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Profile Joined October 2006
Croatia9503 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-12-18 23:07:01
November 30 2019 20:43 GMT
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Welcome everyone!


Welcome all the bombastic people!

BSL Season 7 has just wrapped up. We, however, are anything but done. Get ready for yet another season of your favourite foreign StarCraft league - BSL Season 8 is all ahead full! With the ladder stage set to commence on the 1st of December, the time to start grinding is as good as any. Think you have what it takes? Then fire up the game, head over to Battle.net, create a brand new profile with the BSL8- tag, and rise through the ranks to qualify for a spot in one of the three layers of competition - Pro, Gosu, and Chobo. Plenty of BSL Points are still up for grabs, and with the BSL Season 10 looming on the horizon, things are bound to get heated!

There are two more exciting developments we’re thrilled to share with you:
  1. We partnered up with Liquipedia, your go-to place for all things StarCraft! Information about players, tournaments, events, statistics, maps, strategies and everything you don't know about Starcraft or another game is just on Liquipedia. To celebrate, we will be hosting a bracket prediction contest - tune in to BSL broadcasts for more details. Liquipedia supported us with USD$ 800, it will be put towards production quality improvements and ladder tournaments prize pool during Season 8, 9 and 10.

  2. We're proud to announce Esport.fund has joined the star-studded roster of BSL sponsors! Esport.fund is an organisation run by esports buffs, whose mission is to support the growth of StarCraft and esports in a wider sense. Their involvement made a number of foreign StarCraft events possible and we couldn't be happier to have them on our side. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

    The partnership brings in a whopping $5,500 into the BSL, $4,000 of which will go towards increasing the prize purse of the three upcoming BSL seasons, with $1,500 being put aside for admin and production-related expenses.
    BSL Season 8: $1,000 --> $2,000
    BSL Season 9: $1,000 --> $2,000
    BSL Season 10: $3,000 --> $5,000


With all that out of the way, let’s do some StarCraft.

BSL Season 8


    Ladder stage starts 01 December 2019! You can start playing now!

    How do I sign up?
    1. Create a new account using the BSL8- tag on any gateway
      BSL8-YourNickName, e.g.: BSL8-Hatchet, BSL8-Awerti, BSL8-ZZZero, ..
    2. Head over to: https://bombasticstarleague.com/
    3. Register on the site and add your in-game account to the rankings
    4. Launch StarCraft: Remastered and start laddering! The Ladder Stage commences on December 01 and closes on December 28 at 23:59 CET

      -> If you want to play a SMURF during a ladder stage, you must notify Admins about it. This information will remain among BSL admins until the end of the ladder phase. People who qualify on a smurf without notifying the administrators will be removed from the tournament.


    How do I qualify for each division?

    1. The top 20 players from the Ladder Stage get seeded directly into BSL8 ProLeague
    2. Players ranked #21 to #53 from the Ladder Stage get seeded into BSL8 GosuLeague
    3. All remaining Ladder Stage participants who completed at least 20 ladder games get seeded into BSL8 ChoboLeague

    Continue improving your BSL ladder placement even after qualifying - the player with the higher ladder placement will be given priority during map vetoes in Ro8.

Format
ProLeague [Changed format since BSL7]

  • Ro24 Group Stage – Six groups of four players each, double elimination, first three matches - best-of-one, last two matches - 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 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
  • Grand finals – Best-of-seven.

Seeded into the BSL7 ProLeague from BSL6:
From BSL7 GosuLeague into Ro24: Oya, Yeti, Ziggy, Bandy
From BSL7 ProLeague into Ro16: trutaCz, eOnzErG, Bonyth, Jaeyun


GosuLeague [Changed format since BSL7]

  • Ro32 Group Stage – Ro32 Group Stage – Eight groups of four players each, double elimination, first three matches - best-of-one, last two matches - best-of-three. 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.


