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Hey everyone. I hope you're all ready and excited for the next season of CPL! That's right the official sign-up page for CPL Season 7 is here! For those of you who don't know, the Coach Pupil League is a StarCraft community designed to help low to mid level players improve in a competitive team league format. Every season groups of players team up under the tutelage of experienced coaches and compete against each other over several weeks.
If you'd like more information you can always check us out at any of the links below. With no minimum requirement to join, and a very flexible format allowing you to choose your own level of time commitment, CPL is a great place to learn the game and get your start at StarCraft. If you already have some BroodWar experience but not sure how to improve, it's the perfect place to take your game to the next level!
*Most of the league is handled through discord, so at a minimum you will need to join us there if you're not apart of the community already
CPL Season 6 Liquipedia:
Coach Pupil League Season 6CPL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/coachpupilleague
CPL Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/coachpupilleague
CPL Discord: https://discord.gg/6QEXQ8d
*CPL is free but if you would like to show us some support you can donate to us here: https://ko-fi.com/cplbw
CPL strives to include as many members of the community as possible, and so in short there are three varying types of roles in CPL. Players, Coaches, and Assistant Coaches, If you're new this season you can check the spoilers below to find out more about what to expect with each role.
Players
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Players can vary greatly in skill level, there is no minimum level to sign up as a player, but typically the upper limit in the past has been set around 1900mmr. Furthermore players are divided up into different Tiers based on their skill level - this is in the hopes of providing as close of a match-up for you as possible!
So what can I expect as a Player?
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1. The opportunity to play up to one match per week vs an opponent of similar skill/practice with teammates/coaches.
2. You do not have to participate every week.
3. You do not have to play at a specific time, but arranging to pre-play matches is up to you and your opponent.
4. Higher level players should try to spend some time assisting their teammates.
5. There is no minimum time requirement for participating, but the more you put into the CPL the more you'll get out of it!
So what can I expect as a Player?
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1. The opportunity to play up to one match per week vs an opponent of similar skill/practice with teammates/coaches.
2. You do not have to participate every week.
3. You do not have to play at a specific time, but arranging to pre-play matches is up to you and your opponent.
4. Higher level players should try to spend some time assisting their teammates.
5. There is no minimum time requirement for participating, but the more you put into the CPL the more you'll get out of it!
Coaches
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Coaches are typically very high leveled players (1900+ MMR) - those that are too skilled to participate in league play but still want to give back to the community and help it's player base grow and improve. Note that coaches are all community members and gamers volunteering their time to help!
What to expect as a Coach:
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1.To spend some time Coaching your team members/helping them prepare for their matches.
2.All teams will have more than one coach to help with the time commitment, including Assistant Coaches.
3.Full autonomy in how they want to coach their players.
4.The option to pick/draft some players to your team (not required)
5.No requirements to handle team management (line-ups, substitutions, etc) - teams will be assigned a couple of Team Admins to help with that.
What to expect as a Coach:
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1.To spend some time Coaching your team members/helping them prepare for their matches.
2.All teams will have more than one coach to help with the time commitment, including Assistant Coaches.
3.Full autonomy in how they want to coach their players.
4.The option to pick/draft some players to your team (not required)
5.No requirements to handle team management (line-ups, substitutions, etc) - teams will be assigned a couple of Team Admins to help with that.
Assistant Coaches
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The Assistant Coaches fall into that grey area between coach and player. This role is for players who want to play and coach, or to just coach but maybe aren't as high leveled as some of the other coaches (and that is totally ok!) Assistant coach will only be assigned to those who want it and are able to qualify/play at or above a Tier 0 level.
What to expect as an Assistant Coach:
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1. You should be looking to help the players on your team improve.
2. If you are a player as well you'll get to play some matches and be able to get coaching from the other higher leveled coaches.
3. If you don't plan on playing in the league we may still require you to play in preseason or have some other matches/replays to confirm you're at least a Tier 0 level.
4. In short this role is unique in the fact that it's a cross between coach and player, so feel free to check out the Coach and Player roles above.
What to expect as an Assistant Coach:
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1. You should be looking to help the players on your team improve.
2. If you are a player as well you'll get to play some matches and be able to get coaching from the other higher leveled coaches.
3. If you don't plan on playing in the league we may still require you to play in preseason or have some other matches/replays to confirm you're at least a Tier 0 level.
4. In short this role is unique in the fact that it's a cross between coach and player, so feel free to check out the Coach and Player roles above.
