire. I am still trying to twist their arm to try make it available. But Glades holiday actually sounds a treat.
I will also be looking to interview a few of the seeded players pre-tournament to get their insight, and hopefully make things a little more interesting
So basically my simple response to what you said is. The bo1 is tedious for some. But the RO16 + is going to be EPIC... I dont see any game in RO16 being a disappointment given the players that are in the tournament. Even RO32 will be huge. At least for non 'pro gamers'. I think we will see some real talent in this event, and we are extremely excited about this.
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Hope there is still room!
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ScName: Bauldur
ScID: 963
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Sc Name :- Jeka
Sc ID :- 730
Intended Race :- Zerg
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Sc Name :- OscatroN
Sc ID :- 752
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id: DavidChester
code: 111
race: Protoss
region: North America
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Sc Name :- SgtSater
Sc ID :-892
Intended Race :- Zerg
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Sc Name : acidbreeze
Sc ID : 744
Intended Race : zerg
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SC Name: Bazinga
SC Id: 980
Intended Race: Zerg
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I've already seen some big names in this thread and at 2bh.org. Thanks for hosting an awesome tournament with an excellent prize pool.
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Sc Name :LLNJFAILLL
Sc ID : 735
Intended Race : zerg
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Fills me with joy seeing large prize pools like this.
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------ Sign up has closed pending review --------------
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Greenranger
993
Terran
hope its not too late!
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Sign up is now closed. We have 385 players, and feel that this is enough to make the brackets work. We expect a few scratchings in the meantime, so if people are scratched, you will be pm'ed and asked if you wish to participate in which you have 24 hours to reply.
A list of sign ups will be put up in the next 24-48 hours.
Reconfirmation of sign up will be required..
Regards.
You can continue to put your username, ID and race up in the hope of scratchings.
NOTE THAT PLAYERS ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. ANYONE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WILL FORFEIT. USING DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES WILL NOT WORK AS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TURN UP TO YOUR MATCH ON TIME.
Sorry for the caps 
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Sc Name :- CeliOus
Sc ID :- 865
Intended Race :- Terran
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Sc Name : hpTheGreat
Sc ID : 134
Intended Race : zerg
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Sc Name : Wintermute
Sc ID #: 325
Zerg
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Sc Name : Fooly
Sc ID : 360
Intended Race : Protoss
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On November 08 2010 14:14 FXOpen wrote:Sign up is now closed. We have 385 players, and feel that this is enough to make the brackets work. We expect a few scratchings in the meantime, so if people are scratched, you will be pm'ed and asked if you wish to participate in which you have 24 hours to reply. A list of sign ups will be put up in the next 24-48 hours. Reconfirmation of sign up will be required.. Regards. You can continue to put your username, ID and race up in the hope of scratchings. NOTE THAT PLAYERS ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. ANYONE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WILL FORFEIT. USING DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES WILL NOT WORK AS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TURN UP TO YOUR MATCH ON TIME. Sorry for the caps
i like how people are still signing up. (sarcrasm)
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Sc Name: Exigaet
Sc ID: 666
Intended Race: Zerg
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Sc Name : MarksmanKNG
Sc ID :- 865
Intended Race :- Terran
eh too late -.-
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PainUser.519
2520
Terran.
My bad on not posting ID hope you can still reg me.
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Sc Name :- Jobless
Sc ID :- 173
Intended Race :- Terran
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Sc Name :- BookII
Sc ID :- 538
Intended Race :- Protoss
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United States996 Posts
Sc Name :- LiquidZephyr
Sc ID :- 740
Intended Race :- Protoss
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Sc Name :- Urinedanger
Sc ID :- 850
Intended Race :- Terran
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Sc Name :- Bez
Sc ID :- 914
Intended Race :- Protoss
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If there's still spots (notice those 400+ odd posts in both here and the 2bh site)
Sc Name : Rampager
Sc ID : 391
Intended Race : Terran
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On November 10 2010 14:52 Rampager wrote:
If there's still spots (notice those 400+ odd posts in both here and the 2bh site)
On November 08 2010 14:14 FXOpen wrote:Sign up is now closed. We have 385 players, and feel that this is enough to make the brackets work. We expect a few scratchings in the meantime, so if people are scratched, you will be pm'ed and asked if you wish to participate in which you have 24 hours to reply. A list of sign ups will be put up in the next 24-48 hours. Reconfirmation of sign up will be required.. Regards. You can continue to put your username, ID and race up in the hope of scratchings. NOTE THAT PLAYERS ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. ANYONE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WILL FORFEIT. USING DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES WILL NOT WORK AS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TURN UP TO YOUR MATCH ON TIME. Sorry for the caps
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That kind of information really needs to go/be edited in the OP. Not many people sift through pages of people posting their registration details.
