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RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 21:22:37
March 29 2012 16:14 GMT
#1
The new thread
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=327149


Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
BlazeTSR
Profile Joined November 2011
United States218 Posts
March 29 2012 16:18 GMT
#2
So I'm the guy who posted no.... But it was an accident! You try clicking yes on a small screened cell phone.
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Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
March 29 2012 16:35 GMT
#3
I could get behind this. I have (some) time, but my organizational skills are fairly lackluster... I'm still willing to help though. Let's get started by, for those interested, posting the following.

Character code
League
Race

Once we have gauged support we can figure out how many teams we can put together. I will assume everyone has the time/effort to put into being a team captain, so if you don't want that pressure, say "I don't want to be a captain" anywhere in your post. I don't think this will be a particularly time consuming position, but I do want to be able to say "I told you so" at a later date. Conversely, if you do want to be a captain, give a reason or two why: "I have awesome team naming abilities" or "I think I'm better other people and would vaguely like to prove that on the internet."

EmoMcHipster 640
Gold
Protoss
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
March 29 2012 16:49 GMT
#4
I'm so down. LosZergs 865. Silver. Protoss.
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Zrana
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom698 Posts
March 29 2012 16:53 GMT
#5
I tried to make a league like this work, but the problem is that bronze-gold people are that league because they hardly ever play / dont really care that much about the game. So this gives you problems with organisation as you can never rely on people showing up.
sLBoGoRoH
Profile Joined January 2012
Netherlands126 Posts
March 29 2012 16:59 GMT
#6
Team Solace has a few gold players always willing to do team matches
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-29 17:42:53
March 29 2012 17:41 GMT
#7
I'd love this, down to the fake logos and stuff :D I'd do logos for every team!
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
March 29 2012 18:05 GMT
#8
Please include a clarification on the difference between, say, "Bo7" and "Bo7+Ace".

I assumed "Bo7+Ace" means Bo7 in which the last (7th) game is Ace, so the team may elect one of the previously played members to fight again. That usually makes it so that the Ace is truly epic, facing often the best of each of the two teams against each other.
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Diplomat
Profile Joined January 2011
United States45 Posts
March 29 2012 18:24 GMT
#9
In a league where the skill can range from Bronze to Gold. I would push for a pro-league format. That way more players can have a chance to play. It also allows the competition being more focused on what team is better instead of who has the best player.
PeanutsNJam
Profile Joined April 2011
United States175 Posts
March 29 2012 18:29 GMT
#10
Yeah I think it's important to keep in mind the vast range of skill. I think a gold player can beat a bronzie 99% of the time, so it's like having stephano and a NA high masters/GM in the same tourney.
Ballnazor
Profile Joined January 2012
Sweden22 Posts
March 29 2012 18:41 GMT
#11
Would be nice, if you get something going Mujaheddin eSports would sign up
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
March 29 2012 18:55 GMT
#12
If it were in proleague format, maybe first map bronze players, then silver and so on so a team doesent get stomped because one team have some top gold players, or that both teams must atleast use one player from each league.
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Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
March 29 2012 19:56 GMT
#13
People voting yes: put your info in! Or PM it to me! Pretty please?

As far as format, I prefer all-kill. It's really hard to say what the skill gap is going to be quite yet, but I just feel that format provides for more excitement. Sure, your bronzie might get taken out 9 times out of 10 he goes against a goldie, but that one time he pulls it out will be amazing.

But before we can define that, we need players, so we can figure out how many/how big teams are. I think the goal right now should be 8 teams of 5 players, with a league based draft (teams must draft one player from each league before they can draft another from the same league).
darthdiddy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3 Posts
March 30 2012 04:26 GMT
#14
I would be totally willing to help out in getting something like this off the ground in any way that I can. I'm fairly busy with school and work until summer hits then I'm free for starcraft all day er'day. I'm not the best at organizing things but I'm willing to help out.

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silver (hopefully gold before season 7 :D)
protoss.
Furtz
freakhill
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Japan463 Posts
March 30 2012 06:46 GMT
#15
freakhill.263
gold
random
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pure7anarchy
Profile Joined April 2011
United States2 Posts
March 30 2012 07:23 GMT
#16
I'm down!

Anarchy
Bronze
Zerg!
feanor1
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1899 Posts
March 30 2012 07:37 GMT
#17
Bronze to gold is to big. I think Bronze-Silver and Gold-Plat. If you do the pro league style this could partially be avoided, but still a pretty large range
milodon
Profile Joined January 2012
Chile42 Posts
March 30 2012 11:38 GMT
#18
Sign me up!
Bennett.614 , Us server
Silver league
Terran
Ollie
Profile Joined October 2011
United States144 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-30 21:17:11
March 30 2012 15:22 GMT
#19
Sign me up too!
I'll edit this post with my information once I get home.

Juno (739)
Gold
Zerg
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PeanutsNJam
Profile Joined April 2011
United States175 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-30 15:49:56
March 30 2012 15:48 GMT
#20
People who voted for all-kill:

High gold players
Silver/bronze players who think they're actually good enough to be in high gold, but are kept down by micro/cheese

For the sake of esports, do pro league man.

Also, look into anti-smurfing stuff, like keeping an eye out for similar hotkey/apm.
steelcurtain09
Profile Joined October 2011
United States87 Posts
March 30 2012 15:55 GMT
#21
I also love this idea. But i'm not eligible to participate cuz i'm plat/almost diamond. I think this should be extended and divided up to make more leagues and over a wider range. For example, a bronze/silver league, gold/plat league, and diamond league
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 01 2012 01:24 GMT
#22
That's a nice idea, but we're still struggling to fill up a bronze to gold league, much less fill up 3 separate ones. But we're starting to make some progress!
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
April 01 2012 01:44 GMT
#23
I'm down for this, looks like a lot of fun :D

Ettick.723
Silver
Protoss
NA server
MasianMario
Profile Joined January 2012
United States8 Posts
April 01 2012 01:59 GMT
#24
Yeah, I think you need to extend the league range because the people in higher leagues would be more likely to sign up for this because they probably are more into the game. I'm plat so as of right now I wouldn't be able to join, but I agree with what steelcurtain09 had to say.
On March 31 2012 00:55 steelcurtain09 wrote:
I also love this idea. But i'm not eligible to participate cuz i'm plat/almost diamond. I think this should be extended and divided up to make more leagues and over a wider range. For example, a bronze/silver league, gold/plat league, and diamond league

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Robo-boogey
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia110 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-01 02:04:55
April 01 2012 02:01 GMT
#25
This is a great idea!

My reference point is the tennis & table tennis I played for many years. If every tennis game I played was against a random person I would never see again, then it wouldn't have been that much fun.

The format I'm used to from tennis & table tennis is along the lines of:
-- teams of 4 or 8
-- each team is ranked
-- say, 2 singles & 1 doubles
-- of your 2 singles, say you are no 3 in your team, then you will play the other team's no 3 in one singles, and the other team's no 4 in the other singles

This is a great way of managing the different skill levels within a team. It doesn't handle if one team's set of players is just much stronger than another - but you can have different groups / leagues / divisions / whatever for that. A standard approach is to have a 'grading' period for 4 or so weeks, and then the teams get separated out.

I am not so sure about an all-kill format, as a decent gold leaguer could just run through 5 bronzies in a row no problem. That format could make it very un-fun for the worst player in each team.

A format which allows the matches to be pre-set would be best. Different people might be available at different times, ideally things can be setup so that players know their matches, and have a certain time window in which to play them.

I'm in SEA (I can connect to NA if there is no SEA). If I like the format, then I'd like to join, and if I join then I'm happy to help organise.

RoboBoogie.779
Silver
Zerg

Robo-boogey
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia110 Posts
April 01 2012 02:02 GMT
#26
On April 01 2012 10:59 MasianMario wrote:
Yeah, I think you need to extend the league range because the people in higher leagues would be more likely to sign up for this because they probably are more into the game. I'm plat so as of right now I wouldn't be able to join, but I agree with what steelcurtain09 had to say.
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On March 31 2012 00:55 steelcurtain09 wrote:
I also love this idea. But i'm not eligible to participate cuz i'm plat/almost diamond. I think this should be extended and divided up to make more leagues and over a wider range. For example, a bronze/silver league, gold/plat league, and diamond league


Agreed, the challenge will be to have a format where all skill levels are welcome, and all skill levels can have fun.
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 02 2012 02:05 GMT
#27
On a preliminary basis I think we'll start opening up to plat/diamond submissions. If we get enough we can have one upper league and one lower league depending on where the split is.
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
April 02 2012 02:15 GMT
#28
docvoc.924, aso to echo what others have said, i think a great idea would be to make sure people are in leagues where they face each other over and over again, but have it be switched up every once in a while so that their is a feeling of community .
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Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 02 2012 02:44 GMT
#29
Seems like fun, I'd be willing to join up and add my name to the list. With school's ending in sight I'll be able to spend more time in SC2 other than the ~10 games I've played currently.

As for the format, I'm torn on both ways. I personally like the all-kill format better than the Pro League format, but to ensure that lower leagued players will be fielded I also like the Pro League format so certain rounds could be sort of like designated Bronze rounds.

I'll have to maybe think on a unique format more because this does seem like such a fun idea.

Dasende.347
Gold // Protoss
NA Server
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
kofee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States18 Posts
April 02 2012 02:56 GMT
#30
I want in on this also,

Kofee (832)
silver
zerg
Crackensan
Profile Joined August 2010
United States479 Posts
April 02 2012 03:00 GMT
#31
I'm down. Cracken.432. Gold League, Zerg
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DangerAl
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia88 Posts
April 02 2012 03:17 GMT
#32
This sounds like fun.
I'm DangerAl.839
Gold
Terran
Dr.SchoKo
Profile Joined July 2011
Germany3 Posts
April 02 2012 03:22 GMT
#33
Looks like fun, I'm on the EU server
DrSchoKo 157
Gold
Zerg
BogusBart
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada24 Posts
April 02 2012 04:06 GMT
#34
Would possibly be interested in this.


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Gold
Terran
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shadow_orc
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-02 23:55:58
April 02 2012 04:20 GMT
#35
ravenassasin.254
gold
terran
im interested
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trickery
Profile Joined October 2011
United States37 Posts
April 02 2012 04:25 GMT
#36
Interested in helping start this!

tricky (265)
Gold
Protoss
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Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 03 2012 00:59 GMT
#37
We're getting up there! So far just about halfway to the 40 number! Keep on volunteering and spreading the word!
IBeyond
Profile Joined February 2012
United States1 Post
April 03 2012 01:37 GMT
#38
I'd like to sign up! My account is stuck in diamond, because my friend played my placements back when I wasn't playing, my skill level is probably around high silver or low gold.

Beyond (835)
Silver?
Terran
PlacidPanda
Profile Joined September 2011
United States246 Posts
April 03 2012 01:47 GMT
#39
Hey guys, this isn't going to work, there have been numerous attempts but it just hasn't worked. You need to get a money prize or something or else everyone loses interest. Gl though......
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
April 03 2012 01:53 GMT
#40
Liquid`TheTemplar
In my dreams...
TheTemplar
Gold
Protoss
Moderatorshe/her
TL+ Member
bittman
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia8759 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 01:55:08
April 03 2012 01:54 GMT
#41
Would be really interested to see someone get this going. I have a couple of mates who don't really have time for starcraft so we sit in bronze - gold leagues and very rarely play. And even then we don't play 1v1 much because it's totally about you and you alone, but team leagues would make me interested in 1v1 again.

@PlacidPanda: And no. I would totally play a decently formed and moderated league without prize money. Are you telling me there are bronze - gold players out there that expect prize money? You're crazy and you should feel crazy =P

Interest can easily be maintained in a well moderated league. FPS clans do it all the time, a large number of FPS tournaments go without prizes. And by god, there's a bunch of passionate pokemon players out there that run tonnes of tournaments and I don't think I've seen one throw money at it. Just as some examples.

EDIT: Be much cooler if starcraft had this intergrated. Or if it was run by Team Liquid itself hehe
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zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 03 2012 02:07 GMT
#42
The all kill format is the stupidest idea ever for a bronze-gold team league, the skill differential will be huge.

I'm in anyways!

zefreak.290
Silver
Terran
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Treetop
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States140 Posts
April 03 2012 02:18 GMT
#43
I have to agree with zefreak above me. The all-kill style would not work for this kind of tournament. You'll just get teams loaded up with Golds and Bronze and Silver folks who are on other teams would just get destroyed. PL style is the way to do it with each rank getting their own match every series.

I'd love to help out. PM in your box if you'd like Admin help!
PlacidPanda
Profile Joined September 2011
United States246 Posts
April 03 2012 18:18 GMT
#44
On April 03 2012 10:54 bittman wrote:


@PlacidPanda: And no. I would totally play a decently formed and moderated league without prize money. Are you telling me there are bronze - gold players out there that expect prize money? You're crazy and you should feel crazy =P

EDIT: Be much cooler if starcraft had this intergrated. Or if it was run by Team Liquid itself hehe


I know it sounds crazy but honestly, not that many BSG players maintain interest long enough for them to play out a teamleague. Trust me i've been part of several plat and below ones and at the end of the day only a few of the plats were around. Also the problem of league promotion is a major issue as well. If it could be run by TL that would be great! because the real problem is that there is no accountability and no shall we say punishment for just dropping out. Dont get me wrong, i want you guys to succeed but with your current plan it just isn't feasible. GL though!

p.s. KESPA format not all kill, it completely breaks the game trust me.
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Skorbnut
Profile Joined February 2012
United States20 Posts
April 03 2012 19:10 GMT
#45
I'd totally be down.

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NA Gold
Terran
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Oceaniax
Profile Joined June 2010
146 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 19:43:06
April 03 2012 19:36 GMT
#46
An All-Kill format works great when the players on the team are roughly the same skill level. Because you're looking at a large skill gap between bronze and gold, and an even larger skill gap between these players and any smurfs, it's far more equitable to use the proleague format.

With that aside stream the games if you end up getting this going, i'm sure it would be fun to watch.
Shivvy
Profile Joined February 2012
Canada37 Posts
April 03 2012 19:50 GMT
#47
Although I voted for an all-kill after reviewing some of the arguments pro league would be much better. Each player should have to face the other team's player that is in the same league as himself. This would make for more balanced match-ups.
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arleeN
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom2 Posts
April 03 2012 20:24 GMT
#48
Nelra.219
Gold
Zerg
Eu Server
Sign me up!:D
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Hellbinn
Profile Joined August 2011
United States8 Posts
April 03 2012 20:51 GMT
#49
all kill kinda fun lol, but anyhow id be up for the idea, im in no team tho, on us.
Kiastu
Profile Joined April 2012
22 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 02:35:49
April 03 2012 20:55 GMT
#50
I'm in.

Kiastu (186)
Gold
Zerg
darthdiddy
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 22:12:37
April 03 2012 21:47 GMT
#51
In the interest of keeping this thread and idea alive I'm going to ask some organizational questions:
What kind of time frame are we looking at for this league? Is it something where the teams practice for 2 weeks and there is a tournament, or is it every week, or even longer between tournaments?
What would the season look like? All year? Summer? Winter?
How would we get the word out beyond the handful of people in this thread?
Would we consider the possibility of streaming it and getting some casters to give the players more of a feel of competing for real (for lack of a better way to say that)?

Those are just some questions I was thinking about. Hopefully this sparks some discussion. I think I said earlier that I will be more available at the end of April as school lets out for me, at that point I'm way more open to helping out organize this. Feel free to hit me up in game if you are wanting to discuss with me anything to do with this.

Also I'm trying my best to keep an up to date spreadsheet of everyone's ID, League, and Race who is interested and has posted in this thread.

Furtz
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 03 2012 22:32 GMT
#52
The way I envision it is a double elim tournament with one match played a week. Teams would have all week to set up and finish their matches, and if players do not play then they are disqualified. I think a week is a pretty reasonable time frame to ensure that all matches are done. Tentatively I would like to start around mid April or early May at the latest, and then the tournament would take 8 weeks to run. We'll worry about what happens in season 2 after season 1 has started to pick up steam.

