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The Strategist Open Tournament $250.00 Prize Pool

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Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-16 19:25:22
June 16 2012 14:03 GMT
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The Strategist is pleased to announce The Strategist Open Tournament. In keeping with tradition, this tournament offers both pros and those still aspiring to break into an eSports career the chance to fight for a great cash prize online. Furthermore, this tournament was organized by our staff to help get the word out to the community about The Strategist Show starting in a few weeks. Check out the new show thread here.

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Practice Hard, Win Easy
The Strategist is a netcast dedicated to teaching the game of StarCraft to players of all levels. It emphasizes its focus on teaching builds; from the basics of the build order, to the transitions and adjustments through scouting. The show focuses heavily on teaching players the ability to execute, identify, counter, and learn Starcraft 2 builds.

The Strategist airs weekly, Starting July 1st on Sunday nights at 10:00pm EDT on twitch.tv/AmoveTV. The hosts of The Strategist are Patrick "OctanePro" Jester and Chris "Buddha" Tajii. Learn more about this new show here.

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Tournament Details:
Date: June 23rd 2012
Time: 4:00pm EDT
Server: BNet US
Meeting Channel: TheStrategist
Entry Fee: Free
League Requirements: None
Live Stream: AmoveTV Network
(The tournament will be casted by The Strategist show host; Patrick "OctanePro" Jester and Chris "Buddha" Tajii.)

Prize Pool Break Down:
1st Place = $150.00*
2nd Place = $75.00*
3rd Place = $25.00*
(Prize Pool is backed by Sponsors listed below.)

* = All prize pool payouts will be done via PayPal, No Exceptions. The event staff have 30 days after June 23rd 2012 to distribute the prize pool winnings.

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General Registration Requirements:
1. You must have access to a North American Battle.net StarCraft 2 account.
2. You must be registered and logged into your Z33K account to register and play.


How to Sign Up:
1. Visit our sponsors website Z33K.com.
2. Create an account if you haven't already.
3. Visit the Tournament Page on Z33k.com and Sign-Up for the tournament directly.

Direct Tournament Page Link:
http://www.z33k.com/games/starcraft2/tournaments/7561-the-strategist-open
(If you have any difficulties please contact Z33k.com's support staff as soon as possible. Please do not post here)

Tournament Size: 128 Slots

Tournament Layout: Single Elimination

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MLG Daybreak
GSL Metropolis
MLG Antiga Shipyard
ESV Cloud Kingdom
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Tal'darim Altar

Tournament Rules:
Meeting Channel In Game: TheStrategist
(TheStrategist-1,TheStrategist-2 if the first channel is full)

Match Organization: It is the job of the players to organize and put together their matches, unless players are in the Semi Finals or Grand Finals.

Free Wins: If your opponent does not respond to in game messages within 20 minutes of the bracket being updated to start a game. Please report the win in your favor on Z33k.com. All disputes will come down to the event organizers and administrators.

Two administrators will be in the chat channel the day of the tournament to help the flow of the tournament. Along with support staff from Z33k.com.

Tournament Administrators:
To be added prior to event start

Disconnects: A disconnect will result in a RE-GAME unless there is a significant advantage to one player. If the two players cannot agree on the result, an administrator will make a final decision based on replays.

Replays: All replays must be saved by players, just in case the game results are in question.

Who Can Play: The Strategist Open is open to anyone regardless of age, gender, or location.

Playing the match: Find your opponent in the channel during the match time. The first map is pre-set based on the map order, and the loser will choose from the map pool, if the round is a best of 3 or 5. No map can be chosen twice in one series.
Misc: It is the player's responsibility to be in the channel at the start time. If a player is not in the channel, he or she could be liable to be forfeit.

Streaming & Casting:
The Strategist Open will have exclusive streaming/casting rights to games in the Semi Finals and Grand Finals. We ask that all players please respect The Strategist Open staff and team by refraining from streaming or using third party casters in the Semi Finals and Grand Finals. There will be a stream delay put in place to help with stream cheating.

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Special Thanks to: Z33K.com, AmoveTV, Shifting Gears, The Year in Starcraft 2011, Girls of Starcraft, Team Madness, Iowa Gamers Online and Anomie for their contributions.

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Payson
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States394 Posts
June 16 2012 15:29 GMT
#2
Sounds like an awesome tournament! Definitely signing up!
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 16 2012 15:40 GMT
#3
On June 17 2012 00:29 Payson wrote:
Sounds like an awesome tournament! Definitely signing up!


We are happy to have you. We are hoping we get members from Bronze up to Grand Masters signing up to try a crack at the Prize Pool. We are super excited for the event, as it has been 3 months in the making. Enjoy!
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
discorax
Profile Joined April 2011
United States22 Posts
June 16 2012 17:33 GMT
#4
Really excited for this show.
"the new fungal growth hurts my bio balls"
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 16 2012 18:39 GMT
#5
On June 17 2012 02:33 discorax wrote:
Really excited for this show.


