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Rival StarCraft II League 2016 Season 1

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[e][h]Rival StarCraft II League 2016 Season 1
League Information
Organizers:
Server:
North America
Type:
Online
Location:
United States Fargo
Format:
1v1
2 Group Stages,
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$700 USD
Start Date:
2016-02-11
End Date:
2016-03-14
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
32
Protoss 10
Terran 10
Zerg 12
Maps
Chronology

About[edit]

The Rival StarCraft II League was founded in early 2015 by Jake 'Hawkeye' Kohl. The intent is to bring a tournament experience to non-professional StarCraft II players. This invite is offered to players around the world, but games are played primarily on the North America Server. After the first successful year of tournaments, the RSL is expanding to Weekly Tournaments helped run by Rival Gaming that will compliment the tournament.

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage #1 (Round of 32): Dual Tournament format.
  • Round of 32 will consist of 8 groups labeled Groups A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H
  • Each group will have four players in it and compete in a GSL Style Group Stages.
  • Group Stage #2 (Round of 16): Dual Tournament format.
  • Round of 16 will consist of 4 groups labeled Groups A, B, C, and D
  • Each group will have four players in it and compete in a GSL Style Group Stages.
  • Quarterfinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
  • Round of 8 will form the single elimination brackets in the following format dependent on the results of the Round of 16.
  • Set 1: 1st place of Group A vs. 2nd Place of Group C.
  • Set 2: 1st place of Group B vs. 2nd Place of Group D.
  • Set 3: 1st Place of Group C vs. 2nd Place of Group A.
  • Set 4: 1st Place of Group D vs. 2nd Place of Group B.
  • Each match up will play a Best of 5 series.
  • The winner will move on to the Round of 4 Semifinals.
  • The losers of this round will be considered 5th-8th place equally.
  • Semifinals: Single-elimination playoffs.
  • Round of 4 will continue the single elimination brackets set up from the previous round as follows:
  • Series 1: Winner of Set 1 vs. Winner of Set 2.
  • Series 2: Winner of Set 3 vs. Winner of Set 4.
  • Each match up will play a Best of 5 Series
  • The winners will move on to the Grand Finals
  • The losers will be considered 3rd/4th place equally.
  • Grand Finals: Single-elimination Finals.
Grand Finals will consist of the winners from the Semifinals series in a Best of 7 Finals.

Map Pool[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$700 USD and OSC points are divided among participants as follows:

Participants[edit]

Players may qualify under one of four conditions:

  • Placing Top 4 the previous season
  • Seeded based on Rival Weekly results
  • Qualifying in Qualifier Events
Protoss Protoss (10) Terran Terran (10) Zerg Zerg (12)
Rival StarCraft II League 2015 Season 3 (4)
CascadeCascade
Russia Strange
Dead PixelsDead Pixels
Sweden Namshar
United States PandaBearMe
FlipSid3 TacticsFlipSid3 Tactics
United States JonSnow
Rival Weekly 2016 Season 1 (4)
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Kazakhstan PiLiPiLi
Team AscensionTeam Ascension
United States Dolan
Rival GamingRival Gaming
United States CalebAracous
True eSportTrue eSport
Serbia Beastyqt
From Qualifiers (24)
RedbloodsRedbloods
Denmark WPz
Rival GamingRival Gaming
United States FoxeR
mYinsanitymYinsanity
Switzerland PengWin
mYinsanitymYinsanity
United States RayReign
Team Exile5Team Exile5
United States xKawaiian
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Canada ZeRgWaVe
United Kingdom TeebuL2
Team AscensionTeam Ascension
United States Raze
IsIMBAIsIMBA
Poland DaNa
Deadly GamingDeadly Gaming
Canada HuShang
Team GravityTeam Gravity
Canada Semper
Ukraine DIMAGA
IsIMBAIsIMBA
Germany Monty
Expert GamingExpert Gaming
Norway HeltEn1
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Canada NoRegreT
Vination eSportsVination eSports
Germany PrimeLoT
United States RuFF
United States GAMETIME
EURONICS GamingEURONICS Gaming
Germany HolyHit
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
Spain AqueroN
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
Poland Tefel
Germany Socke
United States CrucialNug3
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Mexico JimRising
ECVisualizeECVisualize
Denmark POX1
Rival GamingRival Gaming
United States Cuddlebear2
Team AscensionTeam Ascension
United States BuBBa3

