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To celebrate the launch of Justin.tv's Gaming section, Justin.tv is sponsoring a tournament in conjunction with iCCup celebrities Brent and Kenny. The iCCup StarCraft Invitational brought to us by Justin.tv boasts an impressive $1250 in prize money and all of the biggest names in the foreign scene!
JustinTV Gaming will, over the next 5 weeks, bring you all the top foreign StarCraft action as the StarCraft players duke it out for the grand prize of $700 in what has been dubbed the 'JSI'. Each week, iCCup's own Brent and Kenny (of StarCraft with Brent and Kenny fame) will follow the tournament closely and bring you all the best footage, news and drama from the front lines, including highlights of each match.
As mentioned, Justin.TV's Gaming sub-site is providing this opportunity, and they appreciate the big gaming presence over at Justin.tv. If you have a gaming broadcast you'd like promoted by Justin.tv, you can follow this link.
Tournament DetailsFormat32 players (11 zerg, 10 terran, 11 protoss) Single elimination tournament. The matches are Best-of-3 for the first three rounds of the tournament. Semi-finals will be Best-of-5, and the Grand Final a Best-of-7. PrizepoolThe winner will receive $700. + Show Spoiler [WINNER] +The runner-up will receive $350. + Show Spoiler [RUNNER UP] +3rd place will receive $200. + Show Spoiler [THIRD PLACE] +Broadcast8th of Oct to the 5th of Nov.Wednesday each week at: ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/us.png) 7pm PDT
10pm EDT
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/eu.png) 4am CET
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/kr.png) 11am KSTBracketsAs promised, some of the biggest names in StarCraft outside of Korea were invited and with these loaded brackets you can be sure of a great gaming spectacle. SPOILERS! The results for round 3 are included below!+ Show Spoiler +
Player list
SPOILERS! Updated with eliminated players!
+ Show Spoiler +Zerg (0/11)
HayprO
ret
Kolll
XiaOzI
Mondragon
DinOt
CaStrO
DIMAGA
InControL
Machine
LzGaMeR
Terran (0/10)
BRAT_OK
Advokate
Artosis
HoRRoR
SarenS
Strelok
IdrA
Tarson
Nyoken
Fenix
Protoss (2/11)
White-Ra
MaNa
iNfeRnaL
InkA
ClouD
Louder
Yayba
G5
Shauni
Draco
Future
UPDATE:IefNaij will be replaced with [Pan]Future as Jian Fei was forced to resign from the tournament due to time constraints.
Useful links:
JustinTV's Gaming channel —
See JustinTV's new sub-site dedicated to gamers
See Brent and Kenny on iCCupTV —
Keep updated on the tournament as well as Brent and Kenny's weekly StarCraft show
Binary Beast brackets —
See the full brackets, updated in real time once the replays are released
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Are you going to be releasing reps?
If not, are you going to be commentating all the games?
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Yes and almost all the games Yes.
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Cool of Justin.tv to do this, it's nice to see some 3rd party support of Starcraft.
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Also something to note is that other sponsors working with the tournament may mean special prizes and perhaps even fan prizes to reward dedicated viewers, as mentioned on StarCraft with Brent and Kenny!
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Not Starcraft related, but I met Justin when he was first doing his justin.tv thing. It's good to see that the venture was successful.
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Awesome. Will be watching it all hehe
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konadora
Singapore66201 Posts
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On October 02 2009 12:56 konadora wrote:
go Idra :p
+1
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idra out in first round
called it here first
edit: more details
1) Idra goes for macro-based build that cuts corners with limited scouting and early game defence
2) Idra gets cheesed
3) Idra complains cheeser has no skill, etc.
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United States2822 Posts
omg, this is so good. Love foreign tournaments 
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Very nice list of players, i'll be tuning in to see IdrA get toppled! GO RET!
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*scans forum for meatpost comment*
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nice! So many great tournys for foreigners lately.
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awesome! i need some help with keeping up with all the foreigner events 
can you add these to teamliquid calendar?
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This is the best time to have foreigner tournaments while all the Koreans are not busy.
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On October 02 2009 13:30 iNkA wrote:
*scans forum for meatpost comment*
iNkA is by far the worst player here rofl what a newb.
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United States13896 Posts
The ideal time would have been a few weeks ago, when there was literally nothing going on Korean BW-wise. Now it's about to get real busy with the OSL, MST, and PL all starting in the next two weeks(although it's not as busy as when OSL Ro16/MSL Ro32 are going full force).
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rofl thx duran. just doesn't feel right to play in a tournament without that :D
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
Motivates me to stream on Justin tv instead of livestream
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Fun stuff, brackets look sick lots of high class players
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
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huh ? Incontrol got invited ? Incontrol NEVER gets invited, i thought thats how it worked
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I'd be so excited if it wasnt for the fact that justin.tv fucking SUCKS for scandinavians.
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Oh, so it's iNkA - knew there were some capital letters in there somewhere  Made it like IdrA though.
On October 02 2009 12:16 motbob wrote:
Are you going to be releasing reps?
If not, are you going to be commentating all the games?
Replays will be released probably every thursday from the 8th October after the Live Show with Brent and Kenny where they will commentate on highlights of the best 4 matches in the early rounds, and then entire games as the tournament progresses deeper into the brackets.
Replays will be sent by competitors to Psyonic and he will release them without threat of being prematurely spoiled
To players participating - you should have recieved an email from PsyonicReaver regarding all the rules so check your inboxes!
