SC2SEA is running our Ninth Masters Cup, open for the higher tier players in the SEA region. This will be a 128 player competition, single-elimination style and is an online tournament in SEA Battle.net. $80 prize on offer to the winner, sponsored by Eddie! Sc2sea will donate $30 from our community donations as well. $35 2nd prize, $20 3rd. $145 prize pool total*!
Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me. Masters Cup usually gets around 1000 viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region.
Tournament Details - Masters Cup #9
Date: Sunday, 23rd October, 2011
Time: 6:00pm AEDT, 5:00pm AEST, 3:00pm SGT
[your timezone 0000 PDT[local]]
Location: SEA Battle.net Region
Tournament Eligibility:
Masters League or Grand Masters League (ONLY in 1v1 SEA License) Lower players will be disqualified.
Prizes: Winner gets the $80 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $35 for 2nd, $20 to 3rd - *Prizepool shall hopefully increase
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, XanT.665, BioGenie.615
Livestream for Masters Cup #9
http://www.twitch.tv/benjisc2
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:
Ro128: MLG Metalopolis (B01 no 2nd game) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: Tal'Darim Altar LE (B01 no 2nd game) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: GSL Daybreak (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: GSTL Dual Site (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: GSL Crevasse (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Terminus SE (B03)
Finals: Xel'Naga Caverns (B05)
(3rd Place Match Xel'Naga 1st, B03)
Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Xel'Naga Caverns, MLG Metalopolis, Shakuras Plateau, Typhon Peaks, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, GSL Crevasse, GSL Terminus SE, GSTL Dual Site
* 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 AEDT/2pm SG on Sun 23rd October, brackets to be posted on challonge.com shortly after.
The top 16 seeds shall be selected by highest current ladder rank
Any questions please ask. If you are a high level player, who doesn't ladder much, but want to join, pm Eddie on sc2sea and he shall consider it.
Sign up here, or on sc2sea