[BWCL] Season 45 - Teams, Maps, Format, and More!

• If a disconnect occurs during the first two minutes of a Clan League match, the match must be repeated; players have to use the same race as in the disconnected match.

• If a disconnect occurs after the first two minutes of a Clan League match, players may agree who caused the disconnects and act accordingly; if the players cannot agree, a BWCL Admin must be notified, to decide on the issue.

• Every player may pause or unpause a Clan League match at any time, without giving a reason; complaints referring to pausing or unpausing a Clan League match are not accepted by the BWCL Administration. The administration advices both parties to follow the motto of fair play and not try to gain an advantage in these cases.

Maps

Transistor	Neo Jade	Mist

Eye of the Storm	Gladiator	Colosseum

Heartbreak Ridge	Tau Cross	Aztec

Andromeda	Heartbeat	Roadkill

Blue Storm	Circuit Breaker	Fighting Spirit

• The official BWCL Map Pool has to be used.

• The first map of every set is chosen by the Administration and is displayed at grids.

• The Maps for the second (and third, if any) match are chosen by the loser of the match just played.

• No map is allowed to be chosen twice, unless the opponent agrees.

Format — Schedule

• It's a double round-robin League (each Clan meets twice)

• This season starts with 3 divisions composed by 6 Clan each, hence the regular season stands 10 weeks.

• Clan League matches (CW) take place once a week; the default time is Sunday, 17.00 CEST.

• The CW format is four 1v1 and one 2v2, all best of 3.

• If the opponents team does not show up, a walk over may be requested by the team leader. If a team lacks players for single sets, a walk over for the set can be requested. Every walk over request should be posted in the according topic along with a Screenshot of the channel; include the /whois information for proof.

• A walk over can be requested if a team/player misses to show up 15 minutes after the scheduled time.

• Single sets can be post poned if both teams agree. It is the duty of the teams to play out the missing sets within 48 hours after the scheduled war.

Points — Reports

• Every set win give a point, the winning Clan receive one extra point. example: CW scored 3:2, points +4 and +2.

• Walk-Over is counted as +3 and -1 points.

• All replays must be saved and submitted at grid, without exceptions.

Roster — Leader

• Every Clan has to nominate a leader who manages the team in the ongoing season. Captains can serve as second in command to help. The Leader is the only and final responsible for his team.

• Captains can add and remove players from the roster and can edit the line-up, so give this position to trusted members only.

• The minimum number of active players required is 6 with the max of 20 members.

• Koreans allowed, except pro or semi-pro.

• Adding and removing players during the regular season is allowed and has to be informally announced in the Discord Roster-changes channel.

• A new player can play if he was added at least 48 hours before the Clan War is scheduled to start.

Playoffs/out

• PLAY-OFF: first 3 teams play a single elimination bracket seeded 2-3; winner vs 1. The final winner is promoted to higher division.

• PLAY-OUT: last 3 teams play a single elimination bracket seeded 4-5; loser vs 6, winner is safe. The final loser is demoted to lower division.

• Roster changes are not allowed during playoffs/out and players have to have played at least one match in the regular season.

• Postponements are not allowed during playoffs/out.

• Streaming personal games, sets or entire wars for the playoffs/out phase is only allowed after being granted permission by the BWCL Administration.

Streaming — Cast

Our weekly stream will be casted every Sunday evening right after first matches, by our veteran Vincent at twitch.tv/vincent4tv

BWCL Administration reserves the right of admission for each and every player or team.

Also reserves the right to modify the rules without justification or prior announcement.

_{Admins: Cele, Face, Gecko, Fischei, Fry, Scorn, Vincent}

Incomplete..ReV

Norway648 Posts

May 09 2018 23:15 GMT

Can't wait :-D

FyRe_DragOn

Canada2056 Posts

May 09 2018 23:15 GMT

looking forward to it

RedW4rr10r

Switzerland749 Posts

May 10 2018 07:49 GMT

We’re getting closer!!!

BlueStar

Bulgaria1171 Posts

May 10 2018 09:20 GMT

Few more days to go !!

GLHF all

Croatia39 Posts

May 10 2018 09:50 GMT

Hellyeah! gogo ggs

ThunderJunk

United States729 Posts

May 10 2018 21:56 GMT

Where is Third World and Sparkle?

