[ausproleague]

TeamLiquid thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...ic_id=328786#1

On April 4th, Blizzard announced their extremely exciting SC2 World Championship Series and recently have announced their partners for the National Qualifier to be (shamelessly stolen from Dox's announcement thread):

• ACL Brisbane Regionals (TBA)
• ACL Sydney Regionals (TBA)
• ACL Melbourne Regionals (TBA)
• ACL Adelaide Regionals (TBA)
• ACL Melbourne Nationals (TBA)
• Perth RedFlag LAN #40 (14/7, 15/7)
• Perth Barcraft Star League #1 (TBA)
• APL Online (28/4, 6/5, 26/5)

As such, the Australian Pro League will be hosting an Australia-wide tournament to find which 2 Australians will receive a travel-expenses paid trip to the Blizzard Oceania National Championships to compete for a shot at representing Australia on the global stage.

Format

Our qualifier event will consist of:

• Two ONLINE single elimination Bo3 brackets.
• One LIVE Bo7 Show-match.

The online brackets will be played out in full to gather two finalists who will be invited to play at a live event held in Sydney on the 26th of May.

The live event will allow spectators to meet, greet and see the players in person that will potentially represent Oceania. In addition to their already secured National Championship position, the players will play a Bo7 show-match for cash prizes and for spectator enjoyment (Are you not entertained?)

Travel stipend: If the winners of the online brackets live outside of Sydney, they will be provided up to $150 as a travel stipend to attend the live finals.

Coverage

System will be covering the event! See: http://www.sc2sea.com/calendar.php?d...=2012-4-28&c=1


Prizes ($AUD):
First online bracket winner: Invitation to live finals, $200, and blizzard qualification spot.
Second online bracket winner: Invitation to live finals, $200, and blizzard qualification spot.

Live finals winner: $100 + Tt MEKA G1.
Live finals runner-up: Tt Shock Spin.

Both: Qualification into the Blizzard Australian National event with flight and accommodation included if required.

More prizes courtesy of

Online Bracket Prizes
"Pimpest Play" Prizes: Challenger PRO Keyboard (to an eliminated player who pulls off the 'Pimpest Play' (such as amazing micro or a well executed strategy). one for the entire tournament)

"Lucky Draw" Prize: Tt Mousepad (random eliminated player, one for each bracket)

Live Showmatch Prizes
1x Shock Spin Headsets
2x Mouse Pads
1x Saphira Mouse
1x Theron Mouse

Prizes will be given away to spectators in various fashions after the finalists have chosen

Schedule

11:59am AEST Saturday, April 28th – First Online Bracket.
11:59am AEST Sunday, May 6th – Second Online Bracket.
1pm AEST Saturday, May 26th – Live show-match at Paragon Hotel in Sydney.

Results

Bracket 1: Won by Invidia.mOOnGLaDe (Challonge Bracket)
Bracket 2: Won by Invidia.Rossi (Challonge Bracket)

Finals: mOOnGLaDe vs Rossi at the Paragon Hotel
TBD!


Participation Prize results
Oh, and Lucky Draw prizes, the Tt Mousepads go to:

Bracket 1: freakybeeky
Bracket 2: Rageboredguy

We'll contact you guys for the best way to give you your prizes!

Pimpest play submissions will close on Tuesday, and the winner will be announced next Saturday!

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Registration

You must have a SEA Battle.Net account and be over the age of 13 to participate. If participating, you must be able to attend the live finals.

You may register to play in both brackets. Registration closes at 9pm the night before a bracket starts.

To register, send an email to sami.kilani@ausproleague.com with the following:

Real Name:
Battle.Net Username (abc...):
Battle.Net Character Code (###):
Race Played (T/P/Z/R):
Brackets I will participate in (Apr 28 // May 6):
Country of Citizenship:
I acknowledge that should I be one of the winners of the online brackets then to receive my prize money and National Championship spot I must attend the live finals in Sydney on May 26th.

edit: You must be in the channel to confirm participation, this is check-in. Be in the channel 5 minutes before the tournament starts atleast.

Reminders about the brackets you've signed up for will be sent to the email address you mailed in your registration from, so check it regularly if you're forgetful

Player Information and Rules

You may register to play in both brackets. Both brackets are provided to allow flexibility and to offer a “double elimination” bracket in a sense but spread over two weekends to avoid the downtime one usually finds with a double elimination bracket.

All games are to be played on the “SEA” Battle.net Server unless both players can come to agreement to play on NA (for instance, if a player has an Optus ISP). However, if the players can't agree to play on NA they must play on SEA.

For the online brackets, please be in the channel “APL” to report results, and if necessary seek admin guidance. Replays will be expected if troubles arise and from the Ro8 onwards.

edit: You must be in the channel to confirm participation, this is check-in. Be in the channel 5 minutes before the tournament starts atleast.

For the online brackets, the first map of each round will be pre-determined, then standard loser picks next map format will be in effect. These details will be provided as registration numbers are confirmed.

The race you specify in registration is the race you must play throughout the tournament.

For the live finals, all maps to be played will be pre-determined.

For the live finals, depending on time and if the players are willing we may have the spectators challenge the finalists (with a suitable handicap, of course) for prizes.

Detailed Ruleset: http://www.ausproleague.com/skilani/APLRules.pdf

Map Pool (Set by Blizzard)
(2) WCS_Daybreak LE: with neutral supply depots at the ramps between each player’s spawning base and natural expansion
(2) WCS_Ohana LE: with neutral supply depots at the ramps between each player’s spawning base and natural expansion
(2) WCS_Cloud Kingdom LE: with neutral supply depots at the ramps between each player’s spawning base and natural expansion
(4) WCS_Metropolis LE: with with neutral supply depots at the ramps between each player’s spawning base and natural expansion.
(4) WCS_Antiga Shipyard: cross spawns only, and normal mineral patches replacing high yield mineral patches
(4) Tal’darim Altar LE
(4) WCS_Shakuras Plateau: no close by ground spawns

We look forward to seeing who is going to come out on top from all of the national qualifiers

[PiG]

28th april is the same day as respawn lan in melbourne! dangitI guess im playing in the 2nd online tournament only .

still sounds like a grea tournament!

[deL]

TL;DR but I signed up for Apr 28th anyway

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by PiG

28th april is the same day as respawn lan in melbourne! dangitI guess im playing in the 2nd online tournament only .

still sounds like a grea tournament!

No, what! I checked almost every thread in the last two pages of this forum to make sure there was no conflicting dates. FML.

Ah well, there's 7 other qualifiers, this was bound to happen

Quick Comments

Dox:

should have sent me a message!

[syfSoundwave]

I signed up. Should be fun.

This one day and then CanCraft the next. Sounds good.

[PiG]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

No, what! I checked almost every thread in the last two pages of this forum to make sure there was no conflicting dates. FML.

Ah well, there's 7 other qualifiers, this was bound to happen

haha yeah there was a post in sc2 general only about respawn I think. I signed up anyway hopefully I can play both.

[TargA]

So can I play this?

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PiG:

F off, we're full. No srsly though it sucks that you cant qualify :(

[shublar]

yeah to sign up just send Sami an email

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by TargA

So can I play this?

You're better off shooting this question to PJ (and explain your circumstances) as he actually works for Blizzard and so can give you the definitive answer. Here's one of his posts: http://www.sc2sea.com/showpost.php?p=85117&postcount=23

[Crucius]

Hype hype hype

[ausproleague]

A more detailed ruleset has been added to the main post.

GL HF

[ausproleague]

After an awesome weekend of ACL Sydney (thanks for the mention Vanzr ), time to bump this :P

As it stands the brackets are quite small, the $200 prize and national spot are very accessible to all right now (assuming you like your ZvZ, of course :P) so make sure you sign up and get ready

Cheers, gl hf!

