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ToRSpookToR · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 11:24 AM

Information

Entry Requirements

This tournament is open to all players of every race or division
These rules are to help improve the ease of communication between players, to organize their
matches during the week.
To organize a game with your opponent: we have created the official forum board for season 3.. this is the official channel to organize your match for the week with your opponent http://www.sasl.net.au

Start date and length

Signups close SUNDAY, 25th of March 8pm
Tournament Opens: MONDAY 26th of March
Group stage: 7 Weeks
To sign up please go here http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/ka4t4up8v4

Prizes

1st: $150 Cash - Sponsored by Juiced Studios!
2nd: $100 Cash - Sponsored by TA - Terror Australis!
3rd: $50 Cash - Sponsored by C4nT- Channel 4 News Team!
Format

Tournament will run as a swiss style tournament
each match will consist of a best of 3
The whole tournament will run for 7 weeks
Must commit to 1 game/week
Every game win will gain you 1 point and every match win will gain you 1 extra point (win a game with 2-1 you will get 3 points, your opponent will get 1)
Top 8 players after the 7 weeks will enter the finals stage which will be a Single Elimination bracket Tournament will run as a swiss style tournament
each match will consist of a best of 3
The whole tournament will run for 7 weeks
Must commit to 1 game/week
Every game win will gain you 1 point and every match win will gain you 1 extra point (win a game with 2-1 you will get 3 points, your opponent will get 1)
Top 8 players after the 7 weeks will enter the finals stage which will be a Single Elimination bracket

Map pool

GSL Daybreak, Cloud Kingdom, Metropolis, Entombed Valley, Calm Before the Storm, Korhal Compound LE, Tal Darim Altar, Antiga Shipyard, Bel’Shir Beach Winter

Rules

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If you have any questions or suggestions feel free to PM me or email us sastarcraft2@gmail.com
also check out our facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/sasta...okmark_t=group

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	TAkrunch:	cool cool cool
	TACeeSerps:
	Bielsko:
	akky:

**Dox** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 11:27 AM

You missed the "g" in the thread title, I'll add it in for ya.

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ToRSpookToR:

<3

**TAEdgE** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 11:32 AM

o yeeeee m8

VB_Blake · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 11:36 AM

will there be a NSWSL? :'(

ToRSpookToR · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 11:38 AM

If you guys make one haha this one is free to join for everyone

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VB_Blake:

VB_Blake · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 12:13 PM

oh it is? well nvm then, go SA! :P

**Maynarde** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 12:22 PM

Joined up! Looking forward to getting rolled!

BAD.BiGbiRd · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 1:01 PM

Better start practicing again, signed up yo

**TAEdgE** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 1:48 PM

Pickle, Fourby and Reere(dunno if reere is SA) are flying down for the finals if they make it? ;o??

**inFeZa** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 1:51 PM

South Australia... red wine and starcraft!

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	Maynarde:	You best BELIEVE
	Baldie:	.. at the same time

**Baldie** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 2:59 PM

Great to see lots of new faces around. We look forward to developing the league going forward!

Just as a heads up our streaming location is here: http://www.twitch.tv/sasltv

It has gone through a major overhaul since Season 2 so we look forward to a better viewing experience (It should now stream in 720p with Ultra settings smoothly) *touch wood*

I myself (Baldie.924) currently am responsible for the stream and as it currently stands I are looking at hosting a weekly wrap-up of each round with footage from notable games and recapping on progress so far. So look out for that.

Having your games streamed live is entirely optional. However, if you wish to organise a time with me to have it streamed (or have any questions) there are a few options:
1. Send me an email (brad.baldwin24@gmail.com)
2. PM me on Facebook (www.facebook.com/brad.baldwin)
3. Add me in SC2 and let me know (Baldie.924)
4. PM me on Skype (bradley_baldwin)

We also have an in-game SASL chat. Just type in "SASL" in groups and you should join in.

Cheers!

Reere · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 2:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EdgE

Pickle, Fourby and Reere(dunno if reere is SA) are flying down for the finals if they make it? ;o??

