Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts Last Edited: 2013-07-04 07:44:54 #1



Hello, the High School Starleague is recruiting secondary schools from europe. Normally we just stick to the Americas but we've recently had a few European teams who were interested in joining. Central European time is some 6 hours ahead of EST and 9 hours ahead of PDT so this could present some logistical difficulties in arranging matches. Therefore, I thought it would be best to attempt to get enough European schools to make Europe its own division (for regular season play at least). We're not making any promises yet on if we'll be able to do this but first we'll have to see how much interest there is from secondary schools in the European continent.



For anyone interested, here's how the league operates and a bit of other useful info. A school will make a team composed of 3+ players from the same school (ideally, sometimes nearby schools with insufficient players can merge though; this is reviewed on a case by case basis for approval though). So once you have your 3+ teammates, you can play vs other schools. Our plans for next season is to return to the CSL/Proleague hybrid format (as opposed to All-Kill) described below.

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ace 1v1 tiebreaker match

3 player minimum because we will let teams recycle their 2v2 players

We also plan next season to have opt-in skill based separations so teams can be more evenly matched. We'll be testing particular set up this in our first offseason team event soon though (preview:



We also always accept schools from the Americas of course, for any teams interested in registration especially, EUROPEAN secondary schools (as was the objective of this thread) email hsstarleague@gmail.com.



Lastly, does anyone know of any other good forums or sites to possibly find more Eu teams? I've already posted on a few forums listed below.

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Other post locations (some in other languages ):



Note: We try to accommodate the diversity of languages in Europe but for now English is the operative language of the league as the league is run primarily by actual high schoolers and it is not as though we're expert translators or anything. The US doesn't place as much emphasis on learning foreign languages as Europe does (to my understanding) so forgive us please. :D



Eu.battle.net General SC2 forums (English) : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7739884325



: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7739884325 Eu.battle.net Multiplayer and eSports forum (English) : http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7739694268



: http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7739694268 MyStarcraft.de Community Forum (German/Deutsch) : http://forum.gamesports.net/starcraft/showthread.php?t=8815



: http://forum.gamesports.net/starcraft/showthread.php?t=8815 inStarcraft.de StarCraft 2 Allgemein (German/Deutsch) : http://starcraft2.ingame.de/forum/showthread.php?p=5664139#post5664139



: http://starcraft2.ingame.de/forum/showthread.php?p=5664139#post5664139 Starcraft2.at StarCraft 2 Forum (German/Deutsch): http://www.starcraft2.at/index.php?mod=board&action=thread&where=182&start=0



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TL;DR: We had some Eu schools register. Time difference inconvenient. Need more Eu schools to have a separate Eu division.

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Anonymous Complaint/Suggestion Box Hello, the High School Starleague is recruiting secondary schools from europe. Normally we just stick to the Americas but we've recently had a few European teams who were interested in joining. Central European time is some 6 hours ahead of EST and 9 hours ahead of PDT so this could present some logistical difficulties in arranging matches. Therefore, I thought it would be best to attempt to get enough European schools to make Europe its own division (for regular season play at least). We're not making any promises yet on if we'll be able to do this but first we'll have to see how much interest there is from secondary schools in the European continent.For anyone interested, here's how the league operates and a bit of other useful info. A school will make a team composed of 3+ players from the same school (ideally, sometimes nearby schools with insufficient players can merge though; this is reviewed on a case by case basis for approval though). So once you have your 3+ teammates, you can play vs other schools. Our plans for next season is to return to the CSL/Proleague hybrid format (as opposed to All-Kill) described below.We also plan next season to have opt-in skill based separations so teams can be more evenly matched. We'll be testing particular set up this in our first offseason team event soon though (preview: High School Starleague/HSL: The Special - 2013 ).We also always accept schools from the Americas of course, for any teams interested in registration(as was the objective of this thread) emailLastly, does anyone know of any other good forums or sites to possibly find more Eu teams? I've already posted on a few forums listed below.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: We try to accommodate the diversity of languages in Europe but for now English is the operative language of the league as the league is run primarily by actual high schoolers and it is not as though we're expert translators or anything. The US doesn't place as much emphasis on learning foreign languages as Europe does (to my understanding) so forgive us please. :D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We had some Eu schools register. Time difference inconvenient. Need more Eu schools to have a separate Eu division.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The High School Starleague (HSL), formerly known as the High School Starcraft Team League, has been operating since 2011. With a successful preseason, partnership with CSL, and initial season, HSL looks to expand High School E-Sports and spread a thriving love and passion for StarCraft to secondary schools all across North America, and perhaps someday extend overseas as well. The HSL also aims to prepare our players for the Collegiate Starleague upon graduation by providing an opportunity to play under a similar system to accrue experience in a competitive eSports environment.hsstarleague@gmail.com