[Dox]

I'll send in rego's for the Nv guys tomorrow

Quick Comments

mOOnGLaDe:

sexual

[Champi]

thanks for the bump, woulda missed this.

i just registered via email

[iM yang]

yeah thanks for the bump, forgot to sign up i think!

[iMSystem]

How could you forget :O

[jayaiwhy]

Perth RFLan is on July, not June.

I think it should be fixed, I got confused ._.

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ausproleague:

Well spotted!

[ausproleague]

have graced us with some fantastic prizes for all participants in all shapes and forms. Check the original post for more details. If you're a player, check the email you signed up with! We've sent you some additional information related to the upcoming bracket.

In addition, bracket coverage will be done by System! See here: http://www.sc2sea.com/calendar.php?d...=2012-4-28&c=1

For the public, the current player list for April 28:
click me -->

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TAdeL (Z)
TtPiG (Z)
Soundwave (Z)
Surge (Z)
Pox (Z)
xGKingPoker (Z)
Hawka (Z)
Fazler (Z)
xGKingMaFia (Z)
gosutgun (Z)
Tradeoff (Z)
JaYbOc (Z)
NvmOOnGlaDe (Z)


Activision (P)
Fenneth (P)
Azz (P)
Joeyjoejoe (P)
TAChampi (P)
SQLyang (P)
Malice (P)
NvPinder (P)


vkElvis (T)
xGKingiaguz (T)
KayZ (T)
cRdippa (T)
Fantasy (T)
NvRossi (T)
Nvdeth (T)
NvYoonYJ (T)

pevergreen (R)

[syfChadMann]

Just a question - along the lines of TargA's... can non-Australian's sign up..? and if the top 2, not receive the qualifying spot? or is this Australian citizens only?

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by cRChadMann

Just a question - along the lines of TargA's... can non-Australian's sign up..? and if the top 2, not receive the qualifying spot? or is this Australian citizens only?

This is strictly for the Blizzard WCS and so unfortunately non-Australian citizens cannot sign up to keep things simple (if the top 2 aren't Australian, have to find another method to distribute the qualifier spot, etc...).

How do you define nationality?
For the 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series, nationality is defined by your country of citizenship. Should you have multiple countries of citizenship you must choose one for the tournament year, and you will have to qualify through that country’s path in order to climb through the ranks.

From http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/479...-4_4_2012#blog

Apologies

[x5_dot]

What on earth does "Pimpest Play" mean?

[neon]

Originally Posted by dot89

What on earth does "Pimpest Play" mean?

Probably something that is really good, a lot of the time micro tricks but can just be a really neat strategy executed well or a big comeback using some great terrain tricks, stuff that's innovative and unique or really hard to execute.

You Tube

You Tube

above might be where the term was coined, those videos showcase some really impressive stuff (Pimpest Plays Series, yearly releases).

Quick Comments

	x5_dot:	No idea what is happening in SCI but I think I get the general now :)
	Dox:	nerf maelstrom
	ausproleague:	Too right :)

[ausproleague]

A StarCraft 2 example off the top of my head is HerO's hold in the IPL:

Hero's Pimp Play, starts at 6:50

Hero's Pimp Play, starts at 6:50

Amazing moves man, amazing.

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asdfSchnitzel:

baller game

[BAD.BiGbiRd]

Wow almost missed this, sent in a rego (it's 8:52 here atm in case you say it's after 9 )

[ausproleague]

I got you

Registrations for tomorrow (Sat 28/4) have closed officially though. Players can still register for the May 6th bracket though, thanks

[asdfSchnitzel]

I just remembered this now XD gonna sign up for May 6th though

[ausproleague]

Clarified the main post. Added that players must be in the APL channel before the bracket starts to confirm participation (aka "check-in"). This was emailed to all who registered but putting in the main post in response to valid critcism.

