To celebrate a five year’s worth of StarCraft II action, as well as the impending arrival of Legacy of the Void (LOTV), the much-awaited conclusion to the almost decades-old Koprulu Sector saga, ESL is proud to organize Blizzard’s South-East Asia LOTV Beta Anniversary Tournament, where top SC2 pros from SEA get to fight it out for early glory in the latest installment of one of the most successful RTS titles in gaming history.
Schedule:
August 23 - Country Qualifier # 1 (Philippines)
August 30 - Country Qualifier # 2 (Singapore)
September 6 - Country Qualifier # 3 (Malaysia)
September 13 - Country Qualifier # 4 (Thailand)
September 27 - SEA Open Qualifier
October 18 - Group Stage
Tournament Structure:
Country Qualifiers: 1 online qualifier tournament each for Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. 2 players from each qualifier advance to Group Stage.
Open SEA Qualifier: 1 player from the Open SEA qualifier advaces to Group Stage. Eligible countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
Redemption Vote: 3rd placers from each country qualifier and 2nd placer from Open SEA qualifier are nominated for the Redemption Vote. 1 player with most votes advance to Group Stage.
Map Pool:
The current LOTV beta ladder map pool will be used.
Bridgehead LE (Void)
Dash and Terminal LE (Void)
Moonlight Madness LE (Void)
Orbital Shipyard
Terraform LE (Void)
Lerilak Crest
Ruins of Seras
Map Selection: Veto: ABAB, Pick: AB
Higher seed (lower number on bracket) must choose to act as A or B.
Japan and India should really have a qualifier spot/shared one, as they have been flying the SEA flag in numerous tournaments, including wcs. And have more active players.
Seriously no ANZ?.. I hope this has something to do with ANZ having its own ESL tournament.. big proportion of the SEA/ANZ player base is ANZ as are a big proportion of the viewers...
Don't understand why you would marginalise your audience like that? Hopefully there are ANZ tournaments sometime.... ESL has really let me down - continues to have us with Korea for IEM qualifiers and now this?.. ~_~
No Australia or New Zealand... the biggest exporters of WCS representatives from SEA. Not sure of the reasoning of this - good luck, Asia, have fun.
Yeah seems stupid imo... it actually hurts the competitive credibility of the tournament not having ANZ players represented.. Gratz Ender, Blysk and Demi.
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SEA Open Qualifier - September 27 (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam)
Redemption Vote: 3rd placers from each country qualifier and 2nd placer from Open SEA qualifier are nominated for the Redemption Vote. 1 player with most votes advance to Group Stage.
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