GosuGamers presents: GosuGamers Starleague!

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GosuGamers proudly presents a new league being created for players. The name of it? GosuGamers Starleague.

The league will be a 32-player tournament, divided in 8 groups of 4 players. The top two out of each group will advance to the playoffs, and will then play in a double-elimination format, with the semifinals and LB finals being bo5, while the final will be bo7, where the winner bracket winner will lead with 1-0.

All third place players will play a fourth place player in a best of three single elimination at the end of one season, where the loser of this match will exit the league. Two tournaments at diffrent times will be held to get 8 new contestants for the next season.

The first season will feature two qualification tournaments as well, which will be held on Saturday 3rd of March, 21:00 CET and Sunday 4th of March, 15:00 CET. The league itself will start at Saturday 10th of March, 19:00 CET. Each week, a player will play one best of three match. Here is the invited player list:

Players listed by race:
- xLo.Strelok - CDS)PredY - Idra[Media] - NaW-Mireille - Skew[Media] - LRM)Odin - iG.Ex - Artosis[Media]	- xLo.White-Ra - iG.Arcneon - ToT)ZelotITO( - MgZ)so.o - Jinro[S2] - iG.Bruce - MgZ)Oldy - MYM.Testie
- ToT)Mondragon( - ToT)ParanOid( - MgZ)Ptak - ToT)Midian( - iG.Bouncer - MYM.Sen - ToT)XiaoZi( - MgZ)TT1

The maps for this event are:
Tau Cross
Peaks of Baekdu
Blitz X
Neo Arkanoid
Aracadia II
Longinus II
The groups were chosen based on race, while attempting to seperate clan members from eachother as well. For the rest, it was attempted to best suit the players' notes, such as the possibility to play earlier or later.

Groups

Group A

Idra[Media] MYM.Testie iG.Bouncer 4th place, qualifier tournament 1

Group B

xLo.White-Ra MgZ)TT1 1st place, qualifier tournament 1 CDS)PredY

Group C

ToT)ParanOid( 2nd place, qualifier tournament 1 iG.Ex MgZ)Oldy

Group D

3rd place, qualifier tournament 1 ToT)Zelotito( MgZ)Ptak LRM)Odin

Group E

Skew[Media] iG.Arcneon ToT)XiaoZi( 4th place, qualifier tournament 2

Group F

iG.Bruce ToT)Mondragon( 1st place, qualifier tournament 2 Artosis[Media]

Group G

ToT)Midian( 2nd place, qualifier tournament 2 xLo.Strelok MgZ)so.o

Group H

3rd place, qualifier tournament 2 NaW-Mireille Jinro[S2] MYM.Sen

We wish everyone already in good luck, as well as all participants to the tourneys on Saturday and Sunday. Note that everyone is allowed to participate in the qualification league, except those already invited.

UPDATE: Artosis will replace Theognis.

Links
GosuGamers.net - Event coverage
GosuGamers.net - Qualification Tournament 1 (SAT 21:00 CET)
GosuGamers.net - Qualification Tournament 2 (SUN 15:00 CET)