VGO Starcraft 2 Tournament 1

NA Signups

Forum Name	Character Name.ID
AeonWalker	Magus.551
braincraft	braincraft.382
djtacoman	Tacoman.594
Falke	Wooz.597
flashedarling	MoonsShadow.781
IceShadow	IceShadow.966
Matthew	Croaker.448
Ratman_tf	Konig.984
ryven	ryven.100
SamLL	SamLL.168
Save-vs-DM	Ruben.352
Trag-Oul	Astarwulf.300
Victim	Endgame.565

EU Signups

Forum Name	Character Name.ID
durecellrabbit	durecell.489
Qetu	Qetu.232

Rules

Outline

The tournament will be a Swiss-system tournament. There will be a number of rounds even to the binary logarithm of the number of players rounded up; so if we have 5-8 players, we'll have 3 rounds, 9-16 players, we'll have 4 rounds, 17-32 players, we'll have 5 rounds, etc.

Everyone starts with 0 points. If you win your match in the round, you will get a point. Once everyone has completed a round, we will seed the next round, putting players as close as possible to other players with the same number of points. If several players are tied in points (or evenly away from other players in points) we will randomly seed the round, including at the beginning of the tournament. Players will also not play the same opponent twice in the same tournament.

In this way, people who win the first round will play each other, and those who lose the first round will play each other. As the tournament progresses, we should have people more and more evenly matched as the points even out.

If there are an odd number of players in the tournament, one player chosen completely at random will have a bye each round. (The same player will not be chosen twice.) That player will get one point for the bye.

Each round will last until all matches have been played or one week has gone by. Players should make every attempt to play their match within the week given. If a match cannot be played within the week, the tournament organizers will determine the outcome of the match, with a default of both players receiving half a point.

Winner

The winner will be the player with the highest number of points. In the event of a tie, we will have a playoff game.

Matches

Matches will be Best of Three; players will play each other until one player or the other has won two games.

Map selection rules have not yet been determined, and should be discussed. This post will be updated when map selection rules have been established.

If one player has to leave before the three games are played, players should make every effort to complete their games later during that round's week. If this is not possible, the tournament organizers will decide the outcome of that round based on the games played, the player who had to leave, etc.

Spectators are allowed, but only if both players agree. Spectators should not contact the players of the game through any means during play.

Reporting

Following completion of games, players should do two things: Report the results to the matchup/results thread for the tournament, and e-mail replays of the games to the tournament organizer. Games will be hosted and available for anyone to download. Please determine who will e-mail the replays of the match prior to beginning to play.