|
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/IBS7UzC.png)
The International Gaming League ( IGL ) is excited to present our first StarCraft II event. Some of you may know that the IGL is my new organization and that I have been a long time supporter of StarCraft II and advocate for trying new things and finding new ways to sustain growth in eSports. Unlike my previous organization, IGL is very much focused on creating a structure and platform to build eSports using a 'bottom-up' approach. Currently, www.playIGL.com is now in Open Beta, but our Leagues, Ladders and Bracket systems are functional. Over the next 4 weeks, IGL will be supporting several game title communities through Show Matches and Launch Cups. Several of our ladders will open up and our full League Seasons will be announced shortly after.
The Show Match:
The Clarity Gaming and FXO.NA Teams have been very supportive and IGL and myself would like to personally thank both teams for their support and participation in this show match. This show match will use a different 'team' format then any other format offered. I understand that it may seem confusing at first and I am sure all of my documents, examples and outlines I have given each of the team Captains is making it appear more complicated then it needs to be.
Yes, this is a new format that will be tested and I am sure tweaked. To see examples of the new format and to better understand my thinking behind it, please click on the spoiler. This format was devised to encourage more use of each team's roster. A 'Team' effort must be structured for 'Team' events to be about the team and not a single player who can 'All Kill' the entire opposing roster. I wanted to still have the drama of a player that can make a 'run' on a team and win several matches in a row, but I also wanted to avoid teams being able to win a match using only 1 player. The first round of this format is the most unique. The first round consists of 2 matches (each a bo1). If the matches are split, with each team having a player win their match, those players will then meet in round 2. From that point, the format is similar to an 'All kill' format, but with limitations on the number of rounds a player may participate in and with Round 4 being the only 'best of 3' series of the match.
Show Match Score Card and Process (Beta)
+ Show Spoiler +
Show Match Examples and General Rules
+ Show Spoiler +
FXO.NA vs. Clarity Gaming
Saturday @ 7 PM EST
Stream Channel: (Twitch) - www.twitch.tv/igl1
Commentary Provided by - Zoia and Nathanias
IGL SC2 Team Format (Beta Test)
4 points (map wins) to win match
Here is a brief overview of our Competitions Structure:
Brackets - Fully functional 4 to 128 player/team single elimination or double elimination (sorry Carmac!) brackets to be used to run playoffs for leagues, special tournaments for ladders and weekly Cup series events (ie: playGAMES Series!)
Ladders - Unlike most ladders, the IGL ladders will have 2 options for creating matches. A traditional 'create your own match' option as well as a 'Time Pool' option that allows teams/players to join a queue of teams, in which the IGL system then chooses your opponent and creates the match. Several of the game titles that we will be working with, will have automatic match information and reporting directly integrated into the system.
The best aspect of our Ladder system is that our ladders are 'Tiered'. This means no more searching through a list of 200 teams to find your team and activity levels on the ladder at less then 10%. Although you will be on a single ladder (ie SC2 ingame Ladder), you will be 'Tiered' into seperate standings tables of 30 or less teams/players. Every 7 to 14 days, the ladders will be re-Tiered and pruned (inactive teams removed). This will create specific identifies for each Tier and create more activity.
Leagues - The big deal! The IGL leagues will be 'Divisional' and each Division will have it's own Logo Crest, Name and skill level requirements. The IGL League system is structurded to facilitate real growth in SC2 and eSports in general. Each division will have a playoff at the end of each regular season and 'Promotion and Relegation' matches (Up/Down) to determine the following season's divisional make up. Most game communities will start with an Open and Main Division and as more teams/players are added to the pool the Select and ultimately the Premier Divisions will open up.
Beta Divisional Logo Shields (polished version)
+ Show Spoiler +
Competitions Structure Outline (semi-info graphic that we used for PAX East)
+ Show Spoiler +
I know this thread is huge and with lots of information. I appreciate any of you that comments, make suggestions or ask questions and I will do my best to address them all. As we move forward, I ask that you please check out the IGL website and let us know how and what we can do to give the community a better competitive experience.
IGL Website
IGL Facebook Page
|
To simplfy things a bit for the first show match, we have decided to remove the map picking process. The maps will be predetermined and the strategy will be more in which players are picked for each round and each map.
|
This is a great idea.
Looking forward to the first games!
|
|
|
Should be a great match :D
|
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37055 Posts
Starting in less than an hour. GET PSYCHED!
|
cool! IGL is a good organization from what I've seen out of them so far!
Gogo Clarity~
|
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37055 Posts
|
I missed the second match but so far Neeb has been living up to the hype!
