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UPDATE #3:
9 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER
UPDATE #2:
Season 3 Registration has been pushed back to close on November 6th.
UPDATE:
- We have reduced the required number of players. Eu it is now 2 player minimum with a All-kill Bo5 format (no revives). AM it is now 3 with a All-Kill Bo7 format (no revives).
- If you do not have enough players at your school, email sc2@hsstarleague.com and we will see if you could participate alongside other relatively nearby teams or players.
Hello from the High School Starleague (HSL)! We are very excited for the upcoming school year and have some great events planned. In addition to our recent expansion into League of Legends and Dota 2, we will be using this season to experiment with a new format for playoff seeding, the POTENTIAL (depending on interest) addition of a European Division*, and possibly some extra secrets depending on how things go.
*EU Schools read here
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EU registration is up on the website at the moment alongside AM. Whether or not we will do an EU division this season is mostly determined by the number of schools that register from EU (need at least 10 for one division :D). It should be noted , however, that the long term existence of the Eu Division will depend largely on if we get any willing Europeans to help with some administrator roles for the division, primary among which would be answering questions on rules, resolving disputes, and a few other possible tasks. If interested in assisting, please email sc2@hsstarleague.com.
Season 3 Format:
We plan for this season to mimic the style of the SK Planet Proleague, with 2 rounds of different format. Round 1 will be an All-Kill GSTL format, and Round 2 will be the Lineup-Proleague format. Each round will span approximately one semester (8-12 weeks).
Playoff Seeding
*This section is subject to change, depending on how many teams participate in each round.*
Playoff seeding at the end of the year will be acquired by making it into the top 2 teams of your division in Rounds 1 or 2. If a team occupies a spot in the top 2 for both rounds then the next highest team in that division without a playoff seed will be given the Round 2 seed.
Also, depending on the number of divisions and if this total gives us an even 2n number of teams for the playoff bracket, we may also seed teams by their composite record and map score from the two Rounds.
There will be a new registration period for Round 2 to drop inactive teams and allow new interested teams to join. Any playoff seeding method we choose, even if we should change the current plan would be a plan in which it is possible to make it into playoffs even if you only played in Round 2.
Registration
This is a 3 step process. You must first register as a team coordinator, verify your email, and THEN you may register for specific events, such as the Season 3 - Fall 2013 round.
1) Register on the website as a team coordinator.
Coordinator Registration Tutorial
3) Verify email address
2) After logging in, you can register for specific events such as the the Season 3 - Fall 2013 round.
Event Registration Tutorial
FAQ: The TL;DR Edition
- Entry is FREE
- There are prizes
- All players should be from the same school. Exceptions can sometimes be made on a case by case basis. To see if you qualify for one, please email sc2@hsstarleague.com with details of your situation.
- Alumni can NOT play. If you've already graduated High School, please move on and go play in Collegiate Starleague, but thanks for the interest. <3
Full FAQ can be found here
Schedule
Registration closes on Wednesday, Nov 06 7:59pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Round 1 begins on November 9th.
Full schedule can also be found here
Eligibility
- Players must be currently enrolled in High School.
- Teams must have at least 4 players for Round 1. More is recommended though for substitutes in case some are unavailable to play.
- Teams can only* consist of players within one school.
*Note: If you do not have enough players at your school, please email sc2@hsstarleague.com with your school info and how many players you have so that we can potentially arrange to pair you with any nearby teams or free agents that we are aware of. This should serve as a last resort after having done all steps conveyed here in order to attempt to bolster your team’s numbers.
Divisions
Teams will be grouped with other teams in the same region. Divisions will be posted shortly after the registration period has elapsed is complete.
Round 1 Format
Round one will be played in an All-Kill Best of 7 format. First maps are set each week, losing team sends a new player in and the winning team does not change players until that player loses. The losing team also chooses the next map from the map pool and there are no map repeats allowed. Round 1 will also be played as a Round Robin. Teams will have the opportunity to play all the teams in their division before the conclusion of the round.
Tentative Round 1 Map Pool
Our selected maps are a mixture of GSL/OSL, WCS, and ladder maps.
