We are excited to share that this is the official announcement of the Hyper Crew Premier LAN Event! This will be our first live LAN event, and it will be held on Saturday, January 15th at 1:00 pm EST at the Cyber Ground Internet Cafe, which is located in Fairfax, VA (about 15 minutes outside of Washington D.C.).
-Big shout out to www.itsgosu.com for donating the iTunes giftcards and helping to promote the event! -Also thanks to Rob "LuckyFool" for letting us attend his event last week and helping us to promote this event as well!
Entry Fee $20 online, $25 at the door The entry is $25 at the door to encourage players to sign up ahead of time.
Prize Pool Total prize pool = $230 + 2 $10 iTunes giftcards 1st: $160 2nd: $70 3rd: $10 iTunes Giftcard 4th: $10 iTunes Giftcard
Format 32 participants; Round Robin into ro16 Single Elimination For the round robin portion of the event, players will be split into 8 groups of 4 players. Each player will play all of the other participants in his or her group in a bo1 match-up. The top two players from each group will be moved on the a ro16 single elimination bracket.
Single elimination format: ro16 and ro8 - bo3 Semi Finals - bo5 Finals - bo5
Additional Information -All proceeds will go towards the prize pool and venue. -Players are allowed to bring their own keyboard, mouse and headset for use during the event. -There are 5 laptop stations at this internet cafe; if you want to use one please submit a request to zyori@hypercrew.com. -Players are encouraged to submit replays from exciting matches they throughout the event for the opportunity to be featured under the replay section of our site. -Select matches from the tournament, along with the finals, will be streamed live on the home page of our site. Tell your friends to tune in! -Venue is free for spectators, so stop by if you live in the D.C. area!
If you plan to attend and pay at the door, please post on the following Hyper Crew forum thread so we know to expect you. Players that register on the day of the event will be considered on a first come, first serve basis.
On December 21 2010 05:41 Sadistx wrote: Why is it a terrible time? The more LANs the better. They could be weekly if there's enough willing participants.
because its directly after a lan. Spacing the lans out with more time (and this one has just under a month notice) should allow for bigger turn outs imo.
Also whats the deal with prepaying online for a tournament. Whats going to happen if i cancel, do I get my money back?
Also dc has a nice area of people willing to come. Why is the lan limited to 32 spots? I strongly suggest you find a better bracket system (group stages maybe) that would allow more than 32 spots. Just look at the previous dc lan events.
I don't really see a big problem with a venue having two lan events in a row. The owner of the facility told me the 15th would be just fine. As far as who hyper crew is, we've been doing weekly online tournaments for the last 3 months or so. You can go to our website for more info.
As far as pre paying, we just wanted to make that an option for any one that is sure they can come. If this event will be as popular as you say then players will be able to reserve spots ahead of time. Naturally if you pre register and then cancel you will get a full refund.
Don't mind Storr, I don't think he intended to come off quite as harsh as he did (or as I read it)
You should come to Luckyfool and our LAN. I dunno if you've run any in-person LANs or not but it'll give you a chance to see how we run things (pretty damn smooth, if I may compliment myself...Mmmmyeah) and more importantly, meet the local players.
The only downside I see is the fact that in our LAN, is that we have a decent combination of online signups and walk-ins, all at $20. Might be better to keep prices the same between LANs to eliminate any potential "qq this LAN is more expensive/cheap"
Just my 2c. Mr Kim at Cybergrounds is awesome and will get you hooked up NPNP.
Will see if I can make it to the LAN center that weekend.
2700 terran here. I'm going to sign up now, and my friend will as well when he gets home from work. I (and I'm sure many others feel the same) have no problem with this being a week after the cyberground tournament. Also as that tournament tends to have 50+ people you should have no problem filling this.
I actually just sent a PM to Luckyfool asking for any kind of advice and stuff he could give us, but coming down that weekend to actually see how you guys run it seems like it would probably be the best way for us to make sure everything runs smoothly when we take a stab at it
Also, you bring up a good point about the pricing. Perhaps we can reconsider.