Also, I am a big fan of the map pool n_n Should have some exciting games. See the binary beast brackets for it, but basically it is Destination and then loser picks from Destination, Colosseum II, Neo Medusa, Outsider, Heartbreak Ridge.
ALSO! The latest episode of Brent and Kenny discussed the JustinTV StarCraft Invitational so if you want to head over to iCCupTV on Justin.tv here. They talk about each player individually, briefly discuss the maps, and make a few predictions.
I kind of hoped for an IdrA vs iNcontroL first round game just to promote the game really well in waht would have surely been the pinnacle of mannered gaming.
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On October 02 2009 14:48 T.O.P. wrote:
Motivates me to stream on Justin tv instead of livestream
dont do this. please dont. justin TV annoys me when i watch 4PP
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I'm glad Cloud is playing again. He was always one of my favorite foreign tosses. It also seems that he is tearing up the ASL ladder as well. I hope he has a nice comeback.
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On October 02 2009 15:40 iCCup.deL wrote:
I kind of hoped for an IdrA vs iNcontroL first round game just to promote the game really well in waht would have surely been the pinnacle of mannered gaming.
rofl, this
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Russian Federation405 Posts
Super! Super!
Go go go ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png) DIMAGA! You can do it!!!
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On October 02 2009 15:40 iCCup.deL wrote:I kind of hoped for an IdrA vs iNcontroL first round game just to promote the game really well in waht would have surely been the pinnacle of mannered gaming.
Oh gawd I want that so badly.
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Fuck.. Ret vs Shauni in the first round, i really like them both..
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On October 02 2009 17:22 grobo wrote:
Fuck.. Ret vs Shauni in the first round, i really like them both..
Yeah that is how I felt, too :/
On October 02 2009 17:10 Suc wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2009 15:40 iCCup.deL wrote:I kind of hoped for an IdrA vs iNcontroL first round game just to promote the game really well in waht would have surely been the pinnacle of mannered gaming. Oh gawd I want that so badly.
If I read the brackets correctly it should happen in the second round if the favourites win :D However, XiaOzI might pull an upset against IdrA 
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The cream of the crop, ladies, the cream of the crop.
2 thumbs up. Looks like an awesome tournament.
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wow this is amazingly cool
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Artosis vs Incontrol.. clash of titans so early :C
GO ARTOSIS!
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Netherlands6142 Posts
This is gonna be cool. Too bad no new maps though.
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New maps would provide low quality games (comparative to maps like Des and HBR on which these players have SO much experience) and are not really suited to a cash prize tourney, more to a special exhibition match :3
Once the maps are added to the iCCup map pool and some handsome admin puts them in MotW hopefully we will see foreign players getting a lot of experience and confidence on them!
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Belgium9947 Posts
On October 02 2009 15:30 Toxic wrote:huh ? Incontrol got invited ? Incontrol NEVER gets invited, i thought thats how it worked
Unless PsyonicReaver is involved. Then the entire EG. team gets invited..
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So many awesome foreign tournaments. :D This looks cool!
Go Idra!
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can you invite sen? He is really hot lately
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On October 02 2009 19:38 RaGe wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2009 15:30 Toxic wrote:huh ? Incontrol got invited ? Incontrol NEVER gets invited, i thought thats how it worked Unless PsyonicReaver is involved. Then the entire EG. team gets invited..
Edit: You know what. Not even worth my time to reply to you but about ~43% of the players are from my side of the planet. ~38% if you exclude Idra and Artosis because they live in Korea. You let me know who I should have gotten instead that consistently plays well in tournaments from this side.
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3AM CET? poor european players
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On October 02 2009 19:51 538 wrote:3AM CET? poor european players
All players have a week to send me the replays. Each round is from Thursday to Thursday. The 3am is the LATEST a European player can send me the replays.
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wow, this is looking awesome! I will be watching the broadcast for sure!
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Well I am not confident at all against Castro or the other players overall. Just hoping for a protoss to win this ![[image loading]](http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/3817/kruemelmonsteryn0.gif)
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On October 02 2009 19:52 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:All players have a week to send me the replays. Each round is from Thursday to Thursday. The 3am is the LATEST a European player can send me the replays.
I see, makes sense.
Though the 3am is not the best time for european viewers either, but oh well, I guess we're no target audience for justin.tv
(I guess they will be availible on-demand anyway.)
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On October 02 2009 19:38 RaGe wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2009 15:30 Toxic wrote:huh ? Incontrol got invited ? Incontrol NEVER gets invited, i thought thats how it worked Unless PsyonicReaver is involved. Then the entire EG. team gets invited..
or incontrol+ Show Spoiler +
I kid, i kid.
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Canada9720 Posts
On October 02 2009 22:34 iG.ClouD wrote:Well I am not confident at all against Castro or the other players overall. Just hoping for a protoss to win this
gl yO
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On October 02 2009 22:38 538 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2009 19:52 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:On October 02 2009 19:51 538 wrote:3AM CET? poor european players All players have a week to send me the replays. Each round is from Thursday to Thursday. The 3am is the LATEST a European player can send me the replays. I see, makes sense. Though the 3am is not the best time for european viewers either, but oh well, I guess we're no target audience for justin.tv (I guess they will be availible on-demand anyway.)
We will have the replays available and almost all the games will be commentated and released as VODs for Round 1.
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On October 02 2009 22:34 iG.ClouD wrote:Well I am not confident at all against Castro or the other players overall. Just hoping for a protoss to win this
Believe me I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say that we are just happy to see you playing some brood war again.