Right now I'm looking at this as a one off fun thing that the people in this tournament will enjoy, and stuff like publicity and casting don't really enter into the equation yet. If anyone wants to cast any of these games either live or on a replay, that would be awesome, but I don't see the point in worrying about any of this until we get enough players to actually have a first season. I'll have a preliminary rule set made up by the end of the day tomorrow if that will help assuage fears that this is a circle jerk.

As much as I love the all-kill format, it seems like it might be a logistical nightmare. I'm not terribly concerned about the skill gap, especially since we could easily just say each team must put out players in order of league (since most naysayers are suggesting we match league with league in the other style anyway), but the uncertainty about when one plays would cause a lot more DQs than necessary. Maybe we could have teams decide before the match which style they would rather prefer playing, and if they cannot come to an agreement we play proleague style. Not saying that will happen, just putting it out there.
ScipioAfricanus
Profile Joined May 2011
United States11 Posts
April 03 2012 22:34 GMT
#53
im down.
scipio.690
Silver
Any Race (Protoss main)
Hellbinn
Profile Joined August 2011
United States8 Posts
April 03 2012 22:46 GMT
#54
I like your plan Reed, and just keep it to what we think is most logical to start off the season, all-kill not best option but fun none the less.

I will add my contact info when i get back from class lol (I havent played placement, last time i think it was plat lol idk), probably gold though. If i dont qualify i will help in anyway i can tho.
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 03 2012 22:47 GMT
#55
Hello, I love all the intrest in this teamleague. If anyone want to take over the thread with more organizing skills and writing skills then me, for the community it would be better to have someone experienced with stuff like this so the players have less stress because someone like me having terrible organizing or something, just pm me if interested.
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 00:41:25
April 03 2012 23:19 GMT
#56
I think most of all it would be pretty cool to have this league as a regular thing, with seasons and relatively stable team rosters, so people could create bonds and rivalries. I've also proposed to create team logos and banners for everyone, so each team can have its identity. As for the format, I think the all-kill format is the best in creating storylines and excitement, though a proleague format would also be cool for showcasing each team's members.

I'm gonna try to organize some ideas that are bouncing in my head:

1. Stability
- Tournaments have fixed schedules and are relatively quick (I'm guessing 4-6 weeks per season if we're talking about 8 teams)
- Fixed number of players for each team; fixed number of possible player transactions between seasons (imagine if a team would have 10 players you could only drop/acquire up to 5 players in between seasons)

2. Teams identification
- Designated logos for each team comprising of colors and symbols chosen by the team
- Specific colors in-game for each team (like if a team chooses a logo with red, they would always play as the red player in the matches)

3. League format
- First stage: two groups of 4 teams, each group has matches in the GSL Code S format (5 matches instead of the 6 for a round robin)
- Second stage: the top two teams from each group go into a Ro4 bracket

4. Match format
- Bo6 all-kill format; if it goes to match 7 we'll have a Bo3 ace match (I think this format allows for the storylines of an all-kill format while creating new stories about individual players rivalries)

I maybe will make some graphics to better illustrate my idea, but for the time being what do you guys think?

EDIT: I made a graph to illustrate everything I wrote:

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GlintFox
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States275 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-03 23:33:48
April 03 2012 23:32 GMT
#57
This sounds really fun! I'm quite excited about the idea of this!

GlintFox.945
Silver
Zerg
"Fear. Fear attracts the fearful… the strong… the weak… the innocent… the corrupt. Fear. Fear is my ally." -Darth Maul
Smoot
Profile Joined April 2011
United States128 Posts
April 03 2012 23:44 GMT
#58
Stress.965

Gold - Zerg
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 03 2012 23:54 GMT
#59
On April 04 2012 08:19 howLiN wrote:
I think most of all it would be pretty cool to have this league as a regular thing, with seasons and relatively stable team rosters, so people could create bonds and rivalries. I've also proposed to create team logos and banners for everyone, so each team can have its identity. As for the format, I think the all-kill format is the best in creating storylines and excitement, though a proleague format would also be cool for showcasing each team's members.

I'm gonna try to organize some ideas that are bouncing in my head:

1. Stability
- Tournaments have fixed schedules and are relatively quick (I'm guessing 4-6 weeks per season if we're talking about 8 teams)
- Fixed number of players for each team; fixed number of possible player transactions between seasons (imagine if a team would have 10 players you could only drop/acquire up to 5 players in between seasons)

2. Teams identification
- Designated logos for each team comprising of colors and symbols chosen by the team
- Specific colors in-game for each team (like if a team chooses a logo with red, they would always play as the red player in the matches)

3. League format
- First stage: two groups of 4 teams, each group has matches in the GSL Code S format (5 matches instead of the 6 for a round robin)
- Second stage: the top two teams from each group go into a Ro4 bracket

4. Match format
- Bo6 all-kill format; if it goes to match 7 we'll have a Bo3 ace match (I think this format allows for the storylines of an all-kill format while creating new stories about individual players rivalries)

I maybe will make some graphics to better illustrate my idea, but for the time being what do you guys think?


I like 1 and 2, but i would rather have it something like proleague where every team play eachother 2 times so it creates a dynamic feeling.

All-kill in this type of tournament is not a good idea imo, the gold players would just dominate everyone.
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Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 03 2012 23:57 GMT
#60
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On April 04 2012 08:19 howLiN wrote:
I think most of all it would be pretty cool to have this league as a regular thing, with seasons and relatively stable team rosters, so people could create bonds and rivalries. I've also proposed to create team logos and banners for everyone, so each team can have its identity. As for the format, I think the all-kill format is the best in creating storylines and excitement, though a proleague format would also be cool for showcasing each team's members.

I'm gonna try to organize some ideas that are bouncing in my head:

1. Stability
- Tournaments have fixed schedules and are relatively quick (I'm guessing 4-6 weeks per season if we're talking about 8 teams)
- Fixed number of players for each team; fixed number of possible player transactions between seasons (imagine if a team would have 10 players you could only drop/acquire up to 5 players in between seasons)

2. Teams identification
- Designated logos for each team comprising of colors and symbols chosen by the team
- Specific colors in-game for each team (like if a team chooses a logo with red, they would always play as the red player in the matches)

3. League format
- First stage: two groups of 4 teams, each group has matches in the GSL Code S format (5 matches instead of the 6 for a round robin)
- Second stage: the top two teams from each group go into a Ro4 bracket

4. Match format
- Bo6 all-kill format; if it goes to match 7 we'll have a Bo3 ace match (I think this format allows for the storylines of an all-kill format while creating new stories about individual players rivalries)

I maybe will make some graphics to better illustrate my idea, but for the time being what do you guys think?


I absolutely love your idea for team colors. It's a small cosmetic thing, but I would love so much to see my big pink wrecking ball team leave all the other inferior colors strewn about like trash in our wake.

About stability, I think that's a pretty solid time frame (my estimate is 5 weeks per). Assuming this gets going, each team's captain can choose let's say 2 others to stay on their team, and then others go into a draft. Captains can step down if they want to switch teams.

I'm not sold on your league format, since a team having 3 potential matches in a week could be tough to work around. I guess I'm not entirely clear on your idea for an all-kill format with ace match, and I'm also not a fan of a system that can leave 2 players out without playing anything (again, I may be misunderstanding you).
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 00:29:46
April 04 2012 00:28 GMT
#61
I made a graph to illustrate everything I wrote, here it comes:

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[image loading]


Please give your suggestions. I'm not entirely sold on my own match format, but I think the league format is pretty solid and feasable for its time frame.
shadow_orc
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada52 Posts
April 04 2012 00:32 GMT
#62
that looks awesome but one question. how are you gonna ensure that the bronze and silver get to play
There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't re
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 00:39:01
April 04 2012 00:36 GMT
#63
@RainSunShowers: It would be cool to have teams playing each other more than once in the season (it can happen in the league format I propose), but in the way you're saying it would take a lot longer for each season to end. I'm not necessarily against that, I just tried for a more compact format. As for the all-kill issues you raise, see my response to Reedjr please.

@Reedjr: With the league format I made each team would play at most 2 times in a week, and that's if they go to the 5th match in the groups stages. My workaround of the problem of having a match format that can potentially leave out players (i.e. all-kill) is to have a minimum of players from each league, which I think would make the matches less punishable for the lower leagues.

@shadow_orc: even if a team sends out its best player (i.e. gold) there's always the chance the other team sends out their best player to try to snipe him, and if the gold players go out first, the silver and bronze players have also a chance of going in if it's a bo7 format. But yes, I can see some problems arising from that. I'm gonna see other options.
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 04 2012 02:18 GMT
#64
Here is my proposed rule set. This is subject to change, but should give a good idea of what will happen:

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Teams: 8 teams of 5 players each, with a waiting list of players in case of dropouts or inactivity.
Player draft: Captains for the first season are made by simply calling dibs on captain (note: dibs on captain) and dibs on a color (note: dibs on pink). Remaining players are placed into draft based upon league, with teams picking bronze first, then silver, then gold. Alternative: first season teams are randomized with leagues in mind. Based on 5 person teams, we would likely have 1 bronze and then 2 each of silver and gold per team.

Format: Double elimination bracket BO5. Seeding will be randomized. Each match is BO3 and must be matched by league in the other team. 1 week is granted for each round to ensure all games are played. This ensures each player plays each week, with the winner’s bracket team getting a bye in the week of the loser bracket finals. Finals would keep this format. Alternative: teams can opt for an all-kill format for their round, which must be agreed upon by both teams. In this instance, each match is BO1.

Map Pool: Season 7 map pool. Each player gets 3 vetos which are given to the opponent before the match. Loser picks next map. First map should always be… (This is subject to change) Daybreak? For clarification:

Cloud Kingdom LE
Korhal Compund LE
Antiga Shipyard
Entombed Valley
Metalopolis
Shakuras Plateau
Tal'Darim Altar
Daybreak LE
Metropolis LE
Ohana LE

Disqualification: If a player does not play his match during a given week, he is disqualified and immediately replaced by someone on the waiting list (in the same league, so teams don’t encourage/force their lower level players out). Players will have free reign to define when during the week they can play, and DQ decisions will be based upon which player skips out on the defined time. In order to prove this, players should make match times in the thread or via PM, both of which can be verified. If both players in a match DQ, the round goes into an ace match.

In Game rules:
1: No cheating (i.e. map hacks, having teammates tell you what opponent is doing, what have you). This is just for fun, why would you do that?
2: BM is allowable, but no slurs or physical threats. Basically, if it’s even a temp-bannable offense by Blizzard, don’t do it in game. A bit of smack talk can be fun, but it cannot go too far. Good Manners, however, are always encouraged!
3: Violations of the first two rules will result in a DQ.
4: Other team members observing is encouraged. Just don’t use it to tell the players what the opponent is doing. If you lag and you aren’t a player, just get out before they ask you to.
5: Dropping games shall result in a re-game unless if both parties agree that one player had a significant advantage. Disputes will go to me, with a full replay and a brief message on why player X was winning or why it should be a regame. About this, again, don’t be a dick, if your opponent drops after a 40 minute game and it’s 20 supply to 150, don’t dispute the win. Be a good sport and use common sense. This is supposed to be for fun, dammit.


If I have missed anything or you have other suggestions, please let me know! Again, this is my proposal, so it is hardly set in stone.
AHMED1234
Profile Joined March 2012
7 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 13:44:28
April 04 2012 02:32 GMT
#65
oo sick
I'm in

TheMightyCow - 282
US Goldz
Zerg
CptBeefheart
Profile Joined April 2011
United States45 Posts
April 04 2012 03:06 GMT
#66
I hope this gets off the ground

Kassla 545
US Zerg
Silver
Chasian18
Profile Joined September 2011
United States38 Posts
April 04 2012 03:42 GMT
#67
Hey yo, teamPAYBACK is definitely in. We got one gold 2 silvers and a bronze. (iffy on the bronze)
Ingame name: PAYBACKchas.199
Gold
Protoss baller

We were just talking about how we hoped this could happen. Hope the plans go through. We would like to stay together.

(we're all on US)

Cheers
To lose is to learn.
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
April 04 2012 06:27 GMT
#68
^well there is one team =]
spam F!
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 09:46:18
April 04 2012 09:44 GMT
#69
@Reedjr: I think it's a good idea to randomize the teams just for starters, but for people that know each other or even people that have already their amateur team, like Chasian18 above, wouldn't it be better to group the people that want to stay together and then randomize the remaining people into their incomplete "teams"?
I like the idea of having a fixed system where it's predefined which players from which leagues are gonna play. But if it's bo5 I would do something like Silver - Bronze - Gold - Silver - Gold in the order of the matches, because not only you will have a match from each rank (even if it goes 3-0), but also you can have an escalating quality of games and intensity in the match.
I don't like the idea of a double elimination bracket, because then that's not exactly a league, it's a tournament. I think a league should at least have a round robin of some kind before any type of bracket.
As for the map pool I think that's the best choice, people in lower leagues don't exactly have the means of practicing in maps that are not in the ladder.

Btw, I think we're gonna need to have a NA league and a EU league.
Kotreb
Profile Joined June 2011
Croatia1392 Posts
April 04 2012 09:56 GMT
#70
Colony.532
Silver
Zerg
EU
If you don't sin Jesus died for nothing.
NoRage
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland2 Posts
April 04 2012 10:53 GMT
#71
Would be interested to join if it's going up anytime soon.
NoRage.765
Gold
Protoss
EU Server
It's only a game! Why you heff to be mad!
Giku
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands368 Posts
April 04 2012 13:26 GMT
#72
I'm in for it!

JaKsZero.230
Gold
Random
EU
Let the music be the fuse that'll spark my soul
MaximusT
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States126 Posts
April 04 2012 14:08 GMT
#73
Any update on any decisions made? And maybe I just missed it, but is there a timeframe for when this could get off the ground?

I agree with howLiN about non-random teams. Cuz I have friends that I play with and we would be interested in forming a team and participating.

Well anyway, I'm in.

Maximus.255
Bronze possibly silver soon yay :/
Terran
NA
I like the building position. Optimized to let the other player penetrate his anal crevice as easily as possible, it's good. - Destiny
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 04 2012 14:15 GMT
#74
I really want to get this going as soon as possible, I'm preparing a revision of my plan that integrates some of Reedjr's ideas, I'll post it later.
HurrDurrrrPWNs
Profile Joined August 2011
United Kingdom18 Posts
April 04 2012 14:15 GMT
#75
BobRoss.231
Silver
Terran
EU


Would like to play some competitive games other than playhem. :D
The sickest nerd baller.
pStar
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
996 Posts
April 04 2012 14:21 GMT
#76
The best way to do this is in proleague format, that way it is fairer on each of theplayers in the team

For example, (assuming 2Golds, 2SIlvers And 1Bonze)

Gold <> Gold
Silver <> SIlver
Bronze <> Bronze
Gold <> Gold
Silver <> Silver
Ace <> Ace

Its unfair to ask bronze level player to play against golds. This way makes it more fun for everyone.
Robo-boogey
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia110 Posts
April 04 2012 14:26 GMT
#77
On April 04 2012 09:28 howLiN wrote:
I made a graph to illustrate everything I wrote, here it comes:

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[image loading]


Please give your suggestions. I'm not entirely sold on my own match format, but I think the league format is pretty solid and feasable for its time frame.

Thanks for the nice chart!

In general, I like it. 1 match per week I assume, 6-8 weeks is a nice length.

When balancing teams, we're not going to show up in teams already, perhaps we can just assign players to teams so they are roughly equal.

I wouldn't worry too much about how the player movement happens between seasons.

But definitely not all-kill. IMO players in each team are ranked, order them for matches to avoid gold vs bronze followed by bronze vs gold. (* what pStar just said.)

I don't think there will be an SEA league...are there enough SEA nominees to make an SEA team in the NA league?

Let's get this started!
RedBlargh
Profile Joined July 2011
99 Posts
April 04 2012 14:35 GMT
#78
So interested, gives meaning to my lowly Silver league status.