In regards to capping it at 32 people, this was only because we really had no idea how popular live tournies were in this particular area. If 50+ is actually a solid estimate for turnout, we will definitely consider changing our limit to accommodate everyone who wants to play.
On December 21 2010 09:30 Torenhire wrote: Don't mind Storr, I don't think he intended to come off quite as harsh as he did (or as I read it)
You should come to Luckyfool and our LAN. I dunno if you've run any in-person LANs or not but it'll give you a chance to see how we run things (pretty damn smooth, if I may compliment myself...Mmmmyeah) and more importantly, meet the local players.
The only downside I see is the fact that in our LAN, is that we have a decent combination of online signups and walk-ins, all at $20. Might be better to keep prices the same between LANs to eliminate any potential "qq this LAN is more expensive/cheap"
Just my 2c. Mr Kim at Cybergrounds is awesome and will get you hooked up NPNP.
Will see if I can make it to the LAN center that weekend.
agreed!
Also just having one single elimination bracket makes it kind of unappealing for some players, some players will have a 2 game tournament and be done, kinda rough format for a lan.
But I can def advertise for this lan via word of mouth since we'll have a big one in the exact same place one week before.
That would be much appreciated! We will consider all of the suggestions you guys have provided. We'll see about trying to come down for your lan the week prior; our team is based out of southern New Jersey, so its a bit of a drive.
We'll keep you guys updated through this thread and the forums on Hypercrew.com!
about 6 people signed up so far! We are still working on the bracketing system.. we will mostly likely change it the suggested round robin format into a single elim bracket
On December 22 2010 03:52 Zyori wrote: about 6 people signed up so far! We are still working on the bracketing system.. we will mostly likely change it the suggested round robin format into a single elim bracket
Just a warning to your tournament organizers/runners.
Prepare to be worn out by the end of the day.
Nerds keep you busy.
If you change the format of the tournament, you're gonna want to start way earlier than 1pm, I think. Really depends on how many people show up. We generally have 8 groups of 5-8 people and we have to start at 10:30/11:00 to make sure we're done by like 9pm. lol.
Our JanLAN is having a below-normal pre-sign up rate so we'll have to see what happens. I think we're only around 30 sign ups at the moment but like I said, we have a lot of people sign up like, the day before or walk in so who knows.
yeah, thats why we capped it at 32 initially to make sure we would have enough time.. still talking about it. Probably wouldn't hurt to keep our first event a little bit smaller for the sake of organization
On December 22 2010 03:52 Zyori wrote: about 6 people signed up so far! We are still working on the bracketing system.. we will mostly likely change it the suggested round robin format into a single elim bracket
Just a warning to your tournament organizers/runners.
Prepare to be worn out by the end of the day.
Nerds keep you busy.
If you change the format of the tournament, you're gonna want to start way earlier than 1pm, I think. Really depends on how many people show up. We generally have 8 groups of 5-8 people and we have to start at 10:30/11:00 to make sure we're done by like 9pm. lol.
Our JanLAN is having a below-normal pre-sign up rate so we'll have to see what happens. I think we're only around 30 sign ups at the moment but like I said, we have a lot of people sign up like, the day before or walk in so who knows.
you sure? rob said sign ups increase the most 1-2 weeks before the lan, we are just hitting that time table i think we will be fine
On December 21 2010 10:06 LuckyFool wrote: agreed!
Also just having one single elimination bracket makes it kind of unappealing for some players, some players will have a 2 game tournament and be done, kinda rough format for a lan.
But I can def advertise for this lan via word of mouth since we'll have a big one in the exact same place one week before.
Hey Rob. Pretty much what I was thinking.
I am very interesting in this event and the one the week before on the 8th. I live in Pittsburgh and it seems to be a solid 4 hour drive. I am hesitant to come as its only single elim and if I get matched in the first round against someone like LuckyFool :p, I'd be pretty pissed ahahah.
