[ToRPandarine]

SC2SEA.com BSG Open #117
Admins:
DGTV.Shockwave
ToRPandarine
mGGSlayer
AxS.Kumo
VBRocky



The weekly SC2SEA BSG is a 64 player, single elimination style tournament.

Date:
Saturday November 30th 2013.

Time:
8pm AEDT Sydney time

30 november 2013 8:00 PM AEDT

Minimum games played to be eligible to join this week:
30 Games

Location:
SEA Server, Group sc2seaBSG

Report Results and Questions to:
DGTV.Shockwave
ToRPandarine
mGGSlayer
AxS.Kumo
by b.net PM

Seeking streamer!
Stream Link

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Join Tournament Here
(Scroll down on new page and click "Join")
Link to Hall of Fame

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Prizes

The winner of the BSG each week is awarded with one hour of professional coaching from a coach in this thread (link) and...
"Unearthed Talent" Achievement

Awarded to every sc2sea BSG winner!

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Please read the rules if this is your first time entering

+ [ Rules, Regulations and Tournament Eligibility] +

Tournament Eligibility:

• You must be legitimately in the Bronze, Silver or Gold league (1v1 - SEA license) and you must be active on ladder.
• Players who were previously Platinum or last season are not allowed to participate.
• Winners of back to back BSG Opens are respectfully asked to not participate.
• Everyone will be checked for typical smurf activity designed to keep them in a lower league.
• Anyone found to be smurfing will be added to the BSG Hall of Shame so everyone can be aware of their shameful acts.

Battle.net group: "sc2seaBSG"

Rules

• You must contact your opponent on Battle.net preferably by being in chat channel "sc2seaBSG" to play your match
• You have ~15 minutes to start your Round 1 match; anybody that is not contactable after 10 minutes will be disqualified. This 10 minute timeout rule applies throughout the tournament.
• You must play your main 1v1 ladder race throughout tournament.
• Observers: Tournament admins or official streamers are always allowed and the only ones to observe your game
• Problems/Questions: When in doubt about anything, contact an admin
• Reporting Results: After the match has been played, you must report the result by pm to an admin
• Disconnects: If a player disconnects, use the 'Resume from Replay' feature to continue the game. If the player has gone offline completely, inform an admin and wait 10 minutes for them to return.
• Pauses: You must notify your opponent in game if you wish to pause. This pause should not exceed 5 minutes. Excessive pausing in game may lead to disqualification.
• Bad Manner will not be tolerated. Anyone caught BMing will be warned. Further offenses will lead to disqualification. Any racist, hateful or excessively derogatory language may lead to removal without warning. We are a friendly group and we'd like to see it stay that way.
• Replays: Should be saved at least until the following tournament. Anyone asked by admins to provide a replay who cannot do so will be disqualified.
• Anyone suspected of smurfing (playing another person's account, manipulating ladder to be in a lower league) will be thoroughly investigated and if found guilty, prizes will be stripped and they will be reported to Blizzard and added to the Hall of Shame.
• RANDOM players are not allowed to race pick unless an Admin has been informed a WEEK before for SELECTED matchups.
  
  EXAMPLE 1 - Player A vs Player B - Player A did not inform an Admin and race picks. DISQUALIFIED
  EXAMPLE 2 - Player A vs Player B - Player A informed an Admin and race picks. PLAY ON
  
  If you ladder a specific race but because of Unranked 1v1s and Ranked/Unranked Teams you are now placed as RANDOM, inform an Admin at once. Having you sc2sea account filled with the correct information will make this process easier..

With a new season, it means we have had to take a step back and reflect what had happened. In a bid to curb players who join but are considered inactive by whatever standards everyone has decided to setup themselves, we are introducing a minimum games played requirement to join the BSGs now.

This week's requirement is 30 (THIRTY) games.

We understand that this may seem archaic and draconian but we think it is the best way of ensuring players are active on SEA at the least to continue playing in the tournament.

Of course, we understand that not everyone can fulfill this requirement and therefore would like to say that you can PM any one of us to appeal. Members who are BSG and in good standing and/or have a strong presence in the BSG and sc2sea community are welcomed to participate as always without a penalty.

This season, no ex-Platinums or Diamonds from Season 5 are allowed to participate in the BSGs. Former Platinum and Diamond players from Season 4 are welcomed to participate so as long as they are BSG and able to meet the minimum game requirement.

Format

Round of 64 bo1 on Yeonsu LE
Round of 32 bo1 on Alterzim Stronghold TE
Round of 16 bo1 on Polar Night LE
Quarter Finals bo3 on Star Station TE
Semi Finals bo3 on Derelict Watcher TE
Finals bo5/3 on Bel'Shir Vestige LE

For finals rounds that are best of 3 or 5, loser of previous game may pick any map from the following list. Maps may be repeated as many times as players wish.

