[Mezza]

Dear All,

I regret to inform you guys that this tournament has been put on hold and considerations are being made to reinstate it during the June holidays instead. Thanks to everyone who signed up to show support but unfortunately there just wasn't enough participants to justify running the tournament.

-Mezza


School's out and the exams have ended, and what are you going to do with your free time? Well probably some of you would already be playing computer games, and in particular, this awesome game called Starcraft II. So how would you like to be able to win some cash and/or prizes while you're at it! (prize pool is currently at SGD$100 currently and we are in negotiation with sponsors now and that will likely increase, detailed breakdown will be confirmed soon!)

Presenting the Starcraft II Singapore School Holiday Championship!

If you:
1. Have your own copy of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, South East Asian Battle.net edition
2. Are currently a student in a Singaporean Junior College or Secondary School
You're eligible to participate in this tournament!

Registration is FREE and open to all players from any division/league!
Email the following to sc2sshc@gmail.com with "SSHC Registration" in the subject
Full Name:
SEA SC2 Bnet ID and Race: for example Mezza.445.Protoss
Contact No:
Email:
Digital image of your Singaporean Student Pass
Registration will close on Sunday 28th November 2010 @ 23.59PM!

Format
The tournament is restricted to 64 registrants on a first come first serve basis
The tournament is a single elimination format, with Best of 3 up till semifinals and Best of 5 for finals
The rounds of 64 and 32 will be all held online on SEA Bnet Servers.
The final RO16 will be held on location @ Raygun (at Park Lane) @ 1pm onwards on 19/12/10

Tournament Rules:
Race Declaration: Players must declare what race will play as in the registration email. Players are not permitted to change the race they play throughout the tournament.
Map Pool: The current Blizzard 1v1 Ladder Map Pool will be used (Metalopolis, Xel'Naga Caverns, Shakuras Plateau, Lost Temple, Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War, Blistering Sands, Scrap Station, Jungle Basin). Loser of the last round will pick the next map to be played on.
RO64 Starting map: Xel'Naga Caverns
RO32 Starting map: Metalopolis
Timelines: Players will have their opponents BnetID up on the brackets and they will have the days listed below to arrange for the games to be played at any point in time during the week up till 5pm SGT on the respective Sundays.RO64 Matchups have to be played within Dec 1 - Dec 5
RO32 Matchups have to be played within Dec 6 - Dec 12
The last call for games for that week will be 5pm SGT on SEA Bnet servers. PM Mezza.445 if you are online. If your opponent is a no show @ 5pm, he/she will be disqualified!
The responsibility is on the winner of the round to attach and email all replays as well as final scoreline to sc2sshc@gmail.com by 5pm SGT on the respective Sundays!
Cheating: Cheating and bug abuses are non tolerable offences and will be subjected to immediate dismissal
Disconnects: Disconnects count as a loss unless both players agree to replay the game
Conduct: Excessive bad manners (BM) such as player bashing, raging, racial slurs, etc is grounds for dismissal from the tournament. We're here to promote eSports and we would like all participants to show an acceptable level of sportsmanship
Observers: At all phases of the tournament Match Officials must be allowed into all games upon request. Additional Observers are allowed during the online phase of the tournament only if both parties consent to it. However the organizers would like to advise against random observers on both sides to reduce incidences of unfair play/lag, etc. There will be no fixed match officials for the online phases of the tournaments and the players themselves will be responsible to ensure fair play.
Identification: On the final day 19/12/10, all participants must bring their student identification card to Raygun to be allowed to participate in the final competition
Disclaimer: All tournament info are subject to change without notice at the discretion of the tournament host.

Any questions, feel free to PM me or post here or email sc2sshc@gmail.com!
So go hit the ladder, practice your skills and sign up for the tournament!
Have no fear for the likes of nirvAnA, ice, OxygeN, Tendersteak and the rest of the Singaporean giants have all left school (or are old blokes) and aren't allowed to participate in the tournament! So what are you waiting for! Sign up NOW!

