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olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-02 07:00:07
October 16 2021 01:11 GMT
#1
TSL 8 Logo

Hi, everyone! I am Olivia Wong, Tournament Admin for Team Liquid. It is my immense pleasure to announce Shopify TSL 8! Although TSL 8 is not the first TSL I’ve worked on, it is the first TSL I will be leading alongside SeaGnome and Wyf. Together we are dedicated to upholding TSL’s legacy by making fantastic tournaments.

Speaking of legacies, it would be remiss of me to not introduce our production crew for TSL 8, who has an amazing legacy of their own within StarCraft 2. No matter if they’re in a studio or at a water park, the fun and casual atmosphere they bring to events make it feel like home…Yes, our production crew for Shopify TSL 8 is none other than TakeTV!

Of course, we cannot forget how this is possible in the first place: thanks to our sponsors Twitch, Secretlab, IMC, and Shopify!

We also have an additional sponsor we’d like to introduce: Twitch user Sifolyy! This particular individual has been a subscriber of our TLnet Twitch channel for over 110 months (or over 9 years!) and recently brought to our attention we haven’t been broadcasting on that channel. That’s why the entirety of TSL 8 will be broadcasted on twitch.tv/TLnet!

Congratulations, Sifolyy! You were the change you wanted to see, and to thank you for all your dedication we have added you to our list of TSL 8 sponsors! Once again please be sure to express your gratitude to our sponsors: Sifolyy, Twitch, Secretlab, IMC, and Shopify!

Thanks to some incredible additional support from our sponsors, the success of TSL 7, and the help of TaKeTV, we're happy to support more players and a bigger TSL. Let’s dive into the details of TSL 8!

Tournament Details

Shopify TSL 8 is a 32 player, double elimination tournament awarding $30,000 USD and 1290 EPT points. The tournament will last for 3 weeks, with games every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting from Friday, November 26 at 7:00 EST / 13:00 CET / 21:00 KST.

32 players double elimination bracket, seeded by EPT points

  • Best of 3 (Bo3) until Winner’s Semifinal and Loser Quarter Final
  • Best of 5 (Bo5) Winner’s Semifinal / Loser Quarter Final / Losers Semifinal
  • Best of 7 (Bo7) Winner’s Final, Loser Final, and Grand Final (Winner’s advantage)
Our previous TSL champion, (Wiki)Trap, has happily accepted his invite. The remaining 31 spots will be open through server qualifiers.

Qualifiers

31 player spots divided amongst 9 server qualifiers (no region restrictions)

  • Tournament platform: Challonge (Tournament Sign-Up Page)
  • All matches Best of 3 (Bo3), Qualifying matches Best of 5 (Bo5)

Server# Qualified# QualifiersSeeding
South Korea103EPT Points
Europe113EPT Points
North America103Aligulac Score

Please note: Players must change their display name when signing up to their player name or risk incorrect seeding. We will not be liable for any incorrect seeding if your player name does not match.

ServerStart TimeQualifier FormatQualified
Europe #1Oct 29 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
Europe #2Oct 30 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
N. America #1Oct 30 10:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 4
Korea #1Nov 01 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 4
Korea #2Nov 02 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 4
Korea #3Nov 04 11:00am GMTSingle EliminationTop 2
N. America #2Nov 06 1:00am GMTDouble EliminationTop 3
Europe #3Nov 06 4:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 3
N. America #3Nov 06 10:00pm GMTDouble EliminationTop 3

(If a bracket has less than 32 players, the bracket will be converted to Double Elimination)

Community casters who would like to cover the qualifiers should fill out this community caster form at least twenty-four (24) hours before the qualifier(s) you’re planning on covering begins. You must also be a member of the Discord server with your identifying nickname. For non-English coverage of the main event (beginning on November 26th!), please also fill out the form, and we’ll be in touch after the qualifiers wrap up.

Changes Made

The most prominent change is our return to a 32 player bracket. To accommodate the larger bracket without fatiguing players and production, additional tournament days were added, and the amount of Best of 7s was reduced while adding in Best of 3s. A lot of our changes were also driven to counteract player (and production) fatigue, such as starting the event one hour earlier than TSL 7 (from 10 PM KST to 9 PM KST). We hope by making the tournament start time earlier and reducing series length, our players will bring their A-game to each match instead of slogging through the end of the day.

