The WardiTV Americas Open is an event which will run throughout October on WardiTV. We've found it difficult to schedule events this month in our usual time zones due to other competitions and so we have decided to run an event which runs at American-friendly times. This is an open event and there are no regional restrictions, but the times, servers & (most) invites will be Americas based. This is something we have not done before and so we are excited to see how it turns out!
Dates & Format
Two single-elimination qualifiers will award $25 to the first place finishers as well as qualification to the main event for the top three finishers in each qualifier.
These six qualified players join ten invited players in a sixteen player round-robin group stage. Top two of each group will advance to the single-elimination playoffs.
Monday, Oct 16 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group A
aLive, Nice, Cham & Erik
Tuesday, Oct 17 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group B
KeeN, JonSnow, Pokebunny & RotterdaM
Wednesday, Oct 18 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group C
puCK, Jig, Drunkenboi & Creature
Friday, Oct 20 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Group D
Semper, StuN, RiSky & FuturE
Saturday, Oct 21 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct 22 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) - Semi-finals, Third Place & Finals
Dates & start times are not currently finalized, we will be discussing with players etc. to find the best start times for each group.
Prize Pool
Qualifiers
1st - $25
Plus OSC Points TBA.
Main Event
The base prize pool will be $350-400 (waiting on confirmation from Matcherino.) The below prizing will assume a $400 prize pool.
1st - $200 (50%)
2nd - $100 (25%)
3rd - $65 (16.25%)
4th - $35 (8.75%)
Plus OSC Points TBA, Plus any fundraising from the Matcherino page. Our previous events have generally generated a lot of extra crowd funding, so the prize pool could increase a significant amount!
Streams
WardiTV
Sponsors
The WardiTV Americas Open is brought to you by WardiTV, OSC & Matcherino.
OSC World Rankings can be viewed here