This Masters Cup is a double elimination style tournament for Starcraft 2, Heart of the Swarm. $120 prize on offer to the winner, $75 2nd prize, $45 3rd, $20 4th and 5/6th $15 each. $300 prize pool*! In addition, the highest ranked Australian or New Zealand player will win a Saphira Mouse, thanks to Tt eSports! There is also a record 820 SEA Championship Series points up for grabs! This event is sponsored by Eddie, Blizzard ANZ and sc2sea.com
Times + Format
Date: Sunday, 5th of January, 2014 (KR/AEDT/SG) / Saturday 4th of January, 2014 (PST/EST). Time: Sunday 1pm AEDT, 12pm AEST, 11am KR, 10am SGT / Saturday 6pm PST, 9pm EST
5 January 2014 10:00 AM SGTCountdown to 5th January 10am!
Location: NA Battle.net Battle.net Group: Join the group SEA Masters Cup.
Double Elimination.
- Upper Bracket bo3
- Lower bracket bo1 until 7/8th placing, where becomes bo3 (2nd last round before semi finals)
One lucky participant shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, a lottery ticket, or a couple beers, etc, just for playing some sc2! Even if you are eliminated early be sure to stick around, watch the high quality games, and listen out for who will win (It may well be you!). Purpose of this is to encourage player participation, and offer a small reward for those who fail to place, as every game is of a high level. The prize draw shall be done live on stream using http://www.random.org/. If the number generated, matches your randomly seeded number on challonge.com, you're the winner! (Except if you no showed and got walked over in the early rounds, then we'll redraw, as it is designed to reward participants)
Plus the highest placed Aus/NZ player wins a Saphira Mouse!
Bonus SCS points can be earned if:
Anyone ranked below 16th last season beats someone in Top 16: 5 SCS points
Anyone ranked below 16th last season beats someone in Top 17-32 ranked equal or higher: 2.5 SCS points
Anyone ranked 16th - 9th last season beats anyone in Top 8: 2.5 SCS points
1st - 8th have no chance to earn bonus points
Post your NA ID, Account most known by (If different from registered account, eg SEA, KR ID), Team/Clan and Country.
Example: TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada
Signups will close at 12.45pm AEDT/9.45am SG on Sunday 5th January, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread. If you missed out on pre-registering, the late replacement channel shall be sc2seaMCx. DevianT shall be organizing replacements, message him in game or talk in channel.
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:
Upper Bracket:
Ro128: Bel'shir Vestige (B03) (R1 on bracket) Ro64: Frost (B03) (R2 on bracket) Ro32: Yeonsu (B03) (R3 on bracket) Ro16: Derelict Watcher TE (B03) (R4 on bracket) Ro8: Polar Night (B03) (R5 on bracket) Semi-Finals: Star Station TE (B03) Finals: Whirlwind (B03) - double chance for upper bracket player
Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Derelict Watcher TE, Star Station TE, Bel'shir Vestige, Whirlwind, Frost, Yeonsu, Polar Night
* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. The first game cannot be vetoed. Maps cannot be repeated twice in a series.
Lower Bracket:
Lower bracket is best of 1 until 7/8th placing, where becomes bo3 (2nd last round before semi finals).
Both players veto 3 maps each from the map pool, and play the remaining one.
Veto system will also be used for lower bracket Bo3 series.
· All results must be PMed to DevianT.811 or TAXanT.665 in-game.
· Players who are 15 or more minutes late will be disqualified, if a replacement cannot be fount their opponent will be given an automatic win.
· If any player disconnects occur the match is to be resumed via replay. If a player drops twice on the same game, (G1,G2,etc), it is their opponents right to take the map win, If both players don't agree to resume the map again.
· Any disputes will be handled by the Admins after reviewing all associated replays.
· Any inappropriate behaviour will result in a disqualification.
· Players must have their own account, playing on a friends is not allowed
. You are allowed to switch races
. If you are lucky enough to win two SEA Masters Cups in a row, you must take a break from the next SEA version. Just so we can spread the wealth and glory around. International editions are exempt.
. Non SEA residents/international players can join every 3rd 'open' Masters Cup. The 2 beforehand and 2 following are just for SEA players to compete amongst themselves.
Refs: DevianT + TAXanT
SEA Championship Series
Masters Cup is a partnered tournament of the SEA Championship Series (SCS). SCS is the SEA regional championship, which follows a yearly season format, where players earn points for placing in all partnered tournaments. The top 32 players ranked via SEA Power Rankings / SCS Player Leader board at the end of the season are then invited to play in the Grand Finale to determine the yearly champion!
Without these companies contributing to our tournament it's fair to say the prizepool would be far smaller. But it's not just about the $'s. All these companies have a long history of supporting Starcraft 2 and esports in SEA. They care about the scene and our community. So many thanks to them all! If you esports fans, players etc can send them some love and thanks for supporting SC2 + the SEA Championship Series it would be appreciated in return. They all are leaders in their industry, so if it comes down to a choice between brands, pick these guys who support esports!
Silicon Sports are a Melbourne based company, responsible for the succesful Melbourne Barcrafts. They also have a quality SC2 team and academy, plus a dedicated casting team. They also do a lot of work in the DOTA community.
Thermaltake is a well known brand for gaming & DIY in Case, Cooler, and PSU for years. Due to the constant requests for keyboards and mice from gamers and end users, Thermaltake decided to create a series of gaming keyboards, mice, and headsets with the Tt eSPORTS brand. By using Tt eSPORTS, we want to extend our product lines into the gaming industry, and provide more ''personalized gaming'' gears to gamers and enthusiasts worldwide. With years of experience in gaming industry, Tt eSPORTS is committed to bring the most personalized and the highest quality weapons for the most competitive cyber battles.
xGKingBenji for casting MC 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20 + 22
BaseTradeTv for casting MC 24, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34 + 35
Duckvillelol for casting MC 18, 23, 26, 29 + 34
System casting MC 6, 14,15, 16 + 19 + co-casting MC 8 + 10
LiviBee for casting MC 21, 27 + co-casting MC 14, 17, 19 + 34
HDPhoenix casting MC 1 + 2
Dox casting MC 12, 15 + 25
TAZain for co-casting MC 15, 16, 19, 21 + 22
Zepph for co-casting MC 9, 11, 13, 23 + 26
Flamga for casting MC 22, 24 + co-casting MC 29
Loach for casting MC 17 + 19
FaDeMeatex for casting MC 13 + co-casting MC 12
Jaczie for casting MC 7 + co-casting MC 1
Frogmite for casting MC 8
SiliconSports for casting MC 25
Maynarde for casting MC 23
Rageboredguy casting MC 16
Baldie for casting MC 21 + 26
CleighMoores for casting MC 29
Lokth for casting MC 35
nGenXeen for co-casting MC 3 + 5
Paz for co-casting MC 7
NvPinder for co-casting MC 15
DrKvMigranT for co-casting MC 16
TADeL for co-casting MC 17
NvmOOnGLaDe for co-casting MC 21 + 27
TAXanT for helping Admin MC 1- 18, 20, 21, 23, 25
Rhuubarb for helping Admin MC 22, 24, 26, 27 + 28
System for helping Admin MC 3 - 5 +7, 8
BakaInu for helping Admin MC 1
Veretis for helping Admin MC 2
SorC for helping Admin MC 6
Nemo for helping Admin MC 19
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