Tripletwenty Profile Joined February 2011 United States 195 Posts Last Edited: 2012-09-17 13:48:53 #1



UPDATE - EU Turbo start time changed from 4PM CET to 5PM! We received a lot of good feedback last week on the events, but the one re-occurring issue was the start time being too early. Keep the feedback coming as we're always looking to improve our daily tournaments =D





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-- Launch of EU $20 Turbo Daily



That’s right! You’ve asked for it, and we’re going to do a sample week of EU $20 Turbos! Starting this Monday (9/10), we will be running a trial week of events to gauge interest from the community for this type of event. The tournament will be posted at 3PM CET with check-in starting immediately, and the competition beginning 1 hour later.



As always, we'll be plugging the event once it has been posted in this thread and on Playhem's social media.



(Facebook & Twitter)



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TL;DR

-32 Player “Playhem Turbo”

-$20 winner take all format

-Hosted on the European Server

-Each tournament will be created on the Playhem.com website @ 3PM CET, with the event starting an hour later.

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So the first week of Playhem $20 Turbo Daily Tournaments has wrapped up, and in case you're wondering, we're going to be running another set of events next week as well! However, there is going to be a few changes to address the issue of players registering and not checking in for the event.



We're going to be keeping the same start time for the event (6 PM EST), but the event page on the Playhem website will be created one hour (5 PM EST) before the start. This way, as soon as you register for the event, the check-in process will begin. This way, we're hoping to cut down on the amount of "no-shows" in each event.



We'll be posting the links to each tournament in this thread, on r/starcraft, and on Playhem's social media



(Facebook & Twitter)



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TL;DR

-32 Player “Playhem Turbo”

-$20 winner take all format

-Hosted on the North American Server

-Each tournament will be created on the Playhem.com website @ 5PM EST, with the event starting at 6 PM EST



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First Week of Playhem $20 Turbos



Playhem, an industry leader in online gaming tournaments, and hosts of the “Playhem $75 Daily” will be doing a test run next week (June 18th - 22nd) of a new 32 player, winner take all, “Playhem $20 Turbo Daily” tournament, which will be open to all levels of play! We’ve taken the community’s feedback on how time-consuming our North American and European $75 Daily events can be, and are looking forward to hearing the feedback on this new daily tournament idea!



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TL;DR

-32 Player “Playhem Turbo” events trial run next week (June 18th - 22nd)

-$20 winner take all format

-Hosted on the North American Server That’s right! You’ve asked for it, and we’re going to do a sample week of EU $20 Turbos! Starting this Monday (9/10), we will be running a trial week of events to gauge interest from the community for this type of event. The tournament will be posted at 3PM CET with check-in starting immediately, and the competition beginning 1 hour later.--TL;DR-32 Player “Playhem Turbo”-$20 winner take all format-Hosted on the European Server-Each tournament will be created on the Playhem.com website @ 3PM CET, with the event starting an hour later.______________________________________________________________________________________________________So the first week of Playhem $20 Turbo Daily Tournaments has wrapped up, and in case you're wondering, we're going to be running another set of events next week as well! However, there is going to be a few changes to address the issue of players registering and not checking in for the event.We're going to be keeping the same start time for the event (6 PM EST), but the event page on the Playhem website will be created one hour (5 PM EST) before the start. This way, as soon as you register for the event, the check-in process will begin. This way, we're hoping to cut down on the amount of "no-shows" in each event.--TL;DR-32 Player “Playhem Turbo”-$20 winner take all format-Hosted on the North American Server-Each tournament will be created on the Playhem.com website @ 5PM EST, with the event starting at 6 PM EST______________________________________________________________________________________________________First Week of Playhem $20 TurbosPlayhem, an industry leader in online gaming tournaments, and hosts of the “Playhem $75 Daily” will be doing a test run next week (June 18th - 22nd) of a new 32 player, winner take all, “Playhem $20 Turbo Daily” tournament, which will be open to all levels of play! We’ve taken the community’s feedback on how time-consuming our North American and European $75 Daily events can be, and are looking forward to hearing the feedback on this new daily tournament idea!--TL;DR-32 Player “Playhem Turbo” events trial run next week (June 18th - 22nd)-$20 winner take all format-Hosted on the North American Server

Theovide Profile Joined September 2010 Sweden 914 Posts #2 I like the idea, but I feel like having such a small cap for amounts of player and no skill requirement will mean that the tournament might turn out unexiting due to only one or maybe two players of even skill at the top, and the others getting crushed. Though, this is a test, so I guess one will have to wait with judgement, so, gogo playhem moar money into e-sports! :D

