$3,000 Tt eSPORTS NA Open

On June 01 2011 13:52 Depetrify wrote:
Lol why does this have like no replies! Everyone sign up gogoo!

ESPORTS!

On May 29 2011 12:57 CEVO Ahn wrote:
Quebec Sweepstakes Law Encourages Sweepstakes Void in Quebec
The reason why residents of Quebec are not eligible to enter many Canada sweepstakes is not because the sponsors don't want to advertise in Quebec, and it's nothing personal against any of the residents of that fine province. Rather, many sweepstakes are void in Quebec because the sponsors must follow a stringent set of rules set out by the Quebec government.

For example, in order for sponsor to skip the "void in Quebec" restriction, Quebec sweepstakes law requires that the sponsors must do some or all of the following things:

Register the sweepstakes rules and all advertisements used to promote the contest with the Quebec government at least 30 days ahead of the sweepstake's launch.
Pay a fee of up to 10% of the sweepstake's value, depending on who is allowed to enter.
Agree to allow the government of Quebec to mediate any lawsuits arising from the contest.
Follow strict guidelines about the contents of the sweepstakes rules.
Allow the Quebec government to determine if the sweepstake may be changed or canceled once it has started.
File a written report after the contest has concluded, attesting that the prizes have been delivered or attempted to be delivered.
Agree to follow a number of other rules and guidelines. See the Quebec Sweepstakes Laws.

While these laws are intended to protect the citizens of Quebec, they are also a significant burden of money and resources to sweepstakes sponsors, and the consequences for a mistake are severe. Rather than run the risk of facing legal action if these long and complicated rules are not followed to the letter, many sponsors take the easy route of making their contests void in Quebec.

On June 01 2011 16:35 Kyuki wrote:


Add this, or a short versio of this as a spoiler in the OP to answer this question right away. I'm sure you'll see this question many times in this thread . Just a tip!

This looks to be awesome btw, will follow with interest

On June 01 2011 13:22 CEVO Ellis wrote:
Updated with the map pool for the event, a few notable updates is using MLG Metalopolis instead of the ladder version, and adding MLG Shattered Temple.

On June 02 2011 23:18 CEVO Ahn wrote:
The Tt eSPORTS Challenge StarCraft II Open Cup will start soon to inaugurate the new tournament platform brought to you by Tt eSPORTS. With a prize pool of $3,000 it comes as no surprise that many of the top StarCraft II players from around North America have signed up for the event. Without a doubt, this competition will bring many exciting and action packed games – be sure not to miss out!

Everyone who’s anyone has signed up for this event and we can see multiple players from some of the top organizations in America competing. Evil Geniuses, compLexity, CheckSix Gaming, Root Gaming, VT Gaming, FXOpen, Team Liquid, sixjax and NrG are just a few of the represented professional organizations. Some of the most celebrated players from around the world will compete for their share of $3,000; some notable players participating thus far are:

-#6 vileSpanishwa

-#16 dSeleCT

-#31 coLstalife

-#33 VTSpades

-#72 LiquidTyler

-#109 sixjaxMemory

-#119 ROOTCatZ

-#120 ROOTdrewbie

-#197 EGIdrA

-#702 ROOTdoRo

Although the players mentioned above are without a doubt the favorites to win the event, there are many up and coming players who have signed up as well. With the format of the event being an Open Tournament, we can never know what surprises lie ahead – will this event provide a shocking upset? The tournament is scheduled to last a month which will give all players an equal opportunity to prepare for each match-up meaning we might be able to see some builds and counters tailored specifically to a competitors opponent.

With so many top North American professionals this is definitely the tournament to tune in for. More information regarding streams will be released shortly. Be sure to stay updated on TteSPORTSChallenge.com!

On June 07 2011 13:27 Halcyondaze wrote:
I registered, and received the email confirming, but I forgot my password ><.

I used the "Forgot Password" on the website twice but have yet to get it.

Plz help

On June 07 2011 13:27 Halcyondaze wrote:
I registered, and received the email confirming, but I forgot my password ><.

I used the "Forgot Password" on the website twice but have yet to get it.

Plz help

On June 09 2011 08:12 Ssok wrote:
Hey are we suppose to be getting another verification email for the second match? Or do you just chek in 15 minutes prior to starting and get their name.code there?

On June 11 2011 06:04 ThisIsJimmy wrote:
I get to play Naniwa today! Hooray!

On June 11 2011 06:21 stalife wrote:


Are you sure? This is for players living in North America excluding Quebec Perhaps it's a different Naniwa or a fake naniwa :D

On June 11 2011 09:37 MechKing wrote:
Wait, how exactly is major out of they tourney already???

On June 09 2011 16:10 CocoA wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm speaking on behalf of sixjaxMajor:
He said hes power went out where he lives and there was nothing he could do, he wanted to let you guys know earlier but he really couldnt do anything and he wants to know if theres any chance you guys can help him and out; maybe play the game some other day or something, he really wants to play this tour. Anyways thanks for listening!

On June 11 2011 09:44 DoomsVille wrote:
Anywhere to find replays or VODs?

Any word on which matches are going to be broadcast?

On June 13 2011 13:51 LuckyFool wrote:
Why did the guy report a win over me I thought the schedule time for winners finals was 6/16 (This Thursday ? )

why all these people trying to talk vicious walkovers in my bracket without contacting me or msging me on bnet or msging me anywhere.......

