[Eddie]

Welcome to the 15th SEA Masters Cup!

SEA vs the World!

(Games will be played on NA server)

The time has come, where every 3rd month, we invite players from all around the globe to come play against the best SEA has to offer. We hope this brings greater exposure to the SEA scene, and gives some of our players opportunities not always available to them. We are confident many of our players can compete against the worlds best, and as a result we'll have plenty of high quality games for the spectators to enjoy.

This Masters Cup shall now also act as the first NA open qualifier for our new season of the SEA Star League, a $850 prize pool, 16 player double elimination tournament. The top two players from this event earn seeding into the SEASL. Additional info can be found here

The Masters Cup is a single elimination style tournament. $140 prize on offer to the winner, $70 2nd prize, $30 3rd. Plus $30 to the highest placed SEA player. $280 prize pool total*! This event is sponsored by FaDeBadger, Eddie and sc2sea.com

+ [Q&A with FaDeBadger] +

(FaDeBadger has generously donated $150 towards this events prize pool.)

Any reason you decided to help with this Masters Cup?

It's always good to see solid prize pools for monthly tournaments like this and I love to see the SEA scene go up against some of the KR (and hopefully some NA) pros. Contributing to the prize pool seemed the best way I could further this desire.

Can you tell us a little about yourself, Starcraft, team?
I'm 23, a postman for Australia Post and currently attending university as well. In my 6th year of Mechanical Engineering which I've been doing part time. I'm a diamond protoss who fools around at about platinum level as random sometimes. I'm also a member of the clan FaDe which probably contributed to my finally leaving platinum league after a good 3 or so seasons.

You helped admin the SEACL season 2, how was that?
It was quite different to what I was expecting, previous to this the only experience I had admin/running anything was as a raid leader in WoW. It was a pleasant surprise to find out that the Starcraft II people are much more intelligent than the WoW crowd and they basically ran themselves.

Who are you favourite SEA + International players atm?
Well my favourite SEA player has to be TtPiG, not only is he an awesome zerg player he is also a good friend and roommate of mine. As for international players I am a huge MarineKingPrime fanboy, owing to the fact that his marine splitting in Open Season 2 was what got me into watching Starcraft. Favourite Protoss players at the moment would have to ST_Parting and CreatorPrime, they are definitely people to look out for in the future.

Who are the top 3 SEA players to watch out for in this Master's Cup?
The most obvious choice here is mOOnGlaDe, he was and still is an absolute beast of the SEA server. My other 2 pics are Mafia, always puts in solid performances and PiG cause he promised me he would win it

Definitely look out for some of the more underrated players like Ninja though, his strong results last Master's Cups can't be ignored.

Sponsors and donations for this event are welcomed, if you'd like to help out, please pm me. Masters Cup usually gets around 10000+ viewers, and 100-150 of the highest quality players in the SEA region. Our last few Cups have had 13000+ viewers!

Team Liquid Thread

+ [Masters Cup #1 recap] +

Results:

1st | aLtAaron | | $70AUD ($90SGD)
2nd | MiTHjump | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | TAEdgE | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc1

+ [Masters Cup #2 recap] +

Results:

1st | eXoEnDerr | | $70AUD ($90SGD)
2nd | tDpMaltiso | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | ngenmaster | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc2

+ [Masters Cup #3 recap] +

Results:

1st | inFiTargA.113 | | $100AUD ($132SGD)
2nd | Yekke.136 | | $20AUD ($25SGD)
3rd | NEOindy.791 | | $10AUD ($12SGD)

Brackets: http://challonge.com/sc2seamc3

+ [Masters Cup #4 recap] +

Results:

1st | FXOmOOnGLaDe | | $145AUD
2nd | NeoRedArchon | | $45AUD
3rd | beethoven | | $15AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/sc2seamc4

+ [Masters Cup #5 recap] +

Results:
1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR/gts) | | $75AUD
2nd | FXOmOOnGLaDe | | $20AUD
3rd | NeoRedArchon | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc5

+ [Masters Cup #6 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR/gts) | | $75AUD
2nd | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $20AUD
3rd | YoonYJ | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc6

+ [Masters Cup #7 recap] +

Results:

1st | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $75AUD
2nd | eXoEnDerr| | $20AUD
3rd | GGFiery | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc7

+ [Masters Cup #8 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST.KingKong (yChSPR) | | $75AUD
2nd | FlashRevz | | $20AUD
3rd | NeoRedArchon | | $10AUD

