TeamLiquid Starleague season is nearly upon us. Starting the week after MLG Anaheim we will begin a series of qualifiers, spread across the North American, Europe, and Korean servers. They will run for five weeks straight, one qualifier on each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. These will be the same as traditional TL Opens.

The first TSL qualifier will be on June 12, the week after MLG Anaheim and just over three weeks from today.

The opening broadcast of TSL4 Round of 32 will kick off July 28, 2012. We have opened a TSL4 Forum to help begin the discussion!




Here is the breakdown of the 32 player spots in the TSL4:

• 3 players seeded from TSL3
  
• 10 winners of TL Open qualifiers on NA/EU servers
  
• 5 winners of TL Open qualifiers on KR server
  
• 8 highest placing players based on points from the TL Open NA/EU qualifiers
  
• 6 highest placing players based on points from the TL Open KR qualifiers

In other words, 18 players will qualify through the ten NA/EU qualifiers, and 11 will qualify through the five KR qualifiers. Since the winners of the tournaments automatically gain entry, there will be two separate point rankings (one for NA/EU and one for KR) that determine the remaining qualification slots.

Place	Points
1st	TSL Spot
2nd	100
Ro4	60
Ro8	41
Ro16	21
Ro32	11

All EU/NA players may play in both the 5 NA qualifiers and 5 EU qualifiers (10 total tournaments).

To play in EU/NA tournaments, the player must:

• Live in North America or Europe; OR
  
• Be a citizen of a North American or European country; OR
  
• Live in South America or a non-Korean country

To play in Korea, the player must:

• Live in Korea; OR
  
• Be a citizen of Korea

Players who qualify for both must elect whether they wish to participate in the 10 EU/NA tournaments or the 5 Korean tournaments. Those in China, Taiwan, and SEA may choose to play in either the EU/NA tournaments or in the Korean events. Players in South America will play on the EU/NA qualifiers.

Players will indicate which they are choosing simply by entering and playing an event on that server. Entering events on both point rankings will result in disqualification.

Examples, assuming these players wish to participate in TSL4:

• EG.iNcontroL lives in the United States and is not a citizen of Korea, he can only choose to play in the 10 EU/NA qualifiers
  
• IM.NesTea lives in Korea and is not a citizen of a NA or EU country, he can only choose to play in the 5 KR qualifiers
  
• Liquid`Jinro lives in Korea and is a citizen of Sweden, he can elect to play in the 10 EU/NA qualifiers OR the 5 KR qualifiers
  
• Empire.Violet lives in the United States and is a citizen of Korea, he can elect to play in the 10 EU/NA qualifiers OR the 5 KR qualifiers
  
• GamaniaSen lives in Taiwan, he can choose to play in the 10 EU/NA qualifiers OR the 5 KR qualifiers

The 15 qualifier tournaments will be played over five weeks starting on June 12, with three tournaments per week on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.













All maps are uploaded to EU, NA, and KR servers with TSL4 in the name, they can be found simply by searching for TSL4. All maps are current GSL versions with depots at ramps, and minor modifications where noted.

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