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Arena Internet Cafe will be hosting a series of StarCraft II tournaments in the coming months, with cash prizes and Tt eSPORTS gear up for grabs.

Format

Date: May 14, 2011 - 11am opening/warmup/setting up/registration etc, Noon start time. You're more than welcome to come before hand to get some extra practice in, I'll be there from early in the morning.
Location: Arena Internet Cafe, 264-268 Rundle Street, Adelaide SA 5000 (in between Al Fresco and Piatto)
Entry fee: $15 (spectating is free of course)

The tournament will be played on the South East Asian (SEA) server.

The tournament will be a double elimination bracket, with all matches being Best of 3 and the Grand Final being Best of 5.

The map pool will be (all ladder maps): Xel'Naga Caverns, Shakuras Plateau, The Shattered Temple, Metalopolis, Tal'Darim Altar LE

Each player will remove one map from the pool, and a coin flip will determine who picks the first map. The loser of the match picks the next map.

Prizes

1st place: $100
2nd place: 1x Tt eSPORTS Shock One Headset
3rd place: 1x Tt eSPORTS Azurues Mouse and 1x Tt eSPORTS Dasher Mouse pad

We're also going to be giving away a Tt eSPORTS shirt, Tt eSPORTS headset and $50 store credit to some players that didn't place in the top three.

Registration

Registration is not neccesary, but will aid in allowing us to create fair brackets before the day of the tournament, and will let us gauge numbers more accurately to decide whether or not to commit more or less computers to the tournament, and it lets the sponsors know of potential interest.

Post in this thread with your SEA BNet name and ID number, or if you're too lazy to sign up (you should sign up!) shoot an email to marc@fnatic.com with the same information and any other questions.

You may not register online but show up on the day and you will of course still be allowed to play.

Other information

Players will be allowed to bring their own mouse, keyboard and mousepad. The computers are more than capable of running StarCraft II at it's highest settings. The monitors are very large (27"), but it may be possible to use smaller monitors if required.

There will be 20 PCs dedicated to running the tournament, so if the player number exceeds 20 (which I hope and expect), players will need to be switching computers between players from time to time. If need be we can possibly free up more PCs for tournament use.

This will be, in essence, a 'test' run - if there are lots of players and the event goes smoothly then future events will have bigger and better prize pools. At the moment the plan is to run tournaments every three to four weeks and to create season-like peroids with finals for the best finishers. In order to succeed we'll need the support of everyone in Adelaide, so help out!

If you have any inquiries please post in this thread, email me at marc@fnatic.com, or message me in game at FXOfrequency.299 (NA and SEA)

GSL Code S Grand Finals viewing?

So as we all know by now, the GSL Code S finals are on the same day as this tournament - I'm going to do my best to either set up a projector or spare room to set up some GSL viewing while those games are going. Nothing is concrete yet but I'll post as soon as I get more details.

Quick Comments

HoOh:

[eXcLusiVe]

ill see what comes up
eXcLusiVe #175

[x5_Potter]

With maybe an appearance from the one, the only, Potthead! :O *cheers and applause* *woman faints*

[UncleTom]

I hear eXclusive lives in Adelaide maybe this is his chance to really shine and show his stuff to a large audience because I feel like he is a really underrated player. exclusive I applauded you.

[TAkrunch]

Wish i could come and participate but my cricket team/captain would destroy me if i told them i had a sc2 tourny on instead =(.

But i shall come afterward crickets finished to see what its like and hopefully attend future lans... and to watch edge take the 100$$ of course

[PantlessPete]

Very interested! I'm so jealous of the other states/countries and their big events, it's about time Adelaide had something! I'm going to get my ass handed to me, but what the hell =).

[Synizta]

ToRSynzita.319
DEFFIENTLY be there, unless emergency comes up.

[Blitz]

Awesome. Good prizes =] wish i could entre, but I have work =(

[Benji]

Grats Edge!

[eXcLusiVe]

ill be there if i can find a way there coz i maby goiing to some other lan party the night before

[Champi]

edge can enjoy his $100 first prize from this, i'll just break infispiders fingers the day b4 so i can collect my headset for 2nd place ^-^V

sign me up marcy

TAChampi.280

[cR.spider8]]

inFiSpider.323
Protoss

Ty marc you Italian Stallion !

[TAEdgE]

hopefully this will be enjoyable
TAEdgE.100

Originally Posted by Champi

edge can enjoy his $100 first prize from this, i'll just break infispiders fingers the day b4 so i can collect my headset for 2nd place ^-^V

sign me up marcy

TAChampi.280

spider can beat me too

[Evoken]

As long as I can get the day off work i'll be there!

Evoken.415 (edit: put my NA id instead )

Will get owned, but a local community event will be awesome!

EDIT: w00t! Managed get a casual to cover me so i'll be there! Look for the silver league baddie!

[MeLo]

Would love to come and help support this for Adelaide but my friends are Bronze-Gold level and feel that it's a waste of $15 to compete. Perhaps a BSG in the future.

[Satu]

Originally Posted by Evoken

As long as I can get the day off work i'll be there!

Exactly what Im thinking too.

Zergtastic.610

[frequency]

Originally Posted by MeLo

Would love to come and help support this for Adelaide but my friends are Bronze-Gold level and feel that it's a waste of $15 to compete. Perhaps a BSG in the future.

I can assure you if these succeed we will be aiming to establish tournaments for various skill levels. If you don't want to play, just come and watch!

[TAkrunch]

plus if you do come to watch and you are the lower skill bracket you will learn alot. watching someone in person play is completely different to watching someone stream. plus u get to meet the wonderful adeliadian on sc2sea in the flesh =D

[deL]

Originally Posted by EdgE

hopefully this will be enjoyable

How can anything with frequency be unenj... ah... I see.

Originally Posted by Champi

edge can enjoy his $100 first prize from this, i'll just break infispiders fingers the day b4 so i can collect my headset for 2nd place ^-^V

Wouldn't that require you to be able to beat him even when he has broken fingers? ;D

[frequency]

Originally Posted by deL

How can anything with frequency be unenj... ah... I see.

Thankyou my esteemed co-worker.