[SkyBreaker]

SC2SEA.com's Bronze, Silver & Gold Open Tournament #01

The SC2SEA BSG Open #01 will consist of 32 players, however if the interest grows, we will increase the player cap in the following weeks to meet the demand. We're hoping to have a large amount of players and have this a reoccurring event, happening weekly.

If all goes to plan, aLtnirvAnA will be organising a SCII SEA/ANZ professional to do some guest-commentary & live-streaming to kick off the start of this tournament for SC2SEA.com. This will be a great way for players in the bronze, silver and gold league to tune-in and take on-board some solid tried and true advice from a professional player! It'll also allow you to spot the mistakes in your own game-play that are keeping you from progressing up the ranks! Even if you're not participating in this tournament, tuning in to the live-stream and commentary will still prove beneficial to you!

Also, please take care and ensure you read the details listed below to avoid any confusion regarding tournament dates, times and sign-up times.

Details:

Date: Wednesday, 29th December, 2010.
Time: 9pm EST (Melbourne, Australia +10). Fixed World Clock
Location: Battle.net SEA region.
How to sign up*: Sign-ups are open! Click this link to sign up!
Casted by: Unstable, featuring Guest Pro "Unstable"

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.
· 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:

Ro64: Blistering Sands.
Ro32: Shakuras Plateau.
Ro16: Lost Temple.
Ro8: Steppes of War.
Semi-Finals: Metalopolis.
Finals: Xel'Naga Caverns.

Player brackets will be created and linked in the reserved post below.

Prize-Pool:

The current prize pool 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). Over the next few weeks we be looking into adding more incentives for players, such as 1-on-1 training lessons with a SCII pro, among other amazing prizes that will help you become a better SCII gamer!

We would like for all people from the gold, silver and bronze league to join, participate and most importantly, have a good time!

This thread is also available on the battle.net SEA forum, @ http://sea.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/96999844#1.

*SIGN-UP INFORMATION:

Just in-case you guys were wondering, the reason we are opening registration on the same day as the tournament is to hopefully reduce as many 'no-shows' as possible to ensure that all participants have a smooth and enjoyable experience in SC2SEA.com's first BSG Open! When the registration opens, all participants will be added to my reserved post below.

Looking forward to it guys!
Kind regards,
SkyBreaker.

[SkyBreaker]

Registration Open - Sign-up Link!

Registration Open - 35/64 (Player-slot increased).

[ZergGirl]

Watch out for those scvs sky

gl to all involved ^^

[Torniquet]

Fixed World Clock

[SkyBreaker]

Thanks for the link Torniquet.

@ZergGirl: Don't worry, any SCV all-ins will result in a disqualification, haha only kidding!

[TAhackdZ]

This looks like it could be alot of fun.

I'll try and be on for this.

[SkyBreaker]

Update: Due to some post-Christmas RL events, the tournament has been postponed to Wednesday 29th December.

The starting time remains the same, however registration will open on the 29th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Originally Posted by Ridiculisk

This looks like it could be alot of fun.

I'll try and be on for this.

Look forward to seeing you there!

[Danxdanx]

Is the event split up to bronze vs. Bronze and silver vs. Silver and gold vs. Gold or is it mixed

[TAhackdZ]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Update: Due to some post-Christmas RL events, the tournament has been postponed to Wednesday 29th December.

The starting time remains the same, however registration will open on the 29th. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.


Look forward to seeing you there!

With bells on baby!

Wednesday actually suits me better anyway

add me plox

Ridiculisk.500

[TAminimat]

Hey sign me up, minimat.956

also is it like that guy said above me, BvB, SvS, GvG?

[Higher]

Hey

Sign me up - Higher.681

Are the mattes tonight or tomorrow? "Tuesday, 29th December, 2010"

Tuesday is the 28th.

[Harmonik]

Looks like he's changed the date but not the day, if you read u will see it is delayed until Wednesday 29th.

