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**Baldie** · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 2:44 PM

WCS Season 1: Oceania/Southeast Asia
Qualifiers

REGISTER HERE

Over three days of competition we will find the best player to represent our region at the WCS 2016 Spring Championship. The player deserving of such a title will face off against 31 of the the world's best players on the world stage. So start warming up those hands and pay close attention to the following information to find out how you can have your shot at the World Championship Series.

WCS Season 1: Oceania/Southeast Asia Qualifiers

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WCS Season 1: Oceania/Southeast Asia Finals

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Map Pool
Subject to change:

Dusk Towers
Orbital Shipyard
Prion Terraces
Ulrena
Central Protocol
Lerilak Crest
Runs of Seras

If you need support registering and signing up for ESL Play please visit the following information links:
http://play.eslgaming.com/australia/register
http://play.eslgaming.com/australia/sign-up

Details on broadcasting will be revealed soon.

Further details on everything WCS can be found on the official portal: http://play.eslgaming.com/starcraft/...ia-new-zealand

ROOTPetraeus · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 2:48 PM

Hi,
When will pre-invited players be announced? Thanks.

ROOTProbe · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 2:48 PM

YAY!

Also what pet said.

**x5_Namakaye** · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 2:50 PM

1 person is not enough for a 1v1 tournament? Please explain maths ESL

Inflicted · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 5:27 PM

Spring? What happened to Winter Championship?

VB_Blake · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 5:35 PM

^ I thought that was the Leipzig DH, in which Probe qualified? Maybe?

ROOTProbe · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 5:37 PM

Pretty sure it is just a typo. This should be qualifying for WCS Winter Championship that will take place at IEM Katowice.

Inflicted · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 5:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VB_Blake

^ I thought that was the Leipzig DH, in which Probe qualified? Maybe?

Winter = IEM Katowice (in March). But all the qualifier pages says it's for Spring?

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syfChadMann:

It will be Spring in Katowice (in March).....

Cuddles · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 6:17 PM

How to get profile if can't access profile on battle.net site? :/

EnDerrPH · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 6:45 PM

Also want to know who are the invited players.

**Eddie** · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 6:54 PM

Looks good

Just to double check, server is SEA, not AU?

VB_Blake · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 7:42 PM

^ boo if it is

Also Baldie is there anyway around linking my bnet profile? I can't sign in properly to the SEA portal and cant get my url to link

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Cuddles:

I also has this problemo

Ascarecrow · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 8:42 PM

will update with more info soon most likely tomorrow

**Baldie** · Fri, 15th-Jan-2016, 10:36 PM

Just as a public announcement while I will still oversee and manage StarCraft II in our region for WCS, Ascarecrow and Bloodyrafe will be the head admins for ESL StarCraft II in our region so they are the people to talk to about issues for the tournament, sign up processes etc.

Please make them feel welcome, they have both worked extensively with ESL NA and will be valuable assets.

We'll be working through issues throughout the weekend so please be vocal with problems you run into.

VB_Blake · Sat, 16th-Jan-2016, 9:11 AM

So as a PSA for cuddles and anyone else struggling to link their profile:

You have to play all 5 placement matches to get ranked, then find your profile on nios.kr - your name on nios should be clickable and will take you to your profile page on bnet.

edit: god damnit jessie were were you 24 hours ago :P

Quick Comments

	syfRize:	or you could just go to the clan you're in on nios and get it lol
	PSiArc:	exactly what I did to get my profile link haha

**Baldie** · Sat, 16th-Jan-2016, 12:14 PM

The game account required to register is now set to Americas. We will be utilising the Americas Server with the Australia Region.

We'll be in touch with those who registered via SEA game accounts if it turns out they will need to re-register (still looking into it).

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Pox:

good change!

Ascarecrow · Sun, 17th-Jan-2016, 11:21 AM

hey guys several players did not have diamond+ accounts linked to their accounts ive sent esl messages to each of them everyone please check. any issues feel free to message me.

eXoBLaZeR · Tue, 19th-Jan-2016, 10:46 AM

Hi,

I would like to ask if I can join even I don't have games in NA server because I practice in KR server. Should I link my KR account instead?

