Bombastic StarLeague 7

Welcome everyone!

The long-awaited seventh installment of the Bombastic StarLeague (BSL) kicks off on the 15th of August 2019! We are proud to announce we have partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to bring you not one, but four fully-fledged, action-packed seasons of your favourite StarCraft: Remastered tournament outside of South Korea. Bombastic StarLeague Season 7 - as well as seasons 8 and 9 - will feature a USD $1,000 prize purse each, culminating in a USD $3,000 grand finale at Bombastic StarLeague Season 10.

The BSL is the brainchild of a hard-working crew dedicated to making the largest StarCraft:Remastered tournament circuit outside of Korea. We’d like to thank the community for the support we’ve received over the past few seasons and we hope the fruits of our labour will once again live up to everyone’s expectations.

Our goal is to create a healthy competitive environment for players outside of South Korea. The BSL is split into three separate skill-based divisions, catering to the needs of both experienced players and newcomers to the scene alike. The three levels of competition are the BSL ChoboLeague, BSL GosuLeague, and BSL ProLeague.

Key information

Prize pool rundown:

BSL7: USD $1,000
BSL8: USD $1,000
BSL9: USD $1,000
BSL10: USD $3,000

Seasons 7 through 9 will employ the same format as BSL6, with a slight change to the Ro24 of ProLeague. This round will now be played out in a Bo1 format.
The Ladder Stage will be considerably shorter than in previous seasons, so best queue up as soon as you can and start climbing the ranks!
In addition to cash rewards (and bragging rights, of course), BSL seasons 7, 8, and 9 will award participants Bombastic Points, which will later be used to determine 20 of the 32 players seeded into BSL10.

How do I sign up?

Create a new account using the BSL7- tag on any gateway BSL7-YourNickName, e.g.: BSL7-Hatchet, BSL7-HaN, BSL7-ZZZero, ...
Head over to: https://bombasticstarleague.com/
Register on the site and add your in-game account to the rankings
Launch StarCraft: Remastered and start laddering! The Ladder Stage commences on August 15 and closes on September 07 at 23:59 CET

How do I qualify for each division?

The top 20 players from the Ladder Stage get seeded directly into BSL7 ProLeague
Players ranked #21 to #53 from the Ladder Stage get seeded into BSL7 GosuLeague
All remaining Ladder Stage participants who completed at least 20 ladder games get seeded into BSL7 ChoboLeague

Continue improving your BSL ladder placement even after qualifying - the player with the higher ladder placement will be given priority during map vetoes.

Format

PROLEAGUE

Ro24 Group Stage – Six groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-one.
The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-three.
The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Grand finals – Best-of-seven.

Seeded into the BSL7 ProLeague from BSL6:
From BSL6 GosuLeague into Ro24: Ty2, CastrO, UltrA, Cryoc
From BSL6 ProLeague into Ro16: trutaCz, Bonyth, Dewalt, DragOn

GOSULEAGUE

Ro32 Group Stage – Eight groups of four players each, double elimination, best-of-one.
The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double elimination, best-of-three.
The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro8.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Grand finals – Best-of-seven.

CHOBOLEAGUE

RoXX Group Stage – 12 groups with XX players in each, best-of-one.
The top 4 players of each group advance to Ro48.
Ro48 Group Stage – Eight groups with six players each, double elimination, best-of-one.
The top 2 players in each group advance to the Ro16.
Ro8 and Ro4 – Single elimination bracket, best-of-five.
Grand finals – Best-of-seven.

BSL Season 7 Format

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Schedule

15.08.2019 - 08.09.2019 Ladder Stage
09.09.2019 - Group draw
14.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro24 Group 1 & 2
15.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro24 Group 3 & 4
21.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro24 Group 5 & 6
22.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Group draw ceremony
28.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro16 Group 1
29.09.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro16 Group 2
05.10.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro16 Group 3
06.10.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro16 Group 4
19.10.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro8 Day 1
20.10.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro8 Day 2
26.10.2019 - 18:00 CEST - Ro4
02.11.2019 - 18:00 CET - Grand Finals and 3rd place match

Maps

Bloody Ridge

Oxide

Power Bond

Sylphid

Ground Zero

Multiverse

Gladiator

Download BSL7 map pack

Prize Pool

The BSL7 Proleague prize pool of USD $1,000 is sponsored by Blizzard and will be distributed as follows:

1st place - USD $400 + 1500 Bombastic Points
2nd place - USD $250 + 700 Bombastic Points
3rd place - USD $150 + 500 Bombastic Points
4th place - USD $100 + 400 Bombastic Points
5th-8th place - USD $25 + 250 Bombastic Points

Bombastic Points

BSL Points will be awarded throughout BSL seasons 7, 8 and 9 based on rankings in each division. This points will then be used to determine the 20 players seeded into BSL Season 10.

View the rankings table.

Bombastic Points Distribution

Points Info

BSL10

The three upcoming seasons of the Bombastic StarLeague - seasons 7, 8 and 9 - will feed into a much larger grand finale tour of BSL10. While this tournament will employ a similar structure to previous seasons, the ProLeague division of BSL10 will undergo slight structural changes.

The Champions of BSL7, BSL8, and BSL9 will all be receiving a direct seed into the BSL10 ProLeague Round of 32. The remaining spots will be distributed among the top performers of the league: 20 spots will be determined via BSL Points ranking, 8 spots will be rewarded as a result of the BSL10 ladder stage, and a final 16-man last-chance tournament for ladder players ranked 9th through 24th will determine the final spot.

Note that we are still finalising all the details regarding BSL10 GosuLeague and BSL10 ChoboLeague. Keep an eye out for further announcements.

BSL Season 10 Format

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Tournament rules

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

2. 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 BSL Discord server.
15 minutes after scheduled time, if one of the players not responding, his opponent may claim technical win for one game.
15 minutes after that he can claim win for the whole series.

3. Playing matches before the schedule
Every match prior to the Elimination Stage can be played ahead of schedule if both players 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, match should be played as it was scheduled.
It is not allowed to livestream your games or announce the result if you are playing your match earlier.
Winner of the match must upload the replays.

4. Latency
Default Turn Rate setting is DTR.
If both players agree, Turn Rate setting can be changed.

5. Disconnects
If one of the players gets disconnected from the game before the 2-minute mark — game must be replayed. After the 2-minute mark and if one of the players had an advantage — decision is up to admin.

6. Casting the game
Everyone should allow ZZZero or another official caster to join the game for broadcast.

7. Everyone should join BSL Offlicial Discord channel: https://discord.gg/X7S87gR

8. If you have any questions, feel free to ask Hatchet, HaN or ZZZero — we are open for helping.