The Dutch StarCraft League (DSCL) is an open StarCraft 2-tournament held in the Netherlands. Anyone is free to join, as long as they are willing and able to come to the offline finals (if they make it that far). Players from all skill levels are welcome – it doesn’t matter if you’re a bronze player or a pro – and participation is free! The main goal of the tournament is having fun.
All info about the tournament is on the Dutch StarCraft League website. The format of the individual league, in a nutshell, is: 1) 12 online qualifiers. Top two get direct seed, the rest earn qualification points. 64 players (24 direct seed + 40 top points) qualify for the tournament. 2) Main Tournament - 4 separate 16-player double elimination brackets. Top two of each bracket move on to offline finals. 3) Live (offline) finals on June 1st 2013 - top 8 players play a double elimination bracket to determine the winner.
Team league: start in March. No qualifiers, all teams get seeded into double elimination brackets. Top 4 teams get invited to live finals event and play single elimination to determine the winner.
The qualifiers have finished and both the Individual League and Team League have started! There are weekly broadcasts (on Thursdays and Sundays) and we're now taking seat reservations for the finals!
Bonus: We were on national television in October - Ret & Harstem were also there to play a live game. Check it out right here.
Note: when this topic was started, the tournament was introduced as a student-only tournament. You'll find the discussion leading up to the decision to make it completely open on the first few pages.
Last edit: 2013-03-26 04:25:34
conquerchimp Netherlands. March 02 2012 21:13. Posts 64
I haven't enrolled myself for another study yet, but I want to echo my support anyways Gl with organising this, hope it'll be a fun and recurring league!
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Wait what, 2013 :O. This is only if we survive 2012. On a more serieus note, Grubby and Rotterdam casting? :D i'll keep my ears open for sc2 players at my university
@Darcomicron & @Passion (PM): you raise a valid point. Why not let everyone play along? Why not a general national starcraft league? We could still have teams from companies / universities / etc. if we wanted.
We'd need a name though. Is there anything compatible with our cool 4-letter domain that we could use? Netherlands S...? StarCraft League? Would be cool to reuse the domain, because domains like dsl.nl (Dutch StarCraft League) and nsl.nl have obviously been taken already.
And are there downsides to making this a general league? With which leagues would we be competing?
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Saechiis Netherlands. March 02 2012 22:30. Posts 2883
This sounds and looks awesome! I myself study at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam, and have overheard several other students talking about SC2 already, so finding enough players from all universities and hogescholen in The Netherlands shouldn't be a problem!
Artanis[Xp] Netherlands. March 02 2012 22:49. Posts 3453
I'm sorry to have spoken out of bounds! All I meant is that it's not impossible to reach you, as I've e-mailed with your manager earlier, and she said that she was "certain that you'd be very interested in the event" I'll change it to 'we could try to pursuade Apollo and TotalBiscuit', and of course contact you as early as possible when things like dates become concrete.
seodoth Netherlands. March 02 2012 23:53. Posts 276
Why do you people exclude students that do not go to a hogeschool of university? People who go to MBO should have the same right to play. Same can be said for Phd students. Also it sucks that once you stop with a study or you graduate, you cannot play anymore :S Why not make a normal amateur tournament for everyone in Holland to participate in. You'd get more people to show up, more sponsor money and more viewers.
VanCaspel Netherlands. March 03 2012 00:00. Posts 178
"Hogeschool" is equivalent to "HBO (Hoger beroepsonderwijs) "Universiteit" is as it says.
Did you accidentally exclude MBO (Middelbaar beroepsonderwijs) students or are they not eligible? I triple checked to be sure and MBO educations do not fall under 'hoge school'.
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Horururu Netherlands. March 03 2012 00:06. Posts 2
As a Games Design Student, and someone who spends alot of time in Nijmegen where my parrents live, this is like a dream come true. Finaly a Dutch tournament! And basicaly in my backyard. Time to put my masterleague skills to the test in a tournament for the first time! And I would be the first person to come to any sort of help you need with graphics(Studying to become concept artist) wise or otherwise(Father works in theather in Nijmegen, great recourse for E-sports set-design), but allas my lowly education does not qualify.
I actualy never made TL account before because I mostly steer away from forum discussions. But this time I actualy felt insulted. What possible reason could you have to exclude MBO's from your list? Are we to lowly and uneducated to play in the same room as an University snob?
Anyway, good luck with your discriminatory tournament. And I wonder, did are Grubby or Ret still in college?(lol)
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Gl with organising this, hope it'll be a fun and recurring league!
