IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR CEVO S4 TEAM MOVE UPs

Any team that wants to be considered for automatic move up to Main or for the community poll must be set to "ready" by 11:59pm CST tonight. Being "ready" requires 6 paid players + their STEAM IDs. The poll for moving teams from open to main will be released early tomorrow (Thurs 2/20) via private message to CEVO leaders. Please check your CEVO account messages to access this poll. Only captains of teams set to "ready" will be eligible to vote.

Please read the following updates and timeline-

• Deadline for teams to be eligible for move-ups is tonight, February 19 at 11:59pm CST.
  
• Deadline for captains to vote on team move-ups is tomorrow, February 20 at 11:59pm CST.
  
• Schedules for Match 1 will be posted on FRIDAY, February 21.
  
• DEFAULT TIME to play Match 1 will be MONDAY, February 24.
  
• DEADLINE time to play Match 1 will be MONDAY, March 3.

This means the automatically scheduled time for Match 1 is at 8pm CST on Monday, February 24 but teams will have until the NEXT WEEK to play the match and report score if both teams come can reach an official agreement on the match communication thread. This is a one time extension of the deadline day for Match 1 since schedules are being released later than anticipated.

Please post below with any questions or feel free to message me on steam.
-Quindali

EDIT: Click here to see teams already moved up to main.

there's gonna be a pretty crazy skill differential in cevo-m this season no matter who they get

could be exciting to see some new names come out tho

180 to the top

Agreed, but this is to be expected as for the most part this is our first real season (with > 15 teams). As we move into future seasons with more teams/skill divisions and switch to a moveup system based on actual performance in the previous CEVO season, the skill gap should balance itself out over time.

It's important to note that matchups each week will be based on team's current record/standing, so hopefully if you're at the bottom of the division you'll be getting matched up with teams closer to your skill level. Although in a small division like Main, there are obviously going to be a few blow-outs.

so if we pay up now what happens

yeah i wasn't stating that as a bad thing or w/e there was a pretty big differential in esea-i this season even it was just an observation since i was under the impression there were more top level teams signed up

open might actually be decently close in terms of skill then

cool beans

Have the results of the WhiteList Poll been publicly posted somewhere? I'm not registered for a team so I couldn't take a look at the results as they came in.

You would be in consideration for a moveup to the Main division if you were to pay up before the end of the night and would be ready in time to be scheduled a week 1 match on Friday AM.

will my team be moved up? The roster made main playoffs but the team reformed and only two players from that team are on this one
I think that makes sense probably not

Your team has already been moved to main.

They results haven't been posted anywhere public yet, but we're going to close the polls at midnight tonight and then release our official whitelist with the results of the polls tomorrow.

eXtineHave the results of the WhiteList Poll been publicly posted somewhere? I'm not registered for a team so I couldn't take a look at the results as they came in.They will be posted when the first match gets scheduled.

edit: already answered

There are currently 6 teams in main:
Budsquad
Brad's team
Mangachus team
XTS
6 cuties
Sharknado

So main needs 10 more teams.

when is the last day to pay up for cevo?

The rosters will be open until the end of the 7th week of the season, so individuals can join rosters until this time. Unpaid players already on team rosters will be able to pay up at any time right up until the end of the event.

Teams will be allowed to pay up throughout the next few weeks, but any team that isn't "ready" when the Week 1 schedules are released on Friday (Feb 21st), wont be guaranteed a full schedule. We'll do our best to schedule teams who register late makeup matches, but they wont be guaranteed.

So you can't have an unpaid backup on the roster in case of dire emergency? That's kinda unfortunate.

Yes you can, I should have been more clear. You wont be able to join a roster after the 7th week of the season, but players already on the roster will be able to pay up at absolutely any time during the event. Sorry for the confusion.

*I'll edit the original reply to make sure everything is clear.

PLEASE do not vote to move up scalar gaming. we are all off-classing and goofing around. We lose scrims to open teams every night believe me we are not good. If you look at my logs you can tell we get our ass kicked all day. another good log example of why we should be in open. we are not the kind of team that will all of a sudden start on-classing during playoffs we have dignity. Also if we wanted to on-class we would have 2 demos and one scout.

I play with high ping and %10 packet loss and our pocket has very high ping as well. We are just trying to have fun please don't kill our roster.

is there anyway we can turn-down the move up or op-out of the poll? this is silly.

edit: correct log http://sizzlingstats.com/stats/152136

^^Make your team not ready (have someone temporarily leave roster so you only have 5 paid)?

or have 5 paid ppl join an existing not ready roster (i'll give you mine for 6 hats)

I meant to ask/look on the forums... but is the price the same for players in open and main for this season?

People might not listen to you after what happened in S15, because there's the chance you could mainclass.

Yes, $15 per player in both divisions.

lets say we want to on-class. We would then have 2 demos and 1 scout.

Then you'd all on-class except one?

You just uncovered our maniacal plan to win an insignificant amount of money from cevo.

a log of you guys annihilating an open team is a good example of why you should be in open? lol ok

that's a very good point I didn't realize I linked the wrong one I meant to link this one:
http://sizzlingstats.com/stats/152136

Update:
Chilluminati and Blue Hurricane (Speedy Cheetahs eSports) are now ready and have also been moved up to main. 8 slots remaining.

Update x2:
FROYOtech also now ready and moved up to main. 7 slots remaining.

Street Hoops eSports are now ready and have been moved up to main. 6 slots remaining.

Meat Market is now ready and has been moved up to main. 5 slots remaining.

(BEAT YOU FOG)

EDIT: High open teams (LARGE Gamers and SYOPS) have been removed from the poll. Logic is Power (all in without allen - IM) has been added to the poll. Deadline to ready up ends in 1.5 hours.

Check the spreadsheet here. Still 5 slots remaining in Main.