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc8

+ [Masters Cup #9 recap] +

Results:

1st | SoulmanfOu (Master) | | $80AUD
2nd | ST.KingKong (yChSPR) | | $35AUD
3rd | TtPiG | | $20AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

HuK $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc9

+ [Masters Cup #10 recap] +

Results:

1st | aLtYoonYJ | | $150AUD
2nd | xGKingJazBas | | $75AUD
3rd | SQLTyang | | $30AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

FlashMUSE $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc10

+ [Masters Cup #11 recap] +

Results:

1st | mOOnGLaDe | | $175AUD
2nd | xGKingMafia | | $90AUD
3rd | SQLTtNinja | | $40AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

EveSigns $10

+ [Tt eSPORTS Dasher Mouse Pad winner] +

SmotPokingFish

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc11

+ [Masters Cup #12 recap] +

Results:

1st | mOOnGLaDe | | $150AUD
2nd | xGKingPokerface | | $50AUD
3rd | MskiEnDerr | | $30AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Paroxysm $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc12

+ [Masters Cup #13 recap] +

Results:

1st | GoSutgun | | $205AUD
2nd | MskiEnDerr | | $100AUD
3rd | TtPiG | | $52AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

phoneheha $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc13

+ [Masters Cup #14 recap] +

Results:

1st | NvmOOnGLaDe | | $100AUD
2nd | SQLNinja | | $50AUD
3rd | xGKingJazBas | | $25AUD

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

Junho $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc14

+ [Masters Cup #15 recap] +

Results:

1st | ST_RainBOw | | $140AUD
2nd | IronMaiden | | $70AUD
3rd | lOvBalloon | | $30AUD

#Highest SEA player: TtPiG $30 (4th)

+ [Lucky participant prize winner] +

IronMaiden $10

Brackets: http://challonge.com/mc15

+ [List of Legends] +

For those awesome people who have donated, casted, and helped run a Masters Cup. Your help and support is much appreciated, and not forgotten!

+ [Donations] +

Xant, $30 towards first prize for MC 3 + $10 MC 10-15
FaDeBadger $150 for MC 15
Dox, $100 for MC 4
Anonymous, $10 MC 9

+ [Casters] +

HDPhoenix casting MC 1 + 2
xGKingBenji for casting MC 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 +14
System casting MC 6, 14, 15 + co-casting MC 8 + 10
Frogmite casting MC 8
Dox casting MC 12 + 15
nGenXeen for co-casting MC 3 + 5
Jaczie for casting MC 7 + co-casting MC 1
Paz for co-casting MC 7
FaDeMeatex for casting MC 13 + co-casting MC 12
Zepph for co-casting MC 9, 11 + 13
LiviBee for co-casting MC 14
TAZain for co-casting MC 15
NvPinder for co-casting MC 15

+ [Helpers] +

XanT for helping Admin MC 1- 15
System for helping Admin MC 3 - 5 +7, 8
BakaInu for helping Admin MC 1
Veretis for helping Admin MC 2
SorC for helping Admin MC 6

All legends

+ [$10 free prize just for playing] +

$10 just for joining this Masters Cup!!

One lucky participant shall receive $10! While not a massive prize, its a free pizza, or a couple beers, etc, just for playing some sc2! Even if you are eliminated early be sure to stick around, watch the high quality games, and listen out for who will win (It may well be you!). Purpose of this is to encourage player participation, and offer a small reward for those who fail to place, as every game is of a high level. Depending upon future donations/sponsorship this may continue or be replaced by some other sort of prize, eg hardware. It shall be trialed this Masters Cup, as always, feedback welcomed. The prize draw shall be done live on stream using http://www.random.org/. If the number generated, matches your randomly seeded number on challonge.com, you're the winner! (Except if you no showed and got walked over in the early rounds, then we'll redraw, as it is designed to reward participants)

Details

Date: Sunday, 8th of April, 2012.
Time: 6pm AEST, 4pm SGT
Location: NA Battle.net
Tournament Eligibility: You must be in Masters or Grand Masters League on any server. Lower players will be disqualified.
How to Sign Up: Post your NA ID + account most known by (eg SEA, KR, EU ID) + country (either icon or text is fine). Example: rainbow.766 - ST_RainBOw - Korea
Live-Stream: A:http://www.twitch.tv/dox_au B: http://www.twitch.tv/systemtv
Prizes: Winner gets the $140 prize and bragging rights for being the best of the best. $70 for 2nd, $30 to 3rd *Prize pool may increase
- $30 also to the highest placing SEA player
- 1st + 2nd earn a seeding into the SEA Star League Season 2, $850, 16 player Double Elimination event
There is also a lucky draw prize! One lucky person shall get $10 just for joining!
Battle.net Chat-Channel: "sc2seaMC". If the event is full, the late replacement channel shall be sc2seaMCx. Someone shall be organizing replacements, message them in game or talk in channel. If not message FaDeEdOne in game.

