[HDPhoenix]

Welcome to Singapore Starcraft League January Tournament Thread!!!

Main Sponsor: Mothership Studios
Official Community Site: www.SC2SEA.com
Location Sponsor: Colosseum, 7th floor, Iluma, Bugis
Shoutcasters: HDPhoenix and KellyMilkies
Stream: www.justin.tv/MothershipStudios

-THIS IS A SINGAPORE LAN TOURNAMENT-

Hey everyone and welcome to Singapore Starcraft League's first tournament for the year! 2010 was a great year and 2011 is just going to get better for e-Sports! Colosseum once again has opened its doors to host SSL and we have a bunch of things that have changed, including the first ever Raynor's Party Tournament!! So stay tune and lets play some STARCRAFT!!

HUGE THANKS to Mothership Studios for sponsoring the $300 Prize Pool!

Mothership studios is once again happy to sponsor SSL, where commentators can train their skills and players can train to be better, not just at gaming but also excels in studies and their physique.

To that end, Mothership has the required equipment for HD quality streams and will be inviting casters, not just from SC2 but other e-Sports as well to come and cast at its studios, to promote e-Sports and communities. So look forward to more quality streams from us for SC2 and more!!!


1st Prize: $150
2nd Prize: $100
3rd Prize: $50

Registration:

1) You must be at least 1,500 points in the Diamond League

2) You must write your character name and code (e.g. HDPhoenix.202) in this forum or any of the forums the SSL is posted in

3) You must send an email, with your handphone number to HDPhoenixx@gmail.com (this is for admin purposes only)

Important Info:

1) The cost of the tournament is $0.00. All LAN Time is kindly sponsored by Colosseum, which is on the 7th floor of Iluma, at Bugis!

2) Date of Tournament: 29th January, Saturday, 6pm - 9pm. Come at 5pm for registration and admin processing

3) There is no more SSL Wildcard. Instead, it is now the Singapore Amateur League (SAL) and will be first hosted by MysteryBox, at basement 1, Golden Wall Towers. For more info, visit the other tournament thread on the SAL.

4) Number of competitors: Unlimited players. Due to popular demand, SSL will no longer have a player cap. Instead the top 2 players from SSL Dec (Oxygen and Revenant) will be seeded in the Round of 16 and the rest will battle it out in 7 seperate group stages. Those that place highly (top 4 in any recent tournament) will be seeded random in the 7 groups, with the rest being randomly placed after that.

5) GROUP STAGE: Will be online. Registration opens today and ends on January 14th. I apologize for the late notice but I could only confirm our location today. Group stage will be played on Jan 15th-16th, 6pm to midnight SGT and your matches can be recorded on Challonge.com. Starting map will be Xel'Naga Caverns and each match-up is a best-of-3. A win counts as 2 points, a lost counts as 1. 3 Marshals will be online, as well as myself for score reporting. The Group stage ends Jan 16th midnight (All matches not played counts as 0). The top 2 in each group stage will advance to Round of 16.

6) Round of 16: The Round of 16 will be streamed LIVE on Jan 22th, starting at 6pm. It will be best-of-3, single elimination. Starting map will be Metalopolis. Round will be played till Semi-Finals

7) SSL Jan FINALS: Finals will be played offline, LIVE at COLOSSEUM on Jan 29th, starting at 6pm. It will be best-of-3, coin-toss to determine starting map. All current SC2 starting maps are open, with players about to veto 1 map each.


Patch Notes for SSL Jan:
1) Unlimited Player sign-ups: We did this to accommodate as many players as possible, so the group stage was added in to facilitate that

2) Only Semi-finals and finals on Tournament day: We did this to make it more exciting and less draggy for viewers + more time for community events!

3) Is there things for spectators to do: Yes, there will be LAN computers opened at special tournament-only rates before the tournament and there will be a Raynor's Party tournament as well for spectators! Check out the seperate Raynor's Party Tournament page! There will also be event-only specials for Colosseum LAN time so be sure to take advantage of that!



CONGRATS TO nGenRefallen for walking away with 1st place!! inF takes 2nd and aLtOxygeN takes 3rd!! Congrats to our winners and thank you to all our supporters, players and viewers!!

[hackertitan]

hackertitan.503

[Xeen]

nGenXeen.438

[ReapOmatic]

ReapOmatic 418

[cvsbinu]

GGBinu 545

[HGHx]

HGHx.893
so all online play until the semis? =/

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by HGHx

HGHx.893
so all online play until the semis? =/

Yupz. Spectators don't wish to sit through 4-6 hours of preliminaries, and we're gearing it more to be entertaining for spectators while keeping the excitement and competitiveness for the players.

