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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.
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