EPT
What is Ascension?
- Ascension is the first tournament I ever commentated, back in 2007-2008.
- It's a King of the Hill format tournament with equal race distribution.
- This is the 3rd installment of Ascension. The last one was about 2 years ago, and was an invite tournament.
- Here is the playlist for the last Ascension tournament: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu7Ira8OztRyHKp_sEFQNo7DGzbPiwZJ1
Ascension: World Tour Ladder Qualification Rules
- Open ladder qualification on https://shieldbattery.net/
- North America, South America and Europe are all free to enter.
(really only China + Korea are excluded)
- Sign up for the Ascension League on ShieldBattery https://shieldbattery.net/leagues/HtzaPaZLbdCIO59wtFuASg/ascension-world-tour/info
- you MUST use your most known ID.
- you MUST play at least 40 games to qualify.
- you MUST play only 1 race during qualification.
- Top 3 ranking players from each race (Terran, Zerg and Protoss) will qualify for the final tournament.
- if you qualify, you will be required to take a few pictures + short video of yourself for production purposes. (similar to the Ascension: Rebirth video)
- you will also be required to film an interview of yourself (face + voice).
- webcam or phone can be used for these.
- anyone who chooses not to or cannot fulfill these requirements will be replaced with the next player down the rankings of their race.
STARTS: 3/28/2023 6:01pm EST
ENDS: 4/11/2023 8:00pm EST
Ascension: World Tour Final Tournament Rules
- 3 groups of 3 (1 of each race)
- King of the Hill format groups consisting of 8 games with a possible tie-break game.
- Maps chosen by incoming player. Maps played are eliminated. Map pool resets when 1 map remains. (tournament map pool to be announced after ladder qualification period -- it will be out of that map pool but not as large)
- Player with the most wins at the end of 8 maps (or 9 if tiebreaker occurs) will advance to the finals.
- Finals will be the same format.
Tournament Prize Pool
$2000 total
- $25 per map win
1st: $600
2nd: $360
3rd: $240
Help fund Ascension: World Tour here: https://matcherino.com/t/ascension2
(funds over the prize pool amount will go towards the next tournament or tournaments that I host. if we do not reach the goal, I will pay the remaining amount out of pocket.)
Other thoughts / rules
I will play in the ladder stage for fun + learning about the styles of the competitors to better cast the tournament. I will NOT be playing in the tournament.
Everyone of all skills is welcome to play. I hope that everyone boots up shieldbattery and has a fun couple of weeks laddering together. I think community ladders, like when BSL comes around, are a great and exciting time for the scene in general. On shieldbattery, it will be a more even playing ground than on battle.net.
I have final say on every matter in this tournament.
For the tournament portion, it will take 2 play days for the top 3 players, 1 play day for the other players. The hours may not be ideal. The latency may not be ideal. I think both will be OK at least. After the tournament I will take feedback on making a better show + competition in the future.
Great initiative!
