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PRIZES TO INCLUDE Headsets from Plantronics and possibly some Steel Series gear!!
Date:
Players below Master League:
June 18th @ Noon PST (Sign in at Noon, Bracket STARTS at 1pm, please do not wait until 12:59 to get here)
Players Master League and Above:
Sign in is BEFORE 4pm.
Venue: GameClucks @ 18717 76th Ave W, Lynnwood, WA 98037
(425) 775-2240
www.GameClucks.com
Entry Fee: $5 Venue Fee + $10 Event Entry = $15
Prizes: 1st 60%, 2nd 30%, 3rd 10% (or money back, which ever is greater)
1st - 3rd will receive swag from Plantronics and/or Steel Series
Raffles will also be held for some swag from Steel Series and Plantronics
Rules:
Standard Rules for all phases of the event:
Race is chosen BEFORE the Event starts and you play the whole event with that race.
Settings and Map Pool:
All Games
1. Category = Melee
2. Mode = 1v1
3. Game Speed = Faster
Maps
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Tal’darim Altar
MLG Testbug
MLG Typhon Peaks
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns
Additional Rules and Set Up for AM Pool/Bracket:
All players below Master Level are put into this event.
If 17+ players we will run Pools dividing everyone up into as equal as possible groups and play Round Robins. How many players advance will be determined by the number of pools and how many players are in the Master+ Bracket.
Pool Play will be 2 Games (not best of 3) with scoring as 0-2, 1-1, 2-0
Map Striking will be used to determine 1st Map, with loser of the first game picking the 2nd map.
If 16 or less players we will use a Double Elimination Bracket
Best 2 out of 3 for the entire bracket.
Seeding will be determined by League with some randomization.
NOTE: Adjustments to either Pool or Bracket could be made as a Day Of decision based on time, computers, attendance, etc. So the >16, <17 rule is simply a guideline.
Additional Rules and Set Up for the Master+ Bracket:
All players of Master League and above will be put into this event.
Master+ Players are "encouraged" to show up for the entire event though to help with coaching if possible and/or do commentary and interviews for the Live Stream (plus sponsors will be there earlier in the day not later so get your free NOS during the AM Bracket haha).
To be determined on an event by event basis, we will also include the winners of the AM Event in this.
Double Elimination Bracket
Best 2 out of 3, Grand Finals Best 3 out of 5
Seeding will be based on Top 8 from previous event seeding 1-8, the balance of the Master+ players seeded randomly and then the AM Winners seeded last in order of their win/loss in the AM event as possible.
Map Selection: A default/starter map will be established for each bracket round and used for the 1st Match in a set.
Loser of a match pick the next map from the available Map Pool.
Other Rules:
Players may not have a stream of the game in the background.
Any sign of cheating may result in a Forfeit of the Game or disqualification from the Event.
No Map may be played more than once in the same Set.
Players who are disqualified prior to the start of a Game will not be allowed to play in the Game. Players who are disqualified during a Game must quit out of the Game.
No Spectators or Observers allowed in game.
PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED to bring their own Computers. We will have room to set up about 10 PCs for people, in addition to our own 20 Comps (10 of which will be 100% tournament dedicated and the other 10 there for as needed use)
Live Stream will be provided at: http://www.justin.tv/edwardstarcraft
Sponsors:
NOS Energy Drinks - Free drinks
Steel Series - Free stuff (not sure what their box has not got here yet)
Plantronics - Headsets for prizes and raffle
BYOComputer Reserve List:
1: JDizz
2: Rocker
3: Picnic
4: JuJuZerg
5: Sterling
6: ZeroTalent
7: RevSoda
8: john7kfc
9: kanjiman87
10: memcopy
IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR OWN PC, still do so. No guarantee that we have room for you to set up beyond the 10 people listed above. But bring it just in case!
We have room for 15ish comps, but I will only reserve the first 10 after that its first come first serve.
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Hopefully this time i won't get a flat tire otw. 96$ FTL. can you add me to the BYOC list pls
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reserve a cpu for me plz -RockEr
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PicNic - BYOC
revserp going down
jdizz going to dance
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this is my new favorite dance i'll do this one right after PicNic of course
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sign me up byoc plz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The one in Yellow is HOT.
Anyway... May have DynaFlex on board as a sponsor and will work on NOS to show up in person this time also.
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ok good you can have the one in yellow, i'll take the one in purple(black/white dress) 
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I'm in, and I'd like to reserve a BYOC spot xD.
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Sign me up for byoc plz. -Revsoda
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Are you running 2 of these a month now? Im sad that I was only able to make the first one, but when I return to the US in 3 weeks i'll be coming as often as I can.
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No one per month, just setting a more perm date for this. I am going to try and stick with the 3rd Sat of the month every month.
IDEA Rick (Convict) and I talked about.
Want to know if this is "good" or "bad" with you all.
We are thinking we should change the brackets up to where we have a prelim bracket that is for anyone that is less then Master League and then a 2nd bracket for Masters and above AND the winners (top 8ish) of the Under Master bracket.
For my own simplicity we will call these "Pro" and "AM" brackets. Pro is Master+ bracket, AM is the Under Master.
