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The American ThunderLeague is a unique SC2 tournament (which may hopefully become a series) that sees high-level players compete on ladder maps from all seasons past. It is region-locked to the Americas. Which player will adapt and conquer to become the Supercontinental ThunderLeague Champion?
Date & Time:
Quarterfinals [4 Bo3's]: Monday, January 20th, 7pm PST.
Semifinals and Finals [2 Bo5's, 1 Bo7]: Tuesday, January 21st, 7pm PST.
Supercontinental ThunderLeague Championship Match [1 Bo8]: Wednesday, January 22, 8pm PST.
Players:
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Bracket:
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American ThunderLeague/1
Prize Pool:
$600
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Date & Time:
Quarterfinals [4 Bo3's]: Monday, January 20th, 7pm PST.
Semifinals and Finals [2 Bo5's, 1 Bo7]: Tuesday, January 21st, 7pm PST.
Supercontinental ThunderLeague Championship Match [1 Bo8]: Wednesday, January 22, 8pm PST.
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Bracket:
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Bracket was generated using Python's "shuffle" function. I iterated the shuffle 1 million times, and selected the bracket permutation that was generated most often. The below bracket was generated 49 times. I ran the function one time and one time only on January 10th. Paying respects to the will of the God of RNG. I also streamed the process, but no one tuned in. But I did stream it, and I did not choose this bracket myself.
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American ThunderLeague/1Prize Pool:
$600
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Challenger Tournament:
1st: -- Faces the champion
2nd: $100
3rd / 4th: $50
5th/ 6th/ 7th/ 8th: $10
1st: -- Faces the champion
2nd: $100
3rd / 4th: $50
5th/ 6th/ 7th/ 8th: $10
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Supercontinental ThunderLeague Championship Match:
Bo7: $200 to the winner, $160 to the loser. Winner becomes new champion
Bo7: $200 to the winner, $160 to the loser. Winner becomes new champion
Map Pools:
This tournament features a separate map pool for each matchup. Each map pool consists of 16 maps. Each of the maps in the non-mirror map pools boast a 50% (+/- 3.5%) winrate with over 30 games according to Liquipedia. Mirror matchup maps were chosen with greater creative license.
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Map Selection Procedure:
Players each have 3 vetos. A map is selected from the relevant map pool at random by a computer program. One player is given the opportunity to either Veto or Stay. If the player Vetos, a new map is randomly selected from the remaining maps, and the choice of Veto or Stay goes to the other player. Whenever both players Stay, that map is added to the list of maps that can see play in the series. (When a player runs out of Vetos, he automatically Stays on every subsequent turn.) The order of the maps in the mutually selected list is then randomized also.
Host:
Thunderjunk
twitch.tv/thunderjunk77
(Note: I thought ViBE agreed to host but our perceptions weren't aligned. We're cool though. I'll just do it myself this time.)
Thunderjunk twitch.tv/thunderjunk77
(Note: I thought ViBE agreed to host but our perceptions weren't aligned. We're cool though. I'll just do it myself this time.)