Results:
Neeb vs Motok
Drunkenboi vs Sarovati
Neeb vs cShuttle
Shuttle vs Moosegils
Killer vs remarK
|
If you don't mind me saying... as far as I can tell, it's still entirely possible for one player to all-kill, defeating the point of using this complicated format in the first place.
1a: A vs. V, Win: A (A moves on to 2)
1b: B vs. X, Win: X (X moves on to 2)
2: A vs. X, Win: A (A moves on to 3)
3: A vs. Y, Win: A (A moves on to 4)
4: A vs. Z, Win: A
A wins it for his team 4-1.
In fact, even Bo7 Waseda style would be better (and slightly less complicated), because an all-kill in that format always ends in a 4-3 (punishing top-heavy teams who rely on one player through map score) and won't deprive viewers of games.
EDIT: Unless Round 4 absolutely requires the teams to use different players? In your format document though you said that Round 3 winner advances to Round 4, so...
|
United Kingdom14464 Posts
tt got a personal connection to both teams, dont want either to loose.
|
United Kingdom50293 Posts
On March 31 2013 09:23 MCDayC wrote:
tt got a personal connection to both teams, dont want either to loose.
Then the answer is to cheer both to lose.
|
Great series so far! KiLLeR showing off some awesome ZvP right now.
|
Anyone have a updated results?
|
On March 31 2013 09:13 MCXD wrote:
If you don't mind me saying... as far as I can tell, it's still entirely possible for one player to all-kill, defeating the point of using this complicated format in the first place.
1a: A vs. V, Win: A (A moves on to 2)
1b: B vs. X, Win: X (X moves on to 2)
2: A vs. X, Win: A (A moves on to 3)
3: A vs. Y, Win: A (A moves on to 4)
4: A vs. Z, Win: A
A wins it for his team 4-1.
In fact, even Bo7 Waseda style would be better (and slightly less complicated), because an all-kill in that format always ends in a 4-3 (punishing top-heavy teams who rely on one player through map score) and won't deprive viewers of games.
EDIT: Unless Round 4 absolutely requires the teams to use different players? In your format document though you said that Round 3 winner advances to Round 4, so...
I will look at what you posted again.. but yes.. its possible for 1 player to win the match for a team.. but the point of the first round is that at least 2 players from each roster are used in the match. If a team wins both first round matches.. then they are up 2-0 and yes, the player they choose to advance can then win rounds 2 and 3 and the match is over.. but there was still 2 players used by each team. Its technically NOT an 'all kill' because it took the winning team 2 players in round 1 to give their team a 2-0 lead.
|
On March 31 2013 14:21 ES_JohnClark wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 09:13 MCXD wrote:
If you don't mind me saying... as far as I can tell, it's still entirely possible for one player to all-kill, defeating the point of using this complicated format in the first place.
1a: A vs. V, Win: A (A moves on to 2)
1b: B vs. X, Win: X (X moves on to 2)
2: A vs. X, Win: A (A moves on to 3)
3: A vs. Y, Win: A (A moves on to 4)
4: A vs. Z, Win: A
A wins it for his team 4-1.
In fact, even Bo7 Waseda style would be better (and slightly less complicated), because an all-kill in that format always ends in a 4-3 (punishing top-heavy teams who rely on one player through map score) and won't deprive viewers of games.
EDIT: Unless Round 4 absolutely requires the teams to use different players? In your format document though you said that Round 3 winner advances to Round 4, so... I will look at what you posted again.. but yes.. its possible for 1 player to win the match for a team.. but the point of the first round is that at least 2 players from each roster are used in the match. If a team wins both first round matches.. then they are up 2-0 and yes, the player they choose to advance can then win rounds 2 and 3 and the match is over.. but there was still 2 players used by each team. Its technically NOT an 'all kill' because it took the winning team 2 players in round 1 to give their team a 2-0 lead.
Round 1 result is 1-1 in my scenario, not 2-0. You misunderstand slightly.
Here's an example using actual teams; that might make it clearer:
Axiom vs. AZUBU Axiom.Ryung >  AZUBU.San Axiom.Alicia <  AZUBU.viOLetScore is 1-1 so the winners face off: Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.viOLet Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 3 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.SuperNoVa Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 4 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.Genius
Axiom got their 4th point, so Axiom-Acer takes the match 4-1, with all of the wins being Ryung's. It is a true all-kill. While Alicia was used, he didn't actually contribute anything because viOLet defeated him.
Not that there's anything wrong with that necessarily. I'm just pointing out what I felt might have been unintended oversight given that you said "I also wanted to avoid teams being able to win a match using only 1 player."
