[Eddie]

Welcome to the 14th SEA Masters Cup!

The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament. $100 prize on offer to the winner + Gray L Sc2sea Tee, $50 2nd prize, $25 3rd. $185 prize pool total*! This event is sponsored by Eddie and sc2sea.com

Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me. Masters Cup usually gets around 10000+ viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region. Our last few Cups have had 13000+ viewers!

In this months Cup we shall be trialling two dedicated streams. This will offer variety in games and casters, as well as more advertisement opportunities for potential sponsors.

We are also looking for a Sc2sea + Masters Cup promotional video to be aired during events. Prize on offer is a White-Ra mouse pad, box signed by WhiteRa himself, courtesy of Mayo + Tt eSPORTS. See thread for details.

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

+ [Masters Cup #14 recap] +

Results:

1st | NvmOOnGLaDe | | $100AUD
2nd | SQLNinja | | $50AUD
3rd | xGKingJazBas | | $25AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Junho $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc14

+ [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 10-14
Dox, $100 for MC 4
Anonymous, $10 MC 9

+ [Casters] +

HDPhoenix casting MC 1 + 2
xGKingBenji for casting MC 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 +14
System casting MC 6, 14 + 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 casting MC 13 + co-casting MC 12
Zepph for co-casting MC 9, 11 + 13
LiviBee for co-casting MC 14

+ [Helpers] +

XanT for helping Admin MC 1- 14
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

+ [$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, 11th of March, 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 SEA user name + character code in this thread
Live-Streams: A:http://www.twitch.tv/benjisc2, B:http://www.twitch.tv/systemtv
Prizes: Winner gets the $100 + Gray L Sc2sea Tee prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $50 for 2nd, $25 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 TAXanT.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, TAXanT.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: GSL Metropolis (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: Cloud Kingdom LE (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version) (B03)
Finals: WCG Shakuras Plateau (B05)
(3rd Place Match WCG Shakuras Plateau, B03)

Loser can pick from any the following maps:
WCG Metalopolis, WCG Shakuras Plateau, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, WCG Shattered Temple, GSL Metropolis, Cloud Kingdom LE, 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 11 March, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread, along with seedings.

Brackets are up

+ [Seeds] +

1. xGKingLight
2. EveStrafe
3. xGKingMafia
4. xGKingJazBas
5. ZeNEXRyoO
6. FlashRevz
7. MskiJaBiTo
8. irlkyzersoze
9. Nvrossi
10. GoSutgun
11. delete
12. MskiEnDerr
13. sqlyang
14. Iceiceice
15. fenner
16. aLtDementia

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 next month, on April 8, where non SEA players are welcome to join.

+ [Registered players] +

1. wTPetraeus.737
2. cruxStallion.840
3. GoSutgun.848
4. Churlz.519
5. RyooMakSPR.519
6. PeleusSPR.652
7. delete.873
8. cruxDoc.768
9. wTlzq.495
10. MskiJaBiTo.621
11. prOxiSouth.956
12. sqlyang.309
13. RageBoredguy.180
14. nRvDolo.188
15. xGKingJazBas.701
16. irlkyzersoze.341
17. SQLNinja.387
18. xGKingMaFia.739
19. MskiYax.453
20. cruxkiiss.689
21. EveSnow.352
22. FlashRevz.721
23. EveYekke.360
24. sunginspr.673
25. MiTHjump.493
26. Savior.127
27. tbkspr.961
28. IrisAnother.855
29. IrisCrimson.560
30. nRvBard.924
31. xGKingmyuu.105
32. MSIEvoBLaZeR.266
33. TAEdgE.100
34. Iceiceice. 929
35. Pesi.858
36. kez.702
37. FlashToT.637
38. sweet.994
39. DaNoSauR.917
40. nRvAxinZ.828
41. nvrossi.155
42. biggun.962
43. cruxSpoon.297
44. Paroxysm.938
45. CubeBy.354
46. NvmOOnGLaDe.554
47. dtay.907
48. Nvdeth.342
49. MskiEnDerr.328
50. NvYoonYJ.100
51. JerryToT.336
52. fenner.227
53. FunkBuster.631
54. CGFatal.613
55. wTerA.770
56. EveStrafe.391
57. Syk.534
58. Ripped.905
59. TtPiG.473
60. SatuSPR.108
61. vtazz.143
62. EveDougy.575
63. TASlowHands.335
64. darkrocket.221
65. protimber.748
66. syntox.220
67. EveJeonSa.560
68. CaiYilin.750
69. CruxNXZ.299
70. Discipline.818
71. eXoNUKS.284
72. TAdippa.684
73. FaDeDuck.352
74. rLsoneplus.149
75. EveTigey.318
76. FaDeEvan.192
77. yam.739
78. aLtDementia.102
79. FaDeChaynes.466
80. Gerbera.203
81. Faytz.507

Qualifiers from the weekly GPD Opens:

+ [qualifiers] +

Confirmed:

Aequitas.737
AyuTrex.972
coolbeans.364
Volition.893
Junho.483
lalapo.694

6/21

Unconfirmed:

shadowz.381
StitchSPR.983
pikaboots.767
Gambit.681
Rain.889
Spook.389
Spartaz.780
PacificBASA.718
EXPLOSIONED.162
CrunChyBis.155
deecee.344
FvRCrank.767
SundaySushi.864
ZenAku.813
FirstLegion.507

Withdrawn:


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.

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

	ToRSpartaz:	Good work yet again Eddie :D awesome stuff!
	xGKingdelete: