€400 SC2Improve Winter League 2013/2014

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 07 2013 17:38 GMT

Congratulations Solar, our Champion!

Playoff VODs : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfWB5v8kDQAvS-41EwohpQv01kzVxwvf-

SC2Improve Website || SC2Improve Twitter || SC2Improve Facebook

SC2Improve Winter League 2013/2014

Welcome to the SC2Improve Winter League 2013/2014! One year ago we ran our first Winter League, which was a follow on from the Summer League 2012 and it went amazingly when it had over 200 players competing for places in the RO16! But since then the rise of SC2Improve events has continued and we are going into our second Winter League event following the hugely successful Summer League 2013 where over 700 players took part in trying to qualify for the RO16 including players such as Qxc, Tefel, JonnyREcco and others.

With so much support there was no doubt the Winter League was going to feature again and here it is! Already we have seen all six qualifiers for this years Winter League and the RO16 Groups are now set! Dates for the groups will be announced in the coming week or so.

We hope everyone has a bunch of fun taking part in the SC2Improve Winter League and if you ever have any concerns or have any questions please feel free to get in touch with us either here on Team Liquid or by e-mail at sc2improve@gmail.com

Important Links

Liquipedia
Winter League Site
RO16 Groups
SC2Improve Website
SC2Improve Stream

Format and Dates

Six qualifiers will be held. The winner of each qualifier will qualify to the RO16 of the Winter League. The two players who played in the Winter League Launch Show Match will also qualify to the RO16.

This leaves 8 open places. These will be determined through a points system within Qualifiers. Placing highly will gain you more points and after all 6 qualifiers the top 8 players on points will qualify into the RO16.

The RO16 will be made up of four GSL-Style groups, meaning two players will advance from each group to give us our RO8. From the RO8 it will be a single elimnation BO5 bracket, with a BO7 Finals.

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RO16 Group A || Tuesday, Mar 05 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Tefel, Arthur, Noname, Levi

RO16 Group B || Sunday, Mar 03 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
uThermal, Patience, Tassadar, TomikuS

RO16 Group C || Tuesday, Feb 26 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Solar, SeleCT, Armani, Pink

RO16 Group D || Thursday, Mar 07 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
DIMAGA, JonnyREcco, Adonminus, Sjaak

~~Qualifier One || Tuesday, Dec 17 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~
~~Qualifier Two || Saturday, Dec 28 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~
~~Qualifier Three || Monday, Jan 06 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~
~~Qualifier Four || Tuesday, Jan 28 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~
~~Qualifier Five || Monday, Feb 03 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~
~~Qualifier Six || Tuesday, Feb 11 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) || Sign-up here.~~

Prizes

Qualifiers :

1st Place - €15 & ZOWIE MiCO

Winter League :

1st Place - €200
2nd Place - €80
3rd Place- €30

Total - €400

Coverage

All matches will be streamed on the official SC2Improve stream found here.

Qualified Players
Tefel - Launch Match Winner
uThermal - Launch Match Runner-up
Armani - Qualifier #1 Winner
JonnyREcco - Qualifier #2 Winner
Patience - Qualifier #3 Winner
DIMAGA - Qualifier #4 Winner
Arthur - Qualifier #5 Winner
Solar - Qualifier #6 Winner
Adonminus - 1st on Points
TomikuS - 2nd on Points
SeleCT - 3rd on Points
Noname - 4th on Points
Tassadar - 5th on Points
Sjaak - 6th on Points
Pink - 7th on Points
Levi - 8th on Points

ZOWIE has once again decided to support SC2Improve and is now sponsoring the SC2Improve Winter League.

ZOWIE will add a prize of a ZOWIE MiCO to every Qualifier with hopefully more to be announced for the main prize pool!

We hope you will all join us in thanking ZOWIE GEAR for their support of the SC2Improve WinterLeague and we hope you will all join us in watching the rest of the SC2Improve Winter League.

ZOWIE GEAR Website
ZOWIE GEAR Twitter
ZOWIE GEAR Facebook

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dsProspect

Sweden5 Posts

December 07 2013 19:15 GMT

You're awesome Wardi. I'll play in as many of these as I can, and I'll tell my teammates to do the same!

rANDY

United Kingdom748 Posts

December 07 2013 22:24 GMT

Nice, hope to see some GGs!

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 07 2013 23:16 GMT

Awesome! for community maps you can pick from the TL map forum, there are new maps posted all the time, although some are better than others

Sakamoto

Norway15 Posts

December 08 2013 19:22 GMT

Nice

! Will get my boys to sign up!

blastyblast21

United States61 Posts

December 08 2013 19:51 GMT

I have a question, where/who do i report the matches to, after the game is done.

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 08 2013 23:08 GMT

On December 09 2013 04:51 blastyblast21 wrote:
I have a question, where/who do i report the matches to, after the game is done.