AM Bracket:
Everyone less then Master league is in this bracket. We start it at NOON and either run Pools/Round Robins of 4-8 people or run a bracket (have not decided which yet).
We then take the Top 8ish from this round of competition and advance them to the Pro Bracket.
Pro Bracket:
We start this (in a perfect world) at say 5pm (sign in at 4pm for this so we know who is in it)
We take all players Master League and above and enter them into this bracket.
We then take the Top 8ish from the AM Bracket and enter them also.
This bracket is then played off to determine the winner.
What This Does for GameClucks Events:
This allows people in the lower leagues to play more matches for one.
Allows them to play more competitive matches for a tournament instead of the usual 1st round match up against a top level player.
Gives a lot of people a chance to get some wins they would not normally get in a tournament and allows them to actually get better.
If you are a silver player and you face off against a Master 1st round, you do not get better by getting destroyed in 5 minutes. But if you are a Silver and play a Gold in the first round, that match should be more competitive and give them both a chance to learn something.
The Down Side:
Master++ players have to wait for their 1st official match until 4 or 5pm... but your bracket will go much faster also since there will likely only be 20ish people in it, instead of 30-50.
I would like to see Master Level players show up early and maybe do some coaching before and after a match to help people learn the game. (not during the match though as that would be unfair at some level).
Good idea?
Bad idea?
Try it?
Dont try it?
Its your guys event, so I would like your input on it.
I am very much leaning towards doing this as I think it will make the event a far better experience for lower level players.
If you are a Silver or Bronze, how many times will you come to a tournament to go 0-2 in it before you stop showing up?
This helps prevent that I think.
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On May 31 2011 13:24 GameClucks wrote:
No one per month, just setting a more perm date for this. I am going to try and stick with the 3rd Sat of the month every month.
IDEA Rick (Convict) and I talked about.
Want to know if this is "good" or "bad" with you all.
We are thinking we should change the brackets up to where we have a prelim bracket that is for anyone that is less then Master League and then a 2nd bracket for Masters and above AND the winners (top 8ish) of the Under Master bracket.
For my own simplicity we will call these "Pro" and "AM" brackets. Pro is Master+ bracket, AM is the Under Master.
AM Bracket:
Everyone less then Master league is in this bracket. We start it at NOON and either run Pools/Round Robins of 4-8 people or run a bracket (have not decided which yet).
We then take the Top 8ish from this round of competition and advance them to the Pro Bracket.
Pro Bracket:
We start this (in a perfect world) at say 5pm (sign in at 4pm for this so we know who is in it)
We take all players Master League and above and enter them into this bracket.
We then take the Top 8ish from the AM Bracket and enter them also.
This bracket is then played off to determine the winner.
What This Does for GameClucks Events:
This allows people in the lower leagues to play more matches for one.
Allows them to play more competitive matches for a tournament instead of the usual 1st round match up against a top level player.
Gives a lot of people a chance to get some wins they would not normally get in a tournament and allows them to actually get better.
If you are a silver player and you face off against a Master 1st round, you do not get better by getting destroyed in 5 minutes. But if you are a Silver and play a Gold in the first round, that match should be more competitive and give them both a chance to learn something.
The Down Side:
Master++ players have to wait for their 1st official match until 4 or 5pm... but your bracket will go much faster also since there will likely only be 20ish people in it, instead of 30-50.
I would like to see Master Level players show up early and maybe do some coaching before and after a match to help people learn the game. (not during the match though as that would be unfair at some level).
Good idea?
Bad idea?
Try it?
Dont try it?
Its your guys event, so I would like your input on it.
I am very much leaning towards doing this as I think it will make the event a far better experience for lower level players.
If you are a Silver or Bronze, how many times will you come to a tournament to go 0-2 in it before you stop showing up?
This helps prevent that I think.
I think that its a really good idea. This way it makes it a little more competitive for the lower level players, fighting to get out of the AM Bracket. Also maybe a small prize should be added for the winner of the AM ? Just an idea that could make it a bit more interesting.
Also I wouldn't mind showing up early before the Pro bracket to help coach some peeps.
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I'm liking this new format alot! Speaking as a bronze-silver player that has gone 2 and out each time 
Either way I still have a great time at your events and would show up whatever the format is. 
BYOC please!
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the point of going to a LAN tourney is to improve. it's experience you can't get anywhere else. this new format allows the lower lvl of players to actually get that experience. rather than being like poor john7kfc and going 0-2 out every tourney. i'd say it's a great idea. it'll also allow some of the lower lvl players to actually come to the tourney as well. i know a few people who went to first tourney and don't come anymore cause it's like a free donation to kawaii. so i think it's a win win for gameclucks and for the players as well.
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i really like that idea. while i don't consider myself a bad player or not (diamond league), i have come to the tournament twice now and get 0-2 real quick... sucks when you're matched up against sterling then jujuzerg
i'll definitely be coming back to this next one! put me down as byoc please
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RockEr aka Geoff's brother, Colbey?
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If the masters players wanted to play more games, they could also do pool play to set seeding like the top pool at MLG.
I like the idea of an AM bracket
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this would give me more time to word on my dance moves and yoga classes because i wouldnt have to show up until 5ish.
picnic approved
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this would give me more time at home to search for my inner self while i puff on some mary.
JuJu approved (>")>
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