Tripletwenty Profile Joined February 2011 United States 195 Posts #3 On June 15 2012 03:58 Theovide wrote:

I like the idea, but I feel like having such a small cap for amounts of player and no skill requirement will mean that the tournament might turn out unexiting due to only one or maybe two players of even skill at the top, and the others getting crushed. Though, this is a test, so I guess one will have to wait with judgement, so, gogo playhem moar money into e-sports! :D



That's definitely a concern, and something we would address after this trial period if everything goes well! We're really interested to see the feedback on doing some tournaments with a potential 1-2 hour time frame for completion (since that is one of the gripes of our EU and NA $75 Dailies). That's definitely a concern, and something we would address after this trial period if everything goes well! We're really interested to see the feedback on doing some tournaments with a potential 1-2 hour time frame for completion (since that is one of the gripes of our EU and NA $75 Dailies).

TheRealNanMan Profile Blog Joined November 2010 United States 1437 Posts Last Edited: 2012-06-14 19:52:40 #4 I really like this concept! Assuming the trial run goes well are there plans for playhem to get more casters? (If so I'd be happy to submit my resume) Maybe a new group to handle these or rotate in the regular guys with new talent? Sc2 Caster | Host of Sc2 Up & Coming | The Godfather of Team LXG | Sc2 Historian | Youtube.com/NanMan | Twitch.tv/TheRealNanMan | Twitter.com/TheRealNanMan |

dde Profile Joined November 2010 Canada 751 Posts #5 I know this is not the right place to ask but could you tell me what i can do with 24000 playhem points i have? yes

MepHiii Profile Joined March 2011 Poland 191 Posts #6 On June 15 2012 04:58 dde wrote:

I know this is not the right place to ask but could you tell me what i can do with 24000 playhem points i have?

you could just PM him, you know? you could just PM him, you know?

dvorakftw Profile Blog Joined November 2011 681 Posts #7 I think what could be really interesting is if you made Playhem versions of the maps with reduced minerals/bases. Someone a while ago wrote a long post about a problem with SC2 maps having too much resources so this could be an interesting test on that theory.



It also would be cool if at least in the first few rounds you could do 'bracketless' matchups where your next opponent was just whoever was next to finish their match andthen when you get to the Bo3 do the proper matchup. Of course the slowpokes might wreck things and it'd be tough to admin, but it could eliminate lots of downtime in between matches and for the speedy guys you could say something like Quaterfinals start at 8pm or whatever and they wouldn't have to wait around 5-10 minutes wondering when the next match will start.

Yip12343 Profile Joined December 2010 120 Posts #8 TY! Joined 3 or 4 of em, going to see how I do !TY!

marcesr Profile Joined June 2008 Germany 1374 Posts #9 On June 15 2012 05:00 MepHiii wrote:

Show nested quote +

On June 15 2012 04:58 dde wrote:

I know this is not the right place to ask but could you tell me what i can do with 24000 playhem points i have?

you could just PM him, you know? you could just PM him, you know?



Why dont you PM him that he should PM?



I would like to know the answer as well what Playhem points can be used for.



So the first 32 players who sign up get the spot or how does it work? Why dont you PM him that he should PM?I would like to know the answer as well what Playhem points can be used for.So the first 32 players who sign up get the spot or how does it work?

Tripletwenty Profile Joined February 2011 United States 195 Posts #10 On June 15 2012 05:41 marcesr wrote:

Show nested quote +

On June 15 2012 05:00 MepHiii wrote:

On June 15 2012 04:58 dde wrote:

I know this is not the right place to ask but could you tell me what i can do with 24000 playhem points i have?

you could just PM him, you know? you could just PM him, you know?



Why dont you PM him that he should PM?



I would like to know the answer as well what Playhem points can be used for.



So the first 32 players who sign up get the spot or how does it work? Why dont you PM him that he should PM?I would like to know the answer as well what Playhem points can be used for.So the first 32 players who sign up get the spot or how does it work?



