[Hairymuppet]

Hey All!

I am organising an online tournament for February 1st this year, with plans to hold the tournament every 2 months from then on. Thanks to Eddie as well I will also be including some Oceanic StarCraft 2 Championship points as part of the prize pool!

Edit: 1st, 2nd and 3rd now also award place in the Hairy Smash! Check it out!

Prize Pool:

1st Place - 100 OSC points + $100 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
2nd Place - 60 OSC points + $50 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
3rd Place - 40 OSC points + $25 AUD + Hairy Smash spot
4th Place - 20 OSC points
5-8th Place - 5 OSC points
9-16th Place - 2.5 OSC points

Dates:

Saturday, 1st Feb 2014, 12:00pm AEDT Start Time

+ [Bracket Info] +

Ro64 - Best of 3
Ro32 - Best of 3
Ro16 - Best of 3
Quarter Finals - Best of 3
Semi Finals - Best of 3
Grand Finals - Best of 5
3rd Place - Best of 3

1 February 2014 12:00 PM AEDTCountdown to 1st February 12pm!

Server:

North America
Group: "Hairy Bash"

Players: (Updated Approx Daily)

+ [Players] +

DevianT.692
frayFenner.158, Frenetic Array
Another.451, CheckMate
Petraeus, ROOT Gaming
CatZ, ROOT Gaming
Sage.588, ROOT Gaming
Phuzzy.185, Eternal eSports
PiG.381, Team Exile5
Taco.411
MikoL.195
TheECONOMIST
Roland.575
Lobo.383
AxHeart.614, Axiom
ShayneRarma.215
Slayer, metaGameGods
Kite, AxiS Outsourced
Samy
Elusory.321, Time of Rising
Liquid.594, metaGameGods
ProzeR (RavensScout), AxiS Outsourced
Crimson, CheckMate
FLuX, CheckMate
brandyakiko
oddiewhitE, Oddie
Arthur, ESC ICYBOX
Stormz, Team Exile5
Blysk, Flash eSports
MightyKiwi, SEED Gaming
Phoenix, SYF Gaming
Kreamy, Frenetic Array
Surge, Seraphic Nexus
Dane, Mineski
EnDerr, Imperium Pro Team
Petrify, Silicon Sports
Delusional
Heartz, Imperium Pro Team
Schnitzel, Ecko Esports
Explosion
Ninja, Fray Academy
Wally, Seraphic Nexus
Armani, Samsung Galaxy
NXZ, Team Exile5
DemiLove, RedViperz
Pezz, Silicon Sports
FiL
Alpha, Fray Academy
Zenabi, Ecko Esports
Rude, AxiS Outsourced
aroven, AxiS Outsourced

Maps:

+ [Maps] +

Total list of maps available for this tournament

Bel'Shir Vestige LE
Derelict Watcher TE
Polar Night LE
Star Station TE
Yeonsu LE
Habitation Station LE
Frost LE

Players will take it in turns to veto one of the above maps, until only one is left, and then that map will be the first played.

The player with the lowest seed (closest to 1) according to Challonge will pick first. Seeding will be done by OSC/SEA Power Rankings.

If you are not ranked on the OSC/SEA Power Rankings your seed will be random.

Following the first game, the loser can choose the map for the next game out of the remaining maps in the pool. (i.e. Maps cannot be repeated.)

Signing Up:

All players are welcome to sign up, regardless of league.

Post your NA ID, Account most known by (If different from registered account, eg SEA, KR ID), Team/Clan and Country.

Example: TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada

Signups will close at 11.45am AEDT on Saturday 1st February, Brackets will be finalised on challonge.com shortly after.

If more than 64 players have signed up, then the remaining players will be placed on a waiting list, and may be invited to compete if any of the top 64 players are absent.

Rules:

+ [Rules] +

All participating players should log on and join the "Hairy Bash" group in Starcraft 2.

If a player is more than 15 minutes late in the first bracket, they may be replaced by a player in the waiting list. If there are no players in the waiting list, they can be counted as forfeiting that game. (At the discretion of their opponent)

If a player is more than 15 minutes late for their game after the first bracket, they can be counted as forfeiting that game. (At the discretion of their opponent)

If a player disconnects, then the game should be continued using the Recover Game feature. If the disconnecting player does not return online within 15 minutes, then they can be counted as losing that series. (Again at the discretion of their opponent)

From Quarter Finals onward, the winning player must submit all replays for their games to the drop.sc website, and then inform an administrator. The replays should be renamed to be of the format "PLAYER1 vs PLAYER2 - MAP - GAME#". These replays will be used to confirm the winner and update the tournament brackets.

REPLAYS MUST BE SUBMITTED for Quarter Finals onward, otherwise the score will not be counted and the winning player may forfeit the game.

The prize money will be distributed via PayPal. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners should message the administrator with their PayPal details (e-mail) after the tournament has concluded. Winnings will be sent out in the following week.

OSC points will be awarded by an administrator of the Oceanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series after the conclusion of the tournament.

Related sites:

Liquipedia: Hairy Bash
Challonge: Challonge
News Site: Wordpress
YouTube Channel: Hairy Starcraft

I hope to see a ton of people signing up! Also if you have any questions let me know.

Thanks again to Eddie for a ton of help changing stuff around to make this a better tournament... this is the first one I've organised so far.