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Australia/New Zealand Weekly Tourneys
With the regular iCCup tournaments run by kiwi StarCraft community starcraft.co.nz and the recent influx of activity in Aussie players on teamaus.org and iccup.com we thought it would be a good idea for a bit of fun to extend the scope of the StarCraft NZ Tournaments to include Australian players to flesh out the participation. While previously tourneys pulled regulars from a strong but relatively small player pool with some success, the addition of Australian players will bring a new dynamic to tournaments – hopefully establishing friendships between fellow StarCraft players and igniting some rivalries to produce quality games.
With the increased player base by combining Aussie and Kiwi communities the frequency and hopefully competitiveness of the tournaments is improved, and hopefully it will pave the way for future exhibition matches or Country vs. Country showmatches with enough interest shown!
The eighth tournament will be held on Sunday the 14th of March. Check-in time will be 60 minutes (so tourney will start whenever we have 32 players - first in get in!). See below for times. The maps used this week will be Destination in round 1 [BO3], Fighting Spirit in round 2 [BO3], Match Point in round 3 [BO3], Moon Glaive in the semi-finals [BO5] and Heartbreak Ridge [BO5] in the Final. These maps are only used for the first game and then loser picks. I will be the co-host along with Tournament administrator iCCup.HotDog.
This will be the last tournament that I will host as part of the iCCup crew, and I am undecided about continuing them (someone else can pick it up if they want).
Time:
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/nz.png) NZ 9:00PM Sunday 14th March. (NZST)
ACT 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AEDT)
NSW 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AEDT)
NT 5:30PM Sunday 14th March. (ACST)
QLD 6:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AEST)
SA 6:30PM Sunday 14th March. (ACDT)
TAS 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AEDT)
VIC 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AEDT)
WA 4:00PM Sunday 14th March. (AWST)
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (TOURNAMENT LINK HERE) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
- Date: Sunday the 14th of March
- Time: 7:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 6:00PM AEST (Bris) // 9:00PM NZDT (9:00AM CET)
- Players: 32 player maximum
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (BO3/BO3/BO3/BO5/BO5 rounds).
- Admins: iCCup.HotDog and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page
- Pay-in: 50 Ladder Points
- Prizes: 1000/800/600/600 Ladder Points; less if there are less players.
- Australia and New Zealand residents only - flag/IP required for signup
- iCCup Tournament Rules apply tournament rules
- Observers allowed upon agreement from both players.
- iCCup AntiHack Launcher must be used.
- The maps will be Destination (R1), Fighting Spirit (R2), Match Point (R3), Moon Glaive (SF) and Heartbreak Ridge (GF) in the first game, and subsequent maps will be chosen by the loser. NO PREDOMINANTLY 2v2 MAPS.
- Random is allowed.
- Choosing race for a specific matchup is allowed but mutually exclusive matchups will revert to their main race.
32 player tournament
- 1st - 1,000 ladder points
- 2nd - 800 ladder points
- 3rd/4th - 600 ladder points
16 player tournament
- 1st - 800 ladder points
- 2nd - 600 ladder points
- 3rd/4th - 400 ladder points
Relevant Links
iCCup.com
StarCraft NZ
List of Champions
Tournament 1 - ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/au.png) ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Picon_small.png) NrG.GoD-
(2-0 over ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png) The_Australian)
Tournament 2 - fadetowhite
(2-1 over iG.Savvy)
Tournament 3 - NrG.GoD-
(2-0 over Predator)
Tournament 4 - fadetowhite
(2-0 over NrG.GoD-)
Tournament 5 - aMd)AcE
(0-1r over DesTiNy[gm])
Tournament 6 - ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Ticon_small.png) G4i.Etude
(2-1 over Z.Kw)
Tournament 7 - ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/nz.png) iG.Savvy
(2-1 over Final[PaiN])
Tournament 8 - SenSei
(3-0 over Fondbag)
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How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it
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On September 19 2009 00:06 Espers wrote:
How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it
if you wanna play at like 2 am im sure thats fine with everyone else
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LOL i was automatically signed up?
<3 deL. This absolutely OWNS. Awesome idea.
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This mediocre Protoss will be there!
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don't know if i'll be able to play this weekend, but great job with the tournaments. look forward to them.
EDIT: how silly, i clicked the link and now i'm signed up. on my account with the singapore flag too.
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On September 19 2009 00:11 Scaramanga wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2009 00:06 Espers wrote:
How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it if you wanna play at like 2 am im sure thats fine with everyone else
I was joking
But it's only like 8-9am so :p
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On September 19 2009 00:06 Espers wrote:
How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it
A few of the guys on starcraft.co.nz are British rather than New Zealander. That said, I won't be playing. Moving to uni that day.
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On September 19 2009 00:06 Espers wrote:
How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it
I was thinking of an Ashes Tourney when the cricket was on and have a big Aus v GB tourney but it would just be too hard to set a good time and the ping would be outrageous, plus I couldn't think of a good prize.
Could have been done with a home/away set (once at like 6pm CET and once at 6pm AEST) but how would it be decided :/
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On September 19 2009 09:49 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On September 19 2009 00:06 Espers wrote:
How about the UK? Australia descended from us damn it I was thinking of an Ashes Tourney when the cricket was on and have a big Aus v GB tourney but it would just be too hard to set a good time and the ping would be outrageous, plus I couldn't think of a good prize. Could have been done with a home/away set (once at like 6pm CET and once at 6pm AEST) but how would it be decided :/
Yes, this needs to be done!
