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LIVE: Ok guys check-in is open, tourney will be starting in 45 minutes. Please be cautious when starting your next game if I PM you on bnet, because if you receive a PM it means we will want to stream your next match asap. If anyone has any questions you can post them here, join "colacad" on bnet, or PM me on bnet at Twixz.851
Good luck everyone!
Congratulations to our winners the 4 new players receiving contracts to join the Academy include:
+ Show Spoiler +Fuzzy (zerg)
Ero (protoss)
Firezerg (zerg)
Sasquatch (zerg)
compLexity Academy Expulsion List and Recruitment Tournament
The compLexity Academy is a program that features ten up and coming StarCraft II players as they develop their skills in an attempt to become true professional gamers. The members will compete for LAN travel, prizes and coveted pro contracts. They also will need to fight to maintain their status in the academy during Expulsion Tournaments.
For the role of Commissioner Michael “Twixz” Shane, eSports leader and former compLexity.Black star will be returning for a third season. Mr. Shane handles all facets of the academy
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1) To identify and support potential future stars of StarCraft 2 by providing them with the gear, training partners and travel opportunities needed to elevate them to professional status
2) To foster an environment necessary to ensure the continued growth and development of the professional StarCraft 2 eSports scene in North America.
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1) An internal ranking system will be implemented. The initial ranking will be determined by a Ranking Tournament amongst the players. Every 3 months the bottom 4 players in CA will compete in our Expulsion Tournament with only the winner remaining in CA. The other 3 spots will be filled via an Open Recruitment Tournament (3 spots) and by an invite from Mr. Shane (1 spot).
2) If a player is given a professional contract, his spot will be filled during the next CA Open Recruitment Tournament.
3) One month before each MLG LAN event, CA will hold a Qualifying Tournament from which the Top 1-2 players will be given airfare and hotel to the next MLG event.
Over the past few months the compLexity Academy has hosted four academy MLG tournaments and a tournament to get into the academy. We have given ten players the opportunity to become professional Starcraft 2 players. A few of them took it and ran with it, while others fell towards the bottom.
The Current Standings are as follows:
Nocreativity
Gensulitor
Lagrangian
Fallen
Brobocop
The tournament will be taking place on Saturday April 14th at Noon EST. The requirements to participate in the tournaments is one must be 18 years of age or older, reside in North America and at least have a masters level account in Starcraft 2. The format of the tournament is a best of three, single elimination. The top four finishers in the tournament will receive a spot in the academy.
In addition to the tournament, one player will be hand-picked by none other than the compLexity Academy commissioner, Michael "Twixz" Shane based soley on the application process. Participants are welcome to play in the tournament and send in an application in an effort to increase their chance of being recruited.
The five players who are selected will receive a compLexity QPAD Mousepad and a Creative Headset. They will also sign a 9 month option contract. If said option is exercised, the member will be given a full pro gamer contract and a new gaming computer from ORIGIN PC.
Academy member Goswser, who has since been signed on to the main compLexity roster, spoke about his experience with the Academy:
I joined The Academy in August 2011 following MLG Columbus. Later I qualified in one of The Academy tournaments to be sent to represent The coL Academy at MLG Orlando, where I competed in the open bracket. The event was amazing! While there I met the team and compLexity management, and found that everyone was friendly and supportive. It was a very positive experience because everyone on compLexity is awesome! I would definitely recommend The Academy to any aspiring players who want to take their play to the next level.
Academy member NoCreativity had this to say about his experience with the Academy:
My name is Eric/Nocreativity, and I'll be going to my second MLG event thanks to the compLexity Academy. The free travel to the MLG events is an amazing opportunity, but aside from the trip you also gain excellent practice partners and friends plus an environment to evolve into a better player.
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To sign up head over to http://www.z33k.com/games/starcraft2/tournaments/6280-complexity-academy-recruitment-tourney.
Applications can be emailed to Academy Commissioner Michael “Twixz” Shane at: michael.shane@complexitygaming.com
Best of luck to all competitors, and be sure to check out the sub-site of the compLexity Academy is officially LIVE. Here you'll find up to the minute rankings of the top 10, as well as the latest news, forum threads, blogs and information about the compLexity Academy. To visit the sub-site, click here.
