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? | [https://en.wgleague.net/ The Wargaming.net League] is the Professional eSports League for World of Tanks NA, EU, CIS, and APAC regions. | + | [https://en.wgleague.net/ The Wargaming.net League] is the Professional eSports League for World of Tanks in NA, EU, CIS, and APAC or Asia-Pacific (China, Korea, and whole Asia Servers all together) regions. | |
It is based on a ladder system and consists of the Open, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Leagues. | It is based on a ladder system and consists of the Open, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Leagues. | |||
? | There are small differences in regional configurations. | + | There are small differences in regional configurations. Also this league tournament has now sponsored by [https://www.eslgaming.com/ Electronic Sports League] | |
==General League Information (NA)== | ==General League Information (NA)== |
Revision as of 07:36, 2 November 2016
The Wargaming.net League is the Professional eSports League for World of Tanks in NA, EU, CIS, and APAC or Asia-Pacific (China, Korea, and whole Asia Servers all together) regions. It is based on a ladder system and consists of the Open, Bronze, Silver, and Gold Leagues. There are small differences in regional configurations. Also this league tournament has now sponsored by Electronic Sports League
Contents
General League Information (NA)
Silver Series
The Silver Series is the qualifying League for the Gold League, and second highest in North America. The August 2016 season had 20 teams to begin. After a playoff, the 1st place team is automatically promoted to the gold league, otherwise silver series receives no financial stipends, due to Ruukil's fedoras costing too much. Currently open to new teams registering, this may change in the near future.
Gold League
WGLNA Gold league is the top league in North America, with 10 teams. Finals give the opportunity for each team to compete for cash prizes and access to international matches. Teams in Gold League come from previous seasons, qualifying from silver series, or from winning one of two tightly contested qualifiers prior to the season beginning.
Rules
Rules in WGLNA:
- Game mode: Assault with two Base Capture Circles
- 68 Tier Points
- 7 Players per team
- Maximum Tier is 10
- No usage of ANY game modifications (vanilla client)
- Battles are 10 minutes.
- Battles are first to five wins out of nine.
Maps
Maps played are:
- Himmelsdorf
- Ghost Town
- Ruinberg
- Prokhorovka
- Mines
- Steppes
- Cliff
- Murovanka
General League Information (EU)
The Wargaming.net League started out in 2013 in the EU region with three Seasons closing very successfully and with offline finals at the Gamescom in Cologne and DreamHack 2013 as well as an event planned by the ESL to finish the third season.
Bronze League
The Bronze League is set to be the starting League for everyone. Everyone can create a team and join this League. This League is the basic requirement to join the Silver League. The best 5 Teams of the Bronze League join the Silver League. The Top 16 Teams in the bronze series get a small amount of Gold each week(maximum 10 Players from each Team can receive gold) Prize distibution:
- 1,250 Gold/ player
- 1,250 Gold/ player
- 1,250 Gold/ player
- 1,250 Gold/ player
- 750 Gold / player
- 750 Gold / player
- 750 Gold / player
- 750 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
- 500 Gold / player
Go4WoT
Go4WoT is a weekly Tournament held by the ESL. Teams can earn Ingame Gold and money by participating. Prices[1] are given out as following:
- 1st 250€
- 2nd 125€
- 3rd 100€
- 4th 75€
- 5th-8th 50€
- 9th-16th 10500 gold
- 17th-32nd 7000 gold
- 33rd-64th 5250 gold
- 65th-128th 3500 gold
Silver League
The Silver League is the qualifying League to the Gold League. There are 30 teams in this League. The last 6 teams will be kicked into the Bronze League as there are 6 Teams from the Bronze League ascending to Silver every week. At the end of each Season Place 1 will automatically get promoted to gold series,while Place 2-5 have to play relegation. The teams participating in the Silver League receive a small amount of money per week[2] which is distributed as follows:
