[Hairymuppet]

Hey All!

I am organising an online tournament for February 1st this year, with plans to hold the tournament every 2 months from then on. Thanks to Eddie as well I will also be including some Oceanic StarCraft 2 Championship points as part of the prize pool!

Edit: 1st, 2nd and 3rd now also award place in the Hairy Smash! Check it out!

Prize Pool:

1st Place - 100 OSC points + $100 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
2nd Place - 60 OSC points + $50 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
3rd Place - 40 OSC points + $25 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
4th Place - 20 OSC points
5-8th Place - 5 OSC points
9-16th Place - 2.5 OSC points

Dates:

Saturday, 1st Feb 2014, 12:00pm AEDT Start Time

+ [Bracket Info] +

Ro64 - Best of 3
Ro32 - Best of 3
Ro16 - Best of 3
Quarter Finals - Best of 3
Semi Finals - Best of 3
Grand Finals - Best of 5
3rd Place - Best of 3

1 February 2014 12:00 PM AEDTCountdown to 1st February 12pm!

Server:

North America
Group: "Hairy Bash"

Players: (Updated Approx Daily)

+ [Players] +

DevianT.692
frayFenner.158, Frenetic Array
Another.451, CheckMate
Petraeus, ROOT Gaming
CatZ, ROOT Gaming
Sage.588, ROOT Gaming
Phuzzy.185, Eternal eSports
PiG.381, Team Exile5
Taco.411
MikoL.195
TheECONOMIST
Roland.575
Lobo.383
AxHeart.614, Axiom
ShayneRarma.215
Slayer, metaGameGods
Kite, AxiS Outsourced
Samy
Elusory.321, Time of Rising
Liquid.594, metaGameGods
ProzeR (RavensScout), AxiS Outsourced
Crimson, CheckMate
FLuX, CheckMate
brandyakiko
oddiewhitE, Oddie
Arthur, ESC ICYBOX
Stormz, Team Exile5
Blysk, Flash eSports
MightyKiwi, SEED Gaming
Phoenix, SYF Gaming
Kreamy, Frenetic Array
Surge, Seraphic Nexus
Dane, Mineski
EnDerr, Imperium Pro Team
Petrify, Silicon Sports
Delusional
Heartz, Imperium Pro Team
Schnitzel, Ecko Esports
Explosion
Ninja, Fray Academy
Wally, Seraphic Nexus
Armani, Samsung Galaxy
NXZ, Team Exile5
DemiLove, RedViperz
Pezz, Silicon Sports
FiL
Alpha, Fray Academy
Zenabi, Ecko Esports
Rude, AxiS Outsourced
aroven, AxiS Outsourced

Maps:

+ [Maps] +

Total list of maps available for this tournament

Bel'Shir Vestige LE
Derelict Watcher TE
Polar Night LE
Star Station TE
Yeonsu LE
Habitation Station LE
Frost LE

Players will take it in turns to veto one of the above maps, until only one is left, and then that map will be the first played.

The player with the lowest seed (closest to 1) according to Challonge will pick first. Seeding will be done by OSC/SEA Power Rankings.

If you are not ranked on the OSC/SEA Power Rankings your seed will be random.

Following the first game, the loser can choose the map for the next game out of the remaining maps in the pool. (i.e. Maps cannot be repeated.)

Signing Up:

All players are welcome to sign up, regardless of league.

Post your NA ID, Account most known by (If different from registered account, eg SEA, KR ID), Team/Clan and Country.

Example: TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada

Signups will close at 11.45am AEDT on Saturday 1st February, Brackets will be finalised on challonge.com shortly after.

If more than 64 players have signed up, then the remaining players will be placed on a waiting list, and may be invited to compete if any of the top 64 players are absent.

Rules:

+ [Rules] +

All participating players should log on and join the "Hairy Bash" group in Starcraft 2.

If a player is more than 15 minutes late in the first bracket, they may be replaced by a player in the waiting list. If there are no players in the waiting list, they can be counted as forfeiting that game. (At the discretion of their opponent)

If a player is more than 15 minutes late for their game after the first bracket, they can be counted as forfeiting that game. (At the discretion of their opponent)

If a player disconnects, then the game should be continued using the Recover Game feature. If the disconnecting player does not return online within 15 minutes, then they can be counted as losing that series. (Again at the discretion of their opponent)

From Quarter Finals onward, the winning player must submit all replays for their games to the drop.sc website, and then inform an administrator. The replays should be renamed to be of the format "PLAYER1 vs PLAYER2 - MAP - GAME#". These replays will be used to confirm the winner and update the tournament brackets.