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Player list live on front page with update!
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
On November 10 2010 15:00 Sen wrote:
Softball
334
Zerg
Omg I love you
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When are we gonna have to re-confirm the signup? I don't want to miss it.
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On November 10 2010 15:27 Jumbled wrote:Show nested quote +On November 10 2010 14:52 Rampager wrote:
If there's still spots (notice those 400+ odd posts in both here and the 2bh site) Show nested quote +On November 08 2010 14:14 FXOpen wrote:Sign up is now closed. We have 385 players, and feel that this is enough to make the brackets work. We expect a few scratchings in the meantime, so if people are scratched, you will be pm'ed and asked if you wish to participate in which you have 24 hours to reply. A list of sign ups will be put up in the next 24-48 hours. Reconfirmation of sign up will be required.. Regards. You can continue to put your username, ID and race up in the hope of scratchings. NOTE THAT PLAYERS ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. ANYONE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES LATE WILL FORFEIT. USING DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES WILL NOT WORK AS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TURN UP TO YOUR MATCH ON TIME. Sorry for the caps
It was requested that we gather up all the names anyway due to the number of people posting afterwards. If everyone shows up for the event, this is great as we will have spots for all. But we are expecting a sharp decline closer to the date. Also a number of big names decided to join us and we felt it unfair to only include them instead of the general population so we added both
Sorry I didn't update, have had alot going on behind the scenes .
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LARK
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Protoss
In case there are no show ups
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Reconfirmation will be done via PM on the respective forums. I will do it closer to the date (people may change plans etc).
This hopefully will give us the numbers to create the brackets.
Note there will likely be byes for seeded players in the first round or two depending on numbers. And we will be seeding players in accordance to 1) skill level 2) region 3)when they signed up. So if for instance, Boxer signed up first. He would be seeded 1, unless someone greater than he signed up 2nd.
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i could have sworn i signed up for this on a different page.. I guess not though, cause I would have re-joined sooner if I knew I wasnt going to be added.
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A lot of big names here, guess I shouldnt spend the $1k too early.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
I hope I get matched up versus Sen. I'd love to get demolished by him. :D
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Syndicate.278
2200+ terran diamond
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ArminvB
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Terran
2200 diamond @ EU
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My name on the listing is Gentilebite LOL
It's Gentlebite =D
EDIT: problem is still up my name is misspelled =[
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On November 11 2010 15:34 IntoTheBush wrote:
i could have sworn i signed up for this on a different page.. I guess not though, cause I would have re-joined sooner if I knew I wasnt going to be added.
IF you can show me the post (I might have missed) I will add you.
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On November 12 2010 12:59 Heaven. wrote:
My name on the listing is Gentilebite LOL
It's Gentlebite =D
EDIT: problem is still up my name is misspelled =[
Noted for when I go over things again. Thanks. I will not change it until I start reconfirming things.
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On November 03 2010 12:30 osarkaooo wrote:
Endings
773
Zerg
change my name i'm
Stride
760
zerg
plz and ty
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i thought i signed up too... o well
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On November 16 2010 14:19 Looky wrote:
i thought i signed up too... o well
As I previously said. If you can quote the post you signed up on. I will add you. I may have missed some people due to my own inability to read lol..
I am sorry for this, so quote the post and I will add you to the list for when I update it.
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My name is wrong on the list I edited my post on the tournament thread but I guess you guys missed it.
It was Diablero.834
Now it is
BaronRojo.512
Terran
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Sc Name :Vivid
Sc ID :- 136
Intended Race :- zerg
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SC Name: acidbreeze
sc id: 744
race: zerg
confirmed
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Dear Gamers,
In the coming days, the brackets, and game instructions will be hosted.... Once the brackets are posted, you have 2 days to tell us whether or not you need to be scratched.
