Heatwave Challenge: Sign up

The Heatwave Challenge Sign Ups are now open. To sign up to play in the competition please follow the link below and leave the following information in a reply on the forums:

• Team name:
  
• Lineup: PLAYERNAME (SLAC ID), PLAYERNAME (SLAC ID), etc
  
• IRC Channel:

By signing up you agree to play all your games on the schedule shown below, admin decisions are final all games must be completed on time. On the 24th of July, once the sign ups are closed, Four teams will be invited to play in the competition as the top four seeds with the other 12 places being decided by a multi phased qualification process over four days. The deadline for lineups is before the opening tournament week, on 31st July 2011.

Heatwave Challenge from Next Evolution
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

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

[bSchedule[/b]]
Qualifier games: 26, 27, 28 & 31st of July

Lineups Finalised 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 you have any questions about the tournament please contact nevo\Cherry in #NextEvolution

News Source
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