REPLAYS MUST BE SUBMITTED for Quarter Finals onward, otherwise the score will not be counted and the winning player may forfeit the game.

The prize money will be distributed via PayPal. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners should message the administrator with their PayPal details (e-mail) after the tournament has concluded. Winnings will be sent out in the following week.

OSC points will be awarded by an administrator of the Oceanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series after the conclusion of the tournament.

Related sites:

Liquipedia: Hairy Bash
Challonge: Challonge
News Site: Wordpress
YouTube Channel: Hairy Starcraft

I hope to see a ton of people signing up! Also if you have any questions let me know.

Thanks again to Eddie for a ton of help changing stuff around to make this a better tournament... this is the first one I've organised so far.

[mGGDrGooSe]

Any league restrictions or open?

[Hairymuppet]

Open to any league. (Will update main post, thanks. )

[Fenner]

frayFenner.158, Frenetic Array, Australia

[Another]

Another.451 CheckMate New Zealand

[ROOTPetraeus]

Signing up for Petraeus.asdf CatZ.asdf and Sage.asdf, ROOT Gaming, USA

Quick Comments

syfMightyKiwi:

**** you mate

[Cuddles]

Phuzzy.185, ETL, AUS

[PiG]

w00t looks sick!

PiG.381, x5, Aus signing up!

[TacoDev]

Taco.411, Seattle USA

[MikoLone]

3. MikoLone is MikoL.195 Utah USA

[The_ECONOMIST]

Hairy, I'm TheECONOMIST from the Challonge sign-up page.

TheECONOMIST, (not on a team), Australia

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

Could I grab your NA server Battle.Net info?

[lutieiv]

Roland.575 bakersfield, ca silver league

[lutieiv]

how will the seeding work?

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by lutieiv

how will the seeding work?

Seeding should be done by SCS/SEA Power Rankings

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

Thanks I'll reflect this up top

[lutieiv]

what if you dont have scs sea points how is the seeding

Quick Comments

Eddie:

Rest of bracket should be done randomly

[Lobo]

Lobo.383 Teamless Singapore

[AxHeart]

AxHeart.614 korea

[ShayneRarma]

ShayneRarma.215





aka the REAL GM

[mGGSlayer]

Slayer.asdf

Quick Comments

ShayneRarma:

You'll dodge, just like ladder and #dedication

[Hairymuppet]

Just made a couple of small changes, the Ro64 and Ro32 are now Bo3 instead of Bo1, and also replays are not required until the Quarter Finals and on.

Just a specific note regarding the replays (as in the rules above) submitting the replays to drop.sc is a requirement for proceeding in the tournament past the Quarter Finals, and for receiving any prizes/OSC points. If you don't submit the replays you may be counted as forfeiting your game, even though you won.

The main reason for this rule is because I intend to cast the tournament on my YouTube channel, so missing replays would make that a major pain.

[kite_dothack]

Kite
AxiS Outsourced
Protoss
India

[Samy]

Samy
N/a
Terran
Sydney, Aus

[Elusory]

oh yeah forgot about this

Elusory.321

[mGGCyclone]

Liquid.594

[ROOTSage]

ROOTSage .588

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

Petraeus already signed you up :D

[eCKoa`ProzeR]

ProzeR.numbers

[FLuX]

Signing up for
Crimson, , Checkmate NZ
FLuX, , Checkmate NZ

[CasualPlayer]

flyingmoo.306 - SEA
brandyakiko.705 - NA

Protoss

[DUCKVILLELOL]

not gonna lie, 6am when I see this and I thought it said hairy bush

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

You will probably not be the last to make that mistake :P

[Oddie'whitE]

oddiewhitE.asdf
terran
Team Oddie

[mihoshi1]

SadArthur.507

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

Just a quick question... are you Arthur from ESC ICYBOX... or this that a different Arthur?

[x5.Stormz]

Name: Stormz.806
Team: Exile5
Country: Australia

[Blysk]

Damn it i really hoped it was hosted on SEA TT Blysk Thank you

[syfMightyKiwi]

MightyKiwi, SEED Gaming,

[syfPhoenix]

Phoenix, TtSYF, Australia

[Kreamy]

Kreamy
Terran
Frenetic Array Academy
Australia

[Hairymuppet]

One more player and we're up to 32... much more than I hoped for.

Thanks everyone for signing up so far... should be epic on Saturday.

