San Jose, CA - Along with all the drama of the E-Sports World Cup, many top teams have made the journey to Southern California in the NVISION GeForce TF2 LAN Tourney, sponsored by Palit.

The field is made up of 14 teams, including Pandemic, Eximius Gaming & The Experiment (full list below), for a total prize purse of $7200 + hardware prizes.

Tournament Summary:
(full rules.pdf can be found here.)
Game Type: Control Point
Maps: cp_granary, cp_well, cp_badlands, cp_gravelpit (crits: OFF)
- Play to four (4) points or thirty minutes (30:00) and switch sides. The first team to five (5) points or the team with the most points after sixty minutes (60:00) wins the match. In-game stopwatch will be used.
- If it's still tied after regulation play, reload the map config. The team that wins the one (1) overtime round is the winner of the match.
Class and Side Selection: The highest tournament seed will choose their preferred starting side. Class Restrictions are 2 of each class with only 1 Engineer, 1 Medic, 1 Demoman. All weapons & unlockables may be used.

Prize Breakdown:
- 1st: $4200 + hardware
- 2nd: $2100 + hardware
- 3rd: $900 + hardware

Format:
- Group Play, top 2 advance
- 8-team, single-elimination playoff

Grouplist:
(number denotes groupseed)
Group 1:
1 - Pandemic
2 - Weak-end Warrios
3 - Failboat

Group 2:
1 - Eximius Gaming
2 - Free Beer
3 - Team eNVy

Group 3:
1 - The Experiment
2 - PMS|H2O
3 - 506 Parachute Regiment
4 - Rage Quit

Group 4:
1 - BoNK
2 - section8
3 - dejavu
4 - Team Killer Clan