+ [Rules and Regulations] +

Rules and Regulations

· All results must be PMed to FaDeEdOne.139 or TAXanT.665 in-game.
· Players who are 15 or more minutes late will be disqualified, if a replacement cannot be fount their opponent will be given an automatic win.
· 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 referee to decide whether; A) the game is to be replayed, or B) player X/Y is to be awarded the win.
· Any disputes will be handled by the Admins after reviewing all associated replays.
· Any inappropriate behaviour will result in a disqualification.
· Players must have their own Sea account, playing on a friends is not allowed
. You are allowed to switch races
. If you are lucky enough to win two Masters Cups in a row, you must take a break from the next one. Just so we can spread the wealth and glory around.
. Non SEA residents/international players can join every 3rd 'open' Masters Cup. The 2 beforehand and 2 following are just for SEA players to compete amongst themselves.
Refs: FaDeEdOne.139, TAXanT.665

+ [Map Pool] +

Map List

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

Ro128: WCG Anitga Shipyard (B01 no 2nd game) (R1 on bracket)
Ro64: WCG Metalopolis (B01 no 2nd game) (R2 on bracket)
Ro32: GSL Daybreak (B03) (R3 on bracket)
Ro16: GSL Metropolis (B03) (R4 on bracket)
Ro8: GSTL Dual Site (B03) (R5 on bracket)
Semi-Finals: GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version) (B03)
Finals: WCG Shakuras Plateau (B05)
(3rd Place Match WCG Shakuras Plateau, B03)

Loser can pick from any the following maps:
WCG Metalopolis, WCG Shakuras Plateau, GSL Daybreak, Tal'Darim Altar LE, WCG Shattered Temple, GSL Metropolis, Cloud Kingdom LE, GSTL Dual Site, WCG Anitga Shipyard, GSL Bel'shir beach (winter version)

* Players are allowed 1 veto each per round. 2 vetos are allowed in the B05 final. First game cannot be vetoed.

+ [Brackets/Seeds] +

Brackets

Signups will close at 3pm SG/5pm AEST on Sunday 8 April, Brackets will be published on challonge.com shortly after and updated in this thread, along with seedings.

+ [Seeds] +

1. inFiTargA
2. BenQMskiEnDr
3. BenQMskiJaBi
4. xGKingMaFia
5. TtPiG
6. EveStrafe
7. IronMaiden
8. NvRossi
9. Nvmoonglade
10. xGKingJazBas
11. Msk
12. JerryToT
13. aLtdelete
14. eehanProAnnn
15. Deneb
16. NXZ

Late chance to join in channel sc2seamcx if there are no shows.

+ [Registered International players] +

1. BalloonSPR.702 (lOvBalloon)
2. rainbow.766 (ST_RainBOw)
3. dde.247 (GoSuDDE)
4. nyqbonk.504 (Bonkarooni)
5. FGSiphonn.122
6. ALittleFly.583
7. CUHZ.714
8. MrLlama.879
9. Nkc.872
10. areaAnDa.715
11. vGAlkresh.406
12. PZSniXSniPe.382
13. LeafMeAlone.570
14. KeydEverize.378
15. biggpapaaa.907
16. FTaCtFantaSy.308
17. aiRsiRobin.768
18. stmonth.727 (babylast)
19. gogogo.719 (Ares)
20. bush.725
21. SoulmanSPR.908 (RsSoulman)
22. SunnY.851
23. ClashShew.889
24. vVvSeoHyeon.709
25. nRvHavoC.832
26. IamGoDLiKe.398 Mongolia
27. Nemesys.694
28. ShadowStalkr.154
29. Architect.304
30. Attero.495
31. GoSuwbc.504
32.

