[BaKaiNu]

SC2SEA.COM's BSG Open #07

Hey Guys! This week's BSG Tourney is hosted (stolen) by BakaInu.974 and Zergtastic.610. Both of us are taking over (stole) from Dear Ol' SkyBreaker who is looking to move onto further laddering and hosting other awesome tournaments for the SEA community Sky. Fellow Past BSGers may know me by the person who SHALL never win the BSG T_T, and Zergtastic a person who Unstable is out with a chainsaw and a machete to hunt him down. So lets all wish SkyBreaker an awesome time in laddering and hope that we can make BSG a success (and Unstable in the process to hunt Zergtastic down).

The BSG Open #07 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

Details

Date: Thursday, 10th 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: SIGN UP IS NOW OPEN! Sign up here.
Live-Stream: Live streaming and commentating will be available at; FXOpenEsports ft. Guest SC2 Pro, Unstable.
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".

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, and shall have his cat/dog shot.

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

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 #07 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.

To ensure the tournament to run as smoothly and efficiently for everyone; once the tournament has started, please only contact me(BakaInu.974) or Zergtastic.610 in-game to inform us of disputes and no-shows. Result of the matches are to be private messaged to Zergtastic.610 in-game. Any other questions will be answered with a link to this thread; as all other information has been outlined in here.

Regards,
BakaInu (ITS AN i NOT L!)

[LennX]

That means I wont see Zergtastic pulling an Inu anymore while playing when Unstable is casting. No more rage!

[SkyBreaker]

Big welcome to BakaLnu and Zergtastic jumping on-board and beginning to host sc2sea's BSG Open Tournament!

As Baka outlined in his post; due to some time-limiting factors in real life, I am forced to spend my spare time focusing on climbing the ladder in pursuit of my Top 200 dream. I do however have plans for future tournaments when I get more time; so be sure to stay tuned to sc2sea.com in the following weeks. I am training both Baka and Zergtastic; so as usual the BSG tournament will be a smooth and enjoyable experience for players and casters alike.

And who knows, I might actually participate in one while I'm still in the gold league All the best guys!

[BaKaiNu]

Just a reminder guys, I have updated the Rules and Regulation to include a few new rules. So please have a read. Thank you.

PS: [Rage]THE FORUM HATES ME! IT WON'T LET ME EDIT THE THREAD NAME TO CAPS THE NAME.[/Rage]

PS2: A shout out for LennX for helping me pick out on mistakes on the post! Thanks! :P

PS3: Whoever fixed the title, know that I shall always love you

[Satu]

Originally Posted by LennX

That means I wont see Zergtastic pulling an Inu anymore while playing when Unstable is casting. No more rage!

Im actually sorry for that, I didnt realise how out of practice I was in the BSG 5, I believe it was...

[TAhackdZ]

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, and shall have his cat/dog shot.

Lol.

Also, good luck to Baka and Zergtastic. Hope you guys can make the BSG as badass as it has been.

[Hybrid]

Why has the time gone back to 9pm Melbourne time?

[Draxy]

Damn, I got to platinum and stopped playing a few months ago. I think Im only Gold level at best now. Will have a few games tonight and see if I get stopped back down to gold.

[Aean(:]

Back to 8pm nao plz, idk why you would change it back once half the aussies complained on the timings and sky changed it to 8pm.

[Kringe]

I have a question how did noobinator win the bsg when the other night i beat him when i was playing random and him protoss and the game was pvp

[BaKaiNu]

Originally Posted by Hybrid

Why has the time gone back to 9pm Melbourne time?

Originally Posted by Aean(:

Back to 8pm nao plz, idk why you would change it back once half the aussies complained on the timings and sky changed it to 8pm.

Hey guys,

We have changed back the timings to 9pm Melbourne time due to the considerations of people from SEA especially due to the start of schooling period. With that in mind, the format is changed from 128 players to 64 player so it is estimated that the tourney will end approximately before midnight if everything goes smoothly. We are currently just trialing the time for this week's BSG, if it is not well recepted, we will change it back to 8pm Melbourne time. I hope you guys will put this into consideration.

Originally Posted by Kringe

I have a question how did noobinator win the bsg when the other night i beat him when i was playing random and him protoss and the game was pvp

If I am not wrong, Noobinator won the BSG on the night where SkyBreaker's PC broke down. So the format was 32 players who could not challenge the title from him -cough-Damn you Zergtastic-cough-. Anyways, he won the title fair and square unlike the latest Smurfette scandal.

[Draxy]

Ive got a quick question, if I got to platinum, then stopped playing for ages (my last game was 10/19/2010). Can I enter as I think im only around a silver or gold level at the moment? Im not trying to stomp people to get glory, I just want to get back into it and see how I go.
If I can't thats cool, just wondering.

[Aean(:]

Originally Posted by BakaInu

I hope you guys will put this into consideration.

no i will not put this into consideration :P

@draxy,
it says BSG. are you BSG? no, !@#$ off.

[LennX]

The best way for u Draxy is to ladder and get a demotion to gold and join BSG afterwards. Once you get your skill level back, promotion awaits.

[Makra]

Originally Posted by Draxy

Ive got a quick question, if I got to platinum, then stopped playing for ages (my last game was 10/19/2010). Can I enter as I think im only around a silver or gold level at the moment? Im not trying to stomp people to get glory, I just want to get back into it and see how I go.
If I can't thats cool, just wondering.

You could just deliberately lose 20 games in a row >_>

[Draxy]

Ok, well I will play up till the dead line and see where I end up.

@Aean, chill dude I simply asked a question.

[BaKaiNu]

Originally Posted by Draxy

Ive got a quick question, if I got to platinum, then stopped playing for ages (my last game was 10/19/2010). Can I enter as I think im only around a silver or gold level at the moment? Im not trying to stomp people to get glory, I just want to get back into it and see how I go.
If I can't thats cool, just wondering.

Hey Draxy,

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that you can't join the tourney unless you are bronze, silver or gold ranked in the 1v1 ladder. However, if you dropped your rank before the tournament, we may consider you in it, unless you play like a level above plat, where we will consider you a smurf, and we prepared a special sta...ke...-cough-... place for those kinds....

OR you can join the Community Open, and see how far you can get in that tournament. It's open for everyone in the SEA server and it's a really good place to try your skill level as well.

PS: Aean, no cookies for you.

[Hybrid]

Just in response to the time change, i am going to get in now rather than later.

If school is back etc it is better to finish early, i think 8pm was an ok time, i would rather 7pm but 8 i can live with! 9 starts to late it isn't really going to change anything from before.

Can we do a poll before the BSG starts on thusday to see what the players actually want?

I think that a poll can sort things out before we even start it, i am happy with what the players decide and of course the majority shall rule!

Just my 2 cents about the tournament.

[BaKaiNu]

Originally Posted by Hybrid

Just in response to the time change, i am going to get in now rather than later.

If school is back etc it is better to finish early, i think 8pm was an ok time, i would rather 7pm but 8 i can live with! 9 starts to late it isn't really going to change anything from before.

Can we do a poll before the BSG starts on thusday to see what the players actually want?

I think that a poll can sort things out before we even start it, i am happy with what the players decide and of course the majority shall rule!

Just my 2 cents about the tournament.

I don't mind creating a poll, but keep in mind that this tournament is SEA based region, we can't comform 1 country's need for another. We can however, try to work out a time that is suitable for everyone. I'll ask around and comfirm the final time on Wednesday.

[Aean(:]

zz make it on Friday then all problems solved. Last day of school, for some last day of work, etc. Who cares about it clashing with other tourneys, it's not like bsg players are gonna compete in koth or co anyway.