If you do not inform us and do not show up on time, you will be black listed from 5 future FXOpen events (including major events).
This post will be updated on the first post by unstable with futher instructions.
Kindest regards,
The FXOpen Team
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deth.534
Terran
i posted in the FXopen thread on 2bh but it was deleted or something, thought i had signed up over 2 weeks ago :/
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My race needs to be changed from Protoss to Terran for Xyrest.453 Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Date 27th and 28th of November 2010
Friday, Nov 26 9:00pm EST
Sunday, Nov 28 2:00am EST
clarify??
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Sc Name : Nfi
Sc ID : 911
Intended Race : Protoss
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On November 20 2010 17:04 Agh wrote:
Date 27th and 28th of November 2010
Friday, Nov 26 9:00pm EST
Sunday, Nov 28 2:00am EST
clarify??
Sorry, Depending on your timezone the first date can be either 26th or the 27th, go by the EST time to be safe, its also in TL calander at the correct time
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UPDATE BRACKETS POSTED!
Tournament brackets can be found here: http://challonge.com/fxopen (if we missed you I truely apologise but this was origionally a 128 player bracket we will be more comprehensive next time)
Games listed under PRELIMINARIES can be played prior to the 27th of November. If you play your game prior to the 27th of November, please email the result + replay to manager@fxoceania.com to confirmation. It is not compulsory to play your preliminaries before the 27th, however it would be best that as many of these games are played as possible in order to have a smoother event.
Please note, we seeded 32 players, some of them randomly, the others based on reputation and location (we seeded some of the TOP SEA players NA players, etc). Note that this is the first of many tournaments to come, and future seeding will be based on past results for all events (even live events).
Streamers:
Unstable TV! with Unstable & Sephyre: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/unstable-tv1
SC2TV.RU! http://sc2tv.ru/
The tournament format is as follows:
DAY 1
BO1 until RO32
PRELIMINARIES – METALOPOLIS (ro512)
ROUND 1 – LOST TEMPLE (ro256)
ROUND 2 – XEL’NAGA (ro128)
ROUND 3 - Shakuras Plateu (ro64)
ROUND 4 - Veto system starts now! (ro32)
END OF DAY 1
DAY 2
ROUND 5 (ro16)
ROUND 6 Quarter finals
ROUND 7 Semi Finals!
ROUND 8 BO5 final and play off
This we feel is the best format to keep time and interest in the tournament. We understand that some people have a tough road to the RO32, I apologise if you feel so. But I assure you this won’t be the case for any future tournaments.
ON THE DAY PLAYERS SHOULD LOOK TO TURN UP AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY
In order to be eligible to play and report your matches, you must log in to web chat at http://2bh.org/chat/
There will be a chat room with 4 administrators. FXOPEN, Will, unstable and another person from 2bh will be admining the tournament.
You must log in to chat to report all games/problems to the administrators. If you do not report them, the results will not count.
If you cannot find your opponent, its likely you will find them in chat. If you are in chat and they do not show up in 15 minutes after start time, they will forfeit.
Also be aware that an admin may request to stream your game. Tournament rules state that FXOpen holds the rights to stream any game they wish.
Please note, if you wish to participate in the creative strategy prize, you must send your replays to manager@fxoceania.com with the subject “MOST CREATIVE” you MUST WIN your match in order to be eligible. You may nominate an opponent if you see fit.
Finally, if you do not declare a scratching PRIOR to the 27th of November, you will be blacklisted for the next 5 FXOpen events (including live events). We are happy to host events for the community, but please do right by us and if you do not intend on showing up, or think you may not be able to, please scratch yourself from the event. It makes everything so much easier on everyone.
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Hey there I changed my name from WiZarD.337 to Wahdat.924 (made a name change)
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it looks really well planned out, nice rules for the maps and everything 8) hope it runs well !
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Nuri, it will be updated in the next 24 hours. Thanks for the word of warning.
Thanks for the encouragement drewbie, hoping for a smooth successful tournament And hoping everyone turns up.
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hey i would be able to make it anymore. my id is ToSsDog #125. sorri!
