BATL announced!
Comments (16)By NKspartan on Apr 08, '11
Vile Gaming is proud to announce its first official jump into the competitive StarCraft II arena with..
BATL (pronounced "battle"), short for Battle for Ascendancy Team League, is a new league with its eyes set on becoming the largest organized, professional team-based competition for the foreign SC2 scene. This includes a full-fledged website (rather a section here on VG) with a redirect domain of BATL.us. The first season will have a significant prize pool, to say the least, which will be explained later in this post.
The format!
The prizes!
I am proud to be personally sponsoring the first season of BATL with $2,400 (USD) in cash for the pool. The first place team will receive $1,600 and the second place will receive $800.
However, if you'd like to donate to the prize pool, with either cash or computer hardware/gear, then please feel free to contact me at spartan@vilegaming.com. You will be credited and thanked for publicly. Also, if you're a larger organization and want to make a significant donation in exchange for avertising (ie. sponsorship/parntership), then don't hesitate to email me either.
Continue reading..
BATL (pronounced "battle"), short for Battle for Ascendancy Team League, is a new league with its eyes set on becoming the largest organized, professional team-based competition for the foreign SC2 scene. This includes a full-fledged website (rather a section here on VG) with a redirect domain of BATL.us. The first season will have a significant prize pool, to say the least, which will be explained later in this post.
The format!
The general outline is that of a mix between the NBA/NFL. Also, please note that, like all VG events, we run on the PST timezone.
There will be 3 divisions at 8 teams per division..
- Division 1
- Division 2a
- Division 2b
Division 1 is the premier league of some of the top, active teams out at this time. Divisions 2a/2b are the rest regular pools of teams. By no means does being in division 2a/2b mean a team is bad; they just may not be top-performing as the teams in division 1, or all the spots filled up beforehand. It is also worth noting that being in divisions 2a/2b doesn't mean you have zero chance of making it to the playoffs and winning the whole season as the champions.
Minimum of 6 players on a team roster, and maximum of 12; not including managers (unless they're a player, too).
A season (10 weeks) consists of the following..
- Regular season lasting 7 weeks long.
- Playoffs lasting 3 weeks long.
There is a 2-week break between seasons.
Regular season notes..
- 2v2 is currently set to be the ace match for a war. However, this is still up in the air for discussion of instead having a 1v1 as the ace match (2v2 will still be included).
- Players that played 1v1 in a war can be in the 2v2, or anyone else from the roster.
- Yes, there are 2 wars (days) per week.
- Day 1 is always Wednesday and Day 2 is always Saturday.
- Day 1 is a "half war" at two 1v1s and an ace 2v2.
- Day 2 is a "full war" at four 1v1s and an ace 2v2.
Regular season schedule..
As you can tell, the competition is setup in a round-robin format. The final standings are based on the flat score (percent) of each teams' 14 wars (ie. if a team goes 14-0 they're pretty much #1 on standings), and ties will be decided by the overall set/match scores. Penalty points will also affect the standings.
Playoffs..
The finals consists of 3 separate days (Bo3 wars). Champion team is declared and King's Cup goes to a player of that team.
We are hoping to register our target of 24 teams for the season; if not, we will run with what we have and the playoffs will be altered slightly.
Division rotations..
- The bottom 2 teams of division 1 drop to division 2a/2b.
- Top team of division 2a/2b go to division 1.
- The bottom 2 teams of division 2a/2b get kicked out for 1 season and replaced with a new applicant team (if any).
There will be 3 divisions at 8 teams per division..
- Division 1
- Division 2a
- Division 2b
Division 1 is the premier league of some of the top, active teams out at this time. Divisions 2a/2b are the rest regular pools of teams. By no means does being in division 2a/2b mean a team is bad; they just may not be top-performing as the teams in division 1, or all the spots filled up beforehand. It is also worth noting that being in divisions 2a/2b doesn't mean you have zero chance of making it to the playoffs and winning the whole season as the champions.
Minimum of 6 players on a team roster, and maximum of 12; not including managers (unless they're a player, too).
A season (10 weeks) consists of the following..
- Regular season lasting 7 weeks long.
- Playoffs lasting 3 weeks long.
There is a 2-week break between seasons.
Regular season notes..
- 2v2 is currently set to be the ace match for a war. However, this is still up in the air for discussion of instead having a 1v1 as the ace match (2v2 will still be included).
- Players that played 1v1 in a war can be in the 2v2, or anyone else from the roster.
- Yes, there are 2 wars (days) per week.
- Day 1 is always Wednesday and Day 2 is always Saturday.
- Day 1 is a "half war" at two 1v1s and an ace 2v2.
- Day 2 is a "full war" at four 1v1s and an ace 2v2.
Regular season schedule..
As you can tell, the competition is setup in a round-robin format. The final standings are based on the flat score (percent) of each teams' 14 wars (ie. if a team goes 14-0 they're pretty much #1 on standings), and ties will be decided by the overall set/match scores. Penalty points will also affect the standings.
Playoffs..
The finals consists of 3 separate days (Bo3 wars). Champion team is declared and King's Cup goes to a player of that team.
We are hoping to register our target of 24 teams for the season; if not, we will run with what we have and the playoffs will be altered slightly.
Division rotations..
- The bottom 2 teams of division 1 drop to division 2a/2b.
- Top team of division 2a/2b go to division 1.
- The bottom 2 teams of division 2a/2b get kicked out for 1 season and replaced with a new applicant team (if any).
The prizes!
I am proud to be personally sponsoring the first season of BATL with $2,400 (USD) in cash for the pool. The first place team will receive $1,600 and the second place will receive $800.
However, if you'd like to donate to the prize pool, with either cash or computer hardware/gear, then please feel free to contact me at spartan@vilegaming.com. You will be credited and thanked for publicly. Also, if you're a larger organization and want to make a significant donation in exchange for avertising (ie. sponsorship/parntership), then don't hesitate to email me either.
Continue reading..
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