The Wait is Over – SIL Season 2
Dota or Dota 2, a game that requires a full 5 men cooperation to bring out the best result at the end of a match. When one fall, we will have the other 4 to back you up. A game of teamwork, no one should ever be left behind in the battlefield.
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...In short, SIL Season 2 will be separated into two parts, and they are...
...a crouton was baked. He lived through this childhood like the average crouton. However, he did not really like the environment around him as it was a bit too toxic. He decided he could not take it any more and ran away from the city to search for an environment that was less toxic, an environment that he could enjoy and fit in. He thought to himself, "I need a new name for people to recognise me and so that the people from the city cannot recognise me." He found an old man while wandering and asked him "Hey you, give me a good name!," the old man looked down at his food he was eating and replied to him "Croutons." He liked the name that was given to him, though he decided to add his favourite number at the end of the given name and thus he named himself "Croutons5." He continued wandering after yelling his new name. At last, while wandering for days on the lost grounds of /new he found a place that is potentially enjoyable for him.
After a few days of walking around, meeting and socialising with people in the new town he thought he would potentially enjoy, he decided to stay. His first encounter with the townspeople was when he stumbled upon nine other townsmen that decided to challenge each other to a friendly match of five versus five. They needed one more so they could start the match and Croutons5 wanted to join with them so he approached them, "Can I play?," he asked. All of the nine townsmen looked up to him, thought to themselves "This new kid has to be good, he has the name of a food for god's sake." before saying yes to the new kid. The new kid was stunned, he did not think they would want him in their game. Before the game, Croutons5 and the other four townsmen discussed their plan for the game and concluded that the new kid should support the four of them so they picked him a character that was pretty cool even though the character consumes innocent children in order to be useful in the early stages of the game.
He tried so hard and got so far, and in the end it mattered which resulted in their victory. Every single member on the team knew they underestimated the kid, they complimented him for his spectacular supporting. The new kid was flattered upon hearing the praises of his teammates. Later that night, he thought to himself that he needed a place to sleep. Thus, he asked around where he could get a place to stay at and the townspeople redirected him to the third TownSpeak client. The third TownSpeak client told him that there were no available places to stay at. However, they found out that there was an abandoned lair that was available to stay at and that he did not need to sign up or pay for it. Croutons5 took off immediately prior to taking the town map, heading his way towards the abandoned lair.
As he heads his way towards the Croutons5, he notices the sound of the trees in the breeze. He hadn't realised how much jet fuel is not hot enough to melt steel beams. Enjoying the wind in the air, he finally arrived at the abandoned lair. Upon arriving, he thought of something he thought no one would ever think of, a cafe. He set off to the nearest local store, bought four mangos and placed it in his backpack. Why mangos? Croutons5 was a smart one, he had planned this way ahead of time, since a mango will grant +1 health point regeneration while you have it in your backpack, four mangos would grant +4 health point regeneration at the cost of 150 gold each, which makes this a total of 600 gold. He noticed there was a ring which costed around 875 gold, he asked the counter what it does. The counter replied saying that the ring grants +5 health point regeneration while you have it in your inventory to which Croutons5 replied, "Why should I buy one ring that costs 875 gold that grants +5 health point regeneration when I can buy five mangos that would cost me 750 gold, grant +5 health point regeneration AND give me the energy enough for do my power?" The counter was speechless.
All right, since this is going to take too long for a blog post I'll skip the timeline and head over to after over half a year and a season one tournament. When the interested tell tales of SIL Season 2, none are sure of which are true. In whispered tones they say there would be no SIL Season 2. Others hear that SIL was dead. Still others believe that there would be a SIL Season 2. Silently in the darkness, the councils watched over the interested and schemed something to stop all these misunderstandings. The councils gave them a season 2 of Fame & Fortune; they say the interested ones can win some shiny arcana or so. Still, the council felt this was not sufficient, they decided to write some ridiculous lore so the announcement to SIL Season 2 would sound cool. And so, let us all reborn once again, as five.
GROUP STAGES
Group Stages will be preceded by an Open Qualifier PROVIDED that there are more than 20 teams joining. In the event of an open qualifier, FIRST 18 teams registered go straight through to the Group Stage, with the remaining teams going into a sudden match to fight for the last 2 spots.
Group Stage will be in a Round Robin format, with each team playing against all other teams in a Best of 1. The 4 teams with the lowest score at the end of the group stage get eliminated.
MAIN EVENT
The Main Event will be divided into two phases:
Phase 1 will have the 9th - 16th teams playing in BO1 match-ups, with the losers immediately getting eliminated and the winners proceeding to the Lower Bracket of Phase 2.
Phase 2 will separate the top 8 teams from the Group Stage into the Upper and the Lower Bracket. All games in Phase 2 will be Best of 3. Losing in the Upper Bracket sends a team to the Lower Bracket, and losing in the Lower Bracket eliminates a team.
The top 4 teams in the Group Stage will go straight to the Upper Bracket, and the 5th - 8th teams go straight into the Lower Bracket, with their matches being against the winners of Phase 1.
click to enlargeSIL Season 2 will be played in Captain's Mode, from 3rd October 2015 throughout 2 months, from Phase 1 after open qualifier (if any). Open Qualifiers will starts with the condition of more than 20 teams registered, on 23th September 2015. The teams' match ups will be randomized and being posted over at our Facebook and subreddit as soon as possible. Open Qualifier matches normally from 7PM onwards. Full group stage/main event schedule will be announced soon after we are done with it.
Please read the rules before registering your team - https://goo.gl/SP9TtP.
Registration deadline on 20th September 2015, 11:59PM
updated on September 9, 2015, 11:00PM
1. Scruberino Stackerino
2. Team SixSixFive
3. Jon's Molten Beef Noodles
4. Indomie Goreng
5. Team Techies Jungle
6. We're not EviL we're Cute
7. TroubleMaker
If you registered and don't see your team here, please contact admins or leave a comment below. Another thing to note, if you do not see your team name in the list above, please wait a day (or two) before you contact us. Here are the conditions we check when we process the applications:
1. Check to see if the team name is appropriate.
2. Check if players are in the guild.
If one of these conditions are not met, and you do not see your team name in the list, please contact us.
---
FAQ (also known as Frequently Asked Questions)
Q: I don’t have a team or I don’t have enough teammates, what should I do?
A: We will announce 'teamless' application, something similar to previous one, over at our subreddit soon.
Q: Can I recruit teammates outside from the guild?
A: Yes, you can but they need to join our guild by following these steps. See here.
Q: Can we still participate after 20 teams being registered?
A: Yes. If your team is not the first 18 team registered, you will be entering our sudden death Open Qualifier.
Q: Captain's Mode or Captain's Draft?
A: Captain's Mode. As the meta matured, we decided it is 'balanced' and this was the members' choice.
Q: Is this tournament being streamed?
A: Yes, it will be available on our Twitch.
Q: Will you stream on Youtube Gaming?
A: Most probably not, but we never know.
Q: What is the prize pool?
A: It is a secret for now. Fret not, there will be something!
Q: Can we go Rosh to get the cheese?
A: Make sure to have wards outside the Rosh Pit before you go in, else you'd probably get echo-slammed and the other team will probably win first place.
Q: What happened to croutons5? I miss him. Croutons5 is love, Croutons5 is life.
A: Busy playing Team Fortress 2.
Any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us or our available admins or moderators. Use the hashtag #SILs2!
7 comments: