CEVO LLC Announces FREE Left 4 Dead 2 Launch Tournaments

CEVO LLC (CYBER EVOLUTION) is excited to announce the CEVO Left 4 Dead 2 Launch Tournaments courtesy of CEVO (www.cevo.com).

“It is a pleasure to host one of the first North American Left 4 Dead 2 events here at CEVO. We've been playing the demo non-stop for the last two weeks and have had nothing but great things to say about the game play and graphic quality,” said Charlie Plitt, CEO / President for CEVO LLC. “With the conclusion of these events, we will be looking to launch league based play with multiple divisions and we'll be hiring several gaming officials to support this effort, if you are interested apply today.”

The Events:

With the inclusion of the new game mode in L4D2, we have decided to run two separate events to gauge competitive interest for each mode. Below are the details on both events. Prizes will be announced early next week, stay tuned!

The Classic Versus tournament will be a double-elimination online event for gamers in the L4D2 community. The format of the tournament will be 4 v 4. Registration is open starting Wednesday, November 18th until Thursday, December 10th with Round 1 matches beginning on Monday, December 14th.

- Format: 4 v 4.
- Maps: Dead Center, Swamp Fever, Dark Carnival, Hard Rain and The Parish (Map Rotation: TBA)
- Matches will be played on Mondays and Thursdays.
- The CMN3 must be used for all matches.
- POV demos are required for all players, in all matches.
- Teams will play matches on their own private servers.
- ALL disputes must be filed within an hour of the conclusion of the match.

The Scavenge tournament will be using an open group play format, in which all matches from the group play rounds must be completed by one final deadline day. This event will also use the 4 v 4 format. Registration is open starting Tuesday, November 17th until Thursday, December 10th with Round 1 matches beginning on Monday, December 14th.

- Format: 4 v 4.
- Rounds: Best of 3 or 5 - To Be Determined
- Maps: Mall Atrium, Motel, Plank Country, Milltown, Sugar Mill and Park (Map Rotation: TBA)
- ALL group play matches must be finished by January 11th.
- The CMN3 must be used for all matches.
- POV demos are required for all players, in all matches.
- Screenshots of the final score must be taken for all matches.
- Teams will play matches on their own private servers.
- ALL disputes must be filed within an hour of the conclusion of the match.

NOTE: Although teams may participate in BOTH events if desired, teams should be mindful of their schedules and understand that both tournaments are happening at the same time when deciding which events to participate in.

Server Configs:

The official CEVO L4D2 server configs are required to be installed every match server. You will be able to find the configs in our downloads section shortly.

How To Register:

All players will need to a personal CEVO user account to participate in CEVO events. If you do not already have one, click "register now" under the CEVO Members section of the website and follow the instructions.

Team Captains:

The Team Captain or Manager is responsible for registering their team for the event. Captains who have already created a team for another CEVO L4D2 event do not need to create a new team - you can simply join this event with your current team. To sign your current team up for this event, login to your personal user account then go to "teams"->"view my teams" (or click "Manage My Teams" on the main account page). Click on the "manage" link corresponding to your team and then click "Sign Team Up for a CEVO Event".

If you are a Team Captain needing to create a team, login to your personal user account then go to "teams"->"create a team" (or click "Create a Team" on the main account page).

Once the team is created/registered for the event, each team member may join the roster by logging into their personal user account on the website and clicking “Join A Roster”.

Team Players:

In order to join a roster, your team captain must have already registered your team for this event. Once that is done, to join the roster, login to your personal user account and click "teams"->"Join a Roster" (or simply click "Join a Roster" on the main account page).

On the Join Roster page, choose this event from the drop-down menu, then type all or part of the team name and click "Find Team". When the search finishes, click the "join" button corresponding to your team.

Feedback:

As these will be one of the very first competitive Left 4 Dead 2 events, we NEED your feedback. We would love to hear what you think of the format, rules, configs, etc... Feel free to leave comments below letting us know what you think, we'd love to know.

After our first tournament is over we will sit down, and with the communities input and make any necessary changes to our current format and rule set.

More details about the tournament will be released in the coming days, in the mean time check out our L4D2 interview with Valve's Chet Faliszek @ http://www.cevo.com/?page=forum&func=viewthread&id=9256

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CEVO would like to thank Layered Technologies (enterprise server solutions), NationVoice Communications (top quality ventrilo servers and service), and NuclearFallout Enterprises, Inc. (premium competition game servers) for their support of CEVO's Left 4 Dead 2 Launch Tournaments.

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