Voidreaver · Tue, 19th-Jan-2016, 10:54 AM

Well shit i linked my sea account lol

Ascarecrow · Tue, 19th-Jan-2016, 2:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eXoBLaZeR

Hi,

I would like to ask if I can join even I don't have games in NA server because I practice in KR server. Should I link my KR account instead?

yes please pm me your account or add it to your esl account

eXoBLaZeR · Tue, 19th-Jan-2016, 6:26 PM

PM Sent and thank you

**syfChadMann** · Tue, 19th-Jan-2016, 7:10 PM

Can you please confirm which NA server games are to be played on? (US West, Australia, US East, US Central) thanks. :-)

Good stuff esl and blizzard
ILY

**Baldie** · Thu, 21st-Jan-2016, 8:08 PM

Games are to be played on Australia server.

The four invited players based off performances in WCS 2015 are:

Iaguz
Petraeus
NXZ
Blysk

For Season 2 and 3 the 4 players who made it to the Ro4 in the season prior will be the four selected to skip the open qualifier and go directly into the Round of 16.

Quick Comments

VB_Blake:

naice

eXoBLaZeR · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 8:13 AM

Hi, may I know what server are we going to play and also the channel?

SLCN.Wally · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 9:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eXoBLaZeR

Hi, may I know what server are we going to play and also the channel?

Played on Aus server, I'm not sure what the chat would be. Probably wcs chat. Baldie might reply in a bit and confirmerino

syfInsano · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 9:32 AM

Chat channel is WCS on NA/AUS server

Ascarecrow · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 5:04 PM

i would like to formally apologise to everycompetitor about our internet. We struggled to get people to sub in for us while our internet was down and sorry for the delays and issues we created. Next time someone in the ESL staff has issues we will have replacements ready to take over. Our internet in Canberra disconnected for 3 hours in the area we live in, including friends and family internet.

**syfChadMann** · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 7:35 PM

Are you guys going to announce the brackets for stage 2 soon or only just prior to the day? Would love to see the brackets and get the hype going. Gives the players good chance to prepare specifically and show good games for their fans.

uJeanZ · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 7:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Are you guys going to announce the brackets for stage 2 soon or only just prior to the day? Would love to see the brackets and get the hype going. Gives the players good chance to prepare specifically and show good games for their fans.

Second this. If we get reasonable time notice that would be great. This way we can hype the matches, even put out some pre match analysis content. All which helps to promote the event.

SLCN.Wally · Sun, 31st-Jan-2016, 7:44 PM

you can figure out who plays who if you really wanted to
1v16
2v15
3v14
4v13
etc

tied places are usually done off map difference. But hopefully they release the actual bracket soon so we get some weeks to prepare

Ascarecrow · Mon, 1st-Feb-2016, 7:33 AM

hopefully next few days it will be released (hopefully sooner) just asking blizzard for a few details.

Inflicted · Fri, 12th-Feb-2016, 8:12 PM

What's the format for the double-elim finals? (2x Bo3?)

**Baldie** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 11:56 AM

Feedback is appreciated friends.

Big downer was the admin situation for the Open Qualifier - while a freak of nature being the reasoning behind it (severe storms knocking out internet to half of Canberra) we have made steps to ensure the time between emergency staff coverage is minimised.

I was super happy with how the set turned out, even better than I imagined in my head but interested to hear how everyone else found it.

**Philosopher** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 12:01 PM

If you ever need a freelance emergency Administrator for tournaments, in case freak events happen again. I'm happy to help out.

Loved the cast, and the production. ACL has really stepped up its game lately. Having the cast from the studio made such a difference, in my opinion! Kudos for a great show

**syfChadMann** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 1:04 PM

Was great. Admin issues sucked but totally understandable. Would like to see a less top heavy prize pool. Top 4 get good money plus ro4 tournament money. Pay out to top 12 would be tops hehehe.

Only other thing is i would like to see this or another ACL event live not online (if possible).
Looking forward to more events from acl.

ROOTProbe · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 7:40 PM

I thought the production and set were great, and the fact that it was streamed on the main starcraft stream was awesome! Admin issues did suck, but hey we got through it. I know I have mentioned it before to the admins, but the seeding relating to walkovers was very weird, should be looked into.

Other than that, was a great tourney!

**syfChadMann** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eCKo'Probe

the seeding relating to walkovers was very weird, should be looked into.

Yeah sorry, this was one thing that I didn't like.