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Akilon_Wastes
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Bel’Shir_Vestige
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Whirlwind --all spawns enabled
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Polar_Night
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Yeonsu
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Frost --all spawn enabled
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Fruitland
Starting Maps by Week
- Week 1 = 10/5/2013 = Frost LE
- Week 2 = 10/12/2013 = Yeonsu
- Week 3 = 10/19/2013 = Whirlwind LE
- Week 4 = 10/26/2013 = Polar Night
- Week 5 = 11/2/2013 = Fruitland
- Week 6 = 11/9/2013 = Akilon Wastes
- Week 7 = 11/16/2013 = Bel’Shir Vestige LE
- Week 8 = 11/30/2013 = Frost LE
- Week 9 = 12/7/2013 = Yeonsu
- Week 10 = 12/14/2013 = Whirlwind LE
Rules:
Full rules can be found below or here. It is expected of all team coordinators to thoroughly know the rules. If you have any questions regarding the rules or would like clarification, please email sc2@hsstarleague.com or contact a tournament admin through other means.
Last updated on 8/9/13
+ Show Spoiler +Basics- Players must keep with their declared race on the website for all games played for a given match, but between weeks they may change their declared race.
- Schools with more than one team entered, including two teams entered into separate tiers (Varsity and Junior Varsity) may not transfer players between teams during a round unless tournament admins properly are notified and explicit permission is given.
All-Kill Procedure- Starting maps are fixed weekly. Please check the TL thread, Liquipedia entry for the season, or the on-site announcement (to be linked later) to find the specified starting map for the week.
- The winning player of the first match scores one point for their team. The winning player plays in the next game while the losing player can not be played again and his/her team must send the next player from their team out. This process of "winner stays on" continues until one team has generated the required 4 points to win the Best of 7 match.
- Maps that have already been played on earlier in the series cannot be selected again within the same series.
- Subsequent players must be officially declared in the channel to the opposing coordinator before the game is created so that it is known that that is the official will of the teams. Any games instigated by players without this process may be declared invalid if the coordinator had desired to field another player first.
Spectator Rules- All observers must be spectators except for HSL Referees and casters.
- Spectators are allowed only if both team coordinators agree. HSL Referees or casters however are always allowed to join.
In Case of Lag- If any latency issues or stuttering occurs, the problematic spectator must leave immediately.
- If it is a player who is experiencing these issues, he or she is required to type “pp,” pause the game, and resolve the issue as soon as possible.
- If the problem cannot be resolved within 5 minutes, a rematch can be requested.
In the Event of a Disconnect- If a player disconnects before 2 minutes, it is a rematch unless in the rare case either player had received a significant advantage through scouting (ex: cheese).
- Disconnects past 2 minutes will be resumed with the Recover Game feature.
- IMPORTANT: In case of a disconnected game, if there is no HSL Referee watching the game, contact staff IMMEDIATELY. Do NOT watch ANY replay, so we can be sure no one cheats by looking at the replay before the game is resumed. In case no staff member is available, or you see someone reviewing the replay, take a screenshot of them in your friend list showing “Watching Replay”.
- In case a player experiences software or hardware failure or remains in the game despite lacking control over his units, a game will be resumed at the point before a critical problem begins to occur. In case of dispute, a staff member will review the replay and decide what time is suitable to use Recover Game.
Dispute Procedures- If you observe or suspect a simple mistake in score reporting or recording, please email sc2matchreport@hsstarleague.com.
- If cheating, hacking, or other such acts are suspected, please save all replays relevant to the dispute and have one or both players involved email us (sc2@hsstarleague.com) with a well-written report detailing who, where, when, why, how, what cheating was used, along with the replay(s) attached.
- Generally in all dispute cases, if you do not have a replay saved as evidence yourself, staff cannot give you the benefit of the doubt.
Rules are Subject to ChangeHSL reserves the right to update, change, alter, or clarify these rules at any time as they see fit or necessary.
About the HSL
The High School Starleague is the premiere eSports league for team based eSports competitions between pre-collegiate academic institutions. Founded in 2010, the HSL has already organized over 15 separate events and is recognized as the most professional league in its division. Combining league play, online tournaments, local live events, enthusiastic casting, and live streaming, the HSL creates a venue for secondary schools to meet and compete against each other in a friendly and safe environment.
