[mGGNemesis]

SC2SEA.com GPD Cup #2
May 2015

Welcome to the sc2sea.com GPD Cup.



Date :
17 May, 2014, Sunday
Time :
6pm AEDT; 4pm SGT; 8pm NZT
Location :
SEA Server, sc2seaGPD group

17 May 2015 6:00 PM AEST

Stream Link

The sc2sea GPD is a 8 player, double elimination tournament.

+ [Players who have qualified for the GPD Cup from the past 4 GPD Opens] +

GPD Open	1st	Race	2nd	Race
#109	[DynSL/mGG]Fullmetal		[mGG]Swarmstika
#110	[Fray/mGG]Flux		[DynSL/mGG]Fullmetal
#111	[Fray/mGG]Chase		[mGG]South
#112	[eCKoa/mGG]Infected		ZanC

The Confirmed Players are :

GPD Open		Race
#109	[DynSL/DGTV]Fullmetal
#109	[eCKoa/mGG]Swarmstika
#110	[Fray/mGG]Flux
#111	[Fray/mGG]Chase
#112	[eCKoa/mGG]Infected
Wildcard #1	[FaDe]Eddie
Wildcard #2	[sR]Kite
Wildcard #3	[DGTV]Voidreaver

Any spots available will be open to wildcards.
Wildcards will be revealed by Wednesday till we have the full 8 player lineup.
Regular participants, players who have done well consistently despite not making it to the Semi-finals etc or by other reason as determined by the admins, may be considered to be invited as wildcards.
All spots must be taken.

Admins:
mGGNemesis
mGGApocalypse
mGGHalt
mGGJazz
eCKoa' Enak


Brackets: http://challonge.com/GPDCupMay2015

For Variety and to add some element of Surprise, the prize pool will be different for each GPD Cup.

For this GPD Cup :

1st : $20 [OR option of getting a Wol+Hots game key sponsored by Maynarde]
2nd : $15
3rd : $10
Random participant from 4th - 8th picked : $5

In addition, the winner will be awarded the
The “Golden Glory” Achievement Badge

*Acknowledgement that a small part of the prize has also been from donations from Twitch user Danster and Mukade who contributed via my twitch stream donation link* Thank you!!

Format :
All games in the upper brackets BO3.
Lower bracket games are BO1 until semi finals for lower brackets.
Finalists have the option to play 1 set of bo3 or the complete 2 sets of bo3.
(To be agreed before start of finals)
Maps may not be repeated in the same series.
WCS Veto System

Map Pool (Blizzard Ladder Maps)
Coda LE
Echo LE
Expedition Lost LE
Vaani Research Station
Cactus Valley LE
Inferno Pools
Iron Fortress LE
Overgrowth LE*
Deadwing LE*
GL HF!!

[syfChadMann]

oooofff.. so many zerg..

Can I wildcard this one plz? I ZvZ !!

Quick Comments

x5.JevyN:

of course you do ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[asdfSchnitzel]

Can't these kids stick to one clan/team zzz

[Voidreaver]

I made it to ro8 BibleThump BibleThump BibleThump BibleThump BibleThump BibleThump BibleThump, why did i write that all seperatly did i forget what copy pasta is LOL

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

lol

[FaDeHealZ]

Sign me up, #BSGrepresent

[TheMightyOne]

I really want to play in this :P Not sure if i can at this point tho

[Swarmstika]

You can't signup haha, you need to qualify through previous GPD Tournaments. Or get invited by Nemesis as a wildcard.

Quick Comments

FaDeHealZ:

nemplz

[mGGNemesis]

Power overwhelming.... a SEA of zergs... the first to take up the challenge is none other than a familiar name who needs no further introduction from me... it is ...

+ [Presenting Wildcard #1] +

Eddie

+ [His Response] +

Thanks for the invitation! I've just recently resumed playing and practising starcraft (now that i have a bit of free time post study), but my competitive drive is definitely back! So this tournament should be a good early measure of where i'm at, and what i need to improve on.
All the guys invited so far are the top of diamond, if not solid Masters, so it should be a tough challenge. Looking forward to the games, great to see GPD events still going strong

[eCKoa`ProzeR]

Post

Quick Comments

syfRize:

can you stop? or nah

[Infected]

"All the guys invited so far are the top of diamond, if not solid Masters"
the sad thing is we're all currently masters...gpdmasters cup boys!

Quick Comments

eCKoa`ProzeR:

And I should be part too right?!1!1?? Kappa

[mGGNemesis]

Yes this edition of the GPD cup is interesting with many of the participants having been promoted to . This is of course, a happy outcome but having this many at one go is also providing us an unique experience for this edition with the most discussion ongoing amongst the admins with regards to the wildcards.

Stay tuned to the announcement of the next 2 wildcards

[mGGNemesis]

This player has been participating actively and doing pretty well in the GPDs BUT never quite enough to make it to the finals. Will he be able to take out the heavy weights and show the potential that lies within...

+ [Presenting Wildcard #2] +

sR.Kite

+ [His Response] +

Hi everyone nice to meet you I'm from India and really grateful to the tournament staff to have been given a chance to participate in this. While my other opponents may be more favored, I hope you guys will cheer for me and I'll try my best to win this and show you guys some awesome protoss bullshit >_> in it to win it . And to my opponents, you guys better pray I'm not in form on Sunday hahahahahaha

[FLuX]

Originally Posted by mGGNemesis

For this GPD Cup :

1st : $20 [OR option of getting a Wol+Hots game key sponsored by Maynarde]

Looking forward to this!

