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Unstable · Wed, 3rd-Nov-2010, 12:28 PM

FXOpen http://www.fxopen.com is proud to announce its sponsored tournament "In the rear with the Gear" Hosted by Clan 2bh http://www.2bh.org.

FXOpen is one of the largest retail foreign exchange (forex) broker in the world with a strong interest in esports and starcraft 2 this is the first of many events to come!

UPDATE BRACKETS POSTED!

Tournament brackets can be found here: http://challonge.com/fxopen (if we missed you I truely apologise but this was origionally a 128 player bracket we will be more comprehensive next time)

Games listed under PRELIMINARIES can be played prior to the 27th of November. If you play your game prior to the 27th of November, please email the result + replay to manager@fxoceania.com to confirmation. It is not compulsory to play your preliminaries before the 27th, however it would be best that as many of these games are played as possible in order to have a smoother event.
Please note, we seeded 32 players, some of them randomly, the others based on reputation and location (we seeded some of the TOP SEA players NA players, etc). Note that this is the first of many tournaments to come, and future seeding will be based on past results for all events (even live events).

Streamers:
Unstable TV! with Unstable & Sephyre: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/unstable-tv1
SC2TV.RU! http://sc2tv.ru/

The tournament format is as follows:
DAY 1
BO1 until RO32
PRELIMINARIES – METALOPOLIS (ro512)
ROUND 1 – LOST TEMPLE (ro256)
ROUND 2 – XEL’NAGA (ro128)
ROUND 3 - Shakuras Plateu (ro64)
ROUND 4 - Veto system starts now! (ro32)
END OF DAY 1

DAY 2
ROUND 5 (ro16)
ROUND 6 (ro8)
ROUND 7 Quarter finals
ROUND 8 Semi Finals!
ROUND 9 BO5 final and play off

This we feel is the best format to keep time and interest in the tournament. We understand that some people have a tough road to the RO32, I apologise if you feel so. But I assure you this won’t be the case for any future tournaments.

ON THE DAY PLAYERS SHOULD LOOK TO TURN UP AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY
In order to be eligible to play and report your matches, you must log in to web chat at http://2bh.org/chat/

There will be a chat room with 4 administrators. FXOPEN, Will, unstable and another person from 2bh will be admining the tournament.
You must log in to chat to report all games/problems to the administrators. If you do not report them, the results will not count.
If you cannot find your opponent, its likely you will find them in chat. If you are in chat and they do not show up in 15 minutes after start time, they will forfeit.
Also be aware that an admin may request to stream your game. Tournament rules state that FXOpen holds the rights to stream any game they wish.
Please note, if you wish to participate in the creative strategy prize, you must send your replays to manager@fxoceania.com with the subject “MOST CREATIVE” you MUST WIN your match in order to be eligible. You may nominate an opponent if you see fit.
Finally, if you do not declare a scratching PRIOR to the 27th of November, you will be blacklisted for the next 5 FXOpen events (including live events). We are happy to host events for the community, but please do right by us and if you do not intend on showing up, or think you may not be able to, please scratch yourself from the event. It makes everything so much easier on everyone.

Date 27th and 28th of November 2010
[date]November 27 2010 2:00 GMT[/date]
[date]November 28 2010 7:00 GMT[/date]

Tournament size: upto 256 players (if significant interest is shown we will extend this more)

TOURNAMENT IS NOT REGION SPECIFIC.. ANYONE WITH ACCESS TO NORTH AMERICAN SERVER CAN PARTICIPATE

Server: North America

Prizes:
First $1000
Second $200
Third $100
$100 for the most creative win (replays will be reviewed by admins after the tournament you must win with a unique strategy, EG mass contaminate on hatch is NOT Unique because we have seen it before.

Format:
DAY 1 -Bo1 until Ro16 Bo3 for Ro16 until finals
DAY 2 -Bo5 for final and playoff
No losers brackets!

Maps:
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
Xel'Naga Caverns
Lost Temple
Scrap Station
Steppes of War
Delta Quadrant

For Bo1 series each player will veto 3 maps. Games will be played on the remaining maps.
For Bo3 series each player will veto 2 maps. Games will be played on the remaining maps.
For Bo5 series each player will veto 1 map. Games will be played on the remaining maps.

Example of map picking:

Bo3 series
Player A vetos Delta Quadrant
Player B vetos lost temple
Player A vetos Metalopolis
Player B vetos Stepps of war

So map list looks like this

Metalopolis XXXXX
Shakuras Plateau
Xel'Naga Caverns
Lost Temple XXXXX
Scrap Station
Steppes of War XXXXX
Delta Quadrant XXXXX

First map will be the first un veto'd map on the list, in this case Shakuas Plateu. Loser picks the next map up. If this requires more explanation please post and ask for one.

Should more than 256 players sign up, it may be necessary to split the tournament over 3 days and extend the bo3 series to round of 8 or 16 and host the finals the following weekend. We will have made a decision on this 5 days prior to the event.

