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COLLEGIATE STARLEAGUE FALL 2009
Welcome to the second season of CSL! I bet you’ve been waiting for the new season to kick off, and we’re finally getting underway! Registration will start anew this fall, so here’s all the information you need to get ready for the next season.
History
Spring '09 Season 1: University of California at Berkeley > University of Texas
Eligibility
Any school in the United States or Canada is eligible to participate in CSL. Each team must have at least 5 players, with one designated coordinator responsible for submitting match lineups and results. In order to be eligible, players must have an email address connected to their school (Ex. PlayerName@SchoolName.edu). Players must be currently enrolled for the institution they are playing for.
Registration:
Registration for School Coordinators will take place from September 1 to September 11. Coordinators must provide a valid email address tied to their institution that will be posted on the CSL website for public viewing. Should more than one student register as a coordinator from a single institution, all prospective coordinators from that institution will be contacted to clarify who will be the primary coordinator for the Fall season. Should they not come to a consensus, the student who registered first will be designated coordinator from that school. From September 12-25, students will be allowed to register for a team on the CSL website. Again, participants must provide a valid email address, but they will have the option of hiding it from public view.
The registration link is http://cstarleague.org/register.
There will be a registration fee due by October 2. The fee is $5 per person on the team. If a team has more than 10 players, the fee will be $50 regardless of the number of players. A registered team who has not paid will be unable to participate in this season's CSL until the fee is paid.
Teams:
As stated above, teams must consist of at least 4 players with a valid email address and one designated coordinator. Each team should designate a team tag, to be displayed at the beginning or end of each player's iCCup handle (Ex. OCC.Bisu and OCC.Stork, [UCLA]Bisu and [UCLA]Stork, Bisu..pton and Stork..pton).
Format:
CSL Fall '09 will consist of a Swiss Tournament format regular season, and a single elimination playoffs. The Swiss Tournament (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_tournament) will last six weeks, during which teams will play other teams with similar records. No teams will play each other twice, and no teams are eliminated during this section of CSL. Matches will be played in a Bo5 series (see below) and will be held on iCCup.
The single elimination playoffs will take the top 8 teams from the Swiss format. A bracket will be established, pairing the top seed with the lowest, second highest with second lowest, and so on. The bracket will not change during the playoff tournament. After the semifinals, there will be a match to determine third place, then a finals match to determine the champion. As in the Swiss format, all matches will be best of five, with the first four sets being predetermined and the fifth match determined on the spot. However, unlike the Swiss format, matches will end once a team reaches 3 wins.
For more information regarding tiebreaks and the Swiss system, please refer to the CSL website here. We will also be releasing the CSL Floor Rules document in the near future.
Match Times and Reporting
Each match will consist of a best of five, with the players for the first four sets submitted earlier in the week, and a fifth Ace match where teams decide the player they will send out after the previous four sets have been played. A player may only play once per match, with the exception of the Ace match. Regardless of score, all five sets will be played during the Swiss Tournament for tiebreaker purposes.
Swiss pairings will be posted weekly on Monday 11:59 PM EST. Unlike last season, map pools are already determined (see below). Teams will then submit player lineups and select available times to play - due by Tuesday 11:59PM EST. All Swiss matches are scheduled to occur on Friday/Saturday/Sunday at 6PM EST. Match results must be reported by Sunday at 11:59PM EST.
Broadcasting:
Teams are allowed and encouraged to broadcast their matches via Livestream or other internet streaming tools. This can be done as a first person view or as an observer, but teams will not be granted another observer slot to broadcast their games. Additionally, Voice of ESports holds broadcasting privileges for all CSL games. All playoff games will be casted by Voice of ESports as well.
Coordinator Responsibilities:
Coordinators are responsible for submitting weekly player lineups and results through the CSL website in a timely manner. Additionally, coordinators are expected to respond to CSL emails within 48 hours, should a response be necessary. Please note that the coordinator position is a significant responsibility, and can be extremely demanding outside of submitting CSL-related paperwork.
After the coordinator registration period is over, all information and forms for submitting rosters, lineups, and match results will be available by email and on the CSL website.
Minor League and Individual League:
There will be no minor league for this season of CSL; however, teams are free to organize exhibition matches against each other. We are currently looking into ideas into establishing a minor league for players.
The CSL Individual League will take place after the playoffs of the Teamleague are over. Any player who scored 4 or more wins over the season (not including playoffs) is eligible for the Individual League. Details will be released near the start of playoffs.
Promotional Materials
The CSL Season 1 All-Stars Hype Match will occur on September 5th, 2009, casted by Day[9] and CholeraSC. Please check this thread for more details.