[Fullmetal]

hmm just noticed dgtv vs fade clanwar starts an hour after this. I want to try play in both so hopefully this dosn't take too long!

[mGGNemesis]

The GPD Cup is double elimination of BO3s except for the lower brackets. I cannot guarantee how long it will take. Previously it has taken as long as any other GPD opens.

[Fullmetal]

Originally Posted by mGGNemesis

The GPD Cup is double elimination of BO3s except for the lower brackets. I cannot guarantee how long it will take. Previously it has taken as long as any other GPD opens.

Fair enough. I'll probably try prioritise playing in this so it shouldn't be a problem for you guys.
I'm sure i'll still have enough time to play in both anyway.

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

that might still work out somehow especially if u arent the first player to have to play in the clanwar

[Eddie]

Not to be outdone...

[mGGNemesis]

Sorry for the delay for announcing #3. It was a long search for a which failed. Apparently all the has gone missing or have busy schedules (or maybe the s scared them off ) It took some 3 days of discussions and asking around etc, but we are now ready to introduce...

+ [Presenting Wildcard #3] +

DGTV.Voidreaver

+ [His Response] +

Well thanks for the invite and I look forward to participating in this, will be fun and a cool experience. Hopefully I do decent considering my lack of practice lately but we'll see I guess. Great to see ongoing tournaments the community can play in!

[Voidreaver]

Why does everyone capitalise the R

[mGGNemesis]

Brackets are up! http://challonge.com/GPDCupMay2015

[Eddie]

Congratulations to FLuX Only dropped one map on his way to victory!

Disappointed with my own performance, but i'll practice more, and hope to get another chance against these guys again.
OSC challenge match perhaps!?

Feedback as a player - given it's such a small bracket, i think lower bracket bo3 would be fairer/easily achievable.

[mGGNemesis]

Originally Posted by Eddie

Feedback as a player - given it's such a small bracket, i think lower bracket bo3 would be fairer/easily achievable.

Time is one of the bigger concerns. From other GPD cups as well, even with a relatively small bracket we would take up to 4-5 hours. And being a Sunday evening (work/school the next day), I don't want to hold people up for longer than 10-11pm AEST (11-12 am NZT) as much as possible. Will have a think about it but yeah, time is the major factor here.

[Voidreaver]

Damnit i dont think i can make it for my first match, but i can make it for my losers match ;;

Quick Comments

x5.JevyN:

surely you could ask for a bit more time for them to wait?

[Voidreaver]

I have to re download windows 7 again and i think it will be too long of a wait

[mGGNemesis]

walkovers in 10 minutes but since u mentioned the delay we can extend to another 10 minutes.

If you can hop on by 6.25pm AEST u can still play in the upper brackets, otherwise it will be lower brackets for u ok?

[mGGNemesis]

Stream will be up shortly : http://www.twitch.tv/djvillian
~casters : DJ + Mukade

[syfSoundwave]

I think everyone except Kite is Master now. Future GPDs will have basically a whole new generation of superstar. Maybe Ravenflames can finally bag his 5th GPD win? Can Djvillian rise?

[eCKoa`ProzeR]

ProzeR wanted to play
Too busy being a fatty in

[FLuX]

GGs everyone Had a lot of fun throughout the tournament ^_^ As Soundwave said, future GPDs will have a whole new playerbase fighting for the top spot. I wish them all the best of luck!

Cheeky edit: I get a badge too! Woopee

[Swarmstika]

RESULTS

+ [Results!] +

1st: fray/mGG FluX
2nd: fray/mGG Chase
3rd eCKoa/mGG Swarmstika

Congratulations to the top 3, and thank you everyone for playing and most importantly thanks to Nem for hosting the tournament

P.S. Nem had to sleep, so she asked me to report the scores and finish the tournament off for her

Brackets: http://challonge.com/GPDCupMay2015

[mGGNemesis]

Thanks Swarmstika for helping me out at the end ^_^
I'll be tying up the loose ends within the few days.

Please note that there will be NO GPD opens on 7th June. I have an idea for something else that will be announced pretty shortly as a breather [Yes Nem is up to her crazy ideas again]

GPD Opens will resume on 21st June for our 3rd season this year.

Edit : sR.Kite has been randomly picked to receive the random participant prize (please pm nem asap thxs)

Quick Comments

x5.Crescendo:

Crazy ideas? Sounds fun! GET HYPE!

[syfChase]

Originally Posted by mGGNemesis

12 pm

[Fullmetal]

As a player I think it's much more fair to do bo3's throughout the whole tournament if possible. I'm willing to sit around for that extra bit longer if it means we all as fair conditions as possible.

[eCKoa`ProzeR]

Though I know that having it all series played out as bo3 will take longer than usual, I believe it will be a more "exciting?" cup to be played? I mean like, it's also a bit unfair for those who get knocked out early coz they have 1 game left to play, when later in the Cup, the dude who lost will have a bo3 to play.

Just my own opinion on the bo1 lower bracket thingo