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feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States965 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-02-18 19:09:24
June 05 2015 22:31 GMT
#1
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Gone are the days where we refer to players as an "NA Ladder Hero" as a derogatory term referencing their struggle toward a goal of little meaning or value! Competition breeds ingenuity, hard work and skill! And NA Ladder Heroes is here to increase the competition!

This is a Blizzard sponsored event now as they are providing the bulk of the prize pool. Big thank you to Blizzard for supporting this project.

Stream for the monthly finals can be found on my channel:
http://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64

Be sure to keep up to date with the amazing website run by Troy Pavlek.
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OFFICIAL LADDER HEROES WEBPAGE

Credit to Troy Pavlek for making the website!


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NA Ladder Heroes is a system to incentivize players to give more meaning to their ladder practice. The system is split up into two parts that tie into each other. I will note that all of the values listed are the base prize pool values and may increase depending on both patreon and my own contributions to the prize pool.

1) Weekly Ladder competition
  • Every(or close to every) Saturdays at 9pm PST/12:00am EST, the top 20 registered players on the North American Grandmaster list will be awarded points for finishing at the top of the ladder. Higher placement will result in more points earned. Point values will be as follows.
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    1st - 23 point
    2nd - 21 point
    3rd - 20 point
    4th - 19 point
    5th - 17 point
    6th - 16 point
    7th - 15 point
    8th - 14 point
    9th - 12 point
    10th - 11 point
    11th - 10 point
    12th - 9 point
    13th - 8 point
    14th - 7 point
    15th - 6 point
    16th - 5 point
    17th - 4 point
    18th - 3 point
    19th - 2 point
    20th - 1 point

  • The top 6 registered players will also win $50/$30/$20/$20/$15/$15 respectively for that week of the ladder competition.

2) Monthly Finals From Ladder Qualifications
  • Every month, the top 12 point holders from the weekly ladder competition will be invited to a monthly tournament with a $400 prizepool. The event will take place during a single day.
  • The tournament will be a single elimination with every round but the Finals being a Bo3 & the Finals being Bo5. A Bo3 3rd/4th place match will also be played before the finals.
  • The top 4 players are seeded one round in(into the ro8). Seeding is done in accordance to points that qualified them.
  • The tournament will pay out $200 to 1st, $75 to 2nd, $50 to 3rd, $25 to 4th. and $12.50 to 5th-8th.
  • Players in the monthly finals will also earn OSC points depending on their placement as follows:
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    1st 250 OSC points
    2nd 175 OSC points
    3rd 100 OSC points
    4th 60 OSC points
    5-8th 25 OSC points each
    9-12th 12.5 OSC points each

Please note this event is constantly adapting and thus, everything here is subject to change.

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Players will submit registration to participate in the event. Approved players will be added to a registered players list and will be subject to banned permanently from the event if they break any of the rules.
  • No Barcodes/Shared Accounts - Registered players agree to use an account that displays their real username(no barcodes) and agree that no other player or person will use the account for a ranked ladder match at any point. You also may not use name changes during the competition unless approved by me.
  • Publicly Listed Players - Registered players will be publicly displayed on the website, as well as players who have been banned from participating due to rule breaks.
  • Don't Be a BIG Jerk - I reserve the right to ban players from the event that show excessive levels of bm during ladder games(I will be very reasonable about this. I'm not going to ban you for dropping manner mules or offensive gg'ing. Just don't be dumb and start doing things like using racial slurs, extremely personal attacks, etc.)
  • Don't Be An idiot - Players of course agree not to hack/mod/stream cheat/etc.
  • Reregister if you name change - Ladder Heroes is tracked via an automated system. If you name change you need to reregister your new account name with me and justify the change.

To register, send an email to feardragon64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com with the the subject line "NA LADDER HEROES APPLICATION" and the following information in the body:
  1. Your most well known username
  2. A link to the battle.net account you will use for the event
  3. The paypal account you would like to be paid at
  4. A replay of at least 15 minutes in length for identity verification/hotkey analysis if accused
  5. The best way to reach you(skype preferred, otherwise e-mail address, etc.)

Registered Players

Viewable over at http://www.ladderhero.es

History can be viewed on the (Wiki)NA Ladder Heroes liquipedia page or on the Ladder Heroes webpage.

Point standings:
Point standings available on the official website, http://ladderhero.es/standings !
History of standings also available on the website, http://ladderhero.es/history !



The Prize Money/Patreon

Currently, the total prizepool between the weekly and monthly totals to $1000 per month. However, each month will actually have a slightly larger prize pool based on Patreon contributions.

With the additional funds I'm using there, I may increase the total prizepool for a particular month based on the percentage values listed above. Of course, as with everything, this is subject to change in the future and it is simply where I'm currently spending the patreon money I'm getting. If you do decide to contribute to the Patreon, the replays for the monthly finals will be available to those contributing at least $10. A link to the Patreon can be found here:

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1) What About Europe/Korea/South America/SEA/Etc?
I will start by saying that ALL players from ANY region are allowed and encouraged to participate, regardless of your citizenship, residency, etc. The only inherit requirement is that you of course have to be in the North's Grandmaster list. However, if you are interested in playing on the EU Server, EU Ladder Heroes has also been launched and you are free to particulate in both NA and EU Ladder Heroes. If you can place in both then more power to you.

2) Won't maphackers/win traders/etc. just win?
Keep in mind every player participating *has* to register for this. A strict list will be maintained and anyone caught maphacking, win trading, cheating, etc. will be perma banned from the list and listed in the "banned" section of this thread. This is to ensure the participants able to earn any money will not be map hackers.

