[Eddie]

Introducing the SEA Rising Star Tournament Series
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The OSC team and Team Exile 5 are partnering together to bring you this new bimonthly SEA only tournament.

The aim of this tournament is to showcase and support the up and coming players in our region.

Real gamers play starcraft! It's all about passion and dedication. Practice and discipline. Going head to head with a direct opponent. Doing your best and striving to be the best. The pursuit of excellence. It's not a game for casuals, it's a sport for champions!

However it can very hard to have a breakout tournament, let alone win one, so the SEA Rising Star will be your place to shine and battle against your peers!

We hope this tournament will encourage more participation and give opportunities to the next generation of stars. The SEA Rising Star is a stepping stone towards greater glory, championships, sponsors, teams, etc.

2/3 tournaments will be invite only. Invites will be based on OSC + LAN tournament results, tournament participation, good series victories/scalp wins, ladder practice, etc

The target demographic will mostly be Masters+ players, but lower leagues can earn a spot as well, as we will be looking at ladder #dedication, and participation in sea tournaments. There are already quite a few guys doing this, so keep up the good work!

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Format

Standard SEA Rising Star Tournaments will feature 8-16 invited players who will compete in a bo3 double elimination bracket.
Players will be regularly rotated out of each tournament to give others the opportunity.
Winners of a standard SEA Rising Star can't play in another, but can participate in the Open Challenge.

Every 3rd SEA Rising Star tournament will be 'Open Challenge', open to all eligible players.
The winner of an Open Challenge will become ineligible for all future SEA Rising Star tournaments.

Players who have qualified for WCS, placed top 3 at an ACL Championship, or won a Masters Cup are already proven champions, so unfortunately not able to participate in SEA Rising Star series.

+ [Ineligible players:] +

KingKong, PiG, EnDerr, Petraeus, mOOnGLaDe, iaguz, Ninja, Rossi, Poker, Light, Mafia, Tgun

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Prizes :

Starting standard edition:
$250

1st $100
2nd $60
3rd $30
4th $20
5-8th $10

*There will likely be some merchandise/gear/product as additional prizes, but this is still in the works.
*There will be no OSC points for placement, however, standard scalp series bonus victory points can be earned.

Open Challenge editions will have a larger prize pool ($350+), and feature OSC points for placement.

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Time to hit that play game button! GLHF

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We will be launching with an Open Challenge $350+ edition on Sat 8th Feb!

This tournament series is in addition to all our regular tournaments, Masters Cups, OSC, Weekly Cups, etc, and new competitions starting in 2014.
#alivegame

[Elusory]

Seems like we're likely to see Lobo here!

#yearofprobe too probably!

[syfMightyKiwi]

this is so epic
can confirm Eddie is #1

[mGGDaedalus]

Very cool idea, looking forward to seeing who's gonna step up to the plate!

[asdfSchnitzel]

SUCH HYPE! So excited for this

#YearOfProbe
#TurnForEddie

[Dox]

Sweet! Nice work

[Fenner]

If only you were a girl, Eddie

Quick Comments

	syfMightyKiwi:	THIS
	asdfSchnitzel:	THIS
	mGGDaedalus:	he doesn't have to be
	ToRSpartaz:	THIS
	NDG.Stitch:	Fenner, there are no boundaries to love.
	syfChadMann:	#TurnForEddie
	TCPLemminks:	It's what paper bags are for
	eCKoa`ProzeR:	THIS

[ROOTProbe]

#yop
Thanks Eddie

[syfCabracan]

So sweet, going to be huge for motivation for newer players.

[SLCN.Wally]

Thanks eddie and x5! awesome idea

[Kreamy]

Love this thanks eddie!

[x5_Bard]

Really excited to be a part of this. Makes me wish I was still a player!

[ToRSpookToR]

What are you like eddie

[Eddie]

In case any of you may have overlooked it, we will be launching with an Open Challenge $350+ edition on Sat 8th Feb!

Thanks dot for the new banner

Originally Posted by ToRSpookToR

What are you like eddie

What?

[abstract]

A great addition to the SEA tournament line up. Excellent work Eddie!

[syfChadMann]

You guys..... So awesome! Looking forward to this.

Everyone must buy Eddie beers at any LAN... You're a god eddie.

[syfPhoenix]

This is awesome, so hard to win even weeklies with players like Sage and apocalypse lurking around.

[x5_dot]

Glad to be a teeny tiny part of this. Thanks Eddie for steering this ship while Team Exile5 and NVIDIA hang on for the ride Looking forward to seeing new stars in the scene. There is plenty of room up the top now, I want to see more people grab those spots!

[VicES.HaZaRd]

I really badly want a spot in this! I'm only in gold tho.

[ProAnnn]

I may actually start practicing sc2...

[mGGNemesis]

Sounds like more exciting times ahead ^_^

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by Eddie

Ineligible players:] -
Poker, Light, Mafia, Tgun

Poor Poker... :P Also, I think the other three are pretty much retired, and you should let them play this just to entice them to come back.

Originally Posted by Eddie

The winner of an Open Challenge will become ineligible for all future SEA Rising Star tournaments.

