Casters: Wolf_Dragunuv and EoWxBrutos is our current main caster
If anyone else is interested in casting to pm me and join in on the weekly games
All teams have until the 29th of June to finsh off their games, after that the playoffs will begin
Welcome to the first season of the High School Starcraft 2 League. Initiative to increase awareness of Starcraft and e-sports in high schools and hopefully from the success of this league, one day it will be accepted within schools.
Format:
Four best of 3 1v1's
One best of 3 2v2
All games are worth one point and they all must be played out, the team with the most point after each match will be the winner. The 1v1's will be played simultaneously and the 2v2 will be played at the end.
Rules
Default time for games are on Fridays at 7.30pm, if players are unable to make this time it is up to the team captains to re-arrange to play earlier in the week or later. However as we all have school I know Friday or the weekends will be the most preferable time for teams. You have until Monday to play all your games every week, if they are not then there will be a walkover for the team that cannot make it.
Before each match teams will send me their lineups for the night. As this is a friendly tournament it will be mainly aimed at matching up similar league players together. Teams will send their lineup and rank their players from highest to lowest, this will match players up and hopefully get some even games. I will then send out the games lists to the team captains. Lineups must be sent in by Friday at latest or earlier if you have scheduled to play earlier in the week. Players must stick to the race submitted in the lineup each week. If you are not playing on friday night then you must inform me before friday night of your scheduled play day.
I will give a list of starting maps at the beginning of each week, losers get to pick the next map and each player is allowed one veto.
Disconnects - Unless there is a clear advantage for one player the disconnect will result in a re-game. If the player disconnects again then it will result in a forfeit, if there are any disputes send the replay to myself and I will determine the result.
Submitting Results
Results must be submitted by the winning team before Monday via this thread otherwise it will be deemed a draw for both teams. Results must be submitted in the example format shown below. All matches must be played.
MLG or GSL versions or any other big tournament version of the maps maps, unless version is already stated
GSL Antiga Shipyard
Cloud Kingdom
Daybreak
Dual Sight
GSL Entombed Valley
Metropolis
Ohana
Taldarim LE
Shakuras Plateau
Atlantis Spaceship
Bel'Shir Beach Winter
2v2 map list: Current 2v2 ladder maps
Last edited by KAshadowz; Wed, 11th-Jul-2012 at 3:09 PM.
It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
Sun Tzu 孫子
"If storm finishes I survive, otherwise terran is op" xGKingDelete 2012
Awesome to see that this is actually happening. Well done for organising!
Also I'm aware that there might be a slight skill imbalance if I'm to play in this, so I figured that I might sit out and let my team play instead if I believe it will be an even match. I'm considering this for matches between BHHS and all schools that aren't Melbourne or Balwyn (you guys have too many diamond players!)
But anyway, team captains, if you add me on skype (delete_12), we can discuss this before each match and hopefully figure out some compromise.
Edit: please change name of our school to Baulkham Hills High School
spartaz if you can organise your school within a day I can still accept some last minute schools. There is still one more potential school joining, so if any other schools wants to I'll try to fit it in.
We can have 1-2 more schools do last minute joins if they want to. If two teams join then they have to be ready to play by monday at latest, otherwise if its only one team, they'll have a bye for this week.
Last edited by KAshadowz; Tue, 17th-Apr-2012 at 7:32 PM.
I can and would like to try my hand at casting. I know i suck and am at like a really low league but i understand many of the general principles/builds/what you should be doing i think but im just awful at actually playing b/c 1. i dont practice and 2. im not quick enough to macro/micro at the same time cause im bad...lol anyway if casters are still needed once this starts im willing to do some lower level matchups
I can and would like to try my hand at casting. I know i suck and am at like a really low league but i understand many of the general principles/builds/what you should be doing i think but im just awful at actually playing b/c 1. i dont practice and 2. im not quick enough to macro/micro at the same time cause im bad...lol anyway if casters are still needed once this starts im willing to do some lower level matchups
go on tomorrow about 7.30 in the chat channel you might be able to cast some games for a few teams. I won't be back home until later so you should ask the teams if you can cast for them. I'll put your stream link up in the op if you can link me
with the seeding, can u seed however u want or must you seed best to worst...also seeing as our team is a bit weird and our like proper seeding is unclear (like im silver league but vsing/beating gold leagues) can we seed according to who wants the largest challenge etc. because tbh were all fairly equal in strengther
merc team keeps gettin stronger...this is unfair XD
btw in terms of casting BSoDKaiser wont be live casting but is willing to cast 2-3 sets of games a week up to and including masters his email is steemdrice@gmail.com so email him ur games.
As for me if any of the lower league matches want to be caster im willing to do a few, time permitting and if i get confident enough in casting ability/get xsplit up and working, ill live cast some in future weeks.
Otherwise GLHF
for atlantis it could be a fun map just to trial out as it is being used in many tournaments and is very unique, if after a couple weeks it turns out to be quite bad I'll take it out
@EveTechtron just get into contact with potthead
To keep things interesting for gm players we might make them play offrace vs like delete suggested :P
or even borrowing ideas from the tor inhouse tournament making them play with handicaps vs even lower leagues, anyways this will be discussed in the future
edit: final team joining at the very last minute will be Wesley College, as they wont be affecting any of the first round matches they have been added in.
