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So I've always thought prize pools for lower tier players was questionable. It's interesting that you include it here.
Not knocking your tournament, but just wondering. Do you have any guards in place to keep someone from knocking themselves down a rank or two to get the gold prize pool? What about borrowing a friends account who's in a lower division so there's no evidence that they dropped ranks?
Also there's the question that the best gold player will receive money, while the platinum players (who have practiced harder to get to a higher rank) will likely receive nothing in their tournament.
I'd be interested to hear how y'all addressed these issues, or if you're just not worrying about them?
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On March 09 2012 00:24 corona_0489k wrote:
Does anyone know if tthere will be an entry fee?
No. It's actually against Blizzard's tournament policy to charge an entry fee.
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On March 09 2012 00:24 corona_0489k wrote:
Does anyone know if tthere will be an entry fee?
No entry fee
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On March 09 2012 00:27 duncan.mc wrote:
So I've always thought prize pools for lower tier players was questionable. It's interesting that you include it here.
Not knocking your tournament, but just wondering. Do you have any guards in place to keep someone from knocking themselves down a rank or two to get the gold prize pool? What about borrowing a friends account who's in a lower division so there's no evidence that they dropped ranks?
Also there's the question that the best gold player will receive money, while the platinum players (who have practiced harder to get to a higher rank) will likely receive nothing in their tournament.
I'd be interested to hear how y'all addressed these issues, or if you're just not worrying about them?
These issues have been heavily discussed in our planning. We are watching every entry into the BSG matches, accounts with no or little history wil be marked suspect, and the staff of the event will be reviewing replays. There is little that can be done to "STOP" smurfing, but we can make it difficult. Anyone we do catch smurfing will be DQ'd immediately. If anyone in the community has ideas on how to better deal with this, we are open to discussing it.
We all love watching great players battle for prizes, but offering cash prizes for BSG players is designed to bring out people who would otherwise not be interested in playing competitively. We are trying to build a sustainable eSports community, and in the larger picture, BSG players are very important!
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Will the online play be double elimination or single?
Will there be any seeding (maybe based on ladder)?
What is the map pool as well?
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On March 09 2012 04:09 SniXSniPe wrote:
Will the online play be double elimination or single?
Will there be any seeding (maybe based on ladder)?
What is the map pool as well?
Online play:
For now, its safe to assume single elimination for the online matches; all things are still pretty subject to change.
Seeding:
Not sure how i'm going to structure the seeding process, but there will be one.
Maps:
As yet unannounced, but you can expect to see a mix of current 1v1 Season 6 maps, as well as MLG,GSL, etc.
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When are the online matches? I can't find any date for them or time for them.
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On March 09 2012 09:45 Frastic wrote:
When are the online matches? I can't find any date for them or time for them.
Depending on number of players they will start about a week or so before the live event.
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Can we install our mouse drivers at the lan?
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On March 09 2012 10:45 .kv wrote:
Can we install our mouse drivers at the lan?
let me find out and get back to you, email me daenks at houstonstarcraftleague dot com and I'll email back when I find out
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On March 09 2012 00:55 NexaS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 09 2012 00:24 corona_0489k wrote:
Does anyone know if tthere will be an entry fee? No. It's actually against Blizzard's tournament policy to charge an entry fee.
What about mlg and their players pass
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3/8 Update:
After 24 hours we had 39 people sign up for the tournament, 10 BSG, 29 Plat+. As of now we have: BSG: 10 Plat+: 32 bringing the total to 42 in a little under a day and a half!
Thanks everyone who has signed up and keep spreading the word! We also signed up two Grand Masters players. The full roster is available at http://www.houstonstarcraftleague.com/hsl-2012-season-one/ and every page on houstonstarcraftleague.com has a player counter on the right side.
Some issues were brought to my attention, such as the map pool not being posted, issues with single elimination for the online matches, start date for online matches, and a few others. I will be touching on all of these over the coming days and weeks.
Stay tuned as we're not done announcing exciting news!
--Daniel "Daenks" Stone
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3/14 Update:
We're currently sitting at 57 registered players, and i have posted a poll on our homepage, please go vote for the maps you would like to see in HSL Season one! Also, HSL will be attending the Lone Star Clash, come by and say hello!
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3/28 Update:
Season One’s registration phase will be closing 4/1, and online matches to compete for your place at the live event on 4/14/2012 will begin shortly after. Players should expect an email shortly after registration closes to schedule matches.
The map poll will also be closing 4/1, and there will be more information released about the event and venue on that day.
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Is it possible to change your race after you've already signed up?
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Way too little exposure on this getting out.
I like attending local events to support the scene, and didn't even know this existed until 2days before registration closes.
Bump for leet signups.
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Also just realized that this takes place at the same time as the ColAcademy recruitment tourney. Please contact them and work something out, I would hate for players to have to choose between the two.
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If I am ranked higher in one race but have a consistent low league placement in another race, may I play as that race?
Also, how is handle different from the bnet name?
Edit: Example, consistent diamond+ protoss, but for some reason I just cannot get zerg or terran lol.
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Bump for question that isn't answered 
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On March 31 2012 01:56 Ockham wrote:
Is it possible to change your race after you've already signed up?
email me and I will change it.
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