[Eddie]

Introducing the GamerBet Weekly Open!

eSport Heaven is proud to announce the GamerBet Weekly open! A weekly $100 ($130 AUD) tournament series sponsored by the play money betting site GamerBet, and produced by eSports Heaven TV. This thread (or the TL homepage) will be regularly updated with the date (The tournament will be run every Tuesday unless it is moved due to conflicts) as well as other important information!

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Times + Format

Time: Wednesdays 1am AEST / Tuesdays 11pm SG, 5pm CEST, 8am PDT, 11am EDT

Late start for some ANZ players, but it may be worth it for those night owl gamers, or SEA/WA players to gain those important OSC points which represent your ranking in our $50000 league, and qualification towards the $5000+ finals! Top 32 will be paid $

Location: NA Battle.net
(If both players agree, their series can be played on another server, but must you notify admin before + after)
Battle.net Group: Join the channel GBOpen

Single Elimination.
- All series Bo3
Grand Final Bo5

Casters: The main stream will be hosted on eSports Heaven TV and as always our casters will be Lucas "Tenshi" Collard and Alexander "Zeweig" Lind

If you're interested in doing a b-stream or foreign language stream feel free to contact @ploguidic3 on Twitter.

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Prizes :

1st $75 + 120 OSC points
2nd $25 + 60 OSC points
3rd + 4th 30 OSC points each
5-8th 10 OSC points each
9-16th 5 OSC points each

*Prizes are in USD

Plus SEA players gain 5 bonus SEA Participation points, which counts towards $700 and lan sponsorship.
Plus there are SEA $ Bounties

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Sign-up

Players that are interested in signing up can do so via the link below.
This tournament is open to all leagues and regions!

Signups for this week are open

3 July 2015 1:00 AM AESTCountdown to 3rd July 1am!

(The full list of rules is also available there)

Other Stuff

Plans are not yet finalized but we're working on a grand finals at the end of the year in addition to the prize money we'll be giving out for the tournament series.

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Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series



The GamerBet Weekly Open is a partnered tournament of the Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series (OSC). The OSC is the Oceanic, South East Asian, North American and Chinese regional championship, which follows a yearly season format, where players earn points for placing in all partnered tournaments.

The top 32 players ranked via the OSC Player Leader board at the end of the season are then invited to play in the 2 day minimum $5000+ Grand Finale to determine the yearly champion! OSC World Rankings were established in December 2012.

In 2014 OSC partnered tournaments gave away $29691 combined prizepool, ($ bounties, Terran Bonus initiative, Invitationals, and LAN events were not included in this!), we had 155 completed partnered tournaments (up from 77 last year, which equates to 100% growth), and saw 358 individual players with points earned (up from 138 in 2013 = 159% growth)

Current season rankings and database can be viewed here

GuMiho was 2014's Champion, taking out the $3500 finals series.
PiG was 2013's Champion, taking out the $2100 finals series.

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[syfRize]

Looks fun but...

I know myself and others have complained about other tournament start times, but this is just unrealistic even for most die-hard OSC points lovers~ ;_;

Quick Comments

	fray`Eros:	Wow no dedication
	Cuddles:	is that what you think ;)

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by fray`SouL

Looks fun but...

I know myself and others have complained about other tournament start times, but this is just unrealistic even for most die-hard OSC points lovers~ ;_;

I understand it is hard for most ANZ players, but in order to grow and bring more attention and players into our league, we must offer opportunities to other regions around the world, and encourage participation. Doing so may bring new fans and opportunities to our core player base.

It's another option for those who are the most #dedicated

Quick Comments

syfRize:

tfw can't play past midnight regardless of dedication.. :(

[DuSt.Azure]

Wait so the first one is tonight? But sc2 is going under maintenance for 2 hours starting at 12am...

[SLCN.Wally]

well, looks like no one will be playing in this one

[freeedom]

Originally Posted by fray`Wally

well, looks like no one will be playing in this one

I see 18 players registered directly on that link http://binarybeast.com/xSC21506074#participants

Quick Comments

Philosopher:

I tihnk he means SEA players

[Philosopher]

Oh man, I love Tenshi and Zeweig....totally underrated casters within the scene.

With all these OSC tournaments Eddie is legitimately taking over the SC2 world...inb4 Dictator Eddie.

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Philosopher

Oh man, I love Tenshi and Zeweig....totally underrated casters within the scene.

Yeah they are great! Loved some of the Chinese stuff they done lately. Look forward to this being a regular gig for them, and we may see them do some other OSC tournaments from time to time

[ROOTDemi]

My main concern is this is weekly and 120 OSC Points to the winner might be too much im all for SEA getting more attention but if its 120 per week and someone wins every week for a month they get into top 32 far too easily it also hurt's SEA players imo most of whom cant really play at this Time

Quick Comments

syfChase:

yes let chase keep his undeserved top 32 spot with fullmetal's free points pls ;_;

[Eddie]

I thought Wally was referring to Azure's comment re maintenance...

