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This thread is for CTL recruitment ONLY. All other team and clan recruitment posts MUST go in here: Link |
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/User:Antylamon/Chobo_Team_League
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/User:Tromboneham/2016_Chobo_Star_League
The Chobo Team League (or abbreviated as CTL) is a StarCraft II team league currently for Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond players.
The CTL was created in order to provide players lower in skill level with a structured tournament in which players can feel a stronger sense of competition, team spirit, and being a part of a friendly social environment, all of which Battle.net ladder often lacks.
There is no prize pool and no prestige, yet the Chobo Team League has continued to stand strong for well over four years now. The league has experienced consistent growth through 2012 - 2016 with a currently active user base of around 500 members.
Starting in 2015, the CTL began to produce an individual tournament called the Chobo Star League. The CSL is a dual-stage tournament feeding into an 8 player single elimination bracket and is also the premiere tournament of the Chobo Championship Series set to mimic the WCS sytem.
Current Teams:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Zl3bG7w.png) - All-Inspiration
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wjRJMJx.png) - Born Gosu
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/MBC3jkl.png) - Daily Life
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/d89NQ9g.png) - Formless Bearsloths
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/U6UThNN.png) - Guns and Roaches
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/qYVauaZ.png) - LiT eSports
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ZuGkbEa.png) - Psionic Aftermath
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/XFEzCTq.png) - The Confederation
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Ego5kfO.png) - Team UnRivaled
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/tMNMC2L.png) - Valhalla Gaming
How does it work?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/v9yQSWv.png)
Every week, the designated team captains send in their lineups consisting of players that fill out each league shown in the image above.
Chobo Team League main website: (click here)
If you are interested in joining/participating within the CTL, then please follow this link to the current Discord server: (click here)
P.S. Players can join AND new teams can join CTL as well! 
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I can echo what Seeker said before me: Joining CTL is one of the best SC2 related decisions I've ever made. I've met so many likeminded people, I've befriended so many other nerd baller SC2 players, and I've improved so incredibly much because of the community support and interaction. I joined CTL in 2012 as a member of Guns and Roaches and later became captain. During my time in CTL I improved from platinum to top 8 Masters, and I attribute that improvement to the community, friendship, competition, and practice I found in CTL.
CTL is a great avenue for practice, competition, improvement, and friendship. If you are looking for a supportive and entertaining community, I definitely recommend the league.
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Wow I didn't know about this! Maybe I'll sign up for CTL as well. If I don't play daily though, would that be a problem?
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If I find the time maybe I will join, just to know are all the team mostly english?
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CTL is great, had the most fun playing sc2 while in the CTL, also helped me get masters as well. Even if you are a casual or tryhard this is the place to be if you want to play sc2 great people and a lot of fun.
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Wow I didn't know about this! Maybe I'll sign up for CTL as well. If I don't play daily though, would that be a problem?
It wouldn't be a problem at all. Players in the CTL have a wide range of commitment levels to the game.
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I also agree that's it's one of the best sc2 related decisions I've ever made. I only got to participate in one season due to getting promoted to masters, but the team Skype is always active. It's great having people to talk about the game, and it's given me practice partners as well. And now we have the diamond/masters all-kill league to participate in as well. Definitely worth looking into for anyone looking for a community! You will not regret it!
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You guys sell it super well, i might have to look into this x)
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looks nice, I wish I was aware of this when I hadn't got that masters badge yet.
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To be clear, teams can join the CTL or players can join a CTL team?
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Both can chemsed, there are player apps and team apps. When you apply as a player you can pick a team or go in as a free agent and make a post saying your interested in looking for a team.
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On July 04 2016 09:48 geokilla wrote:
Wow I didn't know about this! Maybe I'll sign up for CTL as well. If I don't play daily though, would that be a problem?
Geokilla you actually used to play in CTL waaaay back in season 5. You were part of Clarity Gaming Community which I was captain of at the time... Although I'm not sure if you were ever in the lineup.
I haven't played in CTL in a while as I stopped playing SC2 for the most part, but CTL is a great league. It really does add a good social element to SC2, as you'll get to know your teammates and other league members. Highly recommended.
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Stephen Moore has continuously stated that his team (Glacial Gaming) will be participating in the upcoming season of CTL despite the fact that his former team (Alloy Esports) have already disrupted a season because his actions (Esports scams) caused the team to be disbanded overnight.
Will his team actually be considered for entry? He still hasn't paid back the players he scammed with Alloy and nobody wants to have a week of walkovers because halfway through the season Stephen decides to stop paying his players again right?
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I'll never forget two things in my SC2 career:
being recruited to Team Bearsloths
winning my first game
its the best thing you can do to take your gameplay somewhat seriously while still having fun and being rubbish.
FORMLESS BEARSLOTHS FIGHTING!