Another major change was made to the qualifiers. Before I dive into it, I would like to thank the numerous players and community members who provided feedback. The region restrictions for the qualifiers were removed and the amount of qualifiers has increased. Each region qualifier was scheduled with consideration to competitors' schedules and availability. More notably though, our North America Server Qualifiers will be the only qualifier not seeded by EPT points. Aligulac score will be used for NA qualifiers due to the wide range of players expected to participate. We hope this will provide fairer seeding.

We have an incredible group working on TSL 8 and we can’t wait to showcase all we’ve prepared. If you happen to have any questions about the tournament, we’ll be happy to answer them here or on our official TSL Discord server. Thanks again to our lovely sponsors, and thank you for your continued support of Team Liquid, TSL, and StarCraft 2.

I’m so happy TSL has become a regular occurrence in SC2 again. I’m especially excited that Team Liquid and TaKeTV are joining forces for this edition. Having two organisations with such deep roots in the StarCraft scene are a perfect match to work together on TSL and I’m looking forward to a really fun event!

— Dario "TLO" Wuensch
Head of Player Development, Shopify Rebellion

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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19229 Posts
October 15 2021 12:45 GMT
#2
Hi Olivia! Thanks to you, TL, Shopify, and co. for putting this on! I'm loving the changes and hope they work out the best for everyone.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
SirKibbleX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States479 Posts
October 15 2021 13:09 GMT
#3
NICE!! Can't wait!! Thanks to all involved for making the last one so insanely awesome, can't wait for this event to start!!
Praemonitus, Praemunitus.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
October 15 2021 14:07 GMT
#4
I realy do like the seeding via Alligulac for the NA qualifier
Thank you very much for all the work
MaxPax
Javah
Profile Joined August 2010
France739 Posts
October 15 2021 15:06 GMT
#5
Amazing news! And more tournament days! Thank you all involved and gg Sifolyy :D
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vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
October 15 2021 15:07 GMT
#6
Oh mawwww gawwwwwddddd!!!!
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
October 15 2021 15:08 GMT
#7
Nice, thanks to all involved!
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3347 Posts
October 15 2021 15:52 GMT
#8
Well, with the amount of slots for the tournament, and open-region qualifier, we might as well invite top 16 players in the world (8KR + 8 non-KR) base on EPT pts anyway. While its great to have pretty much everyone who want to play will be able to qualify, it makes the qualification a bit less essential for the most part.
Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
October 15 2021 16:12 GMT
#9
I swear there is more SC2 content now than there was 10 years ago.

Amazing
"losers always whine about their best, Winners go home and fuck the prom queen"
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
October 15 2021 16:14 GMT
#10
This is perfect, thanks to everyone involved!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Falckon
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway30 Posts
October 15 2021 17:07 GMT
#11
Cant wait!
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10304 Posts
October 15 2021 17:11 GMT
#12
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE <3

Awesome to see TakeTV being the production crew!
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
October 15 2021 17:30 GMT
#13
On October 16 2021 02:11 SmoKim wrote:
TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE <3

Awesome to see TakeTV being the production crew!

I second this! Love Naruto and Take for everything they have done for SC2.

Great to see another TSL. GL HF everyone involved!
buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
October 15 2021 18:38 GMT
#14
Is there a liquidpedia page for TSL8 with the prizepool and EPT points breakdown?
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51481 Posts
October 15 2021 18:45 GMT
#15
On October 16 2021 03:38 buzz_bender wrote:
Is there a liquidpedia page for TSL8 with the prizepool and EPT points breakdown?

(Wiki)TeamLiquid StarLeague/8

Page is up but details still being confirmed a bit
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Gescom
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada3370 Posts
October 15 2021 18:55 GMT
#16
Hype! See you all there.
Jaedong Hyuk || Bisu Jangbi || Fantasy Flash
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24193 Posts
October 15 2021 19:01 GMT
#17
wooooohoooooo

nice
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
October 15 2021 19:19 GMT
#18
TSL8 should be great per usual!! Nice return to a 32-player tournament along with TLnet on Twitch will be streaming all of the matches.
FF, KH, Persona, Uncharted, Yakuza | Porter, Illenium, MitiS, Dabin, Seven Lions, Petit Biscuit | Diablo II, SC2 | Pho, sushi, tacos
Liquid`MaNa
Profile Joined October 2009
Poland104 Posts
October 15 2021 20:00 GMT
#19
More TSL hype! Fantastic stuff, really happy to see so many editions of this magnificant tournament.
Team Liquid
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
October 15 2021 20:06 GMT
#20
YES!!!
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