I believe that the admins have decided to push tonight's cup back 1 hour (2am AEST/6pm CEST) to avoid the issue. Not great for SEA players, but it's the situation we have.

Originally Posted by ESCDemiLove

My main concern is this is weekly and 120 OSC Points to the winner might be too much im all for SEA getting more attention but if its 120 per week and someone wins every week for a month they get into top 32 far too easily it also hurt's SEA players imo most of whom cant really play at this Time

I think you'll struggle to find recent examples where the same guy dominates open events like this, and wins heaps of titles, especially in a row. Only one that comes to mind is GuMiho in Leifeng, but that hasn't featured any ot the top EU/NA talent, or even the highest tier Koreans. Look at Masters Cup, Go4SC2, etc. Sure in SEACrafts and stuff EnDerr wins more than his fair share, but that's because of the much smaller player base, and it not always attracting other top SEA + global stars regularly. Different situation here.

Keep in mind that there are/should be plenty of other tournaments SEA players can earn points in, many in more favourable times for us.

I have more and more players from all regions asking about OSC tournaments, can they signup, get points etc. Players want to get involved, and our rankings/leauge is building it's recognition as a result. The more OSC grows with our partners, the more SC does as a whole, and so does the SEA region, and things we can do for our players.

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And i think some people may be using the timezone as an excuse (I'll exclude NZ).
I'll be one of the first to tell you sleep is important, but even if you have school/work or both in the morning (most likely start 9-10), keep in mind it's single elim, you could signup get your participation, play a few rounds, get good practice, possible bounties, and even if you are knocked out 2-3 hours in, that might give you 4 hours sleep. That's decent. I've got by on less many, many times.

Or another option, take a nap before the tournament.
Or another option, do an all nighter. You'd be surprised how much you can still do if you push yourself to do 24-30+ hour days. It wont hurt in the short term. I've done this many times (probably those who do shift work can relate), and infact i did it last night. I've done it while working and studying the same day.

And sure it's different for everyone, and perhaps you don't want to cut sleep. The point is the option is there for those who want to go real hard at making the top 32, get better/possibly some sort of future/earning in SC, or just want the competition. You have the choice.

As i've already talked about earlier it's important to run events that enable other regions to get involved in OSC to continue our growth, and the flow through effects this will have on our players.

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Not sure if i'll be able to make it tonight, given the 1 hour push back, but i might have a nap before and see how we go. If not, i'll be very likely for next week normal time.

Quick Comments

	SLCN.Kez:	TL;DR Harden the **** up hahaha love it
	mGGNemesis:	change timing in op? might confuse some people

[Fullmetal]

The time is too difficult for us ANZ players, especially for a weekday. I would totally play in this if I could but... yeah

[PSiArc]

Some complaints are understandable but I'm really impressed how OSC recently started to partner with many good global tournaments.
Personally I don't want to cut sleep but I'd play when I don't have to wake up early. (I'm the type who needs a nice long sleep)

Quick Comments

syfChase:

PsiArc spirit animal is sloth

[Cuddles]

Because i'm bad, this is where i have to get my participation points, but i don't sleep anyway ^_^

[x5.Crescendo]

Yes, I'm also a big fan of Tenshi and Zeweig's work casting the Kung Fu Cup and GPL (Chinese WCS). Even with the timezone differences I've managed to catch a few streams and enjoyed it a lot!

Even when they have to deal with a re-stream of a Chinese broadcast, they do a top job.

I'm actually really excited to see more collaboration between the OSC and eSportsHeaven. I've got a lot of respect for those guys and their coverage of Chinese SC2.

[freeedom]

btw the link twitch.com/esportshtv goes to twitch.tv main page in original post... might want to fix...

http://www.twitch.tv/esportshtv

[Eddie]

Weekly #1 is live now
Brackets

SEA players today: Cuddles, DevianT, EnDerr, DemiLove, PSiArc
+ a few OSC regulars.

[Eddie]

Signups for this week are open

[PSiArc]

This move from binarybeast to challonge reminds me of Olimoleague in its youth :P

[x5_Namakaye]

I've set up their liquipedia for those who like pretty colours. Check this shit http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...et_Weekly_Open

[Eddie]

This weeks GBOpen has ben moved to Thursday (Friday 1am AEST) due to ASUS ROG qualifiers clashing.

Signups open here

[Eddie]

The final GamerBet Open will be played next week (See calender). In order to make the occasion special eSports Heaven has contributed $150 of their own money bringing the prize pool up to $250! We hope to see as many players as possible for this final event! All regions and leagues welcome.

$200 Usd 1st
$50 Usd 2nd

Signup here

1st $200 + 260 OSC points
2nd $50 + 160 OSC points
3rd + 4th 80 OSC points each
5-8th 20 OSC points each
9-16th 10 OSC points each
17-32nd 5 OSC points each