[R&S] ESL Major Series III

Group A:
Mondragon 2:1 White-Ra [Matchlink&Replays]
Yosh 2:0 Sziky [Matchlink&Replays]

Group B:
Haypro 2:1 Chosen [Matchlink&Replays]
Cloud 2:0 Strelok [Matchlink&Replays]

Format: Best of 3
Map Pool: Blue Storm, Othello, Colosseum, Python, Athena, Return of the King

Group C
iNcontroL vs NaW-Merz
MistrZZZ vs Yayba

Group D
MYM.IefNaij vs MYM.Dreiven
ToT.Ace vs ToT)SquaLL(

Results & Replays
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Format: Best of 3
Map Pool: Blue Storm, Othello, Colosseum, Python, Athena, Return of the King

Group A
ToT)Mondragon( vs Sziky[VT]

ToT)yosh( vs MYM.White-Ra

Group B
MYM.Strelok vs ToT)HayprO(

MYM.Chosen vs ToT)ClouD(

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Results & Replays
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Format: Best of 3
Map Pool: Blue Storm, Othello, Colosseum, Python, Athena, Return of the King

Group C
iNcontroL vs Yayba
MistrZZZ vs NaW-Merz

Group D

MYM.IefNaij vs ToT.Ace
ToT)SquaLL( vs MYM.Dreiven

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Format: Best of 3
Map Pool: Blue Storm, Othello, Colosseum, Python, Athena, Return of the King

Group A
ToT)Mondragon( vs ToT)yosh(

Sziky[VT] vs MYM.White-Ra

Group B
ToT)HayprO( Wednesday 15th of September ToT)ClouD(

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Results & Replays
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Format: Best of 3
Map Pool: Blue Storm, Othello, Colosseum, Python, Athena, Return of the King

Group C
NaW-Merz vs Yayba

MistrZZZ vs iNcontroL

Group D
MYM.IefNaij vs ToT)SquaLL(
ToT.Ace vs MYM.Dreiven

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(each first two players advance)
Group A:
# // Name // Points // Score Diff.
1. MYM.White-Ra 6 // 3 // 5:2
2. ToT)yosh( 3 // 2 // 4:3
3. ToT)Mondragon( 3 // 3 // 4:5
4. Sziky[VT] 3 // 3 // 2:5

Group B (with Tiebreaker):
# // Name // Points // Score Diff.
1. ToT)HayprO( 6 // 3 // 5:4
2. MYM.Strelok 6 // 3 // 5:5
3. ToT)ClouD( 6 // 3 // 4:5
4. MYM.Chosen (REMOVED)
Group C:
# // Name // Points // Score Diff.

1.
2. iNcontroL 9 // 3 // 6:1
MistrZZZ 6 // 3 // 4:3
3. Yayba 0 // 2 // 2:4
4. NaW-Merz 0 // 2 // 0:4

Group D:
# // Name // Points // Score Diff.
1. MYM.Dreiven 6 // 2 // 5:3
2. ToT)SquaLL( 6 // 2 // 4:3
3. ToT.Ace 6 // 2 // 4:3
4. MYM.IefNaij 0 // 3 // 2:6

Be sure to read the rules so you know what to do an when to do. Please note that Blue Storm is now in the map pool, replacing Peaks of Baekdu.

One very important thing - it is only possible to reschedule matches by using a wildcard, of which you have only one in the group stage. To reschedule, open a protest ticket in your match link. Since the matches are supposed to be on ESL TV, we ask you not to reschedule your matches.

General
Definitions

Participant - A participant is any team, player or player that is on ESL Major Series team account that is taking part in the ESL Major Series.

Time - All times are given in Central European Time (CET).

Season - The season lasts from the beginning of the first playweek of the Main Round until the end of the playoffs.

