[Eddie]

Welcome to the 17th SEA Masters Cup!

The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament. $175 prize on offer to the winner, $90 2nd prize, $40 3rd. $315 prize pool total*! This event is sponsored by Tt eSPORTS, Eddie and sc2sea.com

+ [Info about our sponsors] +

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. For more information, please visit www.ttesports.com.


Check out these helpful youtube videos showing some of their quality products

Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me. Masters Cup usually gets around 10,000+ viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region. Our last few Cups have had 15000+ viewers!

+ [Sydney players] +

We are aware that the City Hunter/Sydney ACL regional is also on this Sunday, starting at 10am. Hopefully your regional will almost be completed when we start our tournmanent, if not, there may be the option of playing from the venue, speak to Chris/Arnor at City Hunter regarding this. We hope you can participate in both

Team Liquid Thread

+ [Masters Cup #1 recap] +

Results:

1st | aLtAaron | | $70AUD ($90SGD)
2nd | MiTHjump | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | TAEdgE | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc1

+ [Masters Cup #2 recap] +

Results:

1st | eXoEnDerr | | $70AUD ($90SGD)
2nd | tDpMaltiso | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | ngenmaster | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc2

+ [Masters Cup #3 recap] +

Results:

1st | inFiTargA.113 | | $100AUD ($132SGD)
2nd | Yekke.136 | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | NEOindy.791 | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/sc2seamc3

+ [Masters Cup #4 recap] +

Results:

1st | FXOmOOnGLaDe | | $145AUD
2nd | NeoRedArchon | | $45AUD
3rd | beethoven | | $15AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/sc2seamc4

+ [Masters Cup #5 recap] +

Results:
1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR/gts) | | $75AUD
2nd | FXOmOOnGLaDe | | $20AUD
3rd | NeoRedArchon | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc5

+ [Masters Cup #6 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR/gts) | | $75AUD
2nd | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $20AUD
3rd | YoonYJ | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc6

+ [Masters Cup #7 recap] +

Results:

1st | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $75AUD
2nd | eXoEnDerr| | $20AUD
3rd | GGFiery | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc7

+ [Masters Cup #8 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR) | | $75AUD
2nd | FlashRevz | | $20AUD
3rd | NeoRedArchon | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc8

+ [Masters Cup #9 recap] +

Results:

1st | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $80AUD
2nd | ST.KingKong (yChSPR) | | $35AUD
3rd | TtPiG | | $20AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

HuK $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc9

+ [Masters Cup #10 recap] +

Results:

1st | aLtYoonYJ | | $150AUD
2nd | xGKingJazBas | | $75AUD
3rd | SQLTyang | | $30AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

FlashMUSE $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc10

+ [Masters Cup #11 recap] +

Results:

1st | mOOnGLaDe | | $175AUD
2nd | xGKingMafia | | $90AUD
3rd | SQLTtNinja | | $40AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

EveSigns $10

+ [Tt eSPORTS Dasher Mouse Pad winner] +

SmotPokingFish

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc11

+ [Masters Cup #12 recap] +

Results:

1st | mOOnGLaDe | | $150AUD
2nd | xGKingPokerface | | $50AUD
3rd | MskiEnDerr | | $30AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Paroxysm $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc12

+ [Masters Cup #13 recap] +

Results:

1st | GoSutgun | | $205AUD
2nd | MskiEnDerr | | $100AUD
3rd | TtPiG | | $52AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

phoneheha $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc13

+ [Masters Cup #14 recap] +

Results:

1st | NvmOOnGLaDe | | $100AUD
2nd | SQLNinja | | $50AUD
3rd | xGKingJazBas | | $25AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Junho $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc14

+ [Masters Cup #15 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST_RainBOw | | $140AUD
2nd | IronMaiden | | $70AUD
3rd | lOvBalloon | | $30AUD

#Highest SEA player: TtPiG $30 (4th)

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

IronMaiden $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc15

+ [Masters Cup #16 recap] +

Results:

1st | xGKingMaFia | | $175AUD
2nd | NvRossi | | $90AUD
3rd | TtPiG | | $40AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Talkori $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc16

+ [Masters Cup #17 recap] +

Results:

1st | AsGCHoBo | | $175AUD
2nd | iMMaFia | | $90AUD
3rd | yang | | $40AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Talkori $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc17

+ [List of Legends] +

For those awesome people who have donated, casted, and helped run a Masters Cup. Your help and support is much appreciated, and not forgotten!