Edit: I've just posted the initial information for another tournament at the end of this year, of which this tournament will now act as a qualifier... check it out! Hairy Smash

[Law]

Surge.578, Seraphic Nexus, Australia

[danezkie]

Danezkie.820 (Dane) -MSIEvoGT - Philippines

[EnDerrPH]

EnDerr.asdasd

[SLCN.Petrify]

SLCN.Petrify

[fal]

SEA,[DGTV]Leon, 677.
NA, [ZerC]Delusional, 896.

[Heartz]

Heartz.877 - Imperium Pro Team (IPT) - Philippines

[asdfSchnitzel]

eCKo'Schnitzel.asdf

[Explosion]

Explosion.220 - Korea

[aLtNinja]

frayNinja.1234

[SLCN.Wally]

wally.192
Seraphic nexus
aus

[Burning]

Armani.353 samsung Galaxy khan Korea

this tournment where sever? when start? time date??

Quick Comments

	Explosion:	Saturday, 1st Feb 2014, 13:00(KST) Server is North America.....................
	Eddie:	12:00pm AEDT = 10:00am KST

[Burning]

ok thx~~! channel where?|

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

You will need to join the Chat for the "Hairy Bash" group

[SLCN.NXZ]

[x5]NXZ.826 Team Exile5, Australia

[WhoopsyEXPZ]

RVxDemiLove.947
Master
Zerg

[SLCNPezz]

SLCN.Pezz

asdfasdfasdf

[Ceephyr]

FiL.938 , Philippines

[fray`Alpha]

Alpha. Franatic Array Academy. Protoss Master. Australia

[zenabi]

[eCKo]Zenabi.680 - Ecko Esports - -

[SLCN.Wally]

I wish I was asleep right now so I would be awake in time to play this

Quick Comments

Hairymuppet:

Dude you already signed up :P

[RuDe]

Signing up - RuDe.asdf

[raZiel]

aroven.301

[Hairymuppet]

NOTE: There are currently authentication problems with the NA server, SEA seems to be working fine though. We will potentially move the tournament over to SEA if NA is not fixed soon. Keep watching this space, I will make a final decision closer to the start time.
If you have any queries I will be on SEA.

[Hairymuppet]

Originally Posted by Hairymuppet

NOTE: There are currently authentication problems with the NA server, SEA seems to be working fine though. We will potentially move the tournament over to SEA if NA is not fixed soon. Keep watching this space, I will make a final decision closer to the start time.
If you have any queries I will be on SEA.

The authentication problems with the NA server appear to have been fixed, so for now we are a go for running the tournament on NA.

If you have ANY problems with logging onto NA let me know. To facilitate communication I will also be on tinychat, you don't need to sign up just log in as a guest.

[Nitzy]

Nitzy.296 Philippines

[Hairymuppet]

Signups are now closed!

[Hairymuppet]

The first Hairy Bash tournament has finished! Bracket Link

Congratulations go first of all to our first Hairy Bash winner Petraeus, who took the Grand Final series all the way to an Ace match, and then into one of the longest, craziest Ace matches ever seen before. Congratulations also to PiG, who kept him on his toes for the entire series and came out in the end at 2nd place.

To round out our top 3 (and our congratulations) there is also Sage, who defeated Blysk in the 3rd place matchup. These 3 are now seeded in the Hairy Smash tournament, which takes place at the end of the year.

For my first tournament I think everything went very smoothly, and I hope that everyone had a good time. The only wrinkle I feel was the handling of the submission of the replays, which did cause some disruption to the progression of the tournament. For future Hairy Bash's we will continue to have the system where replays should be submitted in between game series, however I will do my very best to make sure that the submitting of the replays is as straightforward as possible, and that it does not interfere with the flow of the games.

Anyways thanks again to all those who participated... the next Hairy Bash will be scheduled for the first week or so of April (may be moved slightly to avoid clashes with other tournaments) and I will put out the sign-up thread about a week before the start date.

Last but definitely not least, I will be casting all the games from the Quarter Finals onwards of this Hairy Bash tournament, with the first game scheduled to be up tomorrow afternoon, and 1 game every day from then on. My youtube channel is here. Feel free also to enjoy the Daily Master casts that are currently up there.

Once again... thanks to everyone who participated, and a very special thanks also to Eddie for his support and guidance with setting up this tournament. Laters all!

[Eddie]

Always great to see new tournaments, especially from a new member to the community.

Looks good Cool + Unique names as well!

I've had a look at your Youtube casts, and they are also quite good!

It's still a while away, but i'll try and play!

DevianT.692