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New MSL Format:
Round of 16 - 4 groups of 4, dual tournament-like double elimination tournament, top two advance.
Round of 8 - 2 groups of 4, dual tournament-like double elimination tournament, top two advance.
Semifinals - Single elimination tournament.
Finals - They mudwrestle.
Because Precision is why I live...
Week 1: Group selection
Week 2: Round of 16. Group A and B. First two games (best of 1)
Week 3: Round of 16. Group C and D. First two games (best of 1)
Week 4: Loser's match for all groups (best of 1)
Week 5: Winner's match for all groups (best of 1)
Week 6: Game 5 for all groups (Winner week 4 vs loser week 5) (best of 1)
Round of 8 begins
Week 7: First two games for each group.
[Round of 8 Group A]: A1 vs C2, D1 vs B2.
[Round of 8 Group B]: B1 vs D2, C1 vs A2
(all best of 1)
(The players who advanced first in their group of 16 will get to remove a map from the hat before drawing)
Week 8: Loser's match for each group (Best of 3)
Week 9: Winner's match for each group (Best of 3)
Week 10: Final match for each group (winner week 8 vs loser week 9) (Best of 3)
Semifinals
Week 11: A1 vs B2 (Best of 5)
Week 12: B1 vs A2 (Best of 5)
(The map used for both game 1 and 5 of each series will be drawn from a hat. The players who advanced first in their group of 8 will get to remove a map from that hat)
Week 13: Finals (They play rock siccors paper for the championship)
*There is no 3rd place match
*The top four players are seeded for the next MSL
*losing in the round of 16 may lead to dropping to the offline qualifiers for the next Survivor league
*losing in the round of 8 may lead to dropping to the Survivor league
*Seeds for next MSL: Savior, Chojja, iloveoov, Mumyung.
Easy enough right? Round of 16: dual tournaments, Round of 8: dual tournament, then a semifinals, then the finals.
Here's where it gets REAL complicated.
New Survivor league format:
Survivor league Round 1
There are 16 players who qualified through offline qualifiers. There are 8 players who come from the previous Survivor League. The 24 players are divided into 8 groups of 3. (Group A, Group B, C, D.... to Group H)
Each group plays a full league (A plays B, B plays C, C plays A)
Winner of each group -> moves on to MSL qualifiers
2nd place of each group -> moves on Survivor League Round 2:stage 1
3rd place of each group -> goes back to offline qualifiers.
MSL qualifiers
The 8 winners of Survivor League Round 1 face off one-on-one, best of 3. The 4 winners get to advance straight to the next MSL. The 4 losers go to Survivor League Round 2:stage 2.
Survivor League Round 2
Stage 1:
The 8 2nd place finishers of Survivor League Round 1 are grouped with the 8 players knocked out at the Round of 16 of the previous MSL. They are paired up and play a best of 3.
The 8 winners of that game advances to stage 2.
The 8 losers drops down to offline qualifiers.
Stage 2:
The 8 winners of Stage one are paired with either a) the 4 players eliminated from the Round of 8 of the previous MSL or b) the 4 players who lost in the MSL qualifiers after Survivor League Round 1.
They play a best of 3.
The 8 winners advances to the next MSL
The 8 losers stays in Survivor League Round 1.
... wtf? confused yet?
HonestTea 
