After seven weeks of qualifiers, the Altitude's ISL3 ascends to the lofty heights of the group stages. In this classic Survivor style format it will be further determined who of the 56 players qualified may continue to sip their overpriced beverages, while 28 of them will be jettisoned into the depths of elimination. This post will detail the format and schedule of this next stage - You can find the full list of people qualified here - and we'd also like to announce the 4 Invited players who will be seeded into the final stage of the tournament. Casts and stream will be done by hacklebeast and EleGant on hacklebeastTV, 21CET Saturdays and by L_Master 19CET on Sundays.
Upon initially announcing ISL3, we said four players would receive an invitation. They will be seeded into the last, single elimination stage of this ISL. As from today, we will be announcing the four invited players, along with some interviews of those invited, at:
The format of the group stage will be similar to that of the MSL Survivor tournament. The 56 qualified players will be seeded into 14 groups of 4 players. Within a 4 player group, player A plays D, player B plays C. The winners of both matches then play each other in the Winner's match. The player to win this match advances to the next round. The losers of the initial two matches play in the Loser's match. The winner of that match plays against the loser of the Winner's match. The winner of this final match also advances to the next round. The other two players are eliminated. All matches are Best-of-1 and all games start on Saturday each week at 19:00 CET. + Show Spoiler [How the seeding works] +
54 players from 7 Qualifiers had to be divided among 14 Groups of 4 players each. Each group is assigned four slots: A, B, C and D The 8 players from Qualifier 1 and 6 players randomly selected from Qualifier 2 are randomly seeded into the 14 slots A The 8 players from Qualifier 7 and 6 players randomly selected from Qualifier 6 are randomly seeded into the 14 slots D The 2 remaining players from Qualifier 2, the 8 players from Qualifier 3 and 4 players randomly selected fomr Qualifier 4 are randomly seeded into the 14 slots B The remaining players (4 from Q4, 8 from Q5, 2 from Q6) are randomly seeded into the 14 slots C For the opening matches, slots A play against D, slots B play against C.
1) Rules Concerning Executive Decisions and Over-Rulings - All Players are subject to administrative discretion. - LRM)Game reserves full discretion over all decisions and procedures.
2) Rules Concerning Behavior - No bad manner will be tolerated in official write-ups by Altitude International Starleague's staff. - No bad manner will be tolerated amongst players during league operations. - No bad manner directed towards Altitude International Starleague's staff is acceptable. This rule's parameters are strictly applied to official write-ups and during league operations. Failure to abide will result in a league ban.
3) Rules Concerning Server and Launcher - All games must be played on Fish Server - If under special circumstance Fish is down for an extended period of time, an announcement will be made in the applicable round's threads. - All games must be played using Mini-Launcher or ChaosLauncher - All games must be played using the #l2, #l1 or #ll settings.
4) Rules Concerning Replays - All replays must be sent to AltitudeISL@gmail.com immediately after the completion of a round. The winner must send in both wins and losses. Failure to do so will result in replacement. If a failed send occurs, however the player has proof of the attempt, the player may advance as long as the replays are delivered before the start of the next round.
5) Rules Concerning Lag - If a player is experiencing an unplayable quantity of lag, they must leave the game before the two minute mark. Beyond this point, the player will be forced to play out the set. - If one player has unplayable lag, the referee handling that players group will set a time for that set to be finished given the availability of the player who is not lagging. - If there is a lag conflict, and there has been a careful effort to verify the conflict's existence, the group will then be re-randomized.
6) Rules Concerning PP matches - If a player makes one of the referee's aware that he cannot play the day of his group match within 72 hours of the set playing time, he will then be allowed to then contact his opponent 48 hours ahead of time to pre-play or postpone the match. The time frame is very tight, and thus must be obeyed. Upon proof via screenshot of contact back and forth between player and opponent, the referee handling the case will then assign a date and time to be played, earlier or later than set time, at a time of mutual availability. The circumstance of a match played earlier is at the discretion of the opponent who is being inconvenienced.
7) Rules Concerning W.O Timers - A player who finds himself without an opponent will be granted a W.O victory for every 15 minutes of waited time. - The above rule is applicable not only to situations of tardiness, but those of neglect. - Technical issues do not apply and will be handled case to case.
8) Rules Concerning Abuse - Any form of abuse will result in the offending player's ban from the Altitude International Starleague. This player will not be allowed to re-enter another qualifier, nor any league operated by the organization of Altitude's International Starleague.
9) Rules Concerning IP - Players may be required to surrender their IP address again at any given time during the league without notice.
1) Rules Concerning Executive Decisions and Over-Rulings - All Players are subject to administrative discretion. - LRM)Game reserves full discretion over all decisions and procedures.
2) Rules Concerning Behavior - No bad manner during the tournament, period. This applies to bad manner of staff, fellow participants, in write-ups, in the official channel, or in game. Professionalism is mandatory, and will be absolute.
3) Rules Concerning Server and Launcher - All games must be played on Fish Server - If under special circumstance Fish is down for an extended period of time, an announcement will be made in the applicable round's threads. - All games must be played using Mini-Launcher or ChaosLauncher - All games must be played using the #l2, #l1 or #ll settings.
4) Rules Concerning Replays - All replays must be sent to AltitudeISL@gmail.com immediately after the completion of a round. The winner must send in both wins and losses. Failure to do so will result in replacement. If a failed send occurs, however the player has proof of the attempt, the player may advance as long as the replays are delivered before the start of the next round.
5) Rules Concerning Lag - If a player is experiencing an unplayable quantity of lag, they must leave the game before the two minute mark. Beyond this point, the player will be forced to play out the set. - If one player has unplayable lag, one the referees will set a time for that set to be finished given the availability of the player who is not lagging. - Under the circumstance of a lag conflict, the set will be forced into postponement. The postponed time and date will be set by the league commissioner. On this time and date, both players must have either found a LAN cafe in which they will be forced to surrender the IP from, or playing from a different, but applicable location. Examples being a friends house, school, library, etc. IP's will also be mandatory from these locations.
6) Rules Concerning PP matches - If a player makes one of the referee's aware that he cannot play the day of his match within 72 hours of the set playing time, he will then be allowed to then contact his opponent 48 hours ahead of time to pre-play or postpone the match. The time frame is very tight, and thus must be obeyed. Upon proof via screenshot of contact back and forth between player and opponent, the referee handling the case will then assign a date and time to be played, earlier or later than set time, at a time of mutual availability. The circumstance of a match played earlier is first at the discretion of the opponent who is being inconvenienced, and then must be confirmed reasonable by said referee.
7) Rules Concerning W.O Timers - A player who finds himself without an opponent will be granted a W.O victory for every 15 minutes of waited time. - The above rule is applicable not only to situations of tardiness, but those of neglect. - Technical issues do not apply and will be handled case to case.
8) Rules Concerning Abuse - Any form of abuse will result in the offending player's ban from the Altitude International Starleague. This player will not be allowed to re-enter another qualifier, nor any league operated by the organization of Altitude's International Starleague.
9) Rules Concerning IP - Players may be required to surrender their IP address again at any given time during the league without notice.
"Altitude is a free to play, fast-paced, competitive, multiplayer game made by and for fans of BW." - Altitude
"There is no doubt in our minds that StarCraft 2 has elevated eSports to a new level over the last year or so. However, it's important to give credit to the game that catalyzed the genesis of eSports as we know it - StarCraft: BroodWar. We at TwitchTV are happy to see that the SC:BW scene continues to live, and are excited to sponsor this event. We encourage any current BroodWar players to stream on TwitchTV and help keep the community vibrant and strong!" - Ben "FishStix" Goldhaber, TwitchTV Outreach Manager
"I'd like to wish the players, caster and viewers a good time, bw hwaiting!" - Prowler
"I'd like to thank every person who makes this tournament possible, and to wish good luck to the players. Let's show everyobody how awesome the foreign bw community can be!" - corumjhaelen
wow I don't care about the level of my opponents, all are good... Just have to do a team kill? so sad... I guess others are in that pool; Dragon/Baku, etc.
I don't need luck, luck is for noobs, good luck to you though
Shotcoder United States. April 03 2012 07:42. Posts 1408
good players have to eliminate each other in zvz or pvp (boring match ups), but it could be a great matches if...: karate goes vs trix (nice match, dont u think so ?) Pike goes vs Gotunk (nice match, dont u think so?) and DeSka goes vs dOTY ( could be mega match) same with dinot.... Dinot vs LML etc...
I don`t like if u pit best players in beggining on zvz matches... and next matches will be just boring It could be just great if u will switch players to make best pairs, for great fights, for great show matches, with match ups like zvt pvz (mostly) ^^ think about it, u pay - u set music...
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WhiteR0se Russian Federation. April 03 2012 10:13. Posts 37
Yah sorry if i said something wrong... something impossible to do, or if i don`t know rules of this tourney.. i just said what i see and what i wish to see.
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Harem United States. April 03 2012 09:58. Posts 9351
