The long-awaited seventh installment of the Bombastic StarLeague (BSL) kicks off on the 15th of August 2019! We are proud to announce we have partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to bring you not one, but four fully-fledged, action-packed seasons of your favourite StarCraft: Remastered tournament outside of South Korea. Bombastic StarLeague Season 7—as well as seasons 8 and 9—will feature a USD $1,000 prize purse each, culminating in a USD $3,000 grand finale at Bombastic StarLeague Season 10.
The BSL is the brainchild of a hard-working crew dedicated to making the largest StarCraft : Remastered tournament circuit outside of Korea. We’d like to thank the community for the support we’ve received over the past few seasons and we hope the fruits of our labour will once again live up to everyone’s expectations.
Our goal is to create a healthy competitive environment for players outside of South Korea. The BSL is split into three separate skill-based divisions, catering to the needs of both experienced players and newcomers to the scene alike. The three levels of competition are the BSL ChoboLeague, BSL GosuLeague, and BSL ProLeague.
Key information:
Prize pool rundown:
BSL7: USD $1,000
BSL8: USD $1,000
BSL9: USD $1,000
BSL10: USD $3,000
Seasons 7 through 9 will employ the same format as BSL6, with a slight change to the Ro24 of ProLeague. This round will now be played out in a Bo1 format.
The Ladder Stage will be considerably shorter than in previous seasons, so best queue up as soon as you can and start climbing the ranks!
In addition to cash rewards (and bragging rights, of course), BSL seasons 7, 8, and 9 will award participants Bombastic Points, which will later be used to determine 20 of the 32 players seeded into BSL10.
How do I sign up?
Create a new account using the BSL7- tag on any gateway BSL7-YourNickName, e.g.: BSL7-Hatchet, BSL7-HaN, BSL7-ZZZero, ..
Register on the site and add your in-game account to the rankings
Launch StarCraft: Remastered and start laddering! The Ladder Stage commences on August 15 and closes on September 07 at 23:59 CET
How do I qualify for each division?
The top 20 players from the Ladder Stage get seeded directly into BSL7 ProLeague
Players ranked #21 to #53 from the Ladder Stage get seeded into BSL7 GosuLeague
All remaining Ladder Stage participants who completed at least 20 ladder games get seeded into BSL7 ChoboLeague
Continue improving your BSL ladder placement even after qualifying - the player with the higher ladder placement will be given priority during map vetoes.
ProLeague
Ro24 Group Stage – Six groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-one. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Ro32 Group Stage – Eight groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-one. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Grand finals – Best-of-seven.
ChoboLeague
RoXX Group Stage – 12 groups with XX players in each, best-of-one. The top 4 players of each group advance to Ro48.
Ro48 Group Stage – Eight groups with six players each, double elimination, best-of-one. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Grand finals – Best-of-seven.
15.08.2019 - 08.09.2019 Ladder Stage
09.09.2019 - Group draw
14.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 1 & 2
15.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 3 & 4
21.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 5 & 6
22.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Group draw ceremony
28.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 1
29.09.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 2
05.10.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 3
06.10.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 4
19.10.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro8 Day 1
20.10.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro8 Day 2
26.10.2019 - 18:00 CET - Ro4
02.11.2019 - 18:00 CET - Grand Finals and 3rd place match
The BSL7 Proleague prize pool of USD $1,000 is sponsored by Blizzard and will be distributed as follows:
1st place - USD $400 + 1500 Bombastic Points
2nd place - USD $250 + 700 Bombastic Points
3rd place - USD $150 + 500 Bombastic Points
4th place - USD $100 + 400 Bombastic Points
5th-8th place - USD $25 + 250 Bombastic Points
We introduce to you BSL Points
BSL Points will be awarded throughout BSL seasons 7, 8 and 9 based on rankings in each division. These points will then be used to determine the 20 players seeded into BSL Season 10.
The three upcoming seasons of the Bombastic StarLeague—seasons 7, 8 and 9—will feed into a much larger grand finale tour of BSL10. While this tournament will employ a similar structure to previous seasons, the ProLeague division of BSL10 will undergo slight structural changes.