Sign up details.
Please sign up here 2bh forum signup or alternatively in this thread. But please take the time to signup on the 2bh forum as it is thier hosted event.

Sign up Format: (Please ensure you post your NA account ID if you have access to more than one server)
Sc Name :-
Sc ID :-
Intended Race :-

Streaming:
FXopen reserves the right to decide which streamers will be covering the event as the event sponsor. It has been requested that there be two streams one US based casting team and one SEA based casting team since we specifically chose times for both regions to be able to participate. If you would like to be considered as a caster for the event please PM me with details about your stream, EG quality, casters, average viewers the more info the better.

Rules:

General:

- Any violation of the following rules will result in a forfeit of the series removing the offendor from the tournament.
- No cheating in any way of the following but not limited to. Using 3rd party programs to aid in any form of way, receiving messages from players while ingame, listening to stream while playing or sharing an account with any other player or an account that you did not register with.
- Players must set their status to Busy while ingame.
- If any player is more than 15 minutes late for a scheduled match it will result in a forfeit
- Players may change race inbeetween games.
- No abusive or spamming chat behaviour of any kind will be tolerated.

Maps and Hosting:

- Games must be hosted on one of the tournament maps, games played on any other maps will be void and must be replayed.
- In Bo3 and Bo5 series loser will decide the map of the remaining non veto'd maps
- It is the players responsibility to check the map pool and report any issues.

Disconnects and Lag:

- If any Player is lagging the non lagging player MUST take a screenshot of the lag as proof and submit it to a tournament admin.
- If a disconnect happens before 5 minutes of game time the game can be replayed.
- Any disconnect after 5 minutes will be reveiwed by a tournament admin, if there is no clear winner or advantage to any player the game will be replayed.
- If there is unplayable lag that seems to be BNET related players are to contact an admin immediatly.

Coverage and Observers:

- There is strictly no observers allowed ingame other than those appointed by tournament admins
- Streamers are allowed to stream any game they wish. HOWEVER if this causes lag in the game streamers must leave immediatly to allow a lag free and fair game to the players.

FAQ

Q: im EXTREMELY curious why a forex broker is interested in e-sports. could anybody shed any light onto this?

Quote:

On November 03 2010 13:51 FXOpen wrote:
I am happy to shed light on this for you mate.

Our company currently sponsors MMA, a drift car series (fxdrift.com) and various other sporting events.

Of late, myself, and another senior member of staff have realised we have a passion for sc2, and that there is a hole in the industry.

It is merely a new business on the side of another business.

I hope this helps your curiosity.

Message from sponsor

Quote:

On November 03 2010 13:31 FXOpen wrote:
Hello SC2ers,

Its great to support such a great event merging the SEA and NA players.

Let me introduce myself, I am Josh, long time player but I suck. I am the managing director of one of the FXOpen branches.

Questions regarding the date. I apologise that it mixes up with another tournament, however, due to time constraints and potential conflicts with major sc2 events, we felt this was the most appropriate date for the event.

If you get a chance, feel free to take a look at our website, 2bh's website.

I'd like to say a huge thanks to Unstable for helping me organise this event. And thank you to 2bh for helping with ideas and being part of the map panel and creative win panel.

Let it be known that this is not a one off event for us. We are looking at taking things all the way.

We have invited a few professional teams to watch our streams of this event in the hope of creating a new environment for western gamers (Australia in particular). I won't name names. But just know they will be there.

I will be organising the event on the day/s and helping conduct interviews with random gamers.

I request that anyone approached by tournament admin to do some media, take up the opportunity. Its always fun to get your name out there and would be a great help in reaching our goals.

If you have any questions for myself or regarding the event please feel free to send me a pm.

See you all on the day.

Regards,

The Team of FXOpen.

Please feel free to post any questions you have about the event in this thread and I will do my very best to answer them.

**nirvAnA** · Wed, 3rd-Nov-2010, 12:43 PM

Nice to see tournaments by why not make it SEA only!! Well i guess i understand from the sponsors perspective. oh well huk select kiwkikaki etc gonna just take all the top spots

mOOnGLaDe · Wed, 3rd-Nov-2010, 1:09 PM

EDIT - I spoke about it with sponsor and he made some good points about the competition being better for everyone and motivating us sea players! tbh im super grateful that this tourny is being hosted, and i wish i could play in it T_T hopefully there are more in the future!!

**Torniquet** · Wed, 3rd-Nov-2010, 4:58 PM

Thanks for posting this up Unstable.

Shinta · Sun, 7th-Nov-2010, 1:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mOOnGLaDe

EDIT - I spoke about it with sponsor and he made some good points about the competition being better for everyone and motivating us sea players! tbh im super grateful that this tourny is being hosted, and i wish i could play in it T_T hopefully there are more in the future!!

Why can't you play in it? =P