feardragon Profile Blog Joined October 2010 United States 923 Posts Last Edited: 2017-02-18 19:09:24 #1

Gone are the days where we refer to players as an "NA Ladder Hero" as a derogatory term referencing their struggle toward a goal of little meaning or value! Competition breeds ingenuity, hard work and skill! And NA Ladder Heroes is here to increase the competition!



This is a Blizzard sponsored event now as they are providing the bulk of the prize pool. Big thank you to Blizzard for supporting this project.



Stream for the monthly finals can be found on my channel:

http://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64



Be sure to keep up to date with the amazing website run by Troy Pavlek.



OFFICIAL LADDER HEROES WEBPAGE

Gone are the days where we refer to players as an "NA Ladder Hero" as a derogatory term referencing their struggle toward a goal of little meaning or value! Competition breeds ingenuity, hard work and skill! And NA Ladder Heroes is here to increase the competition!Stream for the monthly finals can be found on my channel:Be sure to keep up to date with thewebsite run by Troy Pavlek. Credit to Troy Pavlek for making the website!







NA Ladder Heroes is a system to incentivize players to give more meaning to their ladder practice. The system is split up into two parts that tie into each other. I will note that all of the values listed are the base prize pool values and may increase depending on both patreon and my own contributions to the prize pool.



1) Weekly Ladder competition

Every(or close to every) Saturdays at 9pm PST/12:00am EST , the top 20 registered players on the North American Grandmaster list will be awarded points for finishing at the top of the ladder. Higher placement will result in more points earned. Point values will be as follows.

+ Show Spoiler + 1st - 23 point

2nd - 21 point

3rd - 20 point

4th - 19 point

5th - 17 point

6th - 16 point

7th - 15 point

8th - 14 point

9th - 12 point

10th - 11 point

11th - 10 point

12th - 9 point

13th - 8 point

14th - 7 point

15th - 6 point

16th - 5 point

17th - 4 point

18th - 3 point

19th - 2 point

20th - 1 point



, the top 20 registered players on the North American Grandmaster list will be awarded points for finishing at the top of the ladder. Higher placement will result in more points earned. Point values will be as follows. The top 6 registered players will also win $50/$30/$20/$20/$15/$15 respectively for that week of the ladder competition.

2) Monthly Finals From Ladder Qualifications

Every month, the top 12 point holders from the weekly ladder competition will be invited to a monthly tournament with a $400 prizepool. The event will take place during a single day.



prizepool. The event will take place during a single day. The tournament will be a single elimination with every round but the Finals being a Bo3 & the Finals being Bo5. A Bo3 3rd/4th place match will also be played before the finals.



The top 4 players are seeded one round in(into the ro8). Seeding is done in accordance to points that qualified them.



The tournament will pay out $200 to 1st, $75 to 2nd, $50 to 3rd, $25 to 4th. and $12.50 to 5th-8th.



to 1st, to 2nd, to 3rd, to 4th. and to 5th-8th. Players in the monthly finals will also earn OSC points depending on their placement as follows:

+ Show Spoiler + 1st 250 OSC points

2nd 175 OSC points

3rd 100 OSC points

4th 60 OSC points

5-8th 25 OSC points each

9-12th 12.5 OSC points each



Please note this event is constantly adapting and thus, everything here is subject to change .





Players will submit registration to participate in the event. Approved players will be added to a registered players list and will be subject to banned permanently from the event if they break any of the rules.

No Barcodes/Shared Accounts - Registered players agree to use an account that displays their real username(no barcodes) and agree that no other player or person will use the account for a ranked ladder match at any point. You also may not use name changes during the competition unless approved by me.



- Registered players agree to use an account that displays their real username(no barcodes) and agree that no other player or person will use the account for a ranked ladder match at any point. You also may not use name changes during the competition unless approved by me. Publicly Listed Players - Registered players will be publicly displayed on the website, as well as players who have been banned from participating due to rule breaks.



- Registered players will be publicly displayed on the website, as well as players who have been banned from participating due to rule breaks. Don't Be a BIG Jerk - I reserve the right to ban players from the event that show excessive levels of bm during ladder games(I will be very reasonable about this. I'm not going to ban you for dropping manner mules or offensive gg'ing. Just don't be dumb and start doing things like using racial slurs, extremely personal attacks, etc.)