Its just a trial. If players prefer to play the entire tournament offline like SSL Nov/SSL Dec, we can make changes for SSL Feb. Nothing is concrete just yet

[RockSPR]

RockSPR.768

[ProAnnn]

ProAnnn.146

[SouJ]

Souj 365 thanks!

[xeverlasting]

xeverlasting.732

[HDPhoenix]

*updated list*

[mGMUSE]

GGMuse 473

[Brultze]

Whens the raynor's party tourney?

[Sweet]

SwEEt. 222

[progrezzion]

ngenjuicy.192 hopefully bnet 0.2 resolves for me by then

[pesichew]

Pesi. #858

[Fritz]

Fritz.224 !

[NerdyTheNerd]

NerdytheNerd 250

[ephemera]

GGmera.672

[Muniich]

muniich.559

[zorloc]

Zorloc.188

[HDPhoenix]

*updated list*

[aaronkoh]

aLtAaron.705

[Hebe]

Hebe
251

[aaronkoh]

i got to finals of one of the sc2sea opens vs ngenmaster, any chance i can get seeded? O_O

[maltiso]

Maltiso.148

[Jix]

inFiJix.561

[Xeen]

Originally Posted by jix

infijix.561

we better not be playing again first round

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Xeen

we better not be playing again first round

That can be arranged *smirk*

[gowad]

gowad.921 thx

[Parkson]

Parkson.266
Glhf

[KURRYSAUCE]

kurrysauce.924

[EveParachute]

Parachute #714

[HDPhoenix]

*updated list*

[FlashDrakE]

netherDrake.479

[PikaXchU]

PikaXchU.500
If there still are slots =\

[HDPhoenix]

*updated list*
Registration closes tmr, Friday at Midnight!!
Group Stage will be this Saturday, 7pm SGT. See you in the SC2SEA channel on SC2!

[Refallen]

nGenRefallen 991

[znehp]

pMAKERznehp.460

[HDPhoenix]

*updated list*

[ThisIsBlurry]

ThisIsBlurry.593

[ehzx]

Ehzx.468

[Acdx28]

AcdshArk.461
am i too late to sign up?

[nGenRandy]

GnSMicroN 314

[mashix]

mashix.562

[Toagus]

Toagus. 696

[Meganex]

Meganex. 706

[HypnoticPoo]

HypnoticPoo.187
I hope i'm not too late! And may I be seeded? Got top 4 for December Dogsi's SEA monthly open http://challonge.com/dsmo4

[JaFF]

JaFF.265
Hope i'm not too late!

[HDPhoenix]

*list updated*

3 hours left on registration. Brackets will be drafted and ready for tomorrow's group stage after midnight. Good luck to all =)

[Xeen]

SSL and nGenCup on at the same time.

Better chrono my games, gonna be busy.

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Xeen

SSL and nGenCup on at the same time.

Better chrono my games, gonna be busy.

SSL Group Stage is played over 2 days, and since its league format for group stage, just play what matches you can on Sat. The rest can be finished on Sunday. Matches that aren't played are worth no points thou.

Good luck with the nGen Cup #2

[gabbb]

DsDPsyche.709

[Allura]

Sorry for the late signup phoenix, been in and out of hospitals and clinics for the past half month :s

Allura.281

Hope I'm not too late!

[HDPhoenix]

*Sign up are closed, Brackets soon*

@ Allura: Hope you're alright. You just made it in ^^

[Allura]

oh crud. we're playing tomorrow and the day after? Just got down to reading the nitty gritty T-T Im celebrating my birthday tomorrow kinda made reservations already for a suite in Sentosa O_O could i play my matches after I get back on Sunday evening? T-T Else I'll have to pullout bleagh. Was hoping it would be slightly later heh.

[HDPhoenix]

*Brackets are UP!*

Good luck to all tonight. Report your scores to aLtKelly or Usul in SC2SEA chat channel on SC2 or here in the forums. Thanks!!

[PikaXchU]

What will the map pool be like? Does each round start with Xel'naga Caverns and the loser picks the next map?

[HDPhoenix]

As stated in the rules: starting map is Xel'Naga Caverns for Group Stage, the loser picks next match

@Acdx28: Sorry, registration is closed

[maltiso]

Im tDpMaltiso.148
Forgot i changed my name, sry about that.