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On October 02 2009 19:38 RaGe wrote:Show nested quote +On October 02 2009 15:30 Toxic wrote:huh ? Incontrol got invited ? Incontrol NEVER gets invited, i thought thats how it worked Unless PsyonicReaver is involved. Then the entire EG. team gets invited..
EG #1 Obv.
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Holy crap. I absolutely love justintv. Now I love them even more.
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It's time for JF to win some more tourneys.
JF fighting!
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lol @ Lz vs Kolll again xD
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dorn it another tournament where i play kolll first round TT
Btw rage tisk tisk.. as if there are better players then EG? l o l good joke
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United States4796 Posts
Good luck to ret, Lz, Draco, XZ, and the rest!
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
gonna be fun
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kinda excited for geoff vs dan WCG rematch =D
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Wish Gosia was in, otherwise this is very baller :D Hopefully idra has to play xiaozi, inc, dinot, kolll/lzgamer winner, and then ret to win
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pripple
Finland1714 Posts
whoa excellent, go Shauni, ret & LzGamer!
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Sad that there is Mana and Paranoid isnt
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Why so much hate for MaNa :o
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I wanted to let you guys know if you want updates on the tournament and when casts will be coming up (just in case you forgot) you can add Brent and I on Twitter here.
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On October 03 2009 08:00 iCCup.deL wrote:
Why so much hate for MaNa :o
I actually like Mana's style quite a lot, especially his PvZ.
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News that will be added to the OP.
JF quits. 1st Protoss Backup is being sent in.
Welcome [Pan]Future to the JSI.
Some may argue why not somebody from Europe. (As I know the Europeans will.) But JF is a Protoss from the Western Hemisphere, thus getting another Protoss from the same time zone/area is the priority. Future also happened to be our 1st Backup as well so it works out.
We hope to see JF participate with us in the future when he has more time available to play.
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Lots of good gamers here hooping for the 2 swedes (Haypro and Shauni) hehe .. think both can go far! Nice event by the way! Lots of big tours right now
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Just reminding you guys that we will be casting 4 exciting matches this Thursday at 7pm PDT on our Justin TV channel. Hope to see you there for some sure to be awesome games!
Iccup Justin TV Channel
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We have selected the 4 matches we are going to commentate live (off of replays) to our viewers.
First up we have Artosis vs Incontrol, followed by White-Ra vs Draco, then Ret vs Shauni, and finally, Idra vs Xiaozi. We all hope you tune in!
Link to Article
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what time in CET ?
this tourney is awesome.. only gosus.. T_T
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On October 09 2009 01:02 MaGic~PhiL wrote:
what time in CET ?
this tourney is awesome.. only gosus.. T_T
3am CET, enjoy
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Future felt kind of out-of-place, but then I saw that he was a replacement for IefNaij. Seems like this'll be an amazing tournament, although it's already obvious that Ret will destroy everyone.
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Check in tonight at 7pm PDT for the live casting of 4 b03 matches! Should be really epic! If you can't show up, no worries, we will be recording all in the form of VOD's and they will be up on our Justin TV channel directly after the show!
Thanks again guys for the support, and GG's!
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United States13896 Posts
I'll be there showing my support. This is a great way to introduce outsiders to BW as something fun and entertaining to watch.
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will be watching... nice games to be showed-.-
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well 3 pm is kinda late ..
maybe ill wake up for it and go to work after its over.. whateva..
o.O
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Netherlands6142 Posts
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i hope someone does a barrel roll
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The hatches are open!
Everything is on schedule and looking good. See you all tonight 7pm PDT
Edit 4am CET! I was wrong in my math! I feel retarded.
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yes, it is in 2 hours right?
12 KST is in 2 hours, but CET 3:00 is like.. now :S
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3 CET and 7 PDT would be right now
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yeah, but 3 CET corresponds to 10 KST, not 12
something is messed up
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I was off in my math it looks like. 4am CET 7pm PDT. Sorry about that guys. =(
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Broadcaster iccup: Hey all
Broadcaster iccup: We got the time right for PDT
» it will still be 7pm PDT
» but it's not 3am CET:
it would be 4am CET
» For those tuning in to watch from eruope
Artosis vs Incontrol, White-Ra vs Draco, Ret vs Shauni and then Idra vs Xiaozi
» We will be going live in 40min.
» Thank you for your pacience.
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Netherlands6142 Posts
Yer FUCK I am dumb for trusting others to do math. Ugh, raging right now.
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Technically PR was still correct, cos it'll be 4AM CEST or daylight savings time or something, right? n_n
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Netherlands6142 Posts
it'll be 11 am KST too
del your mum's daylight savings
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On October 09 2009 10:44 Pholon wrote:
it'll be 11 am KST too
del your mum's daylight savings
no u
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Norway28678 Posts
lol one of the commentators doesnt know that tanks deal explosive and hydras are medium :'(
actually sadly one knows quite a lot less than the other I think ;p
i dunno who is who tho xD
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these guys are pretty avarage
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I'm having a blast. This is really fun to watch. <3 Ret
GL to Shauni tho
edit: rets 9 pool gonna handle this? my guess is yes
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lol this is really fun. Thank you guys.
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Stream is super laggy for me, and I really enjoyed the last one of these
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I loved First game of Shauni vs ret. they are both so good
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GJ Ret, was on it the whole time. They call it game sense or something. Great work with the mutas, very worth the time/money.
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Can't believe ICCupTV is asking for $1000 in donations. :O What is with all these commentators doing this lately?
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On October 09 2009 13:11 o3.power91 wrote:
Sigh.. commentator criticizing Shauni's perfect FE pylon placement...
