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[IEM] NYC: Americas Qualifiers

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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-09-08 06:00:11
August 27 2013 21:46 GMT
#1
Americas Qualifiers
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- Official Intel Extreme Masters website -
- (Wiki) IEM Season VIII - New York/American Qualifier -
- EU And Africa Qualifiers Thread -
- KR/TW Qualifier thread -
- SEA Qualifier thread –


For this IEM stop we will be sending a total of Three players and One United States Champion to New York City to represent the Americas region. There will be two separate tournaments to determine the 4 total players. Open qualifiers with a stage 1 and a stage 2 and also a United States only cup. Below is the full information!

United States Champion Cup - Completed
[image loading][image loading] (T)CMStorm.Polt is the United States Champion!

Restrictions

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  • You must be a United States citizen or be residing in the United States as full resident on a visa to play in this cup
  • Winner of cup advances to IEM NYC LAN event
  • You must be at least 16 years of age by October 10th 2013 ( the date of the LAN event)
  • Hotel and flight cost are paid for in full by ESL.


Qualifier Date and Brackets

Friday September 6th at 6:00 pm EST – VIEW BRACKETS Meet in channel IEM on Starcraft 2 battl.net

Champion Cup Sign Up and Information
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Winner advances to IEM NYC
Start Date: September 6th at 6:00 pm EST
Check-in time: September 6th 5:00 pm EST
Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nycchamp/signup/
Check in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nycchamp/checkin
Map Pool:
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ESL Belshir Vestige
ESL Akilon Waste
ESL Derelict Watcher
ESL Polar Night LE
ESL Yeonsu Le
ESL Frost Le
ESL Whirlwind


Map Selection Rules:
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Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 32 players is reached. At round of 32 and higher is a Best of 3.

In a Best of 1, Best of 3 and Best of 5 a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player(seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turn removing maps until only one remains in a best of 1 or until only 3 maps remain in a best of 3. Then each player picks a map. Maps are played in order they are picked. The remaining map is played last.




Open Qualifier Cups
Restrictions

  • You must be a citizen or be residing in any country apart of North, South, or Central America
  • Top 3 players of Stage 2 Advance to the NYC LAN Event
  • You must be at least 16 years of age by October 10th 2013 ( the date of the LAN event)
  • Hotel and flight cost are paid for in full by ESL.


Qualifier Format

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Qualifier Dates and Brackets

Stage 1: Saturday September 7th at 4:00 pm EST - VIEW BRACKETS
Stage 2: Sunday September 8th at 4:00 pm EST - VIEW BRACKETS

Stage 1 Sign Up and Information
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Top 3 players will advance to Stage 2
Start Date: September 7th at 4:00 pm EST
Check-in time: September 7th 3:00 pm EST
Sign up here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nyc1/signup/
Check in here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nyc1/checkin
Map Pool:
+ Show Spoiler +
ESL Belshir Vestige
ESL Akilon Waste
ESL Derelict Watcher
ESL Polar Night LE
ESL Yeonsu Le
ESL Frost Le
ESL Whirlwind

Map Selection Rules:
+ Show Spoiler +
Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players is reached. At round of 64 and higher is a Best of 3. Once Round of 4 (top 2 winners and top 2 losers) is reached the matches end, and the 4 players then move to Stage 2.

In a Best of 1, Best of 3 and Best of 5 a map veto (removal and pick) system is used. The high seeded player(seeds can be found at round 1 on the grid page) decides who starts. Players take it in turn removing maps until only one remains in a best of 1 or until only 3 maps remain in a best of 3. Then each player picks a map. Maps are played in order they are picked. The remaining map is played last.


Stage 2 Invites and Qualified Players
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1.[image loading] (Z)Mill.Goswser - Invited
2. [image loading] (P)Hellokitty - Invited
3. [image loading] (Z)Clarity.KiLLeR - Invited
4. [image loading] (P)Eg.HuKRC - Invited
5. [image loading] (Z)EG.SuppyRC - Invited
6. [image loading] (T)CoL.qxc - Invited
7.[image loading] [image loading] (T)EG.DeMusliM - Invited
8.[image loading] (P)ROOT.puCK - Invited
9. [image loading] (T)MajOr - Invited
10. [image loading] (Z)ROOT.ViBE - Invited
11. [image loading] (P)ROOT.Minigun - Invited
12. [image loading] (P)ROOT.State – Invited
13. [image loading] (P)Capoch – Stage 1 Qualified
14. [image loading] (Z)CoL.Hendralisk – Stage 1 Qualified
15. [image loading] (Z)Jig – Stage 1 Qualified
16. [image loading] [image loading] sws – Stage 1 Qualified




Broadcasting
Axeltoss and Axslav will be covering the action all 3 days from the MLG Studios live on Twitch.tv
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click image to go to stream!


