Heroes Lounge Season 4 Playoff Announcement!
Hi folks, it’s me Arquine again here to bring you a special announcements regarding season 4’s playoff plans. Playoffs have been a feature piece of Heroes Lounge in past seasons and we’ve worked hard to improve on the amazing playoffs we’ve had. After much deliberation, we’ll be introducing not one, but two playoffs this season!
Heroes Lounge Championship
Teams in division 1 and 2 will have the opportunity to participate in the premier championship of Heroes Lounge.
The top 10 teams from division 1 and top 6 teams from division 2 will qualify for Heroes Lounge Championship.
Heroes Lounge Cup
Heroes Lounge cup will feature teams from division 3, 4 and 5.
The top 6 from division 3, top 5 from division 4 and top 5 from division 5 will qualify for this prestigious cup.
Standings and Seeding
Standings will be based on total amount of wins a team has accumulated over the season. Should a team tie on number of wins, then head to head record is taken into account. If both criteria fails to separate the teams, tie breakers will be played to determine who will advance. Do note that map score will not be taken into account for standings.
Seeding for the playoffs will be based on wins, followed by map score, followed by head to head. Should neither of these managed to separate the team’s standings, moderators will use their discretion to determine the seeding (consultation with the captains involved).
Teams in higher divisions will by default have higher seeding.
Format
Groups
Teams will be drawn into four groups based on seeding (see below).
The draw will be streamed live on Twitch !
Each team will take part in a Best of 2 round robin (as seen in HGC MSB).
Each team will have the opportunity to pick one map in the BO2.
Scoring
Winning both maps will net a team 3 points, a draw will award both teams just 1 point. Therefore, there is good incentive to win both maps.
Progression
1st placed teams from each group will advance to the upper bracket of the knockout facing off other 1st placed teams.
2nd and 3rd place teams will go to the lower bracket where they will have to fight for survival.
Finals / Knockout Phase
Teams coming from the upper bracket will have 2 lives, where losing a match will move them to the lower bracket. Teams in the lower bracket will only have a single live where they have to win every series to stay in the tournament.
All matches are best of 3 (BO3), except the grand finals where it is a best of 5 (BO5) with 1 map advantage to the team coming in from the upper bracket. Finals will run throughout the entire weekend and will be streamed on our lounge channels on Twitch.
But When?!
I’ll keep it short and sweet, details below.
| # | Event | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Final games of regular season to be played | . - by 22/9/2017 |
| 2 | Tiebreakers | 23/9/2017 - 24/9/2017 |
| 3 | Heroes Lounge Cup Group Stages | 25/9/2017 - 06/10/2017 |
| 4 | Heroes Lounge Championship Group Stages | 25/9/2017 - 13/10/2017 |
| 5 | Heroes Lounge Cup Finals | 07/10/2017 - 08/10/2017 |
| 6 | Heroes Lounge Championship Finals | 14/10/2017 - 15/10/2017 |
Regular Season Changes to Promotion and Demotion
Top 3 teams from each division will be promoted to the higher division, and bottom 3 teams will be demoted to the lower division. Unlike previous season, promotion and demotion are no longer voluntary but enforced.
Final words
Heroes Lounge is a community driven league, by fans from all over Europe. We appreciate your feedback and will strive to iteratively improve. This season’s playoff and promotion plans have taken into account the many suggestions from the community and we hope that you continue to feedback on what you love or hate about the league, the playoffs, the rules to our staff on Discord , or via Twitter or Facebook
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