For finals rounds that are best of 3 or 5, loser of previous game may pick any map from the following list. Maps may be repeated as many times as players wish.

+ [Map Pool] +

Map Pool
Please use Blizzard created maps that are used in the current season map pool

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

Any questions find an admin in game: DGTV.Shockwave, ToRPandarine, mGGSlayer, AxS.Kumo, or send a pm here on sc2sea.
We will also be in the chat channel on the night

GLHF

[mGGNemesis]

Sorry if I'm out of date;
30 games played this season right?

So what happens if someone was inactive at start of season and could only do 10 games this week? Just curious

[syfRize]

This "X" games to play is getting a bit silly, I know it was probably brought up a while ago or w/e, but is there no way to perhaps measure it off NA? Nearly all of my BSG players main NA for less smurf opponents.

[sR.Kumo]

Sorry guys, gonna be in Netherlands this weekend, so won't be able to help out again..

[mGGNemesis]

Doing "x" games a week to play for a particular weekly is fine. There must still be some guidelines to help the admins gauge. However if it is accumulative over weeks in order to play for a certain week, then I foresee some difficulty by some players

[VicES.HaZaRd]

Originally Posted by AxS.KnighT

This "X" games to play is getting a bit silly, I know it was probably brought up a while ago or w/e, but is there no way to perhaps measure it off NA? Nearly all of my BSG players main NA for less smurf opponents.

Fully agree with counting NA games. SEA is full of smurfs and everytime I try to stay on the SEA ladder I come accross a smurf, which resaults me going straight over to NA.

[Seffy]

SEA = smurf central.

And if players play on SEA, it's ok, but if others want to join but play on NA that should be okay too; provided that you guys can somewhat get them their NA ID and have a look or something.

The minimum games thing seems to work by total number of games for the season, which makes sense, but at this rate I wouldn't exactly want to make that number any higher if I was in your position, Panda.

Just my two cents.

Heck, we can even move this to NA instead if that's possible lol.

[exan]

Well I spammed out 20 7 pools on SEA last week to play BSG, then left my league and played another 30 games next day and am 25-5 so it's not that many smurfs on SEA.

But it's still kinda annoying if you don't play there normally and don't know in advance (like me last week) but I have over 50 games on SEA now so should be fine.

[ace223]

I would love to play this weekend but much to my demise I have gone over my internet usage for the month and am now down to a 256kbps downlink and next to 0uplink, that resets to normal SUNDAY morning.

GLHF to all playing

[syfRize]

I know it's a SEA region event, but perhaps using NA server is something to look into in the future as CrayonPop said.

[Seffy]

Originally Posted by AxS.KnighT

I know it's a SEA region event, but perhaps using NA server is something to look into in the future as CrayonPop said.

We have plenty of SEA region events that are played on the NA server, doesn't hurt to do that for BSG either I reckon.

Plus, we can even have NA BSG players too for numbers. xD

[syfRize]

I find it funny, I just played my SEA placement, got .
So technically, if I hadn't left my league and just played 30 games, I would be eligible for this... How do you all feel knowing that?

[PummbleBee]

Noobie question but why do SEA players play on NA instead??

[exan]

Originally Posted by PummbleBee

Noobie question but why do SEA players play on NA instead??

i play there because it's most peoples main server so the rankings are bit more accurate. a lot of people only play SEA sometimes, and mostly main from NA or euro etc. so if they are silver on SEA could be gold or plat, sometimes even diamond/masters on their main server, so it's much less accurate.

Also there are a lot less players overall, so I find it takes a while to get games sometimes, and sometimes keep getting the same people which if they are 'smurfs' like above is even worse.

edit: also ping to NA was better than ping to SEA for a long time, haven't checked recently.

[Seffy]

Originally Posted by PummbleBee

Noobie question but why do SEA players play on NA instead??

Ping to NA for most people is similar or better than ping to SEA.

Also, server's much more active tbh.

[VicES.HaZaRd]

BSG on NA would be soooooo good

[exan]

join link says 116 and has wrong date/time but I hope that's the right thing.

[mGGVersus]

good luck to those taking part today!

[Avisty]

Admin plssssssssssssssssssss

[ToRPandarine]

due to some unforeseen circumstances, this weeks BSG is hosted on Challonge

http://challonge.com/seabsg117

thank you AxS.SouL/KnighT, mGGNemesis and SLCN.rezyn for saving the day.

My eternal thanks and may the light of the SC2 gods shine in your favour for days end.