[mGMUSE]

well apparently my account got locked out by blizz due to change in login location so my account has either gotten hacked or some glitch on blizz's side.

i've emailed blizz and will try to get my account back. if not i'll play people in my group using a borrowed account tomorrow evening

[hackertitan]

hi HDPhoenix, the following link show no tournament found,
26 random players (add 14 to your number): http://challonge.com/SSLJangGSRShuffle

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by hackertitan

hi HDPhoenix, the following link show no tournament found,
26 random players (add 14 to your number): http://challonge.com/SSLJangGSRShuffle

Nice catch Hacker. I didn't activate that tournament so you couldn't see it. Its active now.

[Toagus]

Hey Phoenix I have a question, how come tDpXavi has almost the same score as me but has more points? Does a loss count as -1? He has 1-2 i have 1-3 he has 4 points while I have 3?

[Xeen]

Those in my group add me and we'll see when I can play the games. If I get a quick exit from nGenCup I'll be more available.

[Meganex]

hey sorry when i signed up with meganex. i changed my name to tDpXavi.706 sorry for the confusion

[HDPhoenix]

For those that are confused, the brackets for seeded and random placements is JUST for placement into the groups. That is NOT your group stage tournament, unless you wish to play 25 sets of Best of 3! Lol. Check your individual group, I already took great pains to set each group up and list your names for clarity.

[PikaXchU]

What if my opponent(s) don't show up?

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by PikaXchU

What if my opponent(s) don't show up?

Try to contact them on SC2 or here in the forums. Matches can be played in any order for the round robin and can be played either tonight or tomorrow night, to be more flexible to everyone.

Matches not played at worth no points, unless one of you is nice and forfeits.

[FlashDrakE]

nevermind ignore post

[HDPhoenix]

Group Stage brackets have been updated for the night!

Many thanks to Usul for updating the brackets!! ^____^

[Jix]

This is inFiJix, I will like to forfeit from the competiton, sorry about it! I really have no time to take part in it, all the best to the remaining players.

[Xeen]

Originally Posted by Jix

This is inFiJix, I will like to forfeit from the competiton, sorry about it! I really have no time to take part in it, all the best to the remaining players.

Clearly dodging me.

[TriggerSappy]

Is it possible for spectators to come to the tournament, I'd be interested in coming if they are allowed

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by TriggerSappy

Is it possible for spectators to come to the tournament, I'd be interested in coming if they are allowed

Spectators are more than welcomed. There will be prizes for the crowd, Raynor's party for newcomers to SC2 and for massive laughs, special event only discount for Colosseum LAN time! Its meant to be a show. So bring your friends and have a good time while we watch the best in Singapore clash in epic SC2 action on the 50 ft screen at Colosseum!!

[Jix]

Originally Posted by Xeen

Clearly dodging me.

=.=..............................................

[HDPhoenix]

*updated brackets for Rof16 on 22nd Jan, 6pm*

If you have a dispute, pls post and I will attend to it when I next get internet.

p.s. on hindsight, this was not the right way to run the group stage as I am aware of the timing issues for setting up matches. This will be addressed for SSL Feb and I thank you for your understanding as we work through these initial tournament running issues.

p.s.s. I now sound like Ghostcrawler, so I get blue text. Yay?

[znehp]

ìt feels fairly arbitrary that the group stage ties were concluded as such with no prior information as to what would happen in the event of 2/3-way ties, wouldn't it be better if there was a playoff to see who would advance? especially seeing as we have something like 3 days from now till the ro16

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by znehp

ìt feels fairly arbitrary that the group stage ties were concluded as such with no prior information as to what would happen in the event of 2/3-way ties, wouldn't it be better if there was a playoff to see who would advance? especially seeing as we have something like 3 days from now till the ro16

I acknowledge this was an error on my part for not disclosing the way 2/3 ways ties would be handled but given the time I had (+ I was doing these brackets at 2am in the morning), I made the best choice I could. If GGMuse and GGBinu would consent to have a 3 way playoff, I am fine with that. If not, my decision stands, sorry.

Originally Posted by HGHx

how are the drawings for the RO16 matches done? Also, will all RO16 games be streamed, or only selected ones?

I am putting you 16 in the Challonge system then hitting "shuffle". Then I was just swap position 1 for aLtOxygen and position 2 for inF with whoever is taking their spot.

