[Eddie]

Welcome to the 13th SEA Masters Cup!

The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament. $205 prize on offer to the winner, $100 2nd prize, $52 3rd. $367 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 6000+ viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region. Our last few Cups have had 13000+ viewers!

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

+ [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, 11 + 12
Dox, $100 for MC 4
Anonymous, $10 MC 9

+ [Casters] +

HDPhoenix casting MC 1 + 2
nGenBenji for casting MC 3, 4 + 5 + 9, 10 +11
System casting MC 6 + co-casting MC 8 + 10
Frogmite casting MC 8
Dox casting MC 12
nGenXeen for co-casting MC 3 + 5
Jaczie for casting MC 7 + co-casting MC 1
Paz for co-casting MC 7
FaDeMeatex for co-casting MC 12
Zepph for co-casting MC 9+11

+ [Helpers] +

XanT for helping Admin MC 1- 12
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

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+ [$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, 12th of February, 2012.
Time: 6pm AEDT, 5pm AEST, 3pm 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: http://www.twitch.tv/meatex
Stream shall begin 1 hr before the event, where our casters will stream a couple of replays of SEA stars vs other international stars
Prizes: Winner gets the $205 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $100 for 2nd, $52 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 XanT.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, XanT.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: WCG Metalopolis (B01 no 2nd game) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: GSL Daybreak (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: Tal'Darim Altar LE (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: WCG Shakuras Plateau (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version) (B03)
Finals: GSL Terminus RE (B05)
(3rd Place Match GSL Terminus RE 1st, B03)

Loser can pick from any the following maps:
WCG Metalopolis, WCG Shakuras Plateau, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, WCG Shattered Temple, GSL Terminus RE, GSTL Dual Site, 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 12 Feb, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread, along with seedings.

Brackets

+ [Seeds] +

1. xGKingMafia
2. NvYoonYJ
3. MskiEnDerr
4. NvRossi
5. GosuTgun
6. FlashRevz
7. Jerry
8. delete
9. sqlttyang
10. Strafe
11. irldrake
12. Msk
13. DaNoSauR
14. TAVoices
15. SatuSPR
16. GGiSt

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 2 months, on April 8, where non SEA players are welcome to join.

+ [Registered players] +

1. lzq.397
2. Petraeus.737
3. biggun.962
4. xGKingMafia.353
5. Bard.387
6. daynine.281
7. CubeBy.354
8. EveTigey.318
9. delete.873
10. cruxStallion.840
11. entaromatino.989
12. nGenCrimson.134
13. Aiya.930
14. SatuSPR.108
15. pokerface.195
16. DaNoSauR.917
17. FlashRevz.721
18. Dox.792
19. kez.702
20. NvRossi.412
21. rLsSkrawl.768
22. MskiDane.185
23. sqlttyang.280
24. MskiJaBiTo.621
25. Yekke.136
26. SlowHands.962
27. VhoR.390
28. SungInSPR.673
29. dtay.907
30. Jerry.336
31. Danmate.891
32. OopsXiliToL.373
33. gomms.692
34. Westley.951
35. vtazz.332
36. yam.739
37. Starscream.887
38. strafe.703
39. SQLTtNinja.408
40. Savior.127
41. WeryNg.382
42. EveJaFF.415
43. azkmalice.259
44. MskiChakra.768
45. TragicHero.742
46. IntoTheSnow.978
47. XenomorphSPR.194
48. MrToast.115
49. Nvdeth.342
50. NvPinder.993
51. NvYoonYJ.100
52. sqlttinfeza.768
53. FlashToT.637
54. MskiEnDerr.328
55. techtron.422
56. YellowFlash.282
57. MiTHjump.493
58. EveRekanise.618
59. Zixma.377
60. zoom.624
61. CGFatal.613
62. Theifzz.368
63. YiDaToT,849
64. Scope. 717
65. MskiYax.453
66. Hllelujah.668
67. Tjioe.952
68. CruxNXZ.299
69. fxotgun.470
70. PickleWeasel.945
71. AsGSedz.549
72. Kringe.127
73. AcE.415
74. WhiteStorm.406
75. dKsoulZ.770
76. iRLProAnnn.406
77. GGiSt.694
78. ttpig.473
79. eXoLynXer.434
80. Paroxysm.938
81. Deneb.971
82. BeVDoG.376
83. xGKingMyuu.105
84. irldrake.352
85. tDpMaltiso.148
86. tDpBob.725
87. TAVoices.250
88. TASalvatioN.522
89. PeleusSPR.652
90. MskiWaning.190
91. salsaCHAYNES.595
92. phoneheha.693
93. pon.451
94. ignorance.340
95. loch.521
96. gezza.935
97. FaDeVenosauR.819
98. Clinton.450

Qualifiers from the weekly GPD Opens:

+ [qualifiers] +

Confirmed:

suman.449
prOxiSouth.956
AsGKepler.941
Lemminks.916
shadowz.381
Volition.893
onsSomeone.960
CreativeSPR. 985
coolbeans.364
GNA.403
Crispy.944
LAGberimbau.407
Battlewagon.519

13/22

Unconfirmed:

TABlitz.485
Zero.457
theFatty.700
FaDeRicocheT.641
TTMP.926
Random.788
Rain.889
Lightbeams.695
kweeeeeeeers.829

Withdrawn:

FaDeMeatex.467
ToRDjvillian.679


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.

Masters Cup News, Results + Hall of Fame

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	Eddie added $52 because it has been over 52 weeks/1 year of consecutive GPDs and 13 MCs. What A BOSS!!
	TAXanT:
	Mayo:	Consistent and good

[wTlzq]

lzq.397

ten char

[ROOTPetraeus]

Petraeus.737

[TABiggun]

biggun.962

[iM MaFia]

xGKingMafia 353

also good job eddie very nice prize pool

[ZCPooSmear]

suman.449

qualified on GPD

[x5_Bard]

Bard.387 to either play or help cast!

[Celldweller]

daynine.281 masters terran

[xGKingdelete]

delete.873

[SteelHeart]

CubeBy.354

[EveTigey]

EveTigey.318

[Stallion]

cruxStallion.840

[MatiNO]

entaromatino.989

[syfCrimson]

nGenCrimson.134

[Aiya]

Char: Aiya
Code: 930

[Satu]

SatuSPR.108

[AvPoker]

pokerface.195

[ToRSpartaz]

Spartaz, 780

Oops sorry thought this was the BSG tournament .

Just wanted to say Eddie, nice prizepool a lot of work and effort went into the establishment of this tournament man. I look forward to watching it this Sunday mate ^^

Gl hf guys, ToR Fiiighting

Quick Comments

	ToRdanO:	Chobo_Nick !
	Celldweller:

[ToRdanO]

DaNoSauR.917

[mGGSouth]

prOxiSouth.956