RedFolly.630
Silver
Terran
NA Server
MaximusT
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States126 Posts
April 04 2012 14:37 GMT
#79
Here's my opinion on the teams.

I would rather form a team of 2 bronze, 2 silver, and 1 gold with four of my friends than 4 randoms with the aforementioned specifications on ranks and such. I want to participate for the fun of playing with my friends.

And not all-kill.

Like I said, just my opinion on this matter.
I like the building position. Optimized to let the other player penetrate his anal crevice as easily as possible, it's good. - Destiny
anonymitylol
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada4477 Posts
April 04 2012 14:43 GMT
#80
It should be similar to the Proleague style of team matches, like this:

Bronze vs Bronze
Silver vs Silver
Gold vs Gold
Platinum vs Platinum

Ace Match if needed: Diamond vs Diamond

To let everybody play who isn't necessarily competitive, but wants to play in a team league
gold on my wrist phone in my pocket
Ballnazor
Profile Joined January 2012
Sweden22 Posts
April 04 2012 14:50 GMT
#81
Do we have to randomize the teams? I have a bunch of friends that would love to play this with eachother
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 15:20:57
April 04 2012 15:20 GMT
#82
Ok, I made a new graph. Thanks for everyone's help, especially from Reedjr!

Some general changes I made include change of the match format from a bo7 all-kill to a bo5 Proleague style with fixed rank matches (no cross-ranked matches); seasons now have 9 weeks, and the group stage is a big round robin in Proleague style, instead of two groups in Code S style. Please tell me what you think, it's of utmost importance that you guys agree with the league format where you'll be playing!

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@Ballnazor and @MaximusT: I think that people that want to play together in their team will be prioritized over teams made from random players. It's funnier for the players, and it's easier for the organizers (I can imagine it can be a lot harder to deal with a random team than with a team with people that already know each other).

@anonimitylol: That's what I'm proposing with this new graph, see if you like it!
NoRage
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland2 Posts
April 04 2012 15:49 GMT
#83
@howLIN This system seems more then alright, I would say, some things I wondered still.

1. Is it bo5 every set in a match, for example: set 1 (silver) Mark > Robert 3-2 or is it the one who wins the first map?
I would prefer bo5 every set so we get some more matches than 1 per week only.

2. Bo7 ace match instead of bo5 so it could get like two bronze, two silvers and two golds versus each other and then an ace match if needed, but that's just my thoughts, and then again you have to have a minimum of 6 players a team.

Otherwise does the leaguesystem look really good, and I like the Round Robin style.
It's only a game! Why you heff to be mad!
Falconpauunch
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Korea (South)59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 15:54:54
April 04 2012 15:53 GMT
#84
I would love to do this,
Falconpaunch Character Code: 231
Silver NA
Please pm details about actual sign up too
:)
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 04 2012 15:54 GMT
#85
On April 04 2012 23:50 Ballnazor wrote:
Do we have to randomize the teams? I have a bunch of friends that would love to play this with eachother


I guess if you just sign everyone up in one post, just that you add their TL names too so we could contact them if needed.

Tonight when I get home I will sort the US, EU and SEA players and see if a server has enough players.

If someone could be the organizer of the US or SEA server it would be great.
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
ChubbyDelicious
Profile Joined March 2012
United States20 Posts
April 04 2012 16:01 GMT
#86
Count me in!

CyanTheory.567 NA Bronze League Protoss
Insomniac22
Profile Joined February 2011
United States907 Posts
April 04 2012 16:07 GMT
#87
I would totally do this :o
tossuaway
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States107 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 16:18:26
April 04 2012 16:07 GMT
#88
This sounds like a lot of fun. However realize that this is quite an undertaking. I would love to help out and organize the US server. Rather than negotiation a time that works between predetermined teams, it would be easier to simple have a set day each week or month or bi weekly or whatever time interval works that on each Saturday, at 2:30 EST, we have everyone who wants to participate that day meet in a chat room. Then there's no worry about no shows or working times out, you are there, or you are not there. Then just to make it fair, just do random teams. You can show up with your friends and maybe face them later in the tournament. I think every other saturday at 2:30 EST would work well for the US Server. for 8 teams of 5 it'll take 40 players, which is possible. But dropping it down to smaller teams may be needed if not enough players show up. Feel free to pm me anytime, thanks.

edit- I know that many want to do this with there friends on their team. This would be awesome and fun but would require that these prebuilt teams show up. With random teams, theres no no show issues. However if we could just get a select few teams that really were committed. (even 4 teams of 3) we could really grow as teams and friends, and really develop intense and fun rivalries with other teams. More commitment, more fun!
shadow_orc
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 16:11:30
April 04 2012 16:11 GMT
#89
TT cant play on weekends
There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that affect other patterns. Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within patterns. If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself. What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't re
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 16:19:08
April 04 2012 16:13 GMT
#90
On April 05 2012 00:49 NoRage wrote:
@howLIN This system seems more then alright, I would say, some things I wondered still.

1. Is it bo5 every set in a match, for example: set 1 (silver) Mark > Robert 3-2 or is it the one who wins the first map?
I would prefer bo5 every set so we get some more matches than 1 per week only.

2. Bo7 ace match instead of bo5 so it could get like two bronze, two silvers and two golds versus each other and then an ace match if needed, but that's just my thoughts, and then again you have to have a minimum of 6 players a team.

Otherwise does the leaguesystem look really good, and I like the Round Robin style.


When I made that I was thinking about the logistics of it, and how it could be very time consuming for the teams of an amateur league if I started to add more games to everything. I agree that it's not the most perfect system, I personally would also like to have more games for everyone, but you have to consider that it can become a heavy toll for a team to organize itself to play more games, not to mention for the organizers to run the whole thing in their spare time.

I made every regular set a bo1, and the ace set a bo3. I can see how it can seem that they're not playing many games, but I have to remind you that every week there would be four matches between the teams, with a minimum of 3 games per team and a maximum of 8 games, which makes a possible total of 32 games per weekend that have to be played, reported, verified, filed, organized, distributed and publicized in a weekend. That can be very hard to run without hiccups, and I'd rather have the league run without any problems at first than to make a bigger system than we can handle and mess it up. The bo7 as a system for team matches carries the same problem, with the addition of the teams having to deal with more players, which can create exponentially more problems for the teams.

I'm certainly willing to change it, but I think we should start simple to see how it goes, and then move up if we can do it. I think that for a start, the amount of games is fine, and if it's clear that we can handle more games than before, then I see no problem in expanding the number of games played. I just don't really want to make this heavier than we can handle, especially for the amateur teams where it can be hard to manage everyone at the same time.


On April 05 2012 01:07 tossuaway wrote:
This sounds like a lot of fun. However realize that this is quite an undertaking. I would love to help out and organize the US server. Rather than negotiation a time that works between predetermined teams, it would be easier to simple have a set day each week or month or bi weekly or whatever time interval works that on each Saturday, at 2:30 EST, we have everyone who wants to participate that day meet in a chat room. Then there's no worry about no shows or working times out, you are there, or you are not there. Then just to make it fair, just do random teams. You can show up with your friends and maybe face them later in the tournament. I think every other saturday at 2:30 EST would work well for the US Server. for 8 teams of 5 it'll take 40 players, which is possible. But dropping it down to smaller teams may be needed if not enough players show up. Feel free to pm me anytime, thanks.


I was thinking in rather than establish a fixed date and time, teams would have a time span (say, between saturday and sunday) to play their matches, and would have to report the results and send the replays up until sunday midnight. It would give the teams much more leverage to play their games in something that it's their spare time. I don't know how that would work between teams in terms of choosing a date and time, though.
Campanda
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1 Post
April 04 2012 17:04 GMT
#91
This is a great idea. Team Kessel would love to participate. We have 3 confirmed members who will play, and 2 that we are awaiting conformation. Hope this starts as soon as possible.
We are all on the NA server
Campanda.451
Gold Terran
KHAN.132
Silver Zerg
Milky.135
Silver Zerg
Im Terrible
WarEagle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States130 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 19:40:27
April 04 2012 19:35 GMT
#92
I have a team league listed here in the tournament forums ([STL] SC2Clans Team League) which has a division for bronze to gold teams. Only one team has signed up so far.

A lot of you may be interested in that.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 20:49:12
April 04 2012 19:55 GMT
#93
This is sexy, I WANT IN

Ksquared 535 Gold Protoss
eSports for life.
Kovaz
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada233 Posts
April 04 2012 20:09 GMT
#94
I can't participate (in diamond) but I have a couple of ideas anyway.

1) Proleague format is probably best. It distributes play time the most evenly so everyone gets the chance to play. I think Ace match would also add to the excitement as well.

2) If there's concern about teams being too strong or too weak, you could have a points system where a gold is 3 points, silver is 2 points, and bronze is 1 point, and have a point limit for your lineup for a particular match. For example, Bo5 could have a limit of 11 points, so you have to play some bronze and silver players.

3) Match up weaker players with weaker players and stronger with stronger. It'll be more fun for everyone if you get to play people close to your skill level. This avoids a situation where matches depend entirely on who matches up with who, rather than who's playing better on that day. For example, if we have 1 gold and 1 bronze vs 1 gold and 1 bronze, the match should almost always be 1-1 if each gold plays the corresponding bronze, with both games being very one-sided. If we play the gold vs. gold and bronze vs. bronze, it could swing either way and both games are more meaningful.

The way I would try to organize this is to have teams rank their players before each match, with higher league being the first criteria (so a gold is always higher than a bronze), and then have best vs. best, 2nd best vs. 2nd best, and so on.

Hope you guys have fun, tourneys/leagues are always a blast.
coppuh
Profile Joined March 2012
United States9 Posts
April 04 2012 20:27 GMT
#95
So what happens if a player gets promoted during the teamleague season?
ScienceNotBusiness
Profile Joined March 2012
United States91 Posts
April 04 2012 20:33 GMT
#96
I'm down.

Gold Random

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Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 20:41:47
April 04 2012 20:37 GMT
#97
Why only up to gold? I'm Diamond and is very much interested in this

Edit:
Just read post again, if a team wants me to help a bit - I can do so
contact me in-game
Name: Cinimidrak
character code: 864

Diamond zerg player
Hell, it's about time
Joshuawesome
Profile Joined August 2011
United States57 Posts
April 04 2012 20:40 GMT
#98
THis sounds cool. Def sign me up!

Joshuawesome.729
Gold
Protoss
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 04 2012 20:45 GMT
#99
BwCBlueBox (837)
Gold
Zerg
BwCBlueBox.837
PlacidPanda
Profile Joined September 2011
United States246 Posts
April 04 2012 22:50 GMT
#100
Im plat and should be upped into diamond this coming season, I'd be happy to help out teams/work as practice partners. I've had experience with these leagues before as well as coaching bronze players into gold.
UCPlacidPnda 764 Protoss
Squirtle Hwaitting!!
jabberwockzerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States294 Posts
April 04 2012 23:14 GMT
#101
I'm so in =D
JabbeRWocK.688
Bronze (T_T)
Zerg
I put the money in the jacket, and the jacket on the kangaroo, and now he's hopping away!
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 23:41:57
April 04 2012 23:25 GMT
#102
Well, I was bored so I gathered up all the names and put them into a spreadsheet. Some people ARE missing because of various reasons so if they look at the thread again they can add (or correctly place) themselves to the list.

Also, as some people did not specify region there are bound to be errors. So I'll try to verify the current names through sc2ranks and see if there are any discrepancies.

Feel free to edit it as you wish/make prettier/add your name in/ etc.

LINK: TL.net BSG Team League Roster
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Mingle
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom26 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 23:50:37
April 04 2012 23:26 GMT
#103
Would so do this!

EU - Mingle.400
Zerg / Protoss
Gold

NA - Wiz.556
Zerg / Protoss
Gold
WarEagle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States130 Posts
April 04 2012 23:37 GMT
#104
Dasende, I need you as an admin!
WeedRa
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany815 Posts
April 04 2012 23:38 GMT
#105
Count me in!

EU
WeedRa#465
Protoss - Silver
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 04 2012 23:43 GMT
#106
Haha... I just realized I'm incredibly stupid. I made the list only looking at the posts but I forget people indicate where they are from right in their user thing ABOVE the post... T_T

Going through the list again!
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intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
April 04 2012 23:45 GMT
#107
PL with AK sessions would get my vote, kinda like how SPL was done last season.
kiss kiss fall in love
Kraidio
Profile Joined May 2011
China133 Posts
April 04 2012 23:54 GMT
#108
I would definitely be up for this.

US
BomberMelon #248
Terran - Gold
A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of all human morality.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 04 2012 23:56 GMT
#109
On April 05 2012 08:26 Mingle wrote:
Would so do this!

EU - Mingle.400
Zerg / Protoss
Gold

NA - Wiz.556
Zerg / Protoss
Gold


You put your IDs into the Terran column though you specified Zerg/Protoss. I moved them into the Zerg column (in their respective regions) but wanted to just let you know in case I am mistaken.
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MepHiii
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland191 Posts
April 04 2012 23:58 GMT
#110
indeed a proleague with forced same league opponents would make the most sense. i'd also be up for coaching some EU Team (i' m diamond) if people Would like that
WarEagle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States130 Posts
April 05 2012 00:03 GMT
#111
On April 05 2012 08:58 MepHiii wrote:
indeed a proleague with forced same league opponents would make the most sense. i'd also be up for coaching some EU Team (i' m diamond) if people Would like that

I agree that the proleague is best for the lower leagues, but at the same time, it makes it harder for teams to form. Because as of now, there are little to no BSG teams, so most have to come from scratch.

However, once clans catch on at this level, most of those bronze league team members will quickly rise the ranks to silver, gold and beyond, just through having practice partners.

This is one of the main reasons I started sc2clans.org.
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 05 2012 00:07 GMT
#112
Oh lol, forgot to put myself in there, Im PanDa on EU if anyone are wondrering.

I will update the op soon with the graphs howLIN was kind enough to make, and I will make it more organized and will try to have organized everyone willing to help organize.

It is awesome that this dream came alive btw, it motivates me and probbably others to play to get better for the team.
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 00:09 GMT
#113
On April 05 2012 09:07 RainSunShowers wrote:
Oh lol, forgot to put myself in there, Im PanDa on EU if anyone are wondrering.

I will update the op soon with the graphs howLIN was kind enough to make, and I will make it more organized and will try to have organized everyone willing to help organize.

It is awesome that this dream came alive btw, it motivates me and probbably others to play to get better for the team.


Not many EU people makes me sad panda though.... *dodges tomatoes*
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Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 05 2012 01:11 GMT
#114
Hey, thanks for the work on the names Dasende. Looks like we're just about there for NA! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Oh, and if people prefer to be kept together on a team, that's no problem. Should make the whole thing easier anyhow!
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
April 05 2012 01:16 GMT
#115
The name is very misleading but I'm toss :-)
spam F!
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 01:21 GMT
#116
On April 05 2012 10:16 LosZergs wrote:
The name is very misleading but I'm toss :-)


LOL! That you are... Oh boy, a rather odd oversight of mine.
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WhatNameSo
Profile Joined April 2011
United States90 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 01:25:18
April 05 2012 01:24 GMT
#117
I am in if there is still room. I have time most every day.

EnderFrigins 711
Protoss
GOLD
NA
respect.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 01:27:40
April 05 2012 01:27 GMT
#118
@Kovaz: I like the points idea, though I'm not exactly sure how that would be better than what I've proposed. I'll look into that.

@coppuh: Please read the newest graph, I wrote that if a player gets promoted in the middle of a season he still plays in the previous rank matches, and at the end of the season the team has to adapt to that change in order to maintain the bronze-to-silver-to-gold ratio.

@Cinim: You bring an interesting idea in the form of team coaches. I think that's absolutely fine as long as they don't play in the league itself.