Is there anyway we can bump it to double elim? I know that might take all day but hmm, not sure.
Thanks for any information.
Anyone from the PGH area thinking of going?
EDIT: Wow are you guys considering a round robin? How would that work? 30 people all play each other once and the person with the best record wins? I would be down to come if I was guaranteed to play 30 games in person. That sounds like insane fun.
@Nizzy We are currently working on something other that single elim. The system we are currently looking at would sort all of the players randomly into 8 groups. Players would play everyone in their groups and then the top 2 from each group would move into a single elim bracket.
With this setup, less experienced players will at least have the opportunity to play several different opponents.
I'm looking to sign up. 2100 Terran, just made it into diamond yesterday =s Hopefully I don't get totally owned. Once you guys have finalized the rules and format I'll be sure to sign up.
On December 21 2010 10:06 LuckyFool wrote: agreed!
Also just having one single elimination bracket makes it kind of unappealing for some players, some players will have a 2 game tournament and be done, kinda rough format for a lan.
But I can def advertise for this lan via word of mouth since we'll have a big one in the exact same place one week before.
Hey Rob. Pretty much what I was thinking.
I am very interesting in this event and the one the week before on the 8th. I live in Pittsburgh and it seems to be a solid 4 hour drive. I am hesitant to come as its only single elim and if I get matched in the first round against someone like LuckyFool :p, I'd be pretty pissed ahahah.
Is there anyway we can bump it to double elim? I know that might take all day but hmm, not sure.
Thanks for any information.
Anyone from the PGH area thinking of going?
EDIT: Wow are you guys considering a round robin? How would that work? 30 people all play each other once and the person with the best record wins? I would be down to come if I was guaranteed to play 30 games in person. That sounds like insane fun.
P.S. What up StorrZerg?
Yeahhhhh Nizzy come on the 8th! thread is in the TL community section. We doing a round robin for that one, and top 3 from each group make it to bracket stage so everyone is guaranteed at least 6-7 games depending on how big ur group is! ^_^
plus u'd get to meet many amazing players, my dc lans always have top talent like gretorp, avilo, *cough* me *cough* sin, and usually another couple top 200 north america players as well as 40-45 other mostly diamond players.
@the people who are running the other tournament Thanks for being so supportive! ^__^ I'm looking forward to networking with you guys, and I may get to drop by on your tournament day along with some other HC members. I have a question for you all. Do you livecast your tournament? If so, how does that whole thing work?
I think we are highly considering a new format (as Zyori said, a RR into a single elim), and I don't think we're 100% opposed to a tournament bigger than 32, but we just wanted to make sure we were going to have enough people/time to prepare/resources. Thanks for all the support and bumps! Much love to the TL community.
On December 24 2010 02:08 Janitor wrote: @the people who are running the other tournament Thanks for being so supportive! ^__^ I'm looking forward to networking with you guys, and I may get to drop by on your tournament day along with some other HC members. I have a question for you all. Do you livecast your tournament? If so, how does that whole thing work?
I think we are highly considering a new format (as Zyori said, a RR into a single elim), and I don't think we're 100% opposed to a tournament bigger than 32, but we just wanted to make sure we were going to have enough people/time to prepare/resources. Thanks for all the support and bumps! Much love to the TL community.
What I usually do is just get an entry for the TL Calendar and contact a TL streamer that I know does good live casting and casts the event remotely. I'm in talks with people about getting a more formal/better streaming deal put together but it's slow moving.
I have updated the OP with all of the new bracketing information. As the post describes, we will be starting with a round robin style format, where the group winners will be moved on to a single elimination bracket. The size will still be capped at 32 players, as this is our first event and we want to be sure we can manage all of our tourney participants appropriately.
strength is pretty good, we've streamed him a couple of times.
