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The NA Apprentice - a league for NA semipros

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DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-12-27 15:47:53
December 02 2018 16:37 GMT
#1
Introducing The NA Apprentice, a GSL-style tournament for up and coming NA semi-pro players.

A total of 16 players will be competing in this tournament: 8 invited and 8 from qualifiers. In order to accommodate players' different times of availability, they will be given a specific time frame to complete their matches (listed under Important Dates). More specific details and rules can be found in the Challonge links below.

Links
Main event: https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason1
Qualifier 1: https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason1Qual1
Qualifier 2: https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason1Qual2

Eligibility
Only NA residents who have not reached a Group Stage 3 (Top 32) in any 2018 WCS event may participate in this.

Main Event Format
Ro16 - Bo3 round robin group stage with 4 players in each group. The top two players will advance to the Playoffs.
Playoffs - Single elimination. Ro8 and Ro4 are Bo5. Finals is Bo7.
Players have until the specified date to play their matches. If both players cannot agree on a scheduled match time, a default date/time is set.

Qualifier Format
Bo3 double elimination.
Top 4 qualify for the main event.

Important Dates
Qualifier 1: December 22nd @ 7 PM EST
Qualifier 2: December 23rd @ 7 PM EST
Ro16 round robin group stage: December 31st - January 5th
Ro8: January 7th - 12th
Ro4: January 14th - 19th
Finals: January 21st - 26th

Prize Pool
1st - $80 $100
2nd - $40 $50
3rd/4th - $15 $25

Other Information
Discord server: https://discord.gg/b4VREDm
In-game chat channel: ApprenticeNA
Default server: NA Central

EDIT: Thanks to a generous $50 donation from Reddit user aquanutz, the total prize pool is now $200! Changes to the prize pool distribution have been made above. Additional donations will first go towards adding payouts for the 5th - 8th place finishers.

EDIT 2: feardragon will be covering the Ro16 games on his Twitch channel. You can see the schedule here: https://www.twitch.tv/events/FkrYKNtaQ0ueXu82jfKO3A
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
December 02 2018 16:51 GMT
#2
The 8 invited players are:


(Wiki)DisK
(Wiki)Raze
(Wiki)Tesla (American Protoss player)


(Wiki)jheffe
(Wiki)FuturE


(Wiki)CalebAracous
(Wiki)WarreN
(Wiki)starkiller
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
December 07 2018 21:32 GMT
#3
Added a Liquipedia page where the information is presented in a more visually-friendly manner.

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/The_NA_Apprentice:_Season_1

Also a reminder to sign up for the qualifiers if you wish to participate!

Qualifier information can be found here:

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/The_NA_Apprentice:_Season_1_Qualifiers
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
December 25 2018 16:44 GMT
#4
Ro16 groups have been announced! Who do you think will advance?

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When behind, Dark Shrine.
VengefulTree
Profile Joined May 2014
Canada637 Posts
December 26 2018 05:18 GMT
#5
Very cool! Future should be the clear favorite if Cheesadelphia is any indication
"I'll temper my comments the best I can. To have Stats ranked anything below 2nd is total absolute bullcrap! A travesty an abomination!" - Rolltide | "When a foreign Terran is about to win, the entire universe conspires against him" - Paulo Coelho
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
December 26 2018 15:12 GMT
#6
It seems nice to me as well!
I wouldn't underestimate Astrea.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
December 27 2018 18:49 GMT
#7
feardragon will be casting the ro16 games on his Twitch channel
one group per day starting at Jan 7 at 9 PM EST
the full schedule can be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/events/FkrYKNtaQ0ueXu82jfKO3A
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
January 08 2019 02:31 GMT
#8
Ro16 Group A is live now!

https://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-01-11 02:02:36
January 11 2019 02:02 GMT
#9
Ro16 Group C is live now!

https://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64
When behind, Dark Shrine.
DoctorFoxer
Profile Joined August 2012
United States191 Posts
January 21 2019 21:48 GMT
#10
The semis and finals will be streamed on feardragon's stream on January 27th @ 5 PM EST.

https://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64

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When behind, Dark Shrine.
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
January 22 2019 16:43 GMT
#11
GO CUDDLEBEAR!
I don't actually know any of these people but that's a name for a champion.
I need to protect all your life you can enjoy the vibrant life of your battery
speakerbox
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada453 Posts
January 28 2019 01:20 GMT
#12
GG from Epic. Nice work.
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