If you mean in Qualfiiers then there will be a place to report matches during the evening

RayBeans

Germany331 Posts

December 09 2013 13:18 GMT

Aachen esport will participate with several players

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 14 2013 10:55 GMT

Just over 7 hours until Tefel vs uThermal BO7 Launch Match! Should be fun

Stream will be live at http://twitch.tv/wardiii

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 14 2013 17:59 GMT

#10

Live now http://twitch.tv/wardiii

Clubfan

Germany913 Posts

December 15 2013 20:42 GMT

#11

Who won that Tefel vs uThermal showmatch? It's not reported in Liquipedia...

Tefel

Poland67 Posts

December 15 2013 20:49 GMT

#12

I did 3:1. GG http://Tefel.pl pls like

Clubfan

Germany913 Posts

December 15 2013 20:58 GMT

#13

On December 16 2013 05:49 Tefel wrote:
I did 3:1. GG http://Tefel.pl pls like

Congratz! Thank you for that information, I'm gonna add to the LP article.

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 15 2013 21:26 GMT

#14

Hey guys!

To get some low-leaguers involved in the Winter League we're going to be introducing a raffle system! Every time a Diamond or below player enters into a Qualifier, Checks In and plays a match they will receive a 'ticket'. Each ticket will be one entry into a raffle for a mouse-pad or some other prize (yet to be determined). This means if you enter into all the qualifiers you have 6 chances to win!

On the day it will be advertised somewhere to message to let us know you have entered and are in Diamond and below and from this you will receive confirmation of your ticket.

Glhf!

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 16 2013 20:16 GMT

#15

Hey guys Qualifier #1 takes place tomorrow and sign-ups are open here : http://www.excello.net/tournament/4179/

Current List of Notable Sign-ups

Lucky

Adonminus

Qxc

sYz

Namshar

Kaldi

As well as multiple other GM and High Master players mixed in! GOING TO BE SICK!!!

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 16 2013 20:41 GMT

#16

So you picked the map that is going to be on ladder next season :| Well better any then none. Looks to be cool tournament anyways.

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 16 2013 21:03 GMT

#17

On December 17 2013 05:41 moskonia wrote:
So you picked the map that is going to be on ladder next season :| Well better any then none. Looks to be cool tournament anyways.

I'm going to rotate the maps for each qualifier.

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 16 2013 22:29 GMT

#18

Awesome! Also I signed up

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 17 2013 16:03 GMT

#19

Two hours until we begin - more and more sick sign-ups coming in! Should be a blast

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 18 2013 11:59 GMT

#20

Last night was pretty awesome! A lot of upsets in the early rounds but some great games throughout nonetheless! We saw

Adonminus, last years Winter League Champion, lose 1-2 to

BurNing in the Finals which included a crazy base trade with a last minute twist in Game 1!

Congratulations to BurNing who joins Tefel and uThermal in the RO16 of the Winter League.

Our next Winter League Qualifier takes place on Saturday 28th December at 1900 CET and we hope you'll be able to join us! Sign-ups : http://www.excello.net/tournament/4180

moskonia

Israel1448 Posts

December 18 2013 14:26 GMT

#21

Is there a chance you can get a co caster? While your casting was fine I find that having 2 casters make for better viewing experience than 1 caster.

BelleNOiR

Czech Republic165 Posts

December 19 2013 08:38 GMT

#22

Sometimes Wardí does have a person by his side

Maybe he wanted some alone time that day

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 26 2013 12:59 GMT

#23

Double post D;

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 26 2013 12:59 GMT

#24

On December 26 2013 21:59 Wardi wrote:
Happy Boxing Day!

Qualifier #2 takes place on Saturday so make sure to sign up over at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4180

Also some exciting news!!

ZOWIE has once again decided to support SC2Improve and is now sponsoring the SC2Improve Winter League.

ZOWIE will add a prize of a ZOWIE MiCO to every Qualifier with hopefully more to be announced for the main prize pool!

We hope you will all join us in thanking ZOWIE GEAR for their support of the SC2Improve WinterLeague and we hope you will all join us on Saturday 28th December 1900 CET for Qualifier #2 of the SC2Improve Winter League.

ZOWIE GEAR Website
ZOWIE GEAR Twitter
ZOWIE GEAR Facebook

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 27 2013 20:59 GMT

#25

Sign-ups looking great again for tomorrow! Sign-up now at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4180

Remember first place not only qualifies but also takes home €15 and a ZOWIE MiCO!

Other finishers also receive points based on their finishing position. Top 8 on points after 6 qualifiers will also receive a spot in the RO16.

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 28 2013 16:48 GMT

#26

Just over an hour to go until the second qualifier! Quick reminders that you can sign-up here : http://www.excello.net/tournament/4180 and watch the stream here : http://www.twitch.tv/wardiii

Leviance

Germany4079 Posts

December 28 2013 18:18 GMT

#27

-edit-
nvm, sorry

TBone-

United States2309 Posts

December 28 2013 18:35 GMT

#28

This is a nifty little tournament. Looking forward to watching it.

Leviance

Germany4079 Posts

December 28 2013 20:27 GMT

#29

Bly is the favourite, but I hope GoOdy takes it

                     Win    Top 2    Top 4    Top 8    Top 16    
-----------------------------------------------------------------
           Bly     40.34%    7.39%   35.86%   16.41%    0.00%    
    JonnyREcco     30.82%    7.40%   32.48%   29.29%    0.00%    
         GoOdy      6.92%    3.16%   16.89%   49.76%   23.27%    
        SeleCT      6.83%   24.54%   23.03%   45.60%    0.00%    
          Pink      5.50%   19.44%   21.68%   53.39%    0.00%    
          AcRo      4.62%   18.48%   30.29%   46.61%    0.00%    
       ddooomm      3.06%   17.55%   25.00%   54.40%    0.00%    
           Mix      1.77%    1.87%   12.77%   83.59%    0.00%    
          Zazu      0.14%    0.18%    2.01%   20.94%   76.73%    
         Melle      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
         JackO      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
       Snovski      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
          FeaR      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
         Bouli      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
         ToXiC      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%    
      Tassadar      0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%  100.00%

Median Outcome Bracket
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        Zazu 1 ┐ 
               ├─────── GoOdy 1 ┐ 
       GoOdy 2 ┘                │ 
                                ├── JonnyREcco 1 ┐ 
       Melle 0 ┐                │                │ 
               ├── JonnyREcco 2 ┘                │ 
  JonnyREcco 2 ┘                                 │ 
                                                 ├───────── Bly 2 ┐ 
       JackO 0 ┐                                 │                │ 
               ├───────── Mix 0 ┐                │                │ 
         Mix 2 ┘                │                │                │ 
                                ├───────── Bly 2 ┘                │ 
     Snovski 1 ┐                │                                 │ 
               ├───────── Bly 2 ┘                                 │ 
         Bly 2 ┘                                                  │ 
                                                                  ├─ Bly
     ddooomm 2 ┐                                                  │ 
               ├───── ddooomm 1 ┐                                 │ 
        FeaR 0 ┘                │                                 │ 
                                ├────── SeleCT 2 ┐                │ 
       Bouli 0 ┐                │                │                │ 
               ├────── SeleCT 2 ┘                │                │ 
      SeleCT 2 ┘                                 │                │ 
                                                 ├────── SeleCT 0 ┘ 
       ToXiC 1 ┐                                 │                  
               ├──────── Pink 1 ┐                │                  
        Pink 2 ┘                │                │                  
                                ├──────── AcRo 1 ┘                  
        AcRo 2 ┐                │                                   
               ├──────── AcRo 2 ┘                                   
    Tassadar 0 ┘

Estimated by Aligulac. Modify.

GoOdy

Germany44 Posts

December 28 2013 20:46 GMT

#30

i cant win anymore, i gave defwin, because zazu flamed me like crazy but the admins did not care

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 28 2013 21:19 GMT

#31

On December 29 2013 05:46 GoOdy wrote:
i cant win anymore, i gave defwin, because zazu flamed me like crazy but the admins did not care

Standard procedure was followed for the case. Single time warning before removing player from the tournament and future tournaments. You can say we do not care if you like and you can say nothing will happen in future if he does it again if you like but I feel it's pretty harsh to call me out on this based on no former experience with SC2Improve...

Sorry you feel this way.

Wardi

England896 Posts

December 30 2013 14:34 GMT

#32

Qualifier #2 is now over and we saw

JonnyREcco take first place with a 2-0 victory over

SeleCT, qualifying him for the RO16 of the main event. Was a great bunch of fun again with an absolutely stacked bracket so thanks to everyone who took part and made it a blast!

Current Qualified Players
Tefel - Launch Match Winner
uThermal - Launch Match Runner-up
Armani - Qualifier #1 Winner
JonnyREcco - Qualifier #2 Winner

The next Qualifier takes place on Monday 6th January, 1900 CET and you can sign up now over at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4318

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 01 2014 15:18 GMT

#33

Now also updated are the current Points Standings after Q#3 : http://bit.ly/1cI9s23

Top 8 on points after all 6 Qualifiers will join the 2 Invited Players & 6 Qualifier Winners in the RO16. Already starting to look a bit interesting!

Crot4le

England2927 Posts

January 01 2014 22:22 GMT

#34

On December 29 2013 05:46 GoOdy wrote:
i cant win anymore, i gave defwin, because zazu flamed me like crazy but the admins did not care

Sounds like you're being a bit of a sore loser to me.