My thoughts; if you forfeit games after placing high enough to get seed you are last in any seeds regardless of your map score. If there are multi forfeits on a tied seed then go back to map score and place anyone who actually played their games for tied seed above those that didn't.

Also, for the bigger parts of the tournament Ro16 etc... Run two streams. Run a B-Stream so we can catch all the awesome games.

SLCN.Wally · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

My thoughts; if you forfeit games after placing high enough to get seed you are last in any seeds regardless of your map score. If there are multi forfeits on a tied seed then go back to map score and place anyone who actually played their games for tied seed above those that didn't.

yeah I think this is a good idea. Discourage people from forfeiting

**syfRize** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:17 PM

Only thing I can think of that was disappointing (from a spectator's standpoint, as I was busy and couldn't enter qualifiers) - The prize pool that was on Liquipedia, which was apparently incorrect, favored having a less top-heavy distribution.

Myself, and a number of others, all signed up with a massive amount of excitement seeing such a great chance for the people scraping in outside the top 8 to make some money.

Sure, the people at the top would probably like the extra money, but if it's more spread out there's a greater chance of rewarding the up and coming talent and increasing motivation.

Thanks Baldiemate, and thanks everyone else who was involved in running this~

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Ascarecrow:

will forward your suggestion

ROOTProbe · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`Rize

Only thing I can think of that was disappointing (from a spectator's standpoint, as I was busy and couldn't enter qualifiers) - The prize pool that was on Liquipedia, which was apparently incorrect, favored having a less top-heavy distribution.

It was actually right, just weird because 5-8th = 1-4th on day 2

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syfChadMann:

Nah, previously it had said 9th to 12th got $300

**syfRize** · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eCKo'Probe

It was actually right, just weird because 5-8th = 1-4th on day 2

Yeah I think that's what confused me and a couple others, having the prize distribution go down to top 12 is kinda what I mean then.

syfChase · Wed, 17th-Feb-2016, 8:48 PM

Yeah haha it was pretty funny when people were telling me I won $300 and then I got excited and told my parents and then 15min later people were tellin me I actually didn't win anything

awkward conversation with my parents ensued

WCS was really cool, I enjoyed it. Did some preparation

nice feeling being amongst the top contenders, even if I'm not exactly right up there on their level.

Only suggestion I could make is some sort of seeding system for the open qualifier, as I feel like I kinda 'cheated' my way into the top 16 when there were better players then me who missed out.

Quick Comments

	Elusory:	how many humble pies did you eat before posting this
	Philosopher:	You're awesome Chase. Ily

Ascarecrow · Sat, 20th-Feb-2016, 1:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`Chase

Yeah haha it was pretty funny when people were telling me I won $300 and then I got excited and told my parents and then 15min later people were tellin me I actually didn't win anything

awkward conversation with my parents ensued

WCS was really cool, I enjoyed it. Did some preparation

nice feeling being amongst the top contenders, even if I'm not exactly right up there on their level.

Only suggestion I could make is some sort of seeding system for the open qualifier, as I feel like I kinda 'cheated' my way into the top 16 when there were better players then me who missed out.

only first season is random seedings next season will have proper seedings. it was to give up and comers a chance.

**Eddie** · Sat, 20th-Feb-2016, 10:58 PM

Using the Starcraft twitch channel was a brilliant idea

Having 3 live casters rotating was great!

Studio looked good.

Admin power outage was out of anyone's control (But might be a good idea to have someone with ESL site permissions on standbye in future.)

I would like to see some changes to the format to align with standards for LOTV - Bo5's are the way to go! (Usually done in the time of old HOTS Bo3's.)

$10000 is also an amazing prizepool! Should be shared to top 16 (making top 16 is a good achievement). Rewarding top 4 with double payment is a bit strange (worked when there was a clear challenger/premier, but as it's now one tournament, with 1 player advancing, doesn't work imo).

Example of Europe Regional
Example of NA Regional

Top 16, 2 day event. All Bo5's, Top 16 paid!

I'd also like to see things slow down a bit, don't rush through the bracket. Show more games/players (or arrange a 2nd stream). It's a big tournament, with big $'s on offer. Players can put in a bit more time, and i'm sure would like the exposure. It seemed a lot of day 1 was spent casting the top 4 guys playing for seeding, who ended up being casted again the next day. Changing to the EU/NA format would eliminate this.