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MapsAndVetoes
  • 01.12.2019 - 28.12.2019 Ladder Stage
  • 29.12.2019 - Group draw
  • 04.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 1 & 2
  • 05.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 3 & 4
  • 11.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro24 Group 5 & 6
  • 12.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Group draw ceremony
  • 18.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 1
  • 19.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 2
  • 25.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 3
  • 26.01.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro16 Group 4
  • 01.02.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro8 Day 1
  • 02.02.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro8 Day 2
  • 09.02.2020 - 18:00 CET - Ro4
  • 16.02.2020 - 18:00 CET - Grand Finals and 3rd place match


BSL8 ladder tournaments:

07.12.2019 - Tournament for players below TOP32 in BSL-ladder stage
08.12.2019 - Open Tournament
14.12.2019 - Tournament for players below TOP32 in BSL-ladder stage
15.12.2019 - Open Tournament
21.12.2019 - Tournament for players below TOP32 in BSL-ladder stage
22.12.2019 - Open Tournament
* To participate in any ladder tournament, minimum of 20 games has to be played in BSL-Nickname

MapsAndVetoes
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First maps for each round:

RO24 Group Stage:

Game 1 & 2 = Crossing_Field
Winners Match = Transistor
Losers match & Advancements match = Clay Fields

RO16 Group Stage:

Game 1 & 2 = Hearthbreak_Ridge
Winners Match = Sylphid
Losers match & advancement match = Gladiator

Choosing second / third map rules: winner bans one map, loser choose map from remaining maps in the map pool.

RO8 Bracket:

All matches during the bracket are Bo5. Grand Finals are 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
AB ABABC for BO5 and ABABABC for BO7.

Example of vetoes for the BO5 match:

player A vetoes a map
player B vetoes a map
player A picks the first map
player B picks the second map
player A picks the third map
player B picks the fourth map
the remaining map will be played in the decider match
Once all vetoes and mappicks are done you can start the matches.


Prizepool
The BSL8 Proleague prize pool of $2,000 USD is sponsored by Blizzard & esport.fund and will be distributed as follows:
  • 1st place - $750 + 1500 Bombastic Points + Seed in RO16 of BSL9 + Seed in BSL10
  • 2nd place - $500 + 700 Bombastic Points + Seed in RO16 of BSL9
  • 3rd place - $300 + 500 Bombastic Points + Seed in RO16 of BSL9
  • 4th place - $150 + 400 Bombastic Points + Seed in RO16 of BSL9
  • 5th-8th place - $50 + 250 Bombastic Points
  • 9th-12th place - 25$ + 200 Bombastic Points
Prizepool

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.

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Ranking after Season 7: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft/Bombastic_StarLeague_10/Point_Rank
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 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

https://discord.gg/X7S87gR


8. Prize distribution

Winners of cash prizes are required to contact the organizer to agree on the desired form of payment of the prize. Contact should be via discord. The cost of sending funds and commissions are covered by the recipient.


9. Personal data

Anyone who is participating in the tournament agree to the processing of their personal data, which they made available to the organizer or which are accessible publicly.


10. Additional info

Anyone who is participating in the tournament and is considered a relative of a PEP or SDN/OFAC listed person must contact the organizer.





If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone from the Staff on the discord channel.

If you would like to support BSL Project, read this thread:
https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/550385-bsl-past-present-and-future











GL HF!

Moderator"We're a community of geniuses because we've found how to extract 95% of the feeling of doing something amazing without actually doing anything." - Chill
pebble444
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Italy2497 Posts
November 30 2019 20:48 GMT
#2
Very nice Rule section; it would be nice to see as well a standard set of in game rules too for major Tournaments, as far as I know, nothing has been updated or reframed since the iccup era
"Awaken my Child, and embrace the Glory that is your Birthright"
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42676 Posts
November 30 2019 20:54 GMT
#3
Started laddering already.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
M3t4PhYzX
Profile Joined March 2019
Poland4195 Posts
November 30 2019 21:13 GMT
#4
S-I-C-K ! ! !

