Midwest Meltdown
Featuring: CSL Midwest Qualifier and the Teh Pwn Gaming UMN SC2 Open

This isn't actually related to UMN, but if you would like to see a far-fetched explanation...

Is the Midwest ready for an epic weekend of games, glory and over $7000 worth of prizes? Teh Pwn Gaming [TPG] and CSL are partnering up to bring you the Midwest Meltdown featuring an action-packed weekend with the CSL Midwest Qualifier and [TPG] UMN SC2 Open. Come out to see the best of the best players and Universities duke it out for the chance to be titled the Midwest Champion!

• Date
• Venue
• Schedule
• Format
• Prizes
• Hotels
• Register
• Teh Pwn Gaming Open Tournament

Date [top]
Friday, March 2 - Saturday, March 3

Venue: [top]
Science Teaching and Student Services Building
222 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus)

Schedule [top]
Friday, March 2
6pm-7pm - Check-in
7pm-2am - Day 1

Saturday, March 3
Day 2

Format [top]
Pool play with Groups of 4
Top 2 advance to Single Bracket Elimination

Prizes [top]
$1000-$1500 in fantastic prizes (due to University regulations we cannot provide cash prizing)
Top 2 qualify into the CSL Season 5 playoffs

Register [top]
(Deadline: February 10th, 2012 - Friday)
**Fill out one form for each regional LAN you plan on attending.

Eligibility

• Any North American colleges or universities are eligible
• Minimum of 5 players
• Minimum of 2 laptops per team
• When you register, you must be 100% sure about your participation in the LAN. Your decision should not depend on the results of the travel stipend. If you have a financial situation, please let us know through email instead of registering through the form below.

Your team can attend any, none, or all regional LANs. Unfortunately, travel stipends cannot be provided to the UMN/Teh Pwn Gaming event. We have already budgeted for three regional LAN events, but Teh Pwn Gaming graciously volunteered their venue at the last minute for midwest schools lacking a CSL Regional LAN event. Teh Pwn Gaming have also offered sleeping accommodations to those who wish to avoid hotel costs. More details below.

Register HERE. Please fill out this form and send to cstarleague@gmail.com titled “UMN REGIONAL LAN” before January 31, 2012 midnight PST.

Teh Pwn Gaming UMN SC2 Open [top]

Prize Pool: $5000 - $6000 in fantastic prizes (due to University regulations we cannot provide cash prizing)
Time: Sunday, March 4th, 8am - 11pm
Check-in: Check-in begins at 8am and rounds start at 9am
Casters/Stream: twitch.tv/tehpwngaming, Casters TBA.
Fee: $25 Player Registration Fee / $20 Member Registration Fee / Free Spectating

Tournament Format:
Swiss Rounds into Double-Elimination Capstone Playoff
This tournament uses a hybrid tournament style to swiftly separate the best players using Swiss rounds, then close with a dramatic show via double-elimination. Six best-of-three Swiss rounds (see explanation, below) determine seeding of the top eight into a playoff tournament. In this playoffs, rounds are best-of-three until the grand final, which is best-of-five.

Explanation of Swiss Rounds - Players enter the tournament with 0 points and are matched randomly. The winning player of each match earns one point. Each round, players with the most similar (or same) point totals are matched against one-another. A player with a perfect record will earn 6 points, while a player with no wins will earn 0 points. See the Wikipedia page for more information. In this Swiss tournament, the match loser earns 0.5 points if he loses 1-2 rather than 0-2.

Tournament Tracking Software - We will use an edited version of Challonge!, and will display updated results live on our website.
Tournament Size Cap: 128 players

Map Pools:
Metalopolis (MLG)
Dual Sight (MLG)
Tal'Darim Alter (Blizzard)
Shakuras Plateau (MLG)
Terminus SE (MLG)
Antiga Shipyard (MLG)
Daybreak (MLG)
GSL Bel'Shir Beach Winter (MildCocoA)

Venue:
Science Teaching and Student Services Building
222 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus)

Floor Plans: Layouts for the two player rooms (seating 64 players each) and 1 spectator room (seating 236 people) have been attached below.

Registration and Additional details:
http://www.tehpwngaming.com/

Hotel and Lodging Information: [top]
Event provided lodging:
We are able to provide 3 designated sleeping quarters at the event in the Science Teaching and Student Services Building for those who would prefer to not pay for hotel fees.

Hotels:
Unfortunately we are unable to get group quotes until Monday since all of the marketing and sales departments are closed at each location. The sleeping quarters have been established to help ease the costs of travel and stay since we are not providing stipends.

Days Inn University of Minnesota
(East Bank)
2407 University Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-623-3999 or 1-800-375-3990

Holiday Inn Minneapolis Metrodome
(West Bank)
1500 Washington Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-333-4646

University Hotel Minneapolis
(East Bank—on campus)
615 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-8888 or 1-800-822-6757