With the group stage of the broodwarmaps.net open finishing it's time to get serious. The round of 16 and on-wards is a single elimination bracket. Win or go home outside. The group stages saw some of the foreign scene's best talents all vying for a piece of the modest $150 prize pool, with WandS, TrutaCz, LocDog, Cryoc, and eOnzErG coming out 1st in their respective groups. They are joined by 10 others and the wildcard spot winner Octzerg in the round of 16.
The maps have also been updated to fix some of the most common issues raised. Be sure to download the updated map pack and delete the old one before playing. The change log can be seen in the map list section below and is also included in the download link. Post any bugs, balance issues, and any feedback in this thread.
Date & Time -Sunday, January 6th, at 15:00 est[local].
Format -Best of 3 maps single elimination. 1st map is predetermined. -Winner of 1st map vetoes 1 map. Then loser of 1st map vetoes 1 map. -Loser of 1st map picks 2nd map. Loser of 2nd map picks 3rd map.
Channel op BWMN on iCCup. Go here to find practice games as well!
Prize Pool 1st $100 2nd $50
Round of 16 Matches - Jan. 6th Best of 3, starting map: Gemlong 1.03
iFU.eOnzErG vs. LRM)Bakuryu LRM)trutaCz vs. jim[bg] Radek_z_[KDV] vs. Octzerg iFU.Cryoc vs. Mewka WandS vs. TechnicS sas.skzlime vs. Ace Wallace[BG] vs. sas.Sziky dsaqwe vs. sB.LCC
1. Submit replays to bwmnopenreplays@gmail.com and indicate both player’s ID’s and map score in the email. 2. Winners and Losers must both submit replays by 15:00 est the next day (Monday). 3. Rescheduling is allowed if both players agree to it, but no later than the replay deadline. 4. Players must reply to PMs (or skype messages) from opponents within 48 hours to answer rescheduling requests. For players in poor timezones compromises need to be reached. These players should PM me asap. 5. 20 minutes grace for no shows (by 15:20pm EST). If there's a no show players must submit screenshots with timestamp using the /time command. 6. All games played on ICCup with LAN latency on unless agreed to by both players. Anti-hack is a must. 7. No BM in-game or out will be tolerated. 8. You must play on the ID you registered with. 9. Do not spoil results of matches. 10. No cheating/abusing..duh
* improved gas and mineral positions for best possible worker pathing * tightened nat choke for easier protoss wallin * extended high ground wall at mineral only to make flanks harder * slightly tightened the middle path (lava bridge) * removed some of the unbuildable shale-terrain around the middle to make space for turrets
* tightened ramps to the middle * added more building space on the high ground around the close third * all far thirds are now wallable with 3 pylons, walling should also be more intuitive than before * added turret spots on the low ground between the rocky ground.
* improved gas and mineral positions for best possible worker pathing * changed some nat chokes to equalize wallin/simcity opportunities between different positions
* improved gas and mineral positions for best possible worker pathing * fixed some weird spots were Zerglings could slip through unintended paths * got rid of that buggy player colour, it's the standard purple now
The map pack includes a melee, observer, and training version. The melee version will be the one used for matches. The training versions allow you to set your spawning location to practice wall-offs and familiarize yourself with the maps.
Hacklebeast will be joining birdie to cast the round of 16 on-wards. Cast will be on Tuesday, Jan. 8th at 18:00est.
Admins: LML and L3gendary Liquipedia: Endy and Mewka Maps: BWMN Team and Freakling Casters: Birdie, L_master, radley, and Hacklebeast Community: asiantraceur BWMN Open Original Thread Group Stage Thread
On December 31 2012 11:13 Birdie wrote: I should be casting some games on Tuesday/Wednesday (Wednesday KR date), although of course that won't be from Round of 16.
I was so close to Ro16 T_T
ZvZ just too unforgiving lol
Also L3gendary can yu briefly describe (in the OP) what the changes to maps were...
"Appreciate the things you have before they become the things you had."
On January 02 2013 08:29 saroir wrote: stream is workingfor me, but sound is not that good.
one of the casters is much louder than the other one
Yes sorry about that, I've had lots of sound difficulties but hopefully next time will be much better.
Thanks everyone for watching the cast, I'd love any comments and critique on my casting (I know about the technical difficulties, so don't worry about mentioning them >.>)
Red classic | A butterfly dreamed he was Zhuangzi | The guy Nagisama has nightmares about.
Nice cast it was pretty good...does allied colors work on replays? I couldn't see blue lings on ash vs red lings on magma...at least with allied colors I can see one of the players xP although I watched on iPod which might be why quality wasn't too good...observer probably can click on minimap more accurately but overall it was a good cast
"Appreciate the things you have before they become the things you had."
CrystalDrag Korea (South). January 02 2013 14:50. Posts 57
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ArvickHero December 31 2012 10:31. Posts 9378
