We at ESL Australia are proud to announce the inaugural launch of the ESL Team Cup (ESLTC)
For a detailed announcement head over to our website here and check out the announcement!
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About the Season
For season one, we are planning a two tiered competition to take place over three months. The top tier will be a selection of the top 12 teams to sign up.
Two groups of 6 will play in a round robin so each team will play each other twice. One time being all-kill format and the second being pro-league style.
The top teams in each group will advance to the playoffs where they will compete to take the prizes.
The selection process will involve the members of the ESL team selecting 6 of the strongest teams and the remaining 6 will be selected through a qualifier tournament to be held in the week before the launch of the season. Places for the qualifier tournament will also be selected by ESL Admins.
The All-Kill format will be an elimination style format where the winning player stays on until the opposing team has no players left. Maximum of 4 players per side.
The Pro-League style format will be four 1VS1 matches best of 3. With an ace match if required.
Teams can put up any one of their players who have already played to compete in the ace match or a 5th from their roster.
Tier two format will be determined at a later date depending on the number of signups.
This thread will serve as a place to register your team. So follow the sign up rules and post the link to your team page in the thread below. Our admin team will go through and check each signup.
Make sure to post the link to your team page, the members signed up (you need at least 4) and their in game rank! Each player must have an account on the SEA server and be from Australia/NZ/SEA.
Good Luck Have Fun!
P.S Any questions feel free to put them in this Thread and i'll get back to them as soon as I can
EDIT:
We have decided to extend the teams sign ups by two weeks to the 14th of November. This is to give teams a bit extra time and to allow us to get some final things sorted out.
Thanks for your support
Frenetic Array
SLNC.SYF
Silicon Sports Academy
Ecko Esports
Serapic Nexus
Plantronics Nv
yoe FlashWolves
Exile 5 and Friends
CheckMate
Oddie
Power Rangers
Ninth Legion
Sydney Collegiate Starcraft
AxS
ToR Team A
ToR - TCP
Looking forward to watching the matches guys! Should be a great league to follow, very happy that we can bring something else through ESL here in our region!
"Teams must have at least 4 players to sign up and be willing to commit to the three month season."
How flexible is the playing schedule? Three months is a long time to commit to something especially when players have school/other tournaments to play in. Would be nice to know how the format will work every week and if there's some leeway for scheduling matches
"Teams must have at least 4 players to sign up and be willing to commit to the three month season."
How flexible is the playing schedule? Three months is a long time to commit to something especially when players have school/other tournaments to
Tier Two should be pretty flexible.. depends on number of signups.. hence why we haven't put anything out yet.
Tier One however will be pretty locked in with game times and stuff because we'll be streaming them on the main ESL channels. It'll probably be the same day every week and so on
IXL will be looking for players to represent us for this team league.
We will be looking for dedicated players looking to practice and form strategies. hit me up on skype @ slayersvenom19
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further more once the round robin is over and we begin the season into the likes of a pro league format
will teams need to submit their rosters so lines up are pre disclosed or?
further more once the round robin is over and we begin the season into the likes of a pro league format
will teams need to submit their rosters so lines up are pre disclosed or?
Teams are playing twice in tier one. One all kill format where the first player will be announced. One pro-league format. So yes the players will have to be announced before the games. Except with the possibility of the ace matches.
How flexible is the playing schedule? Three months is a long time to commit to something especially when players have school/other tournaments to play in. Would be nice to know how the format will work every week and if there's some leeway for scheduling matches
I have raised this with ESL Admin staff and we will discuss a more flexible format that allows teams to schedule while still having rules and monitoring around such scheduling. We will discuss and let you guys know if there are any changes shortly.
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