The Champions of BSL7, BSL8, and BSL9 will all be receiving a direct seed into the BSL10 ProLeague Round of 32. The remaining spots will be distributed among the top performers of the league: 20 spots will be determined via BSL Points ranking, 8 spots will be rewarded as a result of the BSL10 ladder stage, and a final 16-man last-chance tournament for ladder players ranked 9th through 24th will determine the final spot.
Note that we are still finalising all the details regarding BSL10 GosuLeague and BSL10 ChoboLeague. Keep an eye out for further announcements.
BSL10 ProLeague format
Ro32 Group Stage – Eight groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three. The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 – One swiss-style group, best-of-three, the top 6 advances to the final stage.
Final Stage – stepladder playoffs: 6th place finisher vs 5th place finisher → winner vs 4th place finisher → winner vs 3rd place finisher → winner vs 2nd place finisher → winner vs 1st place finisher (Grand finale).
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 and admins 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 to the admins.
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
On August 14 2019 14:19 madcowsx8 wrote: sorry im new to bsl do the games count on regular bnet ladder or do you have to play another person with a bsl7 tag?
On August 14 2019 14:19 madcowsx8 wrote: sorry im new to bsl do the games count on regular bnet ladder or do you have to play another person with a bsl7 tag?
You just make a nick with BSL tag and start playing regular ladder.
In chobo league how are the first stage groups going be decided? Is it going to be random or ladder stage placements will matter? (so I mean can we have #54 #55 #56 and so on in the same group or is there going to be some system* used that this doesn't happen?)
On August 14 2019 18:37 Cold_King wrote: If i can't be online because of work on the time of my group match, can it be rescheduled if i warn for that earlier?
Usually we are doing everything to adjust dates to the players. Of course, if you will not be able to play 4 weekends in a row, it will be a problem, but if it will be off one weekend and you will tell us about it earlier, we will try to help you re-scheduling your group.
On August 14 2019 20:41 Szinkler wrote: In chobo league how are the first stage groups going be decided? Is it going to be random or ladder stage placements will matter? (so I mean can we have #54 #55 #56 and so on in the same group or is there going to be some system* used that this doesn't happen?)
On August 14 2019 18:37 Cold_King wrote: If i can't be online because of work on the time of my group match, can it be rescheduled if i warn for that earlier?
Usually we are doing everything to adjust dates to the players. Of course, if you will not be able to play 4 weekends in a row, it will be a problem, but if it will be off one weekend and you will tell us about it earlier, we will try to help you re-scheduling your group.
On August 14 2019 20:41 Szinkler wrote: In chobo league how are the first stage groups going be decided? Is it going to be random or ladder stage placements will matter? (so I mean can we have #54 #55 #56 and so on in the same group or is there going to be some system* used that this doesn't happen?)
Like an early Christmas present; thank you for giving some music time and energy to the Foreign Broodwar community. I have never seen a tournament this well organized and structured;
Can the pro-league group stages be pre-played if all players cannot make it on the day? I'm not sure if I can make all of the weekends they will be played on.
I really don't think having 24 days instead of 23 days is an advantage that matters in any way whatsoever. Like, I get the 'it was supposed to start at X' principle and wanting to adhere to rules but in terms of fairness, this doesn't matter at all. I mean myself I'm planning on trying to hit a lucky peak and then to stop playing, which prolly means trying to peak in the last week so mmr decay doesn't influence it (if I hit S).
On August 16 2019 05:21 Liquid`Drone wrote: I really don't think having 24 days instead of 23 days is an advantage that matters in any way whatsoever. Like, I get the 'it was supposed to start at X' principle and wanting to adhere to rules but in terms of fairness, this doesn't matter at all. I mean myself I'm planning on trying to hit a lucky peak and then to stop playing, which prolly means trying to peak in the last week so mmr decay doesn't influence it (if I hit S).
On August 16 2019 00:04 AttackZerg wrote: Alright Chobo league - lets do this.
See you there
I found you on ladder.
I think you might make one of the big boy leagues. 1900+ on west aint chobo league (
Gateway doesn't affect matchmaking afaik. Geographic location does (and connection).
Gateway is often choosen for geographic location.
