[mGGNemesis]

SC2SEA.com GPD Open #94

Welcome to the 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
mGGApocalypse



Date :
4 May, 2014, Sunday

Time :
6pm AEST; 4pm SGT; 8pm NZT

4 May 2014 6:00 PM AEST

Location :
SEA Server, sc2seaGPD group

Report Results and Queries to :
mGGNemesis
x5.Stormz
mGGHalt
mGGVersus
mGGApocalypse

Stream Link

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Join Tournament Here
(Scroll down on new page and click "Join")
Link to Hall of Fame (To be Updated when I find some time to do so)

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

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.

+ [Rules and Regulations] +

+ [Contacting opponents and time limit] +

• You must contact your opponent on Battle.net preferably by being in the group “sc2seaGPD” to play your matches.
• All games should be played on SEA unless both players agree to play on NA and have informed an admin. You must both then report back immediately.
• ALL players are given 15 minutes to contact their opponent.
• Anyone that cannot be contacted will be disqualified.
• If a player cannot be contacted in 15 minutes because of an unavoidable real life event and was able to get someone to contact an Admin, they are given an additional 10 minutes before disqualification.

+ [Race] +

• Players must play your Ranked 1v1 Ladder race throughout the tournament.
• If you intend to play a ladder race different from your main, please inform an Admin to seek permission.
• players are not allowed to race pick unless an Admin has been informed and permission given prior to the games to be played.

+ [Disconnect] +

[LIST][*]If any player disconnects, use the “Resume from Replay” feature (Under Recover Game) to continue the game. This applies in the event of a second disconnect.[*]If the player has gone offline for more than 5 minutes, inform an Admin immediately[*]If the player continues to disconnect, the opponent may be awarded the match.

+ [Manners] +

• Bad manners are not tolerated.
• Pauses should be notified and not exceed 5-10 minutes depending on the reason for the said pause.
• BMing or excessive pausing in game will result in a warning.
• Persistent BMing will result in a disqualification.
• BMing includes racist, hateful or excessively derogatory language language will result in a disqualification and a review to impose either a timed or full ban.

Any disputes will be handled by the Admins after reviewing all associated replays.
Any question can be directed at the Admins.
Please be honest and truthful to ensure the best experience for all.
All participants are encouraged to keep their replays for at least a week.
Smurfing and/or hacking will result in a disqualification and ban from subsequent tournaments

Tournament Format

+ [No. of signups (16 and below)] +

Round of 16 : Merry Go Round LE (BO3)
Round of 8 : Habitation Station LE (BO3)
Semi-finals : King Sejong Station LE (BO3)
Finals : Frost LE (BO3/5)

+ [No. of signups (more than 16)] +

Round of 64 : Overgrowth LE (BO1)
Round of 32 : Alterzim Stronghold TE (BO1)
Round of 16 : Merry Go Round LE (BO1)
Round of 8 : Habitation Station LE (BO3)
Semi-finals : King Sejong Station LE (BO3)
Finals : Frost LE (BO3/5)

Loser picks next map in Best of 3 or 5 series.
Grand Finals can be either a Best of 5 or a Best of 3 series.
Maps may not be repeated in the same series.
For all Best of 3/5 series, players are allowed to veto 1 map.

Map Pool (Blizzard Ladder Maps)
Alterzim Stronghold TE
Frost LE
Habitation Station LE
King Sejong Station LE
Overgrowth LE
Merry Go Round LE
Waystation

+ [spoiler alert] +

GPD Cup
8 players will be invited to participate in the GPD Cup.
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 etc may be considered to be invited as wildcards.
The decision will be made by the Admins.

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

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

[mGGNemesis]

Signs up end approximately 45 minutes from now.

Reminder about 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.

[mGGVersus]

Stream for tonight has changed!!

http://www.twitch.tv/darkcs

is the link for the stream now!

[whiskerless]

I am going to be late by 20mins. Admin can wait for me a bit?

[mGGNemesis]

Results for GPD Open #94 :

Winner : [VB]Enak
1st runners up : FSBlueS

Congrats! Both players have qualified for the GPD Cup. ^_^

Quick Comments

FLuX:

NZ Imba! Enak fighting

[mGGNemesis]

I would like to personally thank everyone for their patience and understanding in today's tournament and to take this opportunity to remind all players to check their eligibility BEFORE signing up for the tournament.

We are very strict with the no -in-HOTS rule and will not hesitate to disqualify players when we find out. While Versus and myself do random checks on participants before the tournaments starts, we do request players to let us know if you are aware that your opponent is an ex- or current player (HOTS).

Until next time ^_^

[syfNaMeK]

Gratz Enak! Masters soon?

[mGGVersus]

Thank you to mrlando and clare for being understanding after what happened

[ShayneRarma]

Enak, gosu!

[Infected]

Well done Enak

[eCKo`Enak]

Thanks guys gg's to all and thanks to admins and casters