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[TSL 8] Bracket, Contests, & New Sponsor

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olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
November 17 2021 15:14 GMT
#1
TSL 8 Logo

Hello, everyone! Shopify (Wiki)TSL 8 has successfully wrapped up all nine qualifiers, with 31 accomplished players joining our incumbent champion, (Wiki)Trap, in the main event.We have many updates for you, including TSL’s bracket, EPT point distribution, and talent. Additionally, our sponsors created some exciting features just for the event, including a new sponsor we’ll be introducing here!


Bracket

The bracket uses the EPT points following DreamHack Season Finals, excluding incomplete tournaments (GSL, KoB, NeXT). For players who have points in more than one region, they were seeded by their highest-scoring region. As a reminder, TSL 8 is a 32 player double-elimination bracket. The preview of the upper bracket is below, please click the image to be redirected to the full bracket:


TSL 8 Bracket

The full schedule will be on (Wiki)Liquipedia, with minor match schedule adjustments to accommodate the player’s schedules.


EPT Points

Total1290
1 (Winner)275
2 (Finalist)200
3135
4110
5-680
7-855
9-1235
13-1620
17-2410
25-320


Talent

We brought back our fantastic TSL 7 commentators: (Wiki)Rotterdam, (Wiki)ZombieGrub, and (Wiki)Wardi. We are also adding two more commentators into the fold- (Wiki)Steadfast and (Wiki)feardragon! (Wiki)Igor "Indy" Kaczmarek is also returning as our observer for the event. Please be sure to give all our amazing talent lots of support!

Sponsor Features & Contests

Title sponsor Shopify is bringing the bells and whistles! Returning to TSL 8 is the in-game mod Observer Plus, which features the detailed battle report. In addition, fans will have another opportunity to prove they are better than TLO with Shopify’s True or False. We’ve also noticed everyone is quite into our Monster Truck theme this year. With Shopify’s sponsorship, we are delighted to announce TSL merchandise! Keep your eyes peeled during the event for our merch announcement!

IMC is shaking things around this time! Instead of awarding the fastest game, IMC will be offering a $1,000 reward to the player with the most cost-efficient army. IMC is all about analyzing the data to determine the most likely outcomes, so they’re also holding a bracket contest! The person who can predict the results the most accurately and fastest will be awarded $1,000. Fans can use Liquipedia to draft their brackets by following this link to our handy how-to guide. Participants have until the tournament begins to submit their drafts.

Secretlab’s The Hot Seat is back! The community can submit their questions via the community thread or tweet them @TLnet. If your question is selected, we’ll enter you into a raffle to win your very own Secretlab chair once TSL 8 ends!

Introducing: Coinbase

We are also very excited to announce a new sponsor for TSL - Coinbase! The global cryptocurrency platform is no stranger to the StarCraft 2 scene, as they are also the official partners of the ESL Pro Tour. Coinbase has graciously extended its support to TSL and will sponsor TSL’s downtime content. We can’t wait for all the great things Coinbase and TSL will make together!

TSL has received such overwhelming support from all our sponsors, so please be sure to thank them all: Sifolyy, Twitch, Secretlab, IMC, Coinbase, and Shopify! We can’t wait to see everyone at the main event starting November 26th on TLnet’s Twitch channel!

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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3432 Posts
November 17 2021 15:25 GMT
#2
Harstem gonna upset Maru right in round 1 of the tournament.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-11-17 17:25:02
November 17 2021 17:24 GMT
#3
On November 18 2021 00:25 tigera6 wrote:
Harstem gonna upset Maru right in round 1 of the tournament.


Talk about bad luck, meting the pvt goat right from the start.

Special-Lambo, Clem-herO and Dream-Solar best match up for me.
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Liquid`MaNa
Profile Joined October 2009
Poland104 Posts
November 17 2021 17:47 GMT
#4
Can't believe Liquid once again rigging the bracket in favor of their players.