AFAIK, all people who initially missed the bracket were put into it and all worked out. May 6th all players will be seeded into the bracket and walk overs will just happen.

To provide transparency: I hate walkovers, players spend a lot of time waiting for players that might not come (11:59am is a very accessible time) and the bracket as a whole gets slowed down dramatically, also sometimes players receive direct seeds into the ro16 in a 64 player tournament because of walk overs. Hence why I used the channel as check-in. This was not communicated too well but I'm pretty sure all players who were online were put into the bracket anyway.

Thanks to Chadmann for notifying me and helping me fix these issues

Sat 28th Bracket: http://challonge.com/wcsapl1

Other information: Seeding of the brackets is done randomly using Challonge.

[ausproleague]

Rossi vs Moonglade about to go down! Let's see what happens :P

[syfSoundwave]

So, I lost 1-2 in my first round ZvZ.

My opponent was a Masters Zerg. In the first game on Daybreak my overlord scouted his banelings, so I used my 2 queens to wall my ramp. I lost my expansion, but my lings did a runby that killed both his queens and all the drones at his main, forcing the GG.

2nd map was Metropolis, I went for the same build, but this time I accidentally researched speed late. This cost me, as it made me lose one of my queens, and this set me back so far that I was unable to catch up, and my roach-ling all-in was easily held while he took a third. I knew there was no coming back from this, so I GG'd out.

3rd map was Antiga, same build from both of us again, but unfortunately I mismicroed a bit and lost just a few more zerglings to his banelings than I could afford. I went for a roach ling attack, but one of the three banes mixed into his army caught me off guard, I had no idea it was there, and thus I lost about 20 zerglings to one bane, and without zergling support, the fact that he had a few more roaches than me and a spine was enough to give him the edge in the battle, forcing me to GG.

Pretty disappointed, since I made silly mistakes in games 2 and 3 that cost me the game. I would have been 2-0ed by Pinder in the next round anyway, but I would rather (A) not lose in the first round and (B) lost to at least a GM level player.

Quick Comments

ROOTPetraeus:

[Mayo]

net troubles at respawn couldn't play sorry for the no-show guys.

EDIT: Ooops this is PiG mayo logged onto my pc my bad

[ausproleague]

Congratulations to mOOnGLaDe for winning the first bracket and getting that WCS Nationals spot, as well as $200!

We will find out who will join him next week, May 6th

[Mayo]

who got top 8 for this qualifier?

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by Mayo

who got top 8 for this qualifier?

Supreme Champion: NvmOOnGlaDe.x [Z]
Worthy Adversary: xGKingPoker.430 [Z]
3rd place tie:
xGKingMaFia.739 [Z]
NvRossi.x [T]
5th place tie:
gosutgun.848 [Z]
Scope.717 [P]
NvPinder.x [P]
cRSensei.831 [P]

[ausproleague]

Reminder that the second bracket starts at 11.59am on SUNDAY (May 6) this weekend! Registrations are still open.

Current playerlist:

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TtPiG [Z]
Soundwave [Z]
Surge [Z]
Pox [Z]
Discipline [Z]
xGKingPoker [Z]
Hawka [Z]
Fazler [Z]
xGKingMaFia [Z]
gosutgun [Z]
cREdgE [Z]
Biaxident [Z]
Tradeoff [Z]
aLtJimDiddy [Z]
RageBoredguy [Z]
FaDeRawfish [Z]
SQLNinja [Z]
nGenStarhunt [Z]
xGKingMyuu [Z]

Activision [P]
Fenneth [P]
Azz [P]
Toons [P]
TAChampi [P]
SQLyang [P]
Malice [P]
NvPinder [P]
grimZ [P]
Scope [P]
TABiGbiRd [P]
Ripped [P]
cRSenSei [P]
dtay [P]
QEDSchnitzel [P]
Tekeino [P]
Joeyjoejoe [P]

vkElvis [T]
KayZ [T]
cRdippa [T]
Fantasy [T]
NvRossi [T]
Nvdeth [T]
NvYoonYJ [T]
neon [T]
syntox [T]
freakybeeky [T]
fur [T]

pevergreen [R]

Cheers

[ausproleague]

Fleeting chances to register remain, good luck and have fun to everyone tomorrow!

