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After a long and arduous 2013 filled with amazing games, team turmoil, and a reasonably successful WCS, the year is beginning to wind down as we approach December. We’ve often shown our appreciation—and sometimes, our hate too—to all the Pros, Casters, and Contributors that make this game amazing, but TL.net would not be complete without its community. We all spend an inordinate amount of time hanging out on TL, and there must be a reason. Not only do we all love SC2, but most of us are pretty awesome dudes too. We already know who the best player (sOs, duh), caster (Artosis, obvs), translator (CHOOOOOOOOOBRA), and host (ReDEyE!) in the world are, so now it’s time for us to determine the most awesome bro (or sis) on the TL SC2 fora.
Welcome to lichter’s Team Liquid Community Member Awesomeness Tournament (L'sTLCMAT from now on), where we determine our favorite TL.net SC2 community member!
PS this is a popularity contest not an sc2 contest
Rules
This is a popularity contest, so the community will be voting. It is super objective in figuring out who’s the best of the best, just like Blizzcon. I will be using TL Polls, because dammit this is a TL contest. I’m pretty sure there are no ways to cheat in TL Polls so I guess that’s the only rule we need, right?
Also I’m running this so all the arbitrary but fair rules I make up as we go must be followed.
If you want to spread propaganda, have grudgematches, write articles, go on banning sprees, or translate articles to raise your profile, go ahead! No bribes though, that is super not cool.
Please read again: No one actually plays SC2 anymore so no one will actually play. We are voting who we like the best.
Nomination Rules
Community members must be nominated into the tournament. Technically, anyone can be nominated, but we’re here to show a bit of appreciation for our favorite community members and have some fun, so hopefully we get serious nominations for people who actually do something for the community.
Because this is for the community, we are excluding Pros, Casters, and famous people like Slasher or people from GOM. Waxangel, you aren't popular enough yet so you're still in this.
As a form of seeding, some community members need less nominations in order to join the main tournament.
Reds (Admin) - 2 Nominations
Blues (Writers, Calendar Staff, Translators, Banlings, etc) - 3 Nominations
Non Staff Contributors (People who do LR threads a lot, or translate, or do Live Reports, etc) - 4 Nominations
Forum Users (basically everyone else) - 5 Nominations
Each user can only nominate a maximum of 3 people. If you nominate more than that I won't count the last one.
This thread will serve as the Nomination Thread, and nominations will end on Saturday, Nov 30 4:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). First 64 to get nominated into the tournament are in. If we don't get to 64, I either pick those who had the most noms among those who didn't make it or we just have byes. Lame.
Format
The tournament will follow a GSL format, but expanded into 64 players. There will be three (instead of two) group stages using the GSL format. The Ro8 onwards will be knockout rounds.
Ro64 – GSL Style Groups
Ro32 – GSL Style Groups
Ro16 – GSL Style Groups
Ro8 – Knockouts
Ro4 – Knockouts
Finals / Third Place Match – Knockouts, obviously
Seeding and Group Selections
Since there is basically no way to objectively seed the players into groups, and everyone will get mad at me if we get a Ro64 Group of Death like Hot_Bid, Waxangel, stuchiu, and Shellbot, I have decided that we are going to have Group Selections. Of course that still means we need an initial seeding. Shit. Ok so I will do it like this:
User Status x Number of Posts = lichter Points
User Statuses:
Red = 4
Blue = 3
Contributor = 1.5
User = 1
So, for example, Christelle is a Blue and has 28 posts. He then has 84 lichter points. Pitiful. The_Templar has 9000 posts and LRs a lot so he counts as a Contributor, and has 13500 lichter points. Yes this is totally how I will determine seeding. Because Shellbot has 50k posts he’ll probably go first, he totally saw this coming.
On to Group Selections. Basically, I will make a Group Selections thread for each round of the tournament, which will show the order of how people are supposed to select a person of their choice. Each person must post within 1 hour of the previous turn in order for their choice to count. If the player picking does not post in time, the user with the least amount of lichter points will automatically be chosen for him. Yes, it is ridiculous but it’s the only way to go about it. Also everyone is on TL all day anyway so you might as well be here on time to select your group. Selections will follow a snake progression.
Schedule
***Schedule has been updated
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I just realized that doing Ro64 Group Selections is insanity. Also, to be more consistent with GSL, first group stage will be done based on seeding and only the second group stage onward will have Group Selections.