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 01 2014 23:58 GMT

#35

On January 02 2014 07:22 Crot4le wrote:

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Sounds like you're being a bit of a sore loser to me.

This should not reflect badly on GoOdy at all. What his opponent said was extremely out of line in the second match of a BO3. It was 1-1 when GoOdy forfeited.

Crot4le

England2927 Posts

January 02 2014 13:12 GMT

#36

On January 02 2014 08:58 Wardi wrote:

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This should not reflect badly on GoOdy at all. What his opponent said was extremely out of line in the second match of a BO3. It was 1-1 when GoOdy forfeited.

Fair enough. I take back what I said.

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 05 2014 19:41 GMT

#37

Qualifier 3 takes place tomorrow! Super excited especially considering how great the first two qualifiers went! Sign up now at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4318

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 06 2014 15:56 GMT

#38

Two hours until we begin. Sign-ups are now also open for Qualifier #4 in case you can't take part tonight.

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 08 2014 15:02 GMT

#39

Qualifier #3 finished with our first Protoss player qualifying for the RO16 - Alien Invasion's

Patience! He made a name for himself when he qualified for Dreamhack Winter and went on an amazing run taking down numerous top tier players on his way. I can't express how excited I am to see him take part in the Winter League! With his recent move into the Alien Invasion team house in Germany he will pose a serious threat to take the whole Winter League.

If you missed Qualifier #3 you can catch the Finals and our Game of the Week right here on the SC2Improve Youtube. The VODs include Patience vs GraVe and Patience vs Adonminus (a bunch of PvPs!)

The next Winter League Qualifier takes place on January 21st (after exams!) and you can sign up for Qualifier #4 right now over at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4401

Current Qualified Players
Tefel - Launch Match Winner
uThermal - Launch Match Runner-up
Armani - Qualifier #1 Winner
JonnyREcco - Qualifier #2 Winner
Patience - Qualifier #3 Winner

Wardi

England896 Posts

January 28 2014 11:32 GMT

#40

We're back! Qualifier #4 will be tomorrow from 1900 CET, make sure to sign up now over at http://www.excello.net/tournament/4401 - looking forward to getting back into this after our break

BelleNOiR

Czech Republic165 Posts

January 28 2014 18:03 GMT

#41

Going live #hellyeah

Wardi

England896 Posts

February 01 2014 10:34 GMT

#42

Qualifier #5 on Monday! Hope everyone is excited to take part - only one qualifier after this so time is running out to stack up points and qualify!

If you missed Qualifier #4 where

DIMAGA Qualified then you can head on over to http://www.sc2improve.net/blog/2014/1/29/sc2improve-winter-league-qualifier-4-recap to read our recap for the event!

Looking forward to Monday!

Wardi

England896 Posts

February 11 2014 16:13 GMT

#43

Final Qualifier tonight : http://www.excello.net/tournament/4565/

rnst

Germany42 Posts

February 11 2014 22:28 GMT

#44

too easy for Solar

Luolis

Finland7100 Posts

February 11 2014 22:30 GMT

#45

Man, was so close to beating Solar. Well maybe next time, maybe next time ^__^

Wardi

England896 Posts

February 13 2014 09:12 GMT

#46

Updated OP with full list of qualified players, link to group announcement, groups and some other small edits.

Really excited for the RO16 - we have never had a tournament with such an amazing line-up of players so it should be pretty amazing!!

Wardi

England896 Posts

February 25 2014 00:00 GMT

#47

Group C takes place on Wednesday from 1800 CET -- here is a preview of the group : http://www.sc2improve.net/blog/sc2iwl-group-c-preview

Wardi

England896 Posts

March 02 2014 12:38 GMT

#48

Preview for Group B, which takes place tomorrow : http://www.sc2improve.net/blog/sc2iwl-ro16-groupb

Wardi

England896 Posts

March 07 2014 10:33 GMT

#49

Final RO16 Group tonight, check out the preview I wrote for it here : http://www.sc2improve.net/blog/sc2iwl-groupd-preview

NervO

Netherlands511 Posts

March 07 2014 13:15 GMT

#50

Sick group tonight :p

Wardi

England896 Posts

March 09 2014 14:37 GMT

#51

HYPE VIDEO!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcXBcx6xMKM

Manifesto7

Osaka27139 Posts

March 20 2014 14:44 GMT

#52

final day today.

Wardi

England896 Posts

March 22 2014 10:59 GMT

#53

Big thanks to all the players & viewers who made running this event such an awesome experience.

All the VODs of the RO8-Finals have now been uploaded and can be found in this playlist : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfWB5v8kDQAvS-41EwohpQv01kzVxwvf-

Have fun!

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