+ [Donations] +

Xant, $30 towards first prize for MC 3 + $10 MC 10-17
FaDeBadger $150 for MC 15
Dox, $100 for MC 4
Anonymous, $10 MC 9

+ [Casters] +

xGKingBenji for casting MC 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14 + 17
System casting MC 6, 14,15 + 16 + co-casting MC 8 + 10
HDPhoenix casting MC 1 + 2
Dox casting MC 12 + 15
FaDeMeatex for casting MC 13 + co-casting MC 12
Jaczie for casting MC 7 + co-casting MC 1
Frogmite casting MC 8
Rageboredguy casting MC 16
Loach for casting MC 17
nGenXeen for co-casting MC 3 + 5
Zepph for co-casting MC 9, 11 + 13
TAZain for co-casting MC 15 + 16
LiviBee for co-casting MC 14 + 17
Paz for co-casting MC 7
NvPinder for co-casting MC 15
DrKvMigranT for co-casting MC 16
TADeL for co-casting MC 17

+ [Helpers] +

XanT for helping Admin MC 1- 17
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

All legends

+ [$10 free prize just for playing] +

$10 just for joining this Masters Cup!!

One lucky participant shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, 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. Depending upon future donations/sponsorship this may continue or be replaced by some other sort of prize, eg hardware. It shall be trialed this Masters Cup, as always, feedback welcomed. 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)

Details

Date: Sunday, 3rd of June, 2012.
Time: 6pm AEST, 4pm SGT
Location: SEA Battle.net region.
Tournament Eligibility: You must be in Masters or Grand Masters League (1v1 - SEA license). Lower players will be disqualified.
How to Sign Up: post your user name, character code in this thread
Live-Stream: A: http://www.twitch.tv/benjisc2 B: www.twitch.tv/loachsc2
Prizes: Winner gets the $175 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $90 for 2nd, $40 to 3rd - *Prize pool may increase
There is also a lucky draw prize! One lucky person shall get $10 just for joining!
Battle.net Chat-Channel: "sc2seaMC". If the event is full, the late replacement channel shall be sc2seaMCx. Someone shall be organizing replacements, message them in game or talk in channel. If not message FaDeEdOne in game.

+ [Rules and Regulations] +

Rules and Regulations

· All results must be PMed to FaDeEdOne.139 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 disconnects occur within the first two minutes of game-play, the match will be replayed. However if the disconnect occurs after two minutes of game-time, then it is up to the discretion of the referee to decide whether; A) the game is to be replayed, or B) player X/Y is to be awarded the win.
· 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 Sea account, playing on a friends is not allowed
. You are allowed to switch races
. If you are lucky enough to win two Masters Cups in a row, you must take a break from the next one. Just so we can spread the wealth and glory around.
. 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: FaDeEdOne.139, TAXanT.665

+ [Map Pool] +

Map List

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: WCG Anitga Shipyard (B01 no 2nd game) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: Cloud Kingdom LE (B01 no 2nd game) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: GSL Daybreak (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: GSL Metropolis (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: Ohana LE (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version) (B03)
Finals: WCG Shakuras Plateau (B05)
(3rd Place Match WCG Shakuras Plateau, B03)

Loser can pick from any the following maps:
Cloud Kingdom LE, WCG Shakuras Plateau, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, Korhal Compound LE, GSL Metropolis, Ohana LE, WCG Anitga Shipyard, GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version)

* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. 2 vetos are allowed in the B05 final. First game cannot be vetoed.

