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We would like to gladly announce the resurrection of Gosucoaching's "Gold Gamers Weekly" tournament! After about a month of negotiation with Gosucoaching.com, we have worked out a deal; Clan eP will now be running the weekly tournament, but with a slight twist.
For those of you who don't know what Gosucoaching's Gold Gamers was, it was a weekly tournament that began in mid-beta. It was a 64-man event created to let the up-and-coming amateur gamers have a chance to win free coaching from professional players, to help them reach their potential. The original design was for only Gold and under players to participate, but after a unanimous decision we have decided to expand the tournament to allow players Platinum and under, due to a considerable amount of feedback from users.
Here's the new format and details for the Plat Gamers Weekly Tournament:
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UPDATE!
Players who come in 1st and 2nd place in the finals now get to PICK their coach*! I talked with the owner of Gosucoaching and we negotiated a deal where the winners can actual choose which coach they want their coaching from (within limitations of course)!
Major thanks go out to Gosucoaching for supplying us our prize pool! We would be nowhere without them!
5 Week Format
- First 4 weeks(denoted as: "PGW Qualifiers") Top 2 players get seeded spots in the "Finals Week"
- Final Week is an 8-player Double-Elimination Playoff
- Prizes:
- 1st Place: 3 hours of coaching from Gosucoaching
- 2nd Place: 1 hour of coaching from Gosucoaching
- 1st Place: 3 hours of coaching from Gosucoaching
More information on this new format can be found here: http://clanep.org/hyperion/showthread.php?t=1441
PGW Q4S3 IS THIS THIS THURSDAY(8/4)!!!!
Be sure to sign up for the eP PGW that is this thursday!!! This is your last chance to try to make it into the finals!
-Killerhands
NEW CHECK-IN POLICY: READ!!!!
Also: [b]You have to check-in using the new check-in system on the website. When you go to the tournament page scroll to the bottom (below the player list) and select "Check In Now" and you will be checked in. IF YOU DO NOT CHECK IN THIS WAY YOU WILL NOT BE IN THE BRACKET!
IF YOU DO NOT CHECK IN THIS WAY YOU WILL NOT BE IN THE BRACKET!
[b]Past Winners:
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- PGW #1: Osoup
- PGW #2: NightHawks
- PGW #3: emidanRKO
- PGW #4: NightHawkS
- PGW #5: ribtibs
- PGW #6: hjklz
- PGW #7: Eloquious
- PGW #8: TomSturgis
- PGW #9: RyuChus
- PGW #10: Ritard
- PGW Q1(#11): TehArbiter
- PGW Q2(#12): impreza
- PGW Q3(#13): EEVakk
- PGW Q4(#14): Rickter
- PGW Q1(#15): Brake
- PGW Q2(#16): AzteK
- PGW Q3(#17): EEvakk
- PGW Q4(#18): Brake
- PGW Q1(#19): Raistlin
- PGW Q2(#20): Lanura
# of Players: 64 (expandable if needed)
Date/Time: Thursdays @ 7:30PM EST (unless otherwise posted)
Where: www.clanep.org
Prizes: 3/1(1st/2nd) Free hours of coaching from one of the following coaches:
- iNcontroL
- Machine
- LzGaMeR
- iNkA
- Sheth
- FireZerg
- HasHe
- ZomgTossRush
- StrifeCro
- Fenix
- Future
- CatZ
- Drewbie
- Gretorp
- Spades
- Shew
-This month's coaches(Month of June) :
[spoiler]- Winner's Choice
- Winner's Choice[/spoiler]
Rules (Subject to change):
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- All players MUST check-in: check-in starts at 6:30PM EST the day of the tournament and goes until 7:20PM EST! (PM Killerhands BEFOREHAND if you cannot make it to check-in but can still make it in time for the tournament and I'll arrange a way for you to do that!)
- In order to check in login to IRC(details below) and state "username.charactercode checking in" and I will confirm your check-in status. - All players MUST set their status to BUSY while playing their matches.
- No spectators allowed in your match (except streamer and casters if applicable)
- If a player cannot be contacted within 20 minutes of their match being posted the present player will be awarded a walk-over to the next round.
- All score reporting MUST be done via IRC in the Official Clan eP channel (irc.quakenet.org #ClanEP). You can access the channel by clicking "HERE" or login using your favorite IRC client. (PM Killerhands if you have trouble logging into IRC BEFORE the tournament starts)
- Players must remain respectful to their opponent. If there is a complaint a decision will be made by the tournament Admins on whether or not prosecution of the offender will be needed.
- Each player can elect to veto ONE map in the map pool (for BO3 and BO5 series) that cannot be played in the series.
- If you win you cannot participate any more within the current series you cannot participate in any other PGW Qualifiers for the respective series and are required to be in the Finals Week.
- Player account must have more than 50 1v1 ladder games on their account in order to participate.
- If in the circumstance that a winner of a PGW Finals Qualifier gets to diamond on 1v1 ladder between playing in the finals and winning their PGW qualifier they are STILL eligible to play in the finals tournament at the end of the 5 week series.
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Map Breakdown(Subject to change):
[spoiler]- RO64: Xel naga Caverns (Best of 1)
- RO32: Metalopolis (Best of 1)
- RO16: Shakuras Plateau (Best of 1)
- RO8: TSL 3 Crevasse (By TL) (Best of 3)
- Semi-finals: The Shattered Temple (Best of 3)
- Finals: iCCup Valhalla (Best of 5)
- For BO3 and BO5 it's Loser's Pick after the first game!
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Map Pool (Subject to change):
[spoiler]The Shattered Temple
Metalopolis
TSL3 Crevasse (By TL)
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns
Shakuras Plateau
iCCup Valhalla
GSL Crossfire SE[/spoiler]
Stream and Casters:
[spoiler]- Stream URL: http://www.justin.tv/clanep (This will be the stream for now on! We have our stream fully setup so we're going to use it!)
- Our casters will be Splinter and KnightofNi(LTDan being our sub-in)[/spoiler]
How to Sign-Up:
Go to http://www.clanep.org and register an account. After you are registered go to the Tournament Page and click "Join Tournament".
IMPORTANT - POST YOUR RACE AND USERNAME.CHARACTERCODE IN THE COMMENT SECTION ON THE TOURNAMENT WEB PAGE! IF YOU DO NOT POST YOUR USERNAME.CHARACTERCODE YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT!