Liquipedia Weekly #12
TSL TSL TSL!!!
This is probably what's on your mind right now and, at Liquipedia, we're no different really. As the chroniclers of StarCraft history, the announcement of the third TeamLiquid StarLeague brought us the opportunity to record history as it was being made. As Liquipedia is part of TeamLiquid, we will do our share. Today we introduce you to the first inklings of what will be the best fucking article on Liquipedia ever.
We plan on recording a TON of stuff concerning the event. Looking at the tabs there a no less than eight (so far!).
Let's dive into the first two. The Overview pretty much offers a compilation of all the stuff we already know: a bit of history, the qualification process and the tournament's structure. The Seeds tab offers an overview of the three players already qualified through TSL2. You'll notice Mondragon doesn't have much of a LP page yet - maybe some fanboys can step up and help us fill the gaps?
The Qualification process will soon commence. In this the TeamLiquid SC2 Opens will play a huge role. Not only will the winners advance directly into TSL, there's also a Points system we'll be keeping track of.
TeamLiquid Open
by Pholon
by Pholon
The TeamLiquid Opens all have their individual articles on Liquipedia. We keep track of date and time, final 16, and of course eventual winners etc. Clicking the link above will show you the overview where it is explained what TL Opens are. Scrolling down a bit you'll find the links to the individual Opens' pages.
For the TSL, the next eight TL Opens are going to be extremely important. The first TL:Open that's around the corner is TL:Open . The page is already set up, but during and after the event we need it to be tip-top okay.
This is how you can contribute! For the next eight weeks we'll be looking to make the best we can out of these articles. Brackets and results speak for themselves, but feel free to add any additional stuff like battle reports and (winner) interviews.
Lastly, shoutouts to Sqalevon and flicky for keeping these articles up-to-date so far!
When the actual tournament kicks off, we plan on making the page concerning The Matches absolutely gigantic. Think battle reports, links to strategies used, VODs, post-match interviews. You name it. Another part that we hope will be huge is the Statistics page. With this huge ambitious project we'll need a lot of contributors though. Do you want to write battle reports of your favourite player, keep track of what Colossus racks up the most kills or figure out what map is the imbalancedest? Join us in our endeavours, cause remember:
The most fun though will be the Gallery. This is where all peripherals go. The hype and intro videos, the artwork, the music, the fan-made cheerfuls, the memes. EVERYTHING.
I've said it before but I'll say it once more. This will be the best fucking article ever. So if you want to contribute in even the smallest way, please please do. Want to make a section about the casters? Maybe the maps? Or maybe list the funnest quotes somewhere. Visit us on Quakenet (#liquipedia or click me) and we'll find you a spot!
In other news, congratulations to salle and Kokkan! As they have been valuable assets to our ever growing pool of contributors, we recently promoted these two guys. Welcome to the crew!
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