ESL Pro Tour Revamped: Regional Divisions, Season Finals,…

FYI: We just noticed that the Distribution that was provided to us is technically (because of how double elimination brackets work) impossible.
There will be some minor changes to the distributions for the places 11-16 at least in all but the EU and NA qualifiers.
It is a very small mistake that easily can happen and will be fixed soon.

Basically ESL wanted to award money for non-existend matches (as in those Qualifier matches qualified players would have to play qualified players).

We contacted an ESL Official about it (with a possible solution) and will fix it as soon as possible on liquipedia (aka as soon as we get the answer from ESL).

hjpalpha

Germany339 Posts

May 14 2020 19:58 GMT

#44

On May 15 2020 03:19 DieuCure wrote:
Thanks ! Did not know that Korean players were invited, massive bias for the EPT Korea ranking ?

As the slot distribution for the non-korean rankings is set and koreans hence can not qualify via non-korean rankings anymore with that change its no problem. Of course the koreans will be able to "steal" some of the money originally allocated to a foreigner event.

Htime

58 Posts

May 14 2020 20:30 GMT

#45

I am glad EPT has responded to the new normal of social distancing with a radical and warranted change to the format. Online is the way to go for at least another year, and this way we are getting the best possible formats for online competitions with the focus on regional seasons. Though I had plans to attend, waiting/hoping for an event like Dreamhack, with its tightly packed convention feel and crowded LAN space offering, to occur any time in the near future is magical thinking. Maybe IEM can happen with severely reduced seating capacity, but most offline tournaments are going to be audience free for awhile and thus might as well go online.
I can't complain about the move from Sunday cups, as the replacement is more quantity of high quality SC2. Improved stakes should also boost the cups we still get on Monday.
This might be the chance for esports to take market share from stadium sports that it will never relinquish. The slate of online competitions is as good as I can ever remember, and the casting/presentation teams have been at a really high level for awhile.

Harris1st

Germany7216 Posts

May 15 2020 13:10 GMT

#46

On May 14 2020 22:25 Olli wrote:

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Points decide qualification for Katowice in every division. There are 5 spots available for the European division and the top 5 in the European ranking get seeded into the Ro24 at Katowice. Other divisions have their own point systems and different amounts of seeds to play for.

Obviously with 7 different leagues they can't reasonably have qualification decided by a global points ranking. Points are harder to earn in Europe than in OCE, for example.

Oh my god, now I get it

wow that took me waaaay too long. I thought some random people from the Europe Circuit Ro32 get seeded into Katowice,

but it's actually the other way round. That table really threw me of big time

stilt

France2755 Posts

May 17 2020 15:56 GMT

#47

Edit : woops

AzAlexZ

Australia3303 Posts

May 18 2020 02:54 GMT

#48

As I read through this it feels like WCS America, WCS Europe and WCS Korea from 2013 are back, excited for the Starcraft coming back

Gescom

Canada3511 Posts

June 08 2020 13:50 GMT

#49

For someone who has attended DH Montreal the last three years, any loose dates available yet on the Fall session so I can do some planning on how to get drunk and watch SC in a hot tub thru the internet?

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