I think everyone will be together (in delete's Gold and Under tourney the other week two bronze level players ended up in the finals.) You will be suprised at how little diffenece there is between gold and bronze i think

[nirvAnA]

Yea im quite sure skybreaker is going have it as everyone vs everyone. Cause even if its svs or gvg in the end its gonna be svg etc

[Satu]

Im DEFINITELY joining this. Although, uh. Tuesday the 29th of december? Twenty Ninth? As in tomorrow? But its tuesday today. Mindfcuk. :S

Guessing its tomorrow as SkyBreaker isnt online right now.

I dont think theres much of a gap between bronze and gold level players, and I believe even though Im only bronze, I can take on gold level players.

[nirvAnA]

Yeap its on wednesday, fixed the typo. Skybreaker had some emergency to attend to so he isnt around to update stuff atm.

looking forward to seeing you guys tmr!

[-Zeratul-]

Im interested, will post back later today. hope nothing comes up, haven't been in a tournament since broodwar.

[SkyBreaker]

Glad to see the interest grow, I'll update the second post with the people who have registered thus far, look forward to seeing you all in the tournament, gl & hf!

@Danx: The brackets will be random for the tournament

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Yeap its on wednesday, fixed the typo. Skybreaker had some emergency to attend to so he isnt around to update stuff atm.

looking forward to seeing you guys tmr!

Thanks for that Nirv, appreciated bud

[thedoctors]

Am guessing this is where I put my detail for tournament?

TheDoctors
327
Terran

[player1]

i would want to join but i only found out about this tournament today itself... i hope to see more of these tourneys in mths to come. even us bronze leaguers wanna be some part of tourney action you know.

[Ashaman]

Ashaman.814

[Satu]

Zergtastic
610
Zerg

This should be fun.

[DM.MCZ.Shondy]

isnt dGun platinum? http://www.sc2ranks.com/search/contains/sea/dGun o.o

btw Shakuras Plateau has been remove from the map pool..

[Lenze]

Originally Posted by riceballz

isnt dGun platinum? http://www.sc2ranks.com/search/contains/sea/dGun o.o

btw Shakuras Plateau has been remove from the map pool..

No that is his 2 v 2 team. I think we are looking at 1 v 1 rank here.

[SkyBreaker]

Thanks to all those interested in participating, I have updated the second post.

However Nirvana recently allowed me to create tournaments so if you guys who have registered and those who are interested in registering please visit this link and sign-up there as well please

Originally Posted by player1

i would want to join but i only found out about this tournament today itself... i hope to see more of these tourneys in mths to come. even us bronze leaguers wanna be some part of tourney action you know.

We're hoping to have this tournament a weekly event

[wanbong]

Hi, I just sign up as wanbong, my char code is dGun,999

[Manic]

Manic
149
Random

Please go easy on me XD

[StandBY]

StandBY
837
Zerg

[Lenze]

Lenze
101
Terran

[SkyBreaker]

Good to see some more interest.

@Manic/StandBY/Lenze - Please sign up here.

[Lenze]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Good to see some more interest.

@Manic/StandBY/Lenze - Please sign up here.

Yeap just did.

[Manic]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Good to see some more interest.

@Manic/StandBY/Lenze - Please sign up here.

Done

Looks like there are only 3 more slots left XD

[Lenze]

Just to check. This is for bronze silver and gold right? I am seeing a diamond and a platinum if my eyes don't deceive me XD

[SkyBreaker]

Originally Posted by Lenze

Just to check. This is for bronze silver and gold right? I am seeing a diamond and a platinum if my eyes don't deceive me XD

Which players are you referring to?

[Lenze]

Originally Posted by SkyBreaker

Which players are you referring to?

Stim (Platinum 1v1. Might be just promoted since he is rank 80 in his division.)

The other guy i mistaken him with another player so its ok.

[Tehbing]

Just signed up

Tehbing 781
Zerg

God Im so nervous hahahaha

[TAhackdZ]

how many is full?

