BGN StarCraft II Invitational 1

Format:
The BGN StarCraft II Invitational 1 will be BGN and BlizzForums’s renewed commitment to getting people back involved in the great game that we all love of StarCraft. The format will consist of two rounds, a six week round robin competition where the top four players will compete in a single elimination tournament consisting of three Best of 5 matches which will be streamed live and commented live.

Prize:
Bragging rights for now. We’ll see if we can dig up anything else.

Timeframe:
Round Robin Matches -> Monday, April 2^nd – Sunday, May 20^th
Semifinals -> Week of May 21^st (Best of 5)
Championship Matches -> Weekend of May 26^th-27^th. (Best of 5)

Map Pool:
We’ll go with the MLG Set of Maps:
MLG Antiga Shipyard - Cross Spawns Only
MLG Cloud Kingdom
MLG Daybreak
MLG Entombed Valley - No Close 3rds by Ground Spawns
MLG Metropolis - No Close by Ground Spawns
MLG Shakuras Plateau - No Close by Ground Spawns
MLG Tal’darim Altar - All Spawns Allowed

Signups:
Post your B.Net ID and # along with your contact information and general availabilities.

Round Robin Round Format:
Signups will take place during the first three weeks of the competition. Matches can be played as early as Monday, April 2^nd. The last day that you can sign up for the tournament is Monday, April 16^th. Each player will be responsible for playing a single best of 3 series against every other member in the pool. Yes, this will involve scheduling matches with your opponents. The best way to deal with the scheduling is to either post and be vigilant on the forums or by looking at the contact list. The other way that has worked out really well for the Sports Leagues I’m in, is actually cell #’s and texting each other when you are available. I will be here to do whatever I can to help moderate things, but for the tournament to work successfully, you will need to work to contact your opponents.

For the Round Robin games, each series is Best of 3 with the following map choices:
Game 1: MLG Daybreak
Game 2: Loser’s Choice
Game 3: Game 1 Winner’s Choice

Scoring:
2-0 victory – 2 points
2-1 victory – 1 point
Tiebreaker: Number of games won overall.

The top four players will qualify for the Championship Single Elimination Tournament.  

Championship Tournament:

The top four players will qualify for the single elimination best of 5 round.  The players will be seeded from 1-4, where the top seeded player will play the #4 seed and the #2 seed will play the #3 seed.

Maps:
Game 1: #1 Seed or #2 Seed Choice
Game 2: #4 Seed or #3 Seed Choice
Game 3: #1 Seed or #2 Seed Choice
Game 4: #4 Seed or #3 Seed Choice
Game 5: #1 Seed or #2 Seed Choice

Highest seed will always get the map choice for the deciding game.

The winners will play for the championship in a final bo5, your losers will play one final bo5 for third. The matches of the championship tournament will either be broadcast live or broadcast through replays. Ideally we’ll stream the finals live on PW’s stream or on my stream.

Invite all your friends, tell your dogs and cats! Let’s get some StarCraft action going again.