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I signed up, should be good, n_n.
I was wondering, are we playing for pts or for the lulz? and what channel do we go to before hand? thanks!
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Good stuff, del! These should be lots of fun :3
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What kind of bogus rule is this?
Random is allowed on opponent's consent.
Good initiative though.
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hmm, bit of a dingo fest atm. i'm gona go fishing for some kiwis.
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Random and race picking is allowed to keep the atmosphere from being too serious n_n Hopefully in Aussie v kiwi matches there will be some friendly banter and we can keep some of the best quotes - nothing really BM of course or you are breaking iCCup rules.
More kiwis need to sign up!
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On September 19 2009 15:33 iCCup.deL wrote:
Random and race picking is allowed to keep the atmosphere from being too serious n_n Hopefully in Aussie v kiwi matches there will be some friendly banter and we can keep some of the best quotes - nothing really BM of course or you are breaking iCCup rules.
More kiwis need to sign up!
hey mate, thanks for removing me. i've signed up with the australian flag account now.
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thank god something accepts Random. /o\
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I'm getting an error on the iccup tourney page, is this thing still on?
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Yeah the Tourney disappeared. I think I remember this happening at the Aus National Tourney or some other tourney but it came back that time so I dunno what happened. Will ask someone see if they know anything about it.
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It was on the tourny page before...
AusvNZ or AusvsNZ. Can't remember which
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channel? kk variance tries
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so is it still a go or is it cancelled?
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I can no longer go into this tournament and can't find it on iccup.com to leave the tournament.
GL everyone!
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Iccup: Banning towns and Deleting tournaments with Australia since 2007. ™
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On September 20 2009 16:35 Camlito wrote:
Iccup: Banning towns and Deleting tournaments with Australia since 2007. ™
>.< lol so gay.
The last Aus tournament I was in got deleted as well!!!
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Tourney 1 resultsSee the grid HERE
Round 1:
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-0 Smacey [Des, Bluestorm]
Game 2 ~ eMrg)kiki 2-0 BYE [-]
Game 3 ~ eMrg)cheese 2-0 hype[nz] [Des, RH3]
Game 4 ~ vSt.pinder 2-0 Sathernut [Des, ?]
Game 5 ~ AoN.fonger 2-0 X-EdgE [Des, HBR]
Game 6 ~ The_Australian 2-0 iCCup.deL [Des, Python]
Game 7 ~ Final[PaiN] 2-0 hided)) [Des, Hunters]
Game 8 ~ Stroggos 2-1 ttSeason [Des, GG, HBR]
Round 2 (Quarter-Finals):
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-0 eMrg)kiki [Des, Python]
Game 2 ~ eMrg)cheese 2-0 vSt.pinder [Des, Longi]
Game 3 ~ The_Australian 2-0 AoN.fonger [Des,Collo2]
Game 4 ~ Final[PaiN] 2-1 Stroggos [Des, Collo2, HBR]
Round 3 (Semi-Finals):
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-1 eMrg)cheese [Des, HBR, Battle Royal]
Game 2 ~ The_Australian 2-0 Final[PaiN] [Des, Collo2]
Round 4 (Final):
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-0 The_Australian [Des, HBR]
Tell me if I got race or maps wrong. Cheers.
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Why did they have to make the New Zealand and Australian flags so damn similar?
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Game 3 ~ The_Australian 2-0 AoN.fonger [Des, ?]
last game was Collo2
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wow, surprised that cheese managed to take a game off god. GGs all
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GoD will win all these tournies unless frugga joins.
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On September 20 2009 21:54 Camlito wrote:
GoD will win all these tournies unless frugga joins.
It's all about the fun 
btw is the_australian an esc person by any chance ;O?
Pitty I missed it! Will try make next one.
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Next one will be in 2 weeks, or at least I will only make it every 2 weeks. Stroggos and Silver_NZ or any of you guys willing to run it can co-host with one of us if we can't make it and you might want to do it once a week even if the activity and enthusiasm is there!
Maybe next one will be on Saturday arvo.
If the problem happens again (the problem being the tournament disappearing from iCCup) it will be postponed by 30mins. No idea how to stop the glitch happening yet (I assume it wasn't an admin deleting it...).
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On September 20 2009 21:17 pangshai wrote:
wow, surprised that cheese managed to take a game off god. GGs all
eMrg)cheese aka cheeseball
From memory, on HBR, I overpooled and he went nexus -> forge. I managed to kill his single cannon and get 4 or 5 probes and kept one ling running around his base. Kept stopping his mining for few seconds here and there. Staying around long enough that I noticed there were no cannons so went 3 hatch muta. Picked off many probes (and his first templar as it spawned) and stopped a great deal of mining but didn't snipe nexus.
Ended up transitioning to 5 hatch hydra and overpowering his natural as he had minimal storms.
EDIT: Glad to see no battle royal after I lost on that piece of shit
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On September 20 2009 22:05 Predator_au wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2009 21:54 Camlito wrote:
GoD will win all these tournies unless frugga joins. It's all about the fun btw is the_australian an esc person by any chance ;O? Pitty I missed it! Will try make next one.
i sure didn't have fun vs a potentially drunk? Fonger...
2 Fac vulture  .
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Cam that's good - get a bit of a rivalry going 
Cheeseball ~ you were the Zerg on BR though xD
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He went ZvZ on it. And I'd never played the map before because I knew who terrible it is
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With this turnout I expect to get close to 32 signups for the Aus national tourney!
iCCup National Tournament info
You can give me your names to express interest and tell me the best date and time for you guys!
