Go Time: m0wse takes first tourney

Posted by roskii on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 23:19 in

Pantheon News

At 00:00 on the 27th of July, gamers from around the world finally got their hands on the long-awaited Starcraft II. To kick-off such a momentous occasion, local SCII portal Mitarn will be hosting a online single elimination event.

The countries best, who have proved themselves over and over again in the beta events will be participating in South Africa's first official SCII event since release. Expect to the previous title winners of the FIST, FPPQQ and the ULTRALISK all attending.

Anyone may sign up for the cup, but expect the competition to be a step above the rest. Details of the event can be found below.

*UPDATE

Taken from Mitarn site

The Go Time Tournament is over with the Terran player miNt-Avokodo as the victor! Avokodo managed to power his way through his opponents to face bvd’Shase in the finals in a best of 5. Shase, the usually Terran player, opted to play Zerg in this tournament. It didn’t end well. Avokodo won the finals with a score of 3-0.

Results:

1st. miNt-m0wse
2nd. bvd`Shase
3rd/4th. V|A.AFRICAN
3rd/4th. smiley

Brackets:

Details:

Start Time: 7pm Tuesday, 27 July.
Sign-ups: On the day. 6:30pm Tuesday, 27 July. Speak to shadowthief or ZeeOne.
Format: Best of 3, Single Elimination with Best of 5 Finals.
Map Selection: First map chosen via elimination. Loser picks next map.
Brackets: To be uploaded on the day.
Site: here

Map List:

Blistering Sands
Desert Oasis
Scrap Station
Steppes of War
Xel’Naga Caverns
Kulas Ravine
Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Delta Quadtrant

IRC Server:

Server: random.shadowfire.org
Port: 6667
Channel: #starcraft2

Participants:

bvd`Shase
miNt-Rubilac
Sillicur
V|A.AFRICAN
Sariel
thrasher
fluKe
caRNaG3
Numb
Ferris_wheel
miNt-m0wse
smiley
V|alcardu
Majorpain
ex_eternity

Sven ‘shadowthief’ Paulsen and Jonathan ‘ZeeOne’ Attwell will once again be shoutcasting the event. They will surely provide for a thrilling night of Starcraft II.