Our goal is to give rising players an opportunity to shine. (WCS Circuit eligible). Furthermore, TopTierPractice will not be allowing professional players to play. These players are defined as players who have reached the Ro32 of premier tournaments since 2017
Player Eligibility: Due to the changes in WCS, our initial criteria for player eligibility required some reworking. These new eligibility requirements will go into effect for this tournament to continue to target the main audience we’ve been aiming to serve, the unsung ladder heroes who aren’t the premier level players yet.
The eligibility requirements are as follows:
* Players must not have finished in the Top 32 spots in a Premier Level Tournament since the start of 2017.
* Players must be eligible to participate in the WCS Circuit System.
* Players who qualified for IEM Season XII - PyeongChang will be ignored as this tournament was a regional qualifier tournament.
Prize Pool: The prize pool for this season will be $150 with the payouts being the following:
1st: $80
2nd: $40
3rd: $20
4th: $10
NOTE: Exceeding $150 USD will result in divvying the money among the 5th-8th place finishers
Matcherino: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/11357/contribute
COUPON CODE: TSL3
OSC POINTS:
1st: 120 OSC points
2nd: 65 OSC points
3rd/4th: 35 OSC points
5-8th: 15 OSC points each
9-12: 7.5 OSC points each
13-16th: 5 OSC points each
+ OSC $ Bounties
+ Participation prize
Format: TSL will be a 32-player tournament, with 20 invited & 12 qualifying players. The format is as follows:
-Ro32 group stage (8 groups, top 2 players of each group advance to
Ro16. All series are Bo3)
Playoffs begin at the Ro16 and are Bo5.
Grand Finals are played in Bo7.
Qualifiers: A total of 3 qualifiers where 4 players from each will move on to the Main Event. (20 invited, 12 qualified, 32 total)
Qualifier 1: https://challonge.com/TSL3Q1 (Sunday, July 22nd @ 2pm EST)
Qualifier 2: https://challonge.com/TSL3Q2 (Saturday, July 28th @ 2pm EST)
Qualifier 3: https://challonge.com/TSL3Q3 (Sunday, July 29th @ 2pm EST)
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Main Event Day 1 & 2:
Ro32-
August 11th- Groups A-D: (TOP 2 ADVANCE FROM EACH GROUP)
August 12th- Groups E-H: (TOP 2 ADVANCE FROM EACH GROUP)
Ro16, Ro8, Ro4, Winner's Finals, Grand Finals-
August 18th-
- Ro16 (bo3)
- Quarterfinals (bo3)
- Semi finals (bo5) 2PM EST
August 19th-
- Winner's Finals (bo5)
- Grand Finals (bo7)
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LOSERS BRACKET-
August 18th-
- Losers’ Round 1 (bo3)
- Losers’ Round 2 (bo3)
- Losers’ Round 3 (bo3)
August 19th-
- Losers' Ro4 (bo3)
- Losers' Semi-finals (bo3)
- Losers’ Finals (bo5)
Winner of Loser's Finals will play in:
- Grand Finals (bo7)
Rules:
• Join channel "TopTierPractice" on NA server
• Check in starts 1 hour before the tournament. If you do not check in, you will be disqualified
• Players have 15 minutes to begin their match from the first time both players are available. If a player does not respond within 15 minutes, their opponent will be awarded a walkover.
• The maps will be picked using the ABAB format used in WCS. The higher seed bans first (A). The second player bans (B).
The bans continue until only three maps remain. The higher seeded player then picks the first map, and the lower seeded player picks the second map. (ABAB ABC)
• Players are to play on the current map pool.
• ALL MAIN EVENTreplays must be submitted through https://drop.sc/
Streams:
• https://www.twitch.tv/oscesports
• https://www.twitch.tv/proxy_tempest
Liquipedia: Will be updated soon
Partners
OSC
Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/oscesports
Website- http://sc2online.com/
Discord- https://discord.gg/Vpkhu7Y
Proxy Tempest
Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/proxy_tempest
Website- https://proxytempest.com/
Discord- https://discord.gg/V6xvhg4
sc2replaystats
Twitch- https://www.twitch.tv/breath20
Website- http://sc2replaystats.com/ & https://drop.sc/
Discord- https://discord.gg/D2c786q