Wait so when were we supposed to play? the bracket says June 16th but my match list says June 12th which would have been earlier tonight...? I'm so confused, why would the bracket schedule say something different?

On June 01 2011 16:21 SniXSniPe wrote:


There's already 705 registrants .

Nobody was replying but they were registering.

On June 13 2011 17:01 blade55555 wrote:


they changed it, honestly I would always check your e-mail as I would not have known about it either if I hadn't seen it in my e-mail.

I do wonder if the winners bracket player vs the loser bracket player does the winner bracket have to win 1 bo3 and loser have to win 2? I don't see it in rules so yeah hopefully they read this and say :D.

On June 14 2011 00:07 carloselcoco wrote:


I don't think they have the extended series rule mate.

On June 16 2011 12:04 LuckyFool wrote:
So how do the grand finals for each bracket work ? Is there any advantage for the winners bracket finalist or is it just a straight up bo3 ?

On June 16 2011 12:04 LuckyFool wrote:
So how do the grand finals for each bracket work ? Is there any advantage for the winners bracket finalist or is it just a straight up bo3 ?

On June 17 2011 10:07 motbob wrote:
Thanks to this awful format, this tournament has about a sixth of its Ro64 slots filled with "known" players. Idra even tried playing a few matches and then just got walked over twice. I hope other tournament organizers take a lesson from this terrible format.

On June 17 2011 10:07 motbob wrote:
Thanks to this awful format, this tournament has about a sixth of its Ro64 slots filled with "known" players. Idra even tried playing a few matches and then just got walked over twice. I hope other tournament organizers take a lesson from this terrible format.

On June 17 2011 10:07 motbob wrote:
Thanks to this awful format, this tournament has about a sixth of its Ro64 slots filled with "known" players. Idra even tried playing a few matches and then just got walked over twice. I hope other tournament organizers take a lesson from this terrible format.

On June 17 2011 11:19 LuckyFool wrote:
yeah one match a day is too few it should be in chunks of 3 or 4 rounds a day.

Now I'm waiting for my bracket finals and the guy isn't even around....sigh he played losers finals then logs off? Maybe he didn't realize there were actually 2 rounds tonight..

On June 17 2011 13:24 KingDime wrote:
Not knowing the format though does cause some problems. I just finished my bracket finals with iSjecho and ended up losing 4-3 with me winning the first bo3. If the rules are 1 bo3 technically i win but the assumed 2 bo3's means jecho wins. Even if it turned out to be simply 1 I would never take the win away from Jecho since we agreed on it, but it's def frustrating not exactly knowing.

On June 19 2011 01:34 The.Doctor wrote:
Ive had a pretty terrible experience with this tournament.

I'm working 2 jobs this summer and one of the jobs involves night shifts some days throughout the week often conflicting with the scheduled time of matches. Because of that, I think I've forfeited 3 matches. However, I've been playing in Cevo tournaments since counter strike and know that it's not always absolute. For every match I've posted in match comm asking to play a day earlier or earlier on the day off, before work but I haven't gotten a reply in match comm once except from sooch. Thus, I have no choice but to forfeit because players make no attempt to communicate with me. From my past experiences with Cevo, I know I can get it overturned so I always find those players on bnet and hound them to play. Most guys have been cool about it and played it out and we then overturned the results.

However, this guy I'm supposed to face in the finals bracket for the tournament, only a 1200 masters who took a FFw over the only other good player in the bracket (sooch) wasnt so cool. Firstly, I haven't relied on the schedule list since on Sunday I think it was there was a huge, huge change and I was lucky to have been home coming from a LAN because I didn't even know there was a match that day...the schedule said something like Wednesday iirc. Had to pm an admin to fix the achedule so i could even check in. Anyways, so I'm going yo work on Thursday when all of a sudden, at like 830 saying I have to play a match at 10, well, no way in hell that's gonna happen. I figured this guy would be cool and replay the matches the next day, I come home at 8am (one of those jobs, yeah) and I see him on SC. I ask him if he wants to play now, he says nope and signs off. I forgot to mention, I played him earlier and 2-0d him, quite handily.
So yesterday night I message him again asking if we can play them out and he (and I have screenshots of this) says no, I don't want to play you, I took the forfeit win and don't need to play you. I tell him admins can overturn it, nope he says. I swear at him a bunch and say fuck it, I'll just try and talk to an admin. This guy Is on a local toronto team so I'm not gonna post the SSs, but I know if I ever see him at a local LAN, I'm gonna be hard pressed not to punch him in the face.
I have no problems with lower ranked players playing in tournaments, I even encourage it so you can learn, experience the thrill and adrenaline, but when shit like this happens I get beyond angry. Sorry, this has been my rant/venting of my experience, Im angry that I had to rush home for work, put off the limited time I have to spend with friends and go late to work and 2-0 everyone just to be given an FFL in the finals.

Sorry about spelling, typing from phone.

I definitely think the tournament format needs to be worked on. If anything, I think it should be mandatory to post in match comm. Even if you're gonna be a dick and try to get a forfeit win. I also think it's extremely annoying to have to play so many matches and on every other day at that. I know I'm a minority who has things to do at night but I feel there should be a way to incorporate such players, maybe a calendar sort of thing you fill out with all the times you're available without being able to see the other persons, then agreeing on similar times.