We are happy the community is getting excited about it. You should signup for the tournament next weekend.
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
teddyoojo
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany22369 Posts
June 16 2012 18:43 GMT
#6
NA server i guess?
Esports historian since 2000. Creator of 'The Universe' and 'The best scrambled Eggs 2013'. Host of 'Star Wars Marathon 2015'. Thinker of 'teddyoojo's Thoughts'. Earths and Moons leading CS:GO expert. Lord of the Rings.
GoSuChicken
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany1726 Posts
June 16 2012 19:08 GMT
#7
looks awesome
13JackaL
Profile Joined March 2011
United States577 Posts
June 16 2012 19:46 GMT
#8
looks like its going to be fun
and my axe
Clutch8
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States258 Posts
June 16 2012 20:23 GMT
#9
Woo!
ICCup.Tesla
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States841 Posts
June 16 2012 21:01 GMT
#10
Awesome!
@DjTesla ~ CEO of GoSc, GoLoL, GoD3 & GoSmite ~ @The_GoSc ~ @TheGoLoL ~ The greatest glory of man, is not in never falling, but in rising after each time he has fallen.
Shadowfax
Profile Joined March 2012
Denmark44 Posts
June 17 2012 16:07 GMT
#11
Going to play in this!! cant wait
Follow me on Twitter @ShadowfaxSC. I have some cool stuff in the pipe works and be one of the first to find out!
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 18 2012 03:30 GMT
#12
On June 18 2012 01:07 Shadowfax wrote:
Going to play in this!! cant wait


Excellent, best of luck to you. It should be a ton of fun regardless of the results for everyone.
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
SirRobin
Profile Joined December 2010
United States269 Posts
June 18 2012 22:03 GMT
#13
Looks awesome, thanks for the tournament! I signed up
https://twitter.com/SirRobinSC2
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 19 2012 02:57 GMT
#14
On June 19 2012 07:03 SirRobin wrote:
Looks awesome, thanks for the tournament! I signed up


Sir Robin i saw you played at MLG, Nice job man. Hope to see you do well here.
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 19 2012 12:58 GMT
#15
The Strategist Open this upcoming weekend, June 23rd is 50% full and we have 4 days left. Please don't wait to signup we are limited to 128 spots. Did i mention it's a $250.00 Dollar Cash Prize Tournament with a Free Entry Fee and NO LEAGUE REQUIREMENTS?

Goodluck to everyone
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
Buddhism101
Profile Joined April 2011
United States59 Posts
June 20 2012 07:02 GMT
#16
Make sure you guys sign up! Tournament is this Saturday - Free entry and a $250 prize pool! No reason not to enter!
KingOctavious
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States324 Posts
June 20 2012 19:00 GMT
#17
Will enter. This should be fun!
Check out my book, The Year in StarCraft II: 2011, http://yearinsc2.com/ :D:D
Buddhism101
Profile Joined April 2011
United States59 Posts
June 23 2012 14:03 GMT
#18
Still a few spots left as off this morning, be sure to join and tune in at www.twitch.tv/amovetv
Magnious
Profile Joined December 2010
United States68 Posts
June 23 2012 19:07 GMT
#19
Also, Gowser may be playing, along with RSVP & TriMaster!
The Past is only the Future with the Lights On
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 23 2012 19:57 GMT
#20
On June 24 2012 04:07 Magnious wrote:
Also, Gowser may be playing, along with RSVP & TriMaster!


Sweet!

The Strategist Open Starcraft 2 Tournament Starts Now on Twitch.tv/AmoveTV 128 Person $250.00 Cash Prize Tournament!
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
Prplppleatr
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1518 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 20:11:34
June 23 2012 20:11 GMT
#21
grr, why z33k lol...always takes sooo long to get brackets or anything to go (imo, ofc)
🥇 Prediction Contest - Mess with the best, die like the rest.
AnonymousEmu
Profile Joined April 2012
Canada70 Posts
June 24 2012 00:30 GMT
#22
Looks great! I would go in the tourney but im in silver and would get demolished :o
Octanepro
Profile Joined May 2011
United States416 Posts
June 24 2012 05:16 GMT
#23
Congratulations to our Winners:

1st Place = TSLHyun = $150.00
2nd Place = Colgoswser = $75.00
3rd Place Attero = $25.00

Thank you to all players who participated in The Strategist Open. Winners please expect your Pay Pal payment within the next two weeks. Furthermore due to such positive feedback we will be organizing another FREE Strategist Open in the near future.

Finally please checkout The Strategist Show airing July 1st at 10:00PM EDT at Twitch.tv/AMoveTV where we will be reviewing and breaking down the DRG 7 Roach Rush.
Daily Terran Streaming - http://www.twitch.tv/octaneproscii
Buddhism101
Profile Joined April 2011
United States59 Posts
June 24 2012 14:01 GMT
#24
On June 24 2012 14:16 Octanepro wrote:
Congratulations to our Winners:

1st Place = TSLHyun = $150.00
2nd Place = Colgoswser = $75.00
3rd Place Attero = $25.00



Congratulations to our Top 3! Thanks to the community for a great turnout, we hope to do this again soon!
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