Was it really?
EDIT: ololol!! Happy Birthday to me!
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On October 09 2009 13:12 LorDo wrote:Show nested quote +On October 09 2009 13:11 o3.power91 wrote:
Sigh.. commentator criticizing Shauni's perfect FE pylon placement... Was it really?
my bad
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
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Now everyone calm down, there has been games before where someone GG'd and then left too fast for it to show on the rep. So don't be all "BMBMBMBM!!!!!"
This was a reference to XiaOzi taking the first game against IdrA.
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Learn to play. Reminds me of Skyhigh... actually... CJ thing with the lings in the backdoor >.<
Gratz Artosis too... iNcontroL is srs bznz.
GJ there Xaiazi. Idra lost to a shit ton to Lings in another tournament I watched.
GG man.
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Really smart build from Idra here... fake mech.
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Lurker drops. I'd feel bad... even for Idra here... GL with this drop.
edit: not bad defense. could have hurt a TON more.
really good game.
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On October 09 2009 13:33 LorDo wrote:
Now everyone calm down, there has been games before where someone GG'd and then left too fast for it to show on the rep. So don't be all "BMBMBMBM!!!!!"
This was a reference to XiaOzi taking the first game against IdrA.
fairly sure that didnt happen here
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Ya, announcers mentioned it a couple times.
Anyone who knows him, is really not surprised by now. If he calmly types GG and a smiley face... and left.... I'd be worried it wasnt really IdrA[bm].
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On October 09 2009 13:48 Divinek wrote:Show nested quote +On October 09 2009 13:33 LorDo wrote:
Now everyone calm down, there has been games before where someone GG'd and then left too fast for it to show on the rep. So don't be all "BMBMBMBM!!!!!"
This was a reference to XiaOzi taking the first game against IdrA. fairly sure that didnt happen here
Yeah, everyone was another time when IdrA lost to someone (was it ret?) and then the replay came out and there was a GG there. So you can't know can you.
But, tbh he probably didn't this time.
In other news IdrA won game two on Medusa, game three starting now on Outsider.
Idra purple terran @ 5
XiaOzi orange zerg @ 1
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I like Outsider a lot.
It make's for some really interesting SC.
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Am I the only one that was hoping we'd get to see those fun replay commands during a stream like this after that awesome thread that documented them? I wanna see kill leaderboards and simultaneous resource info!
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Seeing the Upgrades and Resources as the click on units, and PSI count, is good enough for me.
edit: Good analogy to the Bisu/sAviOr famous match.
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Why is idra such a choker.
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upset. Poor IdrA, XiaOzi played well.
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I called it, XiaOzI is pretty good guys and from memory his ZvT is his best.
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On October 09 2009 13:55 LorDo wrote:Show nested quote +On October 09 2009 13:48 Divinek wrote:On October 09 2009 13:33 LorDo wrote:
Now everyone calm down, there has been games before where someone GG'd and then left too fast for it to show on the rep. So don't be all "BMBMBMBM!!!!!"
This was a reference to XiaOzi taking the first game against IdrA. fairly sure that didnt happen here Yeah, everyone was another time when IdrA lost to someone (was it ret?) and then the replay came out and there was a GG there. So you can't know can you. But, tbh he probably didn't this time. In other news IdrA won game two on Medusa, game three starting now on Outsider. Idra purple terran @ 5 XiaOzi orange zerg @ 1
if you watch the game it's fairly obvious to tell if he intended to gg based on how he lost, or especially who he lost to. lol timothy the idra killer
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Ouch. I'd be really sorry for you idra, but you're such a dick to people. GG Xaio
Keep it up tho Idra.
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How is Xiaozi such a beast. His usual rush to hive reminds me of old Savior.
Edit: On October 09 2009 14:09 iCCup.deL wrote:
I called it, XiaOzI is pretty good guys and from memory his ZvT is his best.
We know but your commentators think he's an unknown player.
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A lot of times when I see Idra lose to zerg, it's when he pushes out mid game without scouting and gets caught off guard by a flanking force out in the field or a counter.
I think if he works on just watching out better for that kind of stuff, he would be perfect against foreign zergs.
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woot xiaozi!
poor shaunti tho
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you guys did well with the commentating
+ Show Spoiler +poor draco so raped with manner pylons :<
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Thank you all for listening in. We appreciate any feedback. I will personally admit I'm not the best caster but I try my best as I'm sure Kenny will say the same. If there is anything you want to talk about, that being the feed, games, commentators, players, the tournament. Please say so in a constructive manner.
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Can we get results somewhere in one place?
:D
e: NVM - lower half of pg 6 has them.
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going really well, definitely going to follow the whole tournament
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Guys really need to stfu with the Idra stuff. It was only bo3, Xiaozi is damn good zvt, and Idra can't win them all. After he wins ASL, next thing that will be said is how he needs to be banned from foreign leagues. I mean honestly he was won so many foreign leagues recently, SC2GG starleague, ESWC, Valor, ESL. He made a mistake and lost to a good player on a zerg favored map. I guess he deserves some of this for how "bm" he is, but it shouldn't be expected that he wins every foreign league he plays in.
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Whoever is doing the actual broadcasting between Kenny and Brent (I'm sorry I don't recall which voice belongs to which caster. The one who does the loud GEEEGEEEE) has their mic input up too loud. The broadcast would have been a little more enjoyable if it didn't vary between too loud or too soft depending upon which one of you was talking.
All in all entertaining games so far.
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Yeah. We noticed that in post-production. It will be fixed for next weeks cast.
