subject: OCZ Wings of Liberty – Starcraft 2 BETA Tournament
CEVO|Plitt
original topic posted Tue May 11, 2010 at 8:58 pm CST
Baltimore, Maryland - May 11, 2010 – CEVO is excited to announce the OCZ Wings of Liberty Starcraft 2 BETA Tournament, an evolutionary online event bringing the sequel to what is considered by many to be the top competitive RTS gaming of its time into CEVO. This event is FREE to enter and features prizes courtesy of OCZ Technologies, who brings high performance hardware to the market at affordable prices.
The Wings of Liberty BETA Tournament is a double-elimination online event for gamers in the Starcraft 2 community. Registration will open on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 and closes on June 11th, 2010 with the first round matches beginning Tuesday, June 15th, 2010. There are only limited slots available (128) to the first players that are fully registered, so get signed up quick!
Tournament Details:
- 1 on 1
- 128 players, double elimination.
- Matches will be played in Best of 3 format.
- This BETA tournament is FREE to all players.
- Matches played THREE a week, with deadlines on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.
- Matches will use the pick/ban method for determining the maps and map order as outlined in the rules
- Maps Selection will be the following maps: Blistering Sands. Steppes of War, Desert Oasis, Scrap Station, Incineration Zone
- The CMN3 will be enabled and required for all matches.
- A maximum of 2 disputes per participant will be allowed.
How To Register:
All players will need to create 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.
CEVO Support:
For any help, questions or assistance please contact CEVO Support. We are available at support.cevo.com and on Ventrilo a ttexas.cevo.nationvoice.com port 4000.
We’re looking forward to an exciting event. Remember to check our website regularly for current registration and event updates.
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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 CS 1.6.
CEVO LLC.
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MrOldShadow
Evo Points: 1
#1 posted Tue May 11, 2010 at 9:24 pm CST
Sweeeeeet!
pg
Evo Points: 1
#2 posted Tue May 11, 2010 at 9:43 pm CST
NICE :D
lowridER
Evo Points: 366
#3 posted Wed May 12, 2010 at 2:54 pm CST
a beta tournament.... that just amuses me.
Emolol
Evo Points: 2
#4 posted Wed May 12, 2010 at 8:04 pm CST
how do u get in the ready roster?
telecom
Evo Points: 5
#5 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 2:01 am CST
Hello im wondering if CEVO is interested in picking up some of the top SC2 players on US Server
You can contact me at joeycacalano@hotmail.com <- msn
streetsweeper113 < - aim
CEVO|Rippey
#6 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 2:12 am CST
Emolol you need to put your in game id in your profile. Click on my account and my unique ids.
Telecom this is a 1 on 1 tournament. Not sure what you mean by picking up. If you want to participate sign up for the event.
telecom
Evo Points: 5
#7 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 3:11 pm CST
Telecom . Tgaming , SIGN ME UP !
telecom
Evo Points: 5
#8 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 4:20 pm CST
yea how do you make yourself ready roster? i signed up please get me in this
CEVO|Rippey
#9 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 5:08 pm CST
All you have to do telecom is once you make a team you need to put your Starcraft 2 identifier into your account here on the site. To do this click on my account above and my unique ids and enter your identifier there. It should auto ready you then.
Red Alert
Evo Points: 3
#10 posted Thu May 13, 2010 at 5:24 pm CST
What's up with the map pool? The 4 player maps are better than few a few of those (I'm looking at you, desert oasis).
Don't be so quick to dismiss a map just because it doesn't have 2 starting locations.
drewbie.root
Evo Points: 2
#11 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 3:34 am CST
lol this site is super confusing, i cannot figure out to sign up for the tourney :D. Where is the "sign up " button ? :S
Aeyn.Aeyn
Evo Points: 1
#12 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 3:57 am CST
yeah seriously, confusing site. i made an account and a unique ID and i don't know where to get from there.
suggy.suggy
Evo Points: 1
#13 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 6:52 am CST
I' m lost..... made my unique id suggy.suggy. made a sc2 team. can't find a sign up option anywhere on the site for this event. I tried signing my team up through managing my team but it says there are no sc2 events.
