TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #12 Qualifier for PokerStrategy.com TSL3 Tournament will be played on the EU Server
Registration:Thursday, Feb 03 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Check-In & Late Reg:Saturday, Feb 05 1:30pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Tournament Start:Saturday, Feb 05 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Prizes
1st
$100
+ Qualify for TSL3
2nd
$50
+ 100 TSL3 qualifier points
3rd-4th
$25
+ 51 TSL3 qualifier points
5th-8th
+ 26 TSL3 qualifier points
9th-16th
+ 14 TSL3 qualifier points
For results and standings of current TSL3 qualifiers, check out this thread.
Casters Semis and finals from replays on TeamLiquid's official stream by Chill and Day9.
Early Registration We will be opening registration early for professional players. Please only register if you plan on attending. If you feel you qualify for early registration, PM me your race, country, Bnet ID and code # and you will be added. As a general rule, if you are not prominently listed in the SC2 International TLPD, you will not qualify for early registration. Click here for a list of registered players.
General Registration Requirements 1. You must have access to a European Battle.net StarCraft 2 account. 2. You must not live in a country assigned to the Korea or Taiwan Battle.net Server. 3. You must be be registered and logged into your TL account to register and play. 4. You must fill in your EU account details in your TL profile.
Past TL Open winners include Select, AhhBoxxah, Nerchio, Drewbie, Insolence, Kas, Naniwa, CrunCher, and White-Ra. If you missed some of those matches, check out TL's YouTube Channel for the previous casts.
Tournament Size The bracket will be 1024 players.
Maps and Rules Map pool is Shakuras Plateau, Metalopolis, Xel'Naga Caverns, Lost Temple, and Scrap Station. Please note that Blistering Sands, Desert Oasis, Jungle Basin, Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War, and Kulas Ravine are removed from the map pool. Detailed rules will be released when registration opens.
Round of 32 Best-of-3 The Round of 32 for this tournament and future TL SC2 Opens will now be best-of-3. The last best-of-1 round will be the Round of 64.
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Who can play? Anyone with an EU account who does not live in a country assigned to the Korea or Taiwan server can participate. More specifically, players living in Korea, Taiwan, or China cannot participate. Players living in the SEA countries can participate.
How do I register? Registering for TSL3 Qualifiers is the same as registering for the TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open. You will be able to register with your TL account on Friday, Jan 14 1:00am GMT (GMT+00:00). You will need to fill in your EU Battle.net account information to tie it to your TL account.
How do I qualify? There are 16 EU/NA qualifier spots. Winning a TL SC2 Open tournament (1st place) ensures that you qualify for the TSL3. Placing second to sixteenth earns you qualifier points. There are eight TL SC2 opens. Each of the eight winners will earn a TSL3 spot. Eight more players who have the most qualifier points will also qualify.
How many of the eight TL SC2 Opens can I play? If you meet the registration requirements, you can play all eight tournaments. You will need access to an EU and NA account to play all eight. It is fine if you borrow a friend's account, but there will be no account sharing during tournaments, as this causes unacceptable delays.
Example: Player A borrows Player B's EU account to play in TSL3 Qualifier #1. Player B cannot play in TSL3 Qualifier #1 unless he has access to a different account. This is to ensure that the tournament does not have delays. Two players cannot play on the same account for the tournament.
If I earn points with different Battle.net accounts, are they added together? Yes. Qualifier points are credited to the TL user, not the Battle.net account. As long as you fill in your Battle.net account information correctly, you will be awarded the points.
Can I play in more TSL3 Qualifiers after I win one? No. Once you win a TSL3 Qualifier you cannot play in any more. If we discover that a player was secretly playing in TSL3 Qualifier tournaments after winning one, that player will forfeit his TSL3 spot and be disqualified.
Can I smurf or help my friend qualify by playing on his account? No. Playing for another player is cheating. Two players cannot combine their results -- all qualifier points must be solely earned by one player. If we discover that a player was posing as someone else, both players will be disqualified.
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By signing up, you also enter the TSL3 Raffle, where you can win a 5-night trip to South Korea for 2 people to watch StarCraft live in person and tour the oGs-Liquid house.
The last TL SC2 Open #11 had quite a ridiculous field, with only four qualifiers left, it's going to be exciting to see who registers and fights for the last few spots.
just wanna point out how awesome it is that this TLOpen is also EU now that Assembly Winter is next weekend and a shit ton of big EU players are participating there just goes to show how awesome TL organizers are
oh and i hope either a zerg wins or a few get's some high placements ^^
On February 02 2011 17:49 SmoKim wrote: just wanna point out how awesome it is that this TLOpen is also EU now that Assembly Winter is next weekend and a shit ton of big EU players are participating there just goes to show how awesome TL organizers are
oh and i hope either a zerg wins or a few get's some high placements ^^
On February 02 2011 22:26 Ipp wrote: For all those who wish to see TLO -- I plan to follow him into all of his games pre-semi; of course I am assuming he will be participating.
That would be great, thanks man. I'll join your stream after the first round...
On February 02 2011 22:26 Ipp wrote: For all those who wish to see TLO -- I plan to follow him into all of his games pre-semi; of course I am assuming he will be participating.
On February 03 2011 00:32 Rawr wrote: Hopefully TLO will win a spot in the tournament this time.
- Rawr
TLO's probably already in anyway, would prefer to see someone like Brat_OK or Morrow take it that don't have a ton of points already. Or Demuslim, for that matter.
On February 02 2011 22:26 Ipp wrote: For all those who wish to see TLO -- I plan to follow him into all of his games pre-semi; of course I am assuming he will be participating.
That's awesome, thanks a lot man. I'll definitely check that out.
I'm looking forward to seeing who wins this one. I think TLO has the best chance, but he's pretty much in anyway, the number of points he's earned.
On February 02 2011 22:26 Ipp wrote: For all those who wish to see TLO -- I plan to follow him into all of his games pre-semi; of course I am assuming he will be participating.
You will need to fill in your NA Battle.net account information to tie it to your TL account.
Shouldn't this be Euro?
TLO is gonna be playing anyways most likely whether he qualifies by winning an open or points, but there's still a limited number of spots. I would like to see a zerg victory, but TvT isn't that bad either.