Originally Posted by Toagus

Hey Phoenix I have a question, how come tDpXavi has almost the same score as me but has more points? Does a loss count as -1? He has 1-2 i have 1-3 he has 4 points while I have 3?

Yeah, i saw that and it was really weird. It should be 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for a lost and no points for an unplayed match. When I did the brackets for Rof16, I took into account your actual points, not the ones Challonge reported. Its my first time using their brackets but if you still think you should have qualified based on your points, let me know and I'll take another look. Nothing is set in stone yet

If you were 1-3, then your points should be 5

Originally Posted by Parkson

Hey Phoenix I can't make it on the 22th cause of duty. Can I play my games on the 23rd Sunday instead?

No sorry. Qualifiers are held on 22nd. I know its rough and I am REALLY disliking this group stage system I am trying out for Jan. I am sorry but it was an experiment. For SSL Feb and esp. SSL Mar (which should be over $1000), this will be ironed out. Essentially SSL Jan was to test group stages and qualifiers over seperate dates. Obviously, it is totally failing.

Won't happen again. Qualifiers and finals will revert to a single day after SSL Jan. In the meanwhile, so sorry to those inconvenienced by this group stage system.

Originally Posted by Allura

Oop yea Phoenix I think there's been a mistake like Poo mentioned haha. DsDPsyche didnt meet the 1500 diamond requirement I believe we raised this up before u headed off to the airport that day and you told us that if this was the case he does not qualify and his games won't count? Sorry for the inconvenience :O

Sigh.. I totally forgot you know. Thanks for bringing it up. I did the brackets late and wasn't thinking. Even now, I just got off the plane and I'm already doing this. Let me check the brackets again and reply

[Toagus]

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Yeah, i saw that and it was really weird. It should be 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for a lost and no points for an unplayed match. When I did the brackets for Rof16, I took into account your actual points, not the ones Challonge reported. Its my first time using their brackets but if you still think you should have qualified based on your points, let me know and I'll take another look. Nothing is set in stone yet

If you were 1-3, then your points should be 5

So does that mean that I should have qualified? I'm still a bit confused about this, but thank you for helping clear things up a little.

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Toagus

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Yeah, i saw that and it was really weird. It should be 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for a lost and no points for an unplayed match. When I did the brackets for Rof16, I took into account your actual points, not the ones Challonge reported. Its my first time using their brackets but if you still think you should have qualified based on your points, let me know and I'll take another look. Nothing is set in stone yet

If you were 1-3, then your points should be 5

So does that mean that I should have qualified? I'm still a bit confused about this, but thank you for helping clear things up a little.

Yes, that would place you not as 4th in your group but as 3rd. However, you need to be top 2 in your group to advance. Sorry

[HGHx]

how are the drawings for the RO16 matches done? Also, will all RO16 games be streamed, or only selected ones?

[HypnoticPoo]

By the way, group 3 qualifiers are me(HypnoticPoo) and Allura...dsdpsyche games didn't count.

[Parkson]

Hey Phoenix I can't make it on the 22th cause of duty. Can I play my games on the 23rd Sunday instead?

[Allura]

Oop yea Phoenix I think there's been a mistake like Poo mentioned haha. DsDPsyche didnt meet the 1500 diamond requirement I believe we raised this up before u headed off to the airport that day and you told us that if this was the case he does not qualify and his games won't count? Sorry for the inconvenience :O

[FlashDrakE]

Originally Posted by Allura

Oop yea Phoenix I think there's been a mistake like Poo mentioned haha. DsDPsyche didnt meet the 1500 diamond requirement I believe we raised this up before u headed off to the airport that day and you told us that if this was the case he does not qualify and his games won't count? Sorry for the inconvenience :O

Yeah should be poo and allura for g3

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Allura

Oop yea Phoenix I think there's been a mistake like Poo mentioned haha. DsDPsyche didnt meet the 1500 diamond requirement I believe we raised this up before u headed off to the airport that day and you told us that if this was the case he does not qualify and his games won't count? Sorry for the inconvenience :O

Ok, I checked and updated the brackets for Group 3. I crossed out DsDPsyche so it immediately awarded the win to everyone else. Allura and HynopticPoo advances with 4 wins, 1 lost each for a total of 9 points. I'll make the change on the front page as well

[HDPhoenix]

Wow... ok, my phone just exploded with SMS once I turned it back on... I've made my decision.

