EPTDate: June 17th
Starting Time: 4 PM EST
Prize pool: $150 first place, $50 second place
Casters: Sugar and Ares
Admins: Sugar, Ares, TBD
Chat channel: PSISTM2v2
Server: All games are to be played on the NA server, unless both teams agree to play on a different server.
Signups: This is an open arranged team tournament. Any two players may sign up to play at http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/efgVwOe3IR. Please register an account and choose the “Sign up with an Alternate Name” option. THIS IS BELOW THE BIG BLUE SIGN UP BUTTON. Please format your name as: Player1/Player2/Race1Race2.
Ex) Ares/Sugar/RT.
If you run into problems registering, please email: grantriew@gmail.com.
All combinations are welcome (PP, PT, PZ, TT, TZ, ZZ, PR, TR, ZR, RR). Players are allowed to change their race in between games, but they must notify their opponents before doing so.
Creating Games: Check-ins begin at 3:30 PM EST. Join channel PSISTM2v2 on Battle.net. Remain in the channel for the entire tournament. No barcode or smurf accounts, please.
Rules:
Format: BO3 until semi-finals. BO5 for semi-finals and finals. Each team vetoes one map until there is one map remaining, which will be the starting map. From then on, loser picks map.
Map Pool: Fields of Death, Wolfe Industries Compound, Sludge City, Magma Mines, Crystal Pools, Infestation, Distant Plane
Misc:
If you cannot contact your opponents for 10 minutes, please notify an admin.
Breaks in between games (in a series) may last no longer than 5 minutes
If a player drops, the game must be recovered 10 seconds before the drop
If a player pauses, they must state the reason, and approximate time table for the pause (no longer than 3 minutes). The person must ask if all players are ready and receive responses from all players before resuming.
Please report your scores on challonge after the match. For any conflicts, please contact an admin.
Laddering during the tournament: Teams are allowed to ladder during the tournament in order to practice and warm up, but if the opposing team is ready to play, they must leave the game immediately in order to expedite the tournament process. Players who fail to return within 3 minutes of being messaged in a match will be disqualified.
Cheating/Mannerisms: No stream cheating or hacking is allowed. If players are caught cheating, they will be immediately disqualified from the tournament and forever shunned and ostracized from the starcraft community! Please be mannered in your play. The only typing that may go on during the game (aside from ally chat), is GLHF at the start, or GG (WP, etc) at the end.
TEAM PAGE info (for latest update): http://psistorm.com/main/psistm_2v2/
TL Thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/510099-psistorm-2v2-tournament
Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/PSISTORM_2v2
Bracket: http://challonge.com/psistm2v2
Games will be streamed at: https://www.twitch.tv/psistormgaming
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out:
Emails: ahkim1994@yahoo.com, grantriew@gmail.com
Bnet IDs: Sugar.953, Ares.1241
We hope to see a lot of teams sign up! Best of luck to everyone!
-Sugar and Ares