awesome format changes and map pool + very good idea to pick first maps so we can see all of them this time :D

Thanks a lot for organizing this ZZZero and thanks to the whole BSL team too. So happy BSL is back. Can't wait for the ro24 already. Go, go, go!
odi profanum vulgus et arceo
FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
November 30 2019 21:21 GMT
#5
long live BSL

Season 8 Hype!!
aka DragOn[NaS]
AntiHack
Profile Joined January 2009
Switzerland553 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-11-30 22:35:59
November 30 2019 21:39 GMT
#6
This is ridiculous! BW growing in 2020 both in viewership and prize pool!! Brood War really is a never-ending source of sweet surprises and events! It's Christmas already boys!
"I am very tired of your grammar errors" - Zoler[MB]
dM-White
Profile Joined February 2007
Chile340 Posts
November 30 2019 21:49 GMT
#7
NICEEE!! btw, i cant change the ladder tag on website oo;
Op dM- @West || http://DisturbedMind.net || https://discord.gg/ePERqJp
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1764 Posts
November 30 2019 22:17 GMT
#8
thanks for all of this!
LML
LG)Sabbath
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
Argentina3022 Posts
December 01 2019 00:07 GMT
#9
amazing price bump, and really good games in the showmatches as well

only downside is I will have to quit laddering for a couple of weeks because now every single protoss who watched the announcement is going carriers PvT :l
https://www.twitch.tv/argsabbath/
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10009 Posts
December 01 2019 00:57 GMT
#10
ty to everyone involved <3

Having a competitive foreign bw scene in 2019 is such a blessing. Blessed by lord ZZZero
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
RAPiDCasting
Profile Joined July 2009
Korea (South)594 Posts
December 01 2019 05:45 GMT
#11
Hell yeah BSL! Can't wait for Season 8! Good luck to everyone laddering!
The faster caster. @RAPiDCasting
angrypofke
Profile Joined March 2017
Lithuania174 Posts
December 01 2019 07:08 GMT
#12
Amazing news! Thank you, ZZZero, and everybody involved for your hard work!
Hatchet_man
Profile Joined December 2013
Russian Federation249 Posts
December 01 2019 08:16 GMT
#13
On December 01 2019 06:49 dM-White wrote:
NICEEE!! btw, i cant change the ladder tag on website oo;

Contact me on Discord
Mazur
Profile Joined July 2011
Poland476 Posts
December 01 2019 09:23 GMT
#14
Gogo BSL ! Good work ZZZero an the BSL team
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28665 Posts
December 01 2019 11:50 GMT
#15
fantastic! making my bsl account now xD
Moderator
hiro protagonist
Profile Joined January 2009
1294 Posts
December 01 2019 17:22 GMT
#16
Stoooooked!

Cool new maps too. Looking forward to seeing it play out!
"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
Rus_Brain
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Russian Federation1893 Posts
December 01 2019 18:10 GMT
#17
10. Additional info
Anyone who is participating in the tournament and is listed in the PEP, SDN or OFAC lists is obligated to contact the organizer.
SDN listed for playing StarCraft, lol 🤣
patyrykin.net
AntiHack
Profile Joined January 2009
Switzerland553 Posts
December 01 2019 18:20 GMT
#18
Rus_Brain MVP !! :DD
"I am very tired of your grammar errors" - Zoler[MB]
LML
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Germany1764 Posts
December 01 2019 19:54 GMT
#19
On December 02 2019 03:10 Rus_Brain wrote:
Show nested quote +
10. Additional info
Anyone who is participating in the tournament and is listed in the PEP, SDN or OFAC lists is obligated to contact the organizer.
SDN listed for playing StarCraft, lol 🤣


What does that rule even mean?
LML
ffswowsucks
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Greece2294 Posts
December 01 2019 20:01 GMT
#20
I m also gonna take part in this! wanna see if i can get in
Terran in particular is a notoriously strong race for a no brain skillhand bot style.
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