2012 was a trying year for Brood War. MBCGame became a music channel, the OSL crowned JangBi as the last Brood War Champion. After a middle-of-the-road league attempt, Proleague too closed its doors to original StarCraft competition. Undeterred, one man set out to keep the spirit alive in Korea and the SSL was the source of a new beginning, creating a haven among the ashes for players such as Killer and Pusan.
It is time for the same to happen outside Asia. TeamLiquid, with help from Razer and Twitch.tv, will seek to unify and solidify competition among foreigners, capturing and cultivating a love for the game that brought Liquid`Nazgul to Korea so many years ago. We will be hosting a series of three $500 tournaments, ultimately culminating in a final event with $2000 up for grabs.
2013 will be different. The new year brings new beginnings.
Today we are proud to present a new Starcraft: Brood War league: The TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague.
Prize Pool
The first round event will have a prize pool of $500.
Remember that this will be followed by two tournaments of the same size and format, with a $2000 grand finals event.
Format
Like the TSL before, the TeamLiquid Legacy Starleague is a community effort. Anyone outside Korea or China is welcome to play, and the qualification will be done through six open qualifiers. In addition there will be four invites, to be announced later.
An homage to the past, the main tournament will be run with the same format as the MSL of old. The six qualifier winners will be first seeded into Ro24 groups, with the qualifier runner-ups seeded second into Ro24 groups. The remaining 12 slots will be filled from a point ladder for finishing Ro32 or better in the qualifying tournaments. The four invites will be directly seeded into the Ro16.
Each Ro24 and Ro16 group will be played with best-of-1 Dual Tournament (ODT) format, seeding players into an eight man best-of-5 single-elimination bracket.
Schedule
We will have two weeks of qualifier events for the main portion of the tournament, followed by a short break before the ro24 begins. The first qualifier begins January 12, so get ready.
Qualifier Dates
Jan 12. (Sat) - First qualifier Jan 13. (Sun) - Second qualifier Jan 19. (Sat) - Third qualifier Jan 20. (Sun) - Fourth qualifier Jan 26. (Sat) - Fifth qualifier Jan 27. (Sun) - Sixth qualifier
Tournament Broadcasts
Qualifier broadcasts TBD.
Feb 02. (Sat) - Ro24 (Groups A and B) Feb 09. (Sat) - Ro24 (Groups C and D) Feb 16. (Sat) - Ro24 (Groups E and F) Feb 23. (Sat) - Ro16 (Groups A and B) Mar 02. (Sat) - Ro16 (Groups C and D) Mar 09. (Sat) - Ro8 Part I Mar 10. (Sun) - Ro8 Part II Mar 16. (Sat) - Ro4 Mar 23. (Sat) - Finals and 3rd place match
The Teamliquid Legacy Starleague is brought to you by Razer and Twitch
You can qualify for one of the 24 spots by doing the following: 1. Placing first or second in a qualifier tournament. 2. Placing in the Top 12 of non-winners (ranking points).
Ties are broken with a playoff.
Who can qualify for the 24 spots?
A player is eligible to play in the TLS if:
He grew up in a location without a professional StarCraft scene; OR
He currently resides in a location without a professional StarCraft scene and is not affiliated with a professional StarCraft team; AND
He does not have connection lag that would significantly impact quality of play
Sat Jan 12 - TLS Qualifier #1 Sun Jan 13 - TLS Qualifier #2 Sat Jan 19 - TLS Qualifier #3 Sun Jan 20 - TLS Qualifier #4 Sat Jan 26 - TLS Qualifier #5 Sun Jan 27 - TLS Qualifier #6
If I make finals in a qualifier can I play in the others?
No, you cannot. You cannot secretly play under another name -- this will result in disqualification from the TLS and future TL events.
What about banned or previously disqualified users?
Banned users (for any reason) cannot enter these tournaments. Do not try to circumvent by creating smurf accounts. We will find you, and you will be disqualified from the TLS and future TL events.
Can I enter all six qualifiers?
Yes. Anyone who can enter one qualifier can enter all six. You do not have to play all six, but your chances increase as you play more.
What is the Map Pool for the TLS Qualifier tournaments?
Fighting Spirit, New Sniper Ridge, Neo Jade, Neo Ground Zero, Neo Electric Circuit, New Bloody Ridge, and Neo Aztec.
What about hackers / cheaters / abusers?
Any sort of cheating may result in disqualification from the TLS and from future TL events. We take cheating very seriously, and we will hand out harsh punishments.
Why don't you allow everyone including Chinese/Koreans to participate?
The unfortunate truth is that we aren't prepared for the logistics of such a situation. We haven't run a tournament using this system in Brood War before and frankly we're rusty at administering these sorts of events. Having a large group of players who may have difficulty communicating with players or admins is not a scenario where we can guarantee success at this point. Plus, they have SOSPA and the SSL.
ODT? How does that work?
OGN Dual Tournament, the format where the group starts with players paired off into two sets of games. There is another set of games between the winners and the losers of the first games, with a final tie breaker match between who wins those. Text is a pretty poor way of describing this so check out this chart for clarification. The rest of the event itself will be styled very similar to the MSL.
Last edit: 2013-01-14 11:13:20
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Torte de Lini Canada. January 01 2013 05:36. Posts 27050
Wow, unexpected but unbelievably awesome, SC2 is getting stale for me I'll be watching this for sure, was so happy when Sea was streaming bw a week back or so.
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