There will be NO ROUND OF 16 THIS SATURDAY... All 16 players are invited to SSL Jan LAN at Colosseum and play their matches there. Single Elimination remains the format. Between SMS about the rubbish way I ran this, and the multiple tournaments happening this coming 22th Jan, I feel moving everything to the 29th actual day is better.

Let me confirm with Colosseum first, but tentatively, there will be NO Round of 16 this Saturday.

Once again, I apologize for the messiness and I am thankful for all those that have stepped forever and offered to help me or are already helping. SSL Jan itself will be a great show and so will be the SSLs for the rest of the year ^^

Ok, I'm going to crash! Night! If you have further issues, post here in the forums.

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by MSSphoenix

Wow... ok, my phone just exploded with SMS once I turned it back on... I've made my decision.

There will be NO ROUND OF 16 THIS SATURDAY... All 16 players are invited to SSL Jan LAN at Colosseum and play their matches there. Single Elimination remains the format. Between SMS about the rubbish way I ran this, and the multiple tournaments happening this coming 22th Jan, I feel moving everything to the 29th actual day is better.

Let me confirm with Colosseum first, but tentatively, there will be NO Round of 16 this Saturday.

Once again, I apologize for the messiness and I am thankful for all those that have stepped forever and offered to help me or are already helping. SSL Jan itself will be a great show and so will be the SSLs for the rest of the year ^^

Ok, I'm going to crash! Night! If you have further issues, post here in the forums.

Hey guys, give HDPhoenix some breathing space. There are bound to be hiccups while running events, and this happens to be one of them. He's one of the only people contributing to hosting SC2 tournaments in Singapore on a regular basis, after all.

[ephemera]

Well, it'll be great to see everyone there! IT'S RAMEN TIME REV, K GO

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by ephemera

well, it'll be great to see everyone there! It's ramen time rev, k go

steadyyyy, your treat!
Lol jk.

[mGMUSE]

Originally Posted by Revenant

steadyyyy, your treat!
Lol jk.

how about whoever wins treats?

oh yea rev you better have cash ready...

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by mGMUSE

how about whoever wins treats?

oh yea rev you better have cash ready...

BAM! The challenge has been thrown!! Epic showdown inc!!!

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by MSSphoenix

BAM! The challenge has been thrown!! Epic showdown inc!!!

I think what he's implying is that I'll be treating.. ((

[x5.Revenant]

Originally Posted by mGMUSE

how about whoever wins treats?

oh yea rev you better have cash ready...

Pfft! You win liao lor, use this kind of tactic. =x

[Starcym]

starchoo.658

[HDPhoenix]

*Round of 16 Brackets updated!*

[HDPhoenix]

Reporting time for SSL Jan is 3pm, tournament starts at 4pm. Finals will roughly be 6pm onwards.

Come early at 2pm to watch GSL CODE S FINALS LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN!! *popcorn* MarineKingPrime vs IMMvP!! Going to be so epic

[Usul]

Originally Posted by MSSphoenix

Come early at 2pm to watch GSL CODE S FINALS LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN!! *popcorn* MarineKingPrime vs IMMvP!! Going to be so epic

Sweet!!! Now, how to convince my boss to have this super important meeting earlier so I can spectate SSL live? Any ideas?

[JaFF]

Hey phoenix. I've just changed my name from JaFF.265 to EveJaFF.415

[Brultze]

convince your boss how awesome sc2 is and make him want to come too?

[Parkson]

Oh no Phoenix if it's at 3-4pm I can't make it. You'll need to get a replacement for me, probably ngenjuicy

[Parkson]

Sorry for informing you so late, I just saw your post :x

[HDPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Parkson

Sorry for informing you so late, I just saw your post :x

No problem. Sorry for the late notice myself, I could only get Colosseum to confirm today and immediately posted it. I'll inform the next in-line in your bracket, nGenJuicy about this.

[HDPhoenix]

nGenRefallen takes 1st place at SSL Jan!!! inF takes 2nd and aLtOxygeN takes 3rd!! Congrats to our winners and thank you to everyone to came, fought and supported!! Much appreciated!!!

[TAEdgE]

white guy with the white shirt, reppin'

[HDPhoenix]

Joshua aka "Sparrow" and Ed aka "DDengster" are the new event writers for MSS, and will be covering the event for us!

Once again, the best players in Singapore meet at Colosseum to battle it out for glory and cold hard cash! The board is set and the pieces are moving, at the end only one will be crowned Singapore Starcraft League Champion January!!