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On September 20 2009 22:05 Predator_au wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2009 21:54 Camlito wrote:
GoD will win all these tournies unless frugga joins. It's all about the fun btw is the_australian an esc person by any chance ;O? Pitty I missed it! Will try make next one.
He is my pupil.
I am his Sensei.
He hasn't been playing for a very long time so I don't think he has been in esc :>
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On September 20 2009 22:56 Cheeseball wrote:Show nested quote +On September 20 2009 21:17 pangshai wrote:
wow, surprised that cheese managed to take a game off god. GGs all eMrg)cheese aka cheeseball From memory, on HBR, I overpooled and he went nexus -> forge. I managed to kill his single cannon and get 4 or 5 probes and kept one ling running around his base. Kept stopping his mining for few seconds here and there. Staying around long enough that I noticed there were no cannons so went 3 hatch muta. Picked off many probes (and his first templar as it spawned) and stopped a great deal of mining but didn't snipe nexus. Ended up transitioning to 5 hatch hydra and overpowering his natural as he had minimal storms. EDIT: Glad to see no battle royal after I lost on that piece of shit
neat. eMrg represent!
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good job god
the_australian has definitely not been in esc. lol
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Congrats, The_Australian, for doing so well. We should play some more!
And better luck next time, kiki. I'll be rooting for you!
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Who the heck is god? Does he have an aka on aus-1?
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GoD- is a Korean Aussie (I think a Korean living in Australia, his English is too good to be just a Korean anyway ), I am pretty sure. Around B level.
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Yeah thanks for your effort in creating the tourney del//stroggos and GG's
Also, considering i dont know what esc is, i probably wasnt in it ;-)
@camlito: yeah fonger tried cheesing me both games, turned out really interesting and desparate on collo2, watch that rep if you can =].
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On September 22 2009 13:19 The_Australian wrote:
Yeah thanks for your effort in creating the tourney del//stroggos and GG's
Also, considering i dont know what esc is, i probably wasnt in it ;-)
@camlito: yeah fonger tried cheesing me both games, turned out really interesting and desparate on collo2, watch that rep if you can =].
I think he was more sober vs me haha.
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On September 22 2009 13:33 Camlito wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2009 13:19 The_Australian wrote:
Yeah thanks for your effort in creating the tourney del//stroggos and GG's
Also, considering i dont know what esc is, i probably wasnt in it ;-)
@camlito: yeah fonger tried cheesing me both games, turned out really interesting and desparate on collo2, watch that rep if you can =]. I think he was more sober vs me haha.
Maybe, but if kiwis are anything like us the whisky only makes him play better n_n
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On September 22 2009 13:45 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2009 13:33 Camlito wrote:On September 22 2009 13:19 The_Australian wrote:
Yeah thanks for your effort in creating the tourney del//stroggos and GG's
Also, considering i dont know what esc is, i probably wasnt in it ;-)
@camlito: yeah fonger tried cheesing me both games, turned out really interesting and desparate on collo2, watch that rep if you can =]. I think he was more sober vs me haha. Maybe, but if kiwis are anything like us the whisky only makes him play better n_n
Are all the replays going to be released? or are they already somewhere?
Krazyfool.........adam??
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Any that were uploaded are on the iCC tourney page for it ~ It seems people only realy updated one of each so if you wanna see more you might have to PM the participants!
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Yo i was hided)) and i was Rdm fix yo
sign me up for next one!!!
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Nice one, thanks - will put as many reps as possible in the OP over time (cbf now) n_n Post your rep links here or PM them if you want to include them!
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How is Oct 9th and 10th for the Aussie Nat Tourney for you blokes?
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Seems okay from memory, haven't checked properly but I'm assuming I'd be free because I'm a virgin nerd who doesn't go out
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On September 22 2009 21:00 Cheeseball wrote:
Seems okay from memory, haven't checked properly but I'm assuming I'd be free because I'm a virgin nerd who doesn't go out
Isn't that who this tournament is for anyway?
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On September 22 2009 21:27 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On September 22 2009 21:00 Cheeseball wrote:
Seems okay from memory, haven't checked properly but I'm assuming I'd be free because I'm a virgin nerd who doesn't go out Isn't that who this tournament is for anyway?
Which is why you were conveniently the last minute fill in to make it 15 players :D.
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LATEST TOURNAMENT:
The maps used this week will be Heartbreak Ridge, and then loser picks. Stroggos, Silver and myself will be the administrators
INFO
Date: Saturday the 26th of September
Time: 2:00PM AEST // 4:00PM NZST (6:00AM iCCup time, CET)
Players: 32 player maximum (no min)
Location: iCCup server, see tourney page for channel
Format: Regular Single Elimination (Bo3 all rounds).
Admins: Stroggos, Silver_nz and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page (or subs if unavailable)
RULES
~Australia and New Zealand residents only - flag required for signup
~iCCup Tournament Rules apply tournament rules
~Observers allowed upon agreement from both players.
~iCCup AntiHack Launcher must be used.
~The maps will be Heartbreak Ridge in the first game, and subsequent maps will be chosen by the loser. NO HUNTERS. NO BATTLE ROYAL.
~Random is allowed on opponent's consent.
~Choosing race for a specific matchup is allowed on opponent's consent.
Post on SC NZ website
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Del, can you remove arcanine from the player list?
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Arcanine, return!
Cam, I choose you!
Done.
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Remove X-EdgE aswell
Brock is making a return.
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Ahh nice dAncerS n_n gl gl
skyglow why can't you play, out of interest?
