EPTWe're back on track!
Once more we offer our sincerest apologies for having to cancel the show on the 5th of December. However, we have of course been working on a re-schedule and the time at which TL Arena 3 will take place is December 19th, 22:00 CET, 16:00 EST, 13:00 PST
I'm pming all the contestants and updates on whether they can still play will follow shortly. Also, with the ICCUP reset coming soon we might hold this event on US West. The polls are still open and keep an eye on that topic for more news.
Once more we offer our sincerest apologies for having to cancel the show on the 5th of December. However, we have of course been working on a re-schedule and the time at which TL Arena 3 will take place is December 19th, 22:00 CET, 16:00 EST, 13:00 PST
I'm pming all the contestants and updates on whether they can still play will follow shortly. Also, with the ICCUP reset coming soon we might hold this event on US West. The polls are still open and keep an eye on that topic for more news.
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With TSL Ladder well underway, you have surely been spending all of your precious free time playing on your TSL account, following the players on the ladder, watching the Livestreams of the big names or generally hyping this event up. In these busy times where we hasten from game to game, stream to stream and topic to topic - How about some laid back Saturday Night entertainment? Time for another Arena.
TL-Arena 3 will take place on December 19th, 22:00 CET (16:00 EST, 13:00 PST).
We changed the format around a bit. Since our Hero this time is a Terran player, we've shortened it down a bit: Seven wins are needed for a victory. However, to recompense, our hero will start out with a handicap.
So, onto our hero:
For this event, we have again a fine selection of maps and handicaps. They are:
+ Show Spoiler [MAPS] +
- Longinus
- Katrina
- Old Medusa
- Neo Requiem
- Fighting Spirit
- Tornado
- TL Submission
+ Show Spoiler [HANDICAPS] +
Units
- Gas Cap - Hero can have a maximum of 2 Refineries
- M-Shop Cap - Hero can have only 1 Machine Shop
- Prod fac. Cap - Hero can have only 4 of any production facility (Rax, Fact, Port)
- No Dropships - Hero isn't allowed to make Dropships
Upgrades
- 1 Ebay / Armory - Hero can have 1 Engineering Bay and 1 Armory
- No Vult speed - Hero cannot research Vulture speed
- No Range - Hero cannot research Range Upgrades (Marine, Goliath, Ghost)
- No Vessel Spells - Hero cannot research any Vessel spells
Other
- Kill ini worker - Hero has to kill one of his initial 4 workers at the start of the game
- No Scan (Scan cap) - Hero cannot build Comsat Stations
- Give vision - Hero has to share vision with his opponent
- CPU Ally - Fodder is allied to a CPU Player
- No Minimap - Hero cannot use minimap
- TL Submission x3
TL-Submissions
As always we'll be taking Map and Handicap suggestions. Post them in this topic and we'll make a poll again. We'll accept 2 player maps (but the CPU ally HC won't work on it), but no UMS-based handicaps.
Call for Fodder!
Do you want to play in TL Arena 3? Take on this titan and, with a little help from us, maybe take him down? We're taking players from the D to C+ ranks. Post in this topic listing your:
- ICC ID
- A link to your ICC profile
- Race
- Rank
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TL Arena took the concept of a minigame you can find in Final Fantasy 7 and applied it to StarCraft. It provides a challenge for a "Hero": a high level player. His goal is to defeat a number of low-level players in a series of games on pre-determined maps. Defeating all of them will end the game and result in a victory for the Hero. However, to make things difficult the Hero is burdened with Handicaps. After every victory a random handicap is added to his tally. These handicaps stack, making him play with more and more handicaps the closer he comes to victory.
The low-level players come from pre-determined ranks and are lovingly termed "Fodder". For each match the Hero gets to pick who he plays and on what map he plays. The handicaps he receives cn influence this choice, allowing him to tactically pick, for example, when to play against what race.
[url=http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Pholon/TLArena/Episode1]
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[url=http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Pholon/TLArena/Episode2]
With me on this event is, as always, Leperkahn and casting will be done by Pokebunny! PM me or either of them with questions.
Artwork by disciple.
That's it for now, see you there!
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