EDIT: Seems I missed something in the rules. See below.
|
On March 31 2013 14:40 MCXD wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 14:21 ES_JohnClark wrote:On March 31 2013 09:13 MCXD wrote:
If you don't mind me saying... as far as I can tell, it's still entirely possible for one player to all-kill, defeating the point of using this complicated format in the first place.
1a: A vs. V, Win: A (A moves on to 2)
1b: B vs. X, Win: X (X moves on to 2)
2: A vs. X, Win: A (A moves on to 3)
3: A vs. Y, Win: A (A moves on to 4)
4: A vs. Z, Win: A
A wins it for his team 4-1.
In fact, even Bo7 Waseda style would be better (and slightly less complicated), because an all-kill in that format always ends in a 4-3 (punishing top-heavy teams who rely on one player through map score) and won't deprive viewers of games.
EDIT: Unless Round 4 absolutely requires the teams to use different players? In your format document though you said that Round 3 winner advances to Round 4, so... I will look at what you posted again.. but yes.. its possible for 1 player to win the match for a team.. but the point of the first round is that at least 2 players from each roster are used in the match. If a team wins both first round matches.. then they are up 2-0 and yes, the player they choose to advance can then win rounds 2 and 3 and the match is over.. but there was still 2 players used by each team. Its technically NOT an 'all kill' because it took the winning team 2 players in round 1 to give their team a 2-0 lead. Round 1 result is 1-1 in my scenario, not 2-0. You misunderstand slightly. Here's an example using actual teams; that might make it clearer: Axiom vs. AZUBU Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.San Axiom.Alicia < AZUBU.viOLetScore is 1-1 so the winners face off: Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.viOLet Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 3 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.SuperNoVa Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 4 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.Genius Axiom got their 4th point, so Axiom-Acer takes the match 4-1, with all of the wins being Ryung's. It is a true all-kill. While Alicia was used, he didn't actually contribute anything because viOLet defeated him. Not that there's anything wrong with that necessarily. I'm just pointing out what I felt might have been unintended oversight given that you said "I also wanted to avoid teams being able to win a match using only 1 player."
I think you missed the fact that a player may only play in 3 rounds max.
|
On March 31 2013 17:20 ff7legend wrote:Show nested quote +On March 31 2013 14:40 MCXD wrote:On March 31 2013 14:21 ES_JohnClark wrote:On March 31 2013 09:13 MCXD wrote:
If you don't mind me saying... as far as I can tell, it's still entirely possible for one player to all-kill, defeating the point of using this complicated format in the first place.
1a: A vs. V, Win: A (A moves on to 2)
1b: B vs. X, Win: X (X moves on to 2)
2: A vs. X, Win: A (A moves on to 3)
3: A vs. Y, Win: A (A moves on to 4)
4: A vs. Z, Win: A
A wins it for his team 4-1.
In fact, even Bo7 Waseda style would be better (and slightly less complicated), because an all-kill in that format always ends in a 4-3 (punishing top-heavy teams who rely on one player through map score) and won't deprive viewers of games.
EDIT: Unless Round 4 absolutely requires the teams to use different players? In your format document though you said that Round 3 winner advances to Round 4, so... I will look at what you posted again.. but yes.. its possible for 1 player to win the match for a team.. but the point of the first round is that at least 2 players from each roster are used in the match. If a team wins both first round matches.. then they are up 2-0 and yes, the player they choose to advance can then win rounds 2 and 3 and the match is over.. but there was still 2 players used by each team. Its technically NOT an 'all kill' because it took the winning team 2 players in round 1 to give their team a 2-0 lead. Round 1 result is 1-1 in my scenario, not 2-0. You misunderstand slightly. Here's an example using actual teams; that might make it clearer: Axiom vs. AZUBU Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.San Axiom.Alicia < AZUBU.viOLetScore is 1-1 so the winners face off: Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.viOLet Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 3 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.SuperNoVa Ryung wins, so he moves on to round 4 Axiom.Ryung > AZUBU.Genius Axiom got their 4th point, so Axiom-Acer takes the match 4-1, with all of the wins being Ryung's. It is a true all-kill. While Alicia was used, he didn't actually contribute anything because viOLet defeated him. Not that there's anything wrong with that necessarily. I'm just pointing out what I felt might have been unintended oversight given that you said "I also wanted to avoid teams being able to win a match using only 1 player." I think you missed the fact that a player may only play in 3 rounds max.
Oh, so I did. Well then. Carry on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/80ByhbW.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mmT0VKP.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/0E8i5bG.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5cCrJQE.png)