By the way VODs are up on justin.tv/iccup if you'd like to watch. I will edit this post and Del will edit the front page as soon as we get the replays in a stable location to handle the downloads.
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lol i was watching this live and said to myself "this guy sounds familiar". good to see you casting
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United States13896 Posts
On October 09 2009 14:32 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Thank you all for listening in. We appreciate any feedback. I will personally admit I'm not the best caster but I try my best as I'm sure Kenny will say the same. If there is anything you want to talk about, that being the feed, games, commentators, players, the tournament. Please say so in a constructive manner.
Just be careful not to ramble off too much. In the last game of the night you guys went about 5-6 minutes without addressing what was going on in the game at all. I didn't hear it, but someone in the stream chat (from TL) mentioned one of you messed up when defining SK Terran. Only other thing was some in-game music in the background would be nice (not necessary, I'm just used to it).
Overall I thought it went pretty well, the games were enjoyable, and though there were a few times where the lag was a bit annoying, it was never unbearable. Thanks for a well organized and orchestrated event guys! (for the viewer at least - I can't speak for the players)
Keep up the good work! 
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Replays available for download (as a *.zip).
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hey the VOD's at justin.tv is broken for me :S they jump ahead in time for some strange reason and i realy wanna se them.. are they uploaded somwhere else or is justintv the onlyplace where you can see them? (whould be kinda strange to upload at diffrent locations but hey, if im not the onlyone with this problem it whould make sence to upload them at difrent locations)
and i realy doo like this tournament and all the players in it so please do something about the broken VOD's
(am i the onlyone with this problem?, dont wanna look at all the post because of spoilers! )
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On October 09 2009 14:08 NSANE.hydra wrote:
IdrA out in first rd!
spoil much!? T.T
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yea the VODs stops at some time (the first after 10 Minutes [thought of a 10 Minutes Restriction] and the second one even after 4 Minutes) for me and you simply cannot see the rest of the VOD. Is there any possibility to see this VODs on Youtube or something else, woulda been awesome
Anyways great tournament
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On October 09 2009 17:25 chrisolo wrote:yea the VODs stops at some time (the first after 10 Minutes [thought of a 10 Minutes Restriction] and the second one even after 4 Minutes) for me and you simply cannot see the rest of the VOD. Is there any possibility to see this VODs on Youtube or something else, woulda been awesome Anyways great tournament
yeah, and after those 4 mins the first game stops and that was in the mid of artosis's push game just popps and you se the begining of another game.
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OK I will pass it on to Brent or Kenny - I don't have access to the iCCup JustinTV account.
There was also a problem where VODs showed up on the main page but not in the archives.
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Main post brackets and player list updated to coincide with today's results. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE GAMES, BEWARE OF SPOILERS IN THE MAIN POST
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On October 09 2009 17:54 iCCup.deL wrote:
OK I will pass it on to Brent or Kenny - I don't have access to the iCCup JustinTV account.
There was also a problem where zvods showed up on the main page but not in the archives.
Okey, thank you alot.
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Hungary11297 Posts
Some really nice matchups you have for the Ro16.
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Damnit, the second part stops at 2:50 for me.
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I will take a look into the VOD's and see if we can get them fixed and up on Youtube as well. Sorry about that, I will ask Justin what's going on.
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nice one xiaozi, there's no LB i suppose?
PS. happy BD to me
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pripple
Finland1714 Posts
some hot games incoming in the future, sad that so many of my favorites dropped out already ;< thanks for the reps!
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+ Show Spoiler +On October 02 2009 13:05 cz wrote:idra out in first round called it here first edit: more details 1) Idra goes for macro-based build that cuts corners with limited scouting and early game defence 2) Idra gets cheesed 3) Idra complains cheeser has no skill, etc.
Yep.
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Yeah I will talk to Justin about the VOD's, seems like some are having a few issues, but I will make sure it gets taken care of as soon as the work day starts in another couple hours. Thanks again for the positive comments guys, it's much appreciated!
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lol @ Draco vs White-Ra game 2..
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I predict koll takes the crown.
Second choice is White-ra.
Third is ret.
Reverse the order and it should be most likely to win, but those are my gut feelings.
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On October 09 2009 22:27 Kenny wrote:
Yeah I will talk to Justin about the VOD's, seems like some are having a few issues, but I will make sure it gets taken care of as soon as the work day starts in another couple hours. Thanks again for the positive comments guys, it's much appreciated!
aah thank you alot!! and i realy do like evrything that you have done (even thou i havent seen it yet ^^) but i can safely say that i will have a GREAT time watching these vids when a proper VOD is uploaded
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What? They work, work exceptionally well too - ret vs shauni on Destination was tense!
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I just checked the VODs on justin.tv/iccup and they are all working for me. Let me know if it's working for anybody else.
Also, the Iccup website seems to be down. =(
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hey why fenix is eliminated?
his game with yayba is postponed o.O
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Fenix was removed due to not having his game played in time with Yayba and not showing up when asked to have his games played by. It was stated in our rules a week before the players had to play when the deadline was to play, and since Yayba showed up and Fenix did not we had to give w.o to Yayba.
Brent can probably explain nicely as to the exact situation as he was the one who stuck around for that series in particular, but I believe that is the jist of it.
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To clarify more. Yayba and Fenix did meet to play on Tuesday but there were some serious lag issues between the two. We pushed the game back to Wednesday but Fenix showed up an hour late and Yayba had family/friend things planned out for the night and had to leave.