1 HeltEn has dropped from the tournament and has been replaced by POX. [1]

2 TeebuL has dropped from the tournament and has been replaced by Cuddlebear.[2]

3 CrucialNug has dropped from the tournament and has been replaced by BuBBa.[3]

4 ZeRgWaVe replaces PiLiPiLi in the Round of 16 due to him competing at 2016 WCS Circuit: Winter Circuit Championship.

Group Stage #1 (Ro32)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 11, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Sweden Zerg Namshar 2-0 4-0
2. Denmark Protoss WPz 2-1 2-2
3. United States Terran FoxeR 1-2 2-3
4. United States Terran BuBBa 0-2 1-4

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 12, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Poland Zerg Tefel 2-0 4-0
2. Kazakhstan Protoss PiLiPiLi 2-1 2-2
3. Canada Zerg ZeRgWaVe4 1-2 2-4
4. United States Terran xKawaiian 0-2 0-2
Group B Matches
KazakhstanProtossPiLiPiLi
W
L
United StatesTerranxKawaiian

Group C[edit]

Group C
February 13, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Denmark Protoss POX 2-0 4-0
2. United States Protoss RayReign 2-1 2-2
3. Spain Terran AqueroN 1-2 2-4
4. Russia Protoss Strange 0-2 0-2

Group D[edit]

Group D
February 14, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. United States Zerg PandaBearMe 2-0 4-1
2. Germany Protoss Socke 2-1 4-3
3. United States Terran RuFF 1-2 4-4
4. Canada Protoss HuShang 0-2 0-4

Group E[edit]

Group E
February 18, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Serbia Terran Beastyqt 2-0 4-1
2. Germany Protoss Monty 2-1 4-3
3. Mexico Zerg JimRising 1-2 3-5
4. United States Terran Raze 0-2 2-4

Group F[edit]

Group F
February 19, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Canada Terran Semper 2-0 4-1
2. Canada Zerg NoRegreT 2-1 5-3
3. United States Zerg CalebAracous 1-2 3-4
4. Germany Protoss PrimeLoT 0-2 0-4

Group G[edit]

Group G
February 20, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Poland Zerg DaNa 2-0 4-0
2. United States Zerg JonSnow 2-1 2-3
3. Germany Protoss HolyHit 1-2 1-4
4. Ukraine Zerg DIMAGA 0-2 0-0
Group G Matches
United StatesZergJonSnow
W
L
UkraineZergDIMAGA
UkraineZergDIMAGA
L
W
GermanyProtossHolyHit

*DIMAGA forfeited his Matches.

Group H[edit]

Group H
February 21, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. United States Terran Dolan 2-0 4-0
2. United States Zerg GAMETIME 2-1 4-2
3. Switzerland Zerg PengWin 1-2 2-5
4. United States Terran Cuddlebear 0-2 1-4

Group Stage #2 (Ro16)[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
February 25, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. United States Zerg JonSnow 2-0 4-0
2. Serbia Terran Beastyqt 2-1 4-2
3. Canada Zerg NoRegreT 1-2 2-4
4. Denmark Protoss POX 0-2 0-4

Group B[edit]

Group B
February 26, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. United States Zerg PandaBearMe 2-0 4-1
2. Canada Terran Semper 2-1 2-3
3. United States Zerg GAMETIME 1-2 2-4
4. United States Protoss RayReign 0-2 0-0
Group B Matches
CanadaTerranSemper
W
L
United StatesProtossRayReign
United StatesZergGAMETIME
W
L
United StatesProtossRayReign

*RayReign forfeited his Matches.

Group C[edit]

Group C
February 27, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. Germany Protoss Monty 1-0 2-0
2. Poland Zerg Tefel 0-1 0-2
3. Denmark Protoss WPz 0-2 0-0
4. Poland Zerg DaNa 0-2 0-0
Group C Matches

*WPz forfeited his Matches.
*DaNa didn't show up.

Group D[edit]

Group D
February 28, 2016 - 20:00 EST
1. United States Terran Dolan 2-0 4-1
2. Sweden Zerg Namshar 2-1 4-3
3. Germany Protoss Socke 1-2 4-4
4. Canada Zerg ZeRgWaVe4 0-2 0-4

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Grand Finals (Bo7)

Distribution[edit]

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Central Protocol1143175.0%220100.0%-----14
Dusk Towers3486275.0%63350.0%72528.6%238
Lerilak Crest1772528.6%41325.0%-----33
Orbital Shipyard20330100.0%----94544.4%152
Prion Terraces2161516.7%54180.0%32166.7%-16
Ruins of Seras2863350.0%106460.0%52340.0%115
Ulrena1341325.0%43175.0%-----14
Total Sum (Σ)14438191950.0%31191261.3%24101441.7%41532

Official Links[edit]

References[edit]