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I'm interested in registering my school, but I have 2 brief questions.
1. Do I have to inform any school staff of our involvement? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to associate our school name with anything without their consent. (School image, liabilities, etc.)
2. We're a Canadian school, does that change any of the registration process?
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On September 01 2013 08:47 Yusei wrote:
I'm interested in registering my school, but I have 2 brief questions.
1. Do I have to inform any school staff of our involvement? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to associate our school name with anything without their consent. (School image, liabilities, etc.)
2. We're a Canadian school, does that change any of the registration process?
1. Strictly speaking, we haven't been requiring that teams inform the school of their involvement. We do however highly recommend that participants attempt to create an eSports or SC2 clubs at their school to make recruiting easier and start a solid gaming community at your school.
2. Registration for Canadians is same process as US.
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On September 01 2013 17:59 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2013 08:47 Yusei wrote:
I'm interested in registering my school, but I have 2 brief questions.
1. Do I have to inform any school staff of our involvement? I'm not sure if it's a good idea to associate our school name with anything without their consent. (School image, liabilities, etc.)
2. We're a Canadian school, does that change any of the registration process? 1. Strictly speaking, we haven't been requiring that teams inform the school of their involvement. We do however highly recommend that participants attempt to create an eSports or SC2 clubs at their school to make recruiting easier and start a solid gaming community at your school. 2. Registration for Canadians is same process as US.
Okay thanks.
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can we kidnap people and make them play for our team?
edit: to clarify, people in our school, so its not weird
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On September 01 2013 18:05 Seeker wrote:![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Jpe8fAf.png) I noticed that your banner is cut off in the OP. Try using this one 
wow thanks a lot! =3
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On September 02 2013 12:00 Quakecomm wrote:
can we kidnap people and make them play for our team?
edit: to clarify, people in our school, so its not weird
yes 
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Can't wait to help Torrey Pines to another victory!
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On September 02 2013 13:10 ThatSweatyNerd wrote:
Can't wait to help Torrey Pines to another victory!
pls no. 2 /3 first place finishes is enough lol
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On September 01 2013 18:05 Seeker wrote:I noticed that your banner is cut off in the OP. Try using this one
HI SEEKER! <3
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cant wait to get last place in our division and watch torry pines win again
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On September 03 2013 01:41 PXEnTei wrote:cant wait to get last place in our division and watch torry pines win again ![[image loading]](http://2guystalkingmetsbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Businessman_Holding_Gun_To_Head_MON098143.jpg)
with an outlook like that we'll lose harder than we're already bound to 
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lol train up u guys got this :D
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This will be fun :D Grade 9's gonna be a good year ^_^
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Lower Merion is in again
Time to recover from our perfect game streak all season long into terrible throw in the ro8!
GOGOLMHS2014
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On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D
with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/
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On September 04 2013 07:40 Quakecomm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/
It's better than 4 people who just bought the game! 
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On September 04 2013 07:43 Master of DalK wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2013 07:40 Quakecomm wrote:On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/ It's better than 4 people who just bought the game!
SC2 GROWTH 0.0
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On September 03 2013 05:37 Master of DalK wrote:
This will be fun :D Grade 9's gonna be a good year ^_^
If you stick with us, grades 9-12 will be good years ^_^
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On September 04 2013 07:51 Quakecomm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2013 07:43 Master of DalK wrote:On September 04 2013 07:40 Quakecomm wrote:On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/ It's better than 4 people who just bought the game! SC2 GROWTH 0.0
^THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
/APPLAUD
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On September 04 2013 07:40 Quakecomm wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/
wurk hard breh <3
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On September 04 2013 08:26 OSM.OneManArmy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2013 07:40 Quakecomm wrote:On September 03 2013 05:09 HighSchoolStarleague wrote:
lol train up u guys got this :D with 2 plats and 2 low bronze? :/ wurk hard breh <3
probably helps if you start early. Recruit the freshman!!
