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olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-02 06:59:34
October 26 2021 10:58 GMT
#1
TSL 8 Logo

Shopify (Wiki)TSL 8 is a 32 player, double elimination tournament awarding $30,000 USD and 1290 EPT points. The tournament will last for 3 weeks, with games every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting from Friday, November 26 at 7:00 EST / 13:00 CET / 21:00 KST.

Sponsors: Sifolyy, Twitch, Secretlab, IMC, and Shopify

32 players double elimination bracket, seeded by EPT points

  • Best of 3 (Bo3) until Winner’s Semifinal and Loser Quarter Final
  • Best of 5 (Bo5) Winner’s Semifinal / Loser Quarter Final / Losers Semifinal
  • Best of 7 (Bo7) Winner’s Final, Loser Final, and Grand Final (Winner’s advantage)
Our previous TSL champion, (Wiki)Trap, has happily accepted his invite. The remaining 31 spots will be open through server qualifiers.

Qualifiers

31 player spots divided amongst 9 server qualifiers (no region restrictions)

  • Tournament platform: Challonge (Tournament Sign-Up Page)
  • All matches Best of 3 (Bo3), Qualifying matches Best of 5 (Bo5)
  • Check-in time: 1 hour before tournament start
  • Admin: Olimoley
  • Support: TSL 8 Discord

Server# Qualified# QualifiersSeeding
South Korea103EPT Points
Europe113EPT Points
North America103Aligulac Score

Please note: Players must change their display name when signing up to their player name or risk incorrect seeding. We will not be liable for any incorrect seeding if your player name does not match.

참가하는 선수들은 대진표에 뜨는 이름을 본인의 아이디로 바꿔야 됩니다. 바꾸지 않으면 EPT 랭크에 의한 시드 배치가 잘못될 수 있고 이로 인한 대진표 변경은 이루어지지 않습니다.

ServerStart TimeQualifier FormatQualified
Europe #1Oct 29 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
Europe #2Oct 30 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
N. America #1Oct 30 10:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
Korea #1Nov 01 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 4
Korea #2Nov 02 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 4
Korea #3Nov 04 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 2
N. America #2Nov 06 1:00am GMTDouble EliminationTop 3
Europe #3Nov 06 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 3
N. America #3Nov 06 10:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 3

(If a bracket has less than 32 players, the bracket will be converted to Double Elimination)
Streams
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Community casters who would like to cover the qualifiers should fill out this community caster form at least twenty-four (24) hours before the qualifier(s) you’re planning on covering begins. You must also be a member of the Discord server with your identifying nickname.

For non-English coverage of the main event (beginning on November 26th!), please also fill out the form, and we’ll be in touch after the qualifiers wrap up.


Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-10-30 15:50:17
October 30 2021 14:45 GMT
#2
Adjustments planned for EU/NA qualifiers

Based on the volume of players we are receiving and the amount of forfeits we're seeing in the lower bracket, the following adjustments will be made to EU and NA qualifiers:

If the participant pool is higher than 32 players, the bracket will revert to Single Elimination to Round of 16, then double elimination onward

Adjustments made to all qualifiers

All qualifying matches will be Best of 5 (Bo5).

These changes will be made effective immediately, with the next qualifier EU Qualifier #2 ()
Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3128 Posts
October 30 2021 17:43 GMT
#3
bly vs showtime game 1 bly has been dead for at least fifteen minutes now lol this is like when I play against the AI
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
October 30 2021 19:05 GMT
#4
This amount of forfeits in the lower bracket is preposterous, maybe it's because the qualifiers are played on a weekend evening on EU?
It was mainly a korean habit but now it seems to have spread, I sincerely don't understand why even players with a good chance of qualifying from the lower bracket apparently do not care.
olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-10-30 19:34:03
October 30 2021 19:33 GMT
#5
On October 31 2021 04:05 Xain0n wrote:
This amount of forfeits in the lower bracket is preposterous, maybe it's because the qualifiers are played on a weekend evening on EU?
It was mainly a korean habit but now it seems to have spread, I sincerely don't understand why even players with a good chance of qualifying from the lower bracket apparently do not care.

If you are referencing EU qualifier #2, please note it is single elimination until the Ro16 - so anyone who lost in the Round of 64 and 32 were eliminated. Challonge doesn't have a really good method to show 2 different formats, so everyone that was eliminated was expressed with a 99-99. It is also noted in the round tab with a ---ELIMINATED---
Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
October 30 2021 20:44 GMT
#6
On October 31 2021 04:33 olimoley wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2021 04:05 Xain0n wrote:
This amount of forfeits in the lower bracket is preposterous, maybe it's because the qualifiers are played on a weekend evening on EU?
It was mainly a korean habit but now it seems to have spread, I sincerely don't understand why even players with a good chance of qualifying from the lower bracket apparently do not care.

