Nexzil is hosting a tournament for all the underdogs, dark horses and longshots. We've seen some exciting games from teams in every division and we'd like to give you a chance to show what you are capable of against other promising teams. That's why, for this tournament we've opted not to allow any team who made it through to the Round of Eight in the NSL Invitational to participate. That means no Arc, Nexzil, Godar, or other powerhouses of NS2. This is a tournament for those willing to prove themselves.
The tournament will be limited to 24 teams with those signing up first having priority. Group stages will be round robin and take place the weekend of April 20th/21st. The top 3 teams from each group will move through to the single-elimination championship April 27th/28th. In order to find the best balance for international timezones, matches on Saturdays will start at 2:00pm EST/19:00 GMT and matches on Sundays will start at 12:00pm EST/17:00 GMT. Knowing that not every team plays from these timezones, we'll do our best to accommodate with match timings. The rules will be the same used by ENSL for ease and familiarity. Above all, we're expecting teams to follow the golden rule and show a great deal of sportsmanship throughout the tournament.
Prizes
First Place - Six ASUS Echelon Camo Edition Gaming Headsets
The team to secure themselves first place will receive six Echelon Gaming Headsets from ASUS! These high quality headsets are built for comfort and offer true to life audio.
Second Place - Three Month MULTIPLAY 24-Slot server
Multiplay is providing a server for three months to the team who takes second place. This is a great opportunity for any team looking for a place of their own to practice. Multiplay's servers are international and are the same used by UWE.
If your team is ready, please email nexzilprovinggrounds@gmail.com to sign up. What we'll need in the message is: Team Name, Players, Preferred Timezone. Any questions/comments can also be directed there or to Bitey and Virsoul on Steam. If you intend on forming a new team for this, please keep in mind that you may not have more than two players from any team not allowed to participate.
The teams for the tournament are:
All-In
Breakfast Klub
CiB - Goliath Platoon
CiB - Highwind
Damage Networks
DTPN
dysgorge
Forward!
hard.day!
KingKahunaGames
Man Up
NA Kickstart Team (Name TBD)
Next Level Gaming
NeXuS Gaming
Online Game TV
Onslaught
Original Gorges
Precaching
Quaxy
RadicaL
RadicaL2
Team 156
Vetus
VexX
Link to brackets and schedule:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArRHJFl4JPUjdHRRc0RCUWZWdWhTckpfSE9pQUJZWVE
List of streams:
Virsoul - http://www.twitch.tv/Virsoul
blind - http://www.twitch.tv/blindns2
Soleanthia - http://www.twitch.tv/soleanthia
Gohan Zeta - http://www.twitch.tv/gohanzeta
Soz - http://www.twitch.tv/ns2soz/
WasabiOne - http://www.twitch.tv/naturalselection2/
Vindaloo - http://www.twitch.tv/vindalo0