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*UPDATE*
- OSL Anaconda dropped
- OSL Gwangalli Beach dropped
- GSL Fruitland added
- total map pool reduced to 7
- Weekly starting maps adjusted accordingly
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Good luck to everyone, was fun last year. Everest/Menlo forever.................
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On September 06 2013 12:45 Insomni7 wrote:
Good luck to everyone, was fun last year. Everest/Menlo forever.................
have fun in CSL man!
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On September 06 2013 12:45 Insomni7 wrote:
Good luck to everyone, was fun last year. Everest/Menlo forever.................
Does Everest/Menlo even have a coordinator for this year? O.o
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Damn, really gotta get some more promotion going in our school. Netherlands is so dry of eSports(StarCraft in particuliar!) blood.. Hopefully we'll either get someone or can join another team.
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On September 07 2013 07:09 Thalandros wrote:Damn, really gotta get some more promotion going in our school. Netherlands is so dry of eSports(StarCraft in particuliar!) blood.. Hopefully we'll either get someone or can join another team.
How can the home of Grubby and Ret be dry of eSports!? :o
If you get 3 (strongly recommend 4+) you'll have enough to play though. Introduce the game to friends, wear your sc2 apparel to school, post fliers, and if your school has like an activities fair or something then it can definitely be beneficial to become an official school club so you can find new players easier.
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On September 07 2013 08:35 Ry2D2 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 07:09 Thalandros wrote:Damn, really gotta get some more promotion going in our school. Netherlands is so dry of eSports(StarCraft in particuliar!) blood.. Hopefully we'll either get someone or can join another team. How can the home of Grubby and Ret be dry of eSports!? :o If you get 3 (strongly recommend 4+) you'll have enough to play though. Introduce the game to friends, wear your sc2 apparel to school, post fliers, and if your school has like an activities fair or something then it can definitely be beneficial to become an official school club so you can find new players easier.
Yeah, that's the problem with the dutch school (system, might just be this school.) They're very restrictive in what is acceptable and what isn't - There are basically no ''clubs'' except the debating club which is set up by teachers. I'll hang up fliers though and I already regularly wear my TL and SCII shirts, so got that covered! :D
Gonna try quite hard for this though, me and a friend of mine both are pretty high up there, we might get close! It's just hard to involve 14-17 year old teenagers in a really complex game and make them devote time to it - Because we're not gonna cut it with a bronze level player. But, all hope is not lost yet. Monday, first thing I'm going to do is hang up fliers (Don't know if they're so incredibly shi-.. restrictive that we wouldn't be able to do it, but whatever! )& send an email through our school system to everyone - I hope that'll be sufficient. If we can't get a team together on time, I might be able to help out as a non-team-member, just to make this grow? :D Because I really love the idea, especially now that it's come to the EU aswell.
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On September 07 2013 08:50 Thalandros wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 08:35 Ry2D2 wrote:On September 07 2013 07:09 Thalandros wrote:Damn, really gotta get some more promotion going in our school. Netherlands is so dry of eSports(StarCraft in particuliar!) blood.. Hopefully we'll either get someone or can join another team. How can the home of Grubby and Ret be dry of eSports!? :o If you get 3 (strongly recommend 4+) you'll have enough to play though. Introduce the game to friends, wear your sc2 apparel to school, post fliers, and if your school has like an activities fair or something then it can definitely be beneficial to become an official school club so you can find new players easier. Yeah, that's the problem with the dutch school (system, might just be this school.) They're very restrictive in what is acceptable and what isn't - There are basically no ''clubs'' except the debating club which is set up by teachers. I'll hang up fliers though and I already regularly wear my TL and SCII shirts, so got that covered! :D Gonna try quite hard for this though, me and a friend of mine both are pretty high up there, we might get close! It's just hard to involve 14-17 year old teenagers in a really complex game and make them devote time to it - Because we're not gonna cut it with a bronze level player. But, all hope is not lost yet. Monday, first thing I'm going to do is hang up fliers (Don't know if they're so incredibly shi-.. restrictive that we wouldn't be able to do it, but whatever! )& send an email through our school system to everyone - I hope that'll be sufficient. If we can't get a team together on time, I might be able to help out as a non-team-member, just to make this grow? :D Because I really love the idea, especially now that it's come to the EU aswell.
