[Eddie]

Masters Cup update

Just letting everyone know about a few changes we have planned, and would like to hear some community feedback before we proceed.



New player ranking system
SEA 'Power ranks'

As most would be aware, the way we seed players for each tournament is determined by SEA GM ladder ranking, as voted by the community last year. However this system is becoming outdated, as many of the top tier SEA players aren't as active on SEA, compared to servers such as KR/NA, and thus we sometimes end up with seeds that don't quite reflect the highest skill level and reward/acknowledge past tournament performances. Furthermore, with global play in the works, playing on one server (even one's native server) will become more redundant. So it's time to take a new approach.

SEA Power Ranks is a working title for the process we shall use to determine seeding. We shall be allocting points for placing in each Masters Cup. These are then added to a players career total points to work out our monthly seeds. Masters Cup is one of, if not the toughest event in our region, so points will be given from 1st to 16th place to reward those who finish highly, but might just fall short of the 1st-3rd cash prizes. It also serves to reward regular participation.

Points break down

1st - 100 points
2nd- 60
3rd - 40
4th - 20
5th-8th - 10
9th-16th - 5

(300 points total for a standard Masters Cup)

*Double points shall be given for International editions.

Points for placing will start from the Masters Cup on Sunday Dec 16. (Since this is an international edition, as a once off, seeding will be formed via admin discretion, as SEA rankings is not applicable, and we require a transition event to change across to the points system.

Seeding would run for 12 months, then reset. We will run a special edition for the top yearly ranked players at the years conclusion.

Map Pool

We are updating the tournaments map pool. Changes:

Out: GSL Bel'shir Beach, Tal'Darim Altar LE, WCS Shakuras Plateau
In: GSL Whirlwind

+ [Map Pool] +

Maps: WCS Cloud Kingdom, WCS Daybreak, WCS Entombed Valley, GSL Metropolis, WCS Ohana, WCS Anitga Shipyard, GSL Whirlwind

Since we're removing two maps, for the best of 5 finals, both players may select 1 veto from the map pool, not two like past events.

Feedback, or other ideas are welcome.

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