[SkyBreaker]

We have reached 32/32! However Nirvana and I have opened the tournament to 64 slots, feel free to join and participate!

@Lenze: Thanks for bringing that to my attention, I have removed the player from the tournament

[TAhackdZ]

So are we starting when we get to 64?

[SkyBreaker]

btw Shakuras Plateau has been remove from the map pool.

It was part of the map-pool when the tournament was organised so it will be played in this tournament. Future tournaments will not include SP.

So are we starting when we get to 64

We will still be starting at the organised time, the increased slots is just to accommodate for any extra players wanting to participate.

[SkyBreaker]

To clarify how things will work this evening:

The games will be played at 9pm (Melbourne/Sydney, Australia) (6pm SGT).

Brackets will be generated at the start of the tournament and it is your own responsibility to find your opponent's character code, add them in-game and create a lobby on the map LISTED in the rules and regulations.

You must then report the win/loss to me in-game (SkyBreaker.895) and the winner must e-mail the replay(s) to bsg-tournament@live.com.au.

Unstable and myself will sit in on games along the way for casting and commentary purposes, the players of which games we will be sitting in on will be notified before the start of the tournament. Make sure you tune in if you're not playing, it will have a lot of useful information

GL & HF everyone

[gwombat]

my ID is Ivar 804! sign me up if it's not too late!

[SkyBreaker]

So we have completed the first BSG tournament for SC2SEA.com and it all went according to plan and I hope all those who participated and tuned into Unstable's stream had a blast!

The winner is: D4rkFusion (Fusion 835)!

Big thanks to Unstable for his awesome casting and commentating, you can check the VoDs at http://www.youtube.com/unstabletv1. We will hopefully be running this tournament weekly so stay tuned in this forum!

[Manic]

Congrats Fusion!

[nirvAnA]

Congrats Fusion!!

[StandBY]

congrats fusion! hoping to get a read on your interview soon :P

[TAhackdZ]

Congratulations Fusion!

Was a great tourney for lowbies! I had fun anyway

See you all at the next one!

[SkyBreaker]

Again, congratulations to Fusion for taking the win for the first BSG Open, furthermore congratulations for his recent promotion into Platinum!

A quick interview with the winner...

Hi Fusion and on behalf of myself and sc2sea.com, congratulations on winning our first-ever BSG tournament! Just a few quick questions which will be uploaded to sc2sea.com...

Where abouts are you playing from?

I'm from singapore and am 16 turning 17.

Ah awesome! Young and competitive, they're both great traits to have! In regards to the tournament, what did you think of sc2sea.com's first-ever BSG tournament?

I think it's a great event for lower level players like us to be given a chance at going deep into tournaments without having to face powerhouses like Pinder, Glade etc.

That was definitely something we were aiming at, tournaments in SCII are one of the most fun aspects of the game and we wanted all players to be able to experience that! What would your three most important pieces of advice be to other BSG players?

I think for players at out level, we should focus on our macro and our openings. Perfect the timings of certain build orders and keeping the minerals and gas low. Also, another thing I feel low level players fail to do is to scout. Scout and be able to react properly.

Speaking more personally now in regards to SCII, what are your goals for the future?

Get into the diamond league (Almost there! Just got promoted to plat!) and hopefully go deep in a CO.

Congratulations! Good luck moving onwards up the leagues and ranks! One last question before we wrap this up, when did you start playing StarCraft?

Started playing Brood-War since i was a kid. Since I was 8 years old and waited forever for StarcCraft 2! As for StarCraft 2, i started playing it once it launched.

Very nice! Again thank you for participating in and being the victor in our first BSG tournament, all the best for the future!

Kind regards,
SkyBreaker of sc2sea.com

Fusion's replay-pack can be found here as well as the VoDs from the event which will be uploaded to Unstable's YouTube channel.

The next BSG Open is happening this Thursday! Check the thread here!