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TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 11 2011 16:45 GMT

Thanks for coming out everyone! We hope you all had fun!

Sponsored by NOS Energy, Major League Gaming, Oak Street Textbooks, Student Union and Activities, Minnesota Student Association, and MTech

Teh Pwn Gaming Club at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities is happy to announce they will be holding a Starcraft 2 Tournament. Unlike our previous 2v2 event, this one will focus on more competitive 1v1 play and will have a larger prize pool. Registration is available here, and details are as follows:

Where:
The tournament will be in the Science Teaching and Student Services Center on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus. This tournament will be run in two side-by-side rooms equipped with 12 TVs in each room and 2 projectors. One room is designated for in-tournament play only and the other room will be used for serving refreshments and watching live games with commentary.

When:
Saturday April 23rd from 11am - 2am on Sunday April 24th.
Check-in will begin at 9:30am and the tournament will start at exactly 11:00am. If you are not checked in and completely set-up by 11:00am then you will be dropped from the tournament.

Maps:
Xel Naga Caverns
Shakuras Plateau
Metalopolis
ICCUP Sanshorn Mists
Scrap Station
Terminus RE
Crevasse
Tal'Darim Altar
Crossfire

Tournament Format:
Six (6) to eight (8) rounds of “powered” placement matches are guaranteed for all attendants. For those not familiar with debate or similar tournaments, for each placement match individuals with the best records will be paired against one another, as will individuals with the worst records. Besides letting everyone play more games, it eliminates the luck of getting good or bad seeds and determines the best players in the pool the most quickly.

The placement matches will be best of three games. The first map will be announced before each round, and loser picks to determine the second and third maps. Finals and semifinals will be best of five.

After the placement rounds, the top 8 ranked players will be seeded into a single elimination tournament.

Players must bring their own computers and Ethernet cables. If you require more than one power jack please bring your own power strip as no more than one will be available per computer. Speakers will not be allowed, please bring headphones if you would like sound.

Registration:
Ninety-Six (96) registration spots available for this tournament. Registration is limited to only Masters, Diamond and Platinum level players.

$10 dollar registration fee for U of M students; $15 for non-U of M students. All fees must be paid through PayPal as part of the registration process. Cash will not be accepted at the door.

Registration will be open from 6:00am on February 23rd and will close at 12:00am on April 9th. Please follow this link to the registration form http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tehpwngc/events.html

Prizes:
The prize pool will consist of $500+ dollars worth of prizes. Due to University of Minnesota regulations, prizes cannot be cash. Instead, Amazon gift cards and gaming merchandise will be awarded to the top 8 players. This prize pool may get bigger as we're waiting to hear back from Steelseries, Thermaltake, OCZ, Gigabyte, Razer and other gaming companies

Prizes will be awarded as follows:
1st Place- $250
2nd Place- $150
3rd Place- $50
4th Place - $25
5th Place - $25

Spectators:
There will be a spectating area where individuals who are not registered to play, were eliminated, or are not currently playing are able to watch the games live.

Spectating is FREE.

At this point, the games will be commentated by members of the U of M CSL team unless an appropriately qualified volunteer from the community is interested in offering their services.

We currently have two extra large room in STSS reserved. One room will be dedicated to tournament play while the other room will have live games casted on 12 televisions and 2 projector screens! In addition, we will have gaming stations available as well as all of the NOS Energy drink you can handle! Tons and tons of free swag will be given out so come out and join in on the fun!

Parking:
Parking is available at the East River Road Garage and meters are also available around the building.

Additional Information:
STSS is set to close at 4pm and the door will automatically be locked past this time. To help out with this problem, we will have staff at the doors between 7:00pm-7:30pm and again from 9:00pm-9:30 pm.

Refunds:
Refunds will not be given after a registration form has been submitted. Please make sure that you are able to attend the event prior to submitting a registration form. Since we have posted this event two months in advanced, we hope that all registrants will make this event a priority!

The 2v2 tournament we held last semester was a lot of fun and we had a great turn out. We anticipate this tournament will be even better, so sign up soon. Sadly, due to logistical concerns, we had to turn people down last tournament, and we will do so again once the slots are all full. Please feel free to contact Teh Pwn Gaming with any questions or concerns at tehpwngc@umn.edu.

Deindar

United States302 Posts

March 12 2011 22:00 GMT

God damn, I am so pumped for this! Spectating in the STSS is going to be awesome! That is if I have any time to watch, seeing as how I'll be winning.

BTW - If anyone from the U wants to practice some, PM me!

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 13 2011 03:30 GMT

On March 13 2011 07:00 Deindar wrote:
God damn, I am so pumped for this! Spectating in the STSS is going to be awesome! That is if I have any time to watch, seeing as how I'll be winning.

