This tournament is open to all WCS eligible & WCS Circuit eligible players
Liquidpedia- http://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/TopTierPractice_Starcraft_II_League/Qualifiers
TopTierPractice Discord: https://discord.gg/4Azp68N
Matcherino: https://matcherino.com/tournaments/10533/contribute
Coupon Code ($1): TSL1
NOTE: Exceeding $150 USD will result in divvying the money among the 5th-8th place finishers
Qualifiers:
• Qualifier #1: https://challonge.com/TSL1Q1 (Thursday, April 12th @ 8PM EDT)
• Qualifier #2: http://challonge.com/TSL1Q2 (Friday, April 13th @ 8 PM EDT)
• Qualifier #3: http://challonge.com/TSL1Q3 (Saturday, April 14th @ 2 PM EDT) *Best time for EU players*
• Qualifier #4: http://challonge.com/TSL1Q4 (Sunday, April 15th @ 2 PM EDT) *Best time for EU players*
Rules:
• Join channel "TopTierPractice" on NA server
• Check in starts 1 hour before the tournament. If you do not check in, you will be disqualified
• Players have 15 minutes to begin their match from the first time both players are available. If a player does not respond within 15 minutes, their opponent will be awarded a walkover.
• The maps will be picked using the ABAB format used in WCS. The higher seed bans first (A). The second player bans (B).
The bans continue until only three maps remain. The higher seeded player then picks the first map, and the lower seeded player picks the second map. (ABAB ABC)
• Players are to play on the current map pool.
• ALL replays must be submitted through https://drop.sc/ & emailed to [email protected]
The eligibility requirements are as follows:
• Players must not have finished in the Top 32 spots in a Premier Level Tournament since the start of 2016.
• Players must be eligible to participate in the WCS Circuit System.
• Players who qualified for IEM Season XII - PyeongChang will be ignored as this tournament was a regional qualifier tournament.
Format:
• 32 players will qualify to play in TSL. The format is as follows:
• Ro32 group stage will have 8 groups. Top 2 players of each group advance to Ro16. All series' are Bo3.
• Playoffs begin at the Ro16 and are Bo5.
• Grand Finals are played in Bo7.
Prize Pool: The prize pool for this season will be $100 with the payouts being the following:
1st: $80
2nd: $40
3rd: $20
4th: $10
Sponsors:
OSC-
Website: http://sc2online.com/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/oscesports
Discord: https://discord.gg/Vpkhu7Y
Proxy Tempest-
Website: https://proxytempest.com/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/proxy_tempest
Discord: https://discord.gg/V6xvhg4
sc2replaystats-
Website: http://sc2replaystats.com/ & https://drop.sc/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/breath20
Discord: https://discord.gg/D2c786q