[SkyBreaker]

SC2SEA.COM's BSG Open #03

Good morning fellow SC2SEA.com members! Last week's BSG Open #02 had an incredible amount of interest; it filled within hours and everyone had a blast! The VoDs from the event will be uploaded at Unstable TV, be sure to subscribe to his page and check them out =)

SC2SEA.com's BSG Open #03 will be a 128-player event due to the overwhelming interest last week! The live-stream, casting and replay-packs that are associated with the BSG open are a great way for all players in the BSG leagues to watch, improve and refine their own game-play!

The hall of fame, for SC2SEA.com's BSG Open, thus far:

BSG Open #	Winner	Interview	Replay-Pack
#01	Fusion.835	Link	Link
#02	mustapusta.239	Link	Link

Details

Date: Thursday, 13th of January, 2011.
Time: 9pm AEST (Melbourne, Australia) / 6pm SGT. Fixed world clock.
Location: SEA Battle.net region.
Tournament Eligibility: You must be in the bronze, silver or gold league (1v1 - SEA license). Non-BSG players will be disqualified.
How to sign-up: Sign-ups Open!
Casters: Live casting and commentary for the event will be available at Mothership Studios featuring guest-pros MSSPhoenix and Unstable!
Prizes: The winner of the BSG Open #02 will have three replays of their choice analyzed by a SCII SEA professional! Having trouble with a certain match-up or don't know what you're doing wrong? Participate and hopefully win this tournament and you'll have some solid, tried and true advice to guide you in those future match-ups!
Chat Channel: "sc2seaBSG".

Rules and Regulations

· Players must be logged into SCII SEA region 15 minutes before their match-up. Players who are 15 or more minutes late will be disqualified and their opponent will be given an automatic win.
· Matches will be played as a Bo1, however both the semi-finals and finals will be played as a Bo3.
· Results of each game must be sent to me in-game at SkyBreaker.895 so I can update the brackets.
· Spectators will be allowed, however permission must be granted by both players in the current match-up. Referees and casters will also be allowed to spectate.
· If any disconnects occur within the first two minutes of game-play, the match will be replayed. However if the disconnect occurs after two minutes of game-time, then it is up to the discretion of the player who did not disconnect to decide whether the match will be either: A) replayed, or B) forfeited.
· All replays need to be sent to bsg-tournament@live.com.au, furthermore any disputes will be handled by myself after reviewing all associated replays.
· Any inappropriate behaviour will result in a disqualification.

Map List

The first map of each round is pre-determined and outlined in the following list. The losing player of each match will decide the subsequent map. The map pool is as follows:

Ro128: Blistering Sands.
Ro64: Steppes of War.
Ro32: Jungle Basin.
Ro16: Lost Temple.
Ro8: Metalopolis.
Semi-Finals: Delta Quadrant.
Finals: Xel'Naga Caverns.

Brackets

Brackets are automatically generated when I begin the tournament and will be posted directly to this thread so you will see who your opponent is, with ease, throughout the tournament. When the brackets are created, it is your sole responsibility to find your opponent, their character code and add them in-game and begin your matches.

Prizes

The current prize will be all the fame and glory that is associated with winning a SCII tournament, as well as a short interview with the winner on the site (www.sc2sea.com). Due to the nature of this tournament, we at sc2sea.com have decided it is in the best interest for all players involved if the prizes focused less on money and items and more so on helping them become a better gamer!

After some discussion between Nirvana and myself, we've decided that the winner's prize for the BSG Open #02 will to have three replays of their choice watched and analyzed by a SCII SEA pro! So if you're having trouble in a certain match-up, even a certain map or possibly against a certain unit composition - participate in this tournament for a chance to have those problems that are holding you back outlined for you to improve on!

Live streaming and commentary will be held at Mothership Studios, with two great players (MSSPhoenix & Unstable) to provide their usual great tips, information and tried and true advice for people in the BSG leagues looking to move up.

Important Information

Pleasure ensure you have your correct SEA SCII name and character code in your sc2sea.com profile, which can be found here. This will help reduce any problems people may face when having to search for their opponent's character name & code.

FAQ

Due to the BSG Open #03 being a 128-player event, I have written up a short FAQ covering a few questions that I get asked quite a bit throughout the tournament. Please ensure you read through them to maximize the smoothness of the tournament.

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Q) Do I begin my RoX matches?
A) Yes, unless I have asked you to wait so I can bring the streamer/caster into the game, please begin your game(s) immediately.

Q) I can't find my opponent?
A) Their battle.net name and character code should be in their sc2sea.com profile, if it isn't, try finding them via the chat. If you have no success tracking them down, please wait 15minutes before messaging me informing me of the scenario and I will DQ the player.

Q) What map am I on?
A) Please refer to the rules and regulations of the tournament.

Q) I'm ready for my RoX match! Where is my opponent?
A) If the bracket hasn't been updated, it means your opponent is still in-game on his current RoX match.

Q) Hey, my opponent DC'ed, but he's back online, what do I do?
A) Please refer to the rules and regulations of the tournament.

To ensure the tournament is run smoothly and efficiently for everyone; once the tournament has started, please only contact me in-game to inform me of results, disputes and no-shows. Any other questions will be answered with a link to this thread; as all other information has been outlined in here.

