CSGN Opencup

Posted by Ripper at 11:23 2/2/2003.

CSGN has opened singups for its Opencup. The cup (similar to GDOC 2002 in a way) will start with 64 teams, and through a number of group and knockout stages, 8 clans will remain to battle it out at LAN for the proposed £500 first prize. Here's all the info:
CSGN OpenCup

The OpenCup entrance fee is £10. All money made from signups, after CSGN organisation expenses have been removed, will be put towards the prize fund.
The OpenCup will be contested by a maximum of 64 clans.
The first round will be organised as 8 groups of 8 clans, and matches will take place between all clans within each group.
The 4 top clans within each of the 8 groups (32 clans) will then move forward in the tournament to the knock-out stage. Draws will be held ahead of the group contests described above, to establish how the 32 clans will be matched in the knock-out stages, and the Cup Final stage.
The draw will be published on the CSGN website. From the first knock-out stage, 16 winning clans will move forward to the second knock-out stage. From the second knock-out stage, 8 winning clans will move forward to the Cup Final which will be hosted at a professional LAN Party on Saturday, 26 April, 2003 . At the Cup Final, the tournament will be organised on a knock-out basis with clans matched against each other based on the draw described above.

Dates and times will be supplied to clans, of which they are expected to honour. We are on a reasonably tight schedule to fit in all the group games, so this is a serious issue.

We are expecting to raise over £600, after expenses. Not all the prizes are confirmed:

  • 1st - £500 prize money, www.pinekone.com custome website.
  • 2nd - £100 prize money, www.pinekone.com custome website.
  • 3rd - 5 bncers, www.pinekone.com template website.
Head on over to your admin panel on the CSGN website to signup.

Comments

Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
11:27 2/2/2003
Sounds funky [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
11:27 2/2/2003
If any CSGN staff read this, will entry to the final LAN be free or what? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
11:31 2/2/2003
great, to sign up for the tourney, ur clan must be signed up

and to sign up for ur clan, u must register urself

so i have to sign up 3 times just to enter :| [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
11:33 2/2/2003
What happened to their other cup/league? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Chris0
11:39 2/2/2003
i vow 2 never speak to others about ideas again :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Reevey
11:39 2/2/2003
think it's custom, not custome. not sure though :)

sounds good btw [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
11:39 2/2/2003
Three times? Oh the hardship! :P
Should be fun [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
11:40 2/2/2003
no its a pain in the ass which is un-neccesary

and i cant sign up til tuesday cos i need the rest of my clan to signup and they're at gamejunkies :)

so in short, i really cba :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
11:41 2/2/2003
10 quid per person or per clan? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
11:41 2/2/2003
hey chris i had a great idea for the next xgc tournament, lets all break each others legs and arms and then have the first round matches the next day, DONT TELL ANYONE THOUGH, DONT WANT ANYONE STEALING OUR IDEA! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
11:42 2/2/2003
You can sign up yourself today - and your clan - then check with them before you enter open cup.
therefore you aren't signing up for three things all at once :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obsidian
11:43 2/2/2003
The OpenCup entrance fee is £10 per clan :)

The Cup will help decide placements for the league we are starting soon after the cups completion date.

The league is free however - but only 60 places or so make up the 5 divisions. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
11:43 2/2/2003
curse u and ur logical solutions! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
11:45 2/2/2003
Roger dodger [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
11:56 2/2/2003
sounds good [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
lk
12:14 2/2/2003
"The finals of the cup will take place at a 200 man LAN event in Cheltenham UK" :o
Where is Cheltenham???? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Alex-\
12:17 2/2/2003
Maybe lanjam can cover it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
12:18 2/2/2003
Gloucestershire I think [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
12:24 2/2/2003
unanswered questions:

What is the LAN final thing and does it cost to enter?

List of clans already signed up? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
12:26 2/2/2003
Also what are the expenses? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RtG
13:24 2/2/2003
and... are we going to be able to pay in any way other than cheques in the near future? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obsidian
13:25 2/2/2003
The LAN is free for the final 8 clans - whether they go for the 4 day event, or the 1 day CSGN. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
emfive
13:26 2/2/2003
What League/Cup organisation did esport-pro secure 10 or so clans free entry to a 10 pound competition a while back?