Thanks! <3
If you do at least get someone new to try and get somewhat into the game though you'd be helping to grow esports! Since the first round is all-kill, you two could always try to carry if you get a newer player.
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3 weeks left! Register now gogo
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On September 07 2013 06:26 Ry2D2 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2013 12:45 Insomni7 wrote:
Good luck to everyone, was fun last year. Everest/Menlo forever................. Does Everest/Menlo even have a coordinator for this year? O.o
Literally every player we had was a senior lol. Couldn't find even one lower classman who was interested. This year our old team will be representing UCSD, UCSC and Vassar College in the CSL.
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On September 08 2013 07:35 Insomni7 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2013 06:26 Ry2D2 wrote:On September 06 2013 12:45 Insomni7 wrote:
Good luck to everyone, was fun last year. Everest/Menlo forever................. Does Everest/Menlo even have a coordinator for this year? O.o Literally every player we had was a senior lol. Couldn't find even one lower classman who was interested. This year our old team will be representing UCSD, UCSC and Vassar College in the CSL.
That sucks =/ Enjoy your time in CSL though!
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Updated: Derelict Watcher should not have been a starting map since it wasn't in map pool lol.
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GLHF to everyone whos playing!! Everyone at my school play LoL and isn't willing to drop the money for SC T.T
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On September 09 2013 08:25 cchily13 wrote:
GLHF to everyone whos playing!! Everyone at my school play LoL and isn't willing to drop the money for SC T.T
You can still play using spawning! Also we do have a league department so tell those people to do that!
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On September 11 2013 11:44 OSM.OneManArmy wrote:Show nested quote +On September 09 2013 08:25 cchily13 wrote:
GLHF to everyone whos playing!! Everyone at my school play LoL and isn't willing to drop the money for SC T.T You can still play using spawning! Also we do have a league department so tell those people to do that!
and a dota department.
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Apart from my small group of friends, absolutely no-one in my school is interested in gaming .. :/
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On September 15 2013 09:36 Hollandrock wrote:
Apart from my small group of friends, absolutely no-one in my school is interested in gaming .. :/
A small group of friends could be of sufficient size. Also, you might need to recruit beyond your normal friend group to find more. I bet each grade has at least one group of similar gamers? Just try to get the word out and ask around a ton and see if you find anything ^^
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REDUCED REQUIRED member # TO 3 to make a team.
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Alright, so me and my friend put up posters, sent mails, etcetc and we couldn't find anyone else. So we're with the two of us here. Is there any chance we could be combined with another European team? We live in Holland if that is of any help.
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On September 26 2013 08:55 Thalandros wrote:
Alright, so me and my friend put up posters, sent mails, etcetc and we couldn't find anyone else. So we're with the two of us here. Is there any chance we could be combined with another European team? We live in Holland if that is of any help.
We've reduced the number of required players to make an EU team to 2 so you can register as is. At least you tried though!
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Damn, only had access and time to check in now, and I only just made my coordinator account. Wasn't aware I could still register with the two of us. I'm going to have to go to bed now but I suppose there's no way to extend the deadline by a couple of hours? I understand this might be a stretch, but I had no opportunity to finish it until now. :/
Edit: Thank you for helping me out here. We've successfully registered and are ready to rock! :D
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Hey guys!
I sent an email about my issue regarding registration. Basically, the verification email I got says "Invalid code" when opened. :/
I'd really like to participate in this since I had to do quite a bit of detective work to find people in my high school who play SC2 and even harder it was to get even one to play (cost me a new copy of HotS pretty much).
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Season 3 registration has been tentatively pushed back to close on october 8th.
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Some good players this season in the HSL
im hoping for some good games
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On September 30 2013 08:02 Burns wrote:
Some good players this season in the HSL
im hoping for some good games
Yup. We have several clarity academy members who will also be competing this year!.
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after some delays, there is now 9 days left in the adjusted registration timeline!
gogogoogogo
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Hey this is a real great opportunity for you guys to play Starcraft 2. You now have something to actually work towards besides that next league. Come on go get some friends from your school and others and start a team.
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cant wait for this to start
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This is such a cool thing up an comers need.
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