[sixcube]

Hi all!

Sixcube here!

Many people have asked me how the IEM Singapore format will be like, and how people can register or qualify for it.

In our latest post on the IEM website, we shared details related to the Open Brackets, but just to make sure especially for most of the SEA people who are attending this event to register or qualify for it, this is especially important.

http://www.esl-world.net/masters/sea...e/news/207980/

The registration for the StarCraft II Open Bracket in Singapore is now open. It will close at midnight on the 18th of November. 32 places are available. The Open Bracket will be played out on the 22nd of November live at SITEX in Singapore. The Top 8 players will advance into the $32.000 Intel Extreme Masters Singapore tournament which runs from the 22nd to the 25th of November.

The last Open Bracket at Intel Extreme Masters gamescom saw players like MVP, NesTea, PuMa, MC, LucifroN, NaNiwa and many more attend. MVP went on to qualify for the main tournament and ended up winning it.
Players who succeed in qualifying for the main tournament have a guaranteed $600 in prize money.

How to register?
In order to register for the open bracket, please send a mail to openbracket.singapore.2012@esl.eu with the following information:

• Full name
• Link to your Battle.net profile
• List of tournament achievements, if available
• Date of Birth

Registration Deadline: 18/11/12 23:59 CET (GMT+1)

The Open Bracket F.A.Q.
Every StarCraft II tournament in the new season of the Intel Extreme Masters will feature 24 players. 16 of those will qualify online and 8 will qualify through an open bracket tournament played on the first day of gamescom.

How can I participate in the Open Bracket?
There will be 32 spots in the open bracket. The open bracket is reserved for players that were unable to participate in the event qualifier or got knocked out early.

Open bracket spots will be made available after the conclusion of the Intel Extreme Masters online qualifiers so that players that have not qualified online could still compete at the event.

How will it be played out?
The open bracket tournament will be divided into 4 double elimination brackets of 8 players each. The winners of the upper bracket and the lower bracket will be seeded into the main event with a high and low seed, respectively. The double elimination bracket finals will not be played out.

How do the open bracket players fit into the main event?
The main event will have 24 players with 4 groups of 6 players. It will start only after the open bracket has concluded and the 8 main event participants from the open bracket are known.

Each group will consist of 4 players qualified online, 1 high seed open bracket player and 1 low seed open bracket player (from a different open bracket).

A total of 12 players, top 3 from each group, will advance to the playoffs, with group winners getting a free win in the 1st round. It is the same system as the one used at the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship.

Let me know if you have any questions, and I will do my best to answer it.

Best Regards,
Sixcube (Jasper)

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DM.MCZ.Polaris:

Thanks for the information! ^^

[SLCN.Kez]

Registered! When will we know if it's been accepted?

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ROCCAT_Savior:

gl sir, hf in singapore =D

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by cR.Kez

Registered! When will we know if it's been accepted?

Afaik 19th... So take the risk of booking flights now and potentially not playing or book later and paying more zzzzz

[Antel0pe]

Go ZooooM, hwaiting~

[ProAnnn]

Hi guys! we hope to clarify and resolve the situation of the confirmation only by the 18th, hopefully talking to Carmac and IEM team on this! Pig already highlighted this issue to me!

Will keep you guys posted!

Best Regards,
Sixcube (Jasper)

Sixcube(Jasper) posted on the other thread, i believe the confirmation is for the open bracket i think

[nirvAnA]

Looking forward to more Aussies coming over!

[syfChadMann]

Yeah - I'll publicly state, as a team manager that is hoping to send a player to IEM - its redic that we have to wait until 2 days before the event to book international flights. Australian eSports isn't made of money - the flight difference can be hundreds of dollars.. This is way too late, needs to be organised weeks before the event. :'(

Hope to get the good news I'm wanting sooner rather than later.

[Shawnster]

You will not have to wait for that long to get a confirmation regarding your participation in the Open Bracket. Matter of fact I just sent out replies/confirmations to about a dozen applications.

I'm really excited to come to the SEA region for the very first time. Your community intrigued me ever since I got to know team aLt in the WC3L Qualifiers years ago. We want as many of you local heroes in the tournament as possible! So please don't hesitate to apply, there is still quite some room in the open bracket!

Edit: Should have added: I'm Shawn, the IEM Headadmin.

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Bash:

i like you, welcome.