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[UPDATED] SoCal $6000 MSI Battlegrounds Casted by Day9

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greenforest
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-15 06:50:37
May 04 2012 01:05 GMT
#1
Eight players remain standing in MSI Battlegrounds. Day 2 will determine who walks home $3,000 richer, starting with (Z)Empire.viOLet vs (T)GoSu.STX, IMHardfOu (P)State vs (P)iS.Axslav in WR4; and Fabintegral vs (T)dSeleCT, (T)Empire.Beastyqt vs (T)GoSu.Rhythm in LR5.

Day 2 starts Sunday, May 13th 10AM Pacific Time with casters Day9, Gwin, Crota, and RaPiD!

Spectators Giveaways for MSI Battlegrounds on Sunday, May 13th

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    T-shirts
    1x CoolerMaster Computer case - CM Storm Trooper
    1x MSI Motherboard - Z77A-GD65
    1x Steelseries Mouse - Kinzu V2 Pro Edition Silver
    1x Steelseries headphones - 7H USB
    2x Steelseries headphones - Siberia V2
    1x CoolerMaster Laptop Cooler - CM Storm SF-19
    8x LEPA case fans - LPF08FLA (2-pack)
    4x Steelseries mousepad
    3x LEPA Harddrive enclosure
    4x MSI USB Drive - 4GB
    18x MSI Cups
    30x Battlefield 3 keys
    1x brand new, top of the line MSI Gaming Laptop

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So ya... you should totally swing by Ventura, CA and bring home a nice Mother's Day present.



BRACKET http://challonge.com/msibattlegrounds
STREAM http://twitch.tv/msistarcrafttv
ALBUMS Carlton Beener




MSI Battleground Tournament With Live Casting By Day[9]

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May 12-13th Starcraft and League of Legends gamers will converge upon Green Forest Cafe in Ventura, California to compete for over six thousand dollars in cash and hundreds more in great gaming accessories provided by MSI.

This open tournament allows you the opportunity to challenge top players like (T)dSeleCT, (Z)Empire.viOLet, and (T)GoSu.STX for the three thousand dollar top prize. Fan favorite Day[9] will be casting live from the venue as will Team Green Forest. Sixteen League of Legends teams will compete for the one thousand dollar top prize and bragging rights as MSI Battleground champions.

Register for tournament entry or free spectator admission at https://msibattlegrounds.eventbrite.com/?nomo=1 . Admission is free for spectators so those not wanting to throw their mouse into battle are encouraged to come and cheer on your favorite Protoss, Zerg or Terran player.

Bring you mouse and keyboard or just bring your friends and support SoCal eSports!

Date : May 12- May 13 10am-10pm
Location : Green Forest Cafe, 5936 Telegraph Rd, Ventura, CA 93003
Spectator Entry Fee : None!!
Registration Fee for Players: Starcraft II-$15(per player), League of Legends-$15(per player)

Accommodations:
Motel 6, 3075 Johnson Dr, Ventura, (805) 650‐0080 (Mention MSI Battlegrounds Tournament and receive a 10% discount)
Marriott Hotel, 2055 E Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001. 805-643-6000 (Mention MSI Battlegrounds Tournament and receive $20 discount)
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Prizes
Starcraft II
1st: $3000
2nd: $500+graphics card (VGA-R7950 Twin Frozr III)
3rd: $200+motherboard(Z77-GD65)
4th: CM Storm Series Trooper
5th: 1x HyperX 3K SSD 90gb Bundle
6th: 1x Cooler Master SF-19 Notebook Cooler Model
7th: HyperX 1600MHz 8gb Genesis kits
8th: 1x MSI 4GB Wind USB

Prize pot may increase

Registration

64 registered players + Show Spoiler [If more than 64 registered] +

We will hold an qualifier online prior to the event based on number of entries.
Players who advance through the qualifier will be eligible to play in the offline LAN.
Players who are eliminated by the online qualifier
- can receive a full refund by coming to Green Forest in person during the event
- given priority by online standing if stand-by spot become available
- If you did not pick up your refund in person. Please request for refund a week after the event to greenforestinc@gmail.com

$15 registration fee per player
Players who do not pay the registration fees at the time of registration will lose their spot in the tournament.
Players who do not make day 1 check-in time will lose their spot in the tournament and not receive a refund.