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saturday really the best day? FOOTBALL BROTHER ON THE HANDS.
edit: remove vst.pinder, realized it was the final after i signed up.
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ta del, it looks beauitifl now with rdm icon!!
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On September 23 2009 19:40 Ftrunkz wrote:
saturday really the best day? FOOTBALL BROTHER ON THE HANDS.
edit: remove vst.pinder, realized it was the final after i signed up.
Because I can't play Sunday :D
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Yah AFL final is on - and an NRL semi (bring back the glorious weekends of both footy finals :o), but everyone should be hung over Sunday :3
Lol typically Aussie though, people missing the tourneys cos of the footy finals and pre-drinks xD Can't really make it any earlier though, so it will be NZ/Aus minus Melbourne tourney
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Turnout looking great right now! 24 signups so far, with some familiar faces and some new ones it looks great - especially the increased NZ participation.
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On September 23 2009 18:06 iCCup.deL wrote:
Ahh nice dAncerS n_n gl gl
skyglow why can't you play, out of interest?
At Otago uni, to use the internet you need to use their proxy and login, and starcraft can't work with a proxy (tried tunnelling etc) and med exams in less than a month which equals uber study.
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so many smurf ID's ... man up people
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On September 24 2009 17:48 skyglow1 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 23 2009 18:06 iCCup.deL wrote:
Ahh nice dAncerS n_n gl gl
skyglow why can't you play, out of interest? At Otago uni, to use the internet you need to use their proxy and login, and starcraft can't work with a proxy (tried tunnelling etc) and med exams in less than a month which equals uber study.
Yah proxy at sydney uni too but I will be at mum's place in Canberra at the time n_n not much else to do in Canberra other than play SC.
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EDIT: Never mind we will just do random freeslots because the Tour section isn't updated to allow grid editting yet. It's the only way for now.
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im on there as practice123
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On September 22 2009 06:34 Saracen wrote:Congrats, The_Australian, for doing so well. We should play some more! And better luck next time, kiki. I'll be rooting for you!
lol saracen. for some reason i always thought you were australian.
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Wooooooooooooooooooowwwwwww
I thought it started at 3pm
And theres even double free slots. Like free slot vs free slot games that I could be in.
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well i failed and lost woowoo
was fun though
good luck to the rest :D
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Guess you can't sleep in on saturdays -_-.
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You can - sometimes it will be on a Sunday so that's OK n_n I really need to get YA to fix the timezone conversion on iCCup cos it says AEST is +1 hr to what it really is and it's really confusing so please GO BY MY POSTS AND CET TIME!
Also, we are pushing to get the tournament thing changed so we can do things such as seed people into a certain round, get rid of free slots and rearrange the grid but it takes time to do and all the coders are busy so we will have to make do for now.
Final[PaiN] raised the point about Koreans living in Australia playing and whether they should be eligible. Any discussion on that? On one hand everyone should have a fair go and they are living in Aus but they are generally around B level in some cases and it means that Australian- and New-Zealand born players are going to find it tough to win a game that is for Aussies and kiwis.
Thoughts? Also, there are Koreans living here that are not B level should they play?
Cheers.
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in my opinion let them play, they are not professionals.
i mean we wouldn't start kicking out aus/nz players who no one else can ever/rarely beat.
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On September 26 2009 16:48 Backlash wrote:
in my opinion let them play, they are not professionals.
i mean we wouldn't start kicking out aus/nz players who no one else can ever/rarely beat.
agreed.
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Yeah that is the view I took, plus it seems pretty dog to include someone because of race in a national tournament based solely on the nation you live in.
FINALS UPDATE! fadetowhite 1-1 iG.Savvy
Well played by both players, but fadetowhite has to go eat dinner with his parents or something so there is a 15min break and I have to go. Will update final results later.
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Cmon Frugga, you can win!
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wish i didnt have work. Who won?
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crap i thought this was tomorrow T.T
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from teamaus fadetowhite won
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EDIT: He sent the replays n_n
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Del, to make it fair, make a Aus-NZ tourney on NRL grand final day so you there isn't any bias.
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The Aus National Tourney may run on the NRL GF day for the semis and finals if the players feel they are too tired. 
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Next Tournament
The third tournament will be held this weekend on Sunday the 11th of October at 5:00PM AEDT/7:00PM NZDT (iCCup uses CET: 8:00AM on the same day). The maps used this week will be Outsider, and then loser picks.
PARTICIPATING
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (LINK) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
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Can you generate the bracket soon?
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Sorry about any confusion with saylight savings, I wrote the post in terms of AEDT which is daylight savings but I didn't really know which states follow it or not, so a couple from QLD and SA turned up an hour late.
Will make that clearer next time to remind states that are not using Daylight Savings time.
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I'm the only one from SA T_T. Once again you are so selfish when making a very awesome tourney for no gain.
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On October 11 2009 18:06 Camlito wrote:
I'm the only one from SA T_T. Once again you are so selfish when making a very awesome tourney for no gain.
o_o Selfish I put down Daylight Savings time man! Open you eyes! xD
I am happy when anyone turns up (but I think no players are happy when GoD- turn up, we need a fadetowhite v GoD- showmatch!).
Find more people from SA or WA you scrub.
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Updated the main post to be more aesthetically pleasing, I hope.
Definitely 'inspired' (one might say 'shamelessly inspired' ) by the recent revamps of the ProLeague threads, which I am a big fan of n_n. Check out the leaderboard, though!
Also the results are make more readable I hope but definitely nothing too fancy it's too time consuming - still an improvement hopefully.