One thing that wasn't taken into account was Daylight Savings Time and I believe that was the cause of Fenix being an hour late, since Peru is not affected by DST. I pushed back their play time till after the 5pm PDT cutoff to 11:30pm PDT. (About 7:30am CET) But neither player showed up on MSN. So after consulting with Kenny, we decided to stick with the original showing of Yayba and give him the w/o under the cause of Internet problems on Fenix's end since that was the original issue added with the late appearance.
As for Dimaga, the last I had heard from him was on Sunday that he was going to play Infernal on Tuesday or Wednesday. I tried to contact him numerous times via Iccup PM, MSN, and Email between Sunday and Thursday with no response. Infernal, being friends with Dimaga, tried as well to contact him without any contact at all. I did try contacting the ROX manager as well and his fellow teammates but all they could give me was Dimaga's ICQ that he might have been on. Dimaga did finally reply to my PMs about 4 hours after I had already updated the brackets to give Infernal the w/o.
Please understand we are trying our best to keep this tournament as structured as possible and we will invite Fenix and Dimaga back for future tournaments but we have a time line here to get this done before WCG China where many of the remaining players in this tournament will have issues with.
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I'm really enjoying this tournament so far, despite not being able to watch the VOD's. I spent the entire afternoon watching the replays instead. The highlights for me was Shauni's pylon placement on Heartbreak, as well as the entire game between White-Ra and Draco on the same map. Funny shit. But there were many good games! I'm however very disapointed to see Idra lose, especially the way he did it. I've seen him do pretty much the exact same mistake on Desti before. Now I don't really know who to root for in this tourney. Cloud is awesome (kick-ass storms against Castro!), but it would feel weird rooting for a Toss. Artosis is cool, but he will never win. I guess I'm gonna go with Ret, and hope that he doesn't run into Dinot. Go Ret!
GG's!
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By the way guys, update on the VOD situation. Justin TV was doing some repairs to their system when we saved them, so one of the guys I'm working with over there is going to get them all fixed up soon. Sorry about the wait on that!
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On October 10 2009 05:07 Kenny wrote:
By the way guys, update on the VOD situation. Justin TV was doing some repairs to their system when we saved them, so one of the guys I'm working with over there is going to get them all fixed up soon. Sorry about the wait on that!
Its all okey im glad that you are working hard to get them to work asap thanks and good luck with future VOD's :D
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On October 10 2009 05:07 Kenny wrote:
By the way guys, update on the VOD situation. Justin TV was doing some repairs to their system when we saved them, so one of the guys I'm working with over there is going to get them all fixed up soon. Sorry about the wait on that!
so vods are working now? :O
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They fixed the inituial problems with the vods, but now, atleast for me they lag quite a bit and "buffers" every 30 secs making it annoying to watch so I hope its just my internet, but I doubt it
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eh can you skip time in these vods?
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Thanks for the awesome spoiler free replay pack. Looking forward to the rest of the reps!
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lol i was watching some of the vods on justin tv and it skipped 15 mins of the game -_-, time to watch reps
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Live cast at 7pm PDT! (4am CET) Be sure to tune in!
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Replays to be commentated during the cast:
Retje v BRAT_OK
Louder v ClouD
HayprO v DinOt
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Norway28678 Posts
ret vs brat and haypro vs dinot are awesome matchups
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On October 14 2009 19:58 Liquid`Drone wrote:
ret vs brat and haypro vs dinot are awesome matchups
indeed, couldn't have asked for better mu's. This is gonna be awesome!
Go Ret & Haypro!
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What are the results for the second round?
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The results for round 2 are coming up, they are being cast tomorrow Scara at around midday our time. 4AM CET.
I'm really looking forward to Ret and BRAT_OK, and I'm a fan of DinOt too.
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I've no idea how good Dinots ZvT is. How does it measure up to Haypros TvZ? Odds anyone?
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dinot is awesome zvt, 2-0'd tarson without too much trouble in round 1
he has great muta control but makes a little too many lings and not enough drones which means he's more likely to beat a better player but also more likely to lose against a worse player ;p
from what ive seen he's really good against mech and hayder seems to mech quite often so iunno..
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Just reminding you guys, in another hour we will be going LIVE casting at least *four* best of 3 matches from the RO16!
Live Stream Here Hope to see you guys there!
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Ohhh Boy DJ psy and Kenny Sounds amazing cant wait for the games!
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hmm, so i thought the streams were suppose to be on thursdays --a ? umhh and today is definately wednesday im not complaining just wondering about the change in schedule.
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Yea from here on out they will be Wednesday, last week we had some changes from our original schedule. It will be Wednesday 7pm PDT from here on out for the games, and the follow-up Brent and Kenny show each Thursday at 7pm PDT. Thx!
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The schedule has been in iccup.com for a while
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Also on the Thursdays during Brent and Kenny the guys will probably talk a bit about the JSI too - just basic things like recaps, results and predictions.
I will be uploading the reps after today's show, too.
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We did 4 matches tonight but I sincerely apologize for the lag issues and the computer problems. My parts were suppose to have been in today but they didn't arrive and will be here tomorrow. My computer will have quad cores and DDR3 RAM to help make the stream as smooth as possible. As for the internet, I will be calling my IP tomorrow and ask them what was going on with my connection.
I am sorry for the terrible quality of the streaming tonight and I take full responsibility. Kenny and I both hope you'll forgive us this week and we'll see you back next week.
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Round 2 replays are ready for download!
ROUND TWO REPLAYS
Catch the VODs soon, and be sure to tune in to StarCraft with Brent and Kenny at the same time tomorrow!
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It should be working. I just checked it.
