TJ SalivanthX's Bald Eagle Pop-up #1 - Thursday 27 September 02:00 GMT+0.
Note: Tournament is not exclusive to Americans.
Greetings to all the American Shadow Era players out there! I've done some good pop-ups for the Aussie/South-East Asian community of Shadow Era players (And these will be continuing on the weekend, any of you guys who are reading this!), but the large population of America allows for weekday pop-ups with you guys :) So with that in mind, I'm running two tournaments, one today and one tomorrow, to gauge interest. I plotted the timezones out on paper, and I figured this is the optimal time to suit everyone involved: Almost nobody in American time zones needs to start a pop-up earlier than 7 or later than 10.
The tournament will be capped at 16 players total, and capped at 8 should we fail to reach 16. The rules are the same as my Early Bird pop-ups.
Tournament sponsored by Wulven.
Rules:
1) The tournament is hero locked and deck locked, with all rounds being Bo3.
2) Join #tournament by 01:50 GMT+0, or you are at risk of having your place given away if enough people have joined #tournament at the proper time. People in #tournament after 01:50 GMT+0 get priority over those who aren't, even if they signed up as a reserve. The pop-up begins at 02:10 GMT+0 if possible.
3) Game 1 and Game 3 are random. The person who went first game 1 will go second game 2.
4) In the case of a disconnection, re-game. If one person DC's right before losing or foul play is suspected, inform me. If I decide there was no realistic chance for the person who DC'd to come back, the game will be awarded to the person who didn't DC. If one player DC's multiple times and foul play is suspected, I'll make a judgement call.
5) Don't be enough of a dick for me to have to make a judgement call via Rule 4.
6) If a game is drawn, neither player receives a win. Continue playing until one player wins twice.
6) Match results must be reported in #tournament chat.
7) Expect the tournament to take about an hour per round. So if we get 8 players, people should be expecting to be available for three hours. It shouldn't take that long, but it might.
8) If you get a bye Round 1, you must post your hero publicly in #tournament.
9) I reserve the right to change these rules or add new ones at any time, since I've probably forgot something.
To sign up, simply reply with "I'm in" or an equivalent, and your IGN.
Prizes:
8 players:
1st: 500 SC's.
2nd: 250 SC's.
16 players:
1st: 1,000 SC's.
2nd: 500 SC's.
Priority: Read this!
The tournament will be capped at sixteen players, and may be capped at eight, but I'll also be accepting reserves. As per Rule 2, if you're in #tournament promptly by 01:50 GMT and someone who entered the tournament earlier than you isn't, you get priority over them for a spot. Priority will be given in the following order:
People in the first 8/16 signups who are in #tournament at GMT 01:50.
People in reserve who are in #tournament at GMT 01:50.
People in the first 8/16 signups who are in #tournament by GMT 02:10.
People in reserve who are in #tournament by GMT 02:10.
Any "tie-breakers" will be resolved by sign-up time. Whoever signed up earlier gets priority. I don't want to piss anybody off by taking their spot when they don't understand the rules, so feel free to reply if you don't.
EDIT: Final bracket: http://challonge.com/salivanthbaldeagle1