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Sweet Sweet Sweet OP. Also don't go off at me for being selfish, you make times you are certain YOU can make while others may be troubled by it (looking at the last tourney turnout, that is one) T_T
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On October 12 2009 21:07 Camlito wrote:
Sweet Sweet Sweet OP. Also don't go off at me for being selfish, you make times you are certain YOU can make while others may be troubled by it (looking at the last tourney turnout, that is one) T_T
I don't even play in them o_o and this was at the same time as the first tourney which had a good turnout even after it got delayed. Also daylight savings screwed everyone outside of NSW and VIC
But yeah everyone TELL ME what times are best for you! I have no idea so I just make them at an arbitrary time on the weekend - I chose 5PM because in AUS that means we should be finished before dinner and also before we wanna go out drinking Saturday night. For the kiwis many of them said Sunday was best so that's where the 2nd tourney came in and may be why NZ had a strong turnout and good lineup (it was like their national team :D).
Anyway yeah, make requests for when the next one is host - remember people have exams for the next 1-1.5 months though.
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On October 12 2009 21:33 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 12 2009 21:07 Camlito wrote:
Sweet Sweet Sweet OP. Also don't go off at me for being selfish, you make times you are certain YOU can make while others may be troubled by it (looking at the last tourney turnout, that is one) T_T I don't even play in them o_o and this was at the same time as the first tourney which had a good turnout even after it got delayed. Also daylight savings screwed everyone outside of NSW and VIC But yeah everyone TELL ME what times are best for you! I have no idea so I just make them at an arbitrary time on the weekend - I chose 5PM because in AUS that means we should be finished before dinner and also before we wanna go out drinking Saturday night. For the kiwis many of them said Sunday was best so that's where the 2nd tourney came in and may be why NZ had a strong turnout and good lineup (it was like their national team :D). Anyway yeah, make requests for when the next one is host - remember people have exams for the next 1-1.5 months though.
I missed out on the tourney by 20 mins again, and like the other one i missed, i stopped what i was doing to try and make it but only just missed out T_T.
Good times for me would be..
Saturday Afternoon some/most saturdays: 1:00 -> 6:00PM my time (an hour and 30 minutes later than KST/TL time, so that would be 11:30AM -> 4:30PM TL time)
Saturday Nights some times (Latest start would be 8:00, but NZ residents would need to be able to stay up a bit)
Sunday Afternoon (same as saturday times)
So pretty much i can play Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and it can be earlier than 5PM considering Nights > Afternoons :D.
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Will probably make the next one early Sunday arvo, but when it is depends on how much I needa study and when I need to host the Dutch and possibly NZ national tours. Might make a table and convert the time into all Aus + NZ timezones, too. :D
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On October 12 2009 21:41 iCCup.deL wrote:
Will probably make the next one early Sunday arvo, but when it is depends on how much I needa study and when I need to host the Dutch and possibly NZ national tours. Might make a table and convert the time into all Aus + NZ timezones, too. :D
Thanks for proving you do really need the timezone for you :D. Don't call me selfish .
Also, you should add polls to the OP
1st Poll: Weekends or Weekdays?
2nd Poll: Saturday or Sunday
3rd Poll: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday?
4th Poll: Best global time for you (using KST time compared to yours, since KST is close to all NZ/Aus) - 1pm-4pm, 5pm-8pm, 3pm-7pm etc.
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I made polls on teamaus.org, OP will get too cluttered with more stuff - just PM me your preferred times.
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Australia and New Zealand Tournament #4
Anyone think of a better name than 'AusNZ Tournament' for these tourneys?
The fourth tournament will be held this weekend on Sunday the 18th of October. See below for times. The maps used this week will be Neo Medusa in round 1, Heartbreak Ridge in round 2, Andromeda in the semi-finals and Destination in the final. These maps are only used for the first game in the BO3 and then loser picks.
Time:
NZ 6:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (NZST)
ACT 4:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AEDT)
NSW 4:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AEDT)
NT 2:30PM Sunday 18th Oct. (ACST)
QLD 3:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AEST)
SA 3:30PM Sunday 18th Oct. (ACDT)
TAS 4:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AEDT)
VIC 4:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AEDT)
WA 1:00PM Sunday 18th Oct. (AWST)
PARTICIPATE
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (LINK) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
DETAILS
- Date: Sunday the 18th of October
- Time: 4:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 3:00PM AEST (Bris) // 6:00PM NZDT (7:00AM CET)
- Players: 16 player maximum (no min)
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Maps: R1 - Neo Medusa, R2 - Heartbreak Ridge, R3 - Andromeda, R4 - Destination
Sorry for the 'New Zealand flag' but I couldn't find one the same format as the others and besides it'd look too similar
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Hahahahahahaha @ the NZ icon.
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shit i signed up but I have to work until 6:30pm on Sunday so count me out T.T
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No worries, being mostly Aussies there are always a lot of no-shows. Lazy lot we are
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I'll try to make it but I'm not sure cause I think I got work during that time.
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Looks to be a pretty small one this week due to exams so maybe I will try a diff format like double elimination or round robin :3
Tell others to come if you see them online that day!
