PSL season 2

PSL season 2 - Open

PSISTORM Gaming is proud to show support to StarCraft 2 and now extends to players around the world! We are creating a tournament league modeled after the prestigious GSL.  We all have been fans of Artosis and Tasteless casting the biggest and longest-running StarCraft 2 tournament in the world, with the best players in "Code S".

Sign up here!

VODs and more info are available on all games.

We are basing our tournament style after GSL, with qualifiers to a Round of 24.

PSL players will then be broadcasted competing in a similar format.

Qualifiers:
• All participants will play a Bo3 with their opponent (randomly seeded)
• 4 invited players are automatically qualified. They will no longer need to play in Qualifiers
• Top 20 players in Qualifiers shall move on to the Group Stage.
• Not all matches in the Qualifiers will be broadcasted online.

Group Stage:
• 24 players in 6 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament format.
• All matches are Bo3.
• Top 2 players of each group advance to the Playoffs.

Playoffs:
• 8 players in the single-elimination bracket.
• All matches are Bo5. Grand Finals is Bo7
• Finals will be a Bo7 with a 1-0 lead for the player coming from the Winners' Bracket.

• List of registered players so far (to be updated)
• Round of 24 players (tbd)
• Round of 16 (tbd - EnDerr, Nuks, MeoMaika, and Ranger will advance here)
• Top 8 - Playoffs

PSL Prize Pool

$500+ Bonus prizepool and OSC points

1st $260 + 20% of Bonus Prize Pool
2nd $100 + 20% of Bonus Prize Pool
3rd/4th $50 + 10% of Bonus Prize Pool
5th-8th $10 + 10% of Bonus Prize Pool

Special prizes from OSC:

Qualifiers day1 and 2 - Double Elimination:
1st: $20 + 40 OSC Points (+0.25 Pts x Number of players)
2nd: 15 OSC Points (+0.25 Pts x Number of players)
3rd-4th: 10 OSC Points each (+0.25 Pts x Number of players)
5th-10th: 5 OSC Points each

+$5 random participation prize

Main Event:
1st 240 OSC points
2nd 125 OSC points
3rd + 4th 60 OSC points each
5-8th 20 OSC points each
9-16th 10 OSC points each
17-28th 5 OSC points each

And chance to collect $15 OSC Bounty on MeomaikA

Bonus Prize Pool:
- For the season we have 20 broadcast events, for each broadcast we hit avg of 50+ viewers, prize pool goes up $10 ($200 potential)
- If we average 100+ viewers for 3 broadcasts (another $300 added)
- 50% paypal donations during the broadcast goes to the prize pool
- 100% of Matcherino donations

PSL Schedule

all dates/times are Manila time (GMT+8) - please convert to your region or refer to https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/PSL/2

Qualifiers (Bo3)

Philippines only Qualifiers - Mar 13, 2021 (2 pm GMT+8) completed
All SEA countries Qualifiers - Mar 14, 2021 (11 am GMT+8) completed
Open Qualifiers - Mar 17, 2021 (9 pm GMT+8)

Group Stage 1 (Bo3)
Grp A - Mar 20, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp B - Mar 21, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp C - Mar 27, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp D - Mar 28, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp E - Apr 3, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp F - Ap3 4, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)

Stage 2 (Bo3)
Grp A - Apr 10, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp B - Apr 11, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp C - Apr 17, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Grp D - Apr 18, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)

Playoffs (Bo5)
Ro8 part 1 - Apr 24, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Ro8 part 2 - Apr 25, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Ro4 part 1 - May 8, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)
Ro4 part 2 - May 9, 2021 (11 am GMT+8)

Grand Finals (Bo7)
May 15, 2021 (11 am)

Official Broadcasters

PSISTORM Gaming - trovo.live/psistorm
KJ "Freeedom" - trovo.live/karljayg

Socials

PSISTORM Gaming - FB - Twitter - Insta
KJ "Freeedom" - FB - Twitter - Insta
DLSMIZEL - FB - Twitter - Insta

Links

TL.net thread

Liquipedia article