Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-28 20:41:23 #1



Hello friends!  Today I am happy to announce the second installment of GauntletSC2 events with a 1K USD NA Series!  That's right, we (myself in conjunction with ESL and others) are pitting 8 known, invited pros to play against 8 open bracket qualified players for a total prize pool of 1K USD.  Do you have what it takes to take on known pros in an online event? [ 



Hello friends!  Today I am happy to announce the second installment of GauntletSC2 events with a 1K USD NA Series!  That's right, we (myself in conjunction with ESL and others) are pitting 8 known, invited pros to play against 8 open bracket qualified players for a total prize pool of 1K USD.  Do you have what it takes to take on known pros in an online event? [  ~Wait, What? 



The tournament will feature 8 open bracket qualified players and 8 invited players battling it out on Heart of the Swarm .  Players must be of at least Masters ranking and live/play within the NA region to play in the open bracket, i.e. similar to the WCS region lock currently in place.  However, SEA players will be allowed to play in the NA qualifier.  Please know I look forward to doing a global event soon tm. 



The tournament will feature 8 open bracket qualified players and 8 invited players battling it out on.  Players must be of at least Masters ranking and live/play within the NA region to play in the open bracket, i.e. similar to the WCS region lock currently in place.  However, SEA players will be allowed to play in the NA qualifier.  Please know I look forward to doing a global event soon tm.  ~Back-to-Back Open Bracket

The open bracket qualifier will feature two separate qualifiers, with the semi-finalists from each qualifier (8 total) automatically qualifying for the main tournament.  The format will be best-of-three series, single elimination.  Winners of the first semi-final matches will get a more favorable seed.  EDIT: ESL decided to randomize seeding due to seeding conflicts, apologies for the confusion. 



The open bracket qualifier will feature two separate qualifiers, with the semi-finalists from each qualifier (8 total) automatically qualifying for the main tournament.  The format will be best-of-three series, single elimination. EDIT: ESL decided to randomize seeding due to seeding conflicts, apologies for the confusion.  ~When?!? 







Open Bracket NA Qualifier Tuesday, Jul 21 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)



Sign Up here for the NA Open Bracket!! 



NA Finals will be held on Friday, Jul 24 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)





***RULES***

You must be a citizen (passport) or resident with a valid visa of the Americas.  SEA Players will be allowed to play on the North American server.  More detailed rules can be found on the Sign up page.  Masters + only if that wasn't obvious. 



~Prize Pool Breakdown will be identical to the first Gauntlet SC2 event. 

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/The_Gauntlet_Cup_1

$650

$200

$100

$50



~Where? 



Main Stream



B Stream [ro16 &ro8]



~Confirmed Players

Jaedong (Gauntlet Cup 1 Champion)



Jaedong (Gauntlet Cup 1 Champion) puCK



puCK HuK



HuK qxc



qxc MaSa



MaSa Xenocider



Xenocider JonSnow



JonSnow Arium



~Qualified Players

Neeb



Neeb bioice



bioice EJK



EJK PsychO



PsychO Kelazhur



Kelazhur RuFF



RuFF avilo



avilo intense



Thank you to the folks at ESL for helping me get this put together.  Also thank you to Element, Bobbyawsm, Ascarecrow, Bloodyrafe, and other admins who have put in a lot of effort to make things run as smooth as possible!  I will continue to update this post as we get more confirmations.  I apologize that it's somewhat late notice, we wanted to wait until ESL was in possession of the prize money, etc before we made the announcement.  Hope to see a lot of players sign up!  Cheers and good luck all!  Thank you to the folks at ESL for helping me get this put together.  Also thank you to Element, Bobbyawsm, Ascarecrow, Bloodyrafe, and other admins who have put in a lot of effort to make things run as smooth as possible!  I will continue to update this post as we get more confirmations.  I apologize that it's somewhat late notice, we wanted to wait until ESL was in possession of the prize money, etc before we made the announcement.  Hope to see a lot of players sign up!  Cheers and good luck all!  Gauntlet Esports

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-24 04:25:46 #2

Gauntlet Esports

Kimb3r Profile Joined April 2010 Germany 744 Posts #3 Jadeong ez!  Maru | Dark | Zest | Reynor | Scarlett

EJK Profile Blog Joined September 2013 United States 1285 Posts #4 so 1 qualifier for...8 spots?  Sc2 Terran Coach, top 16GM NA - interested in coaching?  Message me on teamliquid! 

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-25 02:28:57 #5 On July 18 2015 02:57 EJK wrote:

so 1 qualifier for...8 spots? 

Yes there will be two brackets within the open qualifier, if you make it to the semi-finals you have qualified.  If you win the semi-final match you get a better seed.  Qualifiers ended up being back to back. 



EDIT: Updated the OP to better explain the Open Bracket Qualifiers ended up being back to back. EDIT: Updated the OP to better explain the Open Bracket Gauntlet Esports

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #6 any questions or concerns feel free to ask

NightEnD Profile Joined April 2010 Romania 107 Posts #7 lotv or hots?  fsdfds

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #8 On July 18 2015 14:39 NightEnD wrote:

lotv or hots? 

hots mate hots mate

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #9 make sure to use the right account and no barcodes please. 