How to register

Registration by May 11th http://msibattlegrounds.eventbrite.com/

Map Pool
MLG Antiga Shipyard
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Daybreak
MLG ESV ClouD Kingdom
MLG Tal'Darim Altar
MLG Metropolis
MLG Entombed Valley

Streaming Info
http://www.twitch.tv/MSIstarcraftTV
Casted by Day9, Gwin, and Crota.

Starcraft 2 Schedule
Day 1: 64-man double elimination, best of 3 matches. Ends the day with Losers Round 6 and Winners Round 4.
Day 2: Continued. Final will be best of 7. Only final match will be an extended series.

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General Rules
+ Show Spoiler +
1. The latest official patch version will be used at event.
2. In the case of a computer/monitor malfunction, the game will be restarted from the beginning.
3. During schedule Warm-up periods the winner can stay, but the loser must get up.
4. Players may be disqualified if they leave their station without the admin's permission, or are otherwise unable to play.
5. Players may pause the game only with an admin's permission.
6. Players displaying poor sportsmanship will be disqualified (Looking at opponent's screen or project, chatting with friends or any signs of cheating)
7. Winners of each match should report to an admin in less than 10 mins. If a player fails to report in time, he or she will be forfeited that match.
8. Players may ask admin for permission to leave their station if their match has not started. Players may not leave his station after match started
9. The map of game 1 of each match will be selected by Green Forest and will be announced prior to the event.
10. The loser of a game must select the map for the next game.
11. No map may be played more than once in the same Bo3 or Bo5 match.
12. Player may not change race once tournament starts.
13. Higher seeded player must host games. (When matches casted, observer will host game and invite players)

Gameplay
1) Players must not chat in game unless they are engaging in pre-game sportsmanship or surrendering the game.
2) Players must disable Toast Notifications in the Battle.net options. Players must set their status to "Busy"

Equipment
1. players must bring their own mouse, Keyboard and Mouse Pad. Players must use the PC and the monitor provided by Green Forest Cafe.
2. Mice and keyboards must utilize the standard USB interfaces, PS2 interface equipment is not allowed.
3. Active Battle.net account for the NA region Only
4. Players may change setting in game but not in windows.
5. Players may not change video settings to Ultra.



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Prizes
1st: $1000
2nd: $500+5x CM Storm Spawn Mouse
3rd: $300+1x Motherboard (MSRP Z77-GD65)
4th: $5x Steelseries Kinzu gaming mouse+1x Choiix "Comforter" Lap desk Cooling Pad
5th: $5x Steelseries Qck Mini Gaming Mouse Pad+1x Choiix "Comforter" Lap desk Cooling Pad
6th: $1x HyperX 1600MHz 8gb Genesis+4x HyperX Fans
7th: $5x Kingston DataTraveler Elite 3.0 USBs
8th: $5x MSI 4GB Wind USB

Prize pot may increase

Registration
16 teams registered + Show Spoiler [If more than 16 registered] +

We will hold an qualifier online prior to the event based on number of entries.
Players who advance through the qualifier will be eligible to play in the offline LAN.
Players who are eliminated by the online qualifier
- can receive a full refund by coming to Green Forest in person during the event
- given priority by online standing if stand-by spot become available
- If you did not pick up your refund in person. Please request for refund a week after the event to greenforestinc@gmail.com

$15 registration fee per qualified player ($75 per team)
Players who do not pay the registration fees at the time of registration will lose their spot in the tournament.

How to Register

Register by May 11 at http://msibattlegrounds.eventbrite.com/

Format
5v5 Tournament Draft Mode (6 total bans)
Seeding: To receive seeding (offers better spread to top talent) each team needs to have played together for a minimum of 10 games as a team. Team ELO is then used for seeding. Random seeding will be determined if this requirement is not met.

