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red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-24 01:28:17
January 06 2011 22:48 GMT
#1
Due to viability issues this tournament has been canceled.

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Date+Time: Saturday, Feb 19 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) North American Server

Finals: Monday, Feb 21 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
To be streamed live by wyrd and redhq on www.livestream.com/redhq

Check in: by Saturday, Feb 19 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00), message redhq.919 or llNjFaiLll.735 in the SC2 client, you should be able to play your matches using brackets provided without our help, however I will be there for any assistance you may require.

What: Shifting E-sports into maximum overdrive, the first of a ground breaking possible series of tournaments of large online prize pools facilitated by the players.

Where: Online! Thats right an online "Buy-in" tourney!

Brackets: Posted with availability

Entry Fee: $5 USD

Registration: Post your SC2 name and character code here (even if only interested)
Paypal $5 USD to njfail@njfail.com (include tournament name, SC2 username+character code)
A list of registered user will be posted here, upon availability.

Format: Five rounds of Bo1 swiss followed by the 16 players with the best score in a single elimination.
Detailed Explanation:+ Show Spoiler +
Swiss portion

All rounds in this portion are Bo1

Every player will play five matches during this portion, the first round your opponent is completely randomized, the other round pairings are decided by matching you up (randomly) to someone with the same or a similar score to yours in the tournament.
Ex: It is round five and you have 3 wins and one loss, you will probably be matched up against someone with 3 wins and one loss.

The players with the top 16 scores will be seeded into a single elimination 16 man bracket.

R1 - Lost Temple
R2 - Jungle Basin
R3 - Metalopolis
R4 - Shakuras Plateau
R5 - Xel Naga Caverns

Single Elimination portion, top 16 players are chosen and then randomly inserted into a 16 man single elimination bracket.

Ro16 - Bo3 - Metalopolis - Loser Picks
Ro8 - Bo3 - Lost Temple - Loser Picks
Quarters - Bo5 - Each player thumbs down two maps, they are then randomized
Semis - Bo5 - Each player thumbs down two maps, they are then randomized
Bronze - Bo7 - Each player thumbs down one map, they are then randomized
Finals - Bo7 - Each player thumbs down one map, they are then randomized

Prizes:
1st : $100 USD
2nd : $60 USD
3rd : $40 USD
4th : $20 USD
5th-8th : $10 USD ea ($40 USD total)
9th-16th : $5 USD ea ($40 USD total)

Map Pool:+ Show Spoiler +
Lost Temple
Jungle Basin
Metalopolis
Delta Quad
Xel'Naga Caverns
Steppes of War
Scrap Station
Blistering Sands
Shakuras Plateau

Additional Rules
You Must be an adult in your country of residence (Blizzard rule)
No cheating; if you are caught cheating you will be instantly DQ'd and will be barred from further tournaments. Cheating can include any sort of modifications to your SC2 client.
Save all of your replays and label them with yourID vs hisID Round#, and then upload them to: http://www.sc2rr.com/
To ensure honest results both players must say (in game chat) that the game being played for this tournament, before anything significant has happened.
If you use the shakuras plateau exploit (invisible pylon) you will be DQ'd and barred from further tournaments.

Additional Information
No refunds - Other problems regarding fees may be dealt with on an individual Basis
Map pool is subject to change as exploits are found
64 player maximum; the more interest is shown the bigger the next ones can be.
Match ups will be posted the day before the tournament, single elimination brackets will be posted shortly after the completion of the swiss portion of the tournament.
This tournament is fully licensed by blizzard.

Players who have payed:
comming soon

Players who I am waiting for payment:
comming soon
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
thesmoosh
Profile Joined September 2010
113 Posts
January 07 2011 21:16 GMT
#2
Looking forward to this.
Alexian
Profile Joined October 2010
United States46 Posts
January 11 2011 02:24 GMT
#3
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

I'd love to talk to you about a follow up tournament (and sponsoring a decent chunk of money into it to build out the popularity), if you are interested in continuing this.

I'm interested in trying out a concept similar to this with a little added natural chaos:

A custom map with a random float of a small amount of minerals. Something like 50% you start with 50 minerals, 25% you start with 100 minerals, 15% 200 minerals 5% 200 minerals 50 gas (ideally this would get community feedback as to not unbalance into an all-in fest). This'll add that initial factor to let noobs feel like they at least have some chance against the pros, but obviously a small enough extra factor that they can still win in any situation with strong play.

Anyway, if you or anyone else is interested, feel free to send me a PM.
red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
January 12 2011 00:39 GMT
#4
Well if we did do that it could leave way to much up to luck, 200/50 early game is game breaking, there is practically nothing you could do skill wise to defend it, you could go 7 pylon/(8/9) gateway without missing a probe, that would be huge! Something like that would leave almost too much up to luck, although I will PM you about follow up tourneys for sure.
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
Lucidx
Profile Joined December 2010
United States122 Posts
January 23 2011 17:43 GMT
#5
I'm curious, are any pros projected to show up?
" I would rather get AIDS then get hit by a bus then have my expansion blocked by a pylon" - Day[9]
red_hq
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada450 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-23 23:41:00
January 23 2011 23:36 GMT
#6
On January 24 2011 02:43 Lucidx wrote:
I'm curious, are any pros projected to show up?


By the looks of it none have signed up yet and if you sign up and you are the only one to sign up you get the first place $100 prize.

And I haven't heard any interest from the higher up pros as of yet.
Get some 'good' Dota 2: twitch.tv/redhq
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