Prodigy Team Star League (PTSL) Season 1

Initially i was gonna wait for team announcements before making this...then I saw a screenshot of a map.:)

This is a $1,200 prize pool "proof of concept" 2v2 tournament. 8 teams are invited to basically test it out just like IPL Season 1 did. Live viewing and VODs will be free.

• $1200 Season 1 prize pool: $750 First Place, $300 Second Place, $150 Third Place
• 8 Pro 2v2 Teams comprised of some of the best professional StarCraft II© players
• 2 Custom 2v2 maps created by the ICCup Mapmaker prodiG
• Games casted live by Kevin "CatsPajamas" Knocke and Josh "AskJoshy" Suth
• Live stream and VODs provided free of charge
• Players’ team voice chat streamed alongside the casted live stream.
• Double elimination tournament. Best of 3s. Finals is a Best of 7.

Website:
http://ptsl.tv/

TL thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=228380

If you're interested in 2v2 definitely tune in to this. I know I will be.:)

Brackets:
http://www.ptsl.tv/brackets.html

Teams:
Team Destiny
Destiny [Z] & coL.Minigun [P]

Team haCk
haCkProTech [Z] & Power [T]

Team Vile
vileState [P] & vileSpanshwa [Z]

Team VT
VTPokebunny [T] & VTFuture [P]

Meet Your Makers
mYm.ZyDahli [Z] & mYm.ZyPythonas [T]

The Assassins
coL.CatZ [Z] & coL.Drewbie [T]

Team 'Sup Son'
Dignitas.SeleCT [T] & FXOpTiKzErO [P]

Team EG
EGAxslav [P] & EGStrifeCro [Z]

ProdiG has released info about one of the maps he is making for PTSL. TL thread here...
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=225697

Interestingly he will be making 2 maps for PTSL.

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Citadel of Gaia is the first of two 2v2 maps that I am creating for the Prodigy Team Starleague. The map is inspired by Twilight Fortress, the very first SC2 2v2 map. I feel that Twilight Fortress was always quite solid, however it had room for improvement. This is what I came up with:

Citadel of Gaia by prodiG

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http://i.imgur.com/0Q0L9h.jpg

Click here for top-down view

Features
-In-base natural expansion
-Main base has three ramps, two 1x ramps and one 2x ramp blocked by debris. These can be walled on the lowground by one central wall or on the highground by two separate walls
-Third base can be taken as an easy-to-defend mineral only or as a riskier gas expansion by going around the trees
-Two Xel'Naga Towers overlook their respective ramps leading into the center
-One Xel'Naga Tower on each of the outer expansion areas
-Gold expansion can be harassed via the path above

Specs
Map Size: 164x160
Expansions: 20 blue, 2 gold
XNT: Six, two in the center and four along the outer expansions
Tileset: Custom - Uses elements from Bel'Shir, Aiur, Agria and Haven

Closeup Images

The center

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http://i.imgur.com/mmm0vh.jpg

Blue Base

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http://i.imgur.com/X3r5sh.jpg

Red Base

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http://i.imgur.com/MYmO2h.jpg

Two-Way third expansions

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http://i.imgur.com/WMPXPh.jpg

Gold expansion

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http://i.imgur.com/s6nsgh.jpg

What lies beyond the wall? #gameofthrones

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http://i.imgur.com/raplah.jpg

Team Rocket HQ

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http://i.imgur.com/kcbozh.jpg

Abandoned Military Base

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http://i.imgur.com/IT3Edh.jpg

Abandoned Military Factory

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http://i.imgur.com/0uO5Mh.jpg

Waterfall!

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http://i.imgur.com/zcgf5h.jpg

Map is published on NA and EU as iCCup Citadel of Gaia [2v2] - PTSL

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Note from the author
prodiG I thought you retired?!?!?!

Well, before I announced my retirement I had committed to the PTSL that I would make a pair of 2v2 maps for their league and I am not someone to back down on prior commitments. I'm still "retired," but I'll still be following up with these 2v2 maps. I hope you all enjoy it!