Streaming Info
http://www.twitch.tv/MSIleagueoflegendsTV
Casted by RAPiD & Team Green Forest

League of Legends Schedule

League of Legends is ONE DAY EVENT. 5/13 (Sunday)
Double elimination, best of 1. Only the final match will be an extended series (Bo3)

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General Rules
+ Show Spoiler +
1. The latest official patch version will be used at event.
2. Players may be disqualified if they leave their station without the admin's permission, or are otherwise unable to play.
3. in the case of a computer/monitor malfunction, the game will be restarted from the beginning.(Once banning and picking are done, Champion picks must be the same)
4. Players may restart the game only with an admin's permission.
5. Players displaying poor sportsmanship will be disqualified (Looking at opponent's screen or project, chatting with friends or any sing of cheating)
6. Winners of each match should report to an admin in less than 10 mins. If a player fails to report in time, he or she will be forfeited that match.
7. Players may ask admin for permission to leave their station if their match has not started. Players may not leave his station after match started
8. The higher seeded team must host games. (When matches casted, observer will host game and invite players)
9. For best of 3 matches, Loser team will host match and gets first bans-picks.

Gameplay
1) Players must not chat in games unless they are engaging in pre-game sportsmanship or surrendering the game.
2) Players must set their status to "Busy"

Equipment
1. players must bring their own mouse, Keyboard and Mouse Pad. Players must use the PC and the monitor provided by Green Forest Cafe.
2. Mice and keyboards must utilize the standard USB interfaces, PS2 interface equipment is not allowed.
3. Active account for the NA region Only
4. Players may change setting in game but not in windows.
5. Players will be provided voice system so players can communicate each other. Also, while in game, Players must wear headset.





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Green Forest Info
We have extensive history with hosting LAN events and have had huge success so far. We've focused primarily on Starcraft II and are looking to expand to League of Legends.
Our most recent large LAN tournament, the "1st Green Forest Cafe Starcraft 2 Tournament", was hailed with much success. There were 128 players battling to overcome one another, many from professional teams with highly competitive backgrounds. (Fnatic, EG, many with a prominent North American Brood War/Starcraft II background)

In addition, we had famous casters Diggity and Day[9] casting the finals which were held on a stage where the final competitors battled for the grand prize of $1500, played in soundproof booths much like the Korean tournament stages.

In follow up to the success of that event, we've been hosting smaller weekly Starcraft II tournaments where local talents can test their skills against each other for prizes and a chance at making a name for themselves.



Here is a highlight video of our previous Green Forest LAN tournament event:





Starcraft 2 sign ups

Invited Players
  1. (T)dSeleCT
  2. (Z)Empire.viOLet
  3. (T)GoSu.STX
  4. (T)GoSu.Rhythm
  5. (P)iS.Axslav
  6. (T)Empire.Beastyqt

+ Show Spoiler [Other Players] +

13. SCSlayer. Z
14. Max. T
15. SmiLe. T
16. Highlander. P
17. Ajax. Z
18. xSixJemag. P
19. VTMrBitter. T
20. Exalt. P
21. Abaddon. P
22. BabyKiller. T
23. icypenguin. P
24. death. T
25. bnycandide. Z
26. Jahkavim. P
27. MythHopeless. Z
28. MiKaY. T
29. Jin. Z
30. Aberu. Z
31. Power. R
32. fabintegral. R
33. StrobeLighT. Z
34. GoSuRuMCake. P
35. vicious. T
36. OpTiKRiddles. P
37. IMHardfOu. P
38. Quanticflo. T
39. Power. R





+ Show Spoiler [League of Legends Teams] +


Will be updated



We have streamlined our registration process!

Please purchase and register your SC2 and LoL player passes at

http://msibattlegrounds.eventbrite.com/

Registration ends Saturday, May 11th

First twenty player registration receives a free mouse pad


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MORE GIVEAWAYS COMING SOON!!!!



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League of Legends teams and Starcraft 2 players: come get it............

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No way can you only call this a LAN, this is a full on tournament!

