the german StarCraft 2 Clan GamingCracks hosts their first Open Cup tournament series this year.
Starting at the 23rd of February we want you having the fun and being playing.
FAQ
• What is the GC Open Cup all about?
In comparison to many other tournaments which tend to be commercially efficient the GC Open Cup is a vision of me, existing without a high expenditure or sponsors, although reaching some quality and giving fun to all participants.
• Why should you play in the GC Open Cup?
Every StarCraft 2 player should agree that fun is the most motivating part of playing the game – this fun isn’t reachable without at least a 32 player grid because the tournament flair can’t arise as far as I can see.
The more people play the more known the tournament gets.
• How did the rules change? Do you have something to consider?
o Implementing of GC points and starting the GC Open Cup season 2014
o 10€ price money for the winner
o If you have trouble with bad mannered behaviors please upload the replay at www.ggtracker.com and send us its link. The replay will be analyzed by an admin shortly after we get access to it.
If you have trouble during a break via the battle.net chat please send us a screenshot, showing the bad manner clearly. Otherwise the screenshot will be ignored.
o New ingame chat rules.
Insults and / or bad mannered behavior directly counts as a loss for the next map played. An example for that: If you lost your first map of a best of three and you flame you’ll be out of the tournament with a 0:2 loss.
Discussions or conversations via the ingame chat beyond a break are unwanted. Only admins are allowed to bring in decisions or doubts while the game is paused.
A break can just be arranged by typing pp and / or sec into the chat. A reason for the break is not necessary. An absence upwards of 5 minutes ingame without a reason given results in a loss on the played map.
o All races are allowed (random, too!).
A race switch is not allowed at any given time.
• Which rules apply to the GC Open Cup season 2014 given from the tournaments before?
o The afk rule describes a loss given to you if you’re away for 30 minutes or longer without having your opponent and an organizer given a reason for the absence between the rounds.
o The disc rule describes a disconnection of a player ingame – after the reconnect of the player the game has to be restarted from the last point of the replay via the “recover game” feature. If the player disconnected can’t reconnect in 15 minutes or less he loses the series.
Date
23.02.2014, 17:00 CET
CheckIn: 16:30 CET
Map pool
Bel’Shir Vestige LE
Habitation Station LE
Cloud Kingdom LE
Yeonsu LE
Alterzim Stronghold LE
Frost LE
[!] Vetoing is active starting at the quarter finals.
Procedure
To the quarter finals only best of ones are played. The quarter and half finals and the maps for the third place are decided each by one best of three. The final is the only match that is played in best of five-mode.
Price money / GC Points
rank 1: 25 GC Points – 10€
rank 2: 21 GC Points
rank 3: 17 GC Points
rank 4: 13 GC Points
rank 5-8: 7 GC Points
Join the tournament on cup.gamingcracks.de!
Livestream
[en] twitch.tv/azylis
You can find a compact version of the rules on http://binarybeast.com/xHotS1401280.
A violation of rules can be punished by the disqualification of the currently running GC Open Cup Season. The price money will be paid via a paysafecard. You can find the whole GC Point ranking of the current season on www.gamingcracks.de soon. If you still got questions that aren’t answered here, please contact me on my european battle.net account.
Finally, I thank all players and the viewers for participating in the GC Open Cup Season 2014. This wouldn’t be possible without you. Have fun!
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