[Baldie]

ACL Stacraft 2 Online Round 5 - Season 3

Season 1 and 2 of the 2013 ACL Pro Circuit have been completed. Attention now shifts to the third and final season of the 2013 ACL Pro Circuit as we move into our fifth Online Round for Starcraft 2 this year. Online Round 5 - Season 3 will host a 1 day double elimination bracket competition for bragging rights and valuable ACL Season 3 and Yearly points that will put you in the best position for the upcoming National Event Finals in Sydney held during October. So what are you waiting for? Practice up and compete against the best Australia and New Zealand has to offer in one of the most competitive tournaments for ANZ Starcraft 2!

2013 Pro Circuit Information
The 2013 ACL Pro Circuit is be broken down into 3 season, each season ending with a live National event. Our official Online Rounds will seed yourself and your team leading up to National LAN events, where points mean everything. Season 3 is the last Season of the 2013 ACL Pro Circuit and these Season 3 Online Rounds will finalise which 8 teams are invited to the Plantronics ACL Sydney National Finals event. News have been released regarding the possibility of ACL Sydney having an Open section as well, more details on that can be found here. Keep in mind that Season 3, our current Season, will host two official Online Rounds just like Season 1 and 2, meaning you have two final chances to place well and qualify for the Plantronics ACL Sydney Finals. So sign up today and get practicing because Online Rounds have never been more important!

Details:
This is the first Online Round of Season 3. This tournament will award ACL Season 3 points as well as yearly points. Yearly points will seed players at the Plantronics ACL Sydney Finals event in October, as well as Season 3 points (points earned from Online Round 5 & 6) . After Season 3 Online Round 5 & Online Round 6 have been completed, Yearly and Season points will be added up and used to seed and invite players to the third and final National event of the 2013 ACL Pro Circuit: Plantronics ACL Sydney.

Registration:
Registration for this tournament is live, to register for this tournament go here. Registration, as well as Confirmation, will close on Friday the 6th of September. PLEASE USE CORRECT BATTLENET IDS WHEN INPUTTING REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

Registered Players:
You can view Registered Players here.

Date/Time:
Date: Sunday the 8th of September
Time: 11:00am AEST

10.30pm is the latest the tournament will be played to unless all players left agree to continue. If players do not agree to continue matches will be rescheduled at the earliest possible convenience. Teams entering and competing in this tournament are obligated to play until AT LEAST 10.30 AEST and if you choose to leave before this time you will be penalised.

Tournament Structure:
This tournament will host a typical One Day Competition format featuring a straight up Double Elimination bracket. This means no pool play will be played for this tournament and all seeding for the Double Elimination bracket will be based off ACL Season 2 points. Each registered player will have their total points added up which will be the points used to seed the bracket. All players without season points will be seeded randomly after all players that do have points, so the more points you have the better position you will have in the bracket.

Ruleset & Gametypes:
The ruleset that will be used for this tournament will be the standard ACL Starcraft 2 Rules and Regulations. These rules can be found here.

Landing Page:
See the Starcraft 2 Online Round 5 - Season 3 landing page here.

Online Round 6:
ACL Starcraft 2 Online Round 6 - Season 3 will be held on September 29th. A separate announcement will be made for this tournament.

[ThatGuyDoMo]

hype hype hype hype hype

going to be some tooth and nail battles in these online rounds for Sydney ^______^

[SLCN.Wally]

Do points from previous online rounds count towards this?

Quick Comments

	SLCN.Kez:	They use it to seed the brackets afaik
	SLCNPezz:	hope so
	SLCN.CautioN:	noooooooob
	Dox:	BROMBO CAKER

[Baldie]

Originally Posted by Wally

Do points from previous online rounds count towards this?

For Online Round 5, Season 2 points will be used for seeding.

For Online Round 6, Online Round 5 (Season 3) points will be used for seeding.

Quick Comments

SLCN.Wally:

tyty

[SLCN.CautioN]

ima little terran short and stout... here is my hype hype... here is my something hype

[eCKo`Pokemon]

would join, but have work

[iM tgun]

How do you work out if you're seeded for syd finals already?

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by iM tgun

How do you work out if you're seeded for syd finals already?

if you have1500+ points over 17th place than statistically you're safe anything under is a gamble (from my calculations anyway >.<)

Originally Posted by Baldie

Brief Structure:
Starcraft 2
16 players invite only. 8 players will be invited from Yearly points (Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3). 8 players will be invited from Season 3 points (Online Round 5 & Online Round 6). There is a possibility that an Open Bracket will exist. Details are outlined below.

[mGGSlayer]

Question: Anyone can join the online round correct ? cheers.

Quick Comments

Baldie:

Yes

[nGenLight]

do i have enough points if by chance I decide to play in the finals, or shld I sign up for this?

Quick Comments

Maynarde:

OHSHIT

[PiG]

I'm pretty sure I don't need to play in these to qualify for the event? Please give me a heads up if I do.

[zenabi]

http://stats.aclpro.com.au/starcraft2.php

This is the points of ACL i believe

[Baldie]

Originally Posted by eCKo`Zenabi

http://stats.aclpro.com.au/starcraft2.php

This is the points of ACL i believe

They are outdated. The person who was championing that part of the site has been MIA for a long time.

