Lone Star Clash - $10,000 Invitational in Texas

Texas e-Sports Association, Quantic Gaming, and Cyber Sports Network’s Lone Star Clash: Gauntlet of Champion’s will take place in the Student Activities Center on the University of Texas campus in Austin, TX. We will be linking three rooms to create an atmosphere of fun and excitement all weekend long.

The Ballroom: All of the players will be playing in the exquisite Grand Ballroom. The room will be open for spectators to visit, but most of the exciting action will occur in the Auditorium.

The Auditorium: This is where all of action will happen! This room will be decked out in a stunning and dynamic e-sports set. To make things even more intense, we will be using state-of-the-art concert style lighting to pump up the audience and create the most frenzied atmosphere attempted at any e-sports event to date. We will be casting all games LIVE from the auditorium! In addition, all interviews, community discussions, and player panels will take place here.

The Black Box: This theatre will be home of all open fighting game tournaments. Current tournaments are planned for Soul Calibur V, Street Fighter IV, Brawl, and Ultimate Marvel v. Capcom III. More details about this section will be released soon.



Admission: See the registration section below for information regarding registration and admission.

We are capping registration at 20 universities, so act quickly! Please follow click on the Collegiate StarLeague logo above to be instantly teleported to a mystical domain that is filled with registration instructions. Be sure to read the comments! Remember, you don't have to be registered as a team in the Collegiate StarLeague to compete. However, the same rules they use for teams (must consist of full time students, etc.) still apply.

You must fill out both of the following links to fully register your university’s team.
First Registration Link: http://www.cstarleague.com/news/1756/tespa-collegiate-starcraft-ii-lan
Second Registration Link: http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/tespa/cslevent.html

Spectators can either purchase a spectator pass for a discount rate before the event or buy one at the door! The entry pass allows full access to the entire venue for both Saturday and Sunday. Click the registration link below to pre-order a spectator pass for the discounted rate of $8. Spectator passes will be $10 at the door.

Order Spectator Pass HERE

If you are a student, you will receive two free raffle tickets for bringing a copy of your resume to the event and signing up at campus2careers.com Many of our sponsors will be on location and are coincidentally looking to hire. Enjoy a fun-filled weekend of StarCraft AND land that job or internship you’ve been looking for in a casual setting!

Important Note
Our event coincides with South-by-SouthWest (SXSW), a huge tech, film, and music festival that happens yearly in Austin. Due to the popularity of this event and the huge influx of people to Austin this week, we highly recommend you reserve your hotel as early as possible. Below are two options that are relatively close (10-12 miles to the venue) with reasonable rates and space that is still available.

Option 1: Red Roof Inn Austin North
One hotel we suggest using is the Red Roof Inn. Prices will range between $60-$90 per room per night. This hotel is within 10 miles of the campus venue.

Red Roof Inn Austin North
8210 North Interregional Hwy 35
Austin, TX 78753
512-835-2200

Option 2: Holiday Inn Express North Austin

Another nearby hotel is the Holiday Inn. Rooms at this hotel are going quickly and may or may not still be available. The suites available offer two queen size beds and a pull-out sofa (ideal for collegiate teams on a budget).

Holiday Inn Express North Austin
14620 N. IH-35
Austin, TX 78728
512-251-9110

The Regional LAN will structured in two parts: Group Pool Play and Championship Bracket
Group pool play will determine teams that will make it to the championship bracket.

Group Pool Play:
There will be 4 pools, each consisting of up to 4 teams.
Each team will play each other in a round robin format.
The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the championship bracket (8 total teams).
Note: Tiebreakers will be handled by set differential. In the case that there is still a tie, another match will be played to determine winner.

Championship Bracket:
The championship bracket will be a single elimination bracket consisting of the 8 teams that have advanced from pool play.
Championship bracket seeding will be determined by performance in pool play.

Map Pool:
1v1 Map Pool:
MLG Antiga Shipyards
MLG Tal'Darim Altar
MLG Dual Sight
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Xel'naga Caverns
MLG Shakuras Plateau
GSL Daybreak
MLG The Shattered Temple

2v2 Map Pool:
The Boneyard
Ruins of Tarsonis
Scorched Haven
Khaydarin Depths

General Match Rules: Each match will follow standard CSL rules
Maps will be predetermined for each round
Format:
Set 1: 1v1
Set 2: 1v1
Set 3: 2v2
Set 4: 1v1
Set 5 (If needed): 1v1 ACE

The first four sets of the match must have 5 unique players from each team.
A player can play at most twice in one match: once in sets 1-4 and again in the ace match. If playing again in the ace match, the player does not need to play as the same race as the previous game.
2v2 Rules: Random racing is allowed.
Double racing is NOT allowed in 2v2. However, RR, RZ, RP, and RT are allowed.