If you are referencing EU qualifier #2, please note it is single elimination until the Ro16 - so anyone who lost in the Round of 64 and 32 were eliminated. Challonge doesn't have a really good method to show 2 different formats, so everyone that was eliminated was expressed with a 99-99. It is also noted in the round tab with a ---ELIMINATED---


Ah, I see! My bad then, at a glance it looked like there were tons of forfeits.
AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
October 30 2021 20:48 GMT
#7
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly
Faker is the GOAT!
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3541 Posts
October 30 2021 21:01 GMT
#8
On October 31 2021 05:48 AzAlexZ wrote:
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly

I mean the last time they met harstem did well and this time it's on eu servers at like 6 am for maru?
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12911 Posts
October 30 2021 21:53 GMT
#9
On October 31 2021 05:48 AzAlexZ wrote:
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly

Isn’t it on EU server? I am impressed Maru is willing to try to qualify through that way. Seems like it worked though, no idea how he managed to 3-0 MaxPax with such ping
WriterMaru
QOGQOG
Profile Joined July 2019
834 Posts
October 31 2021 00:37 GMT
#10
On October 31 2021 06:53 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2021 05:48 AzAlexZ wrote:
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly

Isn’t it on EU server? I am impressed Maru is willing to try to qualify through that way. Seems like it worked though, no idea how he managed to 3-0 MaxPax with such ping

Yeah, Maru qualifying through EU is pretty bonkers. Still, good on Harstem. Seems like he's on the upswing.
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10112 Posts
October 31 2021 01:21 GMT
#11
zealos without charge? + immortal? what was that?
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10112 Posts
October 31 2021 01:52 GMT
#12
Solar.... hello?
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
patermatrix
Profile Joined March 2012
64 Posts
November 01 2021 12:21 GMT
#13
On October 31 2021 09:37 QOGQOG wrote:
Still, good on Harstem. Seems like he's on the upswing.

Beating uThermal, Neeb, Special and Maru is seriously impressive, go Harstem!
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2450 Posts
November 01 2021 14:55 GMT
#14
Solar was doing great these days beating Rogue in Bo5 match. I think I haven't seen Solar beat Rogue for a long time.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
November 01 2021 17:47 GMT
#15
Solar qualifying over Rogue and Time nearly qualifying over Zest are big, but not unwelcome surprises (I fully expect Rogue to qualify in at a later event, and hopefully Time as well).
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States880 Posts
November 02 2021 03:53 GMT
#16
Solar has low-key been playing really well lately. I think it's still an upset that he beat Rogue, but not super surprising.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
November 02 2021 07:14 GMT
#17
TIME CHANGE
EU Qualifier #3 time change from 06 Nov 6 PM CET -> 06 Nov **5 PM CET**

NEW TIME: Qual 3 (3 Spots) - Nov 06 4:00pm GMT

This time change is reflected on TL calendar, challonge, and all TSL 8 threads (Liquipedia update pending). Primary reason for this time change is daylight savings and the duration of EU qualifiers.
Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
November 02 2021 08:46 GMT
#18
Is anywhere the Maxpax v Maru? (or in general Maru's games) Harstem has his commentary and insights from his POV against Maru, pretty interesting. (bellow in the spoiler)
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I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
bulldozer06701
Profile Joined July 2019
154 Posts
November 02 2021 09:03 GMT
#19
On October 31 2021 09:37 QOGQOG wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2021 06:53 Poopi wrote:
On October 31 2021 05:48 AzAlexZ wrote:
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly

Isn’t it on EU server? I am impressed Maru is willing to try to qualify through that way. Seems like it worked though, no idea how he managed to 3-0 MaxPax with such ping

Yeah, Maru qualifying through EU is pretty bonkers. Still, good on Harstem. Seems like he's on the upswing.


Sorry if this has been discussed to death already, but is there a specific reason Maru qualified through EU? Just for a challenge?
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7159 Posts
November 02 2021 09:42 GMT
#20
On November 02 2021 18:03 bulldozer06701 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2021 09:37 QOGQOG wrote:
On October 31 2021 06:53 Poopi wrote:
On October 31 2021 05:48 AzAlexZ wrote:
Harstem 3-1's Maru????
Holy moly

Isn’t it on EU server? I am impressed Maru is willing to try to qualify through that way. Seems like it worked though, no idea how he managed to 3-0 MaxPax with such ping

Yeah, Maru qualifying through EU is pretty bonkers. Still, good on Harstem. Seems like he's on the upswing.


Sorry if this has been discussed to death already, but is there a specific reason Maru qualified through EU? Just for a challenge?


Byun did it, so maybe Maru felt challenged?

On another note, we don't have a single qualified player from NA/ LA yet
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