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The Foreign Hope - presented by Madals

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madals
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom624 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-09 07:10:44
August 17 2014 16:05 GMT
#1
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The main English stream will be

gb Madals


Dates

Open Qualifier Tuesday, Sep 30 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Day 1 Wednesday, Oct 08 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Day 2 Thursday, Oct 09 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Day 3 (and final) Friday, Oct 10 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)


VODs:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYLL3KthuCsPG5IeSVCd-oXiIP8a_ndsS

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The Foreign Hope is a 6 player, community driven tournament with the aim of finding the best foreigner in the world. With 4 players coming from a community vote, 2 from an open bracket and a minimum prize pool of $2000 (increase from donations and indiegogo).

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Tuesday, Sep 30 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

TO ENTER, CLICK: HERE FOR THE BINARY BEAST SIGN UP!

The open bracket has a maximum of 1024 players, limited to Masters of above Non-Korean players. The qualifier will take place on the EU Server. The top two players from the qualifier will earn their spot in The Foreign Hope!

Round 1024 to 256 will be BO1.
Round 256 to QF will be BO3
SF will be BO5

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The voting poll was selected by the top 21 (most I can put in the poll) Non-Korean players in the WCS Global Ranking as of 17th Aug 2014. Voting Closed Sunday, Aug 31 9:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Invited players - Snute, Bunny, Nerchio & Scarlett

VOTE RESULTS
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Invites will be given to the top 4 in the vote, then if declined offered to 5th,6th etc. I will update this post when invited players have accepted!




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THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY - so I am going to let you all vote on the format of the tournament. There are two options, each with benefits and drawbacks that I have detailed below.

Both options will run over 3 days

Option 1: Massive round-robin group with all 6 players

Pros: Everyone plays everyone = no denying who is the best.

Cons: Someone could win before the final game based on scores. A tie would have to be resolved with either map score or head to head (both have critics).

Option 2: Two round robin groups of 3 with 2 advancing. Day 3 would be an elimination bracket!

Pros: There would be a grand finals, potentially meaning more hype!

Cons: Not everyone would play everyone, meaning people could argue the "best" player didn't win?

THE VOTE (in spoiler tag)

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Poll: What format would you like the tournament to use?

6 players in large round robin group (369)
 
88%

2 groups of 3 into elimination bracket (48)
 
12%

417 total votes

Your vote: What format would you like the tournament to use?

(Vote): 6 players in large round robin group
(Vote): 2 groups of 3 into elimination bracket




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The prize pool started at $2000. This is from a combination of money I have put in myself from my twitch channel subs and donations as well as 2 current sponsors. If you would like to see this prize pool raised - here is how!

Donate via PayPal

Current Prize Pool = $2368.36

1st = 50% = $1184.18
2nd = 25% = $592.09
3rd 4th = 10% = $236.83
5th 6th = 2.5% = $59.2

As donations from my channel go towards putting on more events - from now until the event goes live ALL donations I receive will go to increasing the prize pool (stops 30th Sept - futher contributions go towards future events). I will also keep below a list of all the people who contribute more than $50, in order of how much they have contributed. If you would like to be on this list - leave a note on the donation paypal link with the name you want!


  1. Let's Kung Fu! Twitter YouTube - $1000
  2. Madals - $1000
  3. Aggro.gg - Website Twitter - $250



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I'm not a saint and do need to eat / get paid for the amount of time I put into this event. Donations go towards the event prize pool, but I will be taking the ad revenue I generate from the event to pay myself and any other casters I get involved. If I am able to secure sponsorship from companies / anyone specifically donates to me (and they say that in the donation) then I will make some more from that


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Faefae
Profile Joined June 2014
2203 Posts
August 17 2014 16:12 GMT
#2
Top 4 foreigners = Vortix, Snute, Bunny, SEn ?
ForGG. 29/11/2014
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
August 17 2014 16:34 GMT
#3
On August 18 2014 01:12 Faefae wrote:
Top 4 foreigners = Vortix, Snute, Bunny, SEn ?