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starcraft the best
greenforest
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 03:06:04
April 27 2012 03:02 GMT
#2
cant wait to see you!
starcraft the best
RuMCaKe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States559 Posts
April 27 2012 03:04 GMT
#3
Will deffinitly be there with a few players :0
twitter.com/RuMCaKeS
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
April 27 2012 03:08 GMT
#4
On April 27 2012 12:04 RuMCaKe wrote:
Will deffinitly be there with a few players :0


ALL THE PLAYERS
Thank God and gunrun.
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
April 27 2012 03:11 GMT
#5
The prize distribution ...
@KawaiiRiceLighT
jlake02
Profile Joined January 2011
United States395 Posts
April 27 2012 04:16 GMT
#6
15 minutes from my house... and I'm in San Diego that weekend... @#%@#%
compLexity Gaming - @coL_Lake
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
April 27 2012 04:18 GMT
#7
On April 27 2012 13:16 jlake02 wrote:
15 minutes from my house... and I'm in San Diego that weekend... @#%@#%


The great Jason Lake is a SoCal home boy? o.O
Thank God and gunrun.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
April 27 2012 04:23 GMT
#8
hope to get in!
greenforest
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
April 27 2012 04:27 GMT
#9
On April 27 2012 13:16 jlake02 wrote:
15 minutes from my house... and I'm in San Diego that weekend... @#%@#%


Come Come Come! San diego is only 3 hours away from green forest.
starcraft the best
StReEtWaLkeR
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States57 Posts
April 27 2012 04:30 GMT
#10
Its actually 4 hours away! Its two hour away from where I live. There already too many event in So Cal in the upcoming months.
CosmicSpiral
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States15275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-27 05:13:30
April 27 2012 05:00 GMT
#11
Looking forward to it!
WriterWovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
greenforest
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
April 27 2012 05:46 GMT
#12
On April 27 2012 14:00 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Looking forward to it!


Great! See you at Green Forest!
starcraft the best
qxc
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States550 Posts
April 27 2012 06:05 GMT
#13
will probably be there
ProgamerDesigner of Aeon's End
MassHysteria
Profile Joined October 2010
United States3678 Posts
April 27 2012 06:13 GMT
#14
yay feel better for not making the drive to SD this weekend.
"Just ban all the J's...even jinklejoes" --unnamed source
azndude3194
Profile Joined May 2009
United States156 Posts
April 27 2012 06:19 GMT
#15
this looks amazing, ill try to make it out
link0
Profile Joined March 2010
United States1071 Posts
April 27 2012 07:20 GMT
#16
Sick! Good luck to all.
http://www.justin.tv/link0 - Gosu.Linko - http://www.facebook.com/link0
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
April 27 2012 07:27 GMT
#17
On April 27 2012 15:05 qxc wrote:
will probably be there

bring it on bandanaman
@KawaiiRiceLighT
greenforest
Profile Joined May 2010
United States179 Posts
April 27 2012 07:43 GMT
#18
Eventbrite registration will be setup tomorrow, if you wish to register right away, please follow the following procedure.

+ Show Spoiler [Pre-register information] +

This is how you register to attend this event.

Email to Greenforestincgmail.com with the following.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
For starcraft II,
Email Title=SCII Player (Name)

First name:
Last name:
Birthday:mm/dd/yy
Email address:
Starcraft II battlenet username,code:
Race:
address:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
For League of legends, only one person has to send this mail to sign up
Email title=LoL Team (Team Name)

Team name:
player #1 name,birthday,s ummoner name,email address:
player #2 name,birthday,s ummoner name,email address:
player #3 name,birthday,s ummoner name,email address:
player #4 name,birthday,s ummoner name,email address:
player #5 name,birthday,s ummoner name,email address:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

For Spectators
Email title=MSI Spectator

First name:
Last name:
Birthday:mm/dd/yy
Email address:

We will randomly pick 10 specatators who register to giveaway mousepads.
starcraft the best
RuMCaKe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States559 Posts
April 27 2012 07:52 GMT
#19
On April 27 2012 16:20 link0 wrote:
Sick! Good luck to all.



OMG linko I miss you un retire now please. Forget that big important lawyer stuff! :[
twitter.com/RuMCaKeS
RAPiDCasting
Profile Joined July 2009
Korea (South)594 Posts
April 27 2012 09:04 GMT
#20
That hype video, plus awesome prizing and personalities sounds absolutely amazing!

Seems like you'll have a stacked lineup of Starcraft 2 players there. Any idea of the teams for League of Legends? I'm excited to see Team Green Forest out in force, but I know there are a lot of great Cali teams (Kevin is a Noob, mTw.na, etc.) who I hope can give them a run for their money!

Let me know if you need any help planning/organizing/casting/producing. I can't wait to see this event blow its predecessor away!
The faster caster. @RAPiDCasting
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