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11/26/2013 - Nomination Period
11/27/2013 - Nomination Period
11/28/2013 - Nomination Period
11/29/2013 - Group Assignment Ro64 and Propaganda Period
11/30/2013 - Propaganda Period
12/1/2013 - Ro64 Initial Matches
12/2/2013 - Ro64 Initial Matches
12/3/2013 - Ro64 Winner's and Loser's Matches
12/4/2013 - Ro64 Winner's and Loser's Matches
12/5/2013 - Ro64 Final Matches
12/6/2013 - Ro64 Final Matches
12/7/2013 - Group Selection Ro32
12/8/2013 - Group Selection Ro32
12/9/2013 - Group Selection Ro32
12/10/2013 - Ro32 Initial Matches
12/11/2013 - Ro32 Initial Matches
12/12/2013 - Ro32 Winner's and Loser's Match
12/13/2013 - Ro32 Winner's and Loser's Match
12/14/2013 - Ro32 Final Match
12/15/2013 - Ro32 Final Match
12/16/2013 - Group Selection Ro16
12/17/2013 - Ro16 Initial Matches
12/18/2013 - Ro16 Initial Matches
12/19/2013 - Ro16 Winner's and Loser's Match
12/20/2013 - Ro16 Winner's and Loser's Match
12/21/2013 - Ro16 Final Match
12/22/2013 - Ro16 Final Match
12/23/2013 - Break / Interviews / Previews
12/24/2013 - Quarters
12/25/2013 - Quarters
12/26/2013 - Quarters
12/27/2013 - Semis
12/28/2013 - Semis
12/29/2013 - Semis
12/30/2013 - Finals / Third Place Match
12/31/2013 - Finals / Third Place Match
1/1/2014 - Finals / Third Place Match
Nominations start today! Tournament ends on January 1, 2014.
Prizes
Dude gets to officially be Most Awesome On TL for at least a year. Also 500billion esports dollars, the largest esports dollars prize ever given in a made-up TL tournament. Whoa!
So yeah. Start nominating!
People Qualified: 64/64
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Red
monk
Hot_Bid
Waxangel
Nazgul
2Pacalypse
Heyoka
R1CH
Salle
Plexa
SirJolt
TheEmulator
disciple
Chill
NeoIllusions
Blue
lichter
Seeker
Shellshock
opterown
Teoita
Zealously
KadaverBB
DarkLordOlli
BisuDagger
Sayle
Epoxide
kollin
TheYango
KwarK
CosmicSpiral
kiett
stuchiu
KristofferAG
Christelle
Fionn
shiroiusagi
itsjustatank
fusefuse
wo1fwood
Contributors
TheBB
Conti
Dodgin
Asha'
NovemberstOrm
The_Templar
Die4Ever
SC2John
TheDwf
BLinD-RawR
blade55555
Vadersven
juicyjames
SinCitta
Wintex
Pandemona
Torte de Lini
Dakota_Fanning
GameHeart
Grovbolle
Users
lolfail9001
Rekrul
Serejai
baller
Torenhire
ninazerg
Nominations ARE CLOSED
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Red
monk - 2
Hot_Bid - 2
Nazgul - 2
Waxangel - 2
2Pacalypse - 2
zatic - 1
Heyoka - 2
Salle - 2
Plexa - 2
SirJolt - 2
R1CH - 2
TheEmulator - 2
disciple - 2
Meat - 1
Chill - 2
NeoIllusions - 2
HawaiianPig - 1
Drone - 1
Aesop - 1
Blue
Teoita - 3
lichter - 3
stuchiu - 3
opterown - 3
KwarK - 3
Seeker - 3
Shellshock - 3
{CC}StealthBlue - 2
KadaverBB - 3
Zealously - 3
DarkLordOlli - 3
BisuDagger - 3
shiroiusagi - 3
Epoxide - 3
KristofferAG - 3
Christelle - 3
kiett - 3
CosmicSpiral - 3
Sayle - 3
itsjustatank - 3
fusefuse - 3
GHOSTCLAW - 1
wo1fwood - 3
Wodger - 1
Harem - 1
Jibba - 1
micronesia - 2
TheYango - 3
Chexx - 1
flamewheel - 2
Fionn who totally lost his passion - 3
DarkLordOlli receives 1 nomination penalty for taunting lichter
Contributors
