ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series
Season 1
The ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series is the newest project from the ASL and Bacon Infinity. We have combined forces with the tournament hosting platform Strivewire to bring the community four high level StarCraft cups every week and a monthly championship finals.
Every week, players will battle in their respective regions (Americas, Europe, SEA/Asia and Korea) for Strivewire points, the two highest point earning players at the end of each month will be invited to compete for cash and glory in our global finals.
Our first tournament of the series will be on Monday, Jul 11 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) and from that point on we will be bringing you high level StarCraft action 4 days a week for a minimum of one month (to help extend this time please visit our IndieGoGo page
Players will be competing each week for a $50 Prize Pool and at the end of the month our Grand Finals will feature a $300 Prize Pool!
Signups
Players are permitted to compete in the region where they are currently living. For more information on who can compete where please view the FAQ.
SEA/Asia
The SEA/Asia weekly tournaments will be held every Monday at 10:00 GMT (+00:00) and will feature a $50 prize pool, $30 for first place and $20 for second.
Europe
The European weekly tournaments will be held every Friday at 18:00 GMT (+00:00) and will feature a $50 prize pool, $30 for first place and $20 for second.
Americas
The weekly tournament for the Americas will be held every Saturday at 20:00 GMT (+00:00) and will feature a $50 prize pool, $30 for first place and $20 for second.
Korea
The Korean weekly tournaments will be held every Sunday at 14:00 GMT (+00:00) and will feature a $50 prize pool, $30 for first place and $20 for second.
Global Finals
After the end of this four week competition we will have our global finals with the top two players from each region being matched up against each other for an increased prize pool. We will be arranging the Global Finals on a date where all players are available.
OSC Points
We are pleased to say that the weekly tournaments for the Americas, SEA/Asia and our Global Finals will all be offering OSC points to participants.
1st 60 OSC points
2nd 30 OSC points
3rd + 4th 15 OSC points each
5-8th 5 OSC points each
2nd 30 OSC points
3rd + 4th 15 OSC points each
5-8th 5 OSC points each
Competing players will also be eligible to claim OSC Bounties for defeating other players in the tournament and take home some extra cash.
For more information on the OSC and OSC Bounties make sure to check out SC2Online.
Supporters
The ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series couldn't be possible without our sponsors Strivewire and SC2Online. These two organizations are dedicated to bringing high quality content to the StarCraft scene and we are unbelievably appreciative of that.
If you wish to support the tournament series individually you can as well, visit our IndieGoGo page and make a pledge to help ensure that the ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series can continue for many more months to come. At this moment we only have the funding to complete one season of the Championship but we hope that we will be able to extend this series indefinitely.
Streams
All of the tournaments for the ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series will be streamed on two Twitch channels for maximum exposure and content creation.
ASL Twitch
Bacon Infinity Twitch
VODs
If you aren't available to watch the matches live that's still ok! We have you covered with VODs on YouTube from both Twitch channels.
ASL VODs
Bacon Infinity VODs
FAQ
Who is allowed to play in what server qualifier?
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We have decided to go for an approach where players can compete in the qualifier rounds for the region that they are currently located. We see value in having our Koreans abroad being able to compete against their peers on the American server as this will encourage the highest levels of gameplay from all sides.
We also encourage all of our foreigners who have gone to train in Korea to compete in the Korean qualifiers. Doing this removes the ping disadvantages associated with trying to play cross server and gives the spectator more outlets to see the always exciting foreigner versus Korean matches
The final reason we decided to arrange regionality this way is because there are always a few players who are left out by a strictly region locked system. For example, most region locked tournaments would not have a place to include players like PiLiPiLi or Sioras and there have been instances where Koreans living abroad who have fully integrated with their new region (Like MaSa and King Kong) are left out as well. With our residency based system all of these players would have a home region to play in and we encourage all of them to compete!
Note: In these examples, PiLiPiLi and MaSa will play in the Americas, Sioras and King Kong will play in SEA/Asia.
We also encourage all of our foreigners who have gone to train in Korea to compete in the Korean qualifiers. Doing this removes the ping disadvantages associated with trying to play cross server and gives the spectator more outlets to see the always exciting foreigner versus Korean matches
The final reason we decided to arrange regionality this way is because there are always a few players who are left out by a strictly region locked system. For example, most region locked tournaments would not have a place to include players like PiLiPiLi or Sioras and there have been instances where Koreans living abroad who have fully integrated with their new region (Like MaSa and King Kong) are left out as well. With our residency based system all of these players would have a home region to play in and we encourage all of them to compete!
Note: In these examples, PiLiPiLi and MaSa will play in the Americas, Sioras and King Kong will play in SEA/Asia.
How long will this event run?
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We currently have the funding to run the ASL-Bacon Infinity Championship Series for one month but we would love to continue it indefinitely. For now we ask you all to please support the tournament on IndieGoGo but we hope that in the future we can attract more sponsors to the event and make it self sustainable
Who's awesome?
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You're awesome <3