Playweek - A playweek is from 00:00 Monday CET to Midnight CET Sunday.
Tournament Administration

Tournament Directors

* Antony 'TheRogue' Seedhouse

For the head admins of this ESL Major Series see #Head_Admins
Protest

A protest can only be made using the protest form on the ESL page. Protests filed by email or IRC are not valid. At most, they can help explain the circumstances. Please see the protest procedure: http://www.esl.eu/eu/ems/faq/protest_rules/

If a participant wants to submit a protest concerning a specific match, the protest needs to be filed within 72 hours after the starting time of the match. Any protest filed after the deadline will be discarded.

Continuously filing protests for the sole purpose of getting an advantage out of filing protests will be treated as violation of fair play.
Penalties

Penalties are given for violations of the rules and fair play.

Any rule violation that does not directly interfere with the competition of the ESL Major Series and does not violate fair play will be punished with a minor penalty.

Any rule violation that directly affects the competition of the ESL Major Series or which is not in line with fair play will be punished with a major penalty, and a forfeit loss in relegation and playoffs.

Participants that accumulate any of the following combinations of penalties will be removed from the ESL Major Series.

* two major penalties
* one major penalty and five minor penalties
* ten minor penalties

Penalties given within the ESL Major Series only apply for the ESL Major Series and not for the normal ESL leagues and ladders. The only exception to this are penalties given for cheating and severe violations of the code of conduct or fraud which will also be penalised in accordance with the normal ESL system.

Penalty points and barrages of the ESL do not apply to the ESL Major Series, except barrages for cheating.
Rule modifications

The ESL Major Series administration reserves the right to change or modify these rules, and in special cases make decisions not covered by these rules to preserve the spirit of fair competition and sportsmanship.
Internal texts

All texts written in either protest or support tickets or written by the ESL Major Series administration to members of the ESL Major Series cannot be published without the written permission of the ESL Major Series administration.
Tournament direction

The ESL Major Series is organised by the Electronic Sports League (ESL). The Electronic Sports League is part of Turtle Entertainment GmbH.

Turtle Entertainment GmbH
Siegburger Str. 189
50679 Köln
Germany

http://www.turtle-entertainment.de
Requirements
Player and team accounts

All ESL Major Series players must comply to the following:

* Have their full name entered and made public
* Have a suitable photo uploaded
* Have their necessary gameaccounts entered (see #Gameaccounts)

Pre-match statements and line-ups

Between 7 days and 24 hours before a match is scheduled it is compulsory for both players or teams to post a pre-match statement and announce their line-up for the match (for team games). This should be done using the 'add report' link on the match page.

Players or teams that do not comply to the above will be punished with 1 minor penalty per match.
Tournament Structure
Qualification

Qualification will consist of four qualification cups where by the top four players of each cup qualify for the ESL Major Series.
Groupstage

The groupstage will consist of four groups of four players.
Playoffs

The playoffs will be a double elimination tournament with the top two players from each group.
Schedule

Qualification Cups

EMS Quali Cup #1 Sunday 31th August – Monday 1th September
EMS Quali Cup #2 Wednesday 3th September – Thursday 4th September
EMS Quali Cup #3 Sunday 7th September – Monday 8th September
EMS Quali Cup #4 Wednesday10th September – Thursday 11th September

Groupstage

Playweek 1 Groups 1/2. Monday 15th September – Sunday 21th September
Playweek 2 Groups 1/2. Monday 22th September – Sunday 28th September
Playweek 3 Groups 1/2. Monday 29th September – Sunday 5th October
Playweek 1 Groups 3/4. Monday 6th October – Sunday 12th October
Playweek 2 Groups 3/4. Monday 13th October – Sunday 19th October
Playweek 3 Groups 3/4. Monday 27th October – Sunday 2th November

Playoffs

Round 1. Monday 10th November – Sunday 16th November
Round 2 Winner-Bracket. Monday 17th November – Sunday 23th November
Round 1 Loser-Bracket. Monday 17th November – Sunday 23th November
Round 2 Loser-Bracket. Monday 24th November – Sunday 30th November
Round 3 Winner-Bracket. Monday 1th December – Sunday 6th December
Round 3 Loser-Bracket. Monday 1th December – Sunday 6th December
Round 4 Loser-Bracket. Monday 7th December – Sunday 13th December
Round 4 Winner-Bracket. Monday 14th December – Sunday 20th December
Scheduling

Any agreement to reschedule a match must be made by both participants on the ESL website, either in a protest ticket or match comments, otherwise the official match time is that stated on the match page.

