The time has come to test our suggested economic model regarding Legacy of the Void as much as we can. Theorycrafting alone isn't sufficient to fully understand a change of this magnitude, so we have decided to start a TL Open tournament to gather as many games as possible. As the LotV beta isn't massively active yet, we believe this is a great time to explore any design option available, in order to give the best feedback possible to Blizzard regarding the future of the game—in this case, through a mod played in Heart of the Swarm.

We decided to try something a little different with the map pool. Rather than use ladder or experimental maps, we picked maps that we believe will show the economic changes more effectively, picking from either current or past competitive maps. This generally boils down to two categories: big four player maps where it's easy to mass expand, or more aggressive maps such as Merry Go Round or Catallena, where two vs three base situations are common. You can find the full map pool below.

DATE

PRIZES

REGISTRATION

Registration is now open

Players may register up until one hour before the tournament begins. That is, they may register until Monday, May 04 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). After that, players will be required to check-in to confirm that they will be attending. Check-in occurs between Monday, May 04 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and Monday, May 04 6:55pm GMT (GMT+00:00). Players must both sign up before check-in time and check-in within the 55 minute period to enter the tournament.


To register, visit this page during the Registration Period, click on the word "Register" at the top of the page and complete the online registration form. After you fully and accurately complete the registration form you will be registered to compete in the tournament and be a Registered Player.”

RULES

Some Key Rules can be found below:

• The tournament will be held on the North America Server .
• Players will not be permitted to use a Barcode for their Battle.Net Account name.
• Sign ups for this tournament are completely open, and spots are first come first served
• There will be a maximum of 128 players
• All the matches up to the semi finals will be BO3 with the finals being BO5
• The first map of every round will be pre-determined with following maps in a series being loser's pick from the round of 64 onwards.
• Players caught cheating will be disqualified.
• Semi Finals series will be played one after the other followed by the Finals
• Battle.Net Chat Channel will be: DH TL Open
• All games must be played using the Double Harvest mod. Instructions on how to do so can be found here.

A full set of rules can be found here.

HOW TO PLAY

The step by step process to host any map with the Double Harvest mod is the following for all regions:

• Step One: On the SC2 Home Screen click "custom games"
• Step Two: Under "Browse Maps" find the map you wish to play
• Step Three: After finding your map choose it then click "create with mod"
• Step Four: Search Double Harvesting (TeamLiquid Model) by ZeromuS
• Step Five: Hit Create Game

If you're looking for games try the in game group: Double Harvest.

MAP POOL, FIRST BY PER ROUND

Round of 128

Cactus Valley

Round of 64

Iron Fortress

Round of 32

Catallena

Round of 16

Frost

Round of 8

Merry-go-round

Semi Finals

Deadwing

Finals

Whirlwind

CASTING

We will announce the official casting team at a later date.

Community Casters:
If you wish to cast the earlier rounds (up to and not including the semi finals) send a pm to Teoita or Heyoka on TL. The community casters allowed as observers so far are:

Darquess - Darquess 803
HeyImFinn - FinN#875
Bacon_Infinity/Jakatak - blkdynamite#1255/ShadowSpirit#1241/Jakatak#1956
Meavis - Meavis#32
Alchemik - Nightmare#1268

Thank You!

The TeamLiquid Strategy Team would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants ahead of time! Special thanks go to Blacklilium, Uvantak, Lalush and Barrin for their insight into Starcraft 2's economy.

RESULTS

First place: Beastyqt

Second Place: ROOTIaguz

Third/Fourth Place: Arthur, Liquid`MaNa

REPLAY PACK

Here!