@RainSunShowers: please add just the latest graph, as I think it's the most consensual and it's a revision of the previous graph, so the first graph is obsolete
bittman
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia8759 Posts
April 05 2012 01:40 GMT
#119
Uhh just had a look over the graph and people signing up, and sorry if this is a silly question but:

Where are the teams? =P
Are you to arrange them from the list of people who are signing up, or should people be arranging teams / coming in with an arranged team?
Or am I missing something? haha
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Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 01:44:37
April 05 2012 01:43 GMT
#120
On April 05 2012 10:40 bittman wrote:
Uhh just had a look over the graph and people signing up, and sorry if this is a silly question but:

Where are the teams? =P
Are you to arrange them from the list of people who are signing up, or should people be arranging teams / coming in with an arranged team?
Or am I missing something? haha


If you have a team already, feel free to sign up with a team. You or I can denote that on the sheet otherwise there will be team captains and they will pick from the pool essentially.

So at this current time there are no set teams per sè
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Pantagruel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States1427 Posts
April 05 2012 01:48 GMT
#121
This sounds like fun.

NA
Pantagruel (413)
Silver
Terran
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 02:09 GMT
#122
North American SC2 Bronze-Gold Team League [rough drafting]

~Potential Formats

Proleague

Players are matched based off of skill (Bronze v Bronze, Silver v S.)
Potentially played with an ace match, where teams choose a player
to play a final match against each other, ending a close series.

Pros: Teams can have a large variance in skill, and still
allow players to compete.
Teams get to serve as player hotspots for improvement.
Everyone gets to play at least one match. =)
Internal competition for the ace spot.
Probably closest to a real "team" feel.
Players can have a timeframe of when their matches are
played.
Cons: Teams with imbalanced player skill across the spectrum
can lead to "worse" teams winning.
Organization of matches is slightly harder than
all-kill format.
Currently has less support in TL.net poll.

All-Kill
Teams send out a list of players, and players go at it in
gladitorial-like combat, staying in the ring until they are bested.
Potentially played with an ace match, where teams choose a player
to play a final match against each other, ending a close series.

Pros:There is overall more potential for epic players
to emerge and dominate a match. DRGGGGGG~~
Matches are easier to organize, compared to
all-kill format.
Encourages teams to develop stronger players.
Cons: One player can potentially carry an entire team.
Development of players is more important than
development of teams as a whole.

Personally, I lean towards more proleague format, as it would allow actual
teams to be a bit of a bigger deal. I don't know, the whole idea
of all-kill just seems a little meh to me.

Either Bo5 or Bo7. Going to have to depend on team size.

I like the idea of ace match, and I think season one should include it.

*******League Breakdown*******

BoX Double Elimination, with Bo9 + Ace Finals?

League Management establishes parameters for teams to follow;

