[mGGNemesis]

News Alert!! Updates!!

SC2SEA.com GPD Open



The sc2sea GPD is a 64 player, single elimination tournament.

It will be conducted every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month.
If there is Masters Cup on that particular Sunday, the tournament will be postponed by a week.

Admins:
mGGNemesis
x5.Stormz
mGGHalt
mGGVersus

The winner of each GPD open is awarded with one hour of professional coaching from a coach in this thread (link)

There are some slight updates with regards to the eligibility of the participants. Please make an effort to read them. Many thanks.

RULES AND REGULATIONS
Tournament Eligibility

• Players must have their own SEA account; playing on another's account is not allowed.
• You must be , or on any of the 4 servers (SEA, NA, KR or EU).
• You should not be and above in this season (2014 Season 2) and/or had been in the last (2014 Season 1) on ANY server.
• If you have achieved on any server in HOTS, you will not be allowed to join as well.

• If you are joining this tournament for the first time, you are encouraged to post the links for your valid b.net sc2 profiles on the servers you play on in the signup thread.
• If the Admins should request for it during the tournament, please cooperate.
• It may be necessary for the Admins to do a quick verification especially when questions have been raised with regards to your league. Failure to do so or to cooperate, will be deem suspicious and you will be disqualified from the tournament.
• Smurfing and Cheating will result in a ban from the GPD Opens.

• Winners of consecutive GPD opens are respectfully asked to skip a week before joining the GPD Opens again.

Tournament Format

• If we have more than 16 signups, the existing tournament format applies. i.e. BO1 till Round of 8; BO3 from Round of 8 to Semi-Finals. Choice between BO3 or BO5 for finals.
• However, if we have 16 or less signups for a particular weekend, BO3 begins with Round of 16. Everything else remains unchanged.

+ [Spoiler alert!!] +

GPD Cup
8 players will be invited to participate in the GPD Cup.
This will take place after 4 weeks of GPD Open tournaments.
Top 2 players for each Open will be invited.
Regular participants, players who have done well consistently despite not making it to the Semi-finals or other criteria as discussed by the Admins, may be considered to be invited as wildcards.
The decision made by the Admins will be final.

The Winner from the GPD Cup will be awarded...
The “Golden Glory” Achievement Badge

*Spoiler Alert : The Admins are still in top secret discussions for this*
More details will be announced later.

Last but not least
"It is your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser." ~Harry Sheehy
“Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.”
~Gary Gygax

GL HF

*Watch out for the signup thread coming to you on this site soon*

[syfNaMeK]

That GPD Cup is mine!!

[ETL.Balimaar]

I may as well give it a bash I'll most likely get my ass booted out in the first round but hey

*nek minnit - Balimaar has WON THE GPD CUP*

hahaha

[mGGVersus]

^o^ ^o^ #hype

[NairX.Totodile]

Lets do this, im prepared come at me bru.

[Elusory]

I must admit that I feel ashamed that I haven't been a good admin in regards to GPD in the past, but looking at this team of new admins, I'm pretty sure this will be properly run!

Quick Comments

	mGGNemesis:	we love you and what u did do <3 wanna help out with casting? :D
	mGGVersus:	you r the worst justin joel. ok i kid <3

[mGGNemesis]

Part 2 of the Updates (And you thought you have read it all)

There is a slight change in the Tournament Format.

Tournament Format

• If we have more than 16 signups, the existing tournament format applies. i.e. BO1 till Round of 8; BO3 from Round of 8 to Semi-Finals. Choice between BO3 or BO5 for finals.
  
• However, if we have 16 or less signups for a particular weekend, BO3 begins with Round of 16. Everything else remains unchanged.

[Narse]

Glad to see this coming back.... Bravo to the people who tried to keep it going

[ToRsupapower]

wow another gpd win for me

[Seffy]

IT LIVES

[mGGDrGooSe]

Originally Posted by mGGNemesis

mGGNemesis
x5.Stormz
mGGHalt
mGGVersus

My Heroes.

Quick Comments

mGGVersus:

<3

[Rendorian]

Good to see it return
'insert comment about how i'm going to win here'

[yuu]

looks like it's time for me to win something

Quick Comments

mGGIcedTea:

lolno

[mGGDaedalus]

NEM4PM!

....hashtag 10char

[eCKo'Apoc]

i wanna help admin this

[kite_dothack]

ravenflames wherever you are, im coming, you better be prepared >___<

[mGGNemesis]

The thread for GPD #93 happening this sunday is up!!

http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=8439

What you need to do!
1. Get placed in this new season... preferably have some games as well
2. Sign up!! (What are you waiting already?!)
3. Good Luck, Have Fun

PS : Any interested casters/streamers please pm any of the admins