Hive Cup #3 (2021-2022) - qualifiers announcement

[Nightmare2077]

Hi all,

Hive Cup #3 is here! Pro players compete on community-made maps. Mappol: Top-7 maps of the 8th mapping contest (first phase) are selected: Rusty Creek, Snow Melt, Deja Vu, Springtime (aka Spring Melt), Northwestern River, Throne of Tides, Fairy Tale.

Qualifier dates: There will be three qualifiers, taking place next week on December 20, 22 and 23 (Mon, Wed and Thu). Start time: 18:00 CET.
Registration: free for everybody. Links: Quali 1, Quali 2, Quali 3.
Quali prizepool: no additional funds go to qualifiers' winners, aside for initiation to participate in the quarter-final showmatches (guaranteed 10€).
Qualifier format: Single elimination, all rounds bo3, 3 maps in the mappool, only the winner advances to the main event (and is barred from participating in subsequent tournaments). In addition to qualified players, top 4 players of the last season are be directly invited: Happy is invited to the semifinal directly, Sheik, Sonik and Neytpoh are invited to quarterfinals.
Qualifier mappol:

1. Quali 1: Rusty Creek, Snow Melt, Throne of Tides.
2. Quali 2: Deja Vu, Springtime (aka Spring Melt), Northwestern River.
3. Quali 3: Rusty Creek, Snow Melt, Fairy Tale.

Main event format: The main event will be organised as a series of Best-of-7 showmatches, but it will still have rounds where players who win 4+ maps (all 7 maps are always played) are invited to participate in subsequent round of showmatches. Money is awarded for each map won, as well as a premium for partaking in each of the rounds.
Main event dates: Late December 2021 and January 2022 (to be confirmed).
Prize money of the main event: prizepool of 600€. 10€ go to all the participants of quarterfinals. 15€ go to all the participants of semifinals. 60€ go to the winner of final. Any map won in any of the stage yields 10€.
2nd phase map judging: will be done during and right after the event. Details TBA.

Big thanks to Back2Warcraft for covering and helping organise the event

Stay tuned!

 

[Nightmare2077]

Here are the polished maps for Hive Cup.

The first qualifier starts in just a few hours, register here: Hive Cup 3, qualifier 1 - Challonge
See also: Hive Workshop Cup 3 - Qualifier 1

Good luck everybody!

 

[Ballonskipper]

Looking forward to the main event! It is exciting to see some new maps in play. Also it would be really cool to see a super fast expansion on springtime but i guess it might be to hard to hold.

 

[Kaer#2460]

Looking forward to the main event! It is exciting to see some new maps in play. Also it would be really cool to see a super fast expansion on springtime but i guess it might be to hard to hold.

You should watch the VOD of Sheik-Dise then. Not instant expansion by Sheik, but pretty fast.

 

[Ballonskipper]

You should watch the VOD of Sheik-Dise then. Not instant expansion by Sheik, but pretty fast.

I will, that is actually the only series i have not seen as i did not catch it live