American Thunder: Qualifier A

On February 23 2020 19:35 ThunderJunk wrote:


I like many of the brand new maps. They are fun to play and well-balanced. Thankfully, it will be quite easy to find games to watch of them. I wish to see players adapt to unusual maps. Each of the maps were on the ladder at one point. I would hope that future seasons of Starcraft 2 ladder have more maps like these that I have chosen, so I can enjoy more strategic variety (especially with regards to expansion layout.). I wanted to ensure that the maps I chose would not encourage completely standard play. I want to watch pros and semi-pros battle it out on excellent maps.

This map pool is an abridged version of the rest of the full Challenger Tournament map pool, which contains 18 maps.



This Qualifier will guarantee the winner a seeded spot into the next Challenger Tournament.

My current plan is 2 Qualifiers like this one. I have ambitions to make a website to facilitate open signups for another Challenger Tournament, but at the very least I can guarantee another Challenger tournament bolstered primarily by invites next February. I am not making, and do not intend to make, any money on this venture. That said, many of the North American players I spoke to enjoyed the opportunity to compete in a legit off-season event with unusual maps.