- I reserve the right to ban players from the event that show excessive levels of bm during ladder games(I will be very reasonable about this. I'm not going to ban you for dropping manner mules or offensive gg'ing. Just don't be dumb and start doing things like using racial slurs, extremely personal attacks, etc.) Don't Be An idiot - Players of course agree not to hack/mod/stream cheat/etc.



- Players of course agree not to hack/mod/stream cheat/etc. Reregister if you name change - Ladder Heroes is tracked via an automated system. If you name change you need to reregister your new account name with me and justify the change.

To register, send an email to NA Ladder Heroes is a system to incentivize players to give more meaning to their ladder practice. The system is split up into two parts that tie into each other. I will note that all of the values listed are theprize pool values and may increase depending on both patreon and my own contributions to the prize pool.Please note this event is constantly adapting and thus,Players will submit registration to participate in the event. Approved players will be added to a registered players list and will be subject to banned permanently from the event if they break any of the rules.To register, send an email to feardragon64 [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com with the the subject line "NA LADDER HEROES APPLICATION" and the following information in the body:

Your most well known username

A link to the battle.net account you will use for the event

The paypal account you would like to be paid at

A replay of at least 15 minutes in length for identity verification/hotkey analysis if accused

The best way to reach you(skype preferred, otherwise e-mail address, etc.)

with the the subject line "NA LADDER HEROES APPLICATION" and the following information in the body: Registered Players

Viewable over at http://www.ladderhero.es





Point standings:

Point standings available on the official website, http://ladderhero.es/standings !

History of standings also available on the website, http://ladderhero.es/history ! History can be viewed on the NA Ladder Heroes liquipedia page or on the Ladder Heroes webpage





The Prize Money/Patreon

Currently, the total prizepool between the weekly and monthly totals to $1000 per month. However, each month will actually have a slightly larger prize pool based on Patreon contributions.



With the additional funds I'm using there, I may increase the total prizepool for a particular month based on the percentage values listed above. Of course, as with everything, this is subject to change in the future and it is simply where I'm currently spending the patreon money I'm getting. If you do decide to contribute to the Patreon, the replays for the monthly finals will be available to those contributing at least $10. A link to the Patreon can be found here:









1) What About Europe/Korea/South America/SEA/Etc?

I will start by saying that ALL players from ANY region are allowed and encouraged to participate, regardless of your citizenship, residency, etc. The only inherit requirement is that you of course have to be in the North's Grandmaster list. However, if you are interested in playing on the EU Server, EU Ladder Heroes has also been launched and you are free to particulate in both NA and EU Ladder Heroes. If you can place in both then more power to you.



2) Won't maphackers/win traders/etc. just win?

Keep in mind every player participating *has* to register for this. A strict list will be maintained and anyone caught maphacking, win trading, cheating, etc. will be perma banned from the list and listed in the "banned" section of this thread. This is to ensure the participants able to earn any money will not be map hackers.



3) Can I play in both NA and EU Ladder Heroes?

Yes! If you can keep up your ranking on multiple servers then more power to you. Just remember to register for both individually!.





Currently, the total prizepool between the weekly and monthly totals to $1000 per month. However, each month will actually have a slightly larger prize pool based on Patreon contributions.With the additional funds I'm using there, I may increase the total prizepool for a particular month based on the percentage values listed above. Of course, as with everything, this is subject to change in the future and it is simply where I'm currently spending the patreon money I'm getting. If you do decide to contribute to the Patreon, the replays for the monthly finals will be available to those contributing at least $10. A link to the Patreon can be found here:I will start by saying that ALL players from ANY region are allowed andto participate, regardless of your citizenship, residency, etc. The only inherit requirement is that you of course have to be in the North's Grandmaster list. However, if you are interested in playing on the EU Server, EU Ladder Heroes has also been launched and. If you can place in both then more power to you.Keep in mind every player participating *has* to register for this. A strict list will be maintained and anyone caught maphacking, win trading, cheating, etc. will be perma banned from the list and listed in the "banned" section of this thread. This is to ensure the participants able to earn any money will not be map hackers.Yes! If you can keep up your ranking on multiple servers then more power to you. Just remember to register for both individually!. Garbage Starcraft 2 Commentator