Hello everyone! Welcome to the Howling Cup, a $200 StarCraft 2 Open Cup

CHAT CHANNEL: HowlingSC

Stream: http://play.afreecatv.com/alphaxsc2

Matcherino: 

-Page: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13099/contribute

-You can add up to 25$ for free by using the free coupons. Each free coupon increases prizepool by 0.5$!

-Any additional donations will increase the prizepool even further.

-Free coupon code: PsiXHowling1

Rules:

-No League/MMR Restrictions, as this tournament is open to players of all levels!

-Pretty obvious stuff: No aggressive BM, no toxicity. Any form of cheating (both hacks and stream cheating) will result in an auto-lose from current tournament and ban from future tournaments.

-No Race switching allowed mid-series.

-Wait for the caster before jumping into your game if he wants to cast you :P

-Grand finals have to be cast, naturally!

-Join Chat channel "HowlingSC"

-Walkovers will be given after 10 minutes, but contact admins before taking the walkover.

-The default server is EU. Other servers can be played if both players agree on it, but they have to notify the admins.

Prize Pool: $200 Base prizepool + Matcherino 

-1st Place- 60% + Matcherino

-2nd Place- 40% + Matcherino

Matches:

-Round 1 - Semi Finals: Best of 3

-Grand Finals - Best of 5

Mappool:

-Ladder Mappool (Stasis, Para Site, Blueshift, Port Aleksander, Automaton, Kairos Junction and Cerulean Falls).

Map Vetoes and Order:

-Round 1 - Semi Finals: ABAB AB (A being the higher seed player).

-Grand Finals: AB ABAB (A being the higher seed player).