New Player this season? Check out the LEAGUE OVERVIEW in the spoiler below for a rundown of what to expect from the league:
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1. Sign-ups are open for 2 weeks.
The last day to sign up will be Sunday June 13th. If you miss the sign-ups but still want to play you will be added to a waitlist.
2. After sign-ups close there will be 2 weeks of preseason games.
Preseason will begin June 14th and wrap up June 27th.
Preseason is typically the busiest time for CPL players. While it isn't mandatory to play all of the preseason games.. We would still encourage you to play as many as possible - The more you're able to play the better/more accurately we can place you in the correct Tier and team to offer you the best experience. We also use this as a way to judge player activity. Those who play little to no preseason games and DO NOT contact the league admin to let them know if they're unable to play in preseason WILL NOT be eligible for the team draft.
3. After preseason has concluded the team draft will take place and teams will be formed!
(Team reveal stream hype?! - Early July)
Once teams have been formed you will be added into a team channel with your coaches and teammates. Over the next week your team should come up with a team name and logo.
4. Regular season play begins.
The number of players and weeks are TBD and depend a lot on how many participants we get for the league, however there will be plenty of opportunities to play most weeks, or take some weeks off if you'd like! Typically this phase of the league will last 6-8 weeks. Where your team will play against a different team each week. Individual players can decide if they do or do not want to play a league match each week.
5. At the conclusion of the regular season teams will get a chance in the playoffs and eventually the Grand Finals where we find out who will be the Season 7 Champions!
(Will we finally overcome the curse of the top team this season?!)
This phase of the league comes after a week break between the season and playoffs. While this is also TBD based on player participation.. in general you can expect about 3 weeks to determine the winner!
6. Be on the look-out for some different/optional events throughout the season as well!
KOTT (King Of The Tiers) Tournament anyone!?
Finally I want to give a big shoutout to StatueS aka sashn for creating a new Application Form for us and helping push CPL forward to make things more streamlined for those involved. Look forward to some more potentially exciting updates like this for this season?! So if you want to play in CPL click the giant red button (link) and fill out our application form below!
>>> APPLICATION FORM <<<
>You should get a confirmation that your application was successful if it worked<
Check out the list of confirmed player sign-ups if you want to make sure we got your application.
Trouble with the application form?:
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- We expect the form to work for most players (will not work with Internet Explorer, so please use another browser!) this is still mostly untested at a large scale so we may run into problems and some players may not be able to fill out the form. If for whatever reason you cannot fill out the form you may still post your application in the thread below (form in spoiler below).
- If you cannot use the form any information you could give us as to a potential issue or reason why along with your application (such as the browser used/your location/what part did not work etc) would be greatly appreciated!
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PLEASE USE THE APPLICATION FORM ABOVE (THE BIG RED TEXT SAYING "APPLICATION FORM" IS THE LINK) IF YOU CAN. ONLY FILL OUT AND POST THIS FORM IN THE THREAD BELOW IF YOU CANNOT USE THE FORM FOR SOME REASON.
1. Your screen name
This will be the name that CPL uses on all official posts and should match your discord name or nickname in the CPL server for ease of coordination
2. Discord account including discriminator (4 digit number to follow ex ~Medi~#1708)
3. Coach/Player/Assistant Coach?
4. Approx MMR or best guess. You can use a previous ICCUP rank, otherwise enter in 0000. If 0000 is chosen we may require you to play extra games or supply replays to help get you into the appropriate Tier.
5. Race/Match-ups you play (random is not allowed but you may play a different race week to week if you wish)
6. Timezone (In GMT please!)
6a. Your availability to practice in your local time (Morning 6:00 - 12:00, Afternoon 12:00 - 18:00, Evening 18:00 - 0:00, Night 0:00 - 6:00) [Choose all that apply]
7. Estimated level of activity? - [Very Active - Would like to play more than 50% of the weeks. Active - Would like to play ~50% of the time. Less Active - Would like to play less than 50% of the weeks.
8. Would you like to help out with CPL this season? Team Admin (helps with submitting line-ups/scores), Casting, Liquipedia, Graphics, Other? (Please specify)
9. Anything else we should know? (There will be a form sent out after preseason for team/player/coach requests!)
* Note there will be another form sent out later if you have any specific player or team requests.
If you missed sign-ups you can still get involved by filling out the application form and being added to a waitlist to get in if any spots open up, or you may DM your application to a member of the staff on discord to be added to the waitlist.
If you have any other questions/concerns etc feel free to post them in this thread or contact us on the CPL discord for a faster response.
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