[Satu]

SC2SEA.COM's BSG Open #09

Zergtastic is back this week (I gotta stop speaking in third person), and will be running the BSG this week with BakaInu as per usual. To avoid making this into a short story like Baka does, this paragraph ends here.

The BSG Open #08 is a 64-player event.


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
#03	Phoenix.338	Link	Link
#04	Jings	Link	Link
#05	Noobinater	Link	Link
#06	jimOK	Coming Soon	Coming Soon
#07	BoxeR	Coming Soon	Coming Soon
#08	CookieMunchR	Coming Soon	Coming Soon

Details

Date: Saturday, 26th of February, 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: Signups open on the day
Live-Stream: Live streaming and commentating will be available at: (?)
Prizes: The winner of the BSG Open 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!
Battle.net Chat-Channel: "sc2seaBSG". It is accessable at all times and used as a training channel for our BSG players.

Rules and Regulations

· All results must be PMed to Zergtastic.610 in-game.
· 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 with the exception of the semi-finals and finals; which will be played as a Bo3.
· A replay-pack from the winner of the BSG must be sent to Zergtastic@yahoo.com.au.
· Winner of the BSG is required to send the replay pack within 5 days of winning the tournament or else his/her victory shall be deemed void.
· 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 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 BSG admins after reviewing all associated replays.
· Any inappropriate behaviour will result in a disqualification.
· If a person is suspected to be smurfing (high level players in BSG tourneys), the associated player's replay will be judged by several high level players to determine the associated player's authenticity, if found to be guilty of such treason!, the player shall be banned from further tournaments and SC2SEA. If Baka knows where you live, say goodbye to your cat/dog as well. I, Zergtastic, shall not take responsibility for his actions.

Map List

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

Ro64: Delta Quadrant.
Ro32: Blistering Sands.
Ro16: Scrap Station.
Ro8: Lost Temple.
Semi-Finals: Xel'Naga Caverns.
Finals: Shakuras Plateau.

Brackets

Brackets are automatically generated when the tournament begins 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!

The winner's prize for the BSG Open #08 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!

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

SkyBreaker has written up a short FAQ covering a few questions that is 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.

Please send all results to Zergtastic.610.

[TofuGuy]

Date: Saturday, 19th of February, 2011

When is this? I'd like to join. xFgTofuGuy #661

[Satu]

Originally Posted by TofuGuy

When is this? I'd like to join. xFgTofuGuy #661

Disregard that, im an idiot. Its this saturday.

[TofuGuy]

Alright, I'll be there, then!

[BaKaiNu]

Short story will return next week.

[Avearex]

What time will signups open?

[ToRDeathsFang]

shouldn't sign-ups have already opened? Its today and still no sign-up page lol.

[Aean(:]

The thread says bsg open #08 -_- but the title is #09

[Avearex]

thats what i thought Deaths?

[ToRDeathsFang]

Lol yeah,hmm,whats the solution?
Oh yeah, perhaps update the threads every week lol?
It kinda gets really confusing

[Avearex]

Reckon they will open sign up soon?

[ToRDeathsFang]

They have to lol, are we going to get 5 hours for 64 people to sign up?

[Micksterzone]

:O sign ups open plz....
Micksterzone.404

[BaKaiNu]

BSG Sign up is now open. Link: http://www.sc2sea.com/tournaments.php?do=view&id=46

[Makra]

The last 3 interview and replay packs still 'coming soon'? :P

[ToRSpartaz]

Hey guys I was wondering how come you cant organise them like a little earlier since us kiwis are 2 hours ahead its like so freaking late lol. Yesterday a B/S tourney went for two hours and it started it 8pm AEST its so much better lol.

cant you guys make it any earlier?

[Hybrid]

they have made it better for the singapore players, i would like it back an hour earlier to, but alas this is the time they picked after things seemed ok at 8pm melbourne time. It sucks a bit ofr you Kiwis, thats why they made it saturday to try and compensate.

[Satu]

Hillboy won! ;D

Replay pack: http://www.sc2sea.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=208

Interview:

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Zergtastic: Hi Hillboy! Well done on your BSG 9 win, did you expect to win it?

Hillboy: not really but i expected to get to the semis
at least

Zergtastic: On ladder, you are ranked a bronze level player. I believe you are the first bronze ranked player to win the BSG. How did you make it possible?

Hillboy: i have 2 master league players who are friends who help me improve my gameplay by playing many custom games with me

Zergtastic: Well, thats got to be some of the best training possible for lower ranked players!

Hillboy: definately

Zergtastic: A lot of your BSG games were ended pretty quickly, with you being the victor. Any thoughts on that?

Hillboy: my gameplay usually is most effective early game. When the game gets to the late game stage, i usually fall behind with my macro and usually end up losing
so i try to end the game as fast as i can

Zergtastic: Many people have tried to end games quickly, not all succeed. Good to hear you succeed with doing so.
Next is possibly the most important question.
Are you singaporean, autralian or from somewhere else? So far singaporeans hold the most BSG wins.

Hillboy: im Australian

Zergtastic: Okay, any replays you reccomend from your replay pack?

Hillboy: probably the 2 games against Aeon
it's probably the best ive played against terran so far in my starcraft 2 career lol

Zergtastic: Yes, I've seen some very... original all-in attempts from him. Hes a strong player at times. What made those games interesting ?

Hillboy: one of the games i actually got to a kinda late game situation where i could bring out all my high tier units
and Aeon is just a very strong player which made it fun to play

Zergtastic: Any final shoutouts?

Hillboy: Thanks to nGenGeek, WillChen, Trannerz, Shirix and Huaskies for supporting me throughout the tournament.