[RaGheR]

So We Are To Find Our Opponents By Ourselves And Arrange The Date And Time Together To Play?

[Mezza]

yes.

for the online phases, your opponents bnet name and id will be announced to you at the start of the week, you will have the week until Sunday night to get the games done and replays emailed in

[RaGheR]

What Would Happen If That Person Cant Really Find/Meet You Vice Versa?
Possible For Like You Or Some Other Mods Arrange A Time?

[Mezza]

yep, sunday 5pm is the final playing time, if game can't get started by sunday 5pm, the person not online at sunday 5pm will forfeit that round. if you really can't contact that person during the week online you can pm me and i can try to facilitate the game by emailing both of you in together in a CC

[Ninpo]

Refallen, win and treat me makan plz , thanks

[frozen_water92]

Awww man... You break my heart mezza.
I'm in JC right now.
And I know that it's awesome that SC2 is heating up in sg right now.
But unfortunately A levels isn't over... In fact, its starting this coming monday
I really wanna participate but can't right now.
I hope there will be more upcoming tournaments like this in future.
And I just wanna say you're doing a good job so far. Just keep doing what you do and let's hope the heat won't die out.

[Mezza]

when does A levels end? this tournament starts in december!

[nard]

hey mezza, if u need help with running the tourney i'll be willing to help. wana learn the ropes on tournament running

[eraft]

Wow, Great Idea, Go Students! (Why isnt poly considered? lol)

[Mezza]

uncovering hidden players, the polys already have a strong showing in the open tournaments. there's a younger age group of sc2 players who are just lurking!

[RaGheR]

Secondary Like Not Many TT__TT

[Xeen]

Well, this sure makes me feel old :|

Refallen, get it done.

[frozen_water92]

Originally Posted by mezza

when does A levels end? this tournament starts in december!

it ends around late november
don't think will have enough time to practise that much

[simplytemeka]

poly student cannot? sadded

[Brultze]

I wanna participate but got to go for holiday... Oh well i'll probably just get completely owned if i entered

[gunbuster]

When and where can we find our opponents?and how do we know if we are selected?

[Mezza]

after all the signups have concluded, a list of your matchups will be generated, you will know your opponents then.

you will receive confirmation of your participation through email, so if you haven't received any reply email within 2-3 working days, please re send your application again

[gunbuster]

What is the date we will recieve our confirmation?

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by mezza

uncovering hidden players, the polys already have a strong showing in the open tournaments. there's a younger age group of sc2 players who are just lurking!

Younger age group? >.< JC students are same age as Poly students, so if JC students are allowed, logically shouldn't Poly students be allowed as well? (:

[Mezza]

to answer that,
1. sponsorship issues.
2. it was an experiment to test the waters for the jc/sec school population of sc2 players. especially sec school

unfortunately the turnout and signups for the tournament is exceedingly poor. so there's a high chance it may be suspended to wait for june after the sc2 scene has a chance to gain further momentum. and perhaps this time with an expanded pool to include poly.

i will confirm that abovementioned fact in the next 48-72 hours.

[Canx]

hi mezza, I'm a sec school student and firstly i would like to thank you for putting in all the time and effort to carry this tournament out in the first place. i would really like to join but because i did terribly in my eoys, i'm having a reexam on 16th dec, so just nice clash:

anyway, i think that there is a small but dedicated community in sec schools, at least from what i can observe, but most of us play it rather casually and thus are not really interested in joining competitions. thus, I feel that perhaps you could start of with smaller-scale competitions to "test the waters" as i believe that a small number of people who try out will in turn cause their friends to be more keen to join tournaments.

i have friends who i think do quite well, but they also cite shyness as a reason for not joining. I feel that if there are just a few people who can relate their tourney experience, they can also rope in the good people who are shy. hope you can take in my suggestions

[Mezza]

Dear All,

I regret to inform you guys that this tournament has been put on hold and considerations are being made to reinstate it during the June holidays instead. Thanks to everyone who signed up to show support but unfortunately there just wasn't enough participants to justify running the tournament.

-Mezza