[nirvAnA]

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Gigabye Slam - Saturday, Jul 7, 2012

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Rego time: 9:30 am
Start time: 11:00 am
Stream: http://www.own3d.tv/TeamImmunity
Location: Monash Clayton Campus. Building 8 "rotunda" rooms r2, r3 and r4 (Map)
CGBC is hosting the Gigabyte Starcraft 2 finals. Rego is in r2.

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+ [Invited Player List] +

1. Timothy "iM.Mafia" He (#1)
2. Ethan "xGking.iaguz" Zugai (#1)
3. Bradley "GoSutgun" Seymour (#1)
4. Alex "SQL.Ninja" Smith (#2)
5. Kristoffer "Mf.Targa" Marthinsen (#2)
6. Daniel "Nv.deth" Haynes (#2)
7. Cameron "cREdgE" Murrin (#3)
8. Jared "Tt.PiG" Krensel (#3)
9. Andrew "Nv.mOOnGLaDe" Pender (#3)
10. Samuel "cRFourby" Tham (Points)
11. David "Nv.Rossi" Rossi (Points)
12. Mark 'iM.yang' Richardson (Points)
13. Lucas "Eve.Techtron" Tan (Points)
14. Yoon "Nv.YoonYJ" YoJun (Points)
15. Uni Qualifier #1
16. Uni Qualifier #2

Main Thread: Here

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Latest Update: Qualifiers pushed back 1 week and Tony is working with ACL to resolve scheduling conflict.

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Hey everyone,

Sorry for the delay on this update.

Due to the release of Diablo 3 and the time-out on both sides of the fence the decision has been made to push back all of the online qualifiers by one week. This will hopefully provide time for both players and administrators to execute the qualifiers at the standard we all expect.

Apologies to anyone who had set aside the time and cancelled any hot-dates.

With regards to the LAN finals, we have opened dialogue with ACL and are working to see if we can resolve the conflict.

Cheers,

Tony.

In early July, the "Gigabyte Electronic Sports Winter Slam" will begin - a series of tournaments spanning multiple games held over an entire week. Starcraft 2 will be one of the major titles at the event with a total prize pool of over $4,000++ AUD in cash and products. The Gigabyte Slam will be run in partnership with Team Immunity and SC2SEA. SC2SEA will facilitate in the running of the online qualifiers for the event.

The top 3 players of each of the three qualifiers as well as the 5 players with the overall highest points will receive an automatic invitation to the LAN finals @ Melbourne on the 8th of July for the 16 man finals which will run over a single day. The online qualifiers will determine the top 14 players, with two slots for the finals allocated to wild cards from a university tournament. This event will also feature some of Team Immunity's newly recruited shoutcasting team.

Online Qualifiers:
#1 Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 Motherboard
#2 SteelSeries Diablo 3 Headset
#3 SteelSeries Diablo 3 Mousepad

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Final Lan: (Tentative)
#1 $2,500 Cash
#2 $500
#3 Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H Motherboard

Total Prize Pool: $4,000 in cash and products

This tournament is open to everyone who is a SEA citizen or resident. This is the sponsors request as the finals will be held live in Melbourne and they wish all qualified players to attend the live event. If you are not sure if you are eligible due to your nationality/residency send me a PM.

$20 per player

Each player can play in an unlimited amount of qualifiers. The entrance fees will go towards boosting the total prize pool. Registration will be announced at a later date along with the payment information.

Qualifier 1: 10am AEST Saturday, 2nd June
Qualifier 2: 10am AEST Saturday, 9th June
Qualifier 3: 10am AEST Saturday, 16th June

LAN Finals: Sunday, 8th July @ Melbourne

The top 3 winners of each qualifier will win an automatic invite to the LAN finals @ Melbourne. The remaining 5 slots will be awarded to the players with the highest points. It is therefore recommended to play in as many qualifiers as possible to increase your chance of qualifying.

This is still subject to change. 1st-3rd placing receives auto qualification and is removed from points pool. They will not be eligible to play in any more qualifiers.

4th - 15
5-8th - 8
9-16th - 4

Seeds #10-14 will be given out in order of points.





