Pipher released a statement on behalf of CEVO stating that they will be holding a Team Fortress 2 tournament with a cash payout. This event will be held and played throughout November and possible run into December. This is the best thing to happen to the competitive Team Fortress 2 community yet. Here is the quote directly from the CEVO website:

CEVO™ LLC. (www.cevo.com) announces today the Team Fortress 2 - $1,000 FREE Tournament Playoffs. The event, which will happen throughout November, serves as the playoffs for the inaugural TF2 tournament and our way at ranking teams as we prepare for our first TF2 competitive league event.

The top ranked team from each group will move on to the single elimination round. Teams will play two matches a week until a winner is crowned. Seedings will be announced on Tuesday, November 6th after all matches have been played and reported.

NOTE: While the group play standings were based solely on the CPI system. The seedings for the single elimination round are completely random. Since the groups were random and there is no real fair way to decide who had a tough/easy group we feel that there is no way to rank the teams at this point.

More information on the CPI can be found here: http://www.cevo.com/?page=forum&func=viewthread&id=4120

Maps & Dates:

Round 1 - cp_well (Monday, November 12th)
Round 2 - cp_granary (Thursday, November 15th)
Round 3 - ctf_2fort (Monday, November 19th)
Round 4 - cp_gravelpit (Thursday, November 22nd)
Round 5 - cp_well (Monday, November 26th)

Brackets:

Single Elimination:

http://www.cevo.com/playoffs/bracket.php?id=196

Prizes:

• 1st - $500.00 + 3 Month FREE Rental of NuclearFallout TF2 Server ($315 value)
• 2nd - $350.00 + 2 Month FREE Rental of NuclearFallout TF2 Server ($220 value)
• 3rd - $150.00 + 1 Month FREE Rental of NuclearFallout TF2 Server ($105 value)

Feedback:
As our first tournament begins to wind down, we are looking for your feedback. We would love to hear what you think of anything related to competitive TF2, rules, maps, or anything else you can think of. We are using this tournament to get a feel for the game and community before we open up registration for a full league.

This topic can be found at the following link: http://www.cevo.com/?page=forum&func=viewthread&id=5841&forumID=2