Stream B
PrOmise will also be covering the action on a second stream live on Twitch.tv!
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coL.hendralisk
Profile Joined September 2009
Zimbabwe1756 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-27 21:54:23
August 27 2013 21:53 GMT
#2
You must be a United States citiezn or be residing in the United States as full resident on a visa to play in this cup


Whattttttttt

Edit: O nvm that's like an extra thing right
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
August 27 2013 21:55 GMT
#3
On August 28 2013 06:53 NMxhendralisk wrote:
You must be a United States citiezn or be residing in the United States as full resident on a visa to play in this cup


Whattttttttt

Edit: O nvm that's like an extra thing right


Yea there are two different qualifiers. One to determine a United Stages Champion (since this event is in NYC) and the other standard cup that follows the same rules as all the other previous qualifiers we have run.
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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
August 27 2013 21:55 GMT
#4
this is the Americas qualifier for it, there will be EU and other qualifiers as well later on
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Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-27 22:27:28
August 27 2013 22:22 GMT
#5
Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players is reached. At round of 64 and higher is a Best of 3. Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

stage 1 for American Qualifier, it says it's a 64 players bracket but bo1 until RO64.. so all matches are bo3 since it starts at RO64?

also :
Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

in the graphic, it says only 4 players qualify to stage 2
LiquipediaWe will have only each other at the last
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
August 27 2013 22:26 GMT
#6
12 invites out of 16 players in the stage 2 seem to be a lot. I know it's the same for all regions but still, 50/50 at least would be nice.

Anyway, gogo Goswser for the american champion !
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-27 22:31:34
August 27 2013 22:29 GMT
#7
On August 28 2013 07:22 Yhamm wrote:
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Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players is reached. At round of 64 and higher is a Best of 3. Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

stage 1 for American Qualifier, it says it's a 64 players bracket but bo1 until RO64.. so all matches are bo3 since it starts at RO64?

also :
Show nested quote +
Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

in the graphic, it says only 4 players qualify to stage 2

The bracket is 64 man bracket as default but it is allowed to grow. In the event that we get more than 64 players sign up all rounds bigger than 64 will be best of 1s.

And yes only 4 players can qualify into it. The remaining 12 will be invites to fill a 16 man bracket. It said 8 from a previous paste. But I have fixed it. Thanks!
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
Yhamm
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
France7248 Posts
August 27 2013 22:38 GMT
#8
On August 28 2013 07:29 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2013 07:22 Yhamm wrote:
Best of 1 in all rounds until the Round of 64 players is reached. At round of 64 and higher is a Best of 3. Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

stage 1 for American Qualifier, it says it's a 64 players bracket but bo1 until RO64.. so all matches are bo3 since it starts at RO64?

also :
Once Round of 8 is reached the matches end, and the 8 players then move to Stage 2.

in the graphic, it says only 4 players qualify to stage 2

The bracket is 64 man bracket as default but it is allowed to grow. In the event that we get more than 64 players sign up all rounds bigger than 64 will be best of 1s.

And yes only 4 players can qualify into it. The remaining 12 will be invites to fill a 16 man bracket. It said 8 from a previous paste. But I have fixed it. Thanks!

thank you
some other things:
is the US qualifier really a double elimination bracket ?
the link to the stage 2 bracket for American qualifier is for the IEM Shanghai
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Qaq
Profile Joined August 2011
United States12 Posts
August 27 2013 22:39 GMT
#9
I can't sign up, says i dont have a gamesaccount but i do, i used it for a tournament awhile ago
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
August 27 2013 23:03 GMT
#10
On August 28 2013 07:39 Qaq wrote:
I can't sign up, says i dont have a gamesaccount but i do, i used it for a tournament awhile ago


You probably didn't add the newly formatted one.
Go here http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nyc1/add_gameaccount/ and select Starcraft 2 Americas
Now to enter the correct information in the value box you'll need to go to http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ and log in. Near top right hand corner you will see your Starcraft 2 portrait and user name. Click the down arrow next to your username and select "Profile"
If you look at the url at the top of your browser now it should look something like: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/
You will want to copy and paste that into the value box on the gameaccount page on esl and then add the starcraft 2 character code after it. For example my account is pharside#358 so the data entered into the box would look like this:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/#358 click send and then you are done!