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On July 05 2016 05:05 WSnews wrote:
Stephen Moore has continuously stated that his team (Glacial Gaming) will be participating in the upcoming season of CTL despite the fact that his former team (Alloy Esports) have already disrupted a season because his actions (Esports scams) caused the team to be disbanded overnight.
Will his team actually be considered for entry? He still hasn't paid back the players he scammed with Alloy and nobody wants to have a week of walkovers because halfway through the season Stephen decides to stop paying his players again right?
Heya, PMed you but will answer here as well. He messaged me around a month or two ago asking to join, and at the time, I only knew him as a failed CTL captain in the past, and didn't know the full story. We had discussed allowing the team to join if Aldaris had nothing to do with leading the team, which I thought could be a possibility at the time. After we discussed this, other CTL admins told me about him attempting to join the season before I joined as admin w/ a new captain who left before the season even began. After knowing this, we will not allow glacial gaming to join our league. It sucks to me to have to reject a team full of players who (I imagine) want to play in an evironment like ours but can't due to the actions of their captain, but it's unavoidable. Hope that answers your question, and please let me know if you have any others
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On July 05 2016 00:42 yakitate304 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 04 2016 09:48 geokilla wrote:
Wow I didn't know about this! Maybe I'll sign up for CTL as well. If I don't play daily though, would that be a problem? Geokilla you actually used to play in CTL waaaay back in season 5. You were part of Clarity Gaming Community which I was captain of at the time... Although I'm not sure if you were ever in the lineup.
Oh yeah I remember Clarity Gaming! It was fun and pretty awesome now that you mention it! I don't remember what happened though or why I wasn't active back then. Sorry for not being in the lineup.
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On July 05 2016 06:41 halomonian wrote:
I'll never forget two things in my SC2 career:
being recruited to Team Bearsloths
winning my first game
its the best thing you can do to take your gameplay somewhat seriously while still having fun and being rubbish.
FORMLESS BEARSLOTHS FIGHTING!
Wait....also formless bearsloths! But I don't recognize your TL name!
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So, how does this work for poor EU players? Can I still apply? Will I have to rank my account on the NA server in addition to my EU one?
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On July 05 2016 16:05 Dagon wrote:
So, how does this work for poor EU players? Can I still apply? Will I have to rank my account on the NA server in addition to my EU one?
We take your main server into account, so you'd only have to rank on that one, provided you let us know thats whats up. Most teams have european players, it's just EU players need to be aware that the majority of players are on NA, and by default matches will be played on NA as well. Usually if you're able to play on weekends it works out pretty decently. Hope that helps
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I never actually played on any other server other than EU so, how's the lag/delay? is it noticeable to the point where you have to compensate for it with stuff like storm? Also, from the Info on the server, it does not specify at what time are the games played; cause with the difference in timezones it can be extremely important. I am currently at work so I can;t really be very thorough in my search of information on that site. TL has a nice color scheme that it blends with other tools that I use so it does not attract attention..
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When i play on NA from Latvia, i get put on the NA East server and get around 140 ping. It's weird at first, but you get used to it.
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On July 05 2016 20:52 Dagon wrote:
I never actually played on any other server other than EU so, how's the lag/delay? is it noticeable to the point where you have to compensate for it with stuff like storm? Also, from the Info on the server, it does not specify at what time are the games played; cause with the difference in timezones it can be extremely important.
One of the cool things about the league is that each match is scheduled independently, so matches can be as early/late as you want (so long as the other player can make it)
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We're an EU clan of consisting mostly of diamond and masters players? Considering you can only have a max of 3 players per-league, is it possible for us to participate?
EDIT: I understand that masters players aren't allowed. Therefore - can we have a team of 3 diamond question would be my question i suppose.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
On July 05 2016 22:11 pundurs wrote:
We're an EU clan of consisting mostly of diamond and masters players? Considering you can only have a max of 3 players per-league, is it possible for us to participate?
EDIT: I understand that masters players aren't allowed. Therefore - can we have a team of 3 diamond question would be my question i suppose.
You need to have Silver, Gold, and Plat players as well.
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On July 06 2016 01:18 Seeker wrote:Show nested quote +On July 05 2016 22:11 pundurs wrote:
We're an EU clan of consisting mostly of diamond and masters players? Considering you can only have a max of 3 players per-league, is it possible for us to participate?
EDIT: I understand that masters players aren't allowed. Therefore - can we have a team of 3 diamond question would be my question i suppose. You need to have Silver, Gold, and Plat players as well.
Yeah, thanks!
We'll look to sort that out for the next season!
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what if you have a second account you off-race on but your primary account is masters? t,t
On July 12 2016 07:19 Colttarren089 wrote:
Unfortunately for this league, you wouldn't be able to play. We try to make things as fair as possible by disallowing masters players to off-race. Many teams do like having masters players either for different leagues (dust league, alpha sc2 league) and also to help out their CTL lineups week to week, so you could still join a team, just not play in the lineups.
