On behalf of compLexity Gaming, we would like to officially welcome you to the SoundBlaster Tactic3D Tournament presented by Frys! We are very excited for this event, as it will allow North America’s amateurs and professionals to come together to compete for $10,000 in cash and prizes. Below you can find more details about the event including the format, dates and prizing.
The Tactic3D Tournament will take place in three phases, two open/amateur phases and one combined phase.
Preliminary Phase
The “Preliminary Phase” of the event will consist of an open 1,024 player tournament with 32 brackets of 32 players each. All rounds will be a best-of-3 single elimination. The top 4 from each bracket (128 total players) advance to the Qualifying Phase.
Qualifying Phase
The “Qualifying Phase” will consist of online best-of-three single elimination play among remaining 128 players who will be randomly placed into brackets. Play will continue until an amateur winner is determined. The top 32 players will advance into the “Tournament Phase” to take on the invited professional players.
Tournament Phase
The “Tournament Phase” will consist of the top 32 from the Qualifying Phase playing with 32 invited players. Brackets will be randomly seeded so that each invited player competes against a top 32 player from the Qualifying Phase in the first round. All early rounds will be best-of-3 single elimination. The Round of 8 will be best-of-5 single elimination. The remaining rounds will be played in a best-of-7 single elimination.
First map played:
Shakuras Plateau – Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard
Remaining maps (loser picks):
GSL Crevasse – On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
GSL Cross Fire SE – On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
GSL Taldarim Altar – On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
Xel’Naga Caverns – Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard
Metalopolis – Normal, non-MLG version, published by Blizzard
GSL Terminus RE – On North American Battle.net, published by SzOmOru
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ROOT.Destiny
ROOT.CatZ
ROOT.Ddoro*
ROOT.Minigun
Fnatic.KawaiiRice
coL. Stalife
coL.CrunCher
coL.rsvp
coL.Ryze
EG: IdrA
EG. iNcontroL*
EG,Axslav
EG.Machine
sixjax.ViBe
sixjax.dde
sixjax.Mihai
LG. PainUser*
LG.Agh,
LG.Zelniq
LG.Response
Liquid: Tyler
FXO. Sheth*
FXO.moonan*
Vile: HasHe
Dignitas: SeleCT
VT. Spades
VT. Future
vVv.Murder
Check6. ThisIsJimmy
ONE.Bubbles
REQ.Darkcell
*Invited but not confirmed as of this post
Marcus “DjWheat” Graham
JP “itsmeJP” McDaniel
Josh “AskJoshy” Sutherland
Qualifying Phase Prizes
1st and 2nd Tactic3D Omega headset, Recon3D, Titanium and Webcam
3rd – 4th Tactic3D Sigma headset, Recon3D, Titanium and Webcam
5th – 8th Tactic3D Sigma headset, Recon3D and Webcam
9th–16th Tactic3D Sigma headset
Tournament Phase Prizes
1st – $2,000
2nd – $1,000
3rd – $700
4th – $500
5th-8th $200
The official rules can be found HERE