The following 1v1 tournament is hosted at http://epidemic-gaming.net




The tournament will be a One vs. One in Counter-Strike: Source, the servers are going to be provided by DSi Gaming and around 8 servers will be supplied for the match, the more sign ups we will look into more servers and if needed we will bring another sponsor to the plate. The servers will be located in Atlanta, Georgia. The rules will be pretty basic, no weapons are restricted and players will play until the score reaches 16 (The team score, 8 rounds on each side). The maps played will be entirely customized for One vs. One play and will not be scrubbish maps, the maps will all be very simple and look legit, some practice will be allowed on the maps a hour or more before the maps launch on our public server. The configuration will be the same configuration used in CAL with a few modifications - For instance, you will start with $16,000 and the freezetime will be cut in 1/4th. Players will be required to use Ventrilo for it will be the primary area for match-making. The tournament will be run with a double elimination ladder, meaning if you lose twice - You're out. More information will be released as it comes but this pretty much sums it all up.

*UPDATE*
The official map of the tournament will be vs_powerplant which is a epidemic custom map, vs_ maps or "versus" maps are maps specially designed for one vs. one (or two vs. two even) matches. They are particularly smaller than official Counter-Strike maps and have one bomb site with 2-3 entrances and a few vantage points for defending. vs_powerplant is themed to be a run down Power Plant that terrorists are attempting to blow up specifically to destroy the city that surrounds it. The map is professionally designed for 1 vs. 1 specifically for this tournament.

Some screenshots of the unfinished map as of now:
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*UPDATE*
Map pretty much final product
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*UPDATE*
Map now available for download, Beta version 1
http://www.epidemic-gaming.net/vs_powerplant.bsp
Our public CSS server is now playing this map until the end of the tournament.

*UPDATE*
We have brought aboard an additional event sponsor, LCCEnterprise who have agreed to sponsor yet another prize
6 Months Free Hosting
5 GB Web Space
75 GB Transfer
Unlimited Everything Else
http://lccenterprise.com/

6 months of free hosting, 5GB of space, 75GB of transfer
SoM Wolfeh: Unlimited everything else.

Please reply to this post in this topic with the following information if you are going to compete,

Your Handle (In-game name)
Your Steam ID (Type status in console while in a server)
Your Steam Page (http://steamcommunity.com/id/s1lver For instance)

BE ON STEAM AN HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR BEFORE THE EVENT, I WILL BE ADDING YOU/CONTACTING YOU WITH A VENTRILO IP AND PORT, VENTRILO WILL BE THE CENTRAL AREA FOR MATCH MAKING AND MATCH FILING

IT IS HEAVILLY STRESSED THAT YOU JOIN THE STEAM COMMUNITY FOR ALL TOURNAMENT UPDATES AT http://steamcommunity.com/groups/epidemicgaming

Tournament Officials:
SilveR - Match Making/Match Referee/Judge
Gulron - Match Referee/Judge
Billy - Match Referee/Judge
Dave - Tournament Bracket Manager/Updater

** Tournament officials will not compete in the tournament.

This looks rather interesting.

It's going to be a interesting event.

So um do i have to pitch in
or can i just stay a useless cadet

You're welcome to participate in the event. Just head over to their forums, and post in their forums.

eh i meant like getting a box and sponsoring some servers and getting known

Oh, If and when we get our game boxes up, will open up sponsorships.

k

Your Handle (In-game name): =(e)= Puzo
Your Steam ID (Type status in console while in a server):STEAM_0:1:6062015
Your Steam Page (http://steamcommunity.com/id/s1lver For instance): http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972389759

Tournament was a HUGE success, 30 something people showed up and a ton of matches were played the event lasted from 6 PM to 10:30 PM entirely.

The tournament page can be viewed at http://www.epidemic-gaming.net/TOURNAMENT.html