anyways can you help us with signing up with this tourney as it seems alot of people are confused
Joseki.root
Evo Points: 1
#14 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 10:04 am CST
Sign me up -
Joseki.root
CauthonLuck
Evo Points: 1
#15 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 10:30 am CST
Nobody knows how to officially sign up for your tournament, so guess I'll just post here. Sign me up, CauthonLuck.root, and please elaborate on how to properly navigate your site to sign up for these events on your TL post.
nok.bnk
Evo Points: 1
#16 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 11:24 am CST
i wanna sign up for this, HOW???
nok.banker
Aeyce.aeyce
Evo Points: 2
#17 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 11:36 am CST
drewbie.root wrote:
lol this site is super confusing, i cannot figure out to sign up for the tourney :D. Where is the "sign up " button ? :S
1. Register for the site
2. Set password
3. My Account > Create a Team or 1-Man Roster> SC2: Wings of Liberty
4. You (and/or your team) are signed up automatically (at least for me; I was on this page when I created a One-man team.)
To set your B-net 2.0 ID:
5. My Account (again) > My Account (the drop list) > Unique Game IDs
6. Set your Battle net id & identifier
Xss
Evo Points: 1
#18 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 11:45 am CST
Thank you Aeyce, I think i am registered...
Olimo.olimo
Evo Points: 1
#19 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 12:06 pm CST
I'm stuck somewhere how do i know if i'm signed up?
Arkless.Arkless
Evo Points: 1
#20 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 12:11 pm CST
I have made my account and such, but how do i actually sign up for this tourney?
Dukke
Evo Points: 1
#21 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 12:29 pm CST
well I signed up , got all my info in my account gamertag etc..
but it still shows me as Not Ready?
Aeyce.aeyce
Evo Points: 2
#22 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 12:34 pm CST
Olmo.olimo wrote:
I'm stuck somewhere how do i know if i'm signed up?
Login > Teams > View my teams
Under my teams click manage
It'll say
This team is participating in the following Starcraft 2 (Beta) events:
Wings of Liberty - OCZ National - Not Ready
Edit: You can also go to
http://www.cevo.com/index.php
and check the standings near the bottom for your team [ Last edited by Aeyce.aeyce on Fri May 14, 2010 at 12:35 pm CST ]
telecom
Evo Points: 5
#23 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 2:59 pm CST
wow i just saw when this tournament is taking place, T_T
CEVO|Rippey
#24 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 3:15 pm CST
Instructions on how to register:
Once you have created a CEVO account and are logged in with it click on Teams and Create A Team as pictured below
You will need to fill out your team information
You will need to make a team password
Now that your team is registered you need to add your Starcraft 2 Identifier to your account. Click on my account and My Unique Ids
Enter your id
Congratulations you should now be on the Ready Roster.
An admin will manually ready up your team (it is not automatic)
CEVO|Ahn
#25 posted Fri May 14, 2010 at 3:32 pm CST
You may also go to http://support.cevo.com and file a support ticket requesting help or go to cevo ventrillo support 174.120.115.215 port 4000
setzer
Evo Points: 2
#26 posted Sat May 15, 2010 at 3:31 am CST
You guys should really talk to people who know how to run SC tournaments. Trying to set it up like a FPS tournament/season is the wrong way to go about things.
You guys should change:
1) the map pool; you only have 1v1 maps. If you paid attention to anything SC related you would know every other tournament and league uses 3-player and 4-player maps. Lost Temple is played in almost every tournament, while Incineration Zone is not very popular. Change the pool and get rid of this pick/ban method. Designate three maps for each round and rotate them around (e.g., DO, LT, BS 1st round; LT, SOW, DO second round).
2) tournament length; the size of this is very unnecessary. Higher level players participate in multiple tournaments at the same time and creating a dbl elim tournament that spans the course of two months is overkill. Make it single elimination and just run it for two weeks or so and people will actually be interested in it.
3) timing; as it is right now the tournament lasts until two weeks before the launch of this game. No one but Blizzard knows how they will approach the last month of beta time. Worst case scenario is a lot of downtime.
