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Aotearoa39261 Posts
After three weeks of grueling competition, the ladder phase of the tournament is now over. Before I get onto the discussing what happens next, let me just say that everyone on the TSL staff were blown away by the competition, participation, intensity and on the whole, fair play of the tournament. In addition to that the Ladder drew together various strands of the community into a single tournament and created, as many people have commented, a ladder which was tough - but fun. We got to see the drama of a number of old schoolers coming back, while we saw the dedcation and persistence of katoan and a whole lot of first class replays. This really was a monumental event.
Now that the ladder is over the TSL staff are moving in to sort and tabulate data, check records, eliminate cheats and generally mull over the records of the top 100 players. Once we have attained the true top 48 as of 1:00am KST we will then be able to release information regarding the next phase of TSL - the first round of Qualifiers. Those of you in the top 48, TSL staff will be contacting you as soon as we have the matchups confirmed. For those of you who may have made the top 48 and have not sent Hot_Bid a contact email address please do so as soon as possible.
So what happens next?
We have two rounds of qualifiers. The first round will take gamers ranked 17-48 and top-tail pair them. The pairs will square off in a Bo3 with the Winner advancing through to the second round of Qualifiers while the loser goes home empty handed. Rest assured, there are bound to be dynamite lineups for this event. Just a friendly reminder that teamliquid has the exclusive right to release these replays (and they will be released) so if you do release your Qualifier/TSL replays you will be punished. Also, due to severe balance issues we have decided to remove Troy from the map pool for the Qualifying stage. This will be replaced by Longinus II - a map which received a large amount of ladder play and has proven to be balanced.
So for now, sit tight, and relax (although im sure those of you sitting around the 47-50 mark will be on edge for awhile). TSL Staff are working overtime to get TSL one step closer to the main event. Also, Day[9] will be rating the top 10 replays very shortly and announcing the $100 winners! In the mean time, feel free to release rep packs from the ladder, talk about your games and reflect on what was a very successful ladder.
- TSL Staff
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Great job TL, now give us the top 10 replays!
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Nice Job TL! It was a lot of fun!
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Truley the best event that has ever been organized in the history of the foreign brood war scene.
Hands down for TL.net, amazing job guys.
As for my self, I'm really disappointed in not making top48, and I'm not sure how I'll ever be able to play ladder "normally" again. The motivation and tight competition that TSL offered was beyond anything that i've ever experienced before. Going back to Iccup simply trying to achive a higher rank feels almost pointless.
Thanks for the awesome event!
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yummy, just very yummy.
too bad I couldn't join this one cause of school. I'll be here for the next one !
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USA29055 Posts
very very very nicely done 
-TSL participants
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nice event! Will be fun to follow the rest of it Hope this league will come back like this comes back.
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Good job TSL staff and Good luck to all the remaining peeps!
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wtf is that? i cant login @ iccup server with my tsl account, did u guys blocked my acc? -_-..........................................................................
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USA29055 Posts
oh and everyone tell day[9] to vote for me in the replay thing! I am poor college student who needs EVERYTHING he can get! <3
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United States20661 Posts
On April 22 2008 01:59 dshsdhk wrote:
wtf is that? i cant login @ iccup server with my tsl account, did u guys blocked my acc? -_-..........................................................................
All TSL accounts are locked. This is normal.
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and where are the 48 list? cuz in ICCUP the points still adding
its the case of TSL-Fenix, he was 47 when the announce says TSL ends
now he apperas on 49
please announce the 48 players list!
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Great TL. Thanks for the great tournament and good luck to all the staff on sorting out everything. Lots of appreciation and respect.
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just wait for the server to update, and check the [Live] TSL Rankins page on the right there, it updates every 20 minutes so should have a full up to date list of the top 48 finishers, but probably not the list of final players.
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oh, and I expect reps. Many reps.
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On April 22 2008 02:07 Pads wrote:
just wait for the server to update, and check the [Live] TSL Rankins page on the right there, it updates every 20 minutes so should have a full up to date list of the top 48 finishers, but probably not the list of final players.
but what i said is:
i saw tl.net page and the green announce says TSL Ladder is over
then i went to ICCUP and make a print of the list. Fenix was 47 but now is 49 ¬¬
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Reed what they have sad. They made e block or something at the deadline and every game that was started before that deadline counts, but not the one after it. So the list u took a screen of might not be the actual top 48. It might be some game started like 1 mins before that can take the place of somebody. And about the hacker issues. they will look up these things 2 so it might take a while. =)
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announce top48 please! ;] it should be just after the ladder ends -_-
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