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Someone else said link doesn't work - you have to also click 'Download Now' once you get to the download page.
I tried and it worked for me o.o
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Could someone put the results of round 2 in a spoiler-tag? I don't want to watch all the replays.
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the link directs you to the main replay section of iccup,I cant find any round 2 reps anywhere,cant you just post the direct link to the pack?
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Mandalor go to the brackets on BinaryBeast to see the results.
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Old replays being deleted, new one being uploaded.
Will also put an updated bracket in the main post.
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[url blocked]
Iccup is going bonkers with the replays for some reason. There is a megaupload link until we get this figured out.
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Is the reupload already done? I still can't find the replays.
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Updated with megaupload now until a more permanent solution can be found. Sorry guys.
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Yeah, thanks for the fast reupload!
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thanks for more awesome spoiler free reps
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Thanks
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great entertainment thus far. Id like to point out one type . On the topic post it says thursday! shouldnt it be wednesday?
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Haha yeah that made me laugh too.
On October 15 2009 23:56 alexpnd wrote:
great entertainment thus far. Id like to point out one type . On the topic post it says thursday! shouldnt it be wednesday?
Yes. Thank you.
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Inka - aooa game3 prolly best game I seen in few months............ Should be uploaded here imho.
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I was also really entertained by the iNkA v A2 games, didn't expect it.
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U can't DL the reps on ICC atm, don't know how long that's gonna last with the server shutdown, so plz upload them somewhere else. The stream is laggy and the sound is. yeah
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On October 16 2009 00:21 kroko wrote:
Inka - aooa game3 prolly best game I seen in few months............ Should be uploaded here imho.
Yep was a real nice game. Really exciting.
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Can someone link me to vods for the 2nd round?
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lol @ 3rd round.
Louder's only pvp'ing
Inka only pvt'ing
Xiaozi only zvt'ing
MORE VARIETY PLEASE
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please re-upload the round 2 replays
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psyonic reaver uploaded and posted them on page 10, thanks<3
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oh didnt see, thanks guys
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On October 16 2009 04:11 T.Sqd)LillTT wrote:
lol @ 3rd round.
Louder's only pvp'ing
Inka only pvt'ing
Xiaozi only zvt'ing
MORE VARIETY PLEASE
http://binarybeast.com/xBW090930
Please tell Castro, Horror, Dimaga, Sarens, G5, Ret, Incontrol, Idra to win and you'll get different matchups.
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On October 16 2009 01:19 Louder wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2009 00:21 kroko wrote:
Inka - aooa game3 prolly best game I seen in few months............ Should be uploaded here imho. Yep was a real nice game. Really exciting.
Made only that way because inka didn't remake his robo after losing it 10 minutes in. But he showed us who needs to see mines when you can just teleport around them.
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On October 16 2009 05:04 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2009 04:11 T.Sqd)LillTT wrote:
lol @ 3rd round.
Louder's only pvp'ing
Inka only pvt'ing
Xiaozi only zvt'ing
MORE VARIETY PLEASE http://binarybeast.com/xBW090930Please tell Castro, Horror, Dimaga, Sarens, G5, Ret, Incontrol, Idra to win and you'll get different matchups.
I'd rather tell Cloud, Mana, Infernal, Inka, A2, Brat_ok, artosis, xiaozi to lose.
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On October 16 2009 17:00 T.Sqd)LillTT wrote:Show nested quote +On October 16 2009 05:04 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:On October 16 2009 04:11 T.Sqd)LillTT wrote:
lol @ 3rd round.
Louder's only pvp'ing
Inka only pvt'ing
Xiaozi only zvt'ing
MORE VARIETY PLEASE http://binarybeast.com/xBW090930Please tell Castro, Horror, Dimaga, Sarens, G5, Ret, Incontrol, Idra to win and you'll get different matchups. I'd rather tell Cloud, Mana, Infernal, Inka, A2, Brat_ok, artosis, xiaozi to lose.
I like all those players
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The live cast is Wednesday at 7pm PDT and the normal show is on Thursday at 7pm PDT.
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Marine - it's about 1PM AEST Thursday for the JSI cast and Friday for the show.
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Reminder for you guys, round 3 of the JSI is tomorrow at 7pm PDT. Should be great!
Link to Stream
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I despise players who don't have the decency to say GG. Those who've played the game for this long, and who've followed the progression of e-sports, but yet lack the decency to be courteous are pathetic. It's immature and rude, and appears to be a common trait of American players (in particular Media/EG players). Grow up.
note: Yes its a gross generalization and I apologize to those it doesn't apply to. You know who you are.
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I don't say gg either but it's more than I am angry at myself for losing rather than disrespecting my opponent.
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I despise people who make random, negative assumptions about others because they sometimes fail to adhere to a ritual of typing two letters at the end of every game.
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On October 22 2009 15:59 Tsagacity wrote:
I despise people who make random, negative assumptions about others because they sometimes fail to adhere to a ritual of typing two letters at the end of every game.
How is what I said a random assumption? It's considered polite to say good game and you're clearly missing the point if you can't appreciate that. The korean e-sports scene has quite clear guidelines regarding this and for quite obvious reasons. While I accept that people will leave a game because they are disappointed with the way they played, it's still impolite to leave without saying something. Why? The same reason that people shake hands at the end of tennis matches, that people don't cheat on the scorecard at golf, and that you thank your doctor for their time. It's common courtesy and its far from a random ritual.
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On October 22 2009 15:50 iCCup.deL wrote:
I don't say gg either but it's more than I am angry at myself for losing rather than disrespecting my opponent.
