Last week saw me open sign ups for our CS1.6 pre-season Competition. The response I’m glad to say has been fantastic with over 60 teams applying from Europe and the United Kingdom. During this past week I have invited sixteen teams straight to the group stages these teams in our opinion have shown a dedication to counterstrike over the years I would like to state here there invitation was not based on Skill. The whole idea of this competition is to see which teams will turn up and play however the majority of seedings for season 11 will be based on this tournament so the pressure is on to win as well.
The question on many teams lips will be how can I seed a team on one game, for example if you get knocked out in the first qualifying round how can I seed you just on that game, every team has there off days of course. I totally agree with this we can not seed any team off one game. This is why even if your team loses in the qualification stages you will be moved into a totally separate competition with groups. Players and teams may slate this idea however my focus for these tournaments is to see which team is reliable. Teams that lose one game then decide not to participate in the any other competition are not right for season 11, what will a team like this do in season 11 lose one game then quit the season.
Moving onto the details and fixtures:
Important Information
You must play in this cup to be considered for season 11
Majority of the seedings will be based on this event.
If you default without good reason you will not play in season 11
Qualifier games can not be rescheduled to a different day. (You may reschedule the time of the fixture to earlier or later as long as both teams agree).
All games will be best of three you will choose your maps in the standard way which will be explained in the Rules. The five maps will be de_dust2, de_train, de_inferno, de_tuscan, de_nuke.
Players with timeleft on there profile will be aloud in the qualifying rounds however you wont be allowed to clan jump any player found to be clan jumping will be removed from the tournament.
Please refer to http://www.thesgl.com/cs/news/651/ for more details.
Qualification Fixtures
Qualification fixtures will be posted over the course of today keep checking back
theSGL’s aim now has changed we want teams that want to play, if you default you will not be in season 11. Our focus now is making sure that teams that want to play get a game. I wish all the teams the best of luck. If you have any questions regarding the tournament please contact me (blizzard) via personal message on the website.