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Preamble:
We've gone a criminally long time without a beginner's level tournament and it's time to change that! I've seen a lot of new blood come in, and the ladder has really excited and energized a lot of bros! If we want to not play versus scrubs for the rest of our days, a beginner's tournament would be a great way of getting people into the game without getting crushed by Lictor Alpha every game.
As usual, the tournament organizers reserve the right to pull players out from the tournament at any stage they deem fit.
General Info:
The complete set of information including Brackets and Participants are listed in the Beginner Tournament 8 page.
Date:Beginner Tournament #8 will be held on Saturday, January 16th.
Time:Noon Eastern USA Time, 9:00 a.m. Pacific USA Time, 5:00 p.m. in Britain and 6:00 p.m. in Germany.
The tournament will be played in the 1v1 format with Victory Point Control rules.
The tournament will be welcome to Beginner (<500 hrs) Skill Levels.
The tournament will be played on the 2.4.2 patch.
Rules:
It's going to be a single elimination tournament and we'll play as many signups as possible.
Refer to the general rules thread for an overview.
Map Picks
Maps are always selected before hero picks.
The first match of a round will always be a fixed map as shown in the brackets. After this, the map pick will be the loser's choice. Only maps in the map pool may be played to be considered a valid tournament match.
No map can be played more than once within a round. Each player will have the option to veto a single map during a round, excluding the first match map. Maps that are variants of other maps, such as Pale Tooth Gorge and Green Tooth Gorge, will count as one map and can't be selected in the same round.
Hero Picks
The player on the top side of the bracket cell will lock in their hero first for the first match. Next game, the player on the bottom side of the bracket cell will lock in their opponent's hero first, and the order will alternate like this until the final game. In the final game of the round, the loser of the previous match will pick the map and then their hero first.
To check out who is on the top and bottom of your bracket cell, just look at the Brackets page. If your name is in the blue bar, you're the top of the bracket. If it's in the red bar, you're the bottom of the bracket.
1v1 Map Pool:
- Ashes of Typhon
- Calderis Refinery
- Fedrid Folly
- Green Tooth Gorge
- Ice Station Obelis
- Imperial Plaza
- Judgment of Carrion
- Leviathan Hive
- Lugganath Glacier
- Quest's Heresy
- Siwal Frontier
- Green Tooth Jungle Redux - Fixed Version
- Jarilo's Forge
Prizes:
Rather than picking from a selection of games from the vault, the Champion will instead pick 2 games from the entire vault and the same for the Runner Up afterwards. I'll get with them after the tournament and let them know what's available.
Registrations:
Lucifer
Chaos Sorcerer, Inquisitor, Force Commander
King Kay
Kommando Nob, Mekboy, Warboss
Mikash
Plague Champion, Chaos Sorcerer, Inquisitor
stealth
Hive Tyrant, Ravener Alpha, Apothecary
SinisterLaugh
Warlock, Warboss, Mekboy
SixPointFive
Brother Captain, Chaos Sorcerer, Chaos Lord
Ghost
Warlock, Warp Spider Exarch, Lord Commisar
Reserves:
. But for now I am free! 
