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SEAcraft Weekly #40
An Open-Bracket, Single Elimination Tournament

Prize Pool:
1st Place - $50 + 80 OSC Points
2nd Place - $30 + 50 OSC Points
3rd Place - $20 + 25 OSC Points
4th Place - 15 OSC Points
5th-8th - 5 OSC Points
9th-16th 2.5 OSC Points

OSC Points
Anyone ranked below 16th beats someone in Top 16: 5 OSC points
Anyone ranked below 16th beats someone in Top 17-32 ranked equal or higher then themselves: 2.5 OSC points
Anyone ranked 16th - 9th beats anyone ranked equal or higher then themselves: 2.5 OSC points
1st - 8th have no chance to earn bonus points

Seeding

Top 8 Players will be ranked in bracket according to OSC rankings.


Dates:

Every Monday Night beginning 8pm AEDT/6pm KST/5pm SG
Next Tournament: 30th March, 2015
Sign-ups Close:

7:50pm AEDT 30th March , 2015

Server:

Norrth America

Group: SEAcraft

Maps:

Overgrowth LE
Catallena LE
Expedition Lost LE
Secret Spring
Vaani Research Station
Inferno Pools
Deadwing LE

SEA Participation Points:
"SEA Players get a bonus 5 OSC points for playing and go in the running to win $700 + lan sponsorship: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=8888


Rounds
Round of 64, Bo1: Map Veto
Round of 32, Bo1: Map Veto
Round of 16, Bo3: Map Veto
Quarter-Finals, Bo3: Map Veto
Semi-Finals, Bo3: Map Veto
Finals, Bo5: Map Veto


Signing Up:

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

Post your SEA ID, Team (or Clan) and Country.

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

Signups will close at 6:50pm AEST on Monday of Tournament,

Brackets will be finalized on challonge.com shortly after and posted here.

Rules:
1. You have 15 minutes to start your Round 1 match; anybody that is not contactable after 15 minutes will be disqualified. This 15 minute timeout rule applies in all rounds.
2. You must report your results to an Administrator. You will be unable to move ahead in the tournament until your results have been checked and verified by Administration.
3. Race Choosing is not an option during sets. If you are going to change your race you must declare the intended change before each set begins.
4. Only Official Administrators, Casters and Streamers will be able to observe in-game.
5. You can stream your own games if you would like.
6. If a player disconnects, use of the 'Recover Game' feature will be used to continue the game. If the player has gone offline completely, inform an admin and wait 10 minutes for them to return.If the player does not return within 10 minutes of the disconnect they will automatically forfeit the match.

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SEAcraft Weekly is a partnered tournament of the Oseanic StarCraft 2 Championship Series (OSC)! The OSC is the Oceanic, South East Asian and Chinese regional championship, which follows a yearly season format, where players earn points for placing in all partnered tournaments. (Only around the top 10-25% gain points from each tournament). The top 32 players ranked via the OSC Player Leader board at the end of the season are then invited to play in the 2 day minimum $4000+ Grand Finale to determine the yearly champion!

Current season rankings and database can be viewed here

GuMiho was 2014's Champion, taking out the $3500 finals series.
PiG was 2013's Champion, taking out the $2100 finals series.