GeckoXp

Germany2016 Posts

May 10 2018 22:30 GMT

Cele is from the third world, that's bad enough for everyone.

Cele

Germany4016 Posts

May 11 2018 23:02 GMT

On May 11 2018 07:30 GeckoXp wrote:
Cele is from the third world, that's bad enough for everyone.

I know you love me and simply don't know how to express it. You shouldn't be ashamed of your feelings. Just let it out and you'll feel better if you are able to express all those forbidden feelings and ideas.

P.s. your not my type. Really. Sorry.

SuGo

United States681 Posts

May 12 2018 00:00 GMT

#10

I am content with this map pack. Good work.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

May 15 2018 15:29 GMT

#11

WEEK 1

konadora

Singapore66360 Posts

May 17 2018 06:07 GMT

#12

nice map pack! hope to see vods on youtube :D

Peeano

Netherlands5557 Posts

May 20 2018 14:05 GMT

#13

Brood War Clan League the right Liquipedia or is there something newer?

VincentTV, please try to fill out everything when you add an event to the calendar.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

May 22 2018 15:45 GMT

#14

This is the liquipage (Wiki)

BWCL Season 45 feel free to help to update and make it better.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

May 22 2018 15:49 GMT

#15

WEEK 2

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

May 29 2018 16:20 GMT

#16

WEEK 3

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 01 2018 16:44 GMT

#17

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 04 2018 08:00 GMT

#18

WEEK 4

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 04 2018 08:01 GMT

#19

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 05 2018 10:07 GMT

#20

Important changes to second phase:

Playoffs/out

LEAGUE WINNER: The top4 Div-A teams will play a single elimination bracket seeded 1-4 and 2-3.

MIXED FORMAT for PLAYOFF/OUT: with the chance to have 2 teams to jump in div-A, 4 teams jump in div-B, 2 teams jump in div-C

Div-A rank 5 vs. Div-B rank 2
Div-A rank 6 vs. Div-B rank 1

Div-B rank 6 vs. Div-C rank 1
Div-B rank 5 vs. Div-C rank 2

• PLAY-OFF: first 3 teams play a single elimination bracket seeded 2-3; winner vs 1. The final winner is promoted to higher division.

• PLAY-OUT: last 3 teams play a single elimination bracket seeded 4-5; loser vs 6, winner is safe. The final loser is demoted to lower division.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 12 2018 14:21 GMT

#21

WEEK 5

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 12 2018 14:21 GMT

#22

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 14 2018 17:19 GMT

#23

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 21 2018 18:23 GMT

#24

WEEK 6

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

June 30 2018 22:39 GMT

#25

WEEK 7

idegelchik

Russian Federation382 Posts

July 01 2018 05:52 GMT

#26

Div C looks stronger then B

B2 dont have chance vs cryoc&co.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 10 2018 02:02 GMT

#27

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 10 2018 02:03 GMT

#28

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 10 2018 02:04 GMT

#29

On July 01 2018 07:39 iCCup.Face wrote:

WEEK 9

FlaShFTW

United States10398 Posts

July 10 2018 16:57 GMT

#30

whats the mmr of the division C players? I might want to join a clan for the next one.

Incomplete..ReV

Norway648 Posts

July 10 2018 21:31 GMT

#31

On July 11 2018 01:57 FlaShFTW wrote:
whats the mmr of the division C players? I might want to join a clan for the next one.

In BWCL, ReV is ranging between like 1100-2100 MMR, though most of our players are around 1100-1500 MMR. Not that we're recruiting atm, but at least to give an answer

XenOsky

Chile2356 Posts

July 11 2018 02:52 GMT

#32

On July 11 2018 01:57 FlaShFTW wrote:
whats the mmr of the division C players? I might want to join a clan for the next one.

eF has a bunch of 2100+ users

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 14 2018 17:50 GMT

#33

CL week10 scheduled 15 July official time changed to 19:30 CEST

chrisolo

Germany2609 Posts

July 17 2018 15:29 GMT

#34

Today BWCL Week10 eF vs Rev on https://www.twitch.tv/vincent4tv

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 21 2018 14:49 GMT

#35

iM- vs Bull) (direct match to join playoffs in Div-C) scheduled tomorrow 17:00CEST (since both americans, a different time can be set accordly).