TSL will be HYPE! Let's go and thank you sponsors!
Team Liquid
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12904 Posts
November 17 2021 17:53 GMT
#5
That bracket is sick!
WriterMaru
Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4954 Posts
November 17 2021 18:52 GMT
#6
upper bracket ultrastacked with Maru Serral Harstem Reynor and Trap in there lol. Ez for bottom half
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
November 17 2021 19:08 GMT
#7
Poor Maru, he was having such a good run this year.
uselless
Profile Joined April 2021
92 Posts
November 17 2021 19:22 GMT
#8
What a shame that maru will have to make a lower bracket run to the finals only to lose to harstem in the grand finals
maru :D
Javah
Profile Joined August 2010
France739 Posts
November 17 2021 22:36 GMT
#9
ezpz for Liquid boys! Let's go!
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BeoMulf
Profile Joined January 2014
United States94 Posts
November 17 2021 23:36 GMT
#10
Hype! Steadfast getting the big tournament invites - couldnt be more well deserved
Find me at twitch.tv/beomulf
esReveR
Profile Joined February 2010
United States567 Posts
November 18 2021 00:47 GMT
#11
Why is SpeCial auto-populating as a korean zerg on the brackets?
Skill is relative.
hjpalpha
Profile Joined August 2017
Germany339 Posts
November 18 2021 05:32 GMT
#12
On November 18 2021 09:47 esReveR wrote:
Why is SpeCial auto-populating as a korean zerg on the brackets?


Fixed, was a wrong number in a template call that sets wiki variables for the TSL 8 contest.
It should automatically change everywhere.
LiquipediaSCV ready | SC2-Liquipedia Admin, reviewer and editor | Wax called me a Liquipedia wizard in one of his articles for 2019 WCS Standings
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
November 18 2021 06:16 GMT
#13
On November 18 2021 08:36 BeoMulf wrote:
Hype! Steadfast getting the big tournament invites - couldnt be more well deserved

I agree, he's pleasant to listen to. I prefer him over some of the current popular commentators for sure.

Also cool to see another sponsor. Hope everything will go well! GL.
SmoKim
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark10305 Posts
November 18 2021 06:48 GMT
#14
This might be the most hyped player pool and bracket in a TSL so far. All matches look sick, - lots of possiblities for upsets. Gonna be great
"LOL I have 202 supply right now (3 minutes later)..."LOL NOW I HAVE 220 SUPPLY SUP?!?!?" - Mondragon
-KG-
Profile Joined October 2012
Denmark1218 Posts
November 21 2021 00:30 GMT
#15
Looks like another great tournament - keep’em coming!
~~(,,ºº>
NunedQ
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany235 Posts
November 21 2021 19:25 GMT
#16
On the user page for the brackets, it shows losers rounds 4 and 5 as bo5 in the comment but bo3 in the bracket itself. Which one is it?
olimoley
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States742 Posts
November 22 2021 12:20 GMT
#17
On November 22 2021 04:25 NunedQ wrote:
On the user page for the brackets, it shows losers rounds 4 and 5 as bo5 in the comment but bo3 in the bracket itself. Which one is it?

It LR 4 and 5 are Bo3, the comment will be fixed soon. Thank you for pointing it out!
Events Manager, Team Liquid - Creator of OlimoLeague
Ricci
Profile Joined April 2014
Brazil52 Posts
November 22 2021 13:32 GMT
#18
On November 22 2021 21:20 olimoley wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 22 2021 04:25 NunedQ wrote:
On the user page for the brackets, it shows losers rounds 4 and 5 as bo5 in the comment but bo3 in the bracket itself. Which one is it?

It LR 4 and 5 are Bo3, the comment will be fixed soon. Thank you for pointing it out!


It is recommended that you double check your bracket if you have submitted one already due to this. That was something that I overlooked and ended up confusing some participants but has been fixed as olimoley mentioned.

Thanks for understanding and good luck!
@muriloricci
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6981 Posts
November 23 2021 10:18 GMT
#19
When have the brackets for the contest be finalized?
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
November 23 2021 11:23 GMT
#20
Can I see what other people predicted?
I m quite curious :D
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