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**Eddie** · Tue, 19th-Aug-2014, 8:51 PM

Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series
Season 2 Finals Countdown

The Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series (OSC) is the Oceanic, South East Asian and Chinese regional championship, which follows a yearly season format, where players earn points for placing in all partnered tournaments. (Only around the top 10-25% gain points from each tournament). The top 32 players ranked via the OSC Player Leader board at the end of the season are then invited to play in the 2 day minimum $3000+ Grand Finale to determine the yearly champion!

Season 2 has now concluded!!! No more points of offer for 2014. Congratulations to everyone who has qualified for the yearly Grand Finale on Dec 20 + 21.

In 2014 OSC Partnered tournaments have given away $26191 combined prizepool! We have shown 159% growth with 358 individual players with points earned (up from 138 in 2013), and 154 completed partnered tournaments, up from 77 last year, which equates to 100% growth.

Final 2014 rankings and player database can be found here

PiG was 2013's Champion, taking out the $2100 finals series.

We're aiming to make this years finals even bigger and better

Championship Weekend/Finals:

20 December 2014 12:00 PM AEDTCountdown to 20th December 12pm!

The finals will be played over 2 days, December 20 + 21st (Kr/Aest timezone)

Prizepool

Our season 1 Finals had a $2100 prizepool, distrubted between 1st - 16th. Our aim is to build on that for this years finals! $3000+

Blizzard ANZ will help out, and i'll chip in a decent amount too. Sponsors contracts are in the process of re-negotiation for a new year, so we may require some community help to build this event up to the high level it deserves, and a true reflection on the years season! We are hoping some of those who can spare a few dollars will give back to these guys. A spare $10, $20 all adds up! In addition any donation of $25 AUD or more will have exclusive access to all replays from the seasons finals. Donations are open now, and will close on Dec 16th.

Money Raised as of 2/12:

Total	Goal
$355	$1000

+ [Donators/Legends!:] +

We will hopefully run a 24hr special community fun day/fundraiser featuring several SEA pro players and personalities closer to the seasons conclusion, like we did in 2013.

Format

Day One (20th December) will be group stage, for players ranked 9th-32nd. Players ranked 1st-8th will be pre-seeded into Day Two's Double Elim Championship bracket (Season 2013 example).

There will be 4 groups of 6 players on Day One. Everyone in a group players each other once. The top 3 players from each group will join the top 8 season seeds in a 20 player Double Elimination bracket on the Sunday.

All series are best of 3. Map score will be used if there is a tie on equal series wins. If players are still tied on map score, the player who won their series in the group advances.

This is the same format as last year.

What's new is players ranked 9-16th will be able to select a player to join their group. 9th will be paired with 16th (Group A), 10th with 15th (Group B), etc to begin with. They can select anyone ranked 17-32nd. The remaining 8 players unselected at the end will be disturbed via admin discretion.

Massive thanks to our 2013-14 Sponsors Silicon Sports + digitalanvil, Tt eSPORTS, Blizzard ANZ and eSports SG + Xmashed Gear. 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 Oseanic StarCraft 2 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!

*Some of these contracts expire in November, but hopefully they decide to come back and support the season finals and season 3 (2015). eSports SG + Xmashed Gear wont be recommitting again however, so thanks to them for their help for 2013-14.

+ [Season 2/2013 Sponsor Info] +

#Getexcited!

Thought's, feedback, ideas welcome.
What do you guys think about players selecting opponents for their group?