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EDIT: This map looks so pretty.:D Too bad it's not in 2v2 map pool.:( It has some interesting features.

Teams have been announced....

Team 1
ROOTDestiny
ROOTMinigun

Team 2
haCkProTech
Power

Team 3
vileState
vileSpanshwa

Team 4
vtPokebunny
vtFuture

Team 5
FXOSheth
FXOmOoNan

Team 6
ROOTCatZ
ROOTDrewbie

Team 7
SeleCT
FXOpTiKzErO

Team 8
EGAxslav
EGStrifeCro

Looking pretty sweet.:D Even have protech who's supposedly a beast in 2v2.:D

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Originally Posted by JackhammerIV

Looking pretty sweet.:D Even have protech who's supposedly a beast in 2v2.:D

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Yea if you consider 10 pool to be really beast lol. :P

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Originally Posted by Genopath

Yea if you consider 10 pool to be really beast lol. :P

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Well it's 2v2. Anything goes.:p If he micros his lings well then I see no issue.

This 2v2 tournament is starting up this weekend. It begins Saturday Jun 25th at 1am (BST), 2am (CET) corresponding to Friday 24th 9pm (EDT) [I think. I have no idea about American time zones :p]. Stream and VODs are free so tune in guys if competitive 2v2 interests you at all.

Full map pool was announced and additional maps besides the one I already posted are:
High Ground
http://i.imgur.com/NFxbU.jpg

Tarsonis Assault
http://i.imgur.com/OHktt.jpg

Twilight Fortress
http://i.imgur.com/Qn3En.jpg

iCCup Deconstructed (not yet published)
http://i.imgur.com/ZI57mh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zVOboh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lDgkEh.jpg

Dahli and Pythonas are replacing Sheth and Moonan. Sheth and Moonan can't compete due to being in Korea.

Warpprism.com has been adjusted by the creator to allow viewers to watch PTSL and switch between the 3 audio streams without affecting the video.

This is starting up in 1hr 40mins. The special warpprism page for it is....
http://warpprism.com/ptsl

Can easily switch between audio streams if you wanna hear what the players are saying to each other. I put a link to the brackets on the first post. Team Destiny is playing first. That would probably bring in a lot of viewers. I'll probably rewatch that series to see the kind of crap destiny is saying during the matches.:p

Nice opening game. The warpprism site works well. Only thing is the stream currently seems to only work on Best. Lag has abated for me though. Sick final battle. Need more energetic casters but I believe the official casters aren't on yet.

It's played live so I wonder about cheating......especially since the VOIP for each team is streamed. Problem with any online live streamed matches though. VOIP stream might make it easier to catch cheating. They can't talk to each other about what the other team is doing.

EDIT: Ok. They're using Justin.TV's delay server so it's streamed 5mins slower. Nice.:D Damn I would pay for this.:D

Some really good games. Catz/Drewbie vs Hack/Power...

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So so sick. Really close games but Catz and Drewbie just seem to have better micro, positioning and game sense. Drewbie's banshees man.......damn...

Day 1 just finished up. Pretty good tournament so far. Nice concept. And seems like there's only 2 people behind it. Worth a watch if 2v2 interests you.

Day 2 is starting in like 38mins. I know it's at the same time as HSC3 but if the match in HSC3 isn't particularly interesting at the time just switch over and watch some PTSL.:D

Winner bracket finals just started. So tune in after Huk vs Naniwa.:p PvP tends to be short anyways.:)

VODs uploaded to www.youtube.com/ProdigyTSL. Not yet fully uploaded yet..:p

So they have announced a season 2. I am holding off making a new thread since there seems to be limited interest here.:p
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=254108

Interestingly they got HD and PainUser to cast the final day.

Team Destiny makes a return for the next season. Hopefully destiny doesn't oversleep again...

Season 2 is on this weekend. Brackets and details.......
http://challonge.com/PTSL2
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=254108

Notably team FXO consists of GuMiho and TheBest. Let's see if Korean domination can extend to 2v2s.:p Hopefully Destiny remembers the schedule this time.:p