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Can I still sign up?
If so, my ID is Dynamite.539.
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There's a mistake. It says Ro16, then Ro8, then quarter finals. But Ro8 is the quarter finals, so Round 6 should be deleted and Round 7-9 given 1 number lower (so that finals is round 8).
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before I saw we would need to confirm out sign up but now I can't see it in the OP, is it still necessary and how does one go about doing it?
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Does anyone know anything about the nGen team? I don't know anything about them but I cannot find anything on them, I've tried googling them as well and I just get a CS team. Do they have a webpage? Can anyone link it if they know?
I saw that they have 2 players in this, on ladder I've played a couple of them and would like to know more.
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On November 24 2010 00:20 rANDY wrote:
before I saw we would need to confirm out sign up but now I can't see it in the OP, is it still necessary and how does one go about doing it?
We changed things so that instead of reconfirmation, you have to scratch yourself if you cannot make it. If you do not scratch yourself, you will be black listed from 5 future events held by FXOpen.
This was easier from a management point of view. As we have over 400 players.
nGen I don't know much about. All I know is they lost to GG/izhere in a clan war recently. GG/izhere has a forum section over at 2bh.org
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On November 24 2010 00:07 Lobo2me wrote:
There's a mistake. It says Ro16, then Ro8, then quarter finals. But Ro8 is the quarter finals, so Round 6 should be deleted and Round 7-9 given 1 number lower (so that finals is round 8).
Wow how did i mess that up :S. ty! and fixed
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On November 24 2010 00:20 GreEny K wrote:
Does anyone know anything about the nGen team? I don't know anything about them but I cannot find anything on them, I've tried googling them as well and I just get a CS team. Do they have a webpage? Can anyone link it if they know?
I saw that they have 2 players in this, on ladder I've played a couple of them and would like to know more.
nGen is a team based in SEA, you can find more information on them here http://www.sc2sea.com/group.php?groupid=5
Also UPDATED main page
the three streamers for the event
Unstable.tv with sephyre and unstable
SC2TV.RU! http://sc2tv.ru/ (russian cast)
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what happens if my opponent changed his name? He's not showing up on sc2ranks
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sorry can you scratch me? something came up so i won't be able to make it, saltykiss#407
thanks
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can you scratch me too, suffo.311
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On November 25 2010 01:56 Lannister wrote:
what happens if my opponent changed his name? He's not showing up on sc2ranks
You tell me, so I can hunt down the changed name.
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2 scratches above are done.
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sorri typo. i meant i wouldn't be able to make it anymore for the tournament this weekend. my idis ToSsDog id is #125
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Congratulations to PocketPurple, for being the first player to proceed past the preliminaries. After watching the reply, if it is a sign of whats to come, this is going to be a very impressive tournament.
Unlucky for Esturlizzuma, after some impressive drop play, he did not manage to beat pocket purples final attack.
Congratulations guys, and very impressive play from both of you.
If anyone else decides to play their prelim games before the tournament day, please do so and email the replay to me (email is in the first post).
We are very excited for this tournament.
Regards,
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UPDATE:
there was a mixup with the times posted the time has been changed to
Saturday, Nov 27 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Sunday, Nov 28 6:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
it is 1 hour earlier than what was origionally posted
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is it too late to sign up ?
dde
761
terran
2800
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Xyrest.453 scratching IRL issues popped up. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Please every pay attention to the time that the tournament is on. It is important.
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Congratulations to Mios, taking our Orphiel in his preliminary. Another top notch match by 2 great players.
Mios now has to take on seeded player LZGamer in his next match.
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It seems like the player I was supposed to play in preliminaries has changed, and the new player humble "360" does not exist. Any idea wut 2 do¿
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I patiently await my opponent to log on...been waiting a few days. :x
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How often is the bracket changing? My opponent got changed twice ;x
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The bracket is no longer changing. Any scratching is now a forfeit. This was to enable prelims to be played. It was a mistake on my part to have so many changes.
Feel free to play your games now.
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Congratulations to Slardar, taking out ghostsquall in a high paced zvz game. I loveeeee watching these replays.
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I EFFED HIM UP REAL GOOD! God I hate zvz with a passion lol, too one dimensional imo, that replay is the proof of that.