Can see this eventually stopping everyone from playing.. Maybe I'll get to win one in about a year or two? #2016YearOfChadMann??!!!~

Also, I can't stress enough how amazing you are for this community, Eddie. Good work dude. Much appreciated to you and everyone else involved in this. *high-five*

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Poor Poker... :P Also, I think the other three are pretty much retired, and you should let them play this just to entice them to come back.

This alone shouldnt be the deciding factor. These tournaments are only every 2nd month remember. Plus i've been saying it for ages, but 2014 is going to be a big year for sc2. More $'s, more competition, more rewards. There are also other SEA only competitions, such as Masters Cups. SEA Rising Star is about new players, not past stars.

Can see this eventually stopping everyone from playing.. Maybe I'll get to win one in about a year or two? #2016YearOfChadMann??!!!~

Open Challenge editions are only every 3rd, so twice a year.

Also, I can't stress enough how amazing you are for this community, Eddie. Good work dude. Much appreciated to you and everyone else involved in this. *high-five*

Thanks mate. We have a great community

Quick Comments

	syfChadMann:	quick glance :( didn't realise it was so infrequent.. still awesome <3
	Pox:	are you saying there are more than four people better than chadmann?

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by Eddie

Open Challenge editions are only every 3rd, so twice a year.

maybe I gotta wait for #2020YearOfChadMann ???

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

maybe I gotta wait for #2020YearOfChadMann ???

I believe in Chadmann #thepeopleschampion

[x5.Revenant]

I want in!

[ToR.Arnor]

Eddie + Nvidia are total ballers (and also x5 who no doubt helped this awesome partnership come together )

Also not to be pedantic or anything but YoonYJ and Aaron should also be excluded because theyve won Master's Cups too :P

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by ToR.Arnor

Also not to be pedantic or anything but YoonYJ and Aaron should also be excluded because theyve won Master's Cups too :P

Yes same rules appy to them, but to my knowledge neither has touched SC2 since 2012 so i didn't list them. Whereas Tgun + Mafia played in SCS Grand Finale 2 months ago, and Light still posts frequenly/follows the scene.

Originally Posted by aLtNinja

This looks great! As for feedback IMO you should have them all open. Only inviting 8 players stops unknowns from signing up, no? Assuming I read that right.

The idea is to reward those who are putting in the time, work and #dedication. I have though on extending it to top 16, but then everyone wont get a prize. The Open Challenge editions are to work out who is best of the rest so to speak, and thus have bigger prizepool and more prestige..

[aLtNinja]

Originally Posted by Eddie

Yes same rules appy to them, but to my knowledge neither has touched SC2 since 2012 so i didn't list them. Whereas Tgun + Mafia played in SCS Grand Finale 2 months ago, and Light still posts frequenly/follows the scene.



The idea is to reward those who are putting in the time, work and #dedication. I have though on extending it to top 16, but then everyone wont get a prize. The Open Challenge editions are to work out who is best of the rest so to speak, and thus have bigger prizepool and more prestige..

Ahh right I just read what the qualifications were based on!

Invites will be based on OSC + LAN tournament results, tournament participation, good series victories/scalp wins, ladder practice, etc

[ProAnnn]

Originally Posted by Eddie

Yes same rules appy to them, but to my knowledge neither has touched SC2 since 2012 so i didn't list them. Whereas Tgun + Mafia played in SCS Grand Finale 2 months ago, and Light still posts frequenly/follows the scene.



The idea is to reward those who are putting in the time, work and #dedication. I have though on extending it to top 16, but then everyone wont get a prize. The Open Challenge editions are to work out who is best of the rest so to speak, and thus have bigger prizepool and more prestige..

I think top 16 is fine but only top 8 get prizes? This in the same way rewards people for putting in time, work and #dedication but further rewards those who has skills.

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by DM.MCZ.ProAnnn

I think top 16 is fine but only top 8 get prizes? This in the same way rewards people for putting in time, work and #dedication but further rewards those who has skills.

My thoughts exactly, plus winning one series sounds like a healthy necessity(and frankly it's not too demanding) to have a slice of that cake!

[Eddie]

I'm willing to try 16 invites if that's what people want, but that'd be the max.

It's not going to be just Masters+ guys who will be invited, there are a few of the mid level players playing in most tournaments, pumping out ladder games, trying their very best to improve. That speaks more to me than a talented player who doesn't put in the time, or participate in tournaments. These guys may earn an invite if they keep it up. I wanted to give a little incentive to those who are trying hard. 16 players makes it harder to win, but would also have greater chance of an invite.

If it's 16 players, I might look at restructuring the prize pool, maybe top 6, with a random give-away or 2.

Quick Comments

Oddie'whitE:

are u basing the invites esltc aswell

[aLtNinja]

This looks great! As for feedback IMO you should have them all open. Only inviting 8 players stops unknowns from signing up, no? Assuming I read that right.

[MezjE]

Blysk has got this EZ or Pezz.

[nGenLight]

So basically watch Ninja beat up kids. Okay!

Quick Comments

syfPhoenix:

LOL

[Eddie]

16 Player, $250 Invitational coming up next Saturday afternoon, May 10th.
Thread up in the next few days, players to be revealed leading up to gameday.