ZK 1v1 Tournament March 28th 2015

The March tournament is scheduled to take place on the 28th day of March, at 10:00 (10 AM) UTC. Registration will close on March 27th, at 23:59 UTC.

Tournament format & rules:
- Double elimination (!)
- Random seeding
- First map of each round is predetermined, the following maps in the winners bracket will be selected by the loser of the previous game from the featured 1v1 map pool.
- All winners bracket games will be best of 3 (including finals). All losers bracket games will be best of 1 with the exception of the losers finals (bo3).

It is possible to substitute for players who don't show up. If you have signed up, make sure to show up on time. Those who fail to show up will likely be subbed out by 10:30 UTC.

The players coming first, second and third will receive special unique collectible awards to their player profile, and receive tournament points which will at the year's end determine the year's altogether best tournament player. Points standings will be posted soon after the conclusion of this upcoming tournament.

First Maps of each round are as follows:
Round 1
Desert_Plateaus

Round 2 & Losers round 1
Battle for PlanetXVII-v01

Round 3 & Losers round 2
AlienDesert

Winners Semifinals & Losers round 3
Eye_of_Horus_v2

Losers round 4
Into Battle_v3

Losers finals (titled "Semifinals" in the losers bracket)
IncultaV2

Finals
Fields_of_Isis

Current bracket can be seen here.

Sign ups are closed.

I'm not.

quote: - Double elimination (!)

Yay!

quote: - Random seeding

In combination with the above, that should hopefully be a workable compromise for previous complaints.

quote: All losers bracket games will be best of 1.

Interesting. I still think Bo3 losers' would be fine for time, but I understand the concern motivating this. It seems a reasonable starting point for the first double elimination tournament, as lack of experience will probably slow things down a bit. Everyone gets 3 guaranteed games, rather than 4 with Bo3 losers' or 2 in single elimination.

quote: Also, how are finals handled with double elimination? Does the guy from the winners bracket get another BO3 if he loses?

Typically yes. The idea being that no one is eliminated until they have lost two sets.

Also I will be casting as usual. [XIV]Floris might not? Not sure about Saktoth. Not sure if kaen wants to get in on this.

kaen, right-click the image, copy link, use the [ img ] tag.

norm0616: Make sure they are truly random. I don't want any pseudorandom nonsense.

quote: Not sure if kaen wants to get in on this.

I 100% want to get in on this. I'm torn between playing or commentating though. I'm not sure that I could usefully commentate after playing in the tourny (at 2AM) because zk is very mentally exhausting for me.

quote: Deadline is on 27th 23:59 I suppose?

Yes. Added that as well as the link to the bracket to the OP.

quote: Do you still take maybe teams?

Yes. Added you for now.

Somebody took the "give losers a chance" threads serously!

No, i won't be available for playing nor casting. :(

Could I please be put down as a solid maybe?

I love the double elim btw, tournament placing no longer feels quite so... predetermined?