[TSL] Casters, Maps, and Format
November 15th, 2009 17:37 | TeamLiquid
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Nick "Tasteless" Plott is regarded by many as the top English professional StarCraft commentator. Tasteless began his career with WCG USA Finals in 2005, and casted several other live events throughout the United States. In 2008, he became the first English-only caster to move to Korea, covering all seasons of GomTV's TG-Intel Classic and the WCG Grand Finals from 2005 to this year. Tasteless also casted many events for Blizzard, including their World Wide Invitational (since 2006) and Blizzcon (since 2007). Tasteless's nickname is the "Storm Observer" for his energy, humor, and enthusiasm.
Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski was a top American Terran player before beginning his casting career by covering mainly non-Korean online tournaments like Ascension. After casting the Razer TSL in 2008, Artosis moved to Korea and now does interviews and coverage for IEG, the media giant that sponsors the eSTRO professional gaming team. Artosis joined Tasteless to cast Blizzcon 2008 and 2009, as well as the WCG Grand Final this year. Artosis is known as "The Wikipedia of StarCraft" for his comprehensive knowledge of the game.
Blake "Chill" Muzar started out by making several strategic commentaries before casting events for TeamLiquid.net, including several seasons of TL Attack! and Liquibition. Chill was Artosis' casting partner for the Razer TSL and also moderates TeamLiquid's Strategy Forum. Chill is known for his strategic knowledge, dry humor, and brutally honest comments.
Sean "Day[9]" Plott is Tasteless's younger brother and a top American Zerg player who was invited to represent the United States at the WCG Grand Final three times. He currently hosts the program Day[9] TV on TeamLiquid.net that analyzes recent professional Korean StarCraft matches. Day also casted for hundreds of TeamLiquiders at Blizzcon 2009, providing refreshing analysis and live commentary of the OSL Finals between Jaedong and YellOw[ArnC]. Day is known for his deep strategical analysis.
The loser of Nony vs #1 Ladder will be seeded into R3 of the Qualifiers
ICCup Ladder Stage Start: November 21, 2009
End: December 13, 2009
Ladder Rules
- Korean and Chinese IP addresses are prohibited (unless granted exemption by TSL Administration)
- All players must use ICCup Anti-Hack Launcher and abide by all ICCup rules. All ladder complaints and corrections will be handled through the normal ICCup procedures.
- TSL players may play ladder games against non-TSL players, provided those non-TSL players do not have TSL accounts.
- All players must create a new ICCup account and have the "TSL" tag in their names. Any accounts with games already played on them or without the TSL tag will not be allowed to join. Any form of tagging is acceptable, so long as it is clear. If it is not, we will not accept your request to join the TSL team.
- No smurfing. For most players aiming to qualify for the TSL, there will be no doubt as to which ID to use. If you are unsure, use your most recognizable ID or your forum username. If you believe that your chances of qualifying will be severely hampered by using your real I.D. you may contact a TSL staff member to apply for an exemption.
- No transferring of stats or playing in ICCup tournaments to gain points.
- On the final day of the ladder, players may only play another player to a difference of three games. For example, 3-0, 4-1, 5-2, 6-3 are all acceptable last day series scores against a single player, while 4-0 is not. Once the score reaches a three game margin for either player, the players must stop playing each other.
- No multiple or shared TSL accounts. You may have another ICCup account without a TSL tag, but that account cannot play games against TSL tagged players.
- All players who want to qualify for the TSL must save all replays from the ladder stage, and must send replay packs to TSL Administration in a timely fashion.
- We reserve the right to disqualify users for any violation of these rules. More details and rules about the Qualifier stage will be released as the ladder concludes.
How to Register - Create a new account on www.iccup.com. Do not play on this account until the ladder begins.
- Join the PokerStrategy.com TSL team. This team will be created on November 21, 2009.
- Play StarCraft!
