Even if there arent 32(64) pro teams out there. There are dozens of teams with players that have the potential. There are no name players that beat professional players on ladders. This is the chance for pro or semi pro teams to get themselves known.

I think this team league will be amazing, I plan to follow it as religiously as I do other leagues

:D

Fingulfin

United States110 Posts

May 14 2011 09:46 GMT

#124

On May 11 2011 10:08 AEsgaims wrote:

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We are expecting top professional teams to be in alpha league. Lesser teams will fall to Beta-league. We are extending the league because of interest and we are unlikely to end up casting any of the beta-league games beyond season 1 as we expect Beta-league to be for platinum and lesser diamond players.

We have some really strong players registered from team NrG, and VP gamers, if you would like to call them BillyMasters I suggest you re-evaluate how you view grandmaster league players. If you, "Fingulfin" are actually a smurf account for some pro player in korea, then you can reserve the right to call people BillyMasters, BobDiamond, and BretPlatinum, but otherwise I suggest you refrain from insulting the time that people put into learning the game and building their skills.

There are more than 32 professional gaming teams out there. Without a prize pool we cannot expect to gather them all immediately, but we will grow the American ProLeague Alpha-League into a truly professional league.

When I say professional, I am thinking the literal definition of the word: people who play the game for a living. When I said "caters more to" I am refering to your main demographic. If you are really intending on having 64 teams involved, your main demographic will be BillyMasters, BobbyDiamond and BretPlatinum. I find it strange that you would be insulted by me referring to your players as BillyMasters and BretDiamond, seeing as in your own interview you mention that diamond and platinum players are applying.

I have no doubt that you will have some very good players, and alot of decently good (high masters and whatnot) players playing in your "proleague"... But I do doubt that you will have a significant amount of professional players.

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 14 2011 14:38 GMT

#125

On May 14 2011 18:46 Fingulfin wrote:

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we are still building a league that will expand to include top level players, and currently there are more masters level players than there are diamond or platinum. (to be honest, platinum teams wont stand a chance in the APL)

In addition to describing the level of play, proleague also describes a style of tournament.
Nevertheless, I hope you will enjoy the games that come out of this as we continue to register teams.

I will announce a new seeding method to better place teams, so that prolevel teams that are registering dont immediately get stuck in Beta-league because of registration time. This will likely happen when registration closes or when the quota for season 1 is met.

I have also been thinking about how we will proceed in the future and we will require a minimum of 5 players for season 2. Im saying this now so that teams with less than 5 players will have time to recruit. However, for season 1 the minimum number of players will remain the same as previously announced, at 3.

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 14 2011 14:40 GMT

#126

On May 14 2011 16:23 Corvette wrote:
Even if there arent 32(64) pro teams out there. There are dozens of teams with players that have the potential. There are no name players that beat professional players on ladders. This is the chance for pro or semi pro teams to get themselves known.

I think this team league will be amazing, I plan to follow it as religiously as I do other leagues

:D

awesome! thank you for your support!

I also like your "quote" XP, makes me think that they should give stalkers a cloak upgrade with cooldown XP

andrewnguyener

United States548 Posts

May 14 2011 14:50 GMT

#127

looks great! are yall in any need of refs?

i would gladly love to help

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 14 2011 20:33 GMT

#128

send me a pm. refs will have some sort of skill requirement so there is legitamacy behind what the refs say, but we are working on an extended staff list.

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 16 2011 23:00 GMT

#129

48 total teams registered!

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 17 2011 16:05 GMT

#130

Dont forget this thursday's showmatch! VP Gamers vs NrG!

all games are bo1 and will be happening at 7pm eastern on www.justin.tv/aegisstarcraft :D

Here is the lineup!
G1: (Z)

NrGeve vs VPChance (Z) on iCCup Testbug
G2: (Z)

NrGMalice vs VPCursed (T) on Tal'Darim Altar
G3: (P)

NrGSteve vs VPCry (T) on iCCup Match Point
G4: NrGLuckyFool (T) vs VPSuppy (Z) on currently losing teams choice map
G5: ACE MATCH on GSL Terminus RE

AtlasOne

United States6 Posts

May 17 2011 21:11 GMT

#131

sweeetttt! can't wait for a summer of SC2!!!

VPreboot

United States132 Posts

May 17 2011 21:18 GMT

#132

Very cool. I can't wait to see my home team on the big stage against a team like NRG. They are imposing but we have some sweet players too (both Chance and Suppy are in grandmasters, and the other players are just as badass

)

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 18 2011 01:11 GMT

#133

yea I cant wait to see these matches and this is just a prelude to the playing field this summer. I hope to have the banner and a special announcement for everyone soon!