nivek706 Profile Blog Joined September 2012 United States 62 Posts Last Edited: 2016-08-20 14:47:34 #1

The Midwest Cup is an online bi-monthly tournament for all Midwesterners to compete and try to show they are among the best Starcraft 2 players in the Midwest region of the United States.



UPDATE: I'm happy to announce that Roka has added an additional $100 to the prize pool, bringing us up to a $300 total! See the updated prize distribution below





Total prize pool: $200 $300

1st place - $100 $150 [50%]

2nd place - $60 $90 [30%]

3rd place - $25 $38 [12.5%]

4th place - $15 $23 [7.5%]





Double elimination with seeding by ladder rank



Registration closes at 04:00 GMT (+00:00) the Friday before tournament day, with the bracket being finalised after players have checked in on Saturday



the Friday before tournament day, with the bracket being finalised after players have checked in on Saturday The map pool will be the current Battle.net 1v1 ladder maps at the time of tournament



All games are best of 3, except the grand finals which are best of 7, winner bracket player with a 1-game advantage



All leagues are accepted and encouraged!





The event will run Friday - Sunday on the weekend of August 19-21. Friday is what we like to call “Day Zero” and is reserved for casual Arcade, team games, or friendly showmatches between players. This day is for everyone to get to know each other a little better and have fun! It’s optional, but highly encouraged.

The official tournament starts Saturday with the double-elim open bracket, and concludes on Sunday with the semi-finals and finals.



Friday: Aug 19th, The Midwest Cup is an online bi-monthly tournament for all Midwesterners to compete and try to show they are among the best Starcraft 2 players in the Midwest region of the United States. Register here! I'm happy to announce that Roka has added an additional $100 to the prize pool, bringing us up to a $300 total! See the updated prize distribution belowTotal prize pool:$3001st place -$150 [50%]2nd place -$90 [30%]3rd place -$38 [12.5%]4th place -$23 [7.5%]The event will run Friday - Sunday on the weekend of August 19-21. Friday is what we like to call “Day Zero” and is reserved for casual Arcade, team games, or friendly showmatches between players. This day is for everyone to get to know each other a little better and have fun! It’s optional, but highly encouraged.The official tournament starts Saturday with the double-elim open bracket, and concludes on Sunday with the semi-finals and finals.: Aug 19th, 23:00 GMT (+00:00) to to 03:00 GMT (+00:00) for fun/casual games!

Saturday: Aug 20th, for fun/casual games!: Aug 20th, 18:00 GMT (+00:00) to to 01:00 GMT (+00:00) (approximate end time)

- first day of official tournament matches

Sunday: Aug 21st, finals day, - first day of official tournament matches: Aug 21st, finals day, 18:00 GMT (+00:00) to to 23:00 GMT (+00:00) (approximate end time)



Note: for those familiar with the tournament, this usually would have been scheduled for July, but with several overlapping tournaments and personal time commitments, I had to move it to August. Hope it doesn't inconvenience anyone!





All players must live in the Midwest. To verify this, you’ll need to get a picture of your driver’s license (or other government-issued photo ID) and black out the personal information except for your picture, first name, and state. Include that picture in your registration, either as a link or by email. For an example of a good picture that proves residency, check out my lovely mugshot:

Please note that we will never distribute your proof of residence information; we will even make sure your name and state is kept private if you prefer.



Use this form to register





We will be streaming as many matches as we can get to on





Tournament that runs every other month for players in the Midwest



Free to enter, always at least a $200 prize pool



Streamed at twitch.tv/nivek706



Click here for detailed info/rules document



Register here before Saturday, Aug 20 4:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)





If you have any comments or questions, feel free to leave them below!



Currently registered players

Rengen

charlespurg

GAMETIME

PandaBearMe

Roka

EON

poizon

VampyWorm

Risk Note: for those familiar with the tournament, this usually would have been scheduled for July, but with several overlapping tournaments and personal time commitments, I had to move it to August. Hope it doesn't inconvenience anyone!All players must live in the Midwest. To verify this, you’ll need to get a picture of your driver’s license (or other government-issued photo ID) and black out the personal information except for your, and. Include that picture in your registration, either as a link or by email. For an example of a good picture that proves residency, check out my lovely mugshot: http://imgur.com/Vq9rzTb Please note that we will never distribute your proof of residence information; we will even make sure your name and state is kept private if you prefer.We will be streaming as many matches as we can get to on twitch.tv/nivek706 . During the games on Saturday, we won’t be able to broadcast all the matches due to time constraints, but for the finals on Sunday we will broadcast all of the final games.If you have any comments or questions, feel free to leave them below!RengencharlespurgGAMETIMEPandaBearMeRokaEONpoizonVampyWormRisk

ths Profile Joined April 2011 United States 4 Posts #2 Aweseome!!