CSL is looking for players and teams to submit pictures or video footage to be featured in our full-length CSL Season 2 Intro Video which will be featured at the beginning of all pre-recorded casted games.
Schedule:
(all dates are in the year 2009)
September 1-11: Coordinator registration
September 12-25: Player registration for the Fall '09 season is open
September 25: Registration fee postmarked; Footage for promotional video deadline (optional)
October 5: Pairings for Week 1 posted
October 6: Lineups for Week 1 due
October 9-11: Week 1
October 12: Pairings for Week 2 posted
October 13: Lineups for Week 2 due
October 16-18: Week 2
October 19: Pairings for Week 3 posted
October 20: Lineups for Week 3 due
October 23-25: Week 3
October 26: Pairings for Week 4 posted
November 3: Lineups for Week 4 due
November 6-8: Week 4
November 9: Pairings for Week 5 posted
November 10: Lineups for Week 5 due
November 13-15: Week 5
November 16: Pairings for Week 6 posted
November 17: Lineups for Week 6 due
November 20-22: Week 6
November 23: Brackets for playoffs announced
December 1: Lineups for Quarterfinals Due
December 4-6: Quarterfinals
December 8: Lineups for Semifinals Due
December 11-13: Semifinals
December 14: Lineups for Finals and 3rd place match Due
December 17: 3rd place match
December 18: CSL Season 2 Finals
Maps:
The maps for CSL season 2 are: Ride of Valkyries, Sin Peaks of Baekdu, Athena II, Neo Medusa 2.1, Outsider, God's Garden, and Shades of Twilight 1.2. Official CSL versions will be made available from the CSL website.
+ Show Spoiler [Week 1 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: Ride of Valkyries
Set 2: Athena II
Set 3: Shades of Twilight
Set 4: God's Garden
Ace: Outsider
Set 2: Athena II
Set 3: Shades of Twilight
Set 4: God's Garden
Ace: Outsider
+ Show Spoiler [Week 2 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Set 2: Shades of Twilight
Set 3: Neo Medusa
Set 4: Athena II
Ace: Ride ofValkyries
Set 2: Shades of Twilight
Set 3: Neo Medusa
Set 4: Athena II
Ace: Ride ofValkyries
+ Show Spoiler [Week 3 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: God's Garden
Set 2: Outsider
Set 3: Athena II
Set 4: Neo Medusa
Ace: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Set 2: Outsider
Set 3: Athena II
Set 4: Neo Medusa
Ace: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
+ Show Spoiler [Week 4 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: Outsider
Set 2: Ride of the Valkyries
Set 3: God's Garden
Set 4: Shades of Twilight
Ace: Neo Medusa
Set 2: Ride of the Valkyries
Set 3: God's Garden
Set 4: Shades of Twilight
Ace: Neo Medusa
+ Show Spoiler [Week 5 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: Shades of Twilight
Set 2: Athena II
Set 3: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Set 4: Outsider
Ace: God's Garden
Set 2: Athena II
Set 3: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Set 4: Outsider
Ace: God's Garden
+ Show Spoiler [Week 6 Map Lineup] +
Set 1: Athena II
Set 2: Neo Medusa
Set 3: Ride of the Valkyries
Set 4: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Ace: Shades of Twilight
Set 2: Neo Medusa
Set 3: Ride of the Valkyries
Set 4: Sin Peaks of Beakdu
Ace: Shades of Twilight
The maps for the playoffs have yet to be decided, as teams will be allowed to thumb down one map apiece.
In-Game Rules:
The following bugs are allowed in CSL games:
- Observer over turret
- Units pressed through
- Drops to defuse mines
- Mineral walk
- Hold lurker
- Larvae Move
The following bugs are not allowed in CSL games and will result in a penalty as outlined by the CSL Penalty and Procedures Guide:
- Cargo glitch
- Flying drones and templars
- Terran sliding buildings
- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking
- Allied mines
Additionally, chat in-game is not allowed with the exception of requesting a pause ('p', 'pp', 'ppp' or the like), offering resignation ('gg', 'good game', or the like), and to ask for a regame within the first 30 seconds because of lag.
The only players allowed in the game are the two competing players and two (optional) observers, one from each team. Observers may be asked to leave the game due to latency issues. If anything should happen in the game that would require judgment by a referee, and the two observers are unable to agree about a course of action, a CSL judge should be contacted.
For more information, we will be releasing the CSL Floor Rules and CSL Penalties and Procedures documents on our website in the near future.
I'll keep updating this as we actually start publishing the darned documents. If there are any questions or comments, we appreciate your input!
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