Last edited by KAshadowz; Fri, 20th-Apr-2012 at 6:34 PM.
not sure if games 3 and 4 have been played. I know the 2v2 hasn't. Going to forfeit those games (unless they have been played and i just don't know about it).
not sure if games 3 and 4 have been played. I know the 2v2 hasn't. Going to forfeit those games (unless they have been played and i just don't know about it).
delete 2-0 flux
lurkmoarpls 1-2 durza
and we forfeit every other game
sorry about this!
if you guys want to finsh off the games by friday this week you can still do it. The two new schools will be completing their first games this week as well. Since its the first week not going to be too strict on the forfeits yet, will tighten up by week 2 though.
maybe you could find some new players from your school? Try advertising the event through your school, we'll see how you go this week otherwise I'll discuss some alternatives with you.
used to have more players, but they all went inactive to play other games (LoL). If they came back they would be too rusty IMO. They haven't played actively for around 8 months or so?
I would prefer players that I knew personally (not from other grades) just to make organising easier and quicker, so I won't be advertising it at school.
I think we'll still be able to have 3 players each week, so only one game forfeited. Maybe 4 if qsaurus wants to play.
used to have more players, but they all went inactive to play other games (LoL). If they came back they would be too rusty IMO. They haven't played actively for around 8 months or so?
I would prefer players that I knew personally (not from other grades) just to make organising easier and quicker, so I won't be advertising it at school.
I think we'll still be able to have 3 players each week, so only one game forfeited. Maybe 4 if qsaurus wants to play.
I dont mean to be rude or anything when i say this but...this is a friendly/fun tournament...it doesnt really matter if theyr rusty as long as they feel like playing. My whole team is rusty as all hell, but we all still enjoy a casual game of sc2 and thats what this tournaments all about. As for not knowing them personally who cares, as long as u have contact with them and can harass them a tad its all good as long as 3-4 of them play on the day. (facebook and a very large team helps for this) Like by all means ignore those that utterly hate sc2 now but if they are still interested, playing casually, who care if theyr rusty this tounrny will help them improve/let them have fun, compete for entertainment purposes whatever.
Also Peter, Can you add Hendy to my team plz thanks
I dont mean to be rude or anything when i say this but...this is a friendly/fun tournament...it doesnt really matter if theyr rusty as long as they feel like playing. My whole team is rusty as all hell, but we all still enjoy a casual game of sc2 and thats what this tournaments all about. As for not knowing them personally who cares, as long as u have contact with them and can harass them a tad its all good as long as 3-4 of them play on the day. (facebook and a very large team helps for this) Like by all means ignore those that utterly hate sc2 now but if they are still interested, playing casually, who care if theyr rusty this tounrny will help them improve/let them have fun, compete for entertainment purposes whatever.
yeah i know lol, all of my team aside from me are rusty as well. It's just that the guys that haven't played for 8 months don't actually care about sc2 at all. And with the academic competetiveness of our school, I honestly think they would see this as a waste of their time.
I would prefer players that I knew personally (not from other grades) just to make organising easier and quicker
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Originally Posted by WhyByRhy
as long as u have contact with them and can harass them a tad its all good as long as 3-4 of them play on the day. (facebook and a very large team helps for this)
this, my team consists of players from every year level. I have a facebook group to keep in contact with everyone and each week I contact people through that.
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Originally Posted by delete12
And with the academic competetiveness of our school
lol I'm pretty sure my school is fairly academic and sporting focused as well but surprisingly there was quite a large turnout of people when I advertised for starcraft. you may be surprised as well.
But yeah as mentioned it is a friendly tournament, most of the teams have similar leagues as well. Its encouraged for the bigger teams to play players of similar skill levels anyways, as honestly its not fun for either player to play with a massive skill gap. Even with my team I try to match the leagues up as close as I can. Bottom line is you shouldn't worry too much about players being beaten about, the bigger teams should be playing similar leagues to accommodate you.
Sadly Carey has decided to pull out of the competition due to members not being able to make the game every week, as such Carey Captain has joined pineapple maruaders. All Carey games will be changed into a walkover. If you are scheduled to play carey, it is not a bye week for your team. Hopefulyl Carey will be back for season 2 of the Highschool League
Last edited by KAshadowz; Mon, 30th-Apr-2012 at 3:57 PM.
I thought I should post this here as well, the discussion was also in the captain's chat. Due to the oncoming exam period, nazereth is struggling to have 2 of their players each so, so as a compromise they will be able to play 3 of their games each week and the last two will be played after the exams. Also as I know most schools will be affected by the exams, if schools will be having difficulties for the last two rounds then they can delay their games abit. Primarily we'll try to finsh the majority of the games before the exams and afterwards we'll finsh of the last few games. After that we'll perhaps have a mini playoffs for the top 4 teams to find the winning team
On a side note next season is looking to be better than ever with more schools wanting to join in on the action. So I'll try to finsh off this season as quickly as I can to prepare for next season to begin with the new term
still haven't played the 2v2 or qedbanana vs empathy (as far as I am aware). we'll forfeit both of those games. Sorry, we just had an assessment to prepare for at school, and to be honest, organising games is starting to become a chore to me.
still haven't played the 2v2 or qedbanana vs empathy (as far as I am aware). we'll forfeit both of those games. Sorry, we just had an assessment to prepare for at school, and to be honest, organising games is starting to become a chore to me.
