EPTI give you
The Arizona March Open
Where: Cyber Zone 4153 West Thunderbird Road Phoenix AZ
When Sunday March 20th, 2011 Check in begins at 11:00 AM First round beings at 12:00PM
Cost: $20 entry fee which covers the cost of computer rentals, tournament fees and prizes.
Cyber Zone is offering a 1$ an hour discounted rate to all tournament participants after the tournament is over if you wish to stay for some extra games.
Tournament Details: Prize pool will be based on the amount of people that attend the event. A minimum of $70 is guaranteed for the winner.
CyberZone is also providing Custom Dog Tags for the top 3 finishers in the tournament
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[/img]Edit 3/12: BYOC(Bring your own Computer) Cyberzone has plenty of room for BYOC, they have all the necessary things for it. So if you want your own machine please bring it.
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Rules and Regulations
Tournament format: The Arizona Craft Cup will be run in a swiss format. There is no elimination in a swiss format. There will be 4 rounds of bo3. Each round you will be paired with an opponent and given a random map to start. After the first round, the loser will pick the next map and so on till the bo3 is over. After the bo3 the top players will then be put into a bracket and will play out the finals rounds which will be in a bo5 format.
Tardy rule: Since we are running a swiss tournament, we cannot start a new round till all of the players have finished the current round. Any player who is more than 30 minutes late to a round will receive a forfeit loss for that round. No exceptions.
Map Pool will consist of the current map pool
-Xel Naga
-Delta Quadrant
-Backwater Gulch
-Metalopolis
-Slag Pits
-Typhon peaks
-The Shattered Temple
-Scrap Station
Technical Difficultys: Any drop occurring before the 10 minute mark will result in a rematch using the same map. Any other drop will be reviewed by the tournament admin.
Tournament Etiquette: Good tournament Etiquette will be required. Excessive profane language in an aggressive manner, any violence, or other similar behavior may result in disqualification.
Reporting Results: All tournament players are required to report their result. Failure to report a result may end up in a forfeit for that round.
Officiating: Tournament admins have authority over all decision making, all participants must obide by rules/decisions or they may face disqualification.
Tournament format: The Arizona Craft Cup will be run in a swiss format. There is no elimination in a swiss format. There will be 4 rounds of bo3. Each round you will be paired with an opponent and given a random map to start. After the first round, the loser will pick the next map and so on till the bo3 is over. After the bo3 the top players will then be put into a bracket and will play out the finals rounds which will be in a bo5 format.
Tardy rule: Since we are running a swiss tournament, we cannot start a new round till all of the players have finished the current round. Any player who is more than 30 minutes late to a round will receive a forfeit loss for that round. No exceptions.
Map Pool will consist of the current map pool
-Xel Naga
-Delta Quadrant
-Backwater Gulch
-Metalopolis
-Slag Pits
-Typhon peaks
-The Shattered Temple
-Scrap Station
Technical Difficultys: Any drop occurring before the 10 minute mark will result in a rematch using the same map. Any other drop will be reviewed by the tournament admin.
Tournament Etiquette: Good tournament Etiquette will be required. Excessive profane language in an aggressive manner, any violence, or other similar behavior may result in disqualification.
Reporting Results: All tournament players are required to report their result. Failure to report a result may end up in a forfeit for that round.
Officiating: Tournament admins have authority over all decision making, all participants must obide by rules/decisions or they may face disqualification.
Registration: I need you to post the following information in this thread as well as sending an email to abauten@asu.edu
Real name
User Name/Identifier
League/rating
Race
I am looking forward to this event!!!!!!!
I am getting some questions about how the finals are going to play out. So let me fill you in.
After the four rounds of swiss the top 6 players will make it into our ro6 playoff. The top two seeds of this 6 will get byes while the other 4 play off. Then the two top seeds play the winners of the other play off rounds. Then we will have our final.
Confirmed Players
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Philibird
sku
auto
IShowyoumagic
piro
Kraug
weaklink
Amalaxinaoum
Thebullfrog
Fliphated
StaticWater
EGIdra
yomoma
Pervect
Echoo
MrNefarious
ONEGatored
Boblhead
Stranix
Trogdor
Legless Puppy
FakeBoxer
Dez
Reapified
Scrog
Nrfmeplz
sku
auto
IShowyoumagic
piro
Kraug
weaklink
Amalaxinaoum
Thebullfrog
Fliphated
StaticWater
EGIdra
yomoma
Pervect
Echoo
MrNefarious
ONEGatored
Boblhead
Stranix
Trogdor
Legless Puppy
FakeBoxer
Dez
Reapified
Scrog
Nrfmeplz
but i do like the tags though 
