Friday, July 13, 2007

TeamLiquid Hamachi StarLeague


OverviewIf you haven't been following the Tourney section lately, you may have missed out on a homegrown forum event: The TeamLiquid Hamachi StarLeague. Check out the original topic here. You can find the birth of the idea as well as updated standings.To briefly explain, oshibori_probe and Seraphim organized a tournament for forumers to be played over hamachi. The structure was OSL style, with people in six groups of four, and two from each group advancing. Because of the great turnout, there is also a wildcard stage.Players and MapsThe official HSL maps are:

Map #1 [Longinus II]
Map #2 [Python]
Map #3 [Nemisis]
Map #4 [Ride of the Valkyries]

The players of the HSL are:
Victory After Victory: Protoss
KarMa (Seraphim)
fAke.V.oO
XCetron
Arcology
LRM)aSyOhI
rS]taCat
tokyoclassic
oshibori_probe
Overcome All: Zerg
yubee
zXk3
Sezon]i[
stack
QualityGamers.DawN
Superiorwolf
In)Spire
The Triumph of War:Terran
ArtOfPiano
besiger.cry
Zergish
Funkie
fonger_nz
nAi.CyrAx
lastshadow
CapO
Grazze.XcL
Standings
So far the group stages have finished, and the wildcard rounds are about to get underway. Here are the results from the first round:
1st Teamliquid Hamachi Starleague Group Stage Results
In)Spire and Piano advance from Group A
Oshibori_probe and Seraphim advance from Group B
Asyohl and Arcology advance from Group C
Dawn and stack advance from Group D
zkx3 and Cyrax advance from Group E
Grazze and Capo advance from Group F
Wildcards
v.oO (A)
taCat(B)
Besieger (C)
Zergish (E)
yubee (F)
XCetron (F)
Detailed results from each group:

Group A
Piano vs In)Spire 0-1
V.oO vs tokyoclassic
Piano vs v.oO
In)Spire vs tokyoclassic @ 2-0
Piano vs tokyoclassic
v.oO vs In)Spire 0-1
In)Spire and Piano advance!
v.oO goes to the Wildcards
Group B
Seraphim vs Superiorwolf
Tacat vs Oshibori 0-2
Seraphim vs Oshibori 1-2
Superiorwolf vs Tacat
Seraphim vs Tacat 2-1
Oshibori vs Superiorwolf
Oshibori and Seraphim advance!
Tacat goes to the Wildcards
Group C
Asyohl vs Arcology 2-0
Besiger vs Lastshadow
Asyohl vs Lastshadow 2-0
Arcology vs Besiger
Asyohl vs Besiger 2-0
Arcology vs Lastshadow
Asyohl and Arcology advance! Besieger goes to the Wildcards
Group D
stack vs FunkieDawn vs Sezon
Stack vs SezonDawn vs Funkie
Stack vs DawnFunkie vs Sezon
Dawn and stack advance! No person from this group goes to the wildcards. Instead, two people from group F to go the wildcards
Group E
zkx3 vs Zergish
Cyrax vs Fonger
zkx3 vs Fonger
Cyrax vs Zergish 2-0
zkx3 vs Cyrax 2-1
Zergish vs Fonger
zkx3 and Cyrax advance! Zergish goes to the Wildcards
Group F
yubee vs Grazze 0-2
Capo vs XCetron 2-0
Yubee vs XCetron
Capo vs Grazze 1-2
Yubee vs Capo 0-2
Grazze vs XCetron 2-0
Grazze and Capo advance! Yubee and XCetron go to the wildcards
Recap
In)Spire and Piano advance from Group A
Oshibori_probe and Seraphim advance from Group B
Asyohl and Arcology advance from Group C
Dawn and stack advance from Group D
zkx3 and Cyrax advance from Group E
Grazze and Capo advance from Group F
Wildcards
v.oO (A)
taCat(B)
Besieger (C)
Zergish (E)
yubee (F)
XCetron (F)
The next stage is the wildcard battle which will round out the playoffs. Stay tuned to see who wins the cup! You can follow the wildcard action in this thread. In addition there is a user-made site which has the information you need here. Hopefully replays will be up soon.A big thanks should go to oshibori_probe, Seraphim, GTR-2-Go, and many others for running all of this.