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As I mentioned in my tweet the other day, I've decided to hold a little invitational tournament for the players who got DQ'd from the PyeongChang tournament due to possible WESG schedule conflicts.
When?
Friday, Dec 22 and Saturday, Dec 23. Start time both days is 2PM Pacific.
Groups on Friday. Semi-finals and Finals on Saturday.
Where?
It will be on my twitch channel: http://www.twitch.tv/filthyrake
Who?
Neeb, puCK, SpeCial, Scarlett, JonSnow, KelaZhur
Casters?
This event is being cast by the awesome Gauntlet folks.
Format?
2 3-player Round Robin Groups. Top 2 players from each advance to Bo5 semi-finals, followed by Bo7 finals.
Groups?
Group 1:
SpeCial
Scarlett
puCK
Group 2:
Neeb
KelaZhur
JonSnow
Prize Pool?
As of the time of this writing, we are up to $2,590 on our Matcherino page (holy cow you are a generous community)! If you would also like to contribute to the prize pool, do so here: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/9280/
Breakdown for payout is: 40%/20%/12.5%/12.5%/7.5%/7.5%
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Canada8988 Posts
When?
January 1st to January 4th.
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Ya know, there is a lack of double-elimination online tournaments in StarCraft these days... *wink wink* 
Awesome to hear the Gauntlet dudes are into it. Looking forward to hearing when it'll happen! Fingers and toes crossed for no scheduling predicaments too!
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Double Elimination would be best to extend out the entire tournament.
Also may bring extra Hype!
Also Also: Let's try to get scheduled Player Interviews during down time or something.
Let's make this the most hyped professional invitational ever!
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If it is only 4 players (Neeb, SpeCial, Scarlett, and JonSnow), you might as well go best of 5 in the first round then best of 7 for the final.
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On December 13 2017 11:06 Boggyb wrote:
If it is only 4 players (Neeb, SpeCial, Scarlett, and JonSnow), you might as well go best of 5 in the first round then best of 7 for the final.
If it were only 4 players, I think a BO5 round robin then 1st and 2nd play a BO7 for the finals would make for a more thrilling tournament. :thinking:
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When?
Great question! I dont know yet! Stay tuned, we are working on that bit.
Wouldn't it be funny if this tournament was ruined by player's conflicting schedules
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Wow a meme tournament, like it
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Thanks for doing this, I appreciate it.
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Will contribute some tonight. Didn't see this was a thing until now (though saw it mentioned).
Great initiative, FilthyRake.
Edit: donated 
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Like I said - format is still being nailed down. We'll find something fun and worthwhile, given the fairly low number of players
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Can't wait
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You are awesome for doing this and so are all the peeps that donated <3
On December 13 2017 08:01 Nakajin wrote:
When?
January 1st to January 4th.
Is this official?
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Canada8988 Posts
On December 14 2017 20:44 AlgeriaT wrote:You are awesome for doing this and so are all the peeps that donated <3 Is this official?
No it was suppose to be a joke with th WESG dates but I can't read 
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the Prize Pool is up to $2,650! You guys are nuts, and amazing
I've updated the OP with an almost-locked-down player list.
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lol, this is great. Thanks for hosting! Gogo Scarlett!
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Hey guys, if you all havent seen:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/7k1caf/update_on_the_iem_pyeongchang_na_qualifier/
Apollo has released a statement for the IEM Qualifier thing. This is great news for all the DQd players!
That said..... I am planning to still continue forward with the tournament. No change of plans on my side.
If anyone has questions, please feel free to ask.
edit: any backers who want to be refunded, let me know and I should be able to do that via matcherino. But this must be done PRIOR to the event.
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I definitely think you should still do it, but maybe just make it an open Americas tournament now instead?
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Make it:
"I Got DQ'd From PyeongChang or I Wished I Had Been"
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