FyRe_DragOn

Canada2056 Posts

July 21 2018 18:10 GMT

#36

What map are they playing? Ive asked for playoff map and received a "news will come soon" response. How are these guys going to play tomorrow without knowing the map?

chrisolo

Germany2609 Posts

July 21 2018 18:41 GMT

#37

I think that is a week 10 postponed clanwar, so they play on week 10 maps. Though I have to agree that these news should come earlier.

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 23 2018 12:48 GMT

#38

PLAYOFFS
(29 July 17:00 CEST)

For the Championship

iRk-A vs dM-
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21546.html
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Grand Final
Winner1 vs Winner2
(5 August 17:00 CEST)
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[NAS] vs KDV-A
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21545.html

For Div-A

ash. vs mSj.
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21547.html

Red-A vs Psi.
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21549.html

For Div-B

Red-B vs eF-
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21548.html

KDV-B vs iM-
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21552.html

End of regular season standings
+ Show Spoiler +

Note:
- iRk-B qualified for playoffs, but preferred not to have the chance to run 2 teams in Div-A, leaving spot to Psi.
- Bull) lost an extra match vs iM-

[image loading]

RULES

- Roster changes are not allowed during playoffs/out and players have to have played at least one match in the regular season.

- Postponements are not allowed during playoffs/out.

- Streaming personal games, sets or entire wars for the playoffs/out phase is only allowed after being granted permission by the BWCL Administration.

FORMAT

- single elimination
- 4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2
- best of three
- 17:00 CEST meeting channel DIV-A for groups 1 and 2, DIV-B for group 3

MAPS - download

Maps will be picked by exclusion, players of the team qualified with higher rank starts to exclude, in round 2 and 3 the loser starts the exclusion.
The maps played are out of pool. So you play the exclusion game in round1 with 5 maps, round2 with 4 and round3 with 3 maps.

1v1
- Gladiator (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Oxide (x2) + Show Spoiler +

- Fighting Spirit (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Uzi Sara (x3) + Show Spoiler +

- Heartbreak Ridge (x2) + Show Spoiler +

2v2
- Magrathea (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Circuit Breaker (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Fighting Spirit (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Roadkill (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Heartbeat (x4) + Show Spoiler +

Two words on new entries (by liquipedia):

Oxide is a two players map made by Freakling, was used in the first SBWI Teamleague and CRTL Season 2.

Notable features:
- tight rush path - the direct rushing and scouting path bewteen both players is constricted by small ramps and a tight gap in the centre of the map, giving players tactical opportunity to intercept an incoming enemy and forcing bigger armies to take wider alternative routes around the map
- lots of ramps and ridges - making good army positioning a key element
- unbuildable middle - except for the expansion areas, the ground on this map is unbuildable, making it easy to find proxies and preventing terran from pushing with turret support
- open center expansions - gaining control over these becomes a major aim of late game strategy.

Uzi Sara is a 3 players map made by JungleTerrain

"Lol you will not be impressed with how I came up with the name...
First of all, you know the show Ed, Edd and Eddy? Well you know how Eddy has a sister named Sarah? You know that she is kinda crazy? Well when I first began work on the map I had a dream and she was in it. She had an uzi. For some reason that image stuck with me for the next several days... Well the combination of the words Uzi and Sarah sounded cool to me for some reason, and I thought it might be cool for a map name. Not only that but because it also sounds like Mar Sara from the Starcraft lore." JungleTerrain 2017-07-16
Notable features:
◎ Map style: safe hillside front yard + open flat middle ◎ Special note: Place the front yard multi on the hill.
- Place a creep colony for the zerg at the outer entrance
- Arranging ridges in the middle edge
- Central area is flat open in all directions.

Magrathea is a 4 players map made by Freakling, a space style very balanced map with pseudo islands expos accessible only by workers mining at gates (like Fortress) or via drop.
Note: no gas at pseudo islands 5 and 11.

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Poll: What format do you want for the Grand Final?

4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2 bo3 (11)

55%

4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2 bo5 (2)

10%

5x 1v1 + 2x 2v2 bo3 (2)

10%

5x 1v1 + 2x 2v2 bo5 (5)

25%

20 total votes

Your vote: What format do you want for the Grand Final?