On west above 1700 is all Korean. 1900+ vs them is solid af.
My point stands. Lg)sabbath hwaiting!
You and I both know traditionally "on West" means "on West gateway" which is meaningless nowadays, if you meant "on the West coast/Latin America that routes to West coast and hypothetically catches Koreans more so than Europeans" then yea maybe. At the end of the day, Sabbath, if he is living in Argentina, will most likely match fewer Koreans than someone living in California and (probably, not 100% sure on the infrastructure optimization) around the same if not less than people living on the East coast. He is far more likely to hit other people close to him geographically (Latin America) than he is to hit West Coast, East Coast, or Koreans.
On August 16 2019 00:04 AttackZerg wrote: Alright Chobo league - lets do this.
See you there
I found you on ladder.
I think you might make one of the big boy leagues. 1900+ on west aint chobo league (
Gateway doesn't affect matchmaking afaik. Geographic location does (and connection).
Gateway is often choosen for geographic location.
On west above 1700 is all Korean. 1900+ vs them is solid af.
My point stands. Lg)sabbath hwaiting!
You and I both know traditionally "on West" means "on West gateway" which is meaningless nowadays, if you meant "on the West coast/Latin America that routes to West coast and hypothetically catches Koreans more so than Europeans" then yea maybe. At the end of the day, Sabbath, if he is living in Argentina, will most likely match fewer Koreans than someone living in California and (probably, not 100% sure on the infrastructure optimization) around the same if not less than people living on the East coast. He is far more likely to hit other people close to him geographically (Latin America) than he is to hit West Coast, East Coast, or Koreans.
Fair enough. TBH - I have been away for years, started Remastered last week and the day after I joined they made ladder global. So I am pretty ignorant. I thought the old, I play on west because I'm in the west, was still relevent.
On August 16 2019 00:04 AttackZerg wrote: Alright Chobo league - lets do this.
See you there
I found you on ladder.
I think you might make one of the big boy leagues. 1900+ on west aint chobo league (
Gateway doesn't affect matchmaking afaik. Geographic location does (and connection).
Gateway is often choosen for geographic location.
On west above 1700 is all Korean. 1900+ vs them is solid af.
My point stands. Lg)sabbath hwaiting!
You and I both know traditionally "on West" means "on West gateway" which is meaningless nowadays, if you meant "on the West coast/Latin America that routes to West coast and hypothetically catches Koreans more so than Europeans" then yea maybe. At the end of the day, Sabbath, if he is living in Argentina, will most likely match fewer Koreans than someone living in California and (probably, not 100% sure on the infrastructure optimization) around the same if not less than people living on the East coast. He is far more likely to hit other people close to him geographically (Latin America) than he is to hit West Coast, East Coast, or Koreans.
Fair enough. TBH - I have been away for years, started Remastered last week and the day after I joined they made ladder global. So I am pretty ignorant. I thought the old, I play on west because I'm in the west, was still relevent.
My bad.
All good!
Just to clarify, they made ladder MORE global recently, it seems. So, what you're saying is close to the truth, no doubt.
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong I registered as bsl7-janitor I'm like 4-7 in ladder (I suck) But I'm not listed on the standings page on the bsl site Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
On August 18 2019 14:12 madcowsx8 wrote: I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong I registered as bsl7-janitor I'm like 4-7 in ladder (I suck) But I'm not listed on the standings page on the bsl site Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
On August 18 2019 14:12 madcowsx8 wrote: I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong I registered as bsl7-janitor I'm like 4-7 in ladder (I suck) But I'm not listed on the standings page on the bsl site Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Hey dude - took 12 hrs for my account to show up. I almost posted the same thing.
I absolutely agree with a 20 or 30 game minimum -- it stops people from trying to game the placement to artificially inflate mmr going 5-0. It also stops people trying to game the system on the last day of the ladder as well. It would also stop people doing other clever things (one could go 4-0 on a bunch of accounts now, avoid decay and then just need to win 1 single game on the last day of the ladder).
Yeah, the 5-0 concept really goes against the concept of wanting to initiate ladder activity and to drive people to improve even further. With 20 games minimum you have to improve in order to increase your MMR, with 5-0 you only need to get lucky at your current skill. No real improvement required.
