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BSL Season 6 - Format, Maps, Schedule and More!

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BSL Season 6 - Format, Maps, Schedule and More!

Text by2Pacalypse-
December 23rd, 2018 20:00 GMT
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Hello Everyone!


You can’t stop Bombastic StarLeague!

We are happy to announce BSL Season 6 starting December 23, 2018.

As we promised, BSL Season 6 starts immediately after Season 5, just to keep you guys warmed up. It’s possible thanks to Blizzard Entertainment, because they are officially sponsoring the prize pool of Season 6! Don’t forget to thank them when you have the opportunity.



A few words about BSL


The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of South Korea. On top of the BSL main tournament, we will continue to host a series of smaller events:
  1. BSL Faction Wars
  2. BSL Continental Wars, January with BSL
  3. and many more great events!
As you probably know, we are not only focusing on the very best players, but also aiming for top amateur players. We want to encourage new players to join the competition. That's why Season 6 will extend its format to 3 divisions: BSL ProLeague, BSL GosuLeague, and BSL ChoboLeague.



How can I start playing?

  1. Make your own account with the BSL6-Tag on any Gateway. For example: BSL6-Hatchet, BSL6-HaN, BSL6-ZZZero, BSL6-Dandy, etc..
  2. Join our website at the following URL: https://bombasticstarleague.com/
  3. Create an account and add yourself to the rankings
  4. Start playing in the Ladder Stage which begins on Sunday December 23, 2018 through to January 26 23:59 CET, 2019

  5. *Rankings will be manually updated every few days


Who will advance to the next stage?


Top 20 players from the ladder stage will advance to the BSL6 ProLeague
Top 21 to 53 players from the ladder stage will advance the BSL6 GosuLeague
Top 54 to 100 players from the ladder stage will advance to BSL6 ChoboLeague

You should also continue playing BSL ladder after qualifying, as higher placement in the rankings will give you an advantage during map vetoes.
Format
ProLeague


  • Ro24 Group Stage – Six groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-three.
    Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro16.
  • Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-three. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro8.
  • Ro8 and onwards – Single-elimination bracket, best-of-five.
  • Grand finals – Best-of-seven.


Seeds into the BSL6 ProLeague from BSL5:
From BSL5 ChoboLeague into Ro24: Napoleon, Naugrim, Nyoken, Mazur
From BSL5 ProLeague into Ro16: eOnzErg, Bonyth, kogeT, trutaCz


GosuLeague


  • Ro32 Group Stage – Eight groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-one. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro16.
  • Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-three. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro8.
  • Ro8 and onwards – Single-elimination bracket, best-of-five.
  • Grand finals – Best-of-seven.


ChoboLeague


  • Ro48 Group Stage – Eight groups with six players each, double-elimination, best-of-one. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro16.
  • Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-three. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro8.
  • Ro8 and onwards – Single-elimination bracket, best-of-five.
  • Grand finals – Best-of-seven.


BSL6 ProLeague Schedule


  • 02.02.2019 - 19:00 CET – Ro24 Group 1
  • 03.02.2019 - 19:00 CET – Ro24 Group 2
  • 09.02.2019 - 19:00 CET – Ro24 Group 3
  • 10.02.2019 - 19:00 CET – Ro24 Group 4
  • 16.02.2019 - 19:00 CET – Ro24 Group 5


MapsAndVetoes
Map pool to be announced [5 maps from ladder, 2 new ones, 2 old ones].

All matches during the group stages are Bo3. Ro8 matches and onwards are Bo5. Grand Finals are Bo7. As a map pool, we will use 9 maps. As there are 9 maps in the map pool, 6 maps need to be eliminated for a Bo3, 4 maps for Bo5 and 2 maps for Bo7. All vetoes and map picks need to be made before the matches. The player with the higher ladder stage ranking can decide if they want to veto first or second. The order for vetoes is ABABAB ABC for Bo3, ABAB ABABC for Bo5 and AB ABABABC for Bo7.

Example of vetoes for the Bo3 match:
  • Player A vetoes a map
  • Player B vetoes a map
  • Player A vetoes a map
  • Player B vetoes a map
  • Player A vetoes a map
  • Player B vetoes a map
  • Player A vetoes a map

  • Player A picks the first map
  • Player B picks the second map
  • The remaining map will be played in the decider match

Once all vetoes and map picks are done, you can start the matches!
Prizepool
The BSL6 Proleague prize pool of $1,000 USD is sponsored by Blizzard and will be distributed as follows:
  • 1st place - $400
  • 2nd place - $250
  • 3rd place - $150
  • 4th place - $100
  • 5th-8th place - $25
TournamentRules
1. The tournament is residency locked


The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of Korea. Therefore, only players that are living outside of South Korea can participate in this tournament


2. Regular match rules

  • Players must be online and available on Battle.net channel Op BSL (Europe) 15 minutes before their scheduled match. Secondary channel of communication is BSL Open Discord server.
  • 15 minutes after scheduled time, if one of the players not responding, his opponent may claim a technical win for one game.
  • 15 minutes after that he can claim a win for the whole series.

3. Playing matches before the schedule

  • Every match prior to the Elimination Stage can be played ahead of schedule if both players agree.
  • Contact your opponent and set up the date to play. We strongly suggest using BSL Open Discord for this so admins can keep track of things.
  • On the selected day, play your match. Apply the same rules as for a regular match - use Op BSL and Discord to communicate.
  • If both players were unable to play on their selected date/time or weren't able to set one up, match should be played as it was scheduled.
  • It is not allowed to livestream your games or announce the result if you are playing your match earlier.
  • Winner of the match must upload the replays.


