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For simplicity sake, this will now be the main thread over Ansadi, over all Starcraft sites. This way I don't have to update around the communities.
Anyone is allowed to join the Ansadi Star League, just follow the rules/instructions on the website. The ASL will start on April 2nd to April 16th on ICCUP. It is a two week process to determine the top 16 players or the standing 16. The standing 16 will advance onwards to a tournament-like format from April 17th to April 21st. Ansadi is experimenting with a different way to pit opponents against one another to make the tournament/league stand out from others. For now, that's going to be a surprise to make things more fun for the standing 16.
There's 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 , 4 rounds. Within the first two rounds (16 and 8), it will be best of 3. For the semi-finals and finals, it will be best of 7. The rounds themselves will be completed within a 3 day period. 1st day is devoted to rounds 1 and 2. 2nd day is devoted to the semi-finals. The 3rd day is set aside for the finals. I've done the calculations. Players will play a minimum of 4 games and a maximum of 6-7 games each day depending on how efficient they are at beating their opponents.
The rules guide show that 4 days have been set aside for the standing 16, but only 3 days are utilized for the tournament. This is not a mistake.
On the first day, players that are the standing 16 must login to the standing 16 section of the Ansadi website.
There will be further instructions and explanations within there on what to do next along with other things that must be completed. Logins are given to the top 16 players after the ladder phase. The contents of the standing 16 section of the website must not be disclosed to the non-standing, because part or all will be used for later ASLs.
Then the 3 day tournament begins. Good Luck!
The cash prize pool is $700.
1st) $400
2nd) $100
3rd) $100
4th) $20
5th) $20
6th) $20
7th) $20
8th) $20
The sponsor is Ansadi.
For more information, visit the site below.
http://www.ansadi.com
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Didn't this get locked in a previous thread? Why you posting again, give us a reason to believe this is legit
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Who is behind Ansadi? And since Ansadi isn't a company. where does the money come from?
How can a 700 dollar tournament suddenly appear out of nothing with no one knowing what it up with all this.
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So... is this legit? I thought I read about this being a scam or something.
But if it's real that's pretty cool!
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It's not a scam. It's legit. I'm just putting it out there. I hope people will join it.
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On March 30 2009 05:22 messengerASL wrote:
It's not a scam. I'm just putting it out there. I hope people will join it.
You didn't answer the questions.
It's probably some joker that's going to brag he made all these top foreigners desperately play 80 games.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
This tournament has been given the go-ahead by [censored by request]... I think.
EDIT: And I think the poster below me put it best: even if this all did end up being false, (it can't be a "scam" because we're not putting in any money to enter) you'll have just played a bunch of BW for nothing. Oh noes.
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On March 30 2009 05:21 Diomedes wrote:
Who is behind Ansadi? And since Ansadi isn't a company. where does the money come from?
How can a 700 dollar tournament suddenly appear out of nothing with no one knowing what it up with all this. On March 30 2009 05:19 SkepTicAL wrote:
Why you posting again, give us a reason to believe this is legit
The problem with you people, is that you all want to act intelligent, smart and prudent. And this is your chance. But do you really have to exploit that chance? Others do the same thing, actually, your posts don't add anything to the discussion. Look:
You don't pay, you play your favourite game, you can win cash. No need to inform everyone that they don't know anything about Ansadi and stuff. Everyone noticed it by himself. So instead of exposing your intelligence, decide - you play or not. And don't post about reliability of ASL, I'm getting sick of this.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
I'll tell you guys straight up. We have no reason to believe this is either legit or a scam. Because the person isn't asking for anything and has been advertising for a couple days i'd probably give him/her the benefit of the doubt. Does it seem sketchy? Yes. Will people get paid? I'd probably be inclined to say yes. That being said we are going to mod the hell out of this thread to get out trolls. Don't test us.
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The guy got his domain using http://domainsbyproxy.com/ to bypass the law and stay anonymous.
But why would someone pay for professional hosting from sonic.net just for this joke? And how can this be a scam?
Can't figure it out.
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this is getting interesting .D
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On March 30 2009 05:42 motbob wrote:Yep... I think it's pretty clear he doesn't want his or his sponsor's identity revealed. But that doesn't mean it's a scam. "The Messenger" has revealed his and his sponsor's identity to a few really respected members of the community, and they haven't called foul yet. So stop carping about the secrecy. It won't make any difference at all.
NONONONONONONONO, HE'S A SCAMMER SCAMMER!!!!
SCAMMER! SCAMMER SCAMMER SCAMMER!
HE BYPASSES THE LAW! HE NEEDS TO GET ARRESTED!!!!!!ONE11!
Sorry, I overreacted.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
I think by scam people are implying troll and no one will get paid.
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United States12607 Posts
I have to say that this is one of the sketchier things I've seen in the foreign BW scene.
- anonymous donor
- unknown and evasive staff (is it just one guy?)
- entire section of ansadi.com's homepage devoted to LastShadow
- bizarre language ("Hail King Ansadi"?)
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Braavos36379 Posts
On March 30 2009 06:08 JWD wrote:
I have to say that this is one of the sketchier things I've seen in the foreign BW scene.
While I agree it may seem sketchy, I really don't see what there is to gain from spending money to register a domain (ansadi.com) and pay for advertising on TL (via the banner above, $7/day up for a day or two now). There's no entry fee, no request for registration at a website, nothing that seems like a scam.
It may just be what it seems like, someone basically donating $700 so we can watch gosus play each other. It probably seems too good to be true thus the natural distrust, but what's the worst that can happen? Some foreign BW players waste two weeks on a ladder?
Sure there's some cryptic language and ambiguous information, but that kind of fits with the new amateurish organizational feeling. Ultimately it'll be up to the players and community to decide for themselves whether its legit, but I think given the time and money already put into this by its creator we should give it the benefit of the doubt.
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Well, if this is real, it rocks! If its a scam, then I guess it would suck for the players that invest time in climbing the ladder with yet another nick (scl) but then again, extra training, and I will be sure to hang around those couple of days to play some gosus on the rise !
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United States12607 Posts
On March 30 2009 06:12 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2009 06:08 JWD wrote:
I have to say that this is one of the sketchier things I've seen in the foreign BW scene. While I agree it may seem sketchy, I really don't see what there is to gain from spending money to register a domain (ansadi.com) and pay for advertising on TL (via the banner above, $7/day up for a day or two now). There's no entry fee, no request for registration at a website, nothing that seems like a scam. It may just be what it seems like, someone basically donating $700 so we can watch gosus play each other. It probably seems too good to be true thus the natural distrust, but what's the worst that can happen? Some foreign BW players waste two weeks on a ladder?
Obviously nobody has much to lose by entering this tournament, but if it is a scam, I think the worst part about it getting big-name participants is that whoever is running it will get a lot of unfair attention (and might use it for some nefarious purpose).
Then again, all that sounds pretty far-fetched. I guess what really puts me off is that it seems like the messengerASL fellow has no desire whatsoever to try to "clear the tourney's name" by releasing any information about it. Not to mention that the entire thing is just extremely pompously done, for a $700 tournament.
and lol HB, get back to your studies 
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Harvard is more important than Starcraft in my opinion. Enjoy your college years, they're some of the best times of your life.
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