Oh the finals is LAN? ~.~ sorry didn't catch that part, I'll have to pull out of this one then.

**Baldie** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 2:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reere

Oh the finals is LAN? ~.~ sorry didn't catch that part, I'll have to pull out of this one then.

We had TAFourby (Who lives in Victoria) play from home when he made finals in Season 2. We are currently looking into the feasibility of hosting LAN finals. It would obviously be a great way for people to catch up/meet each other but equally if we are allowing people from interstate to play - and should they make finals and be able to play from home - we appreciate we should allow all finalists to play from home.

Long story short, we will manage the situation when/if it arises but you will not be compromised for being interstate.

Given at this stage we are still a smallish community and our tournaments are still developing and growing, we aren't fussed in having interstate participants.

We would rather have SEA connect than be SA nazi's and have it only local.

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Reere:

Thanks for the clearup, I'll be signning up :)

**Baldie** · Thu, 22nd-Mar-2012, 2:48 PM

Perhaps in the not too distant future we will have them be SASL Opens which can involve anybody local or interstate and then look into hosting local SASL tournaments which would obviously be SA only.

Reere · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 4:04 PM

Is there a twitter to follow? I don't use facebook ~.~

**Baldie** · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 6:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Reere

Is there a twitter to follow? I don't use facebook ~.~

I am unsure if we have a twitter set up.. and if we do I doubt we use it directly. Although you can set up twitter to feed Facebook posts right? We can set one up if it will be of service.

Reere · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 6:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baldie

I am unsure if we have a twitter set up.. and if we do I doubt we use it directly. Although you can set up twitter to feed Facebook posts right? We can set one up if it will be of service.

Ah np thx though. I'll just keep myself up to date through the website then~

**Baldie** · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 8:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reere

Ah np thx though. I'll just keep myself up to date through the website then~

Facebook is where the most discussion happens as people are on it all the time - and are too lazy to go to the forums. We are in the process of merging the current website to a new and improved, and hopefully more appealing website.

Hopefully this tournament will bring some life back into the forums. We will be sure to announce any major news on sc2sea as well just to be safe. If we have any news we need to get out into the community we will post it here as well as forums and FB

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Reere:

Sounds great! Thank you.

**Baldie** · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 10:39 PM

For anybody unaware at this point in time the brackets have been finalised and released (http://challonge.com/saslseason3). Registration was closed early as we decided to cap the registration limit to 50. Please find your opponent and manage your games. Round 1 games can be played from Monday 26th March.

We will attempt to rectify the situation with those people who signed up with either their real name or without their IGN ID as to avoid any potential issue in communication.

All information you need regarding this tournament should be available to you on the Challonge page. If you have any further questions post in the forums and/or reply to this thread and an admin will answer it as quickly as possible (likely myself).

GLHF GG

**TAEdgE** · Sat, 24th-Mar-2012, 10:41 PM

Very good organisation thus far

!

**Baldie** · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 8:56 PM

Hey everybody!

If your opponent is online tonight it is all clear to play your matches! Otherwise you have until Sunday 1st April to play your Round 1 matches.

Challonge brackets have now been unlocked (http://challonge.com/saslseason3). Remember to record and upload your replays to the bracket page once completed.

Round 1 Opening map is GSL Daybreak.

