- Games will be played on NA server, open to all M + GM's
- Chance to win $10 just for playing
- $280 prizepool
- 1st + 2nd earn a seeding into the SEA Star League Season 2, $1,130, 16 player Double Elimination event
The time has come, where every 3rd month, we invite players from all around the globe to come play against the best SEA has to offer. We hope this brings greater exposure to the SEA scene, and gives some of our players opportunities not always available to them. We are confident many of our players can compete against the worlds best, and as a result we'll have plenty of high quality games for the spectators to enjoy.
This Masters Cup shall also act as the first NA open qualifier for our new season of the SEA Star League, a $1,130 prize pool, 16 player double elimination tournament. The top two players from this event earn seeding into the SEASL. Additional info can be found here.
The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament. $140 prize on offer to the winner, $70 2nd prize, $30 3rd. Plus $30 to the highest placed SEA player. $280 prize pool total*! This event is sponsored by FaDeBadger, Eddie and sc2sea.com
Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me. Masters Cup usually gets around 10000+ viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region. Our last few Cups have had 13000+ viewers!
$10 free prize just for playing + Show Spoiler +
$10 just for joining this Masters Cup!!
One lucky participant shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, or a couple beers, etc, just for playing some sc2! Even if you are eliminated early be sure to stick around, watch the high quality games, and listen out for who will win (It may well be you!). Purpose of this is to encourage player participation, and offer a small reward for those who fail to place, as every game is of a high level. Depending upon future donations/sponsorship this may continue or be replaced by some other sort of prize, eg hardware. It shall be trialed this Masters Cup, as always, feedback welcomed. The prize draw shall be done live on stream using http://www.random.org/. If the number generated, matches your randomly seeded number on challonge.com, you're the winner! (Except if you no showed and got walked over in the early rounds, then we'll redraw, as it is designed to reward participants)
Tournament Details - Masters Cup #15
Date: Sunday, 8th April, 2012
Time: International: (Sun) 1:00am PST/LA, 4:00am EST/NY, 9:00am GMT/London, (Sun) 12:00pm MSD/Moscow
SEA: 6:00pm AEST, 5:00pm KR, 4:00pm SGT
[your timezone 0000 PDT[local]]
Location: NA Battle.net
Tournament Eligibility: You must be in Masters or Grand Masters League on any server. Lower players will be disqualified.
How to Sign Up: Post your NA ID + account most known by (eg SEA, KR, EU ID) + country (either icon or text is fine). Example: rainbow.766 - ST_RainBOw - Korea
Prizes: Winner gets the $140 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $70 for 2nd, $30 to 3rd *Prize pool may increase
- $30 also to the highest placing SEA player
- 1st + 2nd earn a seeding into the SEA Star League Season 2, $1,130, 16 player Double Elimination event
There is also a lucky draw prize! One lucky person shall get $10 just for joining!
Battle.net Chat Channel: "sc2seaMC" (used for tournament day)
Referees: FaDeEdOne.139, TAXanT.665
Livestreams for Masters Cup #15
A:http://www.twitch.tv/dox_au
B:http://www.twitch.tv/systemtv
Map Pool
The first map of each round is pre-determined and outlined in the following list. The losing player will decide the subsequent map. The map pool is as follows:
Ro256: Cloud Kingdom LE (B01 no 2nd game) (R1 on bracket)
Ro128: WCG Anitga Shipyard (B01 no 2nd game) (R2 on bracket)
Ro64: WCG Metalopolis (B01 no 2nd game) (R3 on bracket)
Ro32: GSL Daybreak (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro16: GSL Metropolis (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Ro8: GSTL Dual Site (B03) (R6 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version) (B03)
Finals: WCG Shakuras Plateau (B05)
(3rd Place Match WCG Shakuras Plateau, B03)
Loser can pick from any the following maps:
WCG Metalopolis, WCG Shakuras Plateau, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, WCG Shattered Temple, GSL Metropolis, Cloud Kingdom LE, GSTL Dual Site, WCG Anitga Shipyard, GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version)
* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. 2 vetos are allowed in the B05 final. First game cannot be vetoed.
Signups close at 5pm AEST/3pm SG on Sun 8 April, brackets to be posted on challonge.com shortly after.
The top 16 seeds shall be selected by highest current SEA ladder rank
Sign up here, or on sc2sea