(Vote): 4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2 bo3
(Vote): 4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2 bo5
(Vote): 5x 1v1 + 2x 2v2 bo3
(Vote): 5x 1v1 + 2x 2v2 bo5

mSj_Artanis

60 Posts

July 23 2018 14:33 GMT

#39

can you give link to download new maps, thx

Incomplete..ReV

Norway648 Posts

July 23 2018 15:20 GMT

#40

Very nice and informative news! Best of luck to all participants! :D

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 23 2018 15:37 GMT

#41

On July 23 2018 23:33 mSj_Artanis wrote:
can you give link to download new maps, thx

Edit:
Map pack will be released soon, for now you can train downloading from here:

Magrathea http://www.panschk.de/mappage/comments.php?mapid=4737
Uzi Sara http://www.panschk.de/mappage/comments.php?mapid=4870
Oxide http://www.panschk.de/mappage/comments.php?mapid=4499

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 25 2018 13:24 GMT

#42

Map pack download added https://iccup.com/files.html

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6964 Posts

July 29 2018 09:50 GMT

#43

face can i stream my bwcl games in playoff ?

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6964 Posts

July 29 2018 12:57 GMT

#44

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 29 2018 15:02 GMT

#45

On July 29 2018 18:50 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote:
face can i stream my bwcl games in playoff ?

For Vincent4TV is ok, so its fine for me too.

[sc1f]eonzerg

Belgium6964 Posts

July 29 2018 15:07 GMT

#46

On July 30 2018 00:02 iCCup.Face wrote:

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For Vincent4TV is ok, so its fine for me too.

thanks

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

July 31 2018 18:48 GMT

#47

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 01 2018 14:04 GMT

#48

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 02 2018 17:37 GMT

#49

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 02 2018 19:16 GMT

#50

PLAYOFFS
(29 July 17:00 CEST)

Results and Final Games

iRk-A vs dM-
+ Show Spoiler +

||
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Grand Final
iRk-A vs [NAS]
(5 August 17:00 CEST)
https://iccup.com/clanwar/21555.html
||
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[NAS] vs KDV-A
+ Show Spoiler +

For Div-A

ash. vs mSj.
+ Show Spoiler +

Red-A vs Psi.
+ Show Spoiler +

For Div-B

Red-B vs eF-
+ Show Spoiler +

KDV-B vs iM-
+ Show Spoiler +

End of regular season standings
+ Show Spoiler +

Note:
- iRk-B qualified for playoffs, but preferred not to have the chance to run 2 teams in Div-A, leaving spot to Psi.
- Bull) lost an extra match vs iM-

[image loading]

RULES

- Roster changes are not allowed during playoffs/out and players have to have played at least one match in the regular season.

- Postponements are not allowed during playoffs/out.

- Streaming personal games, sets or entire wars for the playoffs/out phase is only allowed after being granted permission by the BWCL Administration.

FORMAT

- single elimination
- 4x 1v1 + 1x 2v2
- best of three
- 17:00 CEST meeting channel DIV-A

MAPS - download

Maps will be picked by exclusion, players of the team qualified with higher rank start to exclude:
- In round1 iRk-A players start to ban a map from the 5 maps pool;
- In round2 the loser start to ban from the 4 maps remained;
- In round3 (if needed), the loser directly pick the map from the last 3;

1v1
- Gladiator (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Oxide (x2) + Show Spoiler +

- Fighting Spirit (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Uzi Sara (x3) + Show Spoiler +

- Heartbreak Ridge (x2) + Show Spoiler +

2v2
- Magrathea (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Circuit Breaker (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Fighting Spirit (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Roadkill (x4) + Show Spoiler +

- Heartbeat (x4) + Show Spoiler +

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 03 2018 17:34 GMT

#51

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 04 2018 14:09 GMT

#52

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 07 2018 22:56 GMT

#53

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 10 2018 01:11 GMT

#54

iCCup.Face

Italy447 Posts

August 11 2018 05:40 GMT

#55

CONGRATULATIONS
TEAM [NAS]
FOR THE CLs45 CHAMPIONSHIP

+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler +

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do00BN3Tk3Q

CONGRATS and WELCOME

mSj.
in DIV-A

eF- and

iM-
in DIV-B

Thanks all for the participation!

Special thanks to:
VincentTV for the hours spent in the weekly cast
Squad Leaders for the organization of their teams