Sounds fun, prize money isn't exactly much but any tournaments are good :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:57 2/2/2003
yeh no-one else ever thought of this idea b4 chris0 ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
deebo
Mel Gibson
UKTerrorist
14:56 2/2/2003
Snore, yesturdays news ;)

www.the-ukcsa.co.uk got an iveiw with co founder who relevelled more exclusives yesturday tbh ;O

(sorry for advertisment I'm merely tryin to draw attention to other details about the tourny unreported here.) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
15:00 2/2/2003
haha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Obsidian
15:19 2/2/2003
So far i've secured 5 bncers, a website worth well over a couple of grand through design and code, six servers for the group stages and online knock out, and a LAN sponsor who is backed by everglide.

I'm therefore sorry that me and XioN can't offer you all more money. We've done this all from our own pockets, and i'm not ever looking to make money from it. A little support would be nice. :)

Just trying to bring a bit of structure to the UK CS scene. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
15:19 2/2/2003
'Yesturday' all my spelling seemed so far away.
Now it seems as though its here to stay
Oh i believe in 'Yesturday.' [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
15:19 2/2/2003
it's * ;) :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
15:45 2/2/2003
who has signed up upto now?

could we have a page where it shows who has paid and signed up :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
deebo
Mel Gibson
UKTerrorist
16:21 2/2/2003
I heard 4K were gonna be banned from entering.

Shock horror, would make it interesting though. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RtG
16:22 2/2/2003
http://www.csgn.co.uk/clans_cup.asp

2 clans so far, not sure if that's updated when they get your cheque or if they do it as soon as you're signed up. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
deebo
Mel Gibson
UKTerrorist
16:35 2/2/2003
rofl eR signed up, didnt anyone tell them the finals were on LAN? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ed
16:36 2/2/2003
haha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
16:38 2/2/2003
LOL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
16:39 2/2/2003
lot of comments on the ukcsa site :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
arma
16:43 2/2/2003
lolol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
b33p
16:49 2/2/2003
will the LAN final be BYOC? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
arma
16:51 2/2/2003
reading that interview it seems like it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
17:06 2/2/2003
rofl eR signed up, didnt anyone tell them the finals were on LAN?

rofl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
17:08 2/2/2003
pretty rude Deebow [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
deebo
Mel Gibson
UKTerrorist
17:10 2/2/2003
fu myers
fu smiffeh

myers theres 1 comment on the story ACTUALLY. Go read it fag! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kronikal
Anti-Climax
17:12 2/2/2003
xequTed and eR currently signed up .....

ROFL [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
17:16 2/2/2003
i think you'll find the website is a bit buggered up atm, loads more clans have signed up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gand
17:35 2/2/2003
glad u all find it that funny :> [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
17:36 2/2/2003
yup [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
17:39 2/2/2003
Xeq are going to UKT lan too. TT will be charging 50p to grope his amazing TT`weights biceps, and a quid to look at the ape boy wonder dh http://www.silly2.com/funny_pictures_2/monkee_boy.jpg [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
JediBitch
fightclubclan
17:54 2/2/2003
we will be entering as soon as we decide which of us cheap b******s is gona pay for it obsidian :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
TaMilL-TiGeR
UFO
17:59 2/2/2003
wtf wen did we sign up? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
TaMilL-TiGeR
UFO
18:01 2/2/2003
and lol doz so true so true [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
18:29 2/2/2003
NOT f***ING ME blahblahbalbh [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
18:30 2/2/2003
Think we will wait til a few more signed up. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
mav
masters 0f ownage
19:03 2/2/2003
so the league is free? but to get in the league you have to play in the opencup, which is £10 ? :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
callous
Specster
19:10 2/2/2003
custome website [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fez
23:32 2/2/2003
rofl eR signed up, didnt anyone tell them the finals were on LAN?

rofl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
00:00 3/2/2003
15 clans now, All opencup servers are admined and have WWCL and then the finals are lan, thats the most secure way we could arrange the whole thing. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Loxam
Lite
00:23 3/2/2003
You should make it clear the final is BYOC Xion [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
bigZ
01:09 3/2/2003
rofl @ eR [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gand
10:59 3/2/2003
rofl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Havors
11:10 3/2/2003
£500 are they taking the p***?? it would cost more than that just to travel to the thing!

