Dont use 10min. The extra 10minutes of play time to make it 20min like regular matches doesnt give you much in terms of finishing earlier.
10minutes match is not enough, especially as this is 4v4 tourny.
It's best of three maps. Each map takes at least 150% of the timelimit to connect, join up, play. If we were to do 20 minute maps you're then looking at 60-90mins per match. This tournament will likely have 8-16 teams so that means that there will be 7 rounds of play. I'm sure the NA players have no problem playing from 1PM-9PM EST, but some Euro players might not want to play until 3am (on a school night on top of everything
!!!!!!!!!!). 10 minute maps should mean each round will be 30-45 minutes so things should hopefully be wrapped up by 5PM-6PM EST, which is already late enough for Euro players.
dm will be on OTB, so will there be tournament euro servers too?
Yes, maps will be played on Euro servers as well. The intercontinental matches will be split across the two servers like the last tournament (1 map each, tie map on the lower [better] seed's preference). Seeding will be based on the DM qualification so it's important to do well in that round to gain home server advantage. The higher (worse) seed will have an advantage on the tie map elimination, the entire process will be described in detail with the official announcement.
You just couldn't wait for all the information could you.
XtremeBain is wishing he waited too
I really needed to get the ball rolling on this so that teams can make some time available to play and also so that they can start practicing or forming teams if they're not playing with a clan. I've got most of *my* things ready to roll, I just need a few more things finalized before everything is committed.
Edit: hadn't noticed that I made the 1000 club today after YEARS of hard work