Hope this helps!
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
vult
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States9400 Posts
August 28 2013 00:17 GMT
#11
no open bracket at this event, sad sad.
im not good enough to do something like this :X
I used to play random, but for you I play very specifically.
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
August 28 2013 00:32 GMT
#12
On August 28 2013 09:17 vult wrote:
no open bracket at this event, sad sad.
im not good enough to do something like this :X


There is an open bracket at the actual Lan event but I don't know for sure how big it will be. Usually its only 16 players big.
twitter.com/ThePharsideESL / ESL IEM NA Admin / WCS NA Qualifier Admin
messioso
Profile Joined June 2011
Denmark635 Posts
August 28 2013 13:56 GMT
#13
On August 28 2013 09:32 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2013 09:17 vult wrote:
no open bracket at this event, sad sad.
im not good enough to do something like this :X


There is an open bracket at the actual Lan event but I don't know for sure how big it will be. Usually its only 16 players big.


Can confirm it is 16 players

The makeup of these players is still to be fully confirmed, but it will definitely cater to local players!
Former ESL League Operations. I ran IEM/WCS for like 3 years or something. I did map vetos on a tablet. That guy.
Zeppelin535
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada262 Posts
August 29 2013 17:12 GMT
#14
On August 28 2013 08:03 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2013 07:39 Qaq wrote:
I can't sign up, says i dont have a gamesaccount but i do, i used it for a tournament awhile ago


You probably didn't add the newly formatted one.
Go here http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nyc1/add_gameaccount/ and select Starcraft 2 Americas
Now to enter the correct information in the value box you'll need to go to http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ and log in. Near top right hand corner you will see your Starcraft 2 portrait and user name. Click the down arrow next to your username and select "Profile"
If you look at the url at the top of your browser now it should look something like: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/
You will want to copy and paste that into the value box on the gameaccount page on esl and then add the starcraft 2 character code after it. For example my account is pharside#358 so the data entered into the box would look like this:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/#358 click send and then you are done!

Hope this helps!


I have mine added exactly like that, but I'm getting the error message "Registration not possible as you do not meet all the league requirements." Why is that?
Bones (P) | @BonesSC2 | twitch.tv/Bones535
Insomni7
Profile Joined June 2011
667 Posts
August 29 2013 17:37 GMT
#15
On August 30 2013 02:12 Zeppelin535 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 28 2013 08:03 pHaRSiDE wrote:
On August 28 2013 07:39 Qaq wrote:
I can't sign up, says i dont have a gamesaccount but i do, i used it for a tournament awhile ago


You probably didn't add the newly formatted one.
Go here http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/nyc1/add_gameaccount/ and select Starcraft 2 Americas
Now to enter the correct information in the value box you'll need to go to http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/ and log in. Near top right hand corner you will see your Starcraft 2 portrait and user name. Click the down arrow next to your username and select "Profile"
If you look at the url at the top of your browser now it should look something like: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/
You will want to copy and paste that into the value box on the gameaccount page on esl and then add the starcraft 2 character code after it. For example my account is pharside#358 so the data entered into the box would look like this:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/734635/1/pHaRSiDE/#358 click send and then you are done!

Hope this helps!


I have mine added exactly like that, but I'm getting the error message "Registration not possible as you do not meet all the league requirements." Why is that?

Make sure you have your residence set up mr. bones
Never Forget.
Eggi
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
478 Posts
August 29 2013 17:47 GMT
#16
^^ that
DyNcIronY
Profile Joined April 2013
Canada2 Posts
August 29 2013 18:15 GMT
#17
If your from Canada can you play in this?
Hi there
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
August 29 2013 18:22 GMT
#18
You must be a United States citiezn or be residing in the United States as full resident on a visa to play in this cup


Well, I guess Polt is coming to the event then. =d
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Eggi
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
478 Posts
August 29 2013 18:40 GMT
#19
I meant why the other one says my league is not avaiable
sWs
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States409 Posts
August 29 2013 18:43 GMT
#20
I am so confused. I could sign up for the US champ cup, but not the open one? ESL website is marvelous.

"waiting for an admin to add you" for the first 1
"Registration not possible as you do not meet all the league requirements." for the 2nd
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