IE, must have two team officers (one captain, another co-captain)
Must have two bronze, two silver, two gold, etc.
Something like this is probably necessary with such a large skill gap.
League randomly creates bracket until teams begin to consistently perform.
~~~challonge.com~~~~
Management announces bracket and gives deadlines for matches.

It is up to teams to schedule matches between captains, any disputes are
passed up to management.

Results are announced to management and replays are enclosed in an email
sent no later than the previously announced deadline.

In regards to no-shows, after half-hour has passed, team captain PM's
management with written agreement from other captain to time
including opposing captain + co-captain Bnet ID and code.
After 45 minutes, bye is given and no-show is given loss.


*******Where to Host it********

Management can use TL for first season, afterwards, they should probably
look into external hosting alternatives, but we'll see based off of
first season interest.
BwCBlueBox.837
daxis
Profile Joined April 2012
United States3 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 02:21:02
April 05 2012 02:12 GMT
#123
NA
daxis 205
gold
random

i can be a team captain
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 02:20 GMT
#124
I personally think the pro league would be a lot better for a thing like this.
eSports for life.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 02:23:16
April 05 2012 02:22 GMT
#125
On April 05 2012 11:20 Ksquared wrote:
I personally think the pro league would be a lot better for a thing like this.


It's pretty well established (I thought) we were doing the pro league format anyway.

I liked howlin's chart thingy for the overall format.

EDIT: I feel odd using "we" ... I'm not an organizer or helper or anything for this thing.. v.v but the "collective" has agreed on pro league as the best format for this I thought.
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Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 02:30 GMT
#126
Oh well thats good.
eSports for life.
daxis
Profile Joined April 2012
United States3 Posts
April 05 2012 02:40 GMT
#127
Any ETA on when this is gona start?
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 05 2012 02:43 GMT
#128
We still have a few things to work out, but it should hopefully only be a week or two before everything is up and running.
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 18:41:47
April 05 2012 02:44 GMT
#129
Love to help out in some way. (Coach,Practice partner,etc.)
Volamel 757
Edit: oops, for got to add stuff.
-Diamond
-NA
-Zerg
NA Volamel 757
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 02:45 GMT
#130
@Dasende
@Reed

Hey guys, sent you both PMs with my work on the thread/teamleague.

Hit me up.
BwCBlueBox.837
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 02:55:09
April 05 2012 02:51 GMT
#131
As I stated before howlin' has the league overall format as Round Robin into single elim bracket, but do we want that way or like the GSTL double elim style?

Personally, I prefer the double elim style but the round robin ensures that all teams will play games every week.
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lol_Robot
Profile Joined November 2011
United States66 Posts
April 05 2012 03:00 GMT
#132
I'd love to do this; I'll put my info in but probably wouldn't be able to if it was on a weekend. Definitely in favor of a Proleague- Bo5 or Bo7 format.

MaestroXC.921
NA Silver
Zerg

bzzzzzt. CTL: Team Guns 'n' Roaches
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 03:01 GMT
#133
@BlueBoxSC: Thanks for your input! I agree that the proleague match format is definitely the way to go, mainly because it allows every player to play a match each week and it creates more of a team feel, as you said.

As for the league format, I don't really agree with a double elimination bracket, because it's a system that excludes teams from the season early on, and people want to join this league because they want to play. I think the round robin group allows for a much larger time period where every team is still playing in the league. In a double elimination bracket, you can play as few as two matches and you're out, while in a round robin group system every team gets to play at least 7 matches. I think it may be much more fun for the teams and the players if they get to play as much as possible.

I think a bo5 is the best way to go, as it reduces the amount of players per team, making everything much easier to run. Maybe after the first season and it's clear that the league can function with more players, it can be changed to a bo7 or even a bo9, but for now I think bo5s are more than enough to test the waters.
Smooch
Profile Joined January 2011
United States27 Posts
April 05 2012 03:02 GMT
#134
This all sounds great but it is listed as a "Team League" idea. From what I have seen, mostly everyone commenting here are individual players. Are there any actual teams formed yet?

Smooch.163
NA Silver
Toss
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 03:10:12
April 05 2012 03:05 GMT
#135
On April 05 2012 12:02 Smooch wrote:
This all sounds great but it is listed as a "Team League" idea. From what I have seen, mostly everyone commenting here are individual players. Are there any actual teams formed yet?

Smooch.163
NA Silver
Toss


There have been a few people who said their team would be willing to join, one is listed in the spreadsheet. The plan was once there was a viable amount of players team captains would pick from the pool to complete teams. At least that is what I recall from the previous posts, no one has really called dibs on being a captain on the NA side I believe though.
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Smooch
Profile Joined January 2011
United States27 Posts
April 05 2012 03:10 GMT
#136
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 03:11 GMT
#137
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.
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AHMED1234
Profile Joined March 2012
7 Posts
April 05 2012 03:21 GMT
#138
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 03:25 GMT
#139
On April 05 2012 12:21 AHMED1234 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?


MAJOR UPDATE:

Hey guys, right now, me and Dasende are bumping around the idea of having this be a league where Silvers/Golds actively play while Bronzes aspire to compete and Plats+ help players improve. =)
BwCBlueBox.837
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 03:28:37
April 05 2012 03:26 GMT
#140
On April 05 2012 12:21 AHMED1234 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?


As this is a Bronze, Silver, Gold league (at this time) their relation to Silver really doesn't matter. So if you have like 5 bronzies that want to play (in the NA region)... super! lol

MAJOR UPDATE:

Hey guys, right now, me and Dasende are bumping around the idea of having this be a league where Silvers/Golds actively play while Bronzes aspire to compete and Plats+ help players improve. =)


This idea is being thrown about because we have enough Silver/Gold players to make 8 teams with 5 players each at this current time.
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Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 04:05 GMT
#141
On April 05 2012 12:25 BlueBoxSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:21 AHMED1234 wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?


MAJOR UPDATE:

Hey guys, right now, me and Dasende are bumping around the idea of having this be a league where Silvers/Golds actively play while Bronzes aspire to compete and Plats+ help players improve. =)


This is a much better idea
eSports for life.
darederp
Profile Joined March 2012
United States1 Post
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 04:41:03
April 05 2012 04:40 GMT
#142
ImdoG
NA
821
Silver
Protoss

Would love to be involved!
MasianMario
Profile Joined January 2012
United States8 Posts
April 05 2012 04:48 GMT
#143
I guess I could help with some coaching

NA
MaznPhoenix
904
Plat
Zerg
I was the Chosen One!
gp0942
Profile Joined April 2012
United States7 Posts
April 05 2012 04:53 GMT
#144
dipthug
859
NA
bronze
zerg

I only play on the weekends normally but this sounds like a great idea. I would probably not be in bronze if i played 1v1 more. I'm gold/silver for my 2v2 teams, but I'd like to be motivated to play more 1v1s.
tossuaway
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States107 Posts
April 05 2012 08:23 GMT
#145
Protoss--- Gold NA Michelangelo .253
I want in too!
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 10:11 GMT
#146
Too many Americans, why don't EU people want in? (
Hell, it's about time
blanks.yuC
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland61 Posts
April 05 2012 10:15 GMT
#147
Anytime anywhere!
EU
yuC.335
gold league
Zerg
Come at me bro!
Hetairoi
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden508 Posts
April 05 2012 11:25 GMT
#148
I'd be interested.

EU
Kingdom.330
Gold
Protoss
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 11:52:33
April 05 2012 11:52 GMT
#149
[sorry double post]
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 11:52 GMT
#150
On April 05 2012 19:11 Cinim wrote:
Too many Americans, why don't EU people want in? (


I don't know I think we're gonna have to start by having only a NA league. Hopefully that will bring more awareness so that more EU people become interested in participating. We'll see.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 13:27 GMT
#151
Alright guys, we're almost there! There will be a good amount of backup players for each team, which is great. The only problem is that we're short on three bronze players to be able to start the league. If you want to invite bronze friends to the league please do so, we're one step away from starting this league!
MasEo9
Profile Joined May 2011
United States4 Posts
April 05 2012 13:36 GMT
#152
This would be awesome!

NA
MasE #133
Silver
Terran
oZe
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden492 Posts
April 05 2012 13:37 GMT
#153
Please stop callin 1v1 tournaments team leagues. I beg you ^^
The worst kinds of organized crime are religion & government.
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 14:12 GMT
#154
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.
Hell, it's about time
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 14:32 GMT
#155
On April 05 2012 23:12 Cinim wrote:
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.


Exactly. =) Thanks, Cinim.

So far, it looks like moderators are me, Dasende, and Howlin'. Any questions, PM one of us.
BwCBlueBox.837
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 14:39 GMT
#156
On April 05 2012 23:32 BlueBoxSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 23:12 Cinim wrote:
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.


Exactly. =) Thanks, Cinim.

So far, it looks like moderators are me, Dasende, and Howlin'. Any questions, PM one of us.


Reedjr and RainSunShowers are also involved. The five of us are gonna have to meet in Skype to get some of the details done, and then we'll communicate to the players their teams.
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 14:41 GMT
#157
On April 05 2012 23:39 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 23:32 BlueBoxSC wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:12 Cinim wrote:
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.


Exactly. =) Thanks, Cinim.

So far, it looks like moderators are me, Dasende, and Howlin'. Any questions, PM one of us.


Reedjr and RainSunShowers are also involved. The five of us are gonna have to meet in Skype to get some of the details done, and then we'll communicate to the players their teams.


Ah, missed Reed. Thought that RSS said he couldn't do this. Well, that's great, less load for me, personally. :D

I'll send you my Skype info in a PM.
BwCBlueBox.837
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 05 2012 15:03 GMT
#158
On April 05 2012 23:41 BlueBoxSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 23:39 howLiN wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:32 BlueBoxSC wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:12 Cinim wrote:
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.


Exactly. =) Thanks, Cinim.

So far, it looks like moderators are me, Dasende, and Howlin'. Any questions, PM one of us.


Reedjr and RainSunShowers are also involved. The five of us are gonna have to meet in Skype to get some of the details done, and then we'll communicate to the players their teams.


Ah, missed Reed. Thought that RSS said he couldn't do this. Well, that's great, less load for me, personally. :D

I'll send you my Skype info in a PM.


I will be involved, but I wont be the main "guy" that is in control
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 05 2012 15:06 GMT
#159
On April 06 2012 00:03 RainSunShowers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 23:41 BlueBoxSC wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:39 howLiN wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:32 BlueBoxSC wrote:
On April 05 2012 23:12 Cinim wrote:
Maybe because it's not a 1v1 tournament, but they will actually try and arrange certain teams to compete against each other. Maybe those people aren't on actual teams but victories/loses are given to that team, not the single players.


Exactly. =) Thanks, Cinim.

So far, it looks like moderators are me, Dasende, and Howlin'. Any questions, PM one of us.


Reedjr and RainSunShowers are also involved. The five of us are gonna have to meet in Skype to get some of the details done, and then we'll communicate to the players their teams.


Ah, missed Reed. Thought that RSS said he couldn't do this. Well, that's great, less load for me, personally. :D

I'll send you my Skype info in a PM.


I will be involved, but I wont be the main "guy" that is in control


Alright, sounds awesome. :D
BwCBlueBox.837
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 15:11 GMT
#160
I'm both glad and sad to say that all the gold spots have been filled for the first season of the NA league, but if you want to post your ID you still can! It will help teams to pick new players for the next seasons, because if any team drops a gold player at the end of the first season, the next gold player in line will be replacing him. So don't worry, you definitely will be able to play in next seasons!

As for silver players, we still have 3 spots that can be filled for the NA league.

As for bronze players, we need 3 more players to start the league, and a maximum number of 11 spots that can be filled for the NA league.

Spread the word people, we're almost there!
MepHiii
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland191 Posts
April 05 2012 15:57 GMT
#161
so is the EU season cancelled?
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 16:03 GMT
#162
unless more comes, probably yes.
Hell, it's about time
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 16:05 GMT
#163
The EU league will just be postponed until there are enough players to have it, so if you want to play on an EU league you can still post your information.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 16:11 GMT
#164
So much win. So I guess the teams will name themselves?
eSports for life.
bcolby20
Profile Joined March 2012
United States16 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 20:00:42
April 05 2012 16:12 GMT
#165
i'm down if you still need some bronze.


NA
Prolapse code 860
Zerg
Bronze

email me at bcolby20@gmail.com
"There's no 'I' in team, but there is a 'u' in cunt"
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 16:17 GMT
#166
On April 06 2012 01:12 bcolby20 wrote:
i'm down if you still need some bronze.


NA
Prolapse
Zerg
Bronze

email me at bcolby20@gmail.com


You need a character code there bro
Hell, it's about time
Duralon
Profile Joined September 2011
United States15 Posts
April 05 2012 16:38 GMT
#167
So interested in this. Really wanna improve.

NA
Icculus
Zerg
Bronze
Character Code: 942

thanks!
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 16:41 GMT
#168
On April 06 2012 01:11 Ksquared wrote:
So much win. So I guess the teams will name themselves?


Yup, that's right. They will choose their names and how their team logo will look like. I'm guessing that it's harder for the teams to pick the color they like (since there are 8 colors for 8 teams) so i'm not sure if we're gonna give each team a color or if they're gonna pick themselves. We're still deciding that.
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
April 05 2012 16:50 GMT
#169
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill
Hetairoi
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Sweden508 Posts
April 05 2012 16:57 GMT
#170
On April 06 2012 01:03 Cinim wrote:
unless more comes, probably yes.


How far off is an EU version of the league?
Duralon
Profile Joined September 2011
United States15 Posts
April 05 2012 17:02 GMT
#171
Excited! Did I sign up in time or were you guys already full?

Thanks. How will I be contacted?
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 17:02 GMT
#172
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 17:06:34
April 05 2012 17:05 GMT
#173
On April 06 2012 02:02 Duralon wrote:
Excited! Did I sign up in time or were you guys already full?

Thanks. How will I be contacted?


In my previous post I've said that we have no more spots for golds, but we still have 3 for silvers and we need more bronzes. We're compiling a list of every player that has posted here, so if we need more players we contact the ones that posted but couldn't get in at first. Don't worry, everyone will definitely be able to play eventually!
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 17:06 GMT
#174
On April 06 2012 01:57 Hetairoi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 01:03 Cinim wrote:
unless more comes, probably yes.


How far off is an EU version of the league?


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhCDccsPjOsYdGhZcHVDRi1uMzVrdUpuNWRkUGVWdnc#gid=0
what was linked earlier in this thread - judge for yourself
Hell, it's about time
Duralon
Profile Joined September 2011
United States15 Posts
April 05 2012 17:08 GMT
#175
On April 06 2012 02:05 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 02:02 Duralon wrote:
Excited! Did I sign up in time or were you guys already full?

Thanks. How will I be contacted?


In my previous post I've said that we have no more spots for golds, but we still have 3 for silvers and we need more bronzes. We're compiling a list of every player that has posted here, so if we need more players we contact the ones that posted but couldn't get in at first. Don't worry, everyone will definitely be able to play eventually!


Awesome! This is one time I'm fortunate to be a low league player (bronze) hahah.
L4mppu
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland40 Posts
April 05 2012 17:09 GMT
#176
Hi EU Protoss here. I would like to participate on this tournament and would like to know more how this is going to be put up.

Name.Character code: Lamppu.813 EU!!
League: Silver hopefully make it to gold on season 7
Race: Protoss
Falconpauunch
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Korea (South)59 Posts
April 05 2012 17:14 GMT
#177
really hope I get in, posted around page 5
:)
L4mppu
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland40 Posts
April 05 2012 17:15 GMT
#178
8 teams of 5 is not enough. There must also be somekind of list of players and what team are they in. Teams also should have a week or so practice time so they can teach one on other and get to know eachother.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 17:34:29
April 05 2012 17:32 GMT
#179
On April 06 2012 02:08 Duralon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 02:05 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 Duralon wrote:
Excited! Did I sign up in time or were you guys already full?

Thanks. How will I be contacted?


In my previous post I've said that we have no more spots for golds, but we still have 3 for silvers and we need more bronzes. We're compiling a list of every player that has posted here, so if we need more players we contact the ones that posted but couldn't get in at first. Don't worry, everyone will definitely be able to play eventually!


Awesome! This is one time I'm fortunate to be a low league player (bronze) hahah.

Great! You just need to post in this thread your name, your character code, your server and your league, and it will be compiled into our list of players.

On April 06 2012 02:15 L4mppu wrote:
8 teams of 5 is not enough. There must also be somekind of list of players and what team are they in. Teams also should have a week or so practice time so they can teach one on other and get to know eachother.


We're aiming to have 8 players in each team (5 available to play in a match, 3 for backup), and we're actually pretty close to that. And having a week for the teams to know eachother is a great idea. Also, from the moment we announce the teams until the league starts there will be a period of time where things have to be arranjed inside a team (choosing the captain, discussing their name and logo, having the logos made by the organization, etc), so there will be plenty of time for the teammates to know each other regardless.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 17:49 GMT
#180
On April 06 2012 02:14 Falconpauunch wrote:
really hope I get in, posted around page 5


You need to edit your post to say which race you play.
WarEagle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States130 Posts
April 05 2012 17:56 GMT
#181
I don't want to sound like a buzz kill, but I want to help you guys out and see a team league succeed at the Bronze-Gold level, and so I want to share with you what my experience has been thus far in regards to amateur team leagues, what has worked, and what has failed.

I will say upfront that I'm no expert, but I have been researching team leagues since January, both amateur and professional, watching the tournament threads and/or respective website, taking notes of what works, what doesn't, and reading through countless pages of praise and complaints. I've also had help from other event organizers who were kind enough to guide me along the way. This is what I've concluded:

First and foremost, don't run a league from a thread. It's unorganized, even the most organized of threads w/ the most organized of people running it. It's just too hard to keep up w/ everything, and it requires everyone to read through page after page to keep up to date, not to mention it's unappealing. Get a website, even if it's a free one from Word Press. Bare minimum you need a homepage where event organizers can communicate w/ participants, a forum for everyone to discuss the event, and contact page so people can register/contact the admins. Also, use a tournament management system. For a round robin followed by playoffs system, use Binary Beast.

The second biggest killer of a league: scheduling. DO NOT leave it up to the teams to schedule matches. It will not work. Bottom line. Take a consensus, talk about when most people would like to play, then schedule the matches for them. Do not take a team's organizational skills for granted. I've seen teams who are easy to contact and show up on time to matches, and others who I can never get email replies from or will say "We have a match today? No one told me." And that's Master/GM level teams I'm talking about. They are supposed to be well established and organized. If you just throw together a bunch of teams and expect them to be organized your crazy. Some of them will be fine, but other teams will be unorganized and fall apart half way through the league, and then your entire bracket is screwed, and the league falls apart. Which brings me to my next point.

Pro league formatting is a logistical nightmare. It requires teams to have players of each level, and enough of each level to provide backup when someone doesn't show. This is already proving to be an issue. It also requires the teams to communicate with each other prior to the match what their rosters will be. This just adds another level of complication. There is a reason why it's called pro league format; you need organized, professional players and event organizers to make it a smooth process.