+ [Brackets/Seeds] +

Brackets

Signups will close at 2pm SG/5pm AEDT on Sunday 3 June, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread, along with seedings.

Brackets Here

+ [Seeds] +

1. MskiEnDerr (Ehrgeiz)
2. TtPiG
3. iMMafia
4. cRSanG
5. BenQMskiJaBi
6. ToRPox
7. FlashRevz
8. aLtdelete
9. ToRDanO
10. EveStrafe (MannerMuled)
11. cRFenner
12. Flashblysk
13. Peleus
14. Gnsxeverlast
15. deneb
16. rlszeal

Late chance to join in channel sc2seamcx if there are no shows.

Reminder this Masters Cup is for SEA residents only. There will be an open event in 1 month, on July 1, where non SEA players are welcome to join.

+ [Registered players] +

1. iMMafia.890
2. Fenner.224
3. xGKingPoker.430
4. TtPiG.473
5. IrisPetraeus.226
6. cRSanG.794
7. yang.585
8. SQLNinja.387
9. sunginspr.673
10. SatuSPR.108
11. Loach.379
12. Savior.127
13. cRSenSei.831
14. aLtdelete.955
15. iVnRipped.905
16. TASlowHands.335
17. ShieldzSPR.744
18. gnsxeverlast.967
19. wTSyK.550
20. FlashRevz.721
21. TABiGbiRd.791
22. cruxCabracan.862
23. Thatguy.757
24. decay.302
25. ToRPox.912
26. TragicHero.742
27. Lobo.721
28. Ehrgeiz.295
29. BenQMskiJaBi.187
30. MskiPobbes.613
31. kez.702
32. cruxkiiss.689
33. ToRDanO.347
34. RageBoredguy.180
35. cRFourby.562
36. FaDeVenosauR.819
37. MannerMuled.703
38. eehanProAnnn.969
39. EveTigey.318
40. IrisAnother.855
41. eehanPolaris.939
42. Discipline.818
43. eehanDgNa.265
44. Eehanriver.249
45. pronotorious.228
46. TABlitz.485
47. TADanny.205
48. nvrossi.155
49. YellowFlash.282
50. dman.739
51. vtazz.332
52. AsGCHoBo.216
53. wTSkrawl.973
54. rlszeal.427
55. naviC.170
56. Mftarga.505
57. blessed.794
58. TekChampi.177
59. flashblysk.149
60. MskiWaning.190
61. iVnXormentor.544
62. Peleus.948
63. flashkyzer.507
64. deneb.971
65. ToRBadman.696
66. sRGRiM.784
67. MSIEvoBLaZeR.266
68. xGKingiaguz
69. XenomorphSPR.194
70. PacificAlice.552
71. cRdippa.608
72. FaDeManly.102
73. MiStoicWilly.385
74. gostgun.848
75. FvRphoneheha.207
76. TACosmic.447
77. Altnxz.221
78. BookII.538
79. FaDeJoshboy.607
80. SQLHuT.175
81. RedArchon.180
82.

Qualifiers from the weekly GPD Opens:

+ [qualifiers] +

Confirmed:

FaDeDante.223
TAminimat
Soundwave.144
sRJunho.291
RVgbyteRPR.769
Captain.777

Unconfirmed:

harrycox.755
Qwerty.832
herzey
AyuTrex
Ali.623
FaDeMeatex.467
Cheeseomelet.854
iRLZeion.735
mickiib.960
LettuceLeaf
owcute.402
iprBearPack
FShayrOb

Withdrawn:

FSBenAD.893
ToRErasmus.733
ToRDjvillian.679
Aequitas.737

Although these GPD players are qualified, they will have to post in this thread to confirm their participation or their qualified spot will be given to someone else.

Tt eSPORTS

Any questions please ask. If you are a high level player, who doesn't ladder much, but want to join, pm me and i shall consider it.

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