Heatwave Challenge by Next Evolution

Announcing the Next Evolution Heatwave Challenge, a tournament that will take place over the summer with the aim to have the lower bracket and grand finals to take place at PHX (as long as all teams are attending). Below you can find the format, the (tight) schedule as well as the prizes for the top 4 positions.

Tournament Details
Teams: 16 (4 Invites, 12 teams determined by Qualification)
Format: Groups & Double Elimination Playoff
Prize Pool: €500 (Courtesy of Next Evolution ESC)
Map list: Goldrush, Supply, Radar, Adlernest, Frostbite and Bremen
Sign ups open: 18th July
Sign ups close: 24th July

The sign ups for the tournament open on the 18th of July as outlined above, a news post will come with further details on how to do this. By signing up you agree to play all games in predetermined schedule shown below.

Prize Distribution
Prize distribution for the tournament will be as follows, as long as the tournament is completed on time. Delays similair to this seasons Eurocup will result in prizes being abandoned.

€250
€150
€75
4th €25 + Games server & Teamspeak server

Below you can find the schedule. As you can see the schedule is quite tight and we will not be able to delay games for teams - so if you feel that you may need extra players in your team to make sure you have a lineup each game add extra players when you sign up.

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Qualifier games: 26, 27, 28 & 31st of July

1st game week: 1, 2, 3, and 4th August
2nd game week: 7, 8, 9 and 10th August
3rd game week: 11, 14 and 15th August


Playoff week 1: 16, 17 and 18th August (First Playoff Stage)
Playoff week 2: 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25th August (WB Semi Final, LB Round 1)
Playoff week 3: 28, 29, 30, 31st August and 1st September (WB Final LB Round 2)
Playoff week 4: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8th September (LB Round 3)
Playoff week 5: LB Final and Grand Final - 10th September 2011 @ PHX-1

Once the tournament gets to the Lower Bracket Final, if the three remaining teams are attending PHX then the Lower Bracket Final and the Grand Final will be played at the LAN event. If one of the teams in the lower bracket final are not attending PHX then the Lower Bracket Final must be played before PHX so the Grand Final (if possible) can be played at PHX. If the games are not played at PHX the tournament must be wrapped up and completed by Thursday 15th September.

Tournament Staff
Admins: Cherry, Anaconda, Msh100
Shoutcaster: owzo
News writer: MerlinatoR

If youhave any questions about the tournament please contact nevo\Cherry in #NextEvolution
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