Will there be another High School game?
A shame that i missed the first one :S
there will be, pm me your school name and roster and I'll put you down for next season
Week 5 Logan Park 3-0 MHS FLuX 2 -1 BattleToast FeXDurza wo Untitled Sladen 2 - 0 randomHORKER
LiquidNova vs Jono - To be played next Friday
2v2 to be played
Goodluck to everyone this week
the league is nearing the end of season 1, playoffs are being planned after the examination period for the top two or four teams. Every team still has a chance to qualify to keep going until the end
Shakuras Plateau
Taldarim LE
Dual Sight
Daybreak
2v2:High Orbit
Okay with the oncoming examination period that is most likely affected over a third of all the players in the league, I will be relaxing the rules for the games to be played until the period is over. Teams that can't make the games will have a chance to make up for those games from the 15th-29th? Although the team that couldn't make it will start from a 1-0 deficit in scores, however is both teams cannot make it, they can start at a mutual 0-0.
This will leave time for the playoffs to run over the school holidays, so be prepared for that if you are in the top 2-4 teams. After the playoffs finish the commencement of season 2 will begin as the third term starts (for Victorian students, unsure how the timeline is for other states) and will likely to be with the support of Tt esports hopefully .
Last week before play-offs. since Pineapple Marauders have a bye i would love to cast 5 Series Min. so Send replays 2 dominiongaming@hotmail.com.au Named with Who and game number. alternately add me on skype (jesse,wheeler) so we can organise times i can cast. thanks all and Marauder FIGHTING
Can all the team captains looking to play again next season add me on Skype (jesse,wheeler) so we can organise times for casting times for the remainder of this season and the Next
Balwyn 5-0 Logan CautioN 2-0 iFlux ToRDarknoob 2-0 Sladen Begopa 2-0 Durza Redemption 2-0 liquidnova
balwyn walkover for 2v2 because of no show, captain has agreed to this
people should definitely watch the 2v2's fun to see when players actually know each other in real life.
edit: just some feedback, when obsing you should disable mouse scrolling and only scroll across the map with the arrow keys, set at like 20%? or something around there. Its much smoother that way and then if you need to goto another screen click via the mini map
Last edited by KAshadowz; Wed, 6th-Jun-2012 at 6:53 PM.
Exam period is now over! Congratulations to all the year 11's and 12's who survived. Note to all teams you have until the 29th of July to finsh all your games.
as mentioned earlier
Quote:
Originally Posted by KAshadowz
Teams that can't make the games will have a chance to make up for those games from the 15th-29th? Although the team that couldn't make it will start from a 1-0 deficit in scores, however is both teams cannot make it, they can start at a mutual 0-0.
After all the games are played we'll be doing playoffs for the top 4 teams during the first week of holidays.
Playoffs
Sunday July 1st - 7.00pm AEST
Match 1 - Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Match 2 - Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Grand Finals - Saturday Night - 6pm
Winner of match 1 vs Winner of match 2
If both teams have the time, we might not play all the games at the same time so that we can get streaming for at least the 2v2 and seeds 1 and 2 games.
playoff games can be rescheduled
Last edited by KAshadowz; Sun, 17th-Jun-2012 at 10:03 AM.
Balwyn is adding another person RivaL but may also play . Plays both at a gm level . THank god we found this guy, he was hiding from me or something LOL
Balwyn is adding another person RivaL but may also play . Plays both at a gm level . THank god we found this guy, he was hiding from me or something LOL
is this legal considering we are about to do the finals?
ok then .... im just saying thats like me saying that hey i found out that someone like Moonglade is in my school and i didnt know that and he is playing for the finals idk maybe thats just me bitching...... but yeah if he were to play that would have to be the case .
hey all as caster i would like to 1 wish all the best of luck and 2 remind you of something that would help me heaps. can the captains of the winning team in the semi or grandfinal make a replay pack of awesomesauce so that it can be casted . if possible the replay pack will contain seeds 1-4 and the 2v2. thanks from your Dirt league Caster WoLF
Last edited by DGWoLF; Sun, 1st-Jul-2012 at 12:43 PM.
wp Pineapple Marauders, looking forward to seeing you guys next season
Finals MHS vs Winner of match 1
Saturday Night 6pm
1. Cloud Kingdom
2. GSL Entombed Valley
3. Daybreak
4. GSL Antiga Shipyard
Also as requested by wolf, please do not comment on the results until the casts are released
Edit: with no estimate on when the games will be casted I think I will release the results
Congratulations to Balwyn High School for being the winners of the first season of the Highschool Starcraft League
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