+ [Registered SEA players] +

1. xGKingMaFia.996
2. gosutgun.848
3. kez.960
4. xGKingPoker.430
5. Joko.775 (pRoJoko)
6. Reere.355 (nRvReere)
7. wTlzq.495
8. EveStrafe.391
9. delete.489 (aLtdelete)
10. tobekilled.878 (tbkspr)
11. DanO.633 (DaNoSauR)
12. SQLyang.280
13. Savior.406
14. Icecraft.798 (BLkTGR)
15. cREdgE.103
16. aLtstallion.610
17. Yekke.136
18. inFiTargA.113
19. Zergtastic.353 (SatuSPR)
20. sunginspr.673
21. AsGThor.102
22. BoredguyNA.410 (RageBoredguy)
23. xGKingJazBas.701
24. cRfenner.634
25. Matino.734
26. TtPiG.473
27. Biggun.836
28. Venom.1532
29. TAavanar.104
30. SQLNinja.387
31. EveSnow.352
32. cRFourby.562
33. EveJaFF.415
34. StriKE.589
35. iRLProAnnn.406
36. JerryToT.336
37. ChinatopP.591 (FlashToT)
38. NZlsajaikub.205 (SJK)
39. heLp.972
40. Sky.858
41. FaNaTic.286
42. MskiJaBiTo.621
43. MskiEnDerr.328
44. NvRossi.155
45. nvmoonglade.554
46. dtay.393
47. Danezkie.820 (MskiDane)
48. xOerA.292 (wTerA)
49. vtazz.332
50. LiThiuM.369
51. TJIOE.952
52. Deneb.715
53. Pox.793
54. SpAcE.440 (LtNSpAcEJaM)
55. eehanRiver.249
56. xgkingmyuu.105
57. StarhunterCF.383 (nGenStarhunt)
58. IronMaiden.317 (FrontierSPR)
59. NXZ.826
60. TimeAttacker.793 (MasterSPR)
61. irldrake.352
62. Santi.447
63. eXoNUKS.284
64. Ripped.135
65. eXoSieber.879
66. MskiYax.453
67. MSIEvoBLaZeR.266
68.

Qualifiers from the weekly GPD Opens:

+ [qualifiers] +

Confirmed:
PacificBASA.718 (eXoBASA)
QEDSchnitzel

2/21

Unconfirmed:

kerrigan.869
coolbeans.364
onsSomeone.960
jxgoodgx.438
meatroll.539
JEEProdigy.377
ToRGunz.611
Alzig.718
BuShiDo.921
kosui.661
FaDeBadger.403
blitzerg.372
DrSayus.550
ZCPooSmear.449
Rain.889
AyuTrex
ZCLLaMApOO
Strider
Techno

Withdrawn:


Although these GPD players are qualified, they will have to post in this thread to confirm their participation or their qualified spot will be given to someone else.

Any questions please ask. If you are a high level player, who doesn't ladder much, but want to join, pm me and i shall consider it.

Masters Cup News, Results + Hall of Fame

Quick Comments

	xGKingdelete:
	nirvAnA:

[iM MaFia]

xGKingMaFia 739

also like to point out last 4 masters cup top 3 all zerg lol

Quick Comments

Doctor:

[iM tgun]

gosutgun848

[SLCN.Kez]

kez.960 nooooo not na i lag on that shit
*edit* kez.702 for masters verification lawl

[AvPoker]

Lets kill some more koreansssss
xGKingPoker.430

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by xGKingMafia

xGKingMaFia 739

also like to point out last 4 masters cup top 3 all zerg lol

Of a total 42 top 3 spots, 29 (~70%) of them have been taken by zergs.

[ToRJoko]

Joko.775 - pRoJoko (Masters - SEA) - Malaysia

[Reere]

NA: Reere.355
SEA: nRvReere.210

Haven't been laddering on NA. SEA for masters verification~

[wTlzq]

wTlzq.495

ten char

edit: NA id: lzq.397

[Vrenzy]

VhoR .390

Nice to see Masters Cup!

[xGKingdelete]

aLtdelete.955

[ROOTPetraeus]

wTPetraeus.994

[ToRdanO]

DaNoSauR.917

Quick Comments

ToRSpartaz:

<3

[iM yang]

SQLyang 280

[ROCCAT_Savior]

Savior.406 (NA).127(SEA)

[jtxgaming]

Icecraft.798 (NA) BLkTGR.129 (SEA)

[TAEdgE]

cREdgE.103

Quick Comments

SLCN.NXZ:

My pick to win

[Stallion]

aLtstallion.610

[EveYekke]

Yekke.136
10 char

[TargA]

inFiTargA.113