GLHF GG

**Baldie** · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 11:45 PM

~~~ Please note these images are subject to change pending the results of some sponsorship discussions ~~~

Ok guys so the admins have decided in my favour - that is allowing people to stream SASL games from their personal accounts only when SASLtv is unavailable due to being in use or myself not being online.

As I am sure you all can appreciate these tournaments cannot be done without sponsors and we have some amazing sponsors on board. In the interest of making their investment into our tournament as worthwhile as possible, we require any person who streams SASL Season 3 tournament games to use the following images.

"Between Game Shot"
Between games while the next game is being set up or at any point where showing the live screen is inappropriate.
Example
Download

"Live Screen Overlay"
While live streaming gameplay can you please ensure this overlay is used. It should fit perfectly onto xsplit (so long as you are using a widescreen setup - might work on other screen setups too) try to make it work anyway! It is a .PNG so will have a transparent background.
Example
Download

Should these images change with more sponsor(s) coming on board I will update the images and let everybody know.

Thank you in advance for your co-operation.

ToRLuneth · Tue, 10th-Apr-2012, 9:42 AM

Hey Maynarde, when would be a good time to play our game tonight? I'm free after 4.

**Maynarde** · Tue, 10th-Apr-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Luneth

Hey Maynarde, when would be a good time to play our game tonight? I'm free after 4.

Hey man I'm happy to play around the 6:30 mark if possible

let us know via here or drop us a PM.

NDG.Stitch · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:13 PM

Neat Tournament

Wait... you put a commentary that wasn't from SASL into the SASL intro video???

**Baldie** · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by StitchSPR

Neat Tournament

Wait... you put a commentary that wasn't from SASL into the SASL intro video???

Thanks! To be 100% honest our casting from Season 2 was pretty piss poor in terms of enthusiasm and excitement so finding an audio clip which was appropriate was impossible haha. I personally have worked a lot on trying to elevate my enthusiasm while casting and we also have Flamga on the team now which should be a great asset when he can jump on.

There is no doubt in my mind we will have some sick footage from this season to ensure we never have to outsource promotions again

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	NDG.Stitch:	Thanks for being honest!
	TAkrunch:	i like this post, honest!

BAD.BiGbiRd · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:19 PM

Never casted before but i'm probably as enthusiastic as a guy can be so wouldn't mind helping out with some casting....i'm sure Champi would like to co-cast with me too

**Baldie** · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiGbiRd

Never casted before but i'm probably as enthusiastic as a guy can be so wouldn't mind helping out with some casting....i'm sure Champi would like to co-cast with me too

Hey buddy great to hear! We are always happy to spread the casting love around. The season is a huge 7 weeks so there should be plenty of opportunities. The only real limiting factor is the fact I am the only streamer with all of the setup work so if I am not around at the time.. although I am sure we could manage to make something work.

If you are on Facebook hit us up and join our group (http://www.facebook.com/groups/sastarcraftleague/) so you can be always up to date with what's going on.

I am managing sc2sea operations and I check this every day so communicating with us shouldn't be an issue if you aren't on Facebook/don't want to join.

BAD.BiGbiRd · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:39 PM

Sweet sounds good, if you are not available when i am (Which will probably be a fair bit with my work) Champi has a stream so if he is ok with it we could maybe use that. I'll ask him ASAP

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Champi:

sure

**Baldie** · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiGbiRd

Sweet sounds good, if you are not available when i am (Which will probably be a fair bit with my work) Champi has a stream so if he is ok with it we could maybe use that. I'll ask him ASAP

Yeah no worries. I know Flamga obviously has his own and all that. I think in the interest of creating content for SEA we would rather have games streamed with accounts outside of SASLtv than limit streaming to only when I am available.

Sponsorship is almost finalised just waiting on a few peeps to confirm or decline proposals. Once that is done I will upload some images which would be great if they could be added to whoever is streaming. It will become clear when I upload them!

visions · Sun, 25th-Mar-2012, 11:57 PM

wait....you ended up putting that video up?

**Baldie** · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visions

wait....you ended up putting that video up?