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 Insane United States. November 15 2009 17:39. Posts 4483 | Profile Blog # |
To make sure I understand about final day rule on playing limit:
it's not OK to go 4-0 and then play more and end up with 4-2, right? (basically, the rule applies to more than just the final score between the players) |
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 Superiorwolf United States. November 15 2009 17:45. Posts 4389 | Profile Blog # | |
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 Hot_Bid Administrator November 15 2009 17:45. | Profile Blog # |
On November 15 2009 17:39 HnR)Insane wrote:
To make sure I understand about final day rule on playing limit:
it's not OK to go 4-0 and then play more and end up with 4-2, right? (basically, the rule applies to more than just the final score between the players)
Once the score reaches +3 for either side, the players must stop playing each other. |
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 Twilight Templar November 15 2009 17:49. Posts 99 | Profile # |
| this tourney will be sick |
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 Ilvy Germany. November 15 2009 17:53. Posts 2370 | Profile # |
Will be cool, the cute brothers and the smiley Chill :D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHILL
Just for you
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 Holgerius Sweden. November 15 2009 17:54. Posts 15215 | Profile Blog # |
Awesome news! TSL is gonna kick so much ass. The casters are perfect. The map pool is less than perfect IMO (ROTK, Blue Storm and HBR should've been in  ), but it's good enough. |
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 ArvickHero Korea (South). November 15 2009 17:56. Posts 6838 | Profile Blog # |
| Bad timing to post on digg imo lol.. plus should be submitted under gaming not news Last edit: 2009-11-15 18:01:39 |
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| Trezeguet United States. November 15 2009 18:02. Posts 2501 | Profile Blog # |
| Great pics of the plott brothers, and this is going to rock! |
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 cursor United States. November 15 2009 18:04. Posts 3792 | Profile Blog # |
Epic.
I'm going to have so much fun following this.
btw: HBR = best map :O
edit: omfg you picked Andromeda. I love TL.Last edit: 2009-11-15 18:06:07 |
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 CongoJack Canada. November 15 2009 18:04. Posts 337 | Profile # |
| I like these caster's this is going to be damn good. Last edit: 2009-11-15 18:05:32 |
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 kOre Canada. November 15 2009 18:05. Posts 3617 | Profile Blog # |
| Can't wait to join the team! |
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| Mr Right Sweden. November 15 2009 18:07. Posts 64 | Profile # |
| I might not understand everything fully here... but it seems like you would rather finish #2 in the ladder than #1, right? |
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| samachking Bahrain. November 15 2009 18:07. Posts 4947 | Profile Blog # |
Sick casting line ups, Day9/Chill has much better chemistry than Artosis/Day9 and Tasteless/Artosis work so well together, this will be awesome.
I really dont like andromeda T__T and would've prefered Heartbreak Ridge, but the other maps are fine I suppose.
GJ TL on being awesome as usual |
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 ibutoss Australia. November 15 2009 18:07. Posts 324 | Profile Blog # |
| awesome to hear tastless will be casting, dugg the article to help out. hope it reaches the first page of digg. |
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 Nick_54 United States. November 15 2009 18:08. Posts 1786 | Profile Blog # |
Doesn't seem like theres that much of an incentive to be ladder number 1, you have to play Nony instead of a random qualifier. It would be cool if the loser of Ladder 1 or Nony could drop into qualifier number round 3 if they lost. Still seems really cool though, and I'm definitely looking forward to this.
Edit: I seem to have misread or got ninja edited. Yeah, it makes a lot of sense and is a nice system.Last edit: 2009-11-15 19:53:15 |
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 GTR November 15 2009 18:09. Posts 35410 | Profile Blog # |
On November 15 2009 18:07 Mr Right wrote:
I might not understand everything fully here... but it seems like you would rather finish #2 in the ladder than #1, right?
No, because you have the chance to directly seed yourself into the Round of 16.
and even if you lose you have another chance in Q3.Last edit: 2009-11-15 18:10:50 |
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| samachking Bahrain. November 15 2009 18:10. Posts 4947 | Profile Blog # |
On November 15 2009 18:08 Nick_54 wrote:
Doesn't seem like theres that much of an incentive to be ladder number 1, you have to play Nony instead of a random qualifier. It would be cool if the loser of Ladder 1 or Nony could drop into qualifier number round 3 if they lost. Still seems really cool though, and I'm definitely looking forward to this.
If you are ladder no1 you have really darn good chances of beating Nony, so its not bad at all, Idra/Ret/Ra are clear favorites over Nony any day and they can easily hit ladder no1. |
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 Wala.Revolution Liechtenstein. November 15 2009 18:12. Posts 5474 | Profile Blog # |
| I like the map choice. Destination for standard games + balance, Andromeda for macro play, Outsider for interesting games and two new maps for a sense of refreshment. |
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