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It was a good game. Good luck in the tournament slardar.
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Australia70 Posts
Hi there FXOpen.
I'm going to have to pull out due to some other committments.
Hope my replacement does well =)
Thanks.
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imposta what are your details?
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CheezDip.487 dropping out, sorry. ;(
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My partner leafblower.651 I was unable to add...seems he may not exist?
You can let me know whats up in PM or via e-mail rage178@gmail.com
thanks!
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Alright, I'm in Ohio right now. What time is this thing starting for me? I see that it says 7pm CST on Friday, but the date says November 27th.
Is it at 8pm Eastern on Friday, or something else?
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The tournament is being hosted in AUSTRALIA... That means, we are a day ahead. So its 7pm on friday for you. 12pm 27th November for me
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yeah im going to have to drop as well i thought it was saturday sunday in the US. I have to work tomorrow night. my char is sKYzERO cc 267 im in zelniqs little bracket if that helps. Sry for the inconvenience hopefully ill get to play in a future event.
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1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Aw damn. Gonna have to pull out. Looks like I won't be home in time to make it. I was so excited about this too!
lichter.574
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On November 26 2010 11:43 FXOpen wrote:
imposta what are your details?
Imposta.265 Zerg. Thanks.
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if theres more spots avaiable
put me in
dde
761
2800+
diamond and could u let me know if im in the bracket it will be rly hard to find my name on the bracket
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IF i do any replacements I will let yo uknow
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hey, please scratch me from this tournament. When I signed up I didn't realize that this tournament conflicts with a LAN that I'm going to this weekend, sorry about that T_T GL all
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Thanks for the info drewbie. It sucks that you can't play with us.
I am hoping that the LAN you speak of only effects you
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On November 26 2010 03:37 sikatrix wrote:
It seems like the player I was supposed to play in preliminaries has changed, and the new player humble "360" does not exist. Any idea wut 2 do¿
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My opponent (Neo.435) does not exist for my prelims match. Been trying to hop into IRC chat to resolve this problem, but it has been empty every time I've tried.
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NGry, when tournament starts we will sort this out, as there is only 3 hours till start time.
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this thing starts today right?
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yeah I think it starts in about couple hours.
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Starts in approx 3 hours.
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When we start please go to http://2bh.org and click on web chat.
Use your player ID name to log in to MIRC via that. This is where all updates and annoucements will be.
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magnavox 202 doesnt exist and my identifier isnt 377 its 317 o_O
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changed identifier, we will sort out magnavox when tournament starts.
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On November 27 2010 08:10 FXOpen wrote:
changed identifier, we will sort out magnavox when tournament starts.
thanks
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after i changed my Name my identifier changed aswell i'm now EGLzGaMeR 327
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So it starts in 40 min? i got a msg from a caster for the tourney, but i accidentally closed the box, i dont even have an opponent yet heh im confused
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Lots and lots of no-shows.
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I have not seen my opponent yet (Mios 567)
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Just gonna throw down some honest criticism:
1) The scheduled start time was pulled back by an hour very recently which I imagine screwed a lot of people (1pm AEST became 12pm AEST)
2) It's a manually updated system of over 400 competitors, it takes forever for anything to be updated. It's hard to read mod annoucements on a channel where everyone's text is the exact same colour.
3) Because of 2, people are just randomly leaving because there's no way to know whether your reported result of a no-show or a win was recorded, when people are waiting more than playing they leave. Resulting in more no-shows.
Solutions:
1) No idea what happened here.
2) Use a tournament system that automatically adjusts the brackets when players enter a result on a webpage. Doing things manually for a repetitive task is the reason we have programming languages 
Ah well, I'm sure it would smooth out once we're past the ro2.
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I really think you should allow all games to be played fast as possible.. Tournaments take about 5 x as long when you don't let people advance to play the nxt round until everyone is on the same round.
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yea so i sit in channel msging the main admin 3 hours and during this time he managed to never tell me about the new brackets and DQ me
somebody joked off 1k, nice tournament lmao
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Hi guys,
I appreciate the feedback. From 1 minute after start time, we were receiving 50+ pms saying "my opponent isn't here".. It was a failure on our part to try to play a game within a time difference.