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Tourney 4 results
Round 1 - Neo Medusa:
Game 1 ~ Pred_au 2-0 freewin
Game 2 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-1-1 PerfectHydra (one game was drawn)
Game 3 ~ X-Edge 2-0 freewin
Game 4 ~ Wretched 2-0 killer1nz
Game 5 ~ Moneybags 1-0r EviL.Wm
Game 6 ~ fadetowhite 2-0 freewin
Game 7 ~ iLu.KarnivooL 2-0 freewin
Game 8 ~ TheShinyFace 2-0 freewin
Round 2 (Quarter-Finals) - Heartbreak Ridge:
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-0 Pred_au
Game 2 ~ Wretched 2-1 X-EdgE
Game 3 ~ fadetowhite w/o Moneybags
Game 4 ~ iLu.KarnivooL 2-0 TheShinyFace
Round 3 (Semi-Finals) - God's Garden:
Game 1 ~ NrG.GoD- 2-0 Wretched
Game 2 ~ fadetowhite 2-0 iLu.KarnivooL
Round 4 (Final) - Andromeda:
Game 1 ~ fadetowhite 2-0 NrG.GoD-
Special thanks to eMrg)kiki who was not in the brackets and I replaced him for latecomer fadetowhite after he meant to forfeit round 2 to lag but his opponent left first.
Thanks also to iLu.KarnivooL who in the spirit of the tourney left fadetowhite enter the bracket late.
Finally, thanks to NrG.GoD- who showed good manners in the finals where he disconnected in game 1, and then admitted to being behind in the game conceding the win.
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NEXT TOURNAMENT
The fifth tournament will be held next weekend on Sunday the 25th of October. Check-in time will be 30 minutes (so tourney will start half an hour after the time below, but turn up in time so you can check in). See below for times. The maps used this week will be Tau Cross in round 1, Colosseum II in round 2, Othello in the semi-finals and BlueStorm in the final. These maps are only used for the first game in the BO3 and then loser picks. Stroggos, Silver and myself will be the administrators (if available) of the tourney unless otherwise informed and the tournaments will be run each weekend as long as someone is available to administrate it.
Time:
NZ 8:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (NZST)
ACT 6:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AEDT)
NSW 6:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AEDT)
NT 4:30PM Sunday 25th Oct. (ACST)
QLD 5:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AEST)
SA 5:30PM Sunday 25th Oct. (ACDT)
TAS 6:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AEDT)
VIC 6:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AEDT)
WA 3:00PM Sunday 25th Oct. (AWST)
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (TOURNAMENT LINK HERE) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
- Date: Sunday the 25th of October
- Time: 6:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 5:00PM AEST (Bris) // 8:00PM NZDT (9:00AM CET)
- Players: 16 player maximum (no min)
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (Bo3 all rounds).
- Admins: Stroggos, Silver_nz and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page (or subs if unavailable)
Relevant Links
iCCup.com
StarCraft NZ
Team Australia
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Wow the Korean-Kiwis swept this tournament, with 3 out of four in the semi-finals being Korean-NZers from the aMd) clan.
Tournament 5 - aMd)AcE wins by walkover over DesTiNy[gm]
DesTiNy[gm] had to forfeit in the finals due to internet problems so aMd)AcE, after advancing when 0-1 down in the RO8 due to another opponent forfeiting, took a title for New Zealand!
The leaderboard changed, however, with fonger getting kicked out of the top 5 players by Pred_au.
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Rofl, hard earned win, his hardest victory was over someone playing with 1 hand 2-1.
Congrats!
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Yah he was 0-1 down in both games where the opponent has to withdraw :x
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I've never won a tournament in my starcraft life, and have failed in 5 tries in these tourneys..
he wins this tourney by winning 2 games over a handicapped person and losing 2 games but getting 2 walkovers..
These tourneys are not going as planned.
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On October 25 2009 22:12 Camlito wrote:
I've never won a tournament in my starcraft life, and have failed in 5 tries in these tourneys..
he wins this tourney by winning 2 games over a handicapped person and losing 2 games but getting 2 walkovers..
These tourneys are-
Then don't bother turning up for any more.
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On October 25 2009 22:23 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 25 2009 22:12 Camlito wrote:
I've never won a tournament in my starcraft life, and have failed in 5 tries in these tourneys..
he wins this tourney by winning 2 games over a handicapped person and losing 2 games but getting 2 walkovers..
These tourneys are- Then don't bother turning up for any more.
From the looks of who turned up for this one, people already started
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I went 1-2 vs karnivool lol.
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Hey Del, I just wanted to fix something here.
I didn't lose to destiny from the finals, we had to save the first game and it was pretty equal game.
And Cam, luck is part of life. Learn to cope with it.
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On October 27 2009 18:27 aMd)AcE wrote:
Hey Del, I just wanted to fix something here.
I didn't lose to destiny from the finals, we had to save the first game and it was pretty equal game.
And Cam, luck is part of life. Learn to cope with it.
Easy to say that when you are on the good end. I can be dissapointed if i want.
I don't care now, good job bringing it back up.
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On October 27 2009 18:27 aMd)AcE wrote:
Hey Del, I just wanted to fix something here.
I didn't lose to destiny from the finals, we had to save the first game and it was pretty equal game.
And Cam, luck is part of life. Learn to cope with it.
No worries, fixed!
There won't be a tourney this weekend because I wanna save the timeslots for people to have a chance to meet up for the State of Origin tournaments, which should be a lot of fun.
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NEXT TOURNAMENT
After a large break to due the State of Origin series and the AUS v USA Showmatch there is another Australia and New Zealand trans-tasman tournament open for Aussies and Kiwis! See info below:
The sixth tournament and first of 2010 will be held on Thursday the 28th of January. Check-in time will be 30 minutes (so tourney will start half an hour after the time below, but turn up in time so you can check in). See below for times. The maps used this week will be Fighting Spirit in round 1 [BO1], Tornado in round 2 [BO1], El Nino in the semi-finals [BO3] andHeartbreak Ridge {BO3] in the final. These maps are only used for the first game in the BO3 and then loser picks. I will be the administrators (along with stroggos if available) of the tourney unless otherwise informed and the tournaments will be run each weekend as long as someone is available to administrate it.
