BGN Invitational 8:

Hosted by: SpaceDominator(who else?) 

BGN Invitational 8 Groups/Matchups: Here.

Previous Champions:
BGN Invitational 1: Kilahace over Pacificace.Tibs 4-2
BGN Invitational 2: Kilahace over Koronis 2-0
BGN Invitational 3: Kilahace over Ramvid 4-0
BGN Invitational 4: SuperKiller over Lousy.Cheesy 4-0
BGN Invitational 5: SuperKiller over Lousy.Cheesy 4-3
BGN Invitational 6: Event Cancelled Due To Inactivity
BGN Invitational 7: SuperKiller over Roegi 4-2

Timeframe:
Sunday, May 3rd @ 3:00 PM EST- Group 1/2 Matches
Sunday, May 10th @ 3:00 PM EST - Group 3/4 Matches 
Sunday, May 17th @ 3:00 PM EST - Quarterfinal and Semifinal Group Matches
Sunday, May 24th @ 3:00 PM EST - Semifinal Group Matches(if necessary) or Championship Series
Sunday, May 31st @ 1:00 PM EST - Blizzard Gaming Night and/or Championship Series 

Signups:
Very simple, send me an e-mail at kevin.mccrumb@gmail.com, letting me know which of the two group dates will work best for you. Please let me know if there is one date that will absolutely NOT work for you. If necessary, we can shift the dates around to have two groups on the first day and one on the second, etc... It just depends on the availability of our group. You can also sign up by just letting me know through AIM or through some other web contact form.

The two group dates are again:
Sunday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 10th both at 3:00 PM EST

Format:
The BGN Invitational 8 is mirroring that of the popular MSL Tournament that is held in Korea. Essentially there will be two to four groups of four players each and each group will play a mini-double elimination tournament to cut each group in half. The process is then repeated to ultimately get us down to our final two.

More Tournament Specifics:

Format:

1. All Matches Will Be Best of 3 Series except for the final tiebreaker match to determine the second place finisher in each group. This particular match will be one single game.
2. This means that the maximum number of games that a player will play in a particular round of StarCraft is 7.

Match Specifics:

Game 1: Tau Cross
Game 2: Loser of Game 1's Choice
Game 3: Winner of Game 1's Choice

The Elimination Game In Each Group will be played on the map Python.

Championship Series:
Game 1: Luna
Game 2: Loser of Game 1's Choice
Game 3: Winner of Game 1's Choice
Game 4: Loser of Game 1's Choice
Game 5: Winner of Game 1's Choice
Game 6: Tau Cross
Game 7: Python

Map Pool:

1. Python
2. Tau Cross
3. Luna
4. Destination
5. Medusa
6. Andromeda
7. Longinus

Elimination Stage:

All Group Series/Quarterfinals/Semifinal Series are bo3 except for the single game elimination games. The championship series in all three cases is best of 7.

If Two Groups:

Series 1: Group 1 Winner vs Group 2 Runner Up(best of 3)
Series 2: Group 2 Winner vs Group 1 Runner Up(best of 3)
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner(Winner Advances to Championship Series)
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser(Loser is Eliminated)
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Winner(Winner Advances to Championship Series)

If Three Groups:

In the case of three groups, the process gets a little more complicated. The top two finishers in each group will move on automatically into the quarterfinal series. The three remaining third place finishers will then compete in a series of round robin games. The two players with the best records will move into the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinal Set 1:

Series 1: Group 1 Winner vs Third Place Top Finisher
Series 2: Group 3 Winner vs Group 2 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner moves onto Semifinals]
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner moves onto Semifinals]

Quarterfinal Set 2:
Series 1: Group 2 Winner vs Third Place Second Finisher
Series 2: Group 1 Runner Up vs Group 3 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner moves onto Semifinals]
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner moves onto Semifinals]

Semifinals:
Series 1: Quarterfinal Set 1 Winner vs Quarterfinal Set 2 Runner Up
Series 2: Quarterfinal Set 2 Winner vs Quarterfinal Set 1 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner Advances to Championship Series)
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner Advances to Championship Series]

If Four Groups:

Quarterfinal Set 1:

Series 1: Group 1 Winner vs Group 2 Runner Up
Series 2: Group 2 Winner vs Group 1 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner moves onto Semifinals]
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner moves onto Semifinals]

Quarterfinal Set 2:
Series 1: Group 3 Winner vs Group 4 Runner Up
Series 2: Group 4 Runner Up vs Group 3 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner moves onto Semifinals]
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner moves onto Semifinals]

Semifinals:
Series 1: Quarterfinal Set 1 Winner vs Quarterfinal Set 2 Runner Up
Series 2: Quarterfinal Set 2 Winner vs Quarterfinal Set 1 Runner Up
Series 3: Series 1 Winner vs Series 2 Winner[Winner Advances to Championship Series)
Series 4: Series 1 Loser vs Series 2 Loser[Loser is Eliminated]
Elimination Game: Series 3 Loser vs Series 4 Loser[Winner Advances to Championship Series]

DISCONNECTIONS
- If the disconnection occurs within 2 minutes of the beginning of a game, the match should be restarted.
- If the disconnection occurs after 2 minutes, the players can agree to restart the match. If one of the competitors claims that they had a huge advantage and was going to win, the administrator will take a look at the replay and give his decision. The decision of the administrator is absolute and cannot be overruled. If the decision is that a rematch should be played and a player disagrees to play it - he loses.

DISCLAIMER
All rules are subject to the admin's personal judgment. Generally, if you behave properly, this should be no problem. Excessive bad manner and/or possible usage of hacking tools can result in being removed for the remainder of the tournament.