TelecoM Profile Blog Joined January 2010 United States 10256 Posts #10 Very nice!  Also very smart choice to not have this in LOTV yet, the game is no where near balanced lol.  Awesome work!  AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #11 On July 19 2015 12:58 GGzerG wrote:

Very nice!  Also very smart choice to not have this in LOTV yet, the game is no where near balanced lol.  Awesome work! 

thanks mate.  surprised low amount have signed up pretty big prize pool and few names have accepted barely any eu players want to so high chance a non pro could take 1st place for eu.  thanks mate.  surprised low amount have signed up pretty big prize pool and few names have accepted barely any eu players want to so high chance a non pro could take 1st place for eu. 

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-21 01:02:58 #12 **Effective Immediately, EU Series has been cancelled, will update OP**



Due to lack of interest from EU pro's after IEM/DH, plus with WCS coming up, Gauntlet-SC2 EU Series has been cancelled, all prize money will be put towards another event that will include the EU playerbase.  We will continue on with the NA series as we have a full line up of confirmed players and a decent number of sign ups for the qualifier.  I apologize for any inconvenience, I will post a new thread with the replacement tournament for the cancelled EU series once I have more definite information.  Thanks Gauntlet Esports

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #13 less than 12 hours to go for am qualifiers. 

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-21 14:34:34 #14 two chances to qualify for the main event on Friday with the 1K usd prize pool, as we will be running back-to-back qualifiers for you guys. 



Remember, all you have to do to qualify is make it to the semi-finals!  If you get knocked out early in the first qualifier, you will have another chance.  Our admins will speak to you more specifically about the format and answer any questions you have in-game. 



Sign Up!!  We have over 50 signups so far, all you NA/SEA masters please sign up!  You will havechances to qualify for the main event on Friday with the 1K usd prize pool, as we will be running back-to-back qualifiers for you guys. Remember, all you have to do to qualify is make it to the semi-finals!  If you get knocked out early in the first qualifier, you will have another chance.  Our admins will speak to you more specifically about the format and answer any questions you have in-game.  Gauntlet Esports

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #15 On July 21 2015 23:33 Ctone23 wrote:

We have over 50 signups so far, all you NA/SEA masters please sign up!  You will have two chances to qualify for the main event on Friday with the 1K usd prize pool, as we will be running back-to-back qualifiers for you guys. 



Remember, all you have to do to qualify is make it to the semi-finals!  If you get knocked out early in the first qualifier, you will have another chance.  Our admins will speak to you more specifically about the format and answer any questions you have in-game. 



Sign Up!!  We have over 50 signups so far, all you NA/SEA masters please sign up!  You will havechances to qualify for the main event on Friday with the 1K usd prize pool, as we will be running back-to-back qualifiers for you guys. Remember, all you have to do to qualify is make it to the semi-finals!  If you get knocked out early in the first qualifier, you will have another chance.  Our admins will speak to you more specifically about the format and answer any questions you have in-game. 

hope to see more people!  hope to see more people! 

Mistakes Profile Joined February 2011 United States 1097 Posts #16 Reschedule for a weekend so us working folk can participate.  StarCraft | www.psistorm.com | www.twitter.com/MistakesSC | www.twitch.tv/MistakesSC | Seattle

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts #17 On July 22 2015 07:28 Mistakes wrote:

Reschedule for a weekend so us working folk can participate.  Reschedule for a weekend so us working folk can participate. 

Go ahead and sign up!  We're doing two qualifiers tonight back to back.  Sorry I should of made that more clear in the OP.  since the semifinal players advance the first qualifier shouldn't take too long, maybe a couple of hours.  Go ahead and sign up!  We're doing two qualifiers tonight back to back.  Sorry I should of made that more clear in the OP.  since the semifinal players advance the first qualifier shouldn't take too long, maybe a couple of hours.  Gauntlet Esports

EJK Profile Blog Joined September 2013 United States 1285 Posts #18 um trying to check in right now, theres no chat channel name, i dont see the admn name, and esl website isnt loading for me Sc2 Terran Coach, top 16GM NA - interested in coaching?  Message me on teamliquid! 

Payson Profile Blog Joined April 2011 United States 363 Posts #19 On July 22 2015 07:52 EJK wrote:

um trying to check in right now, theres no chat channel name, i dont see the admn name, and esl website isnt loading for me



Same issue here.  ESL site went down and I'm unable to check in.  Same issue here.  ESL site went down and I'm unable to check in.  @WilliamPayson l Broncos fan for life l Incoherent Writer

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts Last Edited: 2015-07-21 22:58:44 #20 Second Qualifier Sign Up



The link above will allow you to sign up for the second qualifier this evening.  Sign ups are open all the way until the qualifier starts. 

The link above will allow you to sign up for the second qualifier this evening.  Sign ups are open all the way until the qualifier starts.  On July 22 2015 07:52 EJK wrote:

um trying to check in right now, theres no chat channel name, i dont see the admn name, and esl website isnt loading for me



Sorry about that it appears ESL is down across the board right now.  Hopefully they get it back up soon.  This has obviously delayed the event.  Apologies, we'll get going as soon as we can.  Sorry about that it appears ESL is down across the board right now.  Hopefully they get it back up soon.  This has obviously delayed the event.  Apologies, we'll get going as soon as we can.  Gauntlet Esports

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