[asdfSchnitzel]

Sorry, i won't be able to compete today something important came up. So you can remove me from the player list. GLHF ALL!

[ausproleague]

Today's brackets: http://challonge.com/wcsapl2

[iM tgun]

Why do we make tournaments clash on SEA, when we have so fking few tourneys? I don't understand.

Not calling you guys out, I don't know who overlapped, it's just frustrating as hell.

[nirvAnA]

tgun, this was actually my fault, not APLs. sorry!

[cruxis]

Viewing Systems stream, I saw the chat on his stream, so I opened the chat. However, the chat that opened is different to the one that's on his stream.

[ausproleague]

Showed him your post Cruxis, looks like he fixed it

nirvana: Sorry to get up in your business anyway We should've stuck to Saturdays to make it easier to schedule around us. Sorry!

[iMSystem]

Originally Posted by cruxis

Viewing Systems stream, I saw the chat on his stream, so I opened the chat. However, the chat that opened is different to the one that's on his stream.

Sorry, sometimes my chat page bugs out.

[ausproleague]

We're up to the finals, Rossi vs Deth for the $200 and WCS Spot, as well as having their chance to show up their teammate Moonglade live in Sydney... Whose going to take it?!

http://www.twitch.tv/systemtv

[ausproleague]

Congratulations to Nv.Rossi for taking the second bracket, $200 and the second WCS spot! What a beast ^_^

He'll be going up against Moonglade live in Sydney on the 26th of May, we'll throw up the Facebook event soon, post it everywhere we can, and hope to see all of you there!

Great job to System and Zain for doing such a great job casting over the two weekends also. Cheers guys.

Quick Comments

	UHF:	Nv knocking out Nv, to face Nv in the finale!
	nirvAnA:
	Dox:

[ausproleague]

Participation Prizes
Oh, and Lucky Draw prizes, the Tt Mousepads go to:

Bracket 1: freakybeeky
Bracket 2: Rageboredguy

We'll contact you guys for the best way to give you your prizes

Pimpest play submissions will close on Tuesday, and the winner will be announced next Saturday!

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

[Dox]

Can't wait for the showmatch! Rossi's ACL Gold Coast revenge match, perhaps?

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syfChadMann:

[syfChadMann]

Pimpest play - HAS to go to the nuke dodge via recall from Activision vs Rossi on Daybreak.
100% the pimpest thing ever.

[ausproleague]

Nuke dodge was pretty boss, I have to say. It's got to be the first time I've seen something like that hahah.

[iMSystem]

I nominate Rossi and Activision for Pimpest plays!

Reasons are below:

Rossi @ 20:25

Rossi @ 20:25

Activision @ 22:10

Activision @ 22:10

[NvPinder]

Okay activisions mass recall to dodge the nuke has to win pimpest plays, hooooooly shit thats clutch.

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by NvPinder

Okay activisions mass recall to dodge the nuke has to win pimpest plays, hooooooly shit thats clutch.

yeah that mass recall was pretty amazing. he would have lost so much shit.

[NvRossi]

would have been pimpier if he just copped it imo

i am however happy to vote for activision to win the pimpest play comp!
tbh i didnt even see it during the game

[ToR.Arnor]

+1 for Mass recall sorry Rossi

[nirvAnA]

nuke dodge was amazing because i dont think anyone has seen that before and the timing was so perfect!

[Stallion]

WTF hahahaha that was awesome activision ftw for pimpest play