[SFTAElessar]

Thanks Chadman

[Benji]

Just making a post to remind people that this final qualifier is in 12 hours! Signups will close 30 minutes before the games start (Brackets close at 12:30pm AEST), make sure you are online and ready as walkovers will happen at 1:15pm AEST (unless there is unusual circumstances like last weeks inability for some players to log on).

[NOM]

deth had to work today, and he finishes at 12:30, iv'e been trying to contact him but he hasn't been answering his phone so I don't know when he will be back to play this tournament.

EDIT: OMFG EB staff are so retarted, so deth can't make the tournament because he has to work another hour.
Sorry guys..

Quick Comments

Benji:

Thanks for the heads up

[Benji]

Hey guys, finally able to sit down at my computer and follow up on all the IeSF stuff ^_^

Firstly, I wrote a quick review of the qualifiers, if you want to check it out, visit this link

Anyway, the 16 qualifying players are (In league and qualifying order):
iMMafia
xGKingPoker
EveTechtron
xGKingSatu
iMLight
NvRossi
cRNinja
TtPiG

Toast
XtreMe
DronesInJail
NvDox

HoHKoketsu
BEASTMODE
fAiRyDuSt
FSZomgrofl

The final bracket will take place on the 15th of September. It will start in the afternoon (we will lock in an exact time a little closer to the date as we have some stuff planned for the event we need to nail down first). Being double elimination, it should go for a good amount of time.

The winner will be sent to the World Championships. The player will be required to be in Korea from October 2nd to October 6th for the event.

Brackets will be generated about a week out from the event, and I will guarantee no team kills in the first round. If your team is not displayed correctly or at all in the above list, please post here or contact me in some way (PM, email).

If you have any questions, please let me know.

[NvRossi]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

Hey guys, finally able to sit down at my computer and follow up on all the IeSF stuff ^_^

Firstly, I wrote a quick review of the qualifiers, if you want to check it out, visit this link

Anyway, the 16 qualifying players are (In league and qualifying order):
iMMafia
xGKingPoker
EveTechtron
xGKingSatu
iMLight
NvRossi
cRNinja
TtPiG

Toast
XtreMe
DronesInJail
NvDox

HoHKoketsu
BEASTMODE
fAiRyDuSt
FSZomgrofl

The final bracket will take place on the 15th of September. It will start in the afternoon (we will lock in an exact time a little closer to the date as we have some stuff planned for the event we need to nail down first). Being double elimination, it should go for a good amount of time.

The winner will be sent to the World Championships. The player will be required to be in Korea from October 2nd to October 6th for the event.

Brackets will be generated about a week out from the event, and I will guarantee no team kills in the first round. If your team is not displayed correctly or at all in the above list, please post here or contact me in some way (PM, email).

If you have any questions, please let me know.

i have an exam from 9-11 on the 15th please confirm its in the arvo !

[Benji]

Originally Posted by NvRossi

i have an exam from 9-11 on the 15th please confirm its in the arvo !

Yep, you should be fine to make the event, it will start no earlier than the previous qualifiers which began at 1pm.

[Fenner]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

I will guarantee no team kills in the first round.

I honestly dislike this even though it seems to be commonly accepted on SEA. Whilst team kills suck for the players involved, it is also unfair for the team you are on to have an influence on the bracket in a solo tournament in my opinion.

This is an extreme example but it will get my point across:

Lets say that iM Mafia beats iM Light 100% of the time but Light beats everyone else in the tournament 100% of the time. With team kills allowed in the first round, this means that Light has the possibility of losing in round 1 but with out team kills allowed it means he will always get past round 1. Thats an example of a player getting an advantage from this system.

The other thing that could happen is that the team being represented could gain an advantage, see this extreme example:

8 man bracket, 4 people on the same team, 4 randoms. With team kills allowed in the first round, there is a possibility the 4 team members could get lumped into the top half of the bracket, only allowing a max of 2 players into the top 4. With team kills not allowed in the first round, its possible for the team the players are representing to get 4 players in the top 4.

These examples are extreme but show that not allowing team kills in the first round influence the way the brackets play out - some people may prefer it this way, it's just my opinion really.

Also not allowing team kills in the first round means that there needs to be human interaction with the bracket generation which is obviously not preferred unless there is some way of randomizing logically whilst forcing no team kills.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by cRfenner

I honestly dislike this even though it seems to be commonly accepted on SEA.

As far as I'm aware, it's only really happened twice before - one of them being WCG Australia 2011 and the other one I can't even remember, maybe the IPL4 Australian Qualifiers or something. Nv have been team killing eachother in pretty much every tournament since the team launched. :P

I agree that it's an accepted part of competitive solo play, but it's a nice gesture every now and then, too!

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

October 2nd to October 6th

Same as ACL Nationals.. T_T

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

I will guarantee no team kills in the first round.

Why, this is relevant. Only iM and xG can have team kills. o_O

[Benji]

Originally Posted by cR.ChadMann

Same as ACL Nationals.. T_T




Why, this is irrelevant. Only iM and xG can have team kills. o_O

Nv as well.

The global finals is not a date we can change. Also the date only effects a single player.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by cR.ChadMann

Why, this is relevant. Only iM and xG can have team kills. o_O

mate i'm gonna tear rossi apart

[DUCKVILLELOL]

I'm a little confused by what's detailed here, and what someone mentioned to me during BSG cup on Sunday - As I qualified for the BSG section - will I be playing against BSG people on the 15th, or just anyone from the 16 listed?

[Benji]

Originally Posted by DUCKVILLELOL

I'm a little confused by what's detailed here, and what someone mentioned to me during BSG cup on Sunday - As I qualified for the BSG section - will I be playing against BSG people on the 15th, or just anyone from the 16 listed?

All 16 players will be in the 1 bracket.

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

All 16 players will be in the 1 bracket.

Cool I can take down those... what are their names? Mafia? Pig?


Noobs.

[FSBenAD]

DronesInJail and FSZomgrofl are both Fusion Slugs, if clans count for team kills

Good luck to everyone, but especially my two slugs

[Benji]

It will be a random bracket Fenner, I'll just check it before publishing to ensure there are no team kills in round 1, and if there is I'll simply re-random it.

I understand your point Fenner, however I think you're reading too much into it. It's just intended as a nice gesture to the players as hitting a teammate in the first round of any event sucks. If a team had a large amount of players, at the point where the brackets were no longer that random, I wouldn't be doing it this way. But that isn't the case here.

[toasti0]

I qualified for the finals on the 15th of sept but tbh I almost feel bad for taking the spots off top end Australian players. I think it would of been better to have another short tournament were all the non masters players went up against each other before the finals and the final 2 got to represent the lower leagues. That way making 14 spots available for the pro/semi pros and 2 spots for the lucky rest.

Quick Comments

Dox:

i agree!

[dippa]

worth noting that whoever wins the qualifiers for this won't be able to compete at EB Expo for the ESWC finals spot (dates overlap)

[Asrathiel]

Sydney peoples, there's a barcraft event happening for the finals this weekend, just noticed it on fb (PiG shared it):

https://www.facebook.com/events/354982371254776/

ETA: Oh look, a thread http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=5830

[Benji]

Thanks

Bracket has been generated, just compiling all the information for the event and there should be a post tonight with all the details.

Also Fenner, I ended up only having to generate the bracket once anyway :P