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It is that time again folks, where the top female games of starcraft 2 battle it out for become the official Iron Lady champion for the month of September. All eyes are on Daskura who put up on quite the showing and became the champion for the month of August. Expect Luway and Aurora to be top contenders for the title again!
Iron Lady Champion Cup 4
Top Coverage
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GoSu.Ayesee and GosuRedmage of team ItsGosu will be bringing you all the action up close and personal with their thoughts and analysis on the great games to come! Check it out at http://www.twitch.tv/itsgosu_sc2
Date of the Cup:
Cup 4 is set for September 17th and will begin at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST)
7:00 PM Central European Time (CEST)
Location:
The cup takes place online on the Battle.net US server. Anyone can play that has an account on that server.
Prizes:
1st place: $ 100
2nd place: $ 50
3rd place: $ 25
How to Sign up and Format Information!:
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Information:
You will register an account at National ESL; enter your game account, and proceed to click sign up on the cup. After that you will be contacted by email, and you will be provided with the option to join a Ventrilo server or communicate on Skype. During the verification process you may be asked several Starcraft 2 related questions in attempt to prove your understanding of the game as a real female player. Any suspicion of faking will prevent you from being accepted into the cup. Please, no trolls!
Proceed to Sign Up Here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/news/169266/
See current accepted members: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup4/database/members/*/
Brackets: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup4/rankings
Format:
The tournament will be double elimination. The cup starts with Best of 1 matches until the Semi Finals, then matches become Best 2 out 3.
How maps are selected:
Best of 1: Each player eliminates 4 maps from the map pool they they do not want to play on. The player with the higher seed goes first and then player 2 goes next, alternating until you each have picked 4 maps. The last map remaining will be the map you play on.
Best of 3 - Semi Finals and Finals: Each player eliminates 3 maps from the map pool. Player with the highest seed starts first. Of the 3 maps remaining, player with higher seed picks Map 1 for the series, then player 2 picks Map 2 for the series. The map remaining will be the 3rd Ace Map of the series.
Map Pool
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Abyssal Caverns
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Shakuras Plateau
Xel Naga Caverns
Tal'darim Altar LE
Nerazim Crypt
Antiga Shipyard
Typhon Peaks
You will register an account at National ESL; enter your game account, and proceed to click sign up on the cup. After that you will be contacted by email, and you will be provided with the option to join a Ventrilo server or communicate on Skype. During the verification process you may be asked several Starcraft 2 related questions in attempt to prove your understanding of the game as a real female player. Any suspicion of faking will prevent you from being accepted into the cup. Please, no trolls!
Proceed to Sign Up Here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/news/169266/
See current accepted members: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup4/database/members/*/
Brackets: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup4/rankings
Format:
The tournament will be double elimination. The cup starts with Best of 1 matches until the Semi Finals, then matches become Best 2 out 3.
How maps are selected:
Best of 1: Each player eliminates 4 maps from the map pool they they do not want to play on. The player with the higher seed goes first and then player 2 goes next, alternating until you each have picked 4 maps. The last map remaining will be the map you play on.
Best of 3 - Semi Finals and Finals: Each player eliminates 3 maps from the map pool. Player with the highest seed starts first. Of the 3 maps remaining, player with higher seed picks Map 1 for the series, then player 2 picks Map 2 for the series. The map remaining will be the 3rd Ace Map of the series.
Map Pool
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Abyssal Caverns
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Shakuras Plateau
Xel Naga Caverns
Tal'darim Altar LE
Nerazim Crypt
Antiga Shipyard
Typhon Peaks
Streams/Coverage:
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Facebook Communities:
Girls of Starcraft
ESL SC2 Female Gaming
Partners
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Not a female player but looking to help out? Join our staff by sending an application here
Links:
IronLadySc2.com
@IronLadyESL
Go4SC2 Cup Series
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