[SEA] Masters Cup #29 April 7th

EddieSc2

Australia910 Posts

April 04 2013 13:18 GMT

SC2SEA Masters Cup
www.sc2sea.com
Sponsored by Tt eSports, Eddie, Silicon Sports + Sc2sea.com

Sunday, 7th April, 2013 (5:00pm KR Time) SEA Battle.net

- SEA residents + citizens only, games will be played on SEA server
- Chance to win $10 just for playing
- $255 prizepool
- 300 power rank points up for grabs which go towards bonus end of season tournament
- Tt esports will be giving away a Saphira Mouse to one lucky Aus/Nz stream viewer!

The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament for Starcraft 2, Heart of the Swarm. $150 prize on offer to the winner, $75 2nd prize, $30 3rd. $255 prize pool*! There is also 300 sea power rank points up for grabs. No league restrictions apply. This event is sponsored by Tt eSPORTS, Eddie, Silicon Sports, and sc2sea.com

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SEA 'Power ranks' + Show Spoiler +

New player ranking system - SEA 'Power ranks'

Detailed SEA Power Ranks info here
Complete player database + results here

SEA Power Ranks is the system we shall use to determine seeding. We shall be allocating points for placing highly in each Masters Cup, wT Weekly, and other online sea tournaments. These are then added to a players career total points to work out our tournament seeds. Masters Cup is one of, if not the toughest event in our region, so points will be given from 1st to 16th place to reward those who finish highly, but might just fall short of the 1st-3rd cash prizes. It also serves to reward regular participation.

Points break down

1st - 100 points
2nd- 60
3rd - 40
4th - 20
5th-8th - 10
9th-16th - 5

(300 points total for a standard Masters Cup)

* Double points shall be given for International editions.

Info about our sponsors + Show Spoiler +

Thermaltake is a well known brand for gaming & DIY in Case, Cooler, and PSU for years. Due to the constant requests for keyboards and mice from gamers and end users, Thermaltake decided to create a series of gaming keyboards, mice, and headsets with the Tt eSPORTS brand. By using Tt eSPORTS, we want to extend our product lines into the gaming industry, and provide more ''personalized gaming'' gears to gamers and enthusiasts worldwide. With years of experience in gaming industry, Tt eSPORTS is committed to bring the most personalized and the highest quality weapons for the most competitive cyber battles. For more information, please visit www.ttesports.com.

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Silicon Sports are a Melbourne based company, responsible for the succesful Melbourne Barcrafts. They also have a quality casting team, and are all passioante gamers.

For more information:

Twitter: @siliconsports
Facebook: /SiliconSports
Twitch: /SiliconSports
Website: siliconsports.net

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Sc2sea is the primary community website for South East Asian, Aus + NZ Starcraft. Plenty of topics, tournaments and features for all passionate gamers

Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me.

$10 free prize just for playing + Show Spoiler +

$10 just for joining this Masters Cup!!

One lucky participant shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, or a couple beers, etc, just for playing some sc2! Even if you are eliminated early be sure to stick around, watch the high quality games, and listen out for who will win (It may well be you!). Purpose of this is to encourage player participation, and offer a small reward for those who fail to place, as every game is of a high level. Depending upon future donations/sponsorship this may continue or be replaced by some other sort of prize, eg hardware. It shall be trialed this Masters Cup, as always, feedback welcomed. The prize draw shall be done live on stream using http://www.random.org/. If the number generated, matches your randomly seeded number on challonge.com, you're the winner! (Except if you no showed and got walked over in the early rounds, then we'll redraw, as it is designed to reward participants)

Like us on Facebook and win $10 + Show Spoiler +

One lucky person shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, or a couple beers, etc, just for liking our page and supporting our tournament! Even if you are eliminated early be sure to stick around, watch the high quality games, and listen out for who will win (It may well be you!). We shall randomly select one lucky person from the facebook page, and annouce the winner live on stream during the cast.

Tournament Details - Masters Cup #29
Date: Sunday, 7th April, 2013 (5:00pm KR Time)
Time: SEA: + Show Spoiler +

5:00pm KR, 6:00pm AEST, 4:00pm SGT

Location: SEA Battle.net
Tournament Eligibility: No league restrictions apply for this edition
How to Sign Up: Post your SEA ID, country + account most known by (If different from registered account, eg EU, KR ID).
Example: rainbow.766 - South Korea - ST_RainBOw
Prizes: -Winner gets the $150 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $75 for 2nd, $30 to 3rd - *Prize pool may increase
-300 power rank points up for grabs
-Tt esports will be giving away a Saphira Mouse to one lucky Aus/Nz stream viewer!
-There is also a lucky draw prize! One lucky person shall get $10 just for joining!
Battle.net Group: Join the group SEA Masters Cup. (starcraft://group/6/5214)
Referees: DevianT.811, Rhuubarb.634, TAXanT.665

Livestream for Masters Cup #29
A: http://www.twitch.tv/cleighmoores
B: http://www.twitch.tv/duckvillelol

Map Pool

The first map of each round is pre-determined and outlined in the following list. The losing player will decide the subsequent map. The map pool is as follows:

Ro128: Daybreak (B01 no 2nd game) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: Akilon Wastes (B03) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: Bel'shir Vestige (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: Whirlwind (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: Star Station (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: NewKirk Precinct (B03)
Finals: Neo Planet S (B05)
(3rd Place Match Neo Planet S, B03)

Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Cloud Kingdom, Daybreak, Akilon Wastes, Bel'shir Vestige, Whirlwind, Star Station, NewKirk Precinct, Neo Planet S

* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. The first game cannot be vetoed. Maps cannot be repeated twice in a series.

Signups close at 4.45pm KR time on Sun 7 April, brackets to be posted on challonge.com shortly after.

Sign up here, or on Sc2sea