A lot of veteran RTS players are enthusiastic about larger organizations picking up SC2, but just because you are well known in FPS circles does not mean you will be accepted by the SC community. You will be put off if people believe you are only trying to cash in on the gigantic potential of SC2. Understand the community you are providing for and you will be rewarded.
drewbie.root
Evo Points: 2
#27 posted Sat May 15, 2010 at 4:08 am CST
cool, thx for the help admins 8)
setzer
Evo Points: 2
#28 posted Mon May 17, 2010 at 1:57 pm CST
"We’d like to let all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test participants know that the first phase of the beta test will be coming to an end in all regions on Monday, May 31. The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game’s launch to complete our testing. We’ll have more details to share about when this final beta-testing phase will begin at a later date.
We’d like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game’s July 27 launch approaches. "
I think it's great that you guys are getting in on this action, but your map selection is terrible. You just chose all the two-player maps when most players far prefer the four player ones. Desert Oasis and Incineration Zone definitely need to be cut from the map pool. Looking forward to participating though anyway.
CEVO|Rippey
#32 posted Tue May 18, 2010 at 12:36 pm CST
Weasel.snipes this match post is old the entire tournament structure and map pool has been changed:
Due to the announcement that the BETA for Starcraft 2 will end May 31st we have decided to make the following changes to the OCZ Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty BETA Tournament.
The tournament registration will now end Saturday May 22nd 2010.
The tournament format will now be Single Elimination for up to 128 players.
The players participating will be broken up into 8 brackets of 16 players in which matches will be played best of 1 with assigned maps in each round. Only the top one player in each of the 8 16 player qualification brackets will go to the: 8 person, best of 3, single elimination playoffs.
Matches will be played every day for 7 days to complete all 7 rounds.
The first match will be played Monday May 24th 2010 and will be played each night until Sunday May 30th 2010.
Due to this Rush schedule we will be using default times of 9:30 pm CST (10:30 EST, 8:30MST, 7:30 PST) if players cannot agree otherwise.
Also the rules have been updated to the following map pool:
Blistering Sands. Steppes of War, Metapolis, Scrap Station , Lost Temple
Please also note that this tournament is supposed to be for residents in the USA/ Canada and is to be played on the North American Battle.net servers for Starcraft 2. Players from other countries are welcome, but need to play on the North American servers for the game.
Updated Schedule:
- Round 1 - Mon 5/24 - Steppes of War
- Round 2 - Tue 5/25 - Lost Temple
- Round 3 – Wed 5/26 - Scrap Station
- Round 4 – Thu 5/27 - Metapolis
- Round 5 - Fri 5/28 - Blistering Sands
- Round 6 – Sat 5/29 - Steppes of War
MoMaN
Evo Points: 2
#33 posted Tue May 18, 2010 at 8:57 pm CST
hi!! how i can sign up? i dont see :(
MoMaN.moman
Zerg
thx for helping me :p
CEVO|Sparks
#34 posted Tue May 18, 2010 at 10:26 pm CST
MoMaN the event is now full. Sorry :/ We will be having more events for SC2 in the future hope to see you than! :D
Hashbean.Roor
Evo Points: 1
#35 posted Sat May 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm CST
do we leave our names as they were or do we need to update names? Now that patch 13 has removed the 2nd part of our names, it seems like names need to updated. For instance, I am now Hashbean instead of Hasbean.roor. Also, I can't think of anyway we'll be able to locate our matches in-game without knowing e-mail or Facebook info
cody
Evo Points: 1
#36 posted Sun May 23, 2010 at 10:46 am CST
With the new patch there's no longer the name identifier so the only way to add someone is via their email address.
VaS
Evo Points: 2
#37 posted Mon May 24, 2010 at 9:58 pm CST
you do realize the beta is closing May 30th...
CEVO|Rippey
#38 posted Tue May 25, 2010 at 1:17 am CST
VaS the schedule was updated a while ago to make the tournament conclude by the end of beta. Assuming that blizzard doesn't have any more severe outages between now and then we should be able to get this done.
VaS
Evo Points: 2
#39 posted Tue May 25, 2010 at 9:27 am CST
"We'd like to let all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test participants know that the first phase of the beta test will be coming to an end in all regions on Monday, May 31. The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game's launch to complete our testing. We'll have more details to share about when this final beta-testing phase will begin at a later date.
We'd like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game's July 27 launch approaches."
Maybe you have some info I dont have, and if you do, I would be happy to sign up :)