Regards,
SkyBreaker

[SkyBreaker]

Update (12/01/11)
· Chat channel added; "sc2seaBSG".

Sign ups OPEN!

[Pov]

Can't wait for this one!

[tin]

you know whats funnie what if you train for this but end up going plat lol

[Satu]

Originally Posted by tin

you know whats funnie what if you train for this but end up going plat lol

Then they will have to forfeit their spot in the tournament, its just good manners. I remember sky saying that before the BSG#2. The funnier thing is the strange habit of people who win or get close to winning these BSG tournaments. They all get promoted to platinum shortly after... :P

[tin]

means i must try to win the next one

[ZoomDog]

What's the RO128 map?

[SkyBreaker]

Originally Posted by ZoomDog

What's the RO128 map?

Thanks for picking up on that for me, I've added it to the OP now.

[tin]

are you going to make a channel for this tourney on the day?

[nirvAnA]

Yes we will be using channels from now on, makes it alot easier for the site admins so they can just stay in sc2. It will be "sc2seaBSG" or something along those lines i guess, well wait for skybreaker will decide on the name.

[SkyBreaker]

Yeah, we will definitely be using chat channels for this tournament, as well as all upcoming BSG tournaments. The chat channel for tomorrows BSG #3 will be "sc2seaBSG" =). I'll update the OP with the information regarding the chat-channel.

[tin]

looking forward to it

[SkyBreaker]

Sign ups are open! The link is in the OP & second post! GL HF all!

[SkyBreaker]

Important Update

Due to some RL events having affected Unstable, tonight's BSG will be streamed and commentated live @ MotherShip Studios featuring MSSPhoenix and Unstable.

These guys will be providing tried and true advice to all BSG players, so by tuning in you will definitely be able to pick up useful pieces of advice which will help improve your game-play, so tune in!

[Unstable]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Important Update

Due to some RL events having affected Unstable,

AKA the city i live in is underwater

[ZoomDog]

Originally Posted by Unstable

AKA the city i live in is underwater

Hope your place isn't too badly affected (and more importantly, your friends and family are ok).

Was going to ladder tonight, but had fun watching this last week. Will probably be another unproductive night.

[Hybrid]

So i take it that the winner sends the replays on bsg-tournament@live.com.au?

Is it for all of the games?

[nirvAnA]

Only the winner of the whole tournament has to save replays and send them

[SkyBreaker]

Congratulations to Phoenix.338 for winning our third and most biggest, BSG Open Tournament!

As per usual I have a quick interview with the winner, which is here;

Congrats Phoenix on taking out sc2sea's third and largest BSG Open Tournament! What were your thoughts on the tournament, as a whole?
It was VERY exciting. Shout-out to all my opponents : Cordance, Johno, LazyBoy, noclipjohnny and Baka! You guys all played well. Sorry for cheesing you out of the tournaments! Oh it was well organized by SkyBreaker by the way. I hope it would be smaller at Ro64 so it wont end so late for the Aussie players.

The last two BSG Opens have been won by players playing from Singapore! How old are you and where are you playing from?
I'm 16, just finished collecting O level results. From Singapore! The Awesome country!

That's the third Singapore player to take out the BSG tournament, nice! Given the fact that the last two winners of our BSG Opens were promoted to Platinum shortly after the tournaments; what would your advice be to other BSG players trying to climb the ranks of SCII?
Learn to handle cheese. Its one of the core things that are holding back many of the BSG players. Cant handle cheese? Try cheesing and see how your opponent handles it. You can learn a lot by cheesing yourself. You may not climb the ladder while cheesing but it will show you how people handle cheese.

I definitely agree with you regarding those points; especially learning to deal with "cheesy" strategies; eventually they'll be seen as instant wins, unless pulled off immaculately. It must be somewhat harder having played random throughout the tournament; how did you go about planning for for each match-up?
Just cheese =P. Nah, you need to have a build in mind before playing. I think Day9 said this before, go into a game with a plan. So if i play against a Zerg player, I'll be flashing through my mind during the loading screen on what's my BO for ZvZ/TvZ/PvZ. You need a game plan.

Solid points! I'd love to play Random personally, but unfortunately me and the Zerg Queens don't get along too well when it comes to macroing larvae injects! Lastly, what are you goals for your future in SCII?
Going to Diamond before Masters! Wont be much since i'm playing sc2 casually. I'll join some tourneys in the future!

Good luck with all of your SCII related goals and most importantly; GL & HF! Thanks for participating in the BSG #3 and congratulations again for being the first place winner!

Kind regards,
Sky

The replay-pack from the BSG #3 can be found here. And the VoDs of the commentated event (by MSSPhoenix and FXOUnstable) can be found at MSS Shows, Replays and Randoms thread. I'd like to give a shout-out to MSSPhoenix and FXOUnstable for their awesome streaming and commentary; as always! As well as the people who participated and made a note of the recently introduced FAQ to improve the smoothness of the BSG.

See you all next week, GL & HF!
Regards,
Sky.

[Aeon]

just want to say thanks skybreaker for organising such a great tournament