The league needs to be as simple as possible, including rules, scheduling, and formatting. If you want to get it off the ground, keep it simple, hope you can finish a season, then let it grow naturally. Here is what I would recommend to run this league. I think the 8 teams is a good number to start with. Ask for 8 volunteers who want to be team captains. A captain should have good communication and organizational skills. Then compile a list of everyone here who wants to be a part of the league, and let the 8 captains pick one by one until everyone is on a team. In doing Best of 5 matches, around 6-8 players per team would be a good number to ensure teams always have enough players to do a clan war at any given date; that will give them 3 starters and 3-5 backups. Next, give the teams a grace period to get to know one another, play some games together, and evaluate who on the team is reliable or not so they can make a roster. The teams will need to setup an in game chat channel, a clan site to organize team functions, exchange contact information amongst themselves, etc. Then let them start having friendly clan wars against each other so once the league starts, the teams know how to effectively run a clan war.

This experience among the teams and players will make running a league SOOOOO much easier on the admins. And while these teams are getting organized and experienced, the league admins need to be setting up a streamlined system to run the league, and preparing themselves mentally for what they are about to jump into. They need to come up with a simple, concise rules page. Don't be too strict, b/c at this level it's all about fun and your really don't have to worry about cheating. Come up with a good map pool, and let the players know what it is beforehand so they can start practicing on those maps.

Hopefully within a few weeks everyone will be ready to go and most of the league pitfalls will be avoided. Once again, this is just my opinion of how a successful league should be setup, based on my experience and observations. I'm not saying that if you fail to do these things your league will fail, but trust me when I say that I have seen failed leagues and extremely crappy leagues that would have benefited greatly from some of the things I listed.

Maybe some of this advice will help you get the league running, as I would love to see a large team base at the Bronze-Gold level, and I wish everyone the best of luck in this venture. If you need any help with organization or want to ask me any questions, feel free to contact me at admin@sc2clans.org.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 18:14:50
April 05 2012 18:12 GMT
#182
Most of these things are already being done, we haven't posted anything formal yet because the league isn't formalized yet. Once we have completed all of the necessary things, we'll move our rumblings from our Skype convos and into the finalized thread.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 19:22:24
April 05 2012 19:21 GMT
#183
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 19:24 GMT
#184
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver.


Well, personally not in it, but I would be able to spot a player above gold level instantly, tbh.
Anyone who has played this game for some time would know. Just an example, Major as I think the guy is mostly known under that ID, tried to go into a SEA only tournament, for I think diamond players or some, where moonglade was casting. He spotted that this person was way better almost instantly. I almost think the gab in the lower leagues is even bigger tbh, so it shouldn't be no issue to spot for whoever is going to control this league, or atleast I hope so.
Hell, it's about time
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
April 05 2012 20:08 GMT
#185
On April 06 2012 04:24 Cinim wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver.


Well, personally not in it, but I would be able to spot a player above gold level instantly, tbh.
Anyone who has played this game for some time would know. Just an example, Major as I think the guy is mostly known under that ID, tried to go into a SEA only tournament, for I think diamond players or some, where moonglade was casting. He spotted that this person was way better almost instantly. I almost think the gab in the lower leagues is even bigger tbh, so it shouldn't be no issue to spot for whoever is going to control this league, or atleast I hope so.


Yes but I would think like a bronze, act like a bronze and play like a bronze- just enough to win.
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 05 2012 20:10 GMT
#186
On April 06 2012 05:08 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 04:24 Cinim wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver.


Well, personally not in it, but I would be able to spot a player above gold level instantly, tbh.
Anyone who has played this game for some time would know. Just an example, Major as I think the guy is mostly known under that ID, tried to go into a SEA only tournament, for I think diamond players or some, where moonglade was casting. He spotted that this person was way better almost instantly. I almost think the gab in the lower leagues is even bigger tbh, so it shouldn't be no issue to spot for whoever is going to control this league, or atleast I hope so.


Yes but I would think like a bronze, act like a bronze and play like a bronze- just enough to win.


If your diamond for example or higher, you cant play to bronze level, you just cant. also, it's just a minor tournament there isn't going to be any reason to cheat, probably not going to be any awards either. Only way you can act bronze is by going off race where you don't know any of the building or binds or anything maybe
Hell, it's about time
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 20:12 GMT
#187
On April 06 2012 05:08 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 04:24 Cinim wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver.


Well, personally not in it, but I would be able to spot a player above gold level instantly, tbh.
Anyone who has played this game for some time would know. Just an example, Major as I think the guy is mostly known under that ID, tried to go into a SEA only tournament, for I think diamond players or some, where moonglade was casting. He spotted that this person was way better almost instantly. I almost think the gab in the lower leagues is even bigger tbh, so it shouldn't be no issue to spot for whoever is going to control this league, or atleast I hope so.


Yes but I would think like a bronze, act like a bronze and play like a bronze- just enough to win.


But why would you?
eSports for life.
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
April 05 2012 20:17 GMT
#188
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D
Skorbnut
Profile Joined February 2012
United States20 Posts
April 05 2012 20:19 GMT
#189
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.
PAYBACKSkorb - More gg, More skill. Line 'em up.
WarEagle
Profile Joined March 2011
United States130 Posts
April 05 2012 20:27 GMT
#190
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 20:31:20
April 05 2012 20:28 GMT
#191
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?

On April 06 2012 05:27 WarEagle wrote:
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.


Actually i could still pretend through that.

"Whats a 10 pool?"
"Just build stuff"
"O well, its about having fun :D"
"O crap my base is mined out time to expand"

You know what people do in hardcore d2? They make friends with people for like 2 months then stab each other in the back. I don't do that I've just heard stories.
Skorbnut
Profile Joined February 2012
United States20 Posts
April 05 2012 20:32 GMT
#192
On April 06 2012 05:28 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?



No. My point still stands though. If a diamond player were to masquerade as being a gold player, I'd still be cool with it.
PAYBACKSkorb - More gg, More skill. Line 'em up.
MaximusT
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States126 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 20:48:57
April 05 2012 20:48 GMT
#193
On April 05 2012 12:25 BlueBoxSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:21 AHMED1234 wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?


MAJOR UPDATE:

Hey guys, right now, me and Dasende are bumping around the idea of having this be a league where Silvers/Golds actively play while Bronzes aspire to compete and Plats+ help players improve. =)

Ok, so in order to play we have to get bumped to silver? or like the bronzies play each other to get put on a team? Where the top however many get placed? If it's the latter that's cool. If it's the former, I gotta hit the ladder.

EDIT: Apologies if this was already discussed, I didn't read pages 7-end of comments.
I like the building position. Optimized to let the other player penetrate his anal crevice as easily as possible, it's good. - Destiny
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 20:54:14
April 05 2012 20:53 GMT
#194
On April 06 2012 05:48 MaximusT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2012 12:25 BlueBoxSC wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:21 AHMED1234 wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:11 Dasende wrote:
On April 05 2012 12:10 Smooch wrote:
Well then looks like the first order of Business is to organize teams :D


Indeed, the only problem is... if we want at least 8 teams with at LEAST 1 bronze in it. We only have 3 signed up, so that is the limiting factor at this point.


well I could get a couple of my bronzie friends to play, and wouldn't high bronze be the same level as low/mid silver?


MAJOR UPDATE:

Hey guys, right now, me and Dasende are bumping around the idea of having this be a league where Silvers/Golds actively play while Bronzes aspire to compete and Plats+ help players improve. =)

Ok, so in order to play we have to get bumped to silver? or like the bronzies play each other to get put on a team? Where the top however many get placed? If it's the latter that's cool. If it's the former, I gotta hit the ladder.

EDIT: Apologies if this was already discussed, I didn't read pages 7-end of comments.


The idea was discarded, it will stay as it was originally discussed. 1 Bronze, 2 Silver, 2 Golds as a 5 man fielded team with 3 backups ideally.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
birchman
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Sweden393 Posts
April 05 2012 20:53 GMT
#195
This sounds great, I'd be up for this!

birchman (562)
Silver
Terran

On European servers.
Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
April 05 2012 21:01 GMT
#196
im really looking forward to this
spam F!
zefreak
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States2731 Posts
April 05 2012 21:04 GMT
#197
On April 06 2012 05:28 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 05:27 WarEagle wrote:
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.


Actually i could still pretend through that.

"Whats a 10 pool?"
"Just build stuff"
"O well, its about having fun :D"
"O crap my base is mined out time to expand"

You know what people do in hardcore d2? They make friends with people for like 2 months then stab each other in the back. I don't do that I've just heard stories.


I actually think there are far fewer assholes like yourself than you imagine. Whatever, have fun trolling because 0 people will care.
www.gosu-sc.com - Starcraft News, Strategy and Merchandise
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 21:05 GMT
#198
On April 06 2012 06:01 LosZergs wrote:
im really looking forward to this


Most of us are, my Zerg friend. (Yes, I remember you are in fact a Protoss player. :p)
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
April 05 2012 21:06 GMT
#199
If anyone wants to get some practice sessions in lemme know!
NA Volamel 757
TLAdapt
Profile Joined April 2012
United States22 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 21:16:46
April 05 2012 21:15 GMT
#200
Adapt 881
Gold
Zerg
NA Server

This is great, I can't wait for this! This will make StarCraft 2 more of a joy to play!
Learn to Adapt to Your Situation.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 21:31:21
April 05 2012 21:29 GMT
#201
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.
TLAdapt
Profile Joined April 2012
United States22 Posts
April 05 2012 21:36 GMT
#202
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..
Learn to Adapt to Your Situation.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 21:38 GMT
#203
On April 06 2012 06:36 TLAdapt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..


Agreed on that, I was in Platinum 2 seasons ago myself. But I redid placement matches and played 5 bronzies in a row so I went 5-0
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howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 05 2012 21:52 GMT
#204
On April 06 2012 06:36 TLAdapt wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..

I meant that it's kinda easy to see if a Diamond player who was always Diamond gets demoted to a lower rank in the current ladder season just to play in this league. Of course season 1 ranks don't mean that much since it was easier to be higher ranked at the beginning of the game. Either way, my point is that by having a proleague format for the team matches, it gets hard to compromise the match if a higher ranked player is playing.
CWPiRatE
Profile Joined April 2012
United States33 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 22:08:50
April 05 2012 21:52 GMT
#205
If you start to get something organized my team is ready, but since I'm the spokesperson, just PM me. My character info is below:

CWPiRatE
#425
Zerg
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
TSM
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Great Britain584 Posts
April 05 2012 22:06 GMT
#206
i enjoy watching lower level players to see what they are doing wrong so i can relate to them.
The person to smile when everything goes wrong has found someone to blame it on - arthur bloch **** tl:dr *user was banned for this post*
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 22:33:05
April 05 2012 22:30 GMT
#207
On April 06 2012 06:04 zefreak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 05:28 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?

On April 06 2012 05:27 WarEagle wrote:
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.


Actually i could still pretend through that.

"Whats a 10 pool?"
"Just build stuff"
"O well, its about having fun :D"
"O crap my base is mined out time to expand"

You know what people do in hardcore d2? They make friends with people for like 2 months then stab each other in the back. I don't do that I've just heard stories.


I actually think there are far fewer assholes like yourself than you imagine. Whatever, have fun trolling because 0 people will care.


LOL hopefully you are right. Could you at least come up with a good account name for me to sign up with? :D

On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.


Hmm that is a fairly resilient system yes hmm. How about me and my friends all go down to bronze and do it up?

On April 06 2012 06:38 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:36 TLAdapt wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..


Agreed on that, I was in Platinum 2 seasons ago myself. But I redid placement matches and played 5 bronzies in a row so I went 5-0


and you dont want to alienate the REAL bronze players o.o

hmm what to do :D



Zvenn3n
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Sweden1196 Posts
April 05 2012 22:33 GMT
#208
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
April 05 2012 22:42 GMT
#209
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D
Atoissen
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway1737 Posts
April 05 2012 22:42 GMT
#210
Sounds like fun, count me in!

EU
Atoissen.927
Gold
Toss
“Strength lies not in defense but in attack.”
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 05 2012 22:43 GMT
#211
Do you guys have an ETA on when this will start?
eSports for life.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 22:53:23
April 05 2012 22:50 GMT
#212
On April 06 2012 07:30 zergmacro34 wrote:

and you dont want to alienate the REAL bronze players o.o

hmm what to do :D




How would me 5-0 my placement matches (whom where all bronze) be alienating to them? I'm in a different league (Gold) than them so I wouldn't ever play them in this league.

On April 06 2012 07:43 Ksquared wrote:
Do you guys have an ETA on when this will start?


We don't have an exact date right now, but after the teams are finalized, a few days after that it will most likely start barring unforseen issues.
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zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 22:52:44
April 05 2012 22:52 GMT
#213
On April 06 2012 07:50 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:30 zergmacro34 wrote:

and you dont want to alienate the REAL bronze players o.o

hmm what to do :D




How would me 5-0 my placement matches (whom where all bronze) be alienating to them? I'm in a different league (Gold) than them so I wouldn't ever play them in this league.


no your quote was meant to emphasize the problem howlin faces its not directed at u :D
MepHiii
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland191 Posts
April 05 2012 22:52 GMT
#214
i see a lot of EU players signing up, maybe it will happen after all?
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 22:57 GMT
#215
On April 06 2012 07:52 MepHiii wrote:
i see a lot of EU players signing up, maybe it will happen after all?


No Bronze players as of yet though, unless EU division decides to change their league to fit this, but can always hope for an influx of players!
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Zvenn3n
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Sweden1196 Posts
April 05 2012 22:57 GMT
#216
On April 06 2012 07:42 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D


Nothing wrong with it, but if, say, a masters players used a smurf bronze account, he'd trash the competition, and that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

OT: Will we look at casting these games? If so, I'd love to be a caster, though I'd have to not stream, due to my internet being bad =/
(What I'm trying to say is that if we get like someone to stream and maybe cast, I'd be more than willing to cast with him)
trumpetarn
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden32 Posts
April 05 2012 22:59 GMT
#217
This would be really nice, i'd be happy to play dont have a team though

Trumpetarn 169
Bronze
Eu
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 23:01 GMT
#218
On April 06 2012 07:59 trumpetarn wrote:
This would be really nice, i'd be happy to play dont have a team though

Trumpetarn 169
Bronze
Eu


sc2ranks says you're Terran so I placed you in the respective column. If it's wrong let me know
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Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 23:03 GMT
#219
On April 06 2012 07:57 Zvenn3n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:42 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D


Nothing wrong with it, but if, say, a masters players used a smurf bronze account, he'd trash the competition, and that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

OT: Will we look at casting these games? If so, I'd love to be a caster, though I'd have to not stream, due to my internet being bad =/
(What I'm trying to say is that if we get like someone to stream and maybe cast, I'd be more than willing to cast with him)


It will be the pro-league format, that is decided already.

Obviously we would like it if someone would want to cast certain games, as this is the first season it isn't that large of a priority. If we do push for it later, it will probably be around when the playoffs take place.
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Zvenn3n
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Sweden1196 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-05 23:13:07
April 05 2012 23:11 GMT
#220
On April 06 2012 08:03 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:57 Zvenn3n wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:42 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D


Nothing wrong with it, but if, say, a masters players used a smurf bronze account, he'd trash the competition, and that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

OT: Will we look at casting these games? If so, I'd love to be a caster, though I'd have to not stream, due to my internet being bad =/
(What I'm trying to say is that if we get like someone to stream and maybe cast, I'd be more than willing to cast with him)


It will be the pro-league format, that is decided already.

Obviously we would like it if someone would want to cast certain games, as this is the first season it isn't that large of a priority. If we do push for it later, it will probably be around when the playoffs take place.


Cool, it sounds awesome! I love when there are tournaments for "normal" players, like the playhem daily, and SCV rush among other things
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
April 05 2012 23:14 GMT
#221
On April 06 2012 07:57 Zvenn3n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:42 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D


Nothing wrong with it, but if, say, a masters players used a smurf bronze account, he'd trash the competition, and that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

OT: Will we look at casting these games? If so, I'd love to be a caster, though I'd have to not stream, due to my internet being bad =/
(What I'm trying to say is that if we get like someone to stream and maybe cast, I'd be more than willing to cast with him)


hmm I can see how you came to that conclusion

On April 06 2012 07:59 trumpetarn wrote:
This would be really nice, i'd be happy to play dont have a team though

Trumpetarn 169
Bronze
Eu


we've got a winner!

Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 05 2012 23:17 GMT
#222
On April 06 2012 08:11 Zvenn3n wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 08:03 Dasende wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:57 Zvenn3n wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:42 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 07:33 Zvenn3n wrote:
I voted all-kill format, but after reading this, I think that a pro-league format would be beast, to avoid any smurfing.
Anyways, I'd be interested, I do lack a team though. If anyone wants me on their team for this team league,, hit me up! I play on EU, btw.

OckE
#506
Gold
Protoss


whats wrong with all-kill Zvenn3n :D


Nothing wrong with it, but if, say, a masters players used a smurf bronze account, he'd trash the competition, and that wouldn't be fair now, would it?

OT: Will we look at casting these games? If so, I'd love to be a caster, though I'd have to not stream, due to my internet being bad =/
(What I'm trying to say is that if we get like someone to stream and maybe cast, I'd be more than willing to cast with him)


It will be the pro-league format, that is decided already.

Obviously we would like it if someone would want to cast certain games, as this is the first season it isn't that large of a priority. If we do push for it later, it will probably be around when the playoffs take place.


Cool, it sounds awesome! I love when there are tournaments for "normal" players, like the playhem daily, and SCV rush among other things


Tell your friends! The EU division still needs players.
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trumpetarn
Profile Joined December 2011
Sweden32 Posts
April 05 2012 23:22 GMT
#223
On April 06 2012 08:01 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:59 trumpetarn wrote:
This would be really nice, i'd be happy to play dont have a team though

Trumpetarn 169
Bronze
Eu


sc2ranks says you're Terran so I placed you in the respective column. If it's wrong let me know


Forgot to add that, terran is correct :-)
Duralon
Profile Joined September 2011
United States15 Posts
April 05 2012 23:43 GMT
#224
This is very exciting. I'm on as Icculus. Can't wait to get this started!!

Organization seems awesome, keep up the good work guys! IF you need any help let me know.
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 06 2012 00:02 GMT
#225
Thanks for all of the support and feedback! :D
BwCBlueBox.837
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 00:07 GMT
#226
On April 06 2012 07:30 zergmacro34 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:04 zefreak wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:28 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?

On April 06 2012 05:27 WarEagle wrote:
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.


Actually i could still pretend through that.

