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Important Info and FAQ


“How do I enter?”

Before entering, you should check the times and dates of each round to make sure you can make it to the tourney. We're accepting 16 players for the tournament, and only 16. There is an entrance fee of 500g.

To enter, simply send a trade to me, MTF, for 500g, and your name will be added to the list. After you send me the trade for 500g, and it is all done with and accepted, I will send you a confirmation PM. Respond to this PM to tell me what time you want for the first round and give me the account name of your SC USWest account so I'll know who you are during the tournament.


“Why do I have to pay to enter?”

All gold from the entrance fees goes to the prizes. We aren’t wealthy in Gaia gold, so this is how we get the gold for a prize. ALL gold received goes towards the pot, and I'll be donating half of the prize pool myself to make up the rest of the pot.


"What time do I need to show up?"

Please refer to the post directly below this one for information on times and dates.


“I still have questions!”

I’m more than willing to answer them for you! If you have any questions as to how sign up, the prizes, or how any of the tournament-specific things are handled, PM me.

Game Specifics:


Game: StarCraft: Brood War
Server: USWest
Channel: Op GaiaTourney


Map Pool:
~more maps may be added~

Click on each to see a picture of the map!

(2)Ride of Valkyries
(2)Monty Hall
(4)Lost Temple
(4)Luna the Final
(4)Space Atoll (Terran_Marine's pick)

Two more maps may be added, if Mitcheru-kun and Tragically_1337less sign up and tell me which maps they want.

Map Pool Download:


Map Download

You will need to download the above zip pack if you do not already have those chosen for the map pool and unzip them into your "download" folder inside of StarCraft maps.



Tournament Format:


First Round (Friday, 6pm or 11pm):
Best of 1, map is Lost Temple.

Second Round (Saturday, 8pm):
Best of 1, map is Ride of Valkyries.

Third Round (Saturday, 10pm):
Best of 3, starting map is Monty Hall with loser choosing next out of entire map pool.
Losing players in this round will then play against eachother, best of three, to compete for third place.

Finals (Sunday, 10pm):
Best of 5, starting map is Luna with loser choosing next out of entire map pool.

Rules:


1. Absolutely NO hacking allowed. If you are caught hacking (through evaluation of a replay or other means) then you are disqualified and will be blacklisted here on Gaia, as well as reported to Blizzard.


2. SAVE THE REPLAY IF YOU OR YOUR OPPONENT DISCONNECT. In the case of this happening, you must submit the replay to MTF by uploading it to a site and PMing him the link for evaluation. If the person who was obviously winning disconnected, they will take the win. If the person obviously losing disconnected, they will take the loss. If there was no clear winning side at the time of disconnection or no replay avaliable, there will be a rematch.


3. You must use the maps in the map pool, as to avoid disagreements about what map will be played.


4. The following bugs are not allowed (Standard WGT rules):

Allied Mines
Interceptor crash via buildings
Worker stack using gather on a Vespene Geyser in order to issue multiple commands and stack, even to explore undiscovered areas.
Any ground units flying or "floating" through the map.


5. You must report your wins in this thread for it to be valid. It is suggested that everyone save their replays, as to prove that they did win if someone tries to say otherwise.

For anyone interested: My reps from the first tourney.

Results and Standings:


Round 1 Results:

MTF 2 vs 0 A M B I E N T
Death_by_Skittles 2 vs 0 Skeleton Escaflowne
Altik_0 0 vs 0 Terran_Marine

Terran_Marine never showed, so Altik takes the walkover. Terran_Marine, A M B I E N T, and Skeleton Escaflowne may show up at 8pm Saturday to try to earn the last spot in the semifinals bracket.

ROUND 1 REPLAYS


Wildcards:

Terran_Marine, A M B I E N T, and Skeleton Escaflowne were all supposed to show up, but didn't. So they were all eliminated, and this round didn't happen.


Semifinals:

MTF 2 vs 0 Altik_0
Death_by_Skittles 2 vs 0 Altik_0
MTF 2 vs 0 Death_by_Skittles

Altik_0 takes third place and will recieve prize tomorrow after finals are completed.

Myself and Skittles will face off in the finals.

SEMIFINALS REPLAYS


Finals:

MTF 3 vs 0 Death_by_Skittles

FINALS REPLAYS


Standings:

1st: MTF - 10k
2nd: Death_by_Skittles - 4k
3rd: Altik_0 - 2k
4th-5th: Skeleton Escaflowne & A M B I E N T
6th: Terran_Marine

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