Thalandros Profile Blog Joined July 2012 Netherlands 1149 Posts #2 darn, I really wanna join this with a friend of mine now... But we don't have a third player. gonna look for a third player and train him hopefully. Any posters I can/should hang up? Great initiative by the way! :D || ''I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.'' ||

Biktaka Profile Joined February 2012 Netherlands 35 Posts #3 It would be cool to see which schools signed up for the signing in stage. This would bring more attention to it if a lot of secondary schools signed up and maybe spark some motivation for others to also sign up!



Cool stuff that the focus of this is on Europe and that this will basicly be the (for now) little brother of the CSL but more leaning towards Europe! Celestial Being

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #4 On July 01 2013 01:34 Thalandros wrote:

darn, I really wanna join this with a friend of mine now... But we don't have a third player. gonna look for a third player and train him hopefully. Any posters I can/should hang up? Great initiative by the way! :D



Yea i think a few schools have made some in the past, or you can always make your own! The league is a lot of fun and if you can get a good team together you might even win some prizes Yea i think a few schools have made some in the past, or you can always make your own! The league is a lot of fun and if you can get a good team together you might even win some prizes

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #5

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zluvhplfv1nn3vl/OWmpMAzn8H

Here's some sample posters

Riquiz Profile Joined June 2011 Netherlands 381 Posts #6 Sick city, delft represent! Swarmhosts enthusiast.

Thalandros Profile Blog Joined July 2012 Netherlands 1149 Posts Last Edited: 2013-07-01 12:58:19 #7 Gonna try as hard as possible to get a couple extra players added to our roster - Until what date can I sign up? ^^







one last question - Does everyone have to be from the same high school? If we can't gather enough people for example, am I free to invite a friend that lives in a different country, but is in secondary/high school? =P (The majority of our team would still attend our high school, just one player as an exception.) ThanksGonna try as hard as possible to get a couple extra players added to our roster - Until what date can I sign up? ^^one last question - Does everyone have to be from the same high school? If we can't gather enough people for example, am I free to invite a friend that lives in a different country, but is in secondary/high school? =P (The majority of our team would still attend our high school, just one player as an exception.) || ''I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.'' ||

Luolis Profile Blog Joined May 2012 Finland 6423 Posts #8 Damn id like to join this but sadly noone else than me in our school plays SC2 T-T pro cheese man / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia

EnPo Profile Joined June 2012 Finland 411 Posts #9 Nice to see you coming to Europe. I'm now sad, because I'm going to new school (1st year in secondary school) so I don't know does anyone else play SC in that school. When does the Sing-ups last, because many countries have summer holidays now.

"Enpo has okay builds and solid execution" -Serral 2018

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #10 On July 02 2013 00:17 EnPo wrote:

Nice to see you coming to Europe. I'm now sad, because I'm going to new school (1st year in secondary school) so I don't know does anyone else play SC in that school. When does the Sing-ups last, because many countries have summer holidays now.





Basically at the moment we're registering for our offseason team league event and then in september or october we'll open registration for Season 3. Basically at the moment we're registering for our offseason team league event and then in september or october we'll open registration for Season 3.

PXEnTei Profile Blog Joined April 2012 United States 208 Posts #11 You only need 3 players, thats awsome. my school has me and 1 other person who plays. then 2 ppl who agreeded to start playing. when will sign up actually start? did it already, where do we sign up if it did, do we email?

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Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts Last Edited: 2013-07-02 05:03:56 #12 On July 01 2013 21:53 Thalandros wrote:

Thanks Gonna try as hard as possible to get a couple extra players added to our roster - Until what date can I sign up? ^^







one last question - Does everyone have to be from the same high school? If we can't gather enough people for example, am I free to invite a friend that lives in a different country, but is in secondary/high school? =P (The majority of our team would still attend our high school, just one player as an exception.) ThanksGonna try as hard as possible to get a couple extra players added to our roster - Until what date can I sign up? ^^one last question - Does everyone have to be from the same high school? If we can't gather enough people for example, am I free to invite a friend that lives in a different country, but is in secondary/high school? =P (The majority of our team would still attend our high school, just one player as an exception.)



A) We're going to have an offseason team event which you guys could sign up for in the next few weeks. The season 3 registration will open in september-october though.