"Whats a 10 pool?"
"Just build stuff"
"O well, its about having fun :D"
"O crap my base is mined out time to expand"

You know what people do in hardcore d2? They make friends with people for like 2 months then stab each other in the back. I don't do that I've just heard stories.


I actually think there are far fewer assholes like yourself than you imagine. Whatever, have fun trolling because 0 people will care.


LOL hopefully you are right. Could you at least come up with a good account name for me to sign up with? :D

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.


Hmm that is a fairly resilient system yes hmm. How about me and my friends all go down to bronze and do it up?

Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 06:38 Dasende wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:36 TLAdapt wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..


Agreed on that, I was in Platinum 2 seasons ago myself. But I redid placement matches and played 5 bronzies in a row so I went 5-0


and you dont want to alienate the REAL bronze players o.o

hmm what to do :D





I suppose it's possible that an entire team full of smurfers want to participate in the league just to destroy all the other teams, but it's highly unlikely, especially since we're the ones who assign the players to the teams if they didn't come to participate with a predetermined group that wants to play in the same team, which are the vast majority of the players in here.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 00:44:25
April 06 2012 00:37 GMT
#227
The OP is updated with the _ NA DIVISION _ teams in text form, however if you want to indulge my hobby of apparently messing with the spreadsheet and making it look nice... feel free to look at the teams in the spreadsheet.

LINK: BSG League Roster

EDIT: Some teams are still incomplete at this time and reserves are not chosen. So this is NOT the finalized teams, though it will be similar.
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Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 01:23:13
April 06 2012 00:44 GMT
#228
On April 06 2012 09:37 Dasende wrote:
The OP is updated with the teams in text form, however if you want to indulge my hobby of apparently messing with the spreadsheet and making it look nice... feel free to look at the teams in the spreadsheet.

LINK: BSG League Roster

EDIT: Some teams are still incomplete at this time and reserves are not chosen. So this is NOT the finalized teams, though it will be similar.

Is it bad that when you changed something on the spread sheet, it kinda creeped me out. Did not expect it to be real time editing. lol
NA Volamel 757
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#229
On April 06 2012 09:44 Volamel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 09:37 Dasende wrote:
The OP is updated with the teams in text form, however if you want to indulge my hobby of apparently messing with the spreadsheet and making it look nice... feel free to look at the teams in the spreadsheet.

LINK: BSG League Roster

EDIT: Some teams are still incomplete at this time and reserves are not chosen. So this is NOT the finalized teams, though it will be similar.

Is it bad that when you changed something on the spread sheet, it kinda creeped me out. Did no expect it to be real time editing. lol


Hah, I'm used to it since I do lots of my group presentations on it and we edit it all at the same time.
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TeamBanished
Profile Joined September 2011
United States301 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 00:54:51
April 06 2012 00:51 GMT
#230
I'd like to join any team that will have me.

Morevocals.990

Silver NA
For Aiur
KamaViha
Profile Joined April 2012
Germany3 Posts
April 06 2012 00:53 GMT
#231
Already added myself to the spreadsheet.
Won't be able to play till Monday, but since I'm on EU it won't really matter I guess

EU
KamaViha.665
Silver
Random (or rather switching races every other week to play them evenly)

Btw, would I have to choose Random for the whole season when starting a game or is it possible to change the race at any given time during the season? Perhaps if I tell my opponent at the time a match is being scheduled?
zergmacro34
Profile Joined March 2012
59 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 00:59:05
April 06 2012 00:58 GMT
#232
On April 06 2012 09:07 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 07:30 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:04 zefreak wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:28 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:19 Skorbnut wrote:
On April 06 2012 05:17 zergmacro34 wrote:
To pwn noobs? To be an asshat? There are people out there that think like me. Just watch out, one of the bronze players on this application thread might be me :D

I'm completely fine playing against people better than me. There's no incentive for me to care a ton about winning, other than to be credit to team. So troll all you want, not gonna matter too much.


Are you in bronze?

On April 06 2012 05:27 WarEagle wrote:
You also have to think about the fact that you will be on a team, practicing with them and such. Surely they would figure it out and kick you from the team, or at the very least not let you on the roster for the league.


Actually i could still pretend through that.

"Whats a 10 pool?"
"Just build stuff"
"O well, its about having fun :D"
"O crap my base is mined out time to expand"

You know what people do in hardcore d2? They make friends with people for like 2 months then stab each other in the back. I don't do that I've just heard stories.


I actually think there are far fewer assholes like yourself than you imagine. Whatever, have fun trolling because 0 people will care.


LOL hopefully you are right. Could you at least come up with a good account name for me to sign up with? :D

On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.


Hmm that is a fairly resilient system yes hmm. How about me and my friends all go down to bronze and do it up?

On April 06 2012 06:38 Dasende wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:36 TLAdapt wrote:
On April 06 2012 06:29 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 04:21 zergmacro34 wrote:
On April 06 2012 02:02 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 01:50 zergmacro34 wrote:
right away what im thinking with this is stay in bronze to pwn nubs in this team league even though im diamond skill


We will do everything to make sure that won't happen.


And how would you go about doing this honestly? I could play just above bronze but below silver to be king of the bronze.

Well, for starters I can check your account career and exclude you if you ever were above gold in any ladder season... But if you really want to "pwn some noobs" that's okay, they're still bo5 matches and at most you'd be winning a game for your team when they need 3 to win the match. I don't think a troll would be that big of a deal, if anything shows commitment from the troll in participating in a league for a minimum 7 straight weeks without trolling anyone at all. And I'm okay with that.



I was a Diamond Terran EIGHT months ago. I quit for seven months, and came back playing Zerg. I'm a gold Zerg now, but I am strictly a gold zerg if you look at my match history, so I don't think checking careers should be the only thing to exclude the dishonest people..


Agreed on that, I was in Platinum 2 seasons ago myself. But I redid placement matches and played 5 bronzies in a row so I went 5-0


and you dont want to alienate the REAL bronze players o.o

hmm what to do :D





I suppose it's possible that an entire team full of smurfers want to participate in the league just to destroy all the other teams, but it's highly unlikely, especially since we're the ones who assign the players to the teams if they didn't come to participate with a predetermined group that wants to play in the same team, which are the vast majority of the players in here.


quite howlin, quite
AHMED1234
Profile Joined March 2012
7 Posts
April 06 2012 01:18 GMT
#233
Is there a way where we can be informed of when a tournament start, when to practice, etc etc.
Reedjr
Profile Joined April 2011
United States228 Posts
April 06 2012 01:21 GMT
#234
On April 06 2012 10:18 AHMED1234 wrote:
Is there a way where we can be informed of when a tournament start, when to practice, etc etc.


Once we have the details of when everything starts, we will let you know. As far as practice is concerned, I think that's something you more need to organize with your team.
ErrantMind
Profile Joined March 2012
United States63 Posts
April 06 2012 01:24 GMT
#235
I'd love to get involved if theres room on a team

NA
ErrantMind.418
Silver
Terran
TLAdapt
Profile Joined April 2012
United States22 Posts
April 06 2012 01:29 GMT
#236
wait wait wait, let me get this straight.. There is only 8 teams? with 1 bronze 2 silvers and 2 gold on each? And since all the gold slots are filled, and 90% of the silver slots filled, no one else can join? Awww man! Shucks
Learn to Adapt to Your Situation.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 06 2012 01:30 GMT
#237
Who are the team captains?
eSports for life.
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
April 06 2012 01:33 GMT
#238
On April 06 2012 10:30 Ksquared wrote:
Who are the team captains?

Don't wanna speak for the admins, but i am sure that info is on its way.
NA Volamel 757
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 01:39 GMT
#239
On April 06 2012 10:29 TLAdapt wrote:
wait wait wait, let me get this straight.. There is only 8 teams? with 1 bronze 2 silvers and 2 gold on each? And since all the gold slots are filled, and 90% of the silver slots filled, no one else can join? Awww man! Shucks


8 teams would bring a season to 2 months length, 7 weeks of Round Robin then Playoffs. We may increase the size of teams, which would allow for more people in but as this is the first season we obviously don't want to get TOO ambitious and then not be able to handle it.

We appreciate your enthusiasm though! It's good to see that people are so interested in this!
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Nightops
Profile Joined November 2011
United States66 Posts
April 06 2012 01:40 GMT
#240
Na
Nightops.643
Gold
Terran
SlayerS | oGs | NaDa | Mvp | fOrGG | MKP
BogusBart
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada24 Posts
April 06 2012 02:19 GMT
#241
So what's the scoop as of right now? Any way I can contact you guys to talk about stuff? Also, just namechanged to BogusBart (no eXa).

MarineKingPrime Fighting! ROOT Gaming!
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 02:24:02
April 06 2012 02:20 GMT
#242
On April 06 2012 11:19 BogusBart wrote:
So what's the scoop as of right now? Any way I can contact you guys to talk about stuff? Also, just namechanged to BogusBart (no eXa).



PM is fine, or if you have a messenger of choice send me those details if you like. In game would probably be fine too, if I'm online :p
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coppuh
Profile Joined March 2012
United States9 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 18:28:33
April 06 2012 03:20 GMT
#243
Me and 2 of my friends would like to do this.
Coppuh.143 - Silver Terran
Bunnies.635 - Bronze Terran
Sasimon.414 - Bronze Terran
We are all NA
Dnien
Profile Joined April 2012
Denmark4 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 03:38:27
April 06 2012 03:37 GMT
#244
Dnien 305 (1v1 silver) (2v2 gold) (3v3 plat)
Random player
Dnien aka Dont know
Insomniac22
Profile Joined February 2011
United States907 Posts
April 06 2012 09:28 GMT
#245
I'm down to play for this since it seems like it's a go

Insomniac.724, "Gold" Terran (I was gold with P not T) US
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
April 06 2012 09:32 GMT
#246
Is there any room left on EU teams?

EU
RVxZergBoner
Gold
Protoss
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L4mppu
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland40 Posts
April 06 2012 09:44 GMT
#247
I'd like to join to EU team too. 8 Teams is not enough because so many people wanting to join.


Hi EU Protoss here. I would like to participate on this tournament and would like to know more how this is going to be put up.

Name.Character code: Lamppu.813 EU!!
League: Silver hopefully make it to gold on season 7
Race: Protoss
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 06 2012 10:37 GMT
#248
Tbh, I think 8 teams is enough. There is barely enough for 8 teams atm l4mppu, so that shouldn't be an issue
Hell, it's about time
kappadevin
Profile Joined February 2011
United States284 Posts
April 06 2012 10:45 GMT
#249
Depending on when you plan on holding this, I might be able to cast/stream the games although my casting skills will leave something to be desired. I still am willing to help though if you have a need for that spot.
Little Tortilla Boy
sYan
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7 Posts
April 06 2012 11:17 GMT
#250
We'd like to join the EU league if possible please.

Team Saints Gaming [SG]

SGsYan.359 - Gold Protoss
SGMilestone.763 - Gold Zerg
SGSonnet.945 - Gold Zerg
There is a hell, believe me I've seen it. There is a heaven, let's keep it a secret.
RainSunShowers
Profile Joined August 2011
Norway152 Posts
April 06 2012 11:41 GMT
#251
This is awesome, looks like we are getting quite a few EU players now, maybe the EU league isn't so far away as i thought.
Founder of CTL http://choboteamleague.enjin.com/home
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 12:03:55
April 06 2012 12:03 GMT
#252
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players. To the players that won't be able to be put in a team, don't worry! Some players will almost certainly be dropped from some teams at the end of the season, and you'll be the first ones in line to fill their spots.
jabberwockzerg
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States294 Posts
April 06 2012 12:44 GMT
#253
How are we going to handle promotions? I can taste placing in Silver after ladder lock, will I be put on a new team?
I put the money in the jacket, and the jacket on the kangaroo, and now he's hopping away!
SGSonnet
Profile Joined January 2011
United Kingdom4 Posts
April 06 2012 12:45 GMT
#254
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.
soulsaver
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1 Post
April 06 2012 13:13 GMT
#255
sounds interesting - EU
soulsaver.780 - Gold Protoss
CWPiRatE
Profile Joined April 2012
United States33 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 15:23:43
April 06 2012 13:26 GMT
#256
(NA) Cyber Warrior Roster:

CWPiRatE #425 - Zerg
CWprotoast #343 - Random
CWHarbear #597 - Terran
shady #503 - Zerg

If we join this I want my team together. No one else to play with us. Please :D
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 14:01 GMT
#257
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.
MaxxBiff
Profile Joined April 2012
5 Posts
April 06 2012 14:37 GMT
#258
Im in!
MaxxBiff (767)
Gold
Zerg
MaxxBiff
Profile Joined April 2012
5 Posts
April 06 2012 14:41 GMT
#259
lol sry, i dont want to be captain.
Thorine
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada6 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 14:49:11
April 06 2012 14:45 GMT
#260
Not sure If the deadline has past but i want in! Awesome idea!

NA

aGThorine.921
Gold
Protoss
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 14:50 GMT
#261
People, don't forget that you need five pieces of information when submitting yourselves to the league: Name, character code, race, rank, and server. If there's anything missing from these five we can't guarantee that you'll be added to the player list.
sYan
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 15:16:09
April 06 2012 15:15 GMT
#262
On April 06 2012 23:01 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.


Fair comment, but I don't see how this can work in a 'team' environment. Random players that are forced together won't have the same the effect as a actual team of friends/practice partners as random players won't have the loyalty to eachother, or the team for that fact. If someone doesn't show, or repeatedly loses, the others will soon lose interest, regardless of whether the team is doing well or not. Then you and the rest of the team, providing it has imploded by now, are on the backfoot from the offset.

You talk about enthusiasm as if a random bunch of people are going to gel immediately when the reality is some will, and some will not. That is not how a team operates.
There is a hell, believe me I've seen it. There is a heaven, let's keep it a secret.
Zvenn3n
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Sweden1196 Posts
April 06 2012 15:22 GMT
#263
On April 07 2012 00:15 sYan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 23:01 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.


Fair comment, but I don't see how this can work in a 'team' environment. Random players that are forced together won't have the same the effect as a actual team of friends/practice partners as random players won't have the loyalty to eachother, or the team for that fact. If someone doesn't show, or repeatedly loses, the others will soon lose interest, regardless of whether the team is doing well or not. Then you and the rest of the team, providing it has imploded by now, are on the backfoot from the offset.

You talk about enthusiasm as if a random bunch of people are going to gel immediately when the reality is some will, and some will not. That is not how a team operates.


I think it's a great idea, because I sometimes find myself not wanting to play unless I play with other people. You make this seem as if it was the GSL, which it's not, it's just a way for people to have fun together instead of playing by themselves. If said people also finds a way to communicate through vent, and give pointers and tips after the game, I think it would give them a feeling of being in a team. Honestly, the scenario where one player quits might happen, but that's what we have reserves for.

(I am in no way affiliated with the management of this league, by the way, just my five cents)
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 15:23 GMT
#264
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.


Just to clarify he means 5 man teams which will have 3 backup players in the case of people not being able to show. That is where he is getting 8 players
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TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
April 06 2012 15:25 GMT
#265
On April 07 2012 00:15 sYan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 23:01 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.


Fair comment, but I don't see how this can work in a 'team' environment. Random players that are forced together won't have the same the effect as a actual team of friends/practice partners as random players won't have the loyalty to eachother, or the team for that fact. If someone doesn't show, or repeatedly loses, the others will soon lose interest, regardless of whether the team is doing well or not. Then you and the rest of the team, providing it has imploded by now, are on the backfoot from the offset.

You talk about enthusiasm as if a random bunch of people are going to gel immediately when the reality is some will, and some will not. That is not how a team operates.


Just check out the DRTL thread in the BW forum. This format of tournament is amazingly fun, and a great way to make new practice partners or even friends and improve at the game. If you're already in a team, you need none of this.
Gold and below level tournament is exactly about the astounding level of competition after all.
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
iwar
Profile Joined March 2012
Andorra5 Posts
April 06 2012 15:29 GMT
#266
thats very interessting idea so if it's possible i want in :D

iwar 189

bronze
zerg

EU
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 15:36 GMT
#267
On April 07 2012 00:15 sYan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 23:01 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.


Fair comment, but I don't see how this can work in a 'team' environment. Random players that are forced together won't have the same the effect as a actual team of friends/practice partners as random players won't have the loyalty to eachother, or the team for that fact. If someone doesn't show, or repeatedly loses, the others will soon lose interest, regardless of whether the team is doing well or not. Then you and the rest of the team, providing it has imploded by now, are on the backfoot from the offset.

You talk about enthusiasm as if a random bunch of people are going to gel immediately when the reality is some will, and some will not. That is not how a team operates.


If someone doesn't show, they can be replaced if the captain chooses to do so, there is enough people to not worry about it. Also, yes obviously with no pre-existing ties to people the "team" spirit is less and yadda yadda. BUT if there is no jump to make that effort then there will NEVER be team loyalty. If there was a pre-existing sc2 BSG league here I would reach out to those people's teams and ask them to join and have people draft into them.

However, there is not an established one as far as I know, so this will be the jumping point to creating that team environment you so desire. I will be doing my best to help my team have a good environment, and to create that team feel. Partially, that's what the captains are for as well, to stimulate the teams into a working partnership.
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howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 15:38 GMT
#268
On April 07 2012 00:15 sYan wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 23:01 howLiN wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.

This wasn't thought as a league only for already existing teams, this was a league for individual players who would like to play in a team league. That's why we took the liberty to make teams with fixed numbers of players from each rank. If we would only be catering to existing teams we wouldn't have nearly the same level of enthusiasm we're getting, because there's a lot of people who would like to play in a casual, amateur team and play in a team league for their level. This league is made primarily for those people. I understand why you wouldn't want to participate, but the idea was to create new teams within the community to make Starcraft a more social experience, and to make something that the players could aim for as a team, because that's something the lower level players don't have a lot.


Fair comment, but I don't see how this can work in a 'team' environment. Random players that are forced together won't have the same the effect as a actual team of friends/practice partners as random players won't have the loyalty to eachother, or the team for that fact. If someone doesn't show, or repeatedly loses, the others will soon lose interest, regardless of whether the team is doing well or not. Then you and the rest of the team, providing it has imploded by now, are on the backfoot from the offset.

You talk about enthusiasm as if a random bunch of people are going to gel immediately when the reality is some will, and some will not. That is not how a team operates.


We're starting the first league as something that will help us to understand what can go wrong and what can go right. I can assure you that if that happens in a larger scale then we will definitely change our format, because we want a league that works. But for now, we're hoping that the league will work in a way that teams don't have that much games to be played, because this is a casual past time, and as such it's not absolutely required to have a perfect synergy between teammates for them to play team matches.

We're thinking about ways that teams won't be in a bad spot if some members drop the team mid-season, namely something like filling their spots with other players who wanted to play but didn't have any more open spots in teams so that they have the minimum required to compete.

Thanks a lot for your input, it certainly raised some relevant questions.

---------

To everyone:

There seems to be some kind of confusion because I said "8 players per team" in previous posts when we've been talking about 5 players before. Just to be clear, each team has still 5 main players + 3 backup players, which is a total of 8 players per team. The fixed number for the backup players is mainly because of the amount of players wanting to participate. Five players is the minimum quantity of players so that a bo5 match with all ranks represented can be played; the three backup players represent a rank each and can play in the matches if a main player can't play in that day.