I'd say Scarlett over Vortix, but then again I really haven't seen Vortix play lately.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
Faefae
Profile Joined June 2014
2203 Posts
August 17 2014 16:45 GMT
#4
On August 18 2014 01:34 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2014 01:12 Faefae wrote:
Top 4 foreigners = Vortix, Snute, Bunny, SEn ?


I'd say Scarlett over Vortix, but then again I really haven't seen Vortix play lately.

Yeah i wasn't thinking about Scarlett.. I think Snute/Vortix/Scarlett are very close skill wise
ForGG. 29/11/2014
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
August 17 2014 16:48 GMT
#5
So four votes will be Snute, Bunny, Scarlett and Major/Vortix?

Sounds good to me so far!
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
August 17 2014 16:51 GMT
#6
welmu really guys? sen deserves this way more imo. but then again the downside of the community vote can clearly be seen
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
August 17 2014 16:53 GMT
#7
No Xenocider? This is a farce
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Gunesh
Profile Joined December 2013
Switzerland1 Post
August 17 2014 16:59 GMT
#8
it would have been better if one could vote for four players instead of one i think.
madals
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom624 Posts
August 17 2014 17:00 GMT
#9
On August 18 2014 01:59 Gunesh wrote:
it would have been better if one could vote for four players instead of one i think.

Would have been - but not something I could do with the poll option without making 4 polls etc
Caster: @Madals91 http://www.youtube.com/Madals91 <--
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7104 Posts
August 17 2014 17:00 GMT
#10
Votes for Welmu!!!
pro cheese woman / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
August 17 2014 17:02 GMT
#11
Come on guys, Jim is probably the best foreigner protoss right now, vote for Jim!
very illegal and very uncool
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-17 17:06:07
August 17 2014 17:05 GMT
#12
On August 18 2014 02:02 argonautdice wrote:
Come on guys, Jim is probably the best foreigner protoss right now, vote for Jim!

The vote is a popularity contest, not a judge of actual skill. That's what the open bracket is for.
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
GlideStarcraft
Profile Joined September 2013
Israel11 Posts
August 17 2014 17:18 GMT
#13
Major 100%
Innovation smells flowers
mikumegurine
Profile Joined May 2013
Canada3145 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-08-17 17:35:05
August 17 2014 17:31 GMT
#14
so the poll is a popularity poll and not determine who is the best foreigner ok

cause only the #1 spot is accurate, and this poll isnt accurate beyond #1

for example, all the people who vote Snute, might have a different 2nd and 3rd place in mind, but they can only vote once for #1





Squat
Profile Joined September 2013
Sweden7978 Posts
August 17 2014 17:31 GMT
#15
No scoobers? I call shenanigans.
"Digital. They have digital. What is digital?" - Donald J Trump
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
August 17 2014 17:34 GMT
#16
On August 18 2014 02:05 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 18 2014 02:02 argonautdice wrote:
Come on guys, Jim is probably the best foreigner protoss right now, vote for Jim!

The vote is a popularity contest, not a judge of actual skill. That's what the open bracket is for.

I see...
*posts on neotv
very illegal and very uncool
TBone-
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2309 Posts
August 17 2014 17:35 GMT
#17
So where do I get to vote for MajOr?
Eve online FC, lover of all competition
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
August 17 2014 17:35 GMT
#18
On August 18 2014 02:31 Squat wrote:
No scoobers? I call shenanigans.

Scoobers is basically kespa
very illegal and very uncool
argonautdice
Profile Joined January 2013
Canada2719 Posts
August 17 2014 17:35 GMT
#19
On August 18 2014 02:35 TBone- wrote:
So where do I get to vote for MajOr?

In the poll?
very illegal and very uncool
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7104 Posts
August 17 2014 17:47 GMT
#20
Why does Nerchio have more votes than Welmu :DD
pro cheese woman / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia
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