| Best Zed NA Tournament | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer |  Esportspedia Azubu | |
| Format | 1v1 | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | North America | |
| Event Type | Online | |
| Start Date | 2015-01-10 | |
| End Date | 2015-01-11 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Casters | Zirene Sata | |
| Streams | Azubu | |
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The Best Zed NA Tournament is a competition run by Esportspedia and streamed on Azubu.
Overview[]
“The unseen blade is the deadliest.”
It’s a simple question that was pondered when we did Best Riven NA. It was answered when Megazero defeated all his opponents to claim the title of Best Riven NA.
Now we want to know: Who is the best Zed in North America? The Best Zed NA Tournament hopes to find out by pitting 32 high-level players against each other in a dance of shadows. We’re expecting jukes, ninja moves, more jukes, and lots of action, so don’t blink: Esportspedia will be bringing you all the action exclusively on Azubu!
Charity[]
- Best Zed North America will not feature any monetary prizing. It is a charity event.
- Donations will be open throughout the tournament to three different charities.
- Azubu will match percentages of the total donation pool (across all charities) to the first, second, and third-place players' charities of choice.
- 30% of the total pool to the winner's chosen charity (in addition to donations from viewers).
- 20% of the total pool to the runner-up's chosen charity (in addition to donations from viewers).
- 10% of the total pool to the third-place player's chosen charity (in addition to donations from viewers).
- This means that 160% of the total donation pool from viewers will be donated: 100% from the donation pool and 60% total matched by Azubu.
- Each player may choose between either of these two charities, The Humane Society of the United States or Extra Life.
Format[]
- Single Elimination - Once your Zed is dead, you remain in the shadows.
- 32 participants.
- Best-of-3 matches until the finals. Finals are best-of-5. Bracket available here.
- All players must play
Zed but can use any skin. - Matches will be played in mid lane on Summoners Rift (see Boundaries).
Community Prize Giveaways[]
For a chance to win any of the following prizes, please click here!
- Grand Prize: Trip to NA/EU LCS / OGN based on location!
- 10 x Poro bundle!
- 10 x Snow down 2013 bundle
- 10 x Snow down 2012 bundle
- 20 x $10 RP card
- 20 x Best Zed NA shirt
Rules[]
- No jungle creeps may be killed.
- Recalling is allowed.
- No critical-chance enhancing runes allowed.
- In event of simultaneous First Blood, the player who receives 400 gold is the winner.
- Players must remain in game until at least the 3:10 minute mark has been reached. No surrenders allowed before this mark.
- If a top lane or bottom lane tower is pushed down by minions, then the player who received the gold must buy wards and place them during his next base.
- Players must remain within the allowed boundaries.
Boundaries[]
- There are two sets of boundaries for play: One set for normal 1v1 play and one set for chases.
- If a player steps out of bounds during normal play (Figure 1) they will lose that perspective game within their "match" as per the tournament admin/spectator.
- If a player steps out of bounds during chase play (Figure 2) they will lose that perspective game within their "match" as per the tournament admin/spectator.
Win Conditions[]
- If a player secures First Blood on their opponent, then that player wins the game. If simultaneous First Blood occurs, the player that is rewarded the First Blood gold wins (400g).
- If a player destroys a mid lane tower, then that player wins the game. This does not apply for tower destructions in other lanes.
- If a player gains a 30 CS lead, then that player wins the game.
Participants[]
Competing for Extra Life[]
- Fishing for Urf
- EG GaurdKnight
- Poppers OP
- Linsanity
- Sunar
- The Sike
- YahooDotCom
- Evertan
- LOD
- Altrum
- KEITHMCBRIEF
- Chunkyfresh
Competing for The Humane Society[]
- God Of Zed
- California Snow
- AKA KTY
- Ni Hao Dylan
- Xiaolan
- Nathanielbee
- NintendudeX
- Yusui
- mancloud
- Rukin
- Gleebglarbu
Results[]
$ 2,170.94 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Player |
|---|---|
 1 | Pobelter |
 2 | Huhi |
 3-4 | XiaoWeiXiao |
| NintendudeX | |
| Show Additional Placements | |
| 5-8 | Chunkyfresh |
| Linsanity | |
| Rukin | |
| Altrum | |
| 9-15 | InnoX |
| EG GaurdKnight | |
| Poppers OP | |
| YahooDotCom | |
| 1brayle | |
| Nathanielbee | |
| Gleebglarbu | |
| 16-32 | moonway |
| FeedOn | |
| mancloud | |
| Fishing for Urf | |
| Xiaolan | |
| Abou222 | |
| Yusui | |
| Worst Zed GG | |
| God of Zed | |
| Sunar | |
| KeithMcBrief | |
| The Sike | |
| LOD | |
| California Snow | |
| AKA KTY | |
| Ni Hao Dylan | |
| Im Avi | |
| Hide Additional Placements | |
- To view the bracket, please click here.
Schedule[]
View Games[]
Additional Content[]
Interviews[]
Other Coverage[]
- January 15 - Best Zed NA - Full Tournament Highlights by Azubu