Mintie - 2
The_Templar - 4
Dodgin - 4
TheBB - 4
Pandemona - 4
GameHeart - 4
Existor - 1
BLinD-RawR - 4
Arceus - 2
Grovbolle - 4
SinCitta - 4
Conti - 4
Wintex - 4
SC2John - 4
Die4Ever - 4
NovemberstOrm - 4
Asha' - 4
MrCon - 1
MMMig - 1
SidianTheBard - 1
NovaMB - 3
TheDwf - 4
Vadersven - 4
Jazzman88 - 1
juicyjames - 4
Dakota_Fanning - 4
blade55555 - 4
Aeromi - 3
Torte de Lini - 4
Yhamm - 3
Glider - 2
moktira - 1
konadora - 1
Thinasy - 1
packrat386 - 1
Users
Poopfeast420 - 1
slowbacontron - 1
baller - 5
farvacola - 4
CharlieMurphy - 2
Rekrul - 5
lolfail9001 - 5
Undead1993 - 3
Cokefreak - 2
kiekaboe - 2
Boucot - 2
freeamount - 1
HaXXspetten - 4
Gheed - 2
ZeroSC2 - 2
Azarkon - 1
Ahli - 1
whatthefat - 1
Orek - 1
Barrin - 1
BisuFan - 1
Whole - 3 + 1 shameless self nomination
StarStruck - 2
Torenhire - 5
urboss - 1
TheLastTemplar - 2
Shady Sands - 1
SidianTheBard - 1
sam!zdat - 1
Zeromus - 2
Squat - 1
tec27 - 1
vhapter - 1
Fusilero - 1
ninazerg - 5
7mk - 1
Chapatiyaq - 1
Darkhoarse - 1
Jer99 - 1
KalWarkov - 1
NarutO - 4
Ace - 2
Wombat_NI - 4
STIMEY d okgm fish - 1
Trozz - 1
MountianDewJunkie - 1
zealot - 1
asdfOu - 1
Darkren - 1
7777777 - 1
crms - 1
Gosi - 1
Qbek - 1
Djzapz - 1
DarkPlasmaBall - 1
Tdotkrayz - 1
Gamegene - 1
Ahli - 1
Grobyc - 1
Serejai - 1 shameless self nomination + 4
Final Contestants and their lichter Points
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Qualified
0 - UserName - lichter Points
1 - Shellshock - 157800
2 - Hot_Bid - 138800
3 - Plexa - 138800
4 - opterown - 102000
5 - Chill - 101200
6 - Waxangel - 90400
7 - Liquid`Nazgul - 84800
8 - NeoIllusions - 82400
9 - Heyoka - 80400
10 - KwarK - 67500
11 - Fionn - 60000
12 - TheYango - 59700
13 - Seeker - 56700
14 - Dodgin - 49650
15 - KristofferAG - 48300
16 - KadaverBB - 44700
17 - Asha` - 43350
18 - Torte de Lini - 43200
19 - BLinD-RawR - 40500
20 - DarkLordOlli - 37800
21 - lichter - 36300
22 - R1CH - 33600
23 - disciple - 33200
24 - monk - 31600
25 - stuchiu - 31500
26 - TheEmulator - 31200
27 - Zealously - 26100
28 - BisuDagger - 25200
29 - CosmicSpiral - 25200
30 - blade55555 - 22650
31 - Pandemona - 21150
32 - 2Pacalypse - 19600
33 - kollin - 18300
34 - Epoxide - 17100
35 - Rekrul - 16900
36 - Teoita - 16800
37 - NovemberstOrm - 15600
38 - itsjustatank - 14700
39 - kiett - 14400
40 - The_Templar - 13800
41 - salle - 13600
42 - Wintex - 13350
43 - SirJolt - 10800
44 - Torenhire - 10700
45 - Sayle - 9600
46 - TheDwf - 9450
47 - fusefuse - 8700
48 - wo1fwood - 8400
49 - Die4Ever - 8400
50 - TheBB - 7650
51 - lolfail9001 - 6500
52 - shiroiusagi - 5700
53 - Grovbolle - 4800
54 - vadersven - 3900
55 - Serejai - 3500
56 - juicyjames - 3150
57 - Conti - 2700
58 - ninazerg - 2700
59 - SinCitta - 2550
60 - Dakota_Fanning - 2550
61 - SC2John - 2250
62 - baller - 600
63 - GameHeart - 450
64 - Christelle - 87
Notable Eliminations
zatic
Meat
HawaiianPig
Drone
Aesop
{CC}StealthBlue
Wodger
Harem
Jibba
micronesia
Chexx
flamewheel
Mintie
Existor
Arceus
MrCon
NovaMB
Aeromi
Yhamm
Glider
farvacola
Undead1993
HaXXspetten
Whole despite his shameless self nomination
NarutO
Wombat_NI