Indeed. It was my first attempt at a registration promotional video. Like I said in earlier posts unfortunate we didn't really have much footage last season which wasn't already used in the Season 2 promo video.

Can promise the Season 3 finals promo video and Season 4 etc videos will use in house footage. Surely with 50 players, a variety of casters and 7 weeks we can pump out some decent footage

x5_Bard · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:00 AM

I also have a little bit of casting experience and would love to cast if there are games available, with my partner in crime nRvDolo.

Champi · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:12 AM

I'll cast from time to time with Bigbird

i have a stream and I cast the first SEA starleague and the TA invitational which were some pretty big events in 2011, so i have a little bit of experience, but its been a while

but i'm a player first, so competing is a higher priority for me

**Baldie** · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAChampi

I'll cast from time to time with Bigbird

i have a stream and I cast the first SEA starleague and the TA invitational which were some pretty big events in 2011, so i have a little bit of experience, but its been a while

Too easy buddy. Most players will go about getting their games done in their own time but should there ever be a time where some people you know are about to play and you want to cast, so long as you use the two images where appropriate you have the all clear from the admins!

All the best for your games during the season as well

**TAEdgE** · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:37 AM

Guest casting imo!!!

Flamga · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by EdgE

Guest casting imo!!!

The Captain to cast with me? :P

BAD.BiGbiRd · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 12:58 AM

This thread reeks of handsome

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	Flamga:
	visions:

ToRDeathsFang · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 2:48 PM

Satu's gonna take this for shizz

DevilzAngel · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 7:45 PM

Well he did take the last one.. specially that epic last game against Fourby!!

Fourby · Mon, 26th-Mar-2012, 8:05 PM

Probe attack

**Baldie** · Tue, 27th-Mar-2012, 1:47 PM

Remember to upload your replays to the challonge page peeps! (http://challonge.com/saslseason3) If you are having a notification that says something along the lines of "you need a verified challonge account" you simply need to go into "settings" at the top of the page and add in your email address (you can untick to receive any notifications).

When you activate the email it should verify your account and you should be able to post replays

Reere · Tue, 27th-Mar-2012, 2:08 PM

When's the actual deadline for each week? Would it be the Saturday or Sunday?

**Baldie** · Tue, 27th-Mar-2012, 2:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reere

When's the actual deadline for each week? Would it be the Saturday or Sunday?

Definitely on Sundays and I believe you have up until midnight to play but I will confirm the exact deadline time and let you know

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Reere:

sounds good! thank you!

**Baldie** · Wed, 28th-Mar-2012, 10:02 PM

Hey everybody! Great work on getting most of your games played by Wednesday! You have until Sunday midnight to complete them. Round 2 brackets will then be released by Monday morning.

We are looking at doing a Round 1 wrap up cast and as part of it I am interested in finding some notable game footage. If you think there was some sick micro or engagements/timing pushes etc in your games please reply/rep below and which game it was so I can have a look myself and start doing some prep work! ♥

TACeeSerps · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 1:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baldie

We are looking at doing a Round 1 wrap up cast and as part of it I am interested in finding some notable game footage. If you think there was some sick micro or engagements/timing pushes etc in your games please reply/rep below and which game it was so I can have a look myself and start doing some prep work! ♥

Ahhhh... Don't bother with my games then lol

**Baldie** · Sun, 1st-Apr-2012, 11:28 PM

Round 2 is now unlocked. Please find your opponent here (http://challonge.com/saslseason3) and organise your matches as per last week.

The opening map for this week is CLOUD KINGDOM LE

In light of some confusion throughout the week here is our race changing rule cleared up.

- State your race before you start playing your opponent for the WEEK
- The Race you stated will be locked for that set for the week
- If you go random, you will be locked for that set

Terminology:
SET - Your set of BO3 games for the week
ROUND - The round number for the week, and every week will have a different starting map
GAME - A single game against your opponent

