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Week 4 Brackets up! Check them out here!.
Replay pack from week 1 now available here!
Replay pack from week 2 now available here and here!
Thanks to del for all his help and Pholon, Sarge and Derre for theirs. Upgraded graphics courtesy of the lovely Disciple.
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Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the inaugural StarCraft 2, British & Irish Open!
The B&I Open will be a weekly event for anyone living in the British Isles. Held every Thursday at 7pm from the 6th of May with a Grand Finals every 5th event, we hope to unite the scene and create a solid foundation for future events like LANs, show matches and some oh so secret international events!
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GRAND FINALS: Thursday June 3rd 19:00 BST
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To SIGN UP
Post the following details in this thread:
ID:
Country:
County:
Race:
Current League:
Any ranks of player are encouraged to join! Even if you are a new player, we urge you to play in our events.
Only residents of the British Isles are eligible to enter. If you have emigrated elsewhere and wish to participate, please PM me.
All the spots taken? Why not become an admin? PM me!
All the spots taken? Why not become an admin? PM me!
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The Games are held in a simple Best of 1 bracket until the Round of 4, when Best of 3s will be played. There will be a best of 3 3rd Place Playoff and a Best of 5 finals. The winner will then be entered directly into the Monthly Grand Finals. If the same player wins again, second place will be awarded the spot in the finals and so on. Information about the Grand Finals will be announced nearer the time and we are hoping to have some prizes available.
Note, the early round formats may change to make the tournament more run more smoothly
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- Date: Every Thursday from 6th May-3rd June
- Time: 7:00pm BST
- Players: 64 player maximum
- Location: European SC2 Bnet servers.
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (BO1 until Final 4, Bo3 semis and 3rd place, Bo5 finals).
- Admins: flicky.fij, Vilda.vilda
- Prizes: Winner gains a place in the monthly Grand Final
- IRC: #B&I-SC2 on Quakenet. Webclient link here
- Liquipedia 2:
First B&I Open - Replay Submissions:: Players must submit their replays to Brit.sc2(at)googlemail.com
- Livestream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=TotalBiscuit
The player limit will likely be adjusted depending on various factors including demand and complexity.
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Players must read and accept the rules if they are to play in this tournament
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- Players must check in by messaging an Admin on Bnet 2.0 at least 30 minutes before the tournament is live.
- Maps for the Best of 1 will be randomly generated from by an Admin. Maps for the Best of 3 will be pre-determined.
- Observers must receive permission from both players. The must be set to Spectator.
- Winners will report the results to an admin. In the event of an issue, replays must be supplied to an admin by the winning player by emailing them to "brit.sc2(at)googlemail.com". The winning player will then be directed to a new lobby by an admin.
- Players will have 10 minutes to join a waiting lobby. If they cannot be contacted in the 10 minute period, the game will be forfeited.
- If a player does not start a game within 10 minutes of their opponent joining, they will forfeit the game to the other player.
- If a player disconnects within the first two minutes, the game will be replayed upon reconnection. The above rules still apply in this case.
- The 10 minute waiting period may be extended or shortened at the discretion of an admin.
- If a player disconnects after this time, the player who has disconnected will forfeit.
- Players must alert their opponent in the event of a pause. They must gain permission to un-pause the game and give a 3 second countdown.
- External programmes such as Map-Hacks are strictly disallowed.
- Players who attempt to play without checking in will be disqualified from the event upon discovery.
In the event of an issue or complaint, you can contact an Admin. Admins have the power to disqualify players for the rest of the tournament if deemed necessary.
Grand Finals Prizes
Oh yes, this is the news some of you have been waiting for, the prizes for our Grand Final winners. I've looked around for some cool prizes that will help progress our players and our scene alongside normal things, so here are the current prizes (subject to change):
3rd Place: £15
2nd Place: £30
1st Place: £45, A place in the international iCCup TV League and your very own featured Liquipedia player page as made by myself AND a spot in the future UK&Ireland A-team.
Not only do you get a little bit of cash in your pocket, but with a spot in the ITL you'll get viewers from all over and a chance to prove yourself on an international level and with a Liquipedia page you get to sit alongside
DeMusliM as a representative for the UK or Ireland. As UK&Ireland's top player, you may also get the chance to star in showmatches with top players from other countries.(In the event that a player is already in the ITL, then we will most likely put 2nd place in to join them)
If you wish to sponsor this event and add to the prize pool or have any questions about these prizes and what not, just PM me or post here.
I hope you guys like these prizes!
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I am obviously in need of more help with this. If you wish to help out with graphics, or want to stream or admin these events, please PM me!
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Thanks to help from Vilda, I'm pleased to annouce a simple IRC channel: #B&I-SC2. It will be a community channel for everyone involved in the scene to join. You can use it to search for games, talk strategies and I'll announce events there, the usual IRC thing. Nothing too special. But a weblink is below! I hope to see you guys there.
http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=B&I-SC2
#B&I-SC2 on quakenet
#B&I-SC2 on quakenet
There we have it! I look forward to a large number of people competing in this and I hope it becomes a strong foundation that we can build on!
Original Announcement:
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Thanks to del for all his help and Pholon, Sarge and Derre for theirs. Upgraded graphics courtesy of the lovely Disciple.
I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.
Linford Christie
Linford Christie
For talent to flourish regular practice is vital - be it meetings for athletes or tournaments for eSports. I feel that the core element of the above quote can be translated into many different activities and it still ring true. It’s time for this to change. With your help I hope we can truly create and promote the Great British and Irish StarCraft scene.
I’ve been following various eSports since 2006, been playing Brood War since 2007 and been following the StarCraft pro-scene since 2008. Throughout this time there has been a very small number of LAN parties and online tournaments. This has resulted in a very broken and unfocused StarCraft scene across the British Isles. I’m sure that I’m not the only person that has noticed this, but I plan to action changes that will prevent this from being the case in the future. I started off by hosting a TSL finals meet in February 2010. I was expecting a small number of people to show up, but the response I got was phenomenal. People travelled long distances by train and coach just to come and meet other players and fans. This was the event that proved to me there is a community buried somewhere out there. It’s time that StarCraft takes Britain by storm. I have big plans for this but we need the manpower to secure a solid foundation before any of this can happen.
I’ve taken it upon myself to start this uprising. How?
The very first StarCraft 2 beta tournament for all British and Irish players is approaching. Regardless of the skill level of participants, any British or Irish player is encouraged to enter the tournament to help prove that StarCraft is alive here.
Well what are we waiting for? Tally-ho chaps.
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