Love the ladder stage, but I agree that there should be a minimum requirement for games played to be a valid contestant.
For reference I'm currently at 2050 on my BSL account with 30+ games played, and playing 'legit' at my current skill level, I picture myself having a very hard time getting above 2150. Earlier in the season on another account however I went 5-0 in placement matches and got 2240 from that.
On August 18 2019 22:51 ZZZero.O wrote: We decided to extend a minimum 20 games rule for Proleague and Gosuleague too.
IF you want to qualify for Proleague or Gosuleague, you should have minimum 20 games played in your BSL-Account.
We believe it will support healthy competition over abusing placement matches.
Thanks a lot.
Not only do I respect your strength as a broodwar player.
I respect the quickness with which you addressed a gameable flaw.
I hope to qualify for a league where that matter.
Thanks for lending your weight on the topic Eri - I am bouncing between 1850-1880 with a peak ability of 1920-1930 and got really disheartended when I saw how many people can go 5-0 and end up 2200.
Pretty cool to see more iterations of BSL. Great job ZZZero, HaN, Hatchet and whoever else is involved. Maybe I'll try to qualify if I decide to ladder ^^
On August 22 2019 05:09 BigFan wrote: Pretty cool to see more iterations of BSL. Great job ZZZero, HaN, Hatchet and whoever else is involved. Maybe I'll try to qualify if I decide to ladder ^^
Do it!
Everyone who can please play at least play 20 games. The more we grow this league, the better for our community. We need leagues with prizes to help keep the talent and player base.
I got to say, the Europe ladder is at least several times more competitive than 2 years ago when the trial season was running. Many new names and after playing a bunch I am struggling at 1900 while in 2017 I was gravitating around 2100-2200. Things are getting better for this game, I am sure nobody expected this in 2012! Good job to everybody and props for the skill
On August 30 2019 02:56 StRyKeR wrote: How does the BSL website gather ranking / win-loss data for each player? Is there some API that Blizzard provides?
I believe starlo.gg closed down because there was no public api available, so maybe blizzard provided something to BSL?
On August 30 2019 02:56 StRyKeR wrote: How does the BSL website gather ranking / win-loss data for each player? Is there some API that Blizzard provides?
There's no official API, but it is possible to retrieve data from the game client.
On August 30 2019 02:56 StRyKeR wrote: How does the BSL website gather ranking / win-loss data for each player? Is there some API that Blizzard provides?
There's no official API, but it is possible to retrieve data from the game client.
Do you mean through BWAPI? I thought that didn't work in SCR
No, directly from the game. Last time when Blizzard found out how some projects (including us) retrieve data from the starcraft.com website, they just closed this possibility, because it is not officially supported. That's why I'm not sure I want to go into details
On August 30 2019 21:46 Hatchet_man wrote: No, directly from the game. Last time when Blizzard found out how some projects (including us) retrieve data from the starcraft.com website, they just closed this possibility, because it is not officially supported. That's why I'm not sure I want to go into details
Cool thanks, I guess that's why starcraft.com has so little info about accounts
On September 03 2019 05:30 Alpha-NP- wrote: Anybody have a link/screenshot of the top bsl ladder current players? I’m curious who is trying to qualify for this out of old players. Thanks.
I ask every qualified player to join BSL Discord https://discord.gg/vh8CrTp as it will be our main communication channel. If you don't have Discord, please tell me any other way to contact you. Pm me on TL or ZZZero on facebook or even email us admin@bombasticstarleague.com
Thank you ZZZero (and the rest of the team). BSL has been an absolute pleasure to watch and are one of the single largest motivations for everyone to keep playing and introducing new people to the scene. BSL10 was a sucess and I hope BSL11, and the next chapters will have even more.
I appreciate each and every member of the community who has contributed to have a tournament scene. Thanks for all the hard working players, map makers, organizers, photoshoppers, casters, and all of the other hard work and time that I am unaware of behind the scenes.
Things have been shitty for the last 7 months and all of this hard work has made this strange time more endurable. From the place where we home grow the grapes of wrath - Thank you.
EPT
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