EPTWhat: TCO - Twin Cities Open 2nd 1v1 tournament (2 separate tournament brackets: bronze-plat and diamond-masters)
Where: LAN world Gaming 2645 White Bear Ave #3, Maplewood, MN 55109 (right off County Road C near Maplewood mall)
When: Saturday, Jul 30 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Doors open at 10am and we suggest to show up at 10-10:30am CDT to set up/finalize registration. We will continue to accept registrations we reach 40 participants or 11am the day of the tournament (whichever comes first). If you do not show up by 11am CDT your reserved spot will be given away to our waiting list. Opening matches will begin promptly at 12pm!
Cost: 10$ registration fee for participants and a 5$ suggested donation for spectators. This is a bring your own computer event however 8 computers are available for rent for 20$ you need to reserve one when you register for the event.
What to bring:
Computer
Monitor *LCD/flat-screen preferred* (uses less power)
Cords for computer and monitor
Power Strip /Surge protector
keyboard
Mouse
Mouse Pad
Headset
An Ethernet cable (10ft)
Registration Fee (10$)
Computer rental fee (20$ only if your renting a computer for the event)
Why:
Why not! Prizes, raffle, friends, fun, and PIZZA! For those of you who attended the first tournament you can agree with me here
There's a lot of networking, finding new practice partners, the chance to try casting, great starcraft play, and a chance to win a drawing at the end! We gave about 200$+ in prizes and free pizza with about 54 people participating and about 65 total with spectators. We are capping registration at 40 because we want players and spectators to be comfortable and to minimize power usage issues which occurred the last TCO. Here are some pictures from the last TCO tournament.Tournament details:
The tournament will follow similar setup as the last TCO with a few minor changes. Signup fee is still 10$ doors open at 10am registration ends at 11am or when 40 players have signed up (whichever comes first). If you received a coupon for a discount from the last LAN please remember to bring it! If you do not wish to bring your own computer you can rent one for 20$. We are limiting registration to the first 40 people (last time we almost didn't have enough space). Registration is first come first serve. If you wish to register send an e-mail to routinetrafficstop@gmail.com subject "TCO registration" Please add your name, number, either your real id or char name and code, and your league i.e. gold/masters etc. Let me know if you wish to rent a LWG computer (20$) in the e-mail and if you wish to reserve a spot/computer for a friend(s) (2 max) please include their information as well. If you are lacking the information your spot will not be held. If 40 spots are filled and you wish to be put on a waiting list for no-shows/drops let me know. Important if you are not at LAN World Gaming by 11am your spot will be given away to someone on the waiting list. Note we prefer you show up around 10-10:30am to help set up/so we can start on time. We will have select matches streamed live through the day and we will be able to let a few people try out casting if they wish. Check out the stream at http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/routinetrafficstop
Tournament format:
The tournament follows standard double elimination format. Each round is Bo3 until the finals which will be Bo5. Each round in the winners bracket and elimination bracket will have a set map for the first game, subsequent games thereafter will be loser picks. After a match is completed we will have a website where you report results and they will be updated and posted online and on my designated laptop so we have a visible up to date bracket to keep the tournament flowing.
The map pool:
The pool includes some of the old/new blizzard maps and a few GSL/MLG maps: Xel'Naga Caverns, Shakuras Plateau, Metalopolis, The Shattered Temple, Backwater Gulch, Bel'Shir Beach (xel naga tower version), Testbug MLG, Typhon Peaks, Terminous RE, Dual Sight, Crevasse, and Tal'Darim Altar.
Here is the starting map for each round (for upper/elimination brackets both). R1: Xel'Naga Caverns R2: Metalopolis R3: Dual Sight R4: Testbug each round after these will repeat in order i.e. R5 = Xel'Naga Caverns R6: Metalopolis etc...
(remember losing player picks the next map)
*note* these 4 rotating maps are great ones to practice for the event. Also to simplify there will be no map veto's/exclusions.
Breakdown of prize money/donations:
1/2 of entry fee goes to the prize pool. 60% of the pool goes to the diamond-masters bracket with 40% of the pool going to the bronze-plat bracket. The prizes will be given out in the form of visa/mc gift cards.
Example With a 200$ prize pool (anticipated but not guaranteed - any differences in the pool will be adjusted proportionally to the diagram below)
Diamond-Masters
1st: $60
2nd: $40
3rd: $20
Bronze-Platinum
1st: $40
2nd: $25
3rd: $15
All donations will be split between providing more pizza, raffle prizes, and increased tournament placement prizes (unless the donor specifies the donation to go to a raffle prize or a alternate prize like the top finishing bronze/silver player for example)
Raffle:
Last TCO we had a raffle at the end of the tournament for people who showed their support and stayed for the whole day. We gave away 2 20$ best buy gift cards. However the raffle is totally dependent upon donations received by participants/spectators.
Pizza/soda pop:
We will also take donations for Pizza as well. Due to my finances I will not be able to spend as much on pizza out of my own pocket like I did before so if you want pizza I suggest to chip in a few bucks. We will get as many 5$ little Caesars pizzas we can get with whatever is chipped in. I will however be providing pop for free like last time. LWG also has pop and snacks available for sale.
Final notes:
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask! PM me or email me (routinetrafficstop@gmail.com subject "TCO ?").
Thank you so much for coming. I want to give a special thanks to everyone who helped at the last event! I am still looking for a couple of co-casters and a few volunteers to help set up and tear down. We always accept donations for pizza and the raffle/drawing at the end of the night. If you have any questions or wish to make a donation/volunteer to help with the event email me at routinetrafficstop@gmail.com
Below in the spoiler tag a color flyer and a black and white flyer for the event.
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P.S. LAN World Gaming is hosting a League of Legends tournament July 9th and still have spots open info here : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147390341997429