@DDE - Playhem points are used to gain entry into more tournaments on the site



@Marcesr - The first 32 players that sign up for the tournament will be able to compete. Think of it as a Playhem $75 Daily with only 32 players able to participate =D

@DDE - Playhem points are used to gain entry into more tournaments on the site@Marcesr - The first 32 players that sign up for the tournament will be able to compete. Think of it as a Playhem $75 Daily with only 32 players able to participate =D

SirRobin Profile Joined December 2010 United States 269 Posts #11





I'm excited to play in this This is awesome. I have 8 am classes so I haven't been able to play in the Playhem tournaments recently, seeing as they last until about 1 amI'm excited to play in this https://twitter.com/SirRobinSC2

Tripletwenty Profile Joined February 2011 United States 195 Posts #12 On June 15 2012 06:10 SirRobin wrote:

This is awesome. I have 8 am classes so I haven't been able to play in the Playhem tournaments recently, seeing as they last until about 1 am





I'm excited to play in this This is awesome. I have 8 am classes so I haven't been able to play in the Playhem tournaments recently, seeing as they last until about 1 amI'm excited to play in this



Good to hear! People like yourself are who we had in mind when creating these events Good to hear! People like yourself are who we had in mind when creating these events

Goldbullet Profile Joined August 2011 United States 88 Posts #13 I think that it should be people that are a certain rank and above should be allowed to join. Or previous winners of past playhem tournaments automatically get in. I think people want to see names they recognize play against some unknown gm player in a close nail bitting series. No one wants to see a mid-masters player get crushed to BbongBbongprime every time they tune in and have all the other matches follow suit except the finals. may your plans be as dark and impenetrable as night, and when u move, fall like a thunderbolt.- Sun Tzu

Yoshi Kirishima Profile Blog Joined July 2009 United States 9392 Posts #14 32 players only? $20? sounds good!



will provide more activity i think, esp since people may need to fight over slots for registration :D Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."

Pokebunny Profile Blog Joined June 2008 United States 10420 Posts #15 I really feel like the time and effort could be put towards opening a KR server daily instead, so that we have one from all servers. I feel like a lot of NA players would really appreciate this and it would help us grow our scene and actually have an online tournament that isn't conquered by koreans. Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC

Yoshi Kirishima Profile Blog Joined July 2009 United States 9392 Posts #16 On June 15 2012 06:32 Pokebunny wrote:

I really feel like the time and effort could be put towards opening a KR server daily instead, so that we have one from all servers. I feel like a lot of NA players would really appreciate this and it would help us grow our scene and actually have an online tournament that isn't conquered by koreans.



Haven't even noticed that... interesting idea! would like to see it tried out. Haven't even noticed that... interesting idea! would like to see it tried out. Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."

teaCher Profile Joined May 2010 Canada 520 Posts #17 Pokenewbie, obviously the koreans woulda still play in our daily. Follow me @H2O_teaCher ..... www.pmsclan.com

Beren Profile Joined June 2010 United States 514 Posts #18 On June 15 2012 06:10 SirRobin wrote:

This is awesome. I have 8 am classes so I haven't been able to play in the Playhem tournaments recently, seeing as they last until about 1 am





I'm excited to play in this This is awesome. I have 8 am classes so I haven't been able to play in the Playhem tournaments recently, seeing as they last until about 1 amI'm excited to play in this



I assume that means you are good enough to get that far? There aren't many people that should even be concerned with this... (I suck so yes I would not be concerned) I assume that means you are good enough to get that far? There aren't many people that should even be concerned with this... (I suck so yes I would not be concerned)

Pokebunny Profile Blog Joined June 2008 United States 10420 Posts Last Edited: 2012-06-14 21:41:35 #19 Indeed, and those viewers who prefer KR will be able to enjoy a lot of high quality games.



And if someone tells me that NA tournaments would get no viewers:

I know for a fact that the PlayhemTV stream is actually a side project that was never planned when starting up the daily, and is not really important to the people who put the money into these tournaments. Playhem's primary goal is to grow their user base, so I think that having a daily on all servers is the best way to do this, although I guess they probably don't care much about users that don't speak english.



@sad.wish: obviously if there was a daily on all servers, we'd restrict each one by region, ala TSL qualifiers (except also restrict eu to eu and na to na). Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC

Erik.TheRed Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 1654 Posts Last Edited: 2012-06-14 22:57:43 #20 I agree with Pokebunny, it would be nice to see a tournament dedicated to exposing new talent in the NA scene. Sure, the level of competition wouldn't be as high but it's still interesting to see how our local scene is developing through some smaller events. I don't think playhem would suddenly experience a huge drop in viewership if they had a separate KR daily running at a different time. "See you space cowboy"

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