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I wonder if we'll see another surprising upset in the open bracket from one of these!
On a side note, I wonder what happened to Lizzuma, if he's still in the Academy and just dropped a few ranks or what. The subsite rankings don't correspond with what's posted here 
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On March 23 2012 08:32 jubil wrote:I wonder if we'll see another surprising upset in the open bracket from one of these! On a side note, I wonder what happened to Lizzuma, if he's still in the Academy and just dropped a few ranks or what. The subsite rankings don't correspond with what's posted here
The sub site has the ranking from the previous season, however we have a new point method for this season. Lizzuma is just taking a small leave due to school and work he is welcome back if and when ever he is ready.
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Too bad it's only the NA scene, but I hope it uncovers some good players from this!
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to bad the acadomy is only 18 and up, there's some really good talent coming from younger people
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If anyone has any questions about the one invite spot feel free to email me!
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This thread doesn't seem to have the right title.
fixed
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Dose any body know if there are any plans of including other regions (europe in my case) to the CA in the near or distant future
Great initiative keep it up!
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On March 25 2012 09:35 Shadowfax wrote:
Dose any body know if there are any plans of including other regions (europe in my case) to the CA in the near or distant future
Great initiative keep it up!
Hey Shadowfax, I believe this can be a possibility in the future as of right now there is nothing in place for such an expansion though.
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Hey guys this is a fantastic idea, I really love what you are doing over at complexity, quickly becoming one of my favorite organizations.
Hope you guys can continue this in the future, if it is around when I leave the military in 9 months and have time to practice I will be competing in one of these tourneys for sure!
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hey so is the restriction to only masters cause im a gm zerg on NA :/
I dont think thats a problem but z33k wont let me sign up for the tourney lol
EDIT: nvm z33k was just bugging out :D
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Great opportunity for new players out there!
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How do I submit an application? :o I know how to sign up for the tourney, but I would like to send in an app as well <3
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On March 25 2012 11:29 TheAngelofDeath wrote:
How do I submit an application? :o I know how to sign up for the tourney, but I would like to send in an app as well <3
You can email any applications to me at michael.shane@complexitygaming.com (its also posted in the bottom of the post).
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Is the academy a "camp" like the Razer thing MrBitter is putting together, or is it online?
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Really sad DamnCats didn't get a contract from his academy experience ):
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nice initiative but only NA hurts, some other team should do same but only in EU !
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Do you have an application form, set of questions, can't see a link here or on the z33k page for one, also was poking around the col website and couldn't find anything
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On March 25 2012 18:07 Coramoor wrote:
Do you have an application form, set of questions, can't see a link here or on the z33k page for one, also was poking around the col website and couldn't find anything
That's what I meant to ask, sorry for the confusion. ^^
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On March 25 2012 18:07 Coramoor wrote:
Do you have an application form, set of questions, can't see a link here or on the z33k page for one, also was poking around the col website and couldn't find anything
No there is no set questions for the application, you can include anything in the email you want.
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you must be from na to play on this?
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On March 26 2012 11:40 IMNotMvp wrote:
you must be from na to play on this?
Yes right now it is only open to players who reside in North America.
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On March 26 2012 11:50 coLtwixz wrote:Yes right now it is only open to players who reside in North America.
oh T_T thanks
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Also for all the players applying I will not be choosing the invite until after the tournament is played so you can also still sign up to play in the event. I am doing my best to respond to all the emails having questions, but if I don't get back to your email please post here the question you had and I will try to answer it.
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If you are already a member of a team is there a conflict when joining coL academy?
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On March 27 2012 03:17 Alkresh wrote:
If you are already a member of a team is there a conflict when joining coL academy?
You can be a member of a team (without it being a conflict), if you are under contract with this team then there is a conflict. As if you qualify you will need to sign a contract, and if you are already signed to another team you won't be able to do so.
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So if I do qualify and I am not under contract with the other team, is it still possible for me to play with my current team in clan wars while still being a member of coL academy?
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On March 27 2012 03:31 Alkresh wrote:
So if I do qualify and I am not under contract with the other team, is it still possible for me to play with my current team in clan wars while still being a member of coL academy?
Yes, as long as they don't interfere with any coL academy event or clan war.
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Sure, I'll win the tournament!