SC2Towelie Profile Joined July 2014 United States 561 Posts #3 So which states are allowed to compete exactly? Don't forget to bring a towel! (Towelie.635)

nivek706 Profile Blog Joined September 2012 United States 62 Posts #4 On August 18 2016 01:27 SC2Towelie wrote:

So which states are allowed to compete exactly?



Hi, if you go to the registration form, there's a dropdown selection for which states are included. But, for convenience, here are the states involved:

Illinois



Indiana



Iowa



Kansas



Michigan



Minnesota



Missouri



Nebraska



North Dakota



Ohio



South Dakota



Wisconsin

Hi, if you go to the registration form, there's a dropdown selection for which states are included. But, for convenience, here are the states involved:

Voltz_sc21 Profile Joined August 2015 66 Posts Last Edited: 2016-08-18 03:59:09 #5 Why only the mid west? The coasts aren't OP or anything that you need to region lock us. T.T

nivek706 Profile Blog Joined September 2012 United States 62 Posts #6 On August 18 2016 12:58 Voltz_sc21 wrote:

Why only the mid west? The coasts aren't OP or anything that you need to region lock us. T.T



To be honest, mostly just bias, especially when I started the tournament series. I live in Minnesota, and there's a serious lack of local/regional LAN events that people can go to. Some of that can be attributed to how much more spread out all the cities are in the area, and so I decided to try a weird format of an online, yet regional tournament.



In the beginning, I had the aspirations of setting up events for other regions, and maybe doing some sort of "national" tournament as well, maybe as some sort of culmination of the best players from regional tournaments, and so on. However, life gets busy (and expensive) so I've really only had the time to continue to organize this particular event.



That being said, I still do want to work on a more national-scale project, but I feel that when it gets to that size I would certainly need to reach out to others to deliver a decent product. I do have a couple goofy ideas in mind, and now that I've had a while to understand the logistics and challenges of organizing I'll work on some new things as time allows, as well as probably look for a few others to help out. To be honest, mostly just bias, especially when I started the tournament series. I live in Minnesota, and there's a serious lack of local/regional LAN events that people can go to. Some of that can be attributed to how much more spread out all the cities are in the area, and so I decided to try a weird format of an online, yet regional tournament.In the beginning, I had the aspirations of setting up events for other regions, and maybe doing some sort of "national" tournament as well, maybe as some sort of culmination of the best players from regional tournaments, and so on. However, life gets busy (and expensive) so I've really only had the time to continue to organize this particular event.That being said, I still do want to work on a more national-scale project, but I feel that when it gets to that size I would certainly need to reach out to others to deliver a decent product. I do have a couple goofy ideas in mind, and now that I've had a while to understand the logistics and challenges of organizing I'll work on some new things as time allows, as well as probably look for a few others to help out.

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User was warned for this post im closer in Winnipeg than most of these states Kappa. Can I join? x'D Professional Starcraft 2 Coach & Caster | Message me for more info or business proposals

maximus_0 Profile Joined January 2013 United States 43 Posts #8 will there be more in the future? i'd be interested in participating/casting

Sacrilege Profile Joined December 2011 United States 199 Posts #9 On August 20 2016 14:43 maximus_0 wrote:

will there be more in the future? i'd be interested in participating/casting



I believe Nivek hosts them every other month or something along those lines. It used to be every odd month of the year but it's obviously changed since we are in month eight. I assume next will be October but we'll see! I believe Nivek hosts them every other month or something along those lines. It used to be every odd month of the year but it's obviously changed since we are in month eight. I assume next will be October but we'll see! Imperative Gaming Owner | Grandmaster Zerg | https://twitter.com/SacrilegeSC2 | https://www.twitch.tv/shadowbites

nivek706 Profile Blog Joined September 2012 United States 62 Posts #10 On August 21 2016 04:36 Sacrilege wrote:

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On August 20 2016 14:43 maximus_0 wrote:

will there be more in the future? i'd be interested in participating/casting



I believe Nivek hosts them every other month or something along those lines. It used to be every odd month of the year but it's obviously changed since we are in month eight. I assume next will be October but we'll see! I believe Nivek hosts them every other month or something along those lines. It used to be every odd month of the year but it's obviously changed since we are in month eight. I assume next will be October but we'll see!



You are right that the regular schedule is every odd-numbered month. July got really busy with scheduling and my own personal calendar, so this one got moved to August. However, we'll be getting back on schedule with the next tournament happening on September 24-25. If you want to stay up to date on the tourney, I would say follow me on twitter (@nivek706) or send me an email (nivek706@gmail.com). Thanks for showing interest! You are right that the regular schedule is every odd-numbered month. July got really busy with scheduling and my own personal calendar, so this one got moved to August. However, we'll be getting back on schedule with the next tournament happening on September 24-25. If you want to stay up to date on the tourney, I would say follow me on twitter (@nivek706) or send me an email (nivek706@gmail.com). Thanks for showing interest!