EG: ROUND has a SET which has 2 or 3 GAMES

GLHF GG

**Baldie** · Mon, 2nd-Apr-2012, 2:29 PM

Prize Pool has been confirmed.

1st: $150 Cash - Sponsored by Juiced Studios!
2nd: $100 Cash - Sponsored by TA - Terror Australis!
3rd: $50 Cash - Sponsored by C4nT- Channel 4 News Team!

Thank you so much again to our generous sponsors!

Note: Winners will need to have a pay pal account by the completion of SASL Season 3 to be eligible to receive prize money.

There is a possibility of further prizes but these are yet to be finalized as we enter negotiations!

**Baldie** · Mon, 9th-Apr-2012, 11:50 PM

The following games for Round 2 have yet to be completed.

Due to Easter the week has been extended to midnight Tuesday 10th April.
Please ensure games are played within the next 24 hours.

iCeAlex vs TAChampi (scheduled)
VBBandit vs Beardling
Luneth vs Maynarde
Seeton vs VBDead
Baldie vs Artanis

Round 3 matches will be released at midnight Tuesday 10th April or at the completion of the final match - whichever is sooner.

GLHF GG

AsylumofSouls · Tue, 10th-Apr-2012, 9:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baldie

Round 3 matches will be released at midnight Tuesday 10th April or at the completion of the final match - whichever is sooner.

GLHF GG

By which you mean 11:59PM Tuesday I assume, since midnight had passed before you posted this message...

BAD.BiGbiRd · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 3:53 AM

Note to self, don't play drunk with mates around and don't choose random hahahaha was good fun though

ToRSpookToR · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 9:58 AM

ROFL i thought something was up...

ToRSpookToR · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 1:32 PM

the one where i get roflstomped by a gold zerg that is a good one game 1 daybreak you have the rep baldie its also on challonge

**Baldie** · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 2:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spo0k

the one where i get roflstomped by a gold zerg that is a good one game 1 daybreak you have the rep baldie its also on challonge

What would have perfected the footage is if we had your audio recorded. I am sure there was some pretty epic rage haha

ToRSpookToR · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 3:01 PM

nah i was more confused at that point, the real rage came when mr VBdead broke through my wall game 2 i was not happy.

**Baldie** · Thu, 29th-Mar-2012, 3:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spo0k

nah i was more confused at that point, the real rage came when mr VBdead broke through my wall game 2 i was not happy.

HAHA just rewatched footage.. ah man would have loved to hear what you were saying but kudos for the hold!

Ascel · Fri, 30th-Mar-2012, 1:07 PM

Hey Guys, I am in Charge of the Juiced Studios (Juiced Studios) Sponsor Ship agreement. In light of out agreement with SASL and also introducing some new hardware and services we are currently offering some promotions.

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Cheers, Adam

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	Baldie:
	Reere:	That's just awsome.
	TAkrunch:

**Baldie** · Sat, 31st-Mar-2012, 12:11 AM

Hey community. We now have our twitch.tv account synced to our Youtube account and Twitter account. When we go live from now on it should update our twitter and as you can see by clicking on the channel link below, all SASL Season 3 games recorded will be uploaded to Youtube.

Just another reason to have them streamed

Be sure to subscribe!

http://www.youtube.com/user/SASLtv

Edit: I have made a playlist for Season 3 for easier navigation when we eventually have more than one source of video footage.

**syfChadMann** · Sat, 31st-Mar-2012, 12:16 AM

LOL at the logo for C4NT.net - should have used the angled back 4 for the logo (like this one - 4 not the U shaped one - http://i.imgur.com/p1IY3.png

**Baldie** · Tue, 10th-Apr-2012, 10:02 PM

Round 3 brackets are out http://challonge.com/saslseason3

KEEN UP LADS!

GLHF GG ♥

Also premature bl to chobo_sPook

Reere · Sun, 15th-Apr-2012, 7:15 PM

Sorry another quick question!

Are deadlines moved to Tuesdays midnight from now on? Or are we reverting back to Sundays in the future?

**Baldie** · Sun, 15th-Apr-2012, 7:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reere

Are deadlines moved to Tuesdays midnight from now on? Or are we reverting back to Sundays in the future?

We will be maintaining the Tuesday midnight deadlines moving forward.

After review we thought there was no major benefit to reverting back to Sundays (at the expense of a shorter round) as most of the sets have been played from Wednesday onwards anyway.

Quick Comments

Reere:

Sounds good ty~

**Baldie** · Thu, 19th-Apr-2012, 12:19 AM

Round 4 brackets are out http://challonge.com/saslseason3

In light of a notable amount of games not being played we have set out the following guideline when sourcing your opponent on the SASL forums (http://sasl.net.au/)

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GLHF GG ♥