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Goswers has been doing really well, I think this should show some of the up-and-coming talent! Good luck everyone!
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This is definitely a great opportunity! I've loved my time in the academy so far =)
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Still accepting applications and sign ups!!!
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This is cool now all I have to do is get good at the game
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On March 29 2012 09:14 coLtwixz wrote:
Still accepting applications and sign ups!!!
Then open up for european player!
Any way great job, i am so jealous
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T.T noooo, you need to give some love to the younger gosu's just look at MaruPrime
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This is pretty awesome, even though its only for NA
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I just realized that this takes place on the same day as the HSL tournament. Will there be any sort of accomidations made to players wanting to attend both?
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On March 31 2012 07:14 Jermstuddog wrote:
I just realized that this takes place on the same day as the HSL tournament. Will there be any sort of accomidations made to players wanting to attend both?
I will try to work with those players as much as possible, but I can't promise anything. If it won't interrupt the flow of our bracket too much I can make some exceptions.
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Really looking forward to seeing some new faces, GL everyone 
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This is coming up soon, good luck to everyone participating!
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I highly recommend colTwixz as your complexity academy administrator and fearless leader. If you make it into the academy, I will tell you the story of his birthday at MLG Orlando last year for a small fee. Watch out for academy member iamke55 though, he is troublesome.
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Hope we get some new players to practice with!! :D
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jw but what happened to the other 5 people in the academy? all got booted? o_o
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On April 03 2012 04:41 JiYan wrote:
jw but what happened to the other 5 people in the academy? all got booted? o_o
Few different reasons, but for the most part they are just taking some time off and will not be as active as before (maybe this will change in the future). They wanted to open up the opportunity for new talent to have the chance to join.
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Less then a week to go, just want to make sure everyone gets a chance to join that wants to!!
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Only a few more days! How many are signed up so far?
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Ugh, I'm nearly high-master terran but under the age of 18  .
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On April 10 2012 05:08 smwatkin wrote:
Only a few more days! How many are signed up so far?
Just increased the cap as we had almost the full 128 signed up so cap is 256 now in case there are still some people who have yet to sign up!! Good luck everyone!
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Awesome tourney. Can't wait to see the new talent.
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Kudos to compLexity, doing a good job of lowering the barrier of entry for up-and-coming players and easing the transition from amateur to pro. We need more of this
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Here we go guys this is going down tomorrow!! I'm still receiving applications so keep those coming and good luck to everyone tomorrow!
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So, you have to reside in North America? can people from europe who have double nationality participate? If not will there be anything of the sort for Europeen players?
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14 days before I turn 18. So annoying =(
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I dont think any parent want their kids <18 waisting time on a game. The chance you become very good and earn a descent amount of money for a long period of time is very low. So you better focus on school and get a degree.
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On April 14 2012 19:58 eXeJJu wrote:
So, you have to reside in North America? can people from europe who have double nationality participate? If not will there be anything of the sort for Europeen players?
As of right now it is still only open for players who reside in NA (meaning you have to live there). There is always a possibility that we can branch out for European players, but this has not happened yet.
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when's the deadline for the video application?
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On April 15 2012 00:08 Northern_iight wrote:
when's the deadline for the video application?
It does not have to be a video, but the deadline to apply will be today.
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Ok guys check-in is open, tourney will be starting in 45 minutes. Please be cautious when starting your next game if I PM you on bnet, because if you receive a PM it means we will want to stream your next match asap. If anyone has any questions you can post them here, join "colacad" on bnet, or PM me on bnet at Twixz.851
Good luck everyone!
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this casting is funny and great
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Great work being done here, thanks goes to twix and Complexity as a whole for opening the door for unknown players.
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On April 15 2012 07:13 Ero-Sennin wrote:
Well that was fun ^^
So what does this mean for the winners?
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I believe the top 4 are in coL academy now.
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When will we know which person twixz picks for the academy?
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On April 16 2012 03:07 GunPaladin wrote:
I believe the top 4 are in coL academy now.
correct
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On April 16 2012 06:03 Kappn wrote:
When will we know which person twixz picks for the academy?
I am currently working on that now, was hoping to have it done by tomorrow but it might take another day or two. There ended up being alot of applications and I just want to make sure I get through them all =)
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