BTW - If anyone from the U wants to practice some, PM me!

Hey Deindar, it looks like you've paid the registration fee but haven't actually submitted a registration form yet. Please follow this link to do so:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/umn.edu/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFFKaXBoQ1VGQUN1OGU3OVhFV1ZpWGc6MQ#gid=0/

HigaraUMN

United States18 Posts

March 13 2011 03:59 GMT

Hey, good to see this. I had an awesome time at the 2v2 tourney in October.

It's also great to see another small tournament breaking away from Blizzard maps! This is definitely the direction we as a community need to go if we don't want to wait on Blizzard time for new variety every six months.

So, question about the powered placement matches: I like seeing someone trying out a MTG/Swiss style tournament, but I'm confused about the initial powering. Do I, as a Masters player, walk in with an even chance of playing anyone, or will I be matched against another Master first round?

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 13 2011 05:33 GMT

On March 13 2011 12:59 HigaraUMN wrote:
Hey, good to see this. I had an awesome time at the 2v2 tourney in October.

It's also great to see another small tournament breaking away from Blizzard maps! This is definitely the direction we as a community need to go if we don't want to wait on Blizzard time for new variety every six months.

So, question about the powered placement matches: I like seeing someone trying out a MTG/Swiss style tournament, but I'm confused about the initial powering. Do I, as a Masters player, walk in with an even chance of playing anyone, or will I be matched against another Master first round?

See here.

Specifically, where it says "the first round is either drawn at random or seeded according to some prior order, such as rating or last year's performance," we create the prior order by Platinum/Diamond/Masters placement (and randomized within those groups).

Smurfz

United States327 Posts

March 13 2011 06:35 GMT

any big names signed up?

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 13 2011 14:05 GMT

No one extremely huge quite yet but with 32 signed up and 45% in mid-high level masters, this will be a good show either way.

Smurfz

United States327 Posts

March 13 2011 17:42 GMT

if u PM me the names of some of the highest ranked guys joining i'd appreciate it DANKS MAN

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 13 2011 17:52 GMT

On March 14 2011 02:42 Smurfz wrote:
if u PM me the names of some of the highest ranked guys joining i'd appreciate it DANKS MAN

Sorry but player information will not be posted until registration closes!

tGFuRy

United States537 Posts

March 13 2011 22:39 GMT

#10

Should be tons of fun just like the 2v2 Tourney was. Definitely going again. xD

Ssok

United States51 Posts

March 14 2011 01:50 GMT

#11

Is there a way to get a confirmation email before the 1 week notice? I'm currently waiting for my paypal funds to transfer and didn't want to give up a spot.

Deindar

United States302 Posts

March 14 2011 02:01 GMT

#12

Hey thanks so much for the heads up. And it looks like you guys registered for me! You rock!

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 14 2011 02:07 GMT

#13

On March 14 2011 10:50 Ssok wrote:
Is there a way to get a confirmation email before the 1 week notice? I'm currently waiting for my paypal funds to transfer and didn't want to give up a spot.

It looks like you've already paid and we received it almost a week ago!

@Diendar, what do you mean it looks like we've already registered for you?

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 14 2011 04:44 GMT

#14

On March 14 2011 11:01 Deindar wrote:
Hey thanks so much for the heads up. And it looks like you guys registered for me! You rock!

Ah! I found your registration form but it seems like you registered back on 2/23/11! That's probably why you got a confirmation email

Deindar

United States302 Posts

March 14 2011 07:15 GMT

#15

Rofl, alright

Thought I did. It'll be awesome to at least watch the games once I get roflstomped out of the tourny

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 14 2011 13:09 GMT

#16

On March 14 2011 16:15 Deindar wrote:
Rofl, alright

Thought I did. It'll be awesome to at least watch the games once I get roflstomped out of the tourny

haha well we'll keep you entertained until the finals

We'll have 8-10 gaming stations available for people to play on or you can also move over your current system into the viewing room and start playing SC2 with others who have been eliminated! We'll have lots and lots of NOS to keep you running all night long.

Update: 42/98 registered with about 3 weeks to go!

Ransomvik

United States5 Posts

March 14 2011 15:23 GMT

#17

Awesome. Working feverishly on getting into platinum now. Hopefully will make it in time to register.
If not I'll just have to come and spectate.

Courbple

United States5 Posts

March 14 2011 17:09 GMT

#18

It's awesome that ya'll are working hard to put on a tourney here in Minnesota!!!

I'll try to work my way up to plat in the next week to hopefully play in it! Sounds like fun...

TehPwnGaming

United States111 Posts

March 16 2011 13:11 GMT

#19

We're working on livestream for those of you who are unable to attend but still want to watch!

Kflo

United States25 Posts

March 17 2011 01:40 GMT

#20

Can't wait to get owned at this!