NASL format released: Open Qualifier/Seed System

From reddit:

We know a lot of people have been wondering what the exact format of the North American Star League is. Well, we’re not going to keep you waiting any longer.

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Getting to the Grand Finals First off, we invited fifty of the world’s best players. They will be divided into five groups of ten players each. Each player will play every other player in his division once per season in a best of three format for a total of nine weeks. After nine weeks, the top two in each division, determined by their win-loss record will advance directly to the Grand Finals.

TSL Bracket Released!

PREPARE FOR GLORY

Source: Team Liquid

ROOT Gaming's New Recruit: 'Princess'

ROOT Gaming

A potential source of more ESPORTS drama, ROOT Gaming's latest addition to it's lineup is already causing quite a stir; both on the ladder and in the community.

Known as GosI[Terran] in Broodwar, Juan 'Princess' Tena has already reached the top of the North American ladder with only 3 weeks of playing Starcraft 2. Coming from his background in Broodwar? It's not really that surprising, as he was ranked A on ICCup and was a online practice partner for Hite Sparkyz. 

However, the community is currently abuzz over ROOT's newest member's background, as GosI/Princess has quite the reputation as a map hacker and clan jumper. 

Improve Your Game: General Starcraft 2 Tips

If you're looking for ways to improve your game in Starcraft 2, you're in luck. I stumbled upon a list of useful tips to help you do just that. 

For more information head on to Team Liquid for the strategy discussion.

 

General Starcraft 2 Tips

• Playing with HP Bars makes micro way easier.
• Hitting Ctrl+F1 instantly selects all Idle Workers.
• You can hold down a hotkey instead of pressing it over and over (IE: Hold down F and click everywhere you want multiple fungal growths with multiple Infestors). This stands true for practically everything, across every race.
• You can add new units to an existing control group by holding Shift and setting them to the group you want.
• Transferring some harvesters to a new expansion is better for your economy than simply saturating from scratch.
• MULEs can be spotted dropping by everybody, even in fog of war.

A piece of Starcraft history: Footage of Artosis, Day9 and Tasteless at WCG USA 2005

WCG 2005

Though twitter is abuzz with news from the Intel Extreme Masters tournament, given the limited time I have (ugh IRL), I thought I'd feature this instead. 

This video was posted this morning (GMT+8) on reddit, and contains footage of Artosis, Day9, and Tasteless at WCG back in 2005.

Here we get a rare chance to look into the past, to see some of the icons of the current Starcraft 2 scene during their Broodwar days. 

If you've seen Day9 Daily #100, you should know that a lot of amazing things happened during this WCG; things that would help shape the Starcraft scene into what it is today. 

Mad props to BrianJKim for the video. More information and the actual video after the jump.

A tournament to rival the GSL? FXOpen e-Sports Announcements

FXOpen e-Sports

FXOBoss of FXOpen e-Sports has released some information on what could be the biggest Starcraft 2 tournament to date.

In a recent post on Team Liquid,  FXOBoss has made a list of announcements with regards to the team's next steps, and most notable of which is the mention of a Kuala Lumpur-based tourney whose prize money "will be that of GSL or higher". 

While not much information has been given at this time, it has been noted that sponsorships have been secured, and the tournament is basically a go. As mentioned in the post, they are currently looking at  a October-November schedule for the tournament. 

For additional information, read the rest of the entry on Team Liquid.

Note: I'm from SEA, and this totally went underneath my radar. Please don't revoke my Starcraft 2 fan license.

List of TSL 3 Players

 

With the conclusion of the final TSL Open, we now have the semi-final list of players for the TSL 3. 

In terms of race distribution, it's fairly equal with 11 Protoss, 11 Terran, 9 Zerg, and 1 Random (go TLO). It is also notable that a tie-breaker will have to take place, as Strelok and SelecT are tied at the 8th spot.

 

Protoss

Name	Player ID	Nationality	Team name		Attending from
Jung Min Soo	MvP_Genius	Korea	MVP		Invite
Jang Min Chul	oGsMC	Korea	Old Generations		Invite
Chris Loranger	TLAF-Liquid`Huk	Canada	Liquid		Invite
Tyler Wasieleski	TLAF-Liquid`Tyler	United States	Liquid		First place TSL2
Johan Lucchesi	dignitas.NaNiwa	Sweden	Dignitas		TSL qualifier #2
Abdulaziz Abed	coL.CrunCher	United States	Complexity Gaming		TSL qualifier #3
Oleksiy Krupnyk	Duckload.White-Ra	Ukraine	Duckload Gaming		TSL qualifier #4
Lazar Silviu	Prae.NightEnd	Romania	Praetoriani		TSL qualifier #7
Benoît Strypsteen	Mill.Adelscott	France	Millenium		Points #5
Georgi Marinov	ZeeRax	Bulgaria	None		Points #7
Dennis Schneider	mouz.HasuObs	Germany	Mousesports		TSL qualifier #8

Terran

Name	Player ID	Nationality	Team name		Attending from
Lee Yoon Yeol	oGsNaDa	Korea	Old Generations		Invite
Lim Yo Hwan	SlayerS_BoxeR	Korea	SlayerS		Invite
Jeong Jong Hyeon	IMMVP	Korea	Incredible Miracle		Invite
Dai Yi	LonerPrime.WE	China	Prime, World Elite		Invite
Jonathan Walsh	TLAF-Liquid`Jinro	Sweden	Liquid		Invite
Mihaylo Hayda	Empire.Kas	Ukraine	Empire		TSL qualifier #1
Marcus Eklöf	Prae.ThorZaIN	Sweden	Praetoriani		TSL qualifier #5
Kevin Riley	ROOT.qxc	United States	Root Gaming		TSL qualifier #6
Sascha Lupp	ESC.GoOdy	Germany	ESC Gaming		Points #4
Jian Carlo Morayra Alejo	FnaticMSI.Fenix	Peru	FnaticMSI		Points #6

Zerg

Name	Player ID	Nationality	Team name		Attending from
Kim Won Gi	TSL_FruitDealer	Korea	Team SCV Life		Invite
Lim Jae Duk	IMNesTea	Korea	Incredible Miracle		Invite
Greg Fields	EG.IdrA	United States	Evil Geniuses		Invite
Hayder Hussein	TLAF-Liquid`HayprO	Sweden	Liquid		Invite
Joseph de Kroon	TLAF-Liquid`Ret	Netherlands	Liquid		Invite
Christoph Semke	MYM.Mondragon	Germany	Meet Your Makers		Second place TSL2
Yang Chia Cheng	FnaticMSI.Sen	Taiwan	FnaticMSI		Third place TSL2
René Krag	ieS-Ciara	Denmark	ieS Virtual Gaming		Points #2
Stefan Andersson	mouz.MorroW	Sweden	Mousesports		Points #3

Random

Name	Player ID	Nationality	Team name		Attending from
Dario Wünsch	TLAF-Liquid`TLO	Germany	Liquid		Points #1

Tiebreakers

Name	Player ID	Race	Nationality	Team name
Eugin Oparyshev	mouz.Strelok	Terran	Ukraine	Mousesports
Ryoo Kyung Hyun	Dignitas.SeleCt	Terran	United States	Team Dignitas

For more information about the TSL visit TeamLiquid. Source: original table posted by CDRnotDVD on reddit.