I will chuck up a google doc with the current stats.

EDIT: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...mc&usp=sharing

[SLCN.Kez]

nvm bladie beat me to it

[Baldie]

Just under a week until we kick this into gear! Just to give some insight into the whole seeding. Will add a version of this to the ACL Sydney page in due course.

For ACL Sydney, 16 players will be invited to compete. 8 will be invited through yearly points (Season 1, 2 AND 3 - or said differently all 6 Online Round and the two LANs). The other 8 will be seeded purely off of Season 3 points.

So what does this mean?
A few of you are wondering if you need to participate in Season 3 rounds. Next to nobody has automatically qualified unless you are confident you are clear from finishing below 8th in yearly points after Season 3 points are added.

If you want the best shot at qualifying in the best position you must compete in Season 3 rounds both to increase your Yearly Points tally but also place you well in the Season 3 only rankings - effectively giving you two shots at being invited.

How will seeding work?
Seed 1 through 8 will be Yearly Points, seed 9 through 16 will be Season 3 points. We will seed based off Yearly Points first or said differently the higher seed (E.G say PiG finishes 5th in Yearly points but 1st in Season 3 rounds, he will take a Yearly Points seed as that would put him in 5th seed vs 9th seed). Said differently we will filter down Yearly Points after Season 3 points have been added until we have 8 to give them the best seed. We will then go down Season 3 only points and seed the top 8 remaining. These players will be invited and should one person decline, their position will be filled appropriately with the next available player on the list. In the case a Yearly Points player declines, the next available Yearly Points player will be invited into the top 8 rather than bumping everybody up and inviting another Season 3 points player.

Open Bracket?
If we have an open bracket at ACL Sydney this will also be invite only. This will also be seeded between a mixture of Yearly Points and Season 3 points. So take that into consideration when considering playing as even if you don't make the top 8 of the respective two qualifying processes, you still may be in contention for an open bracket position if it goes ahead.


Although some of this, particularly seeding, may be a tad confusing at the moment I hope it gives you a better understanding of the processes. I strongly suggest anybody be it pro or amateur plays in these Online Rounds as you never know how this season's points will impact the placings.

[SLCN.ARze]

Originally Posted by Baldie

Just under a week until we kick this into gear! Just to give some insight into the whole seeding. Will add a version of this to the ACL Sydney page in due course.

For ACL Sydney, 16 players will be invited to compete. 8 will be invited through yearly points (Season 1, 2 AND 3 - or said differently all 6 Online Round and the two LANs). The other 8 will be seeded purely off of Season 3 points.

So what does this mean?
A few of you are wondering if you need to participate in Season 3 rounds. Next to nobody has automatically qualified unless you are confident you are clear from finishing below 8th in yearly points after Season 3 points are added.

If you want the best shot at qualifying in the best position you must compete in Season 3 rounds both to increase your Yearly Points tally but also place you well in the Season 3 only rankings - effectively giving you two shots at being invited.

How will seeding work?
Seed 1 through 8 will be Yearly Points, seed 9 through 16 will be Season 3 points. We will seed based off Yearly Points first or said differently the higher seed (E.G say PiG finishes 5th in Yearly points but 1st in Season 3 rounds, he will take a Yearly Points seed as that would put him in 5th seed vs 9th seed). Said differently we will filter down Yearly Points after Season 3 points have been added until we have 8 to give them the best seed. We will then go down Season 3 only points and seed the top 8 remaining. These players will be invited and should one person decline, their position will be filled appropriately with the next available player on the list. In the case a Yearly Points player declines, the next available Yearly Points player will be invited into the top 8 rather than bumping everybody up and inviting another Season 3 points player.

Open Bracket?
If we have an open bracket at ACL Sydney this will also be invite only. This will also be seeded between a mixture of Yearly Points and Season 3 points. So take that into consideration when considering playing as even if you don't make the top 8 of the respective two qualifying processes, you still may be in contention for an open bracket position if it goes ahead.


Although some of this, particularly seeding, may be a tad confusing at the moment I hope it gives you a better understanding of the processes. I strongly suggest anybody be it pro or amateur plays in these Online Rounds as you never know how this season's points will impact the placings.

I guess you will be in if you have:
(your yearly points) - (2x 1st place Online round yearly points) >> (9th place yearly points)
Don't take my word for it, though.

[Baldie]

There may be some alterations to the way open bracket will work. Consider the above only a possible but likely solution to the process.

[Maynarde]

Lookin forward to the games tomorrow!

Just a post on the admin's behalf; Map pool is changed to CURRENT LADDER POOL (same as WCS).

[Baldie]

Thanks Maynarde. This Online Round will be a great way to test the new maps and to get an idea from the player base as to ones that are good and maybe ones not so good so we can have the best map pool for ACL Sydney available.

For tomorrow's round we will use the following map pool as per current WCS Season 3:

Akilon Wastes
Bel'Shir Vestige
Derelict Watcher
Frost
Polar Night
Whirlwind
Yeonsu

Quick Comments

asdfSchnitzel:

yeonsu sucks ;;

[ericyujin99]

what would be the channel for today's online tournament.