If you cant produce the finances for LAN comps stick to online! £500 for an online tourny is pretty good, but for LAN ur taking the p***. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
12:06 3/2/2003
No you're right - let's call the whole thing off. :/
Or people could just see it as a lan they only have to pay to get to and have a damn good time competing against their peers; rather than be negative about the whole thing - which Obs and Xi spent a hell of a long time organising.
If the only thing people care about is the prize money then they are in the wrong 'sport'
I've just forked out a fortune to get to i15 and also for the weekend's activities - because it will be a good laff and I get to meet up with people i rarely get to see.
This is a Lan that you can play in for free - but have to pay to get to. Forgive me if I don't actually see the negative side to that. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
13:02 3/2/2003
For starters Ryu i said tahts not 100% yet, so i will post that when i know for certain.

Secondly this is aimed at the guy complaining about the prize money. We are NON PROFIT everything we make from this will go to the winners, there will be some little extras from everglide, websites worth a lot maybee even a few other things. Were Doing this for free for the CS Community and your spitting it back in our face saying we aint giving you enough?

What was the last thing you gave to the community? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
13:04 3/2/2003
secondly 500+ for travel? where u live? and how do u plan to travel? private helicopter? You should be playing to prove the abilty of your clan with the prizes as a bonus, obviously you dont understand that. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Havors
13:17 3/2/2003
like i said for 5 people to travel it will come to near enough £500, Im not saying the tourny is a bad idea im saying have the finals on LAN is a bad idea. (my opinion)

Its good that your trying to help put some good tournys together for the 'CS community' (laff) i just think £500 isnt worth all the travel. (my opinion) Why not have a few open cups and then with the money u gather have a LAN tourny. (suggestion)

Paying to go to i15 is a whole diff story coz its all weekend, there 100's of people there and its a big p*** up.

You should seriously look at getting a sponsor to throw some money/prizes in if ur gonna have it on LAN. (my opinion)

And if you dont like my opinion you can go f*** yourself, im entitled to it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
14:22 3/2/2003
Everyone is welcome to their opinion. And believe me, if i COULD f*** myself....
5 people = £100 a piece travel.
Me getting from Harrogate to London = £19 (=£7) return on train (booking at least 2 weeks in advance)
I agree that getting sponsors in would be great - but have you considered that if this is a success then there is more of a likelihood that they will?

Opinion is great but MY opinion is that your second post was a million times more constructive than the first one.

as BDS would put it :)
constructive criticism/ideas + positive feedback > moaning for sake of it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Student
THX
14:31 3/2/2003
wtf is going on hax t**ts s*** bollocks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
14:33 3/2/2003
thanks Si :P
/me posts msn conv
Patrick says:
I dont mind people saying
Patrick says:
'wouldn't it be better if..'
Patrick says:
but
Patrick says:
'wtf is going on hax t**ts s*** bollocks'
Si says:
criticism for the sake of it aye [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Havors
15:42 3/2/2003
well put it this way to travel to intel masters it would have cost me over £100 to get there at the time they asked. Luckily DK drove.

Its ok if ur a suvern shady swiller and you live close by.

Maybe if it went well it would take off but still id look for investers and make it worth peoples time.

speaking of money still aint got the cash from intel masters! either scara has spent it all on ale :) or they rippin us off :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
15:58 3/2/2003
Harrogate = N Yorkshire.
Sorry if it isn't worth your time - I'm sure you don't get out of bed for less than grand.
Personally, I think it will be a nice event. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
09:46 4/2/2003
Where do you live?
You might not even make it to the finals :P
thirdly, if we could fund travel of the clans to the even we could. But we couldn't afford to do that.

Its also hard getting sponsors for an even which has never taked place before, its like a new clans asking Intel to support them, its just not going to happen, we need to achieve somthing first.

You should know the exact date of the final (if you read the CSGN site) so you have plenty of time to book travel in advance.

Laterz, college time [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
09:53 4/2/2003
i just read all that are realised i missed a question

mav
19:03, 2/2/2003 so the league is free? but to get in the league you have to play in the opencup, which is £10 ? :/

No is the short answer :) the CSGN opencup is a completly different event to the league. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Havors
11:10 4/2/2003
he means a while back u said u have to enter the opencup to get in the league. Well at least thats what people said. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stono
17:22 5/2/2003
nobody representing csgn ever said that, we said there is a CUP which will poisition ou in the league, but thats different to the opencup.

if you can quote me or obsidian saying you have to play in the to play in the league ill giyaa a tenner [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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