Totally makes sense thanks
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On July 11 2016 12:00 las91 wrote:
what if you have a second account you off-race on but your primary account is masters? t,t
Unfortunately for this league, you wouldn't be able to play. We try to make things as fair as possible by disallowing masters players to off-race. Many teams do like having masters players either for different leagues (dust league, alpha sc2 league) and also to help out their CTL lineups week to week, so you could still join a team, just not play in the lineups.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
Chobo Team League Season 13 has concluded. Season 14 will be starting in about 4 - 6 weeks. Everyone still has plenty of time to send in their requests to join!
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Hey there, my name is Neru, and I am the captain of Guns and Roaches; we're a Starcraft 2 team that has been participating in the ChoboTeamLeague since the first season of the league. We're dedicated to growing the Starcraft community, and love bringing in new recruits to help our grow clan as well. We do a ton of team practice about every night consisting of Peepmodes, 1v1 custom games, and the occasional Arcade night. Our current members are always willing to help someone practice just message anyone and someone will help. We're currently primarily looking for diamond and under but all leagues are welcome, if you're interested just shoot Neru.793 or Fish.618 a message in-game, you can also find any of our officers in the Guns and Roaches clan in-game they'll be around to help always. We hope to see you soon! 😃
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If you want to see what the league is all about, we will be casting the season 13 grand finals here featuring Team UnRivaled vs Lost In Translation!
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The league is getting closer to season 14, if you are Silver-Diamond, please check out choboteamleague.com/recruitment and we can find you a team! Thanks for taking the time for checking us out if you do.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
Season 14 is set to officially begin on August 15th. It's still not too late to sign up!
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Just saw this and wanted to sign up (for whatever season, apparently I'm too late for the current season). Anyway how do I use this discord thingy to sign up? Thanks
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On August 18 2016 03:14 Knatterking wrote:Just saw this and wanted to sign up (for whatever season, apparently I'm too late for the current season). Anyway how do I use this discord thingy to sign up? Thanks
Hey! To join us on discord you can click on this link: https://discord.gg/xdDsVpx
To join one of our teams and get setup to compete in this season, you can go to choboteamleague.com/recruitment and fill that out Hope that helps, if you have more questions feel free to ask in our discord.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
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how does a teamless person join ctl?
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Like many other post, I have to also agree the Chobo League gave my ladder grind a new purpose, easier access to skilled and diligent pratice partners, and the since of accomplishment win or lose the weeks I play matches in chobo league.
Made most of my starcraft 2 friends in choboleague clans, and have yet to encounter any distaste to speak of, if you want a little more from sc2 then join choboleague :D
You wont regret it :D
--teamless people can join on the website in one of the tabs, I have never joined this way, but I think you register as a free agent on the website and then just pm admins on teams that your a new agent and they can add you, I wouldn't suggested waiting to be contacted as chobo team league admins and pin-heads are already tasked pretty hard just trying to get players ready sometimes... I admit I can forget to register for a week match that I meant to lol.
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I've played in it several times as a EU player, there is no issue at all.
You give up your ranking as on the EU server and that's it.
You'll have to work out a good time though, because most players are from the NA server.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37044 Posts
On November 09 2016 20:23 Hadronsbecrazy wrote:
how does a teamless person join ctl?
Check the OP. It's all there
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My name is Polar and I am currently captain of Team Unrivaled's SC2 division. We are a highly active SC2 clan that participates in the Chobo Team League and clan wars. We are currently recruiting active players from any league.
Team Unrivaled is an ambitious clan with a large diamond and masters roster that is currently looking to bolster all ranks across the board. Team Unrivaled wants a very deep roster where we can field many players in all divisions. The CTL is a recreational "proleague" where multiple teams face off against each other each week. The structure AS OF RIGHT NOW is: Each map is a BO1, With the exception of the ACE match, which is a BO3.
1 Gold Player
2 Platinum Players
3 Diamond Players
1 Masters Player
By joining TeamUR we are offering you an opportunity to be active and participate in this league.
As stated above, we have many players who are willing and enjoy helping out lower league players to help them reach their goal of a higher league.
We also are extremely successful in the CTL. We just won the championship last season. This brings our gold medal count to 7; out of the 13 seasons we've played. We have been the most successful team in this league's history, and aren't showing any signs of slowing down.
Although we play SC2, Team UR also boasts teams for Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and League of Legends. We are all gamers at UR so we are always open to any type of game!
If you are interested hit me up at:
Battle.net: Polar.1834
Skype: ljb831
Discord: Polar.9327 (We primarly use Discord as a means of communication)
or just right here on TL!
Cheers
Polar
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Great group of guys if you ask me, surely there are more clans out there that want to be a part of this.... I'm about to make a Nydus clan just so we can enter!
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