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Bombastic StarLeague 20

Dear StarCraft lovers!

Welcome to the first season of BSL in 2025. This year is going to be amazing. I finally got the courage to move out of my comfort zone, refresh and rebuild the BSL you’ve known for 20 seasons. To be clear, I wasn’t afraid of making changes, nor was I facing a lack of ideas - I was just afraid you guys were not going to read them and assume it's the same as usual Kappa. From the very beginning BSL had a goal to keep the scene active and alive, I feel like the simple battle.net ladder stage is no longer serving its purpose, so we implemented a number of changes to keep this season exciting.

First of all, I want to remind everyone that we excluded Chinese players from participation in the ProLeague of BSL.

Sponsors

We were struggling a lot to find funding for this season, we didn't meet the goal and we are still missing $1400, so the prize pools will be lowered until we will find an additional sponsor for BSL20.

It makes me even more grateful for all those amazing people, who despite all the challenges, still support StarCraft and BSL.

BSL Season 20 sponsors:

BSL 2025 extra events sponsors:

Big thanks to all of you guys, for enabling us to have yet another season of Bombastic StarLeague! Everyone who is watching, commenting and sharing info about BSL is helping so much, it wouldn’t be possible without your help and support!

But now hold onto your seats, and read carefully, because the changes are BIG!

BIG CHANGES

BIG CHANGES YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT:

IMPORTANT NOTES

BSL20 B.NET Ladder Stage

Battle.net Ladder stage starts TODAY, it will end 30.03.2025 23:59 CET. You can start playing now!

How do I sign up to BSL20?

BSL Season 20

How do I qualify for each division?

Amount of ChoboLeague tiers will depend on the number of confirmation on BSL Discord after the ladder stage.

Format

ProLeague

GosuLeague, HasuLeague, ChoboLeague

ChoboLeague

BSL20 ProLeague Broadcast Schedule

Every game of BSL ProLeague will be casted on BSL’s Official Twitch Channel

RESTREAMING or STREAMING the EVENT without permission is NOT ALLOWED, our goal is to maximize viewers on the official BSL channels, as we’re trying to attract some sponsors.

Maps and Vetoes

BSL20 maps
Click the image to see it in full size.

First maps for each round

BSL Non-Korean Championship

New exciting BSL regular tournament will be held after each season of BSL!

Format

Prize pool

Bombastic StarLeague Season 20 total prize pool of $4,500 USD will be distributed as follows:
BSL20 ProLeague: $3000
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship: $1400
BSL20 GosuLeague tier 1: $100

The BSL20 Proleague
1st place - $1200
2nd place - $600
3rd place - $350
4th place - $250
5th - 6th place - $100
7th - 8th place - $60
9th - 12nd place - $40
13rd - 16th place - $30

The BSL20 Gosuleague Tier 1
1st place - $50 + BSL21 RO32 Seed
2nd place - $30 + BSL21 RO32 Seed
3rd place - $20 + BSL21 RO32 Seed

BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
1st place - $560
2nd place - $350
3rd place - $210
4th place - $140
5th - 8th place - $35

Talents

Casters & Talents of BSL Season 19:

Producer, Observer & Organizer:
ZZZero

English Main Broadcast

BSL Official Channel - ZZZeroPL on twitch

Talents:
Nyoken
Diggity
Machine
Razz
Doc_Holiday

Spanish commentators
Yu

OliPatrick

Russian commentators
babyMagiK

Dewalt

RESTREAMING or STREAMING the EVENT without permission is NOT ALLOWED, our goal is to maximize viewers on the official BSL channels, as we’re trying to attract some sponsors.

Tournament rules

1. Everyone must join the BSL Official Discord channel.

2. Confirmation after ladder stage.
Every player who played in the BSL20 ladder stage, has to confirm their participation in the tournament on BSL Discord:
a) ProLeague - within 12 hours after ladder stage ends
b) GosuLeague, HasuLeague & ChoboLeague - within one week from ladder stage end

3. Qualification restriction
Players who have previously played in ProLeague (Seasons 14-19) can't qualify for Hasu and Chobo leagues. Players who have played in GosuLeague (Seasons 16-19) can't qualify for ChoboLeague. Players who weren't able to reach the needed MMR will have to skip this BSL Season.

4. The tournament is residency locked
The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of Korea. Therefore, only players that are living outside of South Korea can participate in this tournament

5. Smurfs
a) Smurfs are not allowed, you have to play on your real, most known nickname.
b) Sharing accounts is not allowed - one battle.net / ShieldBattery account can be used by one player only.

6. Race Picking
Upon confirming their participation, players need to declare race and matchups they play for the entire season.

7. Regular match rules
Players must be online and available on Battle.net channel Op BSL (Europe) 15 minutes before their scheduled match. Secondary channel of communication is the BSL Open Discord server - players have to be available on Discord during the matches.
15 minutes after scheduled time, if one of the players is not responding, his opponent may claim a technical win for one game.
15 minutes after that he can claim a win for the whole series.
It is not allowed to livestream your games or announce the result before they have been officially casted.

8. Playing matches before the schedule
Every match prior to the Elimination Stage can be played ahead of schedule if both players and admins agree.
Contact your opponent and set up the date to play. We strongly suggest using BSL Open Discord for this so admins can keep track of things.
On the selected day, play your match. Apply the same rules as for a regular match - use Op BSL and Discord to communicate.
If both players were unable to play on their selected date/time or weren't able to set one up, the match should be played at the official play date and time.

Both players must ensure that the replays are uploaded and available for the admins.

9. ShieldBattery
Any match can be played using ShieldBattery if both players and admins agree. For more info please visit the ShieldBattery website.

10. Latency
Default Turn Rate setting is DTR (Dynamic Turn Rate). If both players agree, the Turn Rate setting can be changed.

11. Disconnects
If one of the players gets disconnected from the game before the 2-minute mark, the game must be replayed. If one of the players had an advantage after the 2 minute mark, the decision is up to the admin.

12. Casting the game
Everyone should allow ZZZero or any other responsible person to join the game for broadcast.

13. Unsportsmanlike conduct
Any menace, insults, toxicity, bad manners, racism, homophobia, sexism and any kind of behavior which will be treated as offensive as well as unsportsmanlike conduct will be punished in BSL. If no mitigating circumstances are found, the penalty is the BAN from the BSL season.

14. Prize distribution
Winners of cash prizes are required to contact ZZZero on Discord to agree on the desired form of payment of the prize. Default payment form is via Paypal. Winners must also send Name + Surname and address. The cost of sending funds and commissions are covered by the recipient.

15. Personal Data
Anyone who is participating in the tournament agrees to the processing of their personal data, which they made available to the organizer or which are accessible publicly.

16. Additional info
Anyone who is participating in the tournament and is listed in the PEP, SDN or OFAC lists is obligated to contact the organizer.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone from the Staff on the Discord channel.

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