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Hurry up M8! Don't be L8! Please don't H8 as this is GR8! It's time now for CPL8!
Will you R8 - eight out of eight?
Hey everyone, welcome to the 8th Season of CPL. I hope you're all ready to make this the best season yet! To get you amped up even more than the totally awesome rhyme above we've got a hype video you can watch while you W8!
CPL 8 HYPE VIDEO
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*Shoutouts to SuperCyan and dada78641 for putting this together!
*Shoutouts to SuperCyan and dada78641 for putting this together!
It is official, the sign-ups for CPL Season 8 are here!
Sign-ups are open until: Sunday, Feb 13 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
For those of you who may not 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 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 7 Liquipedia:
Coach Pupil League Season 7CPL 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 support what we're doing 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. You can check the spoilers below if you'd like to find out more about what to expect in 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 the upper limit in the past has typically had a soft cap of 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 as possible!
So what can I expect as a Player?
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1. The opportunity to practice with teammates and play up to one match per week vs an opponent of similar skill.
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 team mates.
5. There is no minimum time requirement for participating, but the more you put into 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 practice with teammates and play up to one match per week vs an opponent of similar skill.
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 team mates.
5. There is no minimum time requirement for participating, but the more you put into CPL the more you'll get out of it!
Coaches
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Coaches are typically very high leveled players - 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.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.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 expect to help out the lower leveled players on your team prepare for matches, go over replays or any other way you can help them improve!
2. If you are a player as well the ability to play some matches and get coaching from the other higher leveled coaches.
3. In short this role is unique in the fact that it can act as a cross between a coach and a 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 expect to help out the lower leveled players on your team prepare for matches, go over replays or any other way you can help them improve!
2. If you are a player as well the ability to play some matches and get coaching from the other higher leveled coaches.
3. In short this role is unique in the fact that it can act as a cross between a coach and a player, so feel free to check out the Coach and Player roles above.
New Player this season?!??! or want to take a look at an estimated time frame for the league? Check out the LEAGUE OVERVIEW in the spoiler below for a rundown of what to expect from CPL this season:
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1. Sign-ups are open for about 2 weeks.
The last day to sign up will be Sunday February 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 immediately starting February 13th and wrapping up by February 28th.
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 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 league staff to let them know 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 March, day TBD)
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 8 Champions!
(The Curse of the top team was finally broken last season, what will happen this time?!)
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 or Coaches Showmatch anyone!?
***NEW THIS SEASON: CPL WEB APP?!***
While last season we took a big step in upgrading our technical capabilities thanks to all the coding work by StatueS aka sashn. This season we take things even further, for both the league and all of it's participants. In a way this season can be seen as somewhat of a transitional phase from all the work we used to do manually into a lot of it being handled automatically. I would like to give a big shoutout to Y2kid for designing and creating this web app for us with the help of SpeciaLisT and StatueS.
While this is a very exciting time for all of us in CPL we should also expect some growing pains while we make this transition. A lot of this season will be done through this webapp - mostly through the help and interaction of CPL Staff and Team Admin for now. We have a lot of confidence that we can use this for most stages of the league - but there is always the chance of unforeseen problems that arise. In saying this we're hoping you bear with us should any issues occur. The developers will definitely be on the look out for any feedback that could help make the app even better, user friendly, efficient, or anything else that could help - and of course feel free to show all their hard work some love or appreciation.
Now, for what you've all been waiting for - To sign-up for this season of CPL click that Giant Red Button and create an account!
(You need to click sign-up in the top right corner to register!)
Not sure if we got your sign-up? Check the list of confirmed player sign-ups here!
Have any feedback for the developers? find a bug? Want to suggest a new feature for the webapp? You can do so from the forum link on the website.
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.
If you are having any problems with your application or have any other questions/concerns feel free to post them in this thread or contact a staff member on the CPL discord for a faster response.
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Cheers to the CPL team for another season!