We then had to create new brackets after a 320 man no show. Turning it into a 64 man tournament.
We do apologise for the time zone confusion. At the same time, AFKing in chat doesn't help much either.
All being said, managing the tournament has been a nightmare, the problem really with the original brackets was that the gap between the games being played was so huge that there was going to be someone in semi finals without playing a game.
We have decided now that future tournaments will either be invite only based on 1) reptuation and 2) global ranking, or very small public tournaments.
It is easy to criticise, but in the end of the day, 1 happy gamer does leave with 1k in their pocket.
There are still some pretty good games in the tournament, with azz lzgamer, moonglade, edge, deth... capoch..
In the end, we learned alot from this, and will change the way things are done in the future.
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its messed up because of the date, why didnt you just put that it started at 5pm PST 8pm EST or whatever, that is ridiculous, it is a NORTH AMERICAN tournament and it starts on "November 27 1 GMT" if anyone just skims over it it starts on saturday afternoon lol
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It was an open tournament. And was hosted in Sydney. The bias was the problem and we will sort this out for our next event.
Also we were unable ot launch a website of ours for our own bracket/reporting system. Probably should have waited until we have that set up before hosting a tournament.
As I said before, it was a painful experience and lessons were learned.
You have no idea how many time I have facepalmed myself.
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United States2095 Posts
Just please keep in touch guys. Optik or Darkcell please just msg me either here or on b.net. ROOTSheth.798 We shall figure it out! : ) Thanks again for this tournament, and sorry guys who didn't get to play via time.
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On November 27 2010 13:19 drewbie.root wrote:
its messed up because of the date, why didnt you just put that it started at 5pm PST 8pm EST or whatever, that is ridiculous, it is a NORTH AMERICAN tournament and it starts on "November 27 1 GMT" if anyone just skims over it it starts on saturday afternoon lol
??? The tourny was australian hosted? If anything it was an australian tournament that allowed north american participation... the time clearly said GMT....
RIDICULOUS complaint, rofl.
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On November 27 2010 16:26 Ftrunkz wrote:Show nested quote +On November 27 2010 13:19 drewbie.root wrote:
its messed up because of the date, why didnt you just put that it started at 5pm PST 8pm EST or whatever, that is ridiculous, it is a NORTH AMERICAN tournament and it starts on "November 27 1 GMT" if anyone just skims over it it starts on saturday afternoon lol ??? The tourny was australian hosted? If anything it was an australian tournament that allowed north american participation... the time clearly said GMT.... RIDICULOUS complaint, rofl.
How is that a ridiculous complaint when all he asks for is US times (considering 1 - it's on the US server, 2 - the date on GMT was one day ahead of US, so americans thought 27th/28th but in reality it's 26th/27th in the US since it's 1 AM GMT. Would have helped to put US times in the tourney info - and it definitely wouldn't have hurt. (And if it's Australian hosted why not put aussie times up there too)
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wow really lame it says this in the main post:
"Date 27th and 28th of November 2010"
and then right under it has PST times... keep all the times/dates for ONE time zone, don't randomly mix up times and dates for two time zones.
So I didn't log on today, I thought the games were gonna be played tomorrow considering I played my prelim early, where it says as long as you play prelim before the 27th you're good (which is TOMORROW once again). My first opponent thought it was on saturday as well. Really annoying as I practiced for this.
The prize pool is very nice, but I hope to see a more organized tournament with a check-in feature in the future, signing up for a tourney weeks before it starts means a lot of no shows, even without contradictory scheduling times/zones.
EDIT: I noticed the bracket still doesnt show LzGamer as taking the default win against me, does that mean I can still play my match?
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I don't want to defend the organisation too much as there are obvious improvements for next time and I don't think you knew what you were getting in to but I think players really need to pay attention to details and take the time to read the threads that hosts put in to the tournament. I also think this benefits e-Sports as a whole because why would a sponsor think their name is going to get out there when participants don't even pay enough attention to figure out the correct time?
However, I don't think invitationals are the right move. Just because it's hard you shouldn't give up and do something easier, halving your exposure for no good reason! Admins are volunteer so it costs you nothing to pick up some help to run the brackets and answer enquiries. Invitationals have some appeal if you get big names but with the prizepools you guys are considering I really emplore you to keep it open.
