[Crucius]

Forenote Warning: This tournament is restricted to Australian/New Zealand University and TAFE students only.

Hey everyone,

IntoStarCraft is returning with our first tournament in a few months. This tournament is the qualifying bracket for the IntoStarCraft Team League #1. The ISCTL will be in a GSTL style, consisting of 4 players, per team. The teams will comprised of students representing their own Universities. The top 4 players in each stream of the qualifiers will be invited to represent their University in the Team League.

General Info

Starting Ladder : To be announced
Server : SEA
Mode : 1v1 - Single Bracket Elimination
Max Players : Unlimited, assuming a full round can be filled (eg; 8, 16, 32, 64, etc).
Prize : This qualifier holds no prize pool. The Team League may have one.
Sponsor : This qualifier does not have any sponsors. The Team League may have some.
Rule Set : Standard IntoStarCraft Rules

Special Notes

- This is restricted to Australian and New Zealand Universities only. Due to a request, all TAFE students will fall under their own University group, regardless of campus. Just enter the name as "TAFE".

- The top 4 seeded players from each Universitiy in this qualifier, will be invited to represent their University in the Team League. The top seed player will serve as the Captain.

- The tournament for a specific University will only run, if there are 8 or more players in the starting pool.

- The tournament will run in such a way that allows the top 8 players to be assigned a ranking. (Ie, Seeding Matches)

- Registering for this event does not guarantee a position on the starting ladder. Where possible, we will try to accommodate as many players as possible, but due to the need to have even numbers, some players may not be added to the starting pool.

- All times are based off GMT +10.

Match Making Outline

The structure of the tournament is as follows;

- Ro64 = Best of 1
- Ro32 = Best of 1
- Ro16 = Best of 3
- Ro8 = Best of 3
- Ro4 = Best of 3
- Third Place Match = Best of 5
- Grand Final = Best of 5
- Seeding Matches = Best of 1

The map pool for each stage is as follows;

Best of 1 Sets

- Metalopolis

Best of 3 Sets

- The Shattered Temple
- Xel'Naga Caverns
- Shakuras Plateau

Best of 5 Sets

- Crevasse
- Scrap Station
- Terminus RE
- Crossfire SE
- Taldarem Altar

Estimated Timeline

This is the expected timeline for this tournament. Please note, the timeline may change according to the total number of registrations.

Each stage of the tournament beings at 12:00PM on the listed day, and ends at 09:00PM on the listed day. The deadline is the deadline to submit your replays.

May 13 (09:00PM) - Registrations close
May 14 (12:00AM) - Ladder released
May 15 - 18 = Ro32
May 19 - May 22 = Ro16
May 23 - May 26 = Ro8
May 27 - May 29 = Ro4 + Ro8 Seeding Matches
May 30 = Third Place Match + Ro4 Seeding
May 31 = Grand Finals + Ro4 Seeding

Casting

The matches will be casted internally by IntoStarCraft, with only specific matches being casted.

Registration

Registrations are now open! You can register over at our registration page. Please enter in valid and real information, as we need this information to get in contact with you. Registrations close on May 2 (approximate) so get in quick!

Spread the word, get your friends involved. Remember, this is open to anyone studying at an Australian or New Zealand University or TAFE.

[SayfT]

registered under UTS (university of technology sydney) uni

[Crucius]

Wish you the best of luck :P

[nGenWild]

do we register as team of 4? or individually?
cos nGen got at least 4players in Auckland uni...
and most importantly, any prize?

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by nGenWild

do we register as team of 4? or individually?
cos nGen got at least 4players in Auckland uni...
and most importantly, any prize?

This post is for the qualifiers to make it into the Team League team. You must place in the top 4 in your University's ladder to be selected to represent your Uni. As such, you will be required to register individually.

Also, there will be no prizes for the qualifier, but I am working on obtaining sponsors for the main Team League tournament.

[nGenWild]

ah right. well its not that hard to be in top4 in uni lol

[EveRekanise]

shoulda included singapore unis as well

[Crucius]

I don't have much knowledge of Singaporean Universities, since the tournament schedule is timetabled around Australian/NZ Uni holidays ><

[EveRekanise]

thats pretty close to our holidays as well! i m sure someone could help co-ordinate the singapore side of things. we only have 3unis here.. or 4

[Crucius]

If you guys can get enough people to express interest in the Singaporean Uni stream (here in this thread) then I'll expand it to include Singaporean ones too. I did it for NZ, so only fair

And don't forget to tell your friends to join too! Any and all leagues are welcome. Each Uni needs at least 8 players for the stream to actually continue on, so let everyone know!

[EveRekanise]

I know one other player from national university of singapore (NUS) like me, but is away at the moment if not he'd post. thats +2 for NUS

[Crucius]

If you can get the full 8 required for the stream, then sure thing

[Crucius]

Don't forget to let your friends know! Each University still needs more players in order for a ladder to start. If your University has a StarCraft Society/Club, let them know too

[pXAero]

Hmm, SC2 is giving me more and more reasons to start uni now hahaha. GL, hope it turns out great!

[TargA]

gogo la trobe ^_^

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by TargA

gogo la trobe ^_^

You're going to need to find another 7 more people from La Trobe :P

[Crucius]

The registration date has been extended to the 13th of May.

Current team numbers are as follows;

- Griffith University (3)
- La Trobe University (1)
- Macquarie University (4)
- Queensland University of Technology (3)
- University of New South Wales (7)
- University of Queensland (2)
- University of Sunshine Coast (1)
- University of Sydney (2)
- University of Technology Sydney (5)
- University of Western Sydney (1)
- Victoria University of Wellington (1)

Remember, each team needs minimum 8 players to run.

[TAkrunch]

C'mon adelaidians, sign up, theres got to be some of you out there

[Crucius]

At the end of today; we currently stand at

- Curtin University of Technology (2)
- Griffith University (3)
- La Trobe University (2)
- Macquarie University (7)
- Monash University (3)
- Queensland University of Technology (3)
- Swinburne University of Technology (1)
- TAFE (1)
- University of Auckland (3)
- University of Melbourne (1)
- University of New South Wales (8) (Stream will run)
- University of Queensland (2)
- University of Sunshine Coast (1)
- University of Sydney (2)
- University of Technology Sydney (6)
- University of Western Sydney (1)
- Victoria University of Wellington (2)

It's been a good day :P Be sure to tell your friends, and get them involved! Any and all leagues are welcome.

[Starcraftmazter]

Is it one team per university? Who decides who goes into the team?