The NA Apprentice Season 3

DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

March 16 2019 16:34 GMT

Announcing The NA Apprentice Season 3! This is a GSL-style tournament for up and coming NA players.

What's new?
The total player count is being increased from 24 to 32. Now all the players (both invited and qualified) will begin the tournament from Group Stage 1.

The NA Apprentice is partnering with Matcherino for this event! Anyone can contribute $0.50 to the prize pool for free with the coupon code ~~ApprenticeNA3~~ ApprenticeNA3Playoffs.

Eligibility:
Only NA residents who have not reached the following stages may participate:
* Group Stage 3 in any 2018 WCS event
* Group Stage 2 in 2019 WCS Winter Americas

Player schedule:
* Group Stage 1: April 1-6
* Group Stage 2: April 8-13
* Ro8: April 22-27
* Ro4: April 29-May 4
* Finals: TBD

Format:
* Group Stage 1: 8 Bo3 round robin groups of 8 players each. Top 2 of each group advance.
* Group Stage 2: 4 Bo3 round robin groups of 4 players each. Top 2 of each group advance.
* Playoffs: Single elimination bracket. Ro8 and Ro4 are Bo5. Finals is Bo7.

Links:
Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/The_NA_Apprentice:_Season_3

Matcherino: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13965/overview

Rulebook https://docs.google.com/document/d/1chjGbBeeWz3nwqe6EAYFEsHfDk03kRwmGfrNlUGu5Ns/edit?usp=sharing

Discord: https://discord.gg/b4VREDm

Important Dates:
Qualifier 1: Friday, March 29 @ 7 PM EDT
https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason3Qual1

Qualifier 2: Saturday, March 30 @ 7 PM EDT
https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason3Qual2

Qualifier 3: Sunday, March 31 @ 7 PM EDT
https://challonge.com/ApprenticeSeason3Qual3

Season 3 begins: April 1st (don't worry, there won't be any April Fools bamboozling here)
Group Selection Ceremony: April 7 @ 8 PM EDT

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The NA Apprentice is now partnered with OSC! This means that players can earn OSC points just for participating in the NA Apprentice. By earning enough OSC points, players can qualify for the OSC Championship at the end of the year!

OSC World Rankings can be viewed here

The OSC point distribution is as follows:

1st: 240
2nd: 125
3rd-4th: 60
5th-8th: 20
9th-12th: 12.5
13th-16th: 7.5
17th-24th: 5
+ participation points for everyone, including qualifiers

feardragon

United States973 Posts

March 16 2019 16:48 GMT

I am excite

DARKING

Mexico674 Posts

March 17 2019 00:18 GMT

This is cool a new season is coming, and so soon. I may be bias, but I wish latam players could play in this as well. Most would be elegible to play in this, and with the number of players increasing they could make a cool splash in the tournament.

DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

March 22 2019 21:25 GMT

On March 17 2019 09:18 DARKING wrote:
This is cool a new season is coming, and so soon. I may be bias, but I wish latam players could play in this as well. Most would be elegible to play in this, and with the number of players increasing they could make a cool splash in the tournament.

I'd like to keep the tournament NA focused for the moment, but perhaps in the future there'll be an opportunity to bring in the Latin American community as well

DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

March 27 2019 15:02 GMT

The NA Apprentice is now partnered with OSC! Players can now earn OSC points when they participate in the tournament.

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DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

April 01 2019 14:40 GMT

The Group Stage 1 groups are out! Who do you think will make it to the next round?

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Rowrin

United States280 Posts

April 01 2019 16:47 GMT

On April 01 2019 23:40 DoctorFoxer wrote:
The Group Stage 1 groups are out! Who do you think will make it to the next round?

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I'm kinda obligated to root for Wilo. \0/

DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

April 08 2019 14:33 GMT

The Group Stage 2 groups are out! Who are you surprised to see in here and who do you think will make it to the playoffs?

Also, Wilo made it out! Looks like Rowrin's support worked!

DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

April 18 2019 15:47 GMT

The playoffs bracket is out! Personally for me, I'm most looking forward to the Future vs Cuddlebear matchup.

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DoctorFoxer

United States191 Posts

April 19 2019 14:14 GMT

#10

Due to using up all of the original coupon codes, we've been given a new coupon code!

Please sign into Matcherino and use the new code ApprenticeNA3Playoffs to contribute $0.5 to the prize pool for free!

https://matcherino.com/tournaments/13965/overview