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Me and several of my friends were scratched because of the time confusion.
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mmmmmm nice to see I pulled a Tyler and left after the first game in a bo3, oh well.
regardless the tourny was so piss-poorly run that I really wish I had skipped it.
I played 1 game over the span of 4 hours, and it took admins almost 2 hours to update the brackets, then another hour to get it to a playable state.
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United States2095 Posts
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Dear Gamers,
After a bad mixup with the timings, and alot of disappointed gamers. I'd like to apologise once again for what has happened.
We did not realise that the time would be such a problem as we were looking at our local time (The time displayed by the TL timezone) in order to make our decisions.
With things being such a mess, the brackets ended up being 1 player walking through to the semi finals. So, as the show had to go on, we create new brackets with all players who were ACTIVE in the chatroom and found 64 players. There were alot of AFKers in the chat room understandably, but trying to get as many games played as possible, I had to miss them. And they were disappointed understandably. I apologise sincerely.
What are we going to do?
Well, over the holiday period we will be working intensively to get our own site and automatic tournament management system set up where players will be repsonsible for reporting games, and administration will simply enforce rules. This will make everything run as smooth as the 2nd brackets did without any issues.
On top of that, our website will DISPLAY a count down timer for every tournament, as well as the streams for every event.
On top of this, FXOpen will be looking to recruit players into its team that are not inside russia (we already have a russian team) and are looking strongly at the SEA and south american countries for players. Note that due to forex regulation, we cannot sponsor an entire team from the US, although specific players from the US may happen.
Our next tournament will kick off somewhere towards the end of January, early february, so we have time to sort out any hiccups, and fix the problems that occured with this event. This event, is most probably invite only, and will consist of players around the world. We may throw out a few wild card spots with a public vote of players, or a panel. And work on a relegation system to allow new players to circulate as they improve.
I have not black listed anyone from this event, except 1 person who was extremely offensive and incoherrent. This player make a disgusting attack on myself and various other people. They know who they are.
Again I apologise for the mix up.
On another note, as sheth has so kindly posted the fxopen2 brackets, we are now heading into the final of the event (The show must go on). Sheth is up against optikzero in the semi final, and the winner will take on Capoch in the grand final (play off for $1000).
We have seen extremely exciting games from Optikzero so far, as with Sheth. And Capoch has taken down 2 big SEA names to get to his position, Moonglade and Edge.
We will be streaming replays of the finals at 3pm AEST, 12pm Singapore, 7am Moscow, 11pm NEW YORK.
Our good friends at sc2tv.ru will also be streaming those replays for all to see.
I would like to make a big shout out to optikzero and darkcell_ who are the most patient gamers I have ever met. Although there were alot of patient gamers, I think optikzero waited a very long time for his first game because of no shows, and darkcell the same + a stuff up also made him have to wait even longer. These guys are true gamers and have shown excellent ettiquette and patience.
Also, thank you to SiF and Unstable for casting the event, and sc2tv.ru as well for their excellent support.
Regards,
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On November 27 2010 17:40 deL wrote:
I don't want to defend the organisation too much as there are obvious improvements for next time and I don't think you knew what you were getting in to but I think players really need to pay attention to details and take the time to read the threads that hosts put in to the tournament. I also think this benefits e-Sports as a whole because why would a sponsor think their name is going to get out there when participants don't even pay enough attention to figure out the correct time?
However, I don't think invitationals are the right move. Just because it's hard you shouldn't give up and do something easier, halving your exposure for no good reason! Admins are volunteer so it costs you nothing to pick up some help to run the brackets and answer enquiries. Invitationals have some appeal if you get big names but with the prizepools you guys are considering I really emplore you to keep it open.
The issue with volunteers is, as we found yesterday. They do not show up, or would rather play. We will work something out.
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oh I thought day one was today at 5pm PST.
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My suggestions from experience with various parts of playing in running, assisting in admining and also talking with other tournament organizers in SEA are:
1) Get as much automation as you can. You can do everything fine with challonge and what not but unless you have a good admin team and really communicate actively with the players it will be difficult to keep things running.
2) Have your own site. Much better to have a solid base of operation for players to find information and work out what is going on.