1st 250$ 2nd 200$ 3rd 180$ 4th 160$ 5th 150$ 6th 130$ 7th 130$ 8th 125$ 9th 125$ 10th 125$ 11th 100$ 12th 80$ 13th 80$ 14th 80$ 15th 75$ 16th 75$ 17th 70$ 18th 70$ 19th 70$ 20-25th 2,000 Gold / player (maximum 10 players) 26-30th 1,500 Gold / player (maximum 10 players)
Gold League
This roster consists of the 12 best Teams. They play one Season which has a duration of about 2-3 months in which they face each team once per Season. In the end the 4 best teams get to play at the season offline Finals for a prize pool of 45.000 $,Place 1 and 2 from the gold series automatically qualify for the season final,while Place 3-6 have to play a playoff against each other to determine which 2 Teams will join Place 1 and 2 at the season finals.Place 7 has a save spot for the next season of the WGL gold series.Place 8-11 have to play pre-relegation Matches against each other,the 2 loser Team from the pre-relegation will then play in the relegation against Place 2-5 from the silver series and 1 wildcard Team.Place 12 will get automatically demoted to the silver series. Here are the price distributions for Season 2 2015-2016 of the WGL gold series:
- $ 22,000
- $ 18,000
- $ 16,000
- $ 15,000
- $ 13,000
- $ 10,000
- $ 7,000
- $ 5,000
- $ 5,000
- $ 5,000
- $ 5,000
- $ 4,000
Total Online $ 125,000
Prize distributions for the Season Finals:
- $ 25,000
- $ 15,000
- $ 5,000
- $ 5,000
total Season Finals Bonus $ 50,000
Bonuses up to $ 150,000
Season Total $ 350,000
Rules
Rules applied are the following:
- Game mode: Assault with two Base Capture Circles
- 68 Tier Points
- 7 Players per team
- Maximum Tier is 10
- Time of a round is 10 minutes
- No usage of any game modifications
- Gold and silver series is played in a BO9 format
- Bronze series is played in a BO5 format
Those are the most important to keep in mind. One can find all rules here
Maps
Maps played are:
- Himmelsdorf
- Ruinberg
- Ghost Town
- Mines
- Steppes
- Prokhorovka
- Murovanka
- Cliff
The Grand Final was so far the biggest eSports event held by Wargaming.net. The Grand Final lasted 3 days from the 4th to the 6th of April and took place in Warsaw, Poland in the Multikino cinema of the Złote Tarasy shopping centre. The best two teams from each server were sent to Poland to compete against each other plus two teams which had played exceptionally well outside of the Pro League and got the attention of Wargaming.net. The total price pool consisted of 350.000 USD with the overall winner having the chance to get a hold of 100.000 USD in total due to special rules like the Blitz Mechanism. Also a predetermined price pool was set for each Match. The whole Tournament used a double elimination system.
Blitz Mechanism
Wargaming introduced the "'Blitz Mechanism' to reward teams who win matches quickly. When two teams draw a battle the money will be removed from the pool available for that particular match. This money will be put into a pot that is only accessible through the Blitz Mechanism. Each day during the Grand Finals, the team that wins a battle in the shortest amount of time that day will be rewarded with this pool of money. [...]this mechanism [should] encourage the teams to try more aggressive tactics." [3]
The Teams
Korean Server:
- NOA
- ARETE
Chinese Server:
- Energy Pacemaker
- JL eSports Club
North American Server:
- Fnatic
- SIMP
CIS(Commonwealth of Independent States) Server:
- NA'VI
- The Red Rush: Unity
European Server:
- Virtus.PRO
- Team Synergy (currently known as "Schoolbus")
- Kazna Kru
Southeast Asian Server:
- PVP Super Friends
- U Are Dead
Joker Teams:
- Lemming Train (currently known as "Denial eSports")
- Team WUSA
History
WGL Grand Finals 2016 Warsaw
- Natus Vincere
- Hellraisers
- Wombats on Tanks (former Virtus Pro)
WGL Grand Finals 2015 Warsaw
- Hellraisers
- EL Gaming
- Natus Vincere
WGL Grand Finals 2014 Warsaw
- Natus Vincere
- Virtus Pro
- The Red Rush: Unity
Europe
Wargaming.net League EU Season #2 2015/2016 Cologne
- Wombats on Tanks (former Virtus Pro)
- Tornado Rox
Wargaming.net League EU Season #1 2015/2016 Cologne
- Virtus Pro
- PENTA Sports
Wargaming.net League EU 2014 Sofia
- Kazna Kru
- Schoolbus
- Virtus Pro
WoT Proleague Season #4 2014
- Schoolbus
- Virtus Pro
- CPLAY
WoT Proleague Season #3 2013/14
- Virtus Pro
- Synergy
- Denial eSports
WoT Proleague Season #2 2013
- Virtus Pro
- Evil Panda Squad
- Kazna Kru
WoT Proleague Season #1 2013
- team-dignitas
- Virtus Pro
- Mousesports