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Update: Signups are now closed and the bracket is live!
BRACKET!
The VT Gaming Open Series rolls on! Event #3 is now announced and ready to be filled with YOU the community!
We had a lot of fun running Events #1 and #2, and congratulations to dde for winning BOTH events.
Heres a run down of the finishes:
Event #1:
1st - NrG.dde
2nd - VT|Spades
3rd - ONECruncher
Event #2:
1st - NrG.dde
2nd - bLuR
3rd - vVv.Murder
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Casting:
Moletrap & Peanut
Trump
Cecil
Wolf
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Day 1 – January 24th 2011 8pm EST
Day 2 – January 25th 2011 8pm EST (PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN TIME)
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As before, the tournament is a 96 player tournament.
From the signups, tournament organizers will select the best 32 for guaranteed entry into the tournament, the remaining 64 will be on a first come, first serve basis. The 32 selected players will have first round byes.
The top 8 from the previous tournament will be seeded in order of their finish.
Day 1 (Monday) - 8pm EST:
Preliminaries (96) - Best-of-one - 8:00pm EST – Starting Map - Xel'naga Caverns
Round 1 (64) - Best-of-one - 8:30pm EST – Starting Map - Metalopolis
Round 2 (32) - Best-of-three - 9:00pm EST – Starting Map - Shakuras Plateau
Round 3 (16) - Best-of-three – 10:00pm EST - Starting Map – Scrap Station
Round 4 (8) - Best-of-three – 11:00pm EST - Starting Map – Lost Temple
Day 2 (Tuesday) - 8pm EST:
Round 5 (4) - Best-of-five – 8pm EST - Starting Map - Metalopolis
Round 6 (2) - Best-of-five – 10:00pm EST - Starting Map - Xel'naga Caverns
Map Pool:
Xel’naga Caverns
Jungle Basin
Scrap Station
Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
ICCUP Fighting Spirit
When the best of three matches in the round of 16 start, each player will have one map veto that they must announce before the match starts.
Both before and after each semifinal, and after the third place and championship matches, players may be interviewed by VT Gaming's casting crew during the live broadcast.
The top 8 players from this tournament will automatically receive the top 8 seeds in the next tournament.
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To sign up for each event, please respond to this thread with your name and identifier.
Example:
VTMirhi.841
There is NO check in for this event. In the case of no-shows, replacements will be chosen in the order that they respond.
For issues or support join #VTGaming @Gamesurge. Also for help with organization, please go to channel "VTG Open" on battle.net.
In order to be on reserve in the case of no-shows, you must be in the IRC channel with your name set to your Battle.net ID.
To report matches, message one of the tournament administrators in VT IRC channel and they will report it and update the bracket.
Tournament Administrators:
VT|Genocide
VT|Skayde
Check back here and on VTGaming.net frequently for rule updates.
Team Liquid has treated VT Gaming great in our time here, and I appreciate the amazing support they give for both us and to all other teams, leagues and tournaments!
I'd also like to thank our amazing sponsor for these events, Justin.TV! They have supported us beyond the call of duty!