3) Can I play in both NA and EU Ladder Heroes?
Yes! If you can keep up your ranking on multiple servers then more power to you. Just remember to register for both individually!.

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Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1782 Posts
June 05 2015 22:37 GMT
#2
eastern timezone friendly monthly finals ok?

GLHF with the eve--- competition? OH I KNOW! GLHF with the #LadderWatch2015!
@MasterDalK | CTO at Waveform Entertainment | Streaming Every Esport Under the Sun
WarreNSC2
Profile Joined April 2015
United States28 Posts
June 05 2015 22:59 GMT
#3
Ooooo, an incentive for people to play the game! Nice job Mr. Ravi.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23567 Posts
June 05 2015 23:14 GMT
#4
Great idea, let's see how this works out. Good luck!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Risk.781
Profile Joined June 2015
20 Posts
June 06 2015 00:34 GMT
#5
Awsome so cool!
intense555
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States473 Posts
June 06 2015 00:52 GMT
#6
yay money
Aspiring Starcraft 2 pro for @mYinsanityEU, follow me on twitter @mYintenseSC
nerpderp
Profile Joined February 2013
United States780 Posts
June 06 2015 01:34 GMT
#7
was the typo intentional?
"It's not that I have A.D.D., it's just that oh look a bunny rabbit!"
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States965 Posts
June 06 2015 01:40 GMT
#8
On June 06 2015 10:34 nerpderp wrote:
was the typo intentional?

What typo! I don't know what you're talking about!

*Frantically punches graphic artist until he provides a fixed graphic*
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
Avexyli
Profile Blog Joined April 2014
United States688 Posts
June 06 2015 01:44 GMT
#9
This is a sick idea.

Though I'm concerned that maphackers will be the eventual winners.
AVEX - 1st place TLMC8 & 9 (and 3rd and 4th, respectively), 2nd place TLMC11, 3x Finalist of TLMC7 (5th), 3x Finalist of TLMC10 (5th)
TechNoTrance
Profile Joined May 2012
Canada1007 Posts
June 06 2015 02:12 GMT
#10
On June 06 2015 10:44 Avexyli wrote:
This is a sick idea.

Though I'm concerned that maphackers will be the eventual winners.


Nah, there will be heavy scrutiny on the players that sign up. There are a lot of people, players included, who will make sure this is a legitimate competition that will not include any hackers.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
GGuMake
Profile Joined January 2015
United States74 Posts
June 06 2015 02:20 GMT
#11
Now what if you have players from other regions playing on the NA ladder and are in the top 16? IE: Miso?
Fan of: Hydra - Dark - Life - Snute - Bunny - Polt
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States965 Posts
June 06 2015 02:38 GMT
#12
On June 06 2015 11:20 GGuMake wrote:
Now what if you have players from other regions playing on the NA ladder and are in the top 16? IE: Miso?

Players from any region are welcome to participate. The goal is to increase the quality of practice on the NA ladder. If Koreans/Europe/Etc. contribute to that, then awesome!
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
June 06 2015 03:28 GMT
#13
Fuck yeah, Ravi! I can't wait! <3
"The kingdom of the heavens is buried treasure. Would you sell yourself to buy the one you've found?" - Jon Foreman ('Your Love Is Strong' - Spring EP)
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10581 Posts
June 06 2015 05:17 GMT
#14
Interesting, but will not have a lot of actual players from NA to win the prize money, and players that aren't on NA / TeamLiquid will have a hard time finding this, I will notify Miso if anyone hasn't.
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
SC2Towelie
Profile Joined July 2014
United States561 Posts
June 06 2015 11:48 GMT
#15
Great idea, looks really good! Definitely will have to be on the look out for maphackers with a system like this though...
Don't forget to bring a towel! (Towelie.635)
Niko_Thien
Profile Joined September 2011
Germany2671 Posts
June 06 2015 11:58 GMT
#16
Feardragon's love for the NA scene is incredible - good luck with everything. I really hope you can put up an EU version of this, NA times are often unwatchable for me :/
@Niko_Thien on twitter!
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10581 Posts
June 06 2015 18:08 GMT
#17
I just let ex KT-Rolster Miso know, and as soon as all the other Koreans find out, this won't be much of an NA event, just EU / KR players taking the $ , but still very cool and thanks feardragon :D
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
SC2CTL
Profile Joined July 2013
Canada104 Posts
June 06 2015 18:17 GMT
#18
I mean if a bunch of Koreans start playing enough to stay at the top of the NA ladder, its sounds like this event was a complete, unquestionable success.
feardragon
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States965 Posts
June 06 2015 18:29 GMT
#19
On June 07 2015 03:17 SC2CTL wrote:
I mean if a bunch of Koreans start playing enough to stay at the top of the NA ladder, its sounds like this event was a complete, unquestionable success.

Pretty much what Troy is saying:
On June 07 2015 03:08 GGzerG wrote:
I just let ex KT-Rolster Miso know, and as soon as all the other Koreans find out, this won't be much of an NA event, just EU / KR players taking the $ , but still very cool and thanks feardragon :D


The idea is to improve the quality of practice from the NA ladder. If a bunch of Koreans are playing on NA on a consistent basis, then I definitely consider the event to be a success.
Ok Starcraft 2 Commentator
OzCrescendo
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
Australia31 Posts
June 07 2015 09:05 GMT
#20
Thanks for creating this, Ravi!
Awesome idea

We've spread the word in the SEA region as well, to encourage some more of that #dedication.
All three races are OP. That's the fun of the game! See https://twitter.com/x5_Crescendo for SEA SC2 news and fanboy gleetweets
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