Posted by mick05 on Tue, 4th May 2010 @ 3:12pm
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Background of ArchaicMSI

ArchaicMSI is Australia's premier gaming organisation. ArchaicMSI was founded late 2009 with the sole purpose of helping Australian and New Zealand players make their mark on the world of eSports; by not only helping with event organisation, but providing that platform for players to perform at their very best. Since it's creation only 5 months ago, ArchaicMSI already has the leading squads in both Counter-Strike: Source and Call of Duty. In 2010 the expansion continues with the first of the professional drafting series. First up, it's Quake. Players from all over Australia and New Zealand will come together to compete in the professional draft, sponsored by 4 Seasons Gaming. Only 12 will qualify for the finals, and only one player will win. The purpose of the draft is to give the winner an esports experience; turn pro and attend the biggest Quake event of the year in Texas, USA!

Heads down, bums up, and let's get this event started!

4Seasons Gaming presents the ArchaicMSI Oceanic Draft

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Thanks to 4Seasons Gaming and ArchaicMSI, Oceania will be sending it's first sponsored QuakeLive player overseas to Quakecon this year in August. Instead of just choosing a player to send over, we have turned the opportunity into a "draft" or "qualifier" to determine once and for all who is the real 2010 Oceanic QuakeLive Dueling Champion.

The tournament will be open to everybody living in Australia or New Zealand but there will be only twelve final positions in the competition. Some of the 12 will be hand picked 'wildcard' entries by 4Seasons Gaming staff, while the remaining positions will be decided through competitions in the coming weeks.

Participants
1. Zealor (Winner of the Summer Divisional Duel Competition replay|vod)
2. Ventz (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #1 replay|vod)
3. Zenaku (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #2 replay|vod)
4. Dandaking (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #3 replay|vod)
5. Ven_ (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #4 replay|vod)
6. Rep (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #5 replay|vod)
7. zpnq (Winner of the 1Day Duel Competition #6 vod)
8. Nomey (vod)
9. _panther (vod)
10. HANZ
11. xcope
12. pablo

Tournament Information
Date
Groups - Sunday June 20th - Saturday June 26th
Finals - Sunday June 27th

Rules
A full list of the rules can be found here

Format
12 players will be seeded into two groups, seeding will be done by the 4Seasons Gaming Administrative Panel. Top 3 after the resulting group stages will continue into Finals.

SCHEDULES

Group A
Ventz
Dan
Rep
zpnq
HANZ
Pablo

Group B
Zealor
Zenaku
Nomey
_panther
Ven_
Xcope

The winner of each group will be placed into each Semi Final, and the Group A 2nd will play the Group B 3rd and visa versa in Quarter Finals.

On Paper:

Quarter Final
Game1: 2nd Group A vs. 3rd Group B
Game2: 2nd Group B vs 3rd Group A

Semi Final
Game3: 1st Group A vs. Winner of Game 2
Game4: 1st Group B vs. Winner of Game 1

Grand Final
Game5: Winner of Game3 vs. Winner of Game4

Participating for the event
* Players must be available to attend the event, dates between the 10th-17th of August
* Players are to familiarize themselves with International Travel to the United States, information can be found here and here. Visas are not necessary when using the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), all passports are to be purchased by players out of their own pockets.
* All players are to ensure they have read all rules required, and adhere to them one hundred percent with consequences extending to being removed or disqualified from the competition
* All players are to be registered on 4Seasons Gaming forums, this is necessity to apply for the competition
* All players are to idle our IRC chat channel on irc.GameSurge.net under #4SG @ Gamesurge.net leading up to the tournament. If you have trouble connecting via mIRC then try our web mibbit client.
* All players in IRC must be using there in game names

Prizes
Firstplace
6 Month contract with ArchaicMSI which also includes:
* Plane tickets (return) to Dallas, Texas for Quakecon
* Accommodation in Texas, plus some spending money
* An Archaic Jersey
* An Archaic Hoodie
* A SoundBLASTER headset
* An MSI laptop to use for the duration of the event (model TBA)

Quakecon
Web: http://www.quakecon.org/
Video Experience: http://vimeo.com/5925882
Date: 12-15 August 2010
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Run down: This is the largest attended BYOC Quake event in the world, features more than just Quake and gaming but also new product development and releases. Thousands of people attend, all tournaments receive video coverage and the LAN has been running for over 10 years.

Second Place
Steel Series Kinzu Mouse

Third Place
Steel Series 3H Headset

Support the Cause
4Seasons Gaming would love your support! Even a donation of $5 brings us closer towards our future goals, and everyone will be remembered no matter what region you're from!

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On behalf of the entire 4Seasons Gaming community we would like to thank ArchaicMSI for firstly making this possible, but also our sponsors and community donaters for getting us to where we are!