User:Garlic/Rewind 2017

[e][h]Rewind 2017

Tournament Information

Series:

Esports Arena

Organiser:

Esports Arena

Sponsor:

Marketplace.tf
Weedmaps

Broadcaster:

Esports Arena

Game mode:

6v6

Type:

LAN

Location:

United States

Venue:

Esports Arena

Prize pool:

$11,000

Start date:

21 January 2017

End date:

22 January 2017

Final positions

Champions:

Runners-up:

Third place:

Fourth place:

Links

Opening summary.

Background

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Tournament details

Prize pool

The initial prize pool was announced by on 3 December 2016, consisting of $7,000 USD contributed by Esports Arena and Marketplace.tf.^[1]^[2] This was further increased by crowdfunding, which raised $1,192 for the invite division.^[3]

Place	USD	Team
1st	$3,686	froyotech
2nd	$2,048	Se7en
3rd	$1,434	EVL Gaming
4th	$1,024	Jasmine Tea

Map pool

The map pool for Rewind 2017 was announced on teamfortress.tv on 21 January 2017.^[4] It was slightly different from the map pool used in ESEA Season 23, with Metalworks being excluded and updated versions for Snakewater and Sunshine being used. Whilst the most recent version of Snakewater at the time was cp_snakewater_final1, the tournament used a previous version, cp_snakewater_u13.

Badlands
`cp_badlands`

Granary Pro
`cp_granary_pro_rc4`

Gullywash
`cp_gullywash_final1`

Process
`cp_process_final`

Snakewater
`cp_snakewater_u13`

Sunshine
`cp_sunshine`

Product
`koth_product_rc8`

Ruleset

The ruleset was initially released by b4nny on 19 December 2016, originally with a 45 minute win limit.^[5] This was later reduced to a 30 minute win limit on 5 January 2017 due to scheduling concerns.^[6] Each team was given two 120 second tactical pauses for every map.

Game mode settings

	5 Control Point	King of the Hill	Golden Cap
Time limit	30 minutes	Indefinite	Indefinite
Win condition	5 round win limit	4 round win limit	1 round win limit

Class limits

At any one time amongst six players, class limits of:


2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2

Whitelist

See: 6v6 Global Whitelist

Broadcasting

The event was livestreamed by Esports Arena on their Twitch channel.^[1] The broadcasting team was organised by teamfortress.tv and announced on 21 January 2017.^[4] showstopper, who competed with Street Hoops eSports, was used as an impromptu analyst during the grand final.^[7]

Role	ID	Name
Caster	Bren	Brennon Hook
	Dreamboat	Graham Morrison
	Ma3la	Wyatt River
	MR SLIN	Steve Lin
	TheFragile	Nick Leon
	truktruk	Kurtis Russ

Role	ID	Name
Stage host	eXtine	Jeff Extine
Desk host	Getawhale	Mike Lockman
Analyst	kaidus	Jason Allen
Analyst	showstopper
Observer	Tino	Ryan Vislai

Rosters

Rosters were announced unofficially on teamfortress.tv prior to the tournament. On 20 January 2017, two days before the tournament, duwatna (who was registered to play with Street Hoops eSports) was forced to pull out of the event after contracting appendicitis.^[8] The team brought in former froyotech Demoman Muma to replace him. On the same day, Meat Market Roaming Soldier CheesyMacgyver decided not to attend the event and was replaced by bl4nk.^[9]

EVL Gaming

froyotech

Jasmine Tea

Meat Market

Se7en

Street Hoops eSports

Results

Group stage

The group stage consisted of a round robin with teams playing each other once in a best-of-one.

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD	Qualification
1	froyotech	5	0	23	4	19	Advance to upper bracket
2	Se7en	4	1	24	10	14
3	EVL Gaming	3	2	17	11	6
4	Jasmine Tea	2	3	13	15	−2
5	Street Hoops eSports	1	4	8	23	−15	Advance to lower bracket
6	Meat Market	0	5	5	23	−18	Advance to lower bracket