The deadline for rescheduling a match is midnight Sunday of the preceding play week. Rescheduling after this deadline will result in penalties

It's only allowed to reshedule by usage of the wildcard!
Wildcard

Participants have 1 wildcard to use in the groupstage.

A wildcard is used when within 48 hours of the scheduled match time a participant reports they cannot play. Usage of the wildcard will automatically lead to 1 minor penalty.
No show

If a participant is not ready, in full, for the match 30 minutes after the scheduled start time they are a no show.

If the participant still has a wildcard, one major penalty will be given and a wildcard will be removed. If they do not have any wildcards remaining they will receive 1 major penalty and 1 minor penalty.

During the groupstage a no show does not result in a forfeit loss, all matches must be played.
Starcraft Broodwar Specific Rules
Head Admins

* Santo - santo@staff.esl.eu

Default match time

By default all matches are scheduled for Monday 21 CET of the playweek. Matches may be rescheduled, see #Scheduling for details.
Gameaccounts

Players must enter their SCBW ICCup on their ESL profile before taking part in ESL Major Series matches. Playing with a wrong or missing gameaccount will be punished with 1 minor penalty point.
Match Media
Replays

It's mandatory to save a replay of every match. In addition, one of both players have to upload it on the EMS page. The duty for upload the replays lies by the matchwinner. You have to store the replays 14 days.
Client Settings / External Tools
ICCup Launcher

It's mandatory to start the game over the ICCup Launcher!
Illegal Scripts/Binds/External Tools

All other Scripts/Binds/Tools which aren't listed in 4.4.1 are strictly forbidden!
Server Settings
Hosted Game Settings

It's mandatory to set the ingame Speed to 7 (fastest). Observers have to be allowed.
Observing

It's not allowed to observe the other EMS Matches. Admins and/or ESL-TV Broadcaster are excepted from this rule
Maps
Map pool

* Bluestorm
* Othello

* Colloseum
* Phyton
* Athena
* Return of the Kings

The Mappack can be downloaded at [1]
Mapchoice Qualification

In the qualification Cups, the fixed map in the match is the first map. The next maps wil be decided through „looser's choice“. It is not allowed to play a map twice!
Mapchoice Groupstage / Playoffs

To decide which map is played in a groupstage or playoff match a veto system is used. A coin flip is done by an admin, the loser eliminates the first map. Players take it in turns removing maps until three remains (five in playoffs). The winner of the coinflip decids then the firstmap from the pool of the remaining three. The next maps will be decided by „looser's choice“
Matchformat
Matchformat Qualification Cups

A match in the qualification cups is a best of three.
Matchformat Groupstage / Playoffs

A match in the groupstage is a best of three (best of five in playoffs).
Neutral Host

In the Starcraft Broodwar EMS it's mandatory to play on a neutral host. If both players agree, it's possible to play on a host from one of the players.
In-Game Rules
Before the Match

It is each players own responsibility to check if the correct version of the map is loaded. In addition you have to be available at the Channel ESL Major Series on the Server The Absyss.
Bug Using

Using bugs which arent listed below is strictly forbidden:

* Observer over turret
* Units pressed through minerals
* Drops to defuse mines
* Mineral walk
* Hold lurker
* Larvae Move

Leaving the Game

Leaving the game is allowed, but this round will be rated for the other player as a win!
Crash Procedures

If the game crashes within the first two minutes, the game will be restarted. If the game crashes after this 2 minutes, an admin will decide if the game will be restarted or not.