We would really like to cast live from the event, but not sure if thats going to be possible or not. If not well find someone who isn't at the event to cast and stream
Hey I know this thread is a bit back but I am actually going to MAGfest nearby in DC that weekend. My friends are dragging me along but since this is only like 15 mins away I would be down to come and play. Once I find out their schedules I will go ahead and register since things don't look like they are full.
Thanks to Storrzerg's quote, otherwise I wouldn't have found this. Well also playing him vs ladder too I guess haha.
My friends will probably be ok with it, so I'm looking forward to it!
Hey i live in Va Beach and go up to visit my parents that live in Great Falls occasionally. Anyone know how far away the lan is off the top of there head? I know Lee highway runs by there nieghborhood.
@Odyssey: Im not that familiar with the area, as myself and most of the tournament crew are driving down from New Jersey, but you should be able to google map it for an estimated time.
@Ack1027: Hope you can make it! We were invited to go to MAGfest, but decided to keep the lan at this location.
On January 01 2011 01:22 Odyssey.561 wrote: Hey i live in Va Beach and go up to visit my parents that live in Great Falls occasionally. Anyone know how far away the lan is off the top of there head? I know Lee highway runs by there nieghborhood.
@odyssey - I'm in hampton and was able to make it to cybergrounds in 2.5 hours last time I went. I'll be driving up there on the 8th as well. Have to work on the 15th so cannot make that one.
Signed up with perhaps my friend coming along, too. TJHS hwaiting! Any other high schoolers participating in the event or are you all crusty old people?
On January 09 2011 02:09 Helen Killer wrote: I'd love to do this, since I live in Loudoun which is right next to fairfax. Is there a level requirement?
yay! spent all day at LuckyFool's Tourney (which was great) got to meet tons of cool people and now more people are coming! @Hellen Killer No there is no level requirement, we'd love to see you come out! Much love guys!
On January 10 2011 02:57 winn wrote: I have to see about work, but I believe I too shall join in on the fun and test my luck. winn.602.p -- pay at door. ty!
We currently have 32/32 players signed up; 11 of which have prepaid. The primary roster is now closed, as is the prepay option. If you want to be placed on a list of alternates if there are no shows, please post on http://www.hypercrew.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=75.
On January 14 2011 00:43 Zyori wrote: The use of the computers is included in the entry fee. $10 is the facility's rate for an all day pass.
Sorry you can't use your desktop. I specifically asked the owner if this was allowed and he said no :-/
Shouldn't matter though. The computers are all pretty nice and he can plug in his own mouse/keyboard. He just needs to remember to write down the % that each gameplay bar is set to (mouse speed, etc)
P.S. Avilo and Torenhire I'm bringing your $$ don't worry I won't forget
Would love to have a few more back ups. I'm sure at least a few of the players signed up will either dodge or forget; if you are thinking about attending just me know! ^^
Is there anyone living in maryland going that can toss me a ride my car just literraly had the transmittion blow up otherwise i cant go out and ive already asked a few friends -.-
Had to leave as I lost but the tourny was great. Run by some fun guys. Been to a lot of lans and it was fun even if it was hypercrew's first. Got to ro8, I was vicious. Thought I might get further after playing group stages but lost to a good player anyway haha. thanks! This lan made my trip to magfest with friends much more bearable!
hey how did the tourney go? are there any brackets im curious to see how ever one did? gogog update thread plz thx, once again very sorry i couldn't make it next time for sure!
Edit: just got done watching your videos rob well done, i love watching any videos and looking at pictures of lan events! any one else who has any keep um comin!!
We didn't do 4 groups of 5 mostly because of time constraints. We started a few hours later than LuckyFool usually does at his tournaments, so we wanted to make sure we could finish the event in a timely manner.
We ended up just seeding the players that made it into single elimination based on their round robin scores and just gave one of the top seeds a first round bye in the brackets. Looking back though, your approach probably would have worked a little bit better.
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