Note: First 4 sets are to be played simultaneously. In the case of a tie (2-2), the ace will be played immediately after both teams have submitted their ace.

Line up submission: Coordinators will submit their line-ups prior to each match personally to a tournament admin.


Administrative rules

Each team will have a coordinator that is responsible for organizing his or her team, submitting lineups and results, and serving as a point of contact with tournament staff and other coordinators.

Lineups are due 10 minutes after the start of a round is announced. Coordinators will be need to turn in their line-ups to a tournament admin. No matches can be postponed. Exceptions may be granted on a case by case basis upon detailed review by tournament admins
.
Teams are considered no-shows 30 minutes after the proposed time, and are given an
automatic match loss. This counts as a forfeit loss
.
Teams will no longer be allowed to intentionally drop a player in the 2v2 set to "mineral feed" their teammate. Players who drop before 5:00 minutes will be considered intentional droppers, and the game will be remade. If you continue to play after 5:00 minutes with the intention to attack using shared resources, it will be a forfeit for the "feeding" team.

Match results and replays must be emailed to a tournament admin immediately after the match is played. A first instance of late reports will cause a warning, a second instance will result in the late-reported matches being considered null (0-0 for both teams), and a third instance will result in one loss added to the team’s record (0-3 replaces the match
results for both teams). This rule will be strictly enforced this season.

If there is a dispute or assistance is needed, please contact a tournament admin at the help desk.


Gameplay rules
Game Settings:
All games will take place on Battle.net North American server
All games are to be played in game mode 1v1 (except for the Set 3, 2v2 match, of course) and game speed Faster.
All players must have your status set to busy during a match.

Observers:
Only players, tournament admins, and commentators are officially allowed in game. If both players agree, observers may join the game. ALL observers unaffiliated with tournament staff can be asked to leave at the players’ discretion, or can be denied entry before the game starts. Failure to adhere to a request to leave the game within a reasonable amount of time will result in an automatic set-loss for the observer’s team. All players must be set to “busy.” Any in game chat with external parties is grounds for disqualification.

In Game Chat:In-game chat should be limited to pp, ppp, or related (for PAUSING the game) and gg, good game or related (for ENDING the game). Players can ask to remake the game in the first 30 seconds if there are latency issues. Note: This rule is not meant to be strict; however, if a player asks for chat to stop, his request must be obliged. Continuing to chat will result in a set loss.

Drops, Disconnects, and Lag:
If the a player disconnects before the first major attack the game will be remade. If there is a disconnect later in the game the following procedure is used to decide what action will be taken. First, the players can decide either who won the match or to play a regame. If players cannot come to an agreement the admins will decide. In general, if the game is close it will be a regame. If one player has a lead large enough that they would have to make a mistake to lose, that player will be awarded a win.

All players are responsible for checking their bandwidth before the game begins at a URL announced during the event. Failure to do so is solely the players fault and not that of the admins.

Any situation not covered in this rules will be left to the discretion of the admins and tournament coordinators.

The tournament format for the Lone Star Clash Invitational will be a standard Double Elimination, best of three bracket.

MAP SELECTION
Before the series begins, both players veto one map that cannot be used throughout the entire series. A veto process will then be used when determining the first map to be played. Each player eliminates a map until one remains. Afterwards the map will be picked by the loser of the most recently played game. The same map cannot be played twice in a series. Each player will be allowed to veto one map.

MAP POOL
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Tal’darim Altar
MLG Antiga Shipyard
Belshir Beach (Winter)
MLG Daybreak
ESV Cloud Kingdom
ESV Sanshorn Mist
ESV Korhal Compound
Metropolis

Extended Series Rules
There will be no extended series. The finals will consist of two best of five rounds (if applicable)

Administrative Rules:
Players to check in with a tournament admin within 5 minutes of the start of a round.
For assistance, players can contact a tournament admin at the help desk.

Game Settings:
Higher seeded player must select the color red; lower seeded player must select the color blue.
All players must have your status set to busy during a match.
In the case of streamed matches high seeded players must sit on the stage right table.

Observers:
Aside from players, tournament admins, and commentators, no other players will be allowed in game.

In Game Chat:
In-game chat should be limited to pause requests and good game. Players can ask to remake the game in the first 30 seconds if there are latency issues. Note: This rule is not meant to be strict. All players must have their status set to busy while in game.

Setup Times
Players shall be required to be able to set up their equipment, settings, and any necessary practice games within 10 minutes of being called to their station (either in the player room or the main stage).

All players are responsible for checking their bandwidth before the game begins at a url announced during the event. Failure to do so is solely the players fault and not that of the admins.

Any situation not covered in this rules will be left to the discretion of the admins and tournament coordinators.