1 and 2 you sound like you are tending to so that is a good sign.
3) Minimize the amount of time between signing up and round 1 games. The longer you leave between the commencement of the tournament and the sign up faze the more you increase no shows. Reminder systems such as emails and PMs help to lower this effect. A check in system if you have your own site may also help so that players have to check into be placed in brackets. This will lower the number of walk overs and bracket generation isn't hard to do on short notice.
4) Make dates and times blindingly obvious. The short for this one is people are both lazy and stupid (If you are someone who messed up the dates yes I am insulting you and you deserve it). Never the less you still want them to show up even if they should be able to work it out so make it as easy as possible for them.
5) Formatting of announcement post and information sections. All information about the competition should be blindingly easy to find in a short time. Meaningful headings and sub-sections are important. If you hunt down some of the tournament threads made by del you will get a great feel for how to layout information. (Example: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=165971)
I did not participate in this tournament as I was unable to so I can speak directly on how it was run but I think you did what you could with a difficult situation. You had the right intentions but fell short on the implementation from the feedback I am seeing here. I hope this doesn't discourage you from hosting more in the future. I would implore you to continue with open events instead of moving to invites but try to implement some mechanics to aid in lowering the number of players not attending but at the very least minimizing the impact of them not turning up. I hope the information here will help you in some way to make the FXOpen2 a great success :D
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What is going on with this tournament?
The bracket is finalized up to the finals but the stream is showing a match in the quarter finals?
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The matches were played earlier than the stream for a specific reason. Unfortunately it was a failure by myself for not taking brackets down in time for you to spam the results in the chat.
Only the players know the end result. As the final was never updated.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
.... why didn't you guys just use the TL.net [time] or [date] code
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On November 28 2010 17:43 FXOpen wrote:
The matches were played earlier than the stream for a specific reason. Unfortunately it was a failure by myself for not taking brackets down in time for you to spam the results in the chat.
Only the players know the end result. As the final was never updated.
I don't recall spamming the results of anything? I'm sorry if I did but it was pretty unclear as to what was going on.
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Congratulations for Capoch taking down Sheth in the final bo5 3-2. Also my congrats to optikzero, darkcell, tethys edge and perplexity. And all the other players.
We will make sure it works out better next time.
To those who watched/enjoyed the stream thank you very much for your comments its appreciated.
Until next time.
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On November 28 2010 17:48 Plexa wrote:
.... why didn't you guys just use the TL.net [time] or [date] code
we actually did, but for some reason most people still saw the wrong date we also had it up in the TL calander aswell, next tournament we will state it in multiple timezones so there is no confusion
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On November 28 2010 18:01 Unstable87 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 28 2010 17:48 Plexa wrote:
.... why didn't you guys just use the TL.net [time] or [date] code we actually did, but for some reason most people still saw the wrong date we also had it up in the TL calander aswell, next tournament we will state it in multiple timezones so there is no confusion
"Date 27th and 28th of November 2010" You then proceeded to put the TL.net[time] and date thing under it so people saw two conflicting days. Also, the time the tournament was supposed to start at was different between the thread's and the upcoming event's date/time. Off by an hour.
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The event is over. We will run more events in the future. I am sorry that alot of people missed out on this one. It was a mistake.
In the future that mistake will not happen.
There is no point arguing now about it. It happened, things have been and gone. Next time there will be more satisfied people.
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On November 29 2010 09:25 FXOpen wrote:
The event is over. We will run more events in the future. I am sorry that alot of people missed out on this one. It was a mistake.
In the future that mistake will not happen.
There is no point arguing now about it. It happened, things have been and gone. Next time there will be more satisfied people.
Alright, props for holding the event anyways
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Are there any replays to be released? And when is the creative contest going to be judged?
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Good luck with future tournaments. You'll get it figured out I'm sure.
I would recommend trying again before you jump right to invite only. Maybe if you keep the limit at 128 as originally intended, you can work out the kinks for bigger tournaments in the future.
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gj capoch for winning! At least I lost to the eventual winner in round 1 lol
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slained, we felt that the replays submitted did not fit the title of creative. However, if we had to pick one it would have gone to optikzero. So we stacked him up.
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