Time:
NZ 9:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (NZST)
ACT 7:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AEDT)
NSW 7:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AEDT)
NT 5:30PM Thursday 28th Jan. (ACST)
QLD 6:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AEST)
SA 6:30PM Thursday 28th Jan. (ACDT)
TAS 7:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AEDT)
VIC 7:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AEDT)
WA 4:00PM Thursday 28th Jan. (AWST)
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (TOURNAMENT LINK HERE) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
- Date: Thursday the 28th of January
- Time: 7:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 6:00PM AEST (Bris) // 9:00PM NZDT (9:00AM CET)
- Players: 16 player maximum (no min)
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (BO1/BO1/BO3/BO3 rounds).
- Admins: Stroggos and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page
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woooo, should be a bit more personal now that most people know who each other are from SoO
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On January 25 2010 14:17 Ftrunkz wrote:
woooo, should be a bit more personal now that most people know who each other are from SoO
Hope so :D Also discussing with Tourney admins about making it worth points like a regular iccup tourney and whether it would be fair or how we can make it fair.
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Would've been nice if there was a playoff for 3rd.
And in my round 2 game I randomed and got P
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NEX TOURNEY HAS LADDER POINT PRIZES
The seventh tournament will be held on Saturday the 6th of February. Check-in time will be 60 minutes (so tourney will start whenever we have 32 players - first in get in!). See below for times. The maps used this week will be Destination in round 1 [BO1], Match Point in round 2 [BO1], God's Garden in round 3 [BO1], Outsider in the semi-finals [BO3] and Eye of the Storm {BO3] in the Final. These maps are only used for the first game in the BO3 and then loser picks. I will be the co-host along with Tournament administrator iCCup.HotDog.
This is the first tournament where a pay-in of 50 ladder points will be required and where ladder point prizes are handed out to 1st-4th places.
Time:
NZ 9:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (NZST)
ACT 7:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AEDT)
NSW 7:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AEDT)
NT 5:30PM Saturday 6th Feb. (ACST)
QLD 6:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AEST)
SA 6:30PM Saturday 6th Feb. (ACDT)
TAS 7:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AEDT)
VIC 7:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AEDT)
WA 4:00PM Saturday 6th Feb. (AWST)
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (TOURNAMENT LINK HERE) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
- Date: Saturday the 6th of February
- Time: 7:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 6:00PM AEST (Bris) // 9:00PM NZDT (9:00AM CET)
- Players: 32 player maximum
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (BO1/BO1/BO1/BO3/BO3 rounds).
- Admins: iCCup.HotDog and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page
- Pay-in: 50 Ladder Points
- Prizes: 1000/800/600/600 Ladder Points
- Australia and New Zealand residents only - flag/IP required for signup
- iCCup Tournament Rules apply tournament rules
- Observers allowed upon agreement from both players.
- iCCup AntiHack Launcher must be used.
- The maps will be Destination (R1), Match Point (R2), God's Garden (R3), Outsider (SF) and Eye of the Storm (GF) in the first game, and subsequent maps will be chosen by the loser. NO PREDOMINANTLY 2v2 MAPS.
- Random is allowed.
- Choosing race for a specific matchup is allowed but mutually exclusive matchups will revert to their main race.
- 1st - 1,000 ladder points
- 2nd - 800 ladder points
- 3rd/4th - 600 ladder points
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damn, will be away and miss this one unfortunately... i completely understand if the tournament is cancled because of this unfortunate circumstance.
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I'll be on holidays then
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nice
i'll try to make to this one though i'll get raped 1st round =D
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United States43188 Posts
ToSs[pOt] may make an appearance if nobody minds.
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On February 03 2010 18:16 KwarK wrote:
ToSs[pOt] may make an appearance if nobody minds.
I never got it, are you British or a kiwi? I see you on starcraft.co.nz and in nO british clan etc.
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nice, i'll be doing even gayer cheese than last time.
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United States43188 Posts
On February 03 2010 18:20 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On February 03 2010 18:16 KwarK wrote:
ToSs[pOt] may make an appearance if nobody minds. I never got it, are you British or a kiwi? I see you on starcraft.co.nz and in nO british clan etc.
A few years ago I smurfed starcraft.co.nz as part of an ongoing joke with fonger (who was a clanmate at the time). Plan was to both hugely exaggerate and hype a rivallry between each other then play an epic public series for lulz with mind control and firebat drops and battle cruisers vs carriers and shit like that. At the time fonger and I were pretty well matched. But the NZ community was pretty cool and the UK community at the time sucked so I ended up getting drawn in. I came clean a few days after joining and nobody had a problem with me sticking around.
So I am a member of the NZ bw community but I have absolutely no geographical right to be a part of it. I'm only there because I want to be, they're cooler than the UK community. If any NZs object to my participation I do always respect that though.
