I am pleased to announce that after some deliberation, we will be opening a Semi-Pro division for the Americas, with an MMR cap of 5300. This way teams with top masters ineligible for NA Amateur will be able to compete in Alpha this season. Pleased be advised that like the other divisions, signups end on Friday, May 24th!! https://alpha.tl/americassemipro

Hello !

As a reminder, signups for season 14 end on May 24, so if you are planning on playing but still haven't signed your team up, please do so.

ALLIANCES - Any teams interested in an Alliance for Season 14 MUST declare their alliance to the admins for us to approve prior to the end of registration. Alliances from prior seasons DO NOT CARRY OVER without notifying the Admins.

MAPS - Season 14 will begin using the new seasons' ladder maps.

GLHF!

ATL has partnered up with Sector Six and we now offer a range of merchandise for sale with proceeds going towards future prize pools.
We appreciate any support from you guys purchasing swag from our store that includes t shirts with customisable names, dad hats and hoodies!
Check us out - https://alpha.tl/store

Sector Six is an e sports apparel company (US based but ships globally) that makes jerseys/hoodies etc and we are pleased to inform ATL teams that you will be eligible for a 20% discount on any Sector Six merchandise or store set ups as long as your team has played in ATL before or if you are registered for the upcoming season.
Pls DM myself or sunokasuri#3266 for more details!

Thank you!

We are starting the 14th season. Welcome back, friends
<https://alpha.tl>

We are adding a definition of "new accounts" in the rules:
- Uses a new account (Account was made less than 4 months ago and/or has less than 400 ranked 1x1 games)

We will start sign ups for new season tomorrow. Stay tuned.

New season is coming soon, but before registration starts we want to bring for your attention some important changes. We analyzed issues we had last season and your feedback in detail and decided to implement following rules:

Any match can be guaranteed rescheduled once.
Maximal delay for group stage matches is 2 weeks from original date.
Maximal delay for playoff matches is 1 week from original date.
After reveal, line up changes/subs are only permitted if both managers and an ATL admin agree.

Rule page is already updated, for some time new rules will be highlighted in green for your comfort:
<https://alpha.tl/rules>

Another important change is the removal of 3rd place matches from all divisions.

Also we developed an awarding system for our prizepool supporters. Prizepool supporter teams will get a special colorful tag which gonna be displayed alongside the team name on all league pages. Contact league admins for details and tag discussion.

Finally we can announce the fixture for our ATL AfreecaTV Cup.

This special one -off 3 day tournament featuring the top 4 teams each from NA and EU based on last season's pro divisions will be co sponsored by AfreecaTV, 24 hour fitness and Matcherino for a total of $300 plus some coupons.

Prize distribution will be 70/30% between 1st and 2nd place.

Tournament link- https://alpha.tl/afreecatvcup

Unfortunately we will not be able to readjust schedules due to casting requirements by AfreecaTV. Managers please confirm that your teams are able to play according to this schedule. If you are unable to play, please let us know so we can find a replacement team. Thank you!

11th May Saturday
2pm EDT/8pm CEST - Quarterfinals 1 (Black Night v IxG)
3pm EDT/9pm CEST - Quarterfinals 2 (3D! V Alpha X)


12th May Sunday
2pm EDT/8pm CEST - Quarterfinals 3 (Mkers v Bearme)
3pm EDT/9pm CEST - Quarterfinals 4 (Psistm v Wolfs Pack)

25th May Saturday
1pm EDT/7pm CEST - Semi finals 1
2pm EDT/8pm CEST - Semi finals 2
3pm EDT/9pm CEST - Finals

For EU v NA - games will be played on US East
For NA v NA - US Central
For EU v EU - EU

Last season's alliances for these teams will be permitted to continue for this tournament

The big and small final for the EU Semi-Pro Division and the small final for the EU Amateur Division are scheduled. If you or your opponents want to change the date of the match, let us know. We will reschedule it. So, before making a lineup, please, contact your opponents and ask if the date convenient for them.
Thank you.

Following last week's NA ATL Amateur finals, a complaint was raised against [LoF]'s player Clockwise that a different and higher level player may have been playing on his account.
Upon investigations and replay analysis , we found enough evidence (ladder replay and ATL replay showed vastly different hotkeys) to support the complaint and will be banning (black listing) Clockwise as well as awarding the win to TSOP instead.
<https://alpha.tl/match/4939>

Hey guys,

Ever looked at Teamliquid or Liquipedia for up to date information and always finding scorelines, match results updated almost instantly? Especially for big events like WCS and GSL and even smaller ones like Proxy Tempest/OSC stuff etc etc.

Ever curious about upcoming events and always able to find them on the TeamLiquid Calendar?

Yeap all these are facilitated by quiet volunteer hardworkers such as CynicalDeath and Kashim who have been the bedrock of Teamliquid and Liquipedia's events sections for a million years now.

We'll like to make use of this crowdfuding page and codes to show our appreciation from the SC2 community. If you guys have a minute, please take the time to use a code for free! Any additional donations are also highly appreciated!

https://matcherino.com/tournaments/14487/overview
code : CDandKashim adds money for free!
Retweets also appreciated - <https://twitter.com/AlphaXsc2/status/1112181278592233472>