Admins: TBD

All qualifiers will be best of 3 double elimination, seeding will be done based on recent ACL Pro Sydney standings, followed by ladder rank. Each qualifier will be held over a weekend. The loser bracket will either be BO1 (Unlikely) or BO3 (Most likely) depending on the number of players signed up, as we have to keep things manageable so it ends in one day. The Map pool will be announced shortly.





Q: How do I register?
A: Registration is not open yet. This is the announcement thread to give players notice. When the time comes for registration a news post will be made.

Q: Why is there an entrance fee?
A: This was the main organizer's requirement and current trend for LAN tournaments with a large prize pool. ACL charges a similar sign up fee.

Q: I am from New Zealand / Singapore / Malaysia / Other SEA country - can I play in this?
A: Yes

Q: I am a South Korean living in New Zealand / Singapore / Malaysia - can I play in this?
A: Yes

Q: I am from South Korean living in South Korea or an American living in United States, can I play in this?
A: No



External Links
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[NvRossi]

great prize pool! first qualifier is on at the same time as myself and glades showmatch though lucky theres 3

[Champi]

4k is a nice prize. this will be an exciting one ^^

[ToRSpartaz]

Looking like a really sick tournament awesome development for SEA.

[iMSystem]

This is going to be sick!

[iM MaFia]

I'll be there!

[Zepph]

Hell to the yes ^^
It's times like this I wish I was good at playing so I could compete ^^ Sick prize pool.

[Mayo]

Looks good guys!

I don't agree with the prize distribution for 1st-3rd. I think 1st is extremely stacked.

IMO it should be: $1,500, $1000, $500 (motherboard for 4th). But the competition as a whole looks sick

Quick Comments

	syfChadMann:	agreed
	Asrathiel:	Ja, was thinking that
	ToRSpartaz:	Voice of reason
	ToRSmotPokingFish:	my thoughts exactly :)
	x5.Revenant:

[syfMiley]

I'll be there man, close to home and everything.

[iM MaFia]

Yeah well the last gigabyte tourney was 1st $2,500 2nd $1,500 3rd $750 4th $250. It still says tentative so it's not confirmed yet and there will most likely be more money added to the prize pool from registration fee

Quick Comments

	Mayo:
	nirvAnA:

[ToR.Arnor]

Isnt the 7th/8th of July the tentative date for ACL Melbourne? this makes things interesting ^_^ Melbourne new heart of esports

[iMSystem]

Originally Posted by Arnor@CityHunter

Isnt the 7th/8th of July the tentative date for ACL Melbourne? this makes things interesting ^_^ Melbourne new heart of esports

People will have to decide now

Either that or as Mayo said, ACL reschedules dates

Quick Comments

Mayo:

I sure hope it changes

[iM MaFia]

Oh just realised this. Damn lol would be kinda weird to not reschedule

[Peleus]

Sounds awesome, grats to iM for contributing to the community with this.

Quick Comments

	Mayo:
	nirvAnA:

[mOOnGLaDe]

this is awesome

[inFeZa]

Wow huge top end prize! And it's in melbourne! WOW

If you're looking for an observer for stream i'm happy to help n_n

edit: that's if its not the same date as ACL because i'll be observing that

Quick Comments

	Mayo:	eSports!
	Baldie:	Just go stand in a corner and watch = gosu observing

[EveGaming]

Sounds awesome!

[Dox]

So deth is allowed to play in this one, right?

Quick Comments

	iMSystem:	This is run and maintained by iM so, yes
	inFeZa:	B A N N E D - F R O M - E V E R Y T H I N G ! :o
	nirvAnA:	of course he can play, he was never banned from 3rd party tournaments
	UHF:	referring to "..run in partnership with ... SC2SEA."

[iM MaFia]

Lol dox, I don't see why not haha

[Dox]

Originally Posted by xGKingMafia

Lol dox, I don't see why not haha

"The Gigabyte Slam will be run in partnership with Team Immunity and SC2SEA. SC2SEA will facilitate in the running of the online qualifiers for the event."

Quick Comments

	iMSystem:	Detective Dox
	UHF:	Pretty much thought what you were thinking when i read the OP
	nirvAnA:	don't worry, he can play in this. every SEA resident/citizen can as stated in the OP