So, each team will have 2 bronze players, 3 silver players and 3 gold players (8 players total), and each match requires 1 bronze player, 2 silver players and 2 gold players (5 players total). That's why I've been saying 8 players. The separation between main player and backup player is done within the team, if the team wants to make that separation at all.
reikai
Profile Joined January 2011
United States359 Posts
April 06 2012 15:39 GMT
#269
This is really cool! i wish they had these for master's league (people without a team, and also without 10 hours a day to train )

please let me know when this gets played out, will watch to support :D
Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce. :T:
MepHiii
Profile Joined March 2011
Poland191 Posts
April 06 2012 15:48 GMT
#270
is anyone collecting these EU players?
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 15:56 GMT
#271
On April 07 2012 00:48 MepHiii wrote:
is anyone collecting these EU players?


They should also be on the spreadsheet, it may not be up to date as I was away for a bit. However there should be other people who can maintain that aside from me if I step away again.
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Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 06 2012 16:42 GMT
#272
On April 06 2012 21:45 SGSonnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 06 2012 21:03 howLiN wrote:
By the way, we're gonna add players to the teams in the OP so that each team has 8 players.!


This that a typo ? teams of 8 ?
Having half a team of randomers isn't much of a team, its just a mish mash of people who want to play Starcraft.
I don't mind the odd player filling up a team but if its teams of 8 then SG's above interest is withdrawn.


Btw, your 3 players if you ever expected the 3 of you alone will be able to form a team for an actual teamleague, your way off, sry to say.

However, people have already before said they joined as a team, and I think they put those together, but also filled randoms in, so that the team had the proper size. So your SG team will be able to stick together, but you need a few more people.
Hell, it's about time
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
April 06 2012 16:43 GMT
#273
Yeeeea Team8 fighting!
spam F!
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 16:51 GMT
#274
On April 07 2012 01:43 LosZergs wrote:
Yeeeea Team8 fighting!


Team name pending. :p I made up a slew of knock off names to make up a mock bracket some of them I found pretty hilarious
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
Skorbnut
Profile Joined February 2012
United States20 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 17:25:52
April 06 2012 17:19 GMT
#275
Why wasn't I put on a team? It wasn't first come first served? I was the 12th gold player to sign up, shouldn't I be on a team?
PAYBACKSkorb - More gg, More skill. Line 'em up.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 17:27 GMT
#276
On April 07 2012 02:19 Skorbnut wrote:
Why wasn't I put on a team? It wasn't first come first served? I was the 12th gold player to sign up, shouldn't I be on a team?


Good question. Looking into it, you should be in a spot and I know exactly where.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 17:29 GMT
#277
On April 07 2012 02:19 Skorbnut wrote:
Why wasn't I put on a team? It wasn't first come first served? I was the 12th gold player to sign up, shouldn't I be on a team?

We're reviewing all the rosters to make sure a situation like that won't happen, don't worry. Please note that those rosters were described as tentative.
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 06 2012 17:42 GMT
#278
On April 07 2012 01:43 LosZergs wrote:
Yeeeea Team8 fighting!


Just keep that name lol.
eSports for life.
KizzaL
Profile Joined August 2010
8 Posts
April 06 2012 17:49 GMT
#279
On April 07 2012 01:42 Cinim wrote:

Btw, your 3 players if you ever expected the 3 of you alone will be able to form a team for an actual teamleague, your way off, sry to say.

However, people have already before said they joined as a team, and I think they put those together, but also filled randoms in, so that the team had the proper size. So your SG team will be able to stick together, but you need a few more people.


The current voting is suggesting a Bo5 all-kill. How exactly is 3 people not enough for this? Also, as many people have already said, there is a difference between recruiting a few additional players to a team and having an entire team made up from random.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 17:53:55
April 06 2012 17:51 GMT
#280
On April 07 2012 02:49 KizzaL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 01:42 Cinim wrote:

Btw, your 3 players if you ever expected the 3 of you alone will be able to form a team for an actual teamleague, your way off, sry to say.

However, people have already before said they joined as a team, and I think they put those together, but also filled randoms in, so that the team had the proper size. So your SG team will be able to stick together, but you need a few more people.


The current voting is suggesting a Bo5 all-kill. How exactly is 3 people not enough for this? Also, as many people have already said, there is a difference between recruiting a few additional players to a team and having an entire team made up from random.


It will NOT be a Bo5 All-kill it will be the Pro League format Bo5/Ace, we all love the all-kill format but to ensure the most people play (and also due to the skill levels over 3 leagues) the pro league format is the best way to do this sort of thing.

And we're making new teams up here, if they want only their team they need to come with at least 5 but 3 will be added to ensure if 1 cannot make it there is a backup.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
KizzaL
Profile Joined August 2010
8 Posts
April 06 2012 17:54 GMT
#281
On April 07 2012 02:51 Dasende wrote:


It will NOT be a Bo5 All-kill it will be the Pro League format Bo5/Ace, we all love the all-kill format but to ensure the most people play (and also due to the skill levels over 3 leagues) the pro league format is the best way to do this sort of thing.

And we're making new teams up here, if they want only their team they need to come with at least 5 but 3 will be added to ensure if 1 cannot make it there is a backup.


Fair enough then, you should maybe remove the poll then. Good luck with the league anyway!
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 17:57:12
April 06 2012 17:57 GMT
#282
On April 07 2012 02:54 KizzaL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 02:51 Dasende wrote:


It will NOT be a Bo5 All-kill it will be the Pro League format Bo5/Ace, we all love the all-kill format but to ensure the most people play (and also due to the skill levels over 3 leagues) the pro league format is the best way to do this sort of thing.

And we're making new teams up here, if they want only their team they need to come with at least 5 but 3 will be added to ensure if 1 cannot make it there is a backup.


Fair enough then, you should maybe remove the poll then. Good luck with the league anyway!


Yeah, this thread is still for the logistics and things the offical thread will be new, shiny and all this information will be in the OP.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
CWPiRatE
Profile Joined April 2012
United States33 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-06 19:30:46
April 06 2012 19:28 GMT
#283
(NA) Cyber Warrior Roster:

CWPiRatE #425 - Zerg (Silver)
CWprotoast #343 - Random (Bronze)
CWHarbear #597 - Terran (Bronze)
shady #503 - Zerg (Silver)

So now we need 1 more silver, and 3 more gold players to be at the minimum??


It's better to burn out than to fade away.
LosZergs
Profile Joined August 2011
United States100 Posts
April 06 2012 19:52 GMT
#284
On April 07 2012 02:42 Ksquared wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 01:43 LosZergs wrote:
Yeeeea Team8 fighting!


Just keep that name lol.



If I had a choice i probably would haha
spam F!
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 06 2012 20:41 GMT
#285
Guys, mods are currently pumping out amazing amounts of planning, graphics, naming, team structures, etc.

Stay tuned!
BwCBlueBox.837
FlyingSteaks
Profile Joined April 2012
Brazil433 Posts
April 06 2012 21:45 GMT
#286
I wanna play too!

US Server
voiD (728)
Terran
Silver
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 06 2012 22:25 GMT
#287
On April 07 2012 04:52 LosZergs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 02:42 Ksquared wrote:
On April 07 2012 01:43 LosZergs wrote:
Yeeeea Team8 fighting!


Just keep that name lol.



If I had a choice i probably would haha


So become the team captain and decide to keep that name. *nudge nudge*
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 06 2012 23:19 GMT
#288
We can now announce that the name of the league will be Chobo Team League

Here's the logo:

[image loading]

We're gonna announce the full details in the next days and on its own thread, stay tuned!
Skorbnut
Profile Joined February 2012
United States20 Posts
April 06 2012 23:20 GMT
#289
Thanks for doing the legwork on this, I do appreciate it. Could you please update the OP though so I can add all the people on my team and begin practicing with them?
PAYBACKSkorb - More gg, More skill. Line 'em up.
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 00:08:53
April 06 2012 23:23 GMT
#290
On April 07 2012 08:20 Skorbnut wrote:
Thanks for doing the legwork on this, I do appreciate it. Could you please update the OP though so I can add all the people on my team and begin practicing with them?


We're really close to getting all the teams set up to start the league. Don't worry, we'll get you guys some time for you to get to practice with each other after we announce the teams. Also, don't look into the teams in the OP too much, most of them were altered and we're gonna announce the definitive team rosters soon.
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
April 06 2012 23:27 GMT
#291
CTL hwaiting!~
NA Volamel 757
Insomniac22
Profile Joined February 2011
United States907 Posts
April 06 2012 23:31 GMT
#292
In case my previous post was hard to read

NA
Insomniac (724)
T (i want to play T)
Gold
KnivesCiao
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9 Posts
April 06 2012 23:36 GMT
#293
I love the name & logo

cant wait!

CTL FIGHTING
Graphics@Knives_Ciao
Indifferent_century
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
32 Posts
April 06 2012 23:41 GMT
#294
I would love to play if there is still space available

Heartofoak (192)
Terran
NA
Gold league
birchman
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Sweden393 Posts
April 06 2012 23:44 GMT
#295
Really looking forward to this. Great name, also. :D
Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.
ihavetherain
Profile Joined July 2011
United States15 Posts
April 06 2012 23:52 GMT
#296
If there is still room sign me up.

ihavetherain 806
Terran
Silver
Duralon
Profile Joined September 2011
United States15 Posts
April 06 2012 23:54 GMT
#297
the logo is so sick! You guys are doing an amazing job. Excited!!
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 07 2012 00:05 GMT
#298
On April 07 2012 08:54 Duralon wrote:
the logo is so sick! You guys are doing an amazing job. Excited!!


You haven't even seen the half of it yet! :D
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 07 2012 00:20 GMT
#299
If any of you have a twitter account, feel free to follow our twitter account:

CTL Twitter!

We'll try to keep it updated if any pertinent info comes though, also of course we'll be delivering the scores as well through it when the league gets started.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
DarK[A]
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States217 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 01:51:14
April 07 2012 00:34 GMT
#300
DarK.1264
Silver
Zerg
gp0942
Profile Joined April 2012
United States7 Posts
April 07 2012 00:48 GMT
#301
So I hope I'm not alone in saying that as an eager participant, but not an organizer of this league, I have absolutely no idea what to do at the moment, and it's hard to follow just through this thread. Once things get up and running maybe it'll be easier, but please tell us if we should be doing something, and sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread!
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 07 2012 00:51 GMT
#302
On April 07 2012 09:48 gp0942 wrote:
So I hope I'm not alone in saying that as an eager participant, but not an organizer of this league, I have absolutely no idea what to do at the moment, and it's hard to follow just through this thread. Once things get up and running maybe it'll be easier, but please tell us if we should be doing something, and sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread!


Currently, there's nothing for you to do, if you've already submitted your info. =)

The moderators are currently clearing up the logistics of the league and plan to have things up and running shortly. Stay tuned!
BwCBlueBox.837
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
April 07 2012 01:11 GMT
#303
On April 07 2012 09:48 gp0942 wrote:
So I hope I'm not alone in saying that as an eager participant, but not an organizer of this league, I have absolutely no idea what to do at the moment, and it's hard to follow just through this thread. Once things get up and running maybe it'll be easier, but please tell us if we should be doing something, and sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread!

Go and practice you gosu!~
NA Volamel 757
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 07 2012 02:04 GMT
#304
Chobo Team League. I like it
eSports for life.
DarK[A]
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States217 Posts
April 07 2012 02:16 GMT
#305
On April 07 2012 09:51 BlueBoxSC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 09:48 gp0942 wrote:
So I hope I'm not alone in saying that as an eager participant, but not an organizer of this league, I have absolutely no idea what to do at the moment, and it's hard to follow just through this thread. Once things get up and running maybe it'll be easier, but please tell us if we should be doing something, and sorry if I missed it earlier in the thread!


Currently, there's nothing for you to do, if you've already submitted your info. =)

The moderators are currently clearing up the logistics of the league and plan to have things up and running shortly. Stay tuned!


Was I too late submitting info?

B-Team here I come!
DashedHopes
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Canada414 Posts
April 07 2012 05:47 GMT
#306
Looks like a good gig, i hope it works out, and that you guys improve.
milodon
Profile Joined January 2012
Chile42 Posts
April 07 2012 05:57 GMT
#307
go team 3! we need a team name, any ideas?
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 07 2012 06:19 GMT
#308
On April 07 2012 14:57 milodon wrote:
go team 3! we need a team name, any ideas?


There are more people on team 3 than those listed in the OP, it was just a rough draft more or less. Things have been changed around a bit. So when the teams are finalized and released, then you can think up team names along with who's your captain.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 07 2012 06:21 GMT
#309
When will that be posted?
eSports for life.
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 07 2012 06:23 GMT
#310
On April 07 2012 15:21 Ksquared wrote:
When will that be posted?


Probably later today. Mostly we're just doing final checks on it, making sure that races are fairly balanced between the teams and we haven't mistakenly put Gold entrants in the Silver category... *cough*howLiN*cough*
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
April 07 2012 06:35 GMT
#311
On April 07 2012 15:23 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 15:21 Ksquared wrote:
When will that be posted?


Probably later today. Mostly we're just doing final checks on it, making sure that races are fairly balanced between the teams and we haven't mistakenly put Gold entrants in the Silver category... *cough*howLiN*cough*

Shit just got real.
NA Volamel 757
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
April 07 2012 06:43 GMT
#312
On April 07 2012 15:35 Volamel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 15:23 Dasende wrote:
On April 07 2012 15:21 Ksquared wrote:
When will that be posted?


Probably later today. Mostly we're just doing final checks on it, making sure that races are fairly balanced between the teams and we haven't mistakenly put Gold entrants in the Silver category... *cough*howLiN*cough*

Shit just got real.


You seem to lurk this thread just as much as I do. :p
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
Volamel
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 06:47:43
April 07 2012 06:47 GMT
#313
On April 07 2012 15:43 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 15:35 Volamel wrote:
On April 07 2012 15:23 Dasende wrote:
On April 07 2012 15:21 Ksquared wrote:
When will that be posted?


Probably later today. Mostly we're just doing final checks on it, making sure that races are fairly balanced between the teams and we haven't mistakenly put Gold entrants in the Silver category... *cough*howLiN*cough*

Shit just got real.


You seem to lurk this thread just as much as I do. :p

Well, its to late to put effort into ladder, but making snide little remarks on my favorite forum takes little to no effort!
...is that a bad thing? lol
NA Volamel 757
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 07 2012 06:54 GMT
#314
On April 07 2012 15:43 Dasende wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 15:35 Volamel wrote:
On April 07 2012 15:23 Dasende wrote:
On April 07 2012 15:21 Ksquared wrote:
When will that be posted?


Probably later today. Mostly we're just doing final checks on it, making sure that races are fairly balanced between the teams and we haven't mistakenly put Gold entrants in the Silver category... *cough*howLiN*cough*

Shit just got real.


You seem to lurk this thread just as much as I do. :p


I hit F5 every five minutes for this thread lol
eSports for life.
kofee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States18 Posts
April 07 2012 06:57 GMT
#315
Team 5! Lets go, when does this start?
Dasende
Profile Joined August 2010
United States864 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 07:26:59
April 07 2012 07:05 GMT
#316
On April 07 2012 15:57 kofee wrote:
Team 5! Lets go, when does this start?


After the teams will be released, there will be a short period of time to practice with the team, set lineups, choose a captain and come up with a team name. Also since we are using the new ladder maps in the map pool it will give you time to practice on ladder on your own or with your team.

We're aiming for the week of April 16th to start, with the actual matchups being released probably along the same time as your team designations.

Edit: Underlined what I edited, which was different from before.
[SC2: Dasende.347] [@Dasende8702] [HS/Heroes: Dasende#1376] Founder of ChoboTeamLeague
milodon
Profile Joined January 2012
Chile42 Posts
April 07 2012 08:24 GMT
#317
Anyone in team 3 willing to practice?
Cinim
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark866 Posts
April 07 2012 08:29 GMT
#318
Maybe just add them as friends in game? you kinda got their character codes and everything.

From there you can see when they are actual online
Hell, it's about time
Elizzer21
Profile Joined February 2012
United States21 Posts
April 07 2012 09:38 GMT
#319
YellowFlash (450)
Bronze
Protoss
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 07 2012 09:56 GMT
#320
On April 07 2012 09:34 DarK[A] wrote:
DarK.1264
Silver
Zerg

You need to fix your character code, there's 4 numbers in yours, lol.
Bashnek
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia895 Posts
April 07 2012 10:10 GMT
#321
SEA has run a few of these lately, its great fun, and BSG'ers are easy to organise.

Good luck all.
/人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人\
Lokishadow
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States71 Posts
April 07 2012 14:08 GMT
#322
On April 07 2012 18:56 howLiN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 09:34 DarK[A] wrote:
DarK.1264
Silver
Zerg

You need to fix your character code, there's 4 numbers in yours, lol.


FYI, there are 4 digit character codes in SC2.

I'm interested!

Loki.1649
Protoss
Bronze
NA server

I'm a total noob, but I'd like to play.
Eggs and bacon and sausage and spam with a little less spam -- Grubby
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 07 2012 15:32 GMT
#323
On April 07 2012 23:08 Lokishadow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 07 2012 18:56 howLiN wrote:
On April 07 2012 09:34 DarK[A] wrote:
DarK.1264
Silver
Zerg

You need to fix your character code, there's 4 numbers in yours, lol.


FYI, there are 4 digit character codes in SC2.

I'm interested!

Loki.1649
Protoss
Bronze
NA server

I'm a total noob, but I'd like to play.

Oh, I had no idea. Thanks.
iwar
Profile Joined March 2012
Andorra5 Posts
April 07 2012 15:37 GMT
#324
thats look so good, i can't wait for know and meet my team

PD: good job and idea thanks for organize evrething
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 07 2012 15:40 GMT
#325
On April 08 2012 00:37 iwar wrote:
thats look so good, i can't wait for know and meet my team

PD: good job and idea thanks for organize evrething


Oh, it's fun just to organize it all. :D
BwCBlueBox.837
iwar
Profile Joined March 2012
Andorra5 Posts
April 07 2012 16:26 GMT
#326
:d mm i have good luck when i reed this posts
blacklist_member
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia318 Posts
April 07 2012 16:34 GMT
#327
I'd like to get in,

Ocelot.177 NA server

I'm Random high gold, but thats only because my protoss is pretty good, my other two races are silverish.
MC and MKP fighting ^^
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
April 07 2012 16:34 GMT
#328
On April 08 2012 01:34 blacklist_member wrote:
I'd like to get in,

Ocelot.177 NA server

I'm Random high gold, but thats only because my protoss is pretty good, my other two races are silverish.


It's a little to late for gold players to join, but we can fit you into the reserve pool. =)
BwCBlueBox.837
blacklist_member
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia318 Posts
April 07 2012 16:39 GMT
#329
Aww that sucks, anyway gl on the league...
MC and MKP fighting ^^
Ksquared
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1748 Posts
April 07 2012 16:41 GMT
#330
I just added my team ^_^
eSports for life.
BlueBoxSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States582 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-07 16:55:48
April 07 2012 16:42 GMT
#331
On April 08 2012 01:39 blacklist_member wrote:
Aww that sucks, anyway gl on the league...


Well, you're added to our spreadsheet, and if a player drops, you'll be in. =D

EDITEDITEDIT: RSS just made changes to the OP; the official teams are not yet decided. ;D
BwCBlueBox.837
RedBlargh
Profile Joined July 2011
99 Posts
April 07 2012 16:58 GMT
#332
Team 5 getting it done. Added everyone, but I gave the wrong Code in my first message. I'm RedFolly.598 not 630. I PM'd the TS about it. Hope to see you guys in game~
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 07 2012 21:21 GMT
#333
Hey guys, we've got a new, official thread! Check it out here!
SnClous
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden5 Posts
April 07 2012 23:53 GMT
#334
I sent this in the offical thread but when i read it all i sew that EU players need to announce them self in this one.

Clous 127
Bronze
Protoss
EU server
"np"
howLiN
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Portugal1676 Posts
April 07 2012 23:56 GMT
#335
On April 08 2012 08:53 SnClous wrote:
I sent this in the offical thread but when i read it all i sew that EU players need to announce them self in this one.

Clous 127
Bronze
Protoss
EU server


Actually we're now only receiving registration over choboteamleague@gmail.com, so if you could forward that information to this email that would be great.



Also, I'd like to ask a mod for this thread to be closed, since the discussion is happening in the new thread.
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