EPTFXOpen Announcements
After the success of our past events and the establishment of the
FXOpen Invitational Series we are proud to make the following announcements.- FXOpen e-Sports has begun programming for an e-Sports TV platform. The platform will feature all FXOpen events, as well as various talk shows and other productions. It will also enable other tournament organisers to stream via a stable, high technology, platform without the hassle of web based streaming.
- FXOpen e-Sports tournament Ladder is now released. The ladder will be used for us to gauge which players will get an invite to our tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We have not released the prize money as yet, but it will be that of GSL or higher (sponsorships are already incoming so we will make a further announcement). We are looking at hosting this tournament around October-November. See an explanation of how the ladder will work in the spoiler below.+ Show Spoiler [Ladder Example] +Points will be awarded for tournament placings much like the ATP tennis rankings, with 750 points for first place, down to 8 points for participation. The player's total number of points accrued from tournament placings over a season (i.e. in the last 3-5 tournaments depending on season length) will contribute towards their ladder rank. As new seasons begin, older tournament results will cease to contribute so that only the last 3-5 most recent events count towards your points score.
A multiplier is also in effect that reduces your total by 10% each time you forfeit or no-show to an event that you promised attendance at. Currently the ladder looks something like this:![[image loading]](http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/384/fxoladder.png)
- FXOpen e-Sports new events. Weekly KOTH (including Korean players), the KOTH events allow players to gain points towards the FXOpen e-Sports tournament ladder as well as other prizes.
- FXOpen Invitational, Destination Korea Tournaments. In order to get some of the best names outside of Korea, to Korea, we will be hosting tournaments in which the first prize is a plane ticket to Korea. These tournaments will NOT have Korean players involved. *NOTE* This prize will only be a plane ticket, players with no intention on making it to korea will be requested to refuse their invitation. We will be taking PM’s for people who are interested in these tournaments soon when we announce the first one.
- FXOpen e-Sports talkshow, featuring FXOBOSs, FXOUnstable, FXOWolf and various guests, including some of your Korean favourites!
- FXOpen e-Sports website is nearly ready, on our website you will find replays, blogs, commentary and news regarding the company.
- FXOpen e-Sports TEAM HOUSE. We have found a property, its already owned by our company. It’s a large house just outside of Kuala Lumpur. It is the complete opposite of a Korean team house and is a more comfortable environment. We are now waiting for the occupants to move to their new place in the next 12 months (FXOMonarch is currently occupying it). If something changes in the company, this may change.
- FXOpen e-Sports studio, Kuala Lumpur. We are currently in the process of creating a gaming studio. We will test this with our technology and smaller local events before we run our larger globally broadcast event. We expect to have this completed by June.
- FXOpen e-Sports, FXOmOoNan joins the ranks. FXOmOoNan aka AllAboutYou has joined FXO and is hailing from New York. He is a well decorated brood war player and extremely good terran. We welcome him and are glad he signed up with us.
- FXOpen e-Sports, FXOWolf (Caster) joins the ranks. In order to provide superior streaming to our spectators we have signed up another caster to prevent any further issues. Unstable and Wolf are a great team and mould very well together.
GL HF all!
Regards
FXOBoss