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id rather it be limited to australians/new zealanders, i mean it is an nz/australian tournament is it not ?
especially as its a continuing thing and not the start of a tourney per say.
kwaark why dont u just move here or something since you seem to love us so much
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WOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILARIOUS KWARK OMG... ur gay
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We already extended our hand to the Australians, I don't see why it would be so hard to host an Australia/New Zealand/Kwark tournament
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United States43188 Posts
On February 04 2010 11:42 Raiju wrote:
WOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILARIOUS KWARK OMG... ur gay
nourgay
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On February 04 2010 11:53 KwarK wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2010 11:42 Raiju wrote:
WOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILARIOUS KWARK OMG... ur gay nourgay
'fraid I'm gonna have to stick by the rules and say Aus and NZ residents only. If you were here visiting or something it would be fine but maybe in the future we can organise some other showmatch between UK and Aus during The Ashes or even a competition with the Commonwealth Nation teams or something.
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United States43188 Posts
On February 04 2010 14:24 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On February 04 2010 11:53 KwarK wrote:On February 04 2010 11:42 Raiju wrote:
WOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILARIOUS KWARK OMG... ur gay nourgay 'fraid I'm gonna have to stick by the rules and say Aus and NZ residents only. If you were here visiting or something it would be fine but maybe in the future we can organise some other showmatch between UK and Aus during The Ashes or even a competition with the Commonwealth Nation teams or something.
On February 03 2010 18:16 KwarK wrote:
if nobody minds.
It's cool. I'm entirely aware I'm a guest in the Oceanic house.
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kwark has my approval.
he's my long distant brother from another mother
<3 kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark
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On February 04 2010 11:49 hype[NZ] wrote:
We already extended our hand to the Australians, I don't see why it would be so hard to host an Australia/New Zealand/Kwark tournament
o.O you extended your hand to us? xD I contacted strog. <3
But yeah it's easy enough to include the UK in some future independent competition where we can arrange a better timezone.
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Del what's this tourney points that it keeps asking for??
Won't let me sign-up cause i don't have sufficient tourney points or somthing =s
Sorry for the noob question but i'm inactive as fark an dont know how icc has changed thesedays..
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I cant actually do this one but thanks for the heads up ill b there next one.
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On February 05 2010 14:00 mIsUZu wrote:
Del what's this tourney points that it keeps asking for??
Won't let me sign-up cause i don't have sufficient tourney points or somthing =s
Sorry for the noob question but i'm inactive as fark an dont know how icc has changed thesedays..
Do you mean ladder points? You need at least 50...
If you can't fix it by trying to sign up with a different browser (try firefox) then I can manually edit you in on the day so still turn up.
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On February 05 2010 14:32 iCCup.deL wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2010 14:00 mIsUZu wrote:
Del what's this tourney points that it keeps asking for??
Won't let me sign-up cause i don't have sufficient tourney points or somthing =s
Sorry for the noob question but i'm inactive as fark an dont know how icc has changed thesedays.. Do you mean ladder points? You need at least 50... If you can't fix it by trying to sign up with a different browser (try firefox) then I can manually edit you in on the day so still turn up.
cheers bro
i was using firefox but it still says no tourney points..
an as i said, i don play sc these days so dont thnk i hav any point =s
see you tomorro at 9pm
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it says max 32. players, but there is 36 signed up. What will happen with that?
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The eighth tournament will be held on Sunday the 14th of March.
Maps: Destination in round 1 [BO3], Fighting Spirit in round 2 [BO3], Match Point in round 3 [BO3], Moon Glaive in the semi-finals [BO5] and Heartbreak Ridge [BO5] in the Final. These maps are only used for the first game and then loser picks.
This will be the last tournament that I will host as part of the iCCup crew, and I am undecided about continuing them (someone else can pick it up if they want).
Time:
+ Show Spoiler [Time] + NZ 9:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( NZST) ACT 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AEDT) NSW 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AEDT) NT 5:30PM Sunday 14th March. ( ACST) QLD 6:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AEST) SA 6:30PM Sunday 14th March. ( ACDT) TAS 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AEDT) VIC 7:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AEDT) WA 4:00PM Sunday 14th March. ( AWST)
How to participate
To sign up you must sign up on the relevant iccup.com tournament page (TOURNAMENT LINK HERE) and click Sign Up, or sign up directly with the link below:
Only residents of Australia and New Zealand are eligible to enter.
+ Show Spoiler [Information] +Information- Date: Sunday the 14th of March
- Time: 7:00PM AEDT (Syd) // 6:00PM AEST (Bris) // 9:00PM NZDT (9:00AM CET)
- Players: 32 player maximum
- Location: iCCup server, channel "AusvsNZ" on iCCup
- Structure: Regular Single Elimination (BO3/BO3/BO3/BO5/BO5 rounds).
- Admins: iCCup.HotDog and iCCup.deL as per the tourney page
- Pay-in: 50 Ladder Points
- Prizes: 1000/800/600/600 Ladder Points; less if there are less players.
Rules- Australia and New Zealand residents only - flag/IP required for signup
- iCCup Tournament Rules apply tournament rules
- Observers allowed upon agreement from both players.
- iCCup AntiHack Launcher must be used.
- The maps will be Destination (R1), Fighting Spirit (R2), Match Point (R3), Moon Glaive (SF) and Heartbreak Ridge (GF) in the first game, and subsequent maps will be chosen by the loser. NO PREDOMINANTLY 2v2 MAPS.
- Random is allowed.
- Choosing race for a specific matchup is allowed but mutually exclusive matchups will revert to their main race.
Prizes32 player tournament- 1st - 1,000 ladder points
- 2nd - 800 ladder points
- 3rd/4th - 600 ladder points
16 player tournament- 1st - 800 ladder points
- 2nd - 600 ladder points
- 3rd/4th - 400 ladder points
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