4. Latency


Default Turn Rate setting is DTR. If both players agree, Turn Rate setting can be changed.


5. Disconnects


If one of the players gets disconnected from the game before the 2-minute mark, the game must be replayed. If one of the players had an advantage after the 2 minute mark, the decision is up to the admin.


6. Casting the game


Everyone should allow ZZZero or another official caster to join the game for broadcast.


7. Everyone must join the BSL Official Discord channel


https://discord.gg/X7S87gR





If you have any questions, feel free to ask Hatchet, HaN or ZZZero.










GL HF!

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dewalt
Profile Joined April 2011
Russian Federation25 Posts
December 23 2018 20:23 GMT
#2
GG
iRk-AGge
Profile Joined October 2017
Sweden400 Posts
December 23 2018 21:36 GMT
#3
Let'z do this!! iRk hwaiting! <3
kogeT
Profile Joined September 2013
Poland2040 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-12-23 22:13:10
December 23 2018 22:11 GMT
#4
This is so great. Thanks Zero & the team consisting of so many great people, especially Hatchet and HaN.

I also wanted to send big thanks to all the people that cheered for me in BSL5! I wasn't able to play up to my game and hope to really have some more practice for season 6. If anyone wants to arrange some regular practice games ping me!

GL HF to everyone.
https://www.twitch.tv/kogetbw
fazek42
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Hungary438 Posts
December 23 2018 22:24 GMT
#5
On December 24 2018 07:11 kogeT wrote:
This is so great. Thanks Zero & the team consisting of so many great people, especially Hatchet and HaN.

I also wanted to send big thanks to all the people that cheered for me in BSL5! I wasn't able to play up to my game and hope to really have some more practice for season 6. If anyone wants to arrange some regular practice games ping me!

GL HF to everyone.


Was rooting for you! The games vs. Bonyth were so close, great performance overall. Gl in next season!
ZZZero.O
Profile Joined July 2011
Poland1522 Posts
December 23 2018 22:52 GMT
#6
https://www.patreon.com/Bombastic || https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Bombastic_StarLeague || https://linktr.ee/bombastic
Rodya
Profile Joined January 2018
546 Posts
December 24 2018 00:18 GMT
#7
This is exciting.
Banned for saying "zerg players are by far the biggest whiners in sc2 history" despite the fact that this forum is full of such posts about Terrans. Foreigner Elitists in control!
L_Master
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8017 Posts
December 24 2018 00:36 GMT
#8
Crazy turn around time. Looking forward to it.
EffOrt and Soulkey Hwaiting!
AF0x
Profile Joined June 2018
United States59 Posts
December 24 2018 01:05 GMT
#9
Thank you ZZZero! Loved watching the games earlier today. Thank you for all that you do for foreign Brood War!!
HerbMon
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States464 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-12-24 09:32:11
December 24 2018 02:52 GMT
#10
Simply amazing. What you're doing for this community is inspiring, and I hope there are others to soon follow. I love and appreciate everyone who contributes to this from admin to player. Long live broodwar!
How we will win in the period ahead.
soujiro_
Profile Joined June 2010
Uruguay5195 Posts
December 24 2018 03:17 GMT
#11
great news
ace hwaiting!!
Ty2
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United States1434 Posts
December 24 2018 03:45 GMT
#12
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Bakuryu
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany1065 Posts
December 24 2018 07:42 GMT
#13
i cant wait to play :D
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
December 24 2018 11:30 GMT
#14
fuck yeah BSL :D
aka DragOn[NaS]
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1768 Posts
December 24 2018 12:30 GMT
#15
On December 24 2018 07:52 ZZZero.O wrote:
https://twitter.com/ZZZeroPL/status/1076970721836974081


thanks for spoiling it in an announcement thread for another season :/
LML
hiro protagonist
Profile Joined January 2009
1294 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-12-24 18:05:44
December 24 2018 18:00 GMT
#16
Awesome! Stoked this is gonna keep going! Long live BW!

Gonna tryout for the fun of it! Gonna see if my E rank is good enough to get me to chobo league!

Edit: also, thanks Blizzard!
"I guess if you climb enough off-widths, one of these days, your gonna get your knee stuck and shit your pants. Its just an odds thing really" -Jason Kruk
nbaker
Profile Joined July 2009
United States1341 Posts
December 24 2018 22:28 GMT
#17
Thanks, Zzzzero! Love your tournaments!
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria409 Posts
December 25 2018 13:03 GMT
#18
BSL5 final was the first content I watched and I had immense amount of fun. Thank you for the efforts! I will follow BSL6 more closely, it should produce fun games.
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10675 Posts
December 26 2018 16:30 GMT
#19
Sweet, thanks for all of your help hosting events in the community, you guys are awesome and this is great news that Blizzard is now sponsoring Season 6 of BSL.

I think you should make that fact stand out a little more in the OP text, that is pretty significant!

AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
ZZZero.O
Profile Joined July 2011
Poland1522 Posts
December 27 2018 09:12 GMT
#20
Thanks for all nice words guys, that's so nice and gives us motivation to keep working.

Guys, we would really apreciate if you could spread the word, that BSL6 Ladder Stage is now ON. I know that not everyone is reading TL - and if you have some way to contact SC:BW players from your region/country - give them information how to start playing



REMINDER: You should play at least 1 game to be displayed on our webpage ranking.



https://www.patreon.com/Bombastic || https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Bombastic_StarLeague || https://linktr.ee/bombastic
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