B) Generally the policy is that you can't have a player outside your school unless your school has a insufficient member quantity, their school has an insufficient member quantity, or both. In the event that your friend doesn't have enough members at his school to make a team we allow them to merge with the nearest participating school. In the NA HSL we look for the schools in the same

city

county

State/Province



roughly in that order for prioritizing. For an HSL Eu though. we might have to consider throwing out this list of prioritization purely since the continent is so compact in terms of countries.

In general, we try to find ways to fit in players/schools that don't have enough players though. A) We're going to have an offseason team event which you guys could sign up for in the next few weeks. The season 3 registration will open in september-october though.B) Generally the policy is that you can't have a player outside your school unless your school has a insufficient member quantity, their school has an insufficient member quantity, or both. In the event that your friend doesn't have enough members at his school to make a team we allow them to merge with the nearest participating school. In the NA HSL we look for the schools in the sameroughly in that order for prioritizing. For an HSL Eu though. we might have to consider throwing out this list of prioritization purely since the continent is so compact in terms of countries.In general, we try to find ways to fit in players/schools that don't have enough players though.

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #13 On July 01 2013 22:06 Luolis wrote:

Damn id like to join this but sadly noone else than me in our school plays SC2 T-T



Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team! Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team!

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #14 On July 02 2013 13:13 PXEnTei wrote:

You only need 3 players, thats awsome. my school has me and 1 other person who plays. then 2 ppl who agreeded to start playing. when will sign up actually start? did it already, where do we sign up if it did, do we email?





you can register now! email hsstarleague@gmail.com you can register now! email hsstarleague@gmail.com

HighSchoolStarleague Profile Blog Joined June 2012 63 Posts Last Edited: 2013-07-04 07:38:05 #15 We'd also accept new admins from the Eu region with this expansion if anyone is interested. For the first season of this, we'll probably just be running this alongside our NA divisions as we build upon our number of teams in this region. Follow HSL at: hsstarleague.com, facebook.com/hsstarleague, twitter.com/hsstarleague, youtube.com/highschoolstarleague, & twitch.tv/hsstarleague.

Thalandros Profile Blog Joined July 2012 Netherlands 1149 Posts #16 Hmm, considering we have our holidays now until around the end of August (<3), we can't promote the HSL throughout the school, and therefore limiting our chance on getting any additional members. =( When does the NA division (And therefore the EU one too) start, so we may have a little bit of time? I'll try squeeze just enough people in so we can get our own team, otherwise we'd happily join a fellow Dutch team that's participating. || ''I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.'' ||

Perfi Profile Blog Joined May 2010 Poland 349 Posts #17 Just as I leave high school... :D

That's a cool initiative, hope you guys do well!

Luolis Profile Blog Joined May 2012 Finland 6423 Posts #18 On July 02 2013 14:05 Ry2D2 wrote:

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On July 01 2013 22:06 Luolis wrote:

Damn id like to join this but sadly noone else than me in our school plays SC2 T-T



Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team! Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team!



Im at turku, Finland. Sadly i dont think any schools close to me have a team. I however could have a sort of mix from 3 diff schools, if that would be ok. Im at turku, Finland. Sadly i dont think any schools close to me have a team. I however could have a sort of mix from 3 diff schools, if that would be ok. pro cheese man / Its never Sunny in Finland. Perkele / FinnishStarcraftTrivia

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #19 On July 06 2013 01:14 Luolis wrote:

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On July 02 2013 14:05 Ry2D2 wrote:

On July 01 2013 22:06 Luolis wrote:

Damn id like to join this but sadly noone else than me in our school plays SC2 T-T



Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team! Where are you at? maybe if any (relatively) nearby schools join you can join their team!



Im at turku, Finland. Sadly i dont think any schools close to me have a team. I however could have a sort of mix from 3 diff schools, if that would be ok. Im at turku, Finland. Sadly i dont think any schools close to me have a team. I however could have a sort of mix from 3 diff schools, if that would be ok.



Yes that'd be ok if all the schools were from the same general vicinity. Yes that'd be ok if all the schools were from the same general vicinity.

Ry2D2 Profile Blog Joined June 2012 United States 421 Posts #20 On July 05 2013 22:33 Thalandros wrote:

Hmm, considering we have our holidays now until around the end of August (<3), we can't promote the HSL throughout the school, and therefore limiting our chance on getting any additional members. =( When does the NA division (And therefore the EU one too) start, so we may have a little bit of time? I'll try squeeze just enough people in so we can get our own team, otherwise we'd happily join a fellow Dutch team that's participating.



We're going to be doing offseason events all through July/August, and we hope for Registration for Season 3 to begin in September/October. We're going to be doing offseason events all through July/August, and we hope for Registration for Season 3 to begin in September/October.

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