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April 20th, 2020 18:40 GMT
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Dear TL Community,

It is our great pleasure to announce the TeamLiquid StarLeague 5. After eight transformational years for both TeamLiquid and StarCraft, the tournament returns to find the game, and indeed the world, in a very different place. Despite the flux and uncertainty, the TSL will remain true to its core principle, anyone can play. Supported by our headline sponsor Shopify and boasting a $30,000 prize pool, the TSL is open to everyone, as 20 players from eight open qualifiers will join four invitees to fill the bracket. All qualifiers will be run through ESL Play, and more detailed information can be found here.

Following the qualifiers, TeamLiquid is partnering with DreamHack to bring you a main event spread over eight days. Beginning on May 16th, 24 players will compete in a double elimination tournament to crown the TSL 5 champion.

It has been a long time since the last TSL, but it has never been far from our minds. Having the right opportunity and ambition is important for a passion project to succeed, and the TSL has always been that. We strongly feel that StarCraft II is in an exciting place right now. With the ESL Pro Tour providing long-term security for players, teams and tournament organizers, and solid viewership numbers for tournaments, there is every incentive for organizers to jump into the StarCraft II scene in 2020. That excitement for the game is what made us decide to bring the TSL back.

We aren’t the only ones who feel this excitement. Our main sponsor, Shopify, operates with that same passion for building new businesses and growing ideas. Their platform allows anyone to start a business and scale up almost anywhere. The parallels between the people working at Shopify and the people working in esports meant we quickly found common ground regarding their sponsorship of TSL 5.

First and foremost, we're just fans. Whether you look at the number of players and fans we have working at Shopify, partnering in on these sorts of events is basically a no brainer for us. I think we also recognize a massive amount of talent and passion in the esports world and would love to help inspire this group to consider starting their own businesses or even joining our team to tackle some of the pretty complex engineering challenges we're working through in making entrepreneurship a little bit easier and more accessible for everyone.

— Jeremy
head of esports initiatives at Shopify

In addition to being involved in TSL 5, Shopify is also running a hiring campaign. With the effects of COVID being felt around the world, it is important to know that there are still exciting opportunities available. Take a look!

You can check out information on the qualifier dates here. Complete information about the invited players, our partners, and where to watch are coming this week and we think you’ll be very excited. Buckle up, its TSL time once again!

- TeamLiquid
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Morbidius
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil3449 Posts
April 20 2020 18:45 GMT
#2
Woah! Wasn't expecting that.
Has foreign StarCraft hit rock bottom?
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
April 20 2020 18:46 GMT
#3
Woah. Never expected TSL to return.

It's very exciting, and big thanks to Shopify.
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24417 Posts
April 20 2020 18:46 GMT
#4
Indeed my friends.
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2105 Posts
April 20 2020 18:47 GMT
#5
yay!
WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. @imjustziggy
colingrad
Profile Joined March 2008
United States210 Posts
April 20 2020 18:48 GMT
#6
Was literally in Twistzz chat last weekend talking with someone logged into the teamliquid twitch account about how long it had been since TSL4, this is awesome!
For the Emperor!
sixfour
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
England11061 Posts
April 20 2020 18:49 GMT
#7
Well that's not something I expected to see this evening, shame it's not BW
p: stats, horang2, free, jangbi z: soulkey, zero, shine, hydra t: leta, hiya, sea
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
April 20 2020 18:49 GMT
#8
WE'RE DOING IT FOLKS
AdministratorBreak the chains
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
April 20 2020 18:50 GMT
#9
TSL, that's a series I never expected to return. Amazing stuff.

Creator is still around, maybe we could have a back-to-back champion after all this time
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
tree.hugger
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts
April 20 2020 18:53 GMT
#10
Hell yeah!
ModeratorEffOrt, Snow, GuMiho, and Team Liquid
FO-nTTaX
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Johto4932 Posts
April 20 2020 18:53 GMT
#11
This is gonna be great
Administrator@FO_nTTaX | FO-nTTaX.de | 0xff0000.dev | Senior Lead Liquipedia Developer
"Nimm es. Es ist nicht viel, aber es kommt von Herzen. Vergiss mich nicht!"
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
April 20 2020 18:56 GMT
#12
We Love You TeamLiquid and TSL!

Will Creator be invited as the reigning champ? We'll see.
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
ROOTSasquatch
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States234 Posts
April 20 2020 18:57 GMT
#13
VERY cool

Would love to see some past TSL casters returning
partsasquatch on reddit
shiroiusagi
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
SoCal, USA3955 Posts
April 20 2020 18:57 GMT
#14
EYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! \ o / This is exciting!
Graphics@shiroiusagi_ | shiroiusagi.net
Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
April 20 2020 18:58 GMT
#15
Love it. <3 Shopify
Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14456 Posts
April 20 2020 18:59 GMT
#16
Fuck yes!
https://twitter.com/DrAeromi | Updates on live tournaments: @StarCrafteSport
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-21 14:29:41
April 20 2020 18:59 GMT
#17
I couldn't be happier to see this come to life.

Besides the incredible support from Shopify, DreamHack, and other to be announced partners, we are also so thrilled to be working with Salon Alpin again. Lip Comarella was responsible for the original Steel, Swarm, Spirit horse logo designs as well as so many other incredible pieces of art, including the TSL4 styleguide and intro video.

Even legendary TLnet admin Manifesto7 is back to help carry this to become a successul tournament.

Hope you will all tune in for some amazing matches and reward the partners and individuals who made this happen.


Administrator
Kommatiazo
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States579 Posts
April 20 2020 19:00 GMT
#18
omfg a new TSL in 2020. Fucking WILD.

Gonna sign up for quals just to get some playtime with good players and relieve my 2010 dreams of not being terrible at this game.
"You must enemy don't know, and very good micro" - Bosstoss #Wet4Ret
Jacmert
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada1709 Posts
April 20 2020 19:00 GMT
#19
Lol what year is this??! 2012??

P.S. It's actually 4/20/20
Plat Support Main #believe
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
April 20 2020 19:03 GMT
#20
OH MY GOD SOUND THE ALARM I'M SO EXCITED
TranslatorIf you want to ask anything about Chinese esports, send me a PM or follow me @nerddigmouse.
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