I understand where you're coming from, but that's still impolite, and I believe more so in a tournament setting.
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Updated OP with new brackets. Round 3 SPOILERS!
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I like how EVERY foreign tournament thread eventually turns into a discussion flamefest about IdrA's bm.
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On October 22 2009 15:32 FirstProbe wrote:
I despise players who don't have the decency to say GG. Those who've played the game for this long, and who've followed the progression of e-sports, but yet lack the decency to be courteous are pathetic. It's immature and rude, and appears to be a common trait of American players (in particular Media/EG players). Grow up.
note: Yes its a gross generalization and I apologize to those it doesn't apply to. You know who you are.
Feel free to ask Mana if I was manner. You can also ask him if I said gg to him in the channel after the game. You're just an idiot.
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On October 23 2009 01:43 Louder wrote:Show nested quote +On October 22 2009 15:32 FirstProbe wrote:
I despise players who don't have the decency to say GG. Those who've played the game for this long, and who've followed the progression of e-sports, but yet lack the decency to be courteous are pathetic. It's immature and rude, and appears to be a common trait of American players (in particular Media/EG players). Grow up.
note: Yes its a gross generalization and I apologize to those it doesn't apply to. You know who you are.
Feel free to ask Mana if I was manner. You can also ask him if I said gg to him in the channel after the game. You're just an idiot gg.
FIXED!
gg
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There is an anoying gap between 10/12 and 11/12. But at least I was actually able to watch the vods this time. So a lot of progress, the semis will be great.
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On October 23 2009 06:04 zulu_nation8 wrote:
louder you mad?
Nope Just putting retard in his place.
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On October 23 2009 05:58 {88}iNcontroL wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2009 01:43 Louder wrote:On October 22 2009 15:32 FirstProbe wrote:
I despise players who don't have the decency to say GG. Those who've played the game for this long, and who've followed the progression of e-sports, but yet lack the decency to be courteous are pathetic. It's immature and rude, and appears to be a common trait of American players (in particular Media/EG players). Grow up.
note: Yes its a gross generalization and I apologize to those it doesn't apply to. You know who you are.
Feel free to ask Mana if I was manner. You can also ask him if I said gg to him in the channel after the game. You're just an idiot gg. FIXED! gg
lol INC...
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Reminder: Tomorrow 7pm PDT the semi-finals will be cast by myself and Brent. B05 for the semi's and b07 for the finals! Should be some great games
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I don't say gg oftentimes when I'm laddering because I'm just on for games and I don't know the opponents so there's no reason to do it !
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erm that might be the most retarded thing you've said so far Xeris
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On October 28 2009 02:49 Xeris wrote:I don't say gg oftentimes when I'm laddering because I'm just on for games and I don't know the opponents so there's no reason to do it !
Why not? It is IMO a very nice and respectful custom, and typing ''gg'' is such an easy thing to do. I have skipped saying gg a couple of times when I've been cheesed hardcore by Toss players, but I've always felt bad afterwards.
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Can't wait to cast tonight! See you all at 7pm PDT!
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Ahh shit meant to get the results off you early Can you send them through to me tonight?
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Pre-Game music will be starting in 15min! Gonna be a great cast tonight!
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cast starts in 45 minutes (11 KST) right?
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Live cast of the semi-finals in 25 minutes! Hope to see you all there.
http://www.justin.tv/iccup
EDIT- By the way, the chat for the channel will be up shortly, Justin TV just had to reset some functions for our channel, so refresh in another 5-10 minutes and it should be good.
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it's live now btw
bumping for people who might want to watch
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damn BRAT_OK 0-3'd
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Aww, I was rooting for Brat. Too bad.
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shit T-T
isnt this newb practicing for wcg? =( =( =(
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Holy fuck, White-Ra is so good.
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On October 29 2009 12:30 Holgerius wrote:
Holy fuck, White-Ra is so good.
Good games!
These foreign tournaments are great ^^
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Thanks for watching everybody!
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I cant believe brat_ok lost in that manner. aw well. looking forward to finals stream!
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+ Show Spoiler + PvP Final But a very good tournament with good replays! The way how it should be!
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Tonight at 7pm PDT is the White-Ra vs Mana Finals! We will also be showing the BratOK/Haypro games to see who finished 3rd! Tune in!
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This tournament is great. Not all tourneys have this awesome coverage.
Go White-Ra!
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Finals tonight in another 1 hour 25 minutes from this post! Hope to see you there for what should be an AWESOME finals.
http://www.justin.tv/iccup
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Bump finals White-ra vs Mana and 3rd/4th place matches starting in 10 minutes!
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This lag is so bad. So so bad.
It's so tough... getting emailed... the replays... from both players... opening them up [skips a lot of content] blah blah etc.
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They're already played right? coz its like 4am here:O
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Man its just 3 minutes into the first game and I'm already tingling, you guys are awesome in every way!
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That was the best ZvT on Destination I have ever seen. BRAT_OK is my new favorite Terran of all time. sorry idra
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Hey I'm on a uni computer now and just quickly letting you know I will be without internet for a while maybe up to a week so I won't be able to cover news or upload replays - Brent I suggest you get in touch with Pieces, Puremiss or YelloAnt for uploading replays or getting some news written up about JSI!
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theres been som e great games so far, thanks guys
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WOW so good, great job brent and kenny!
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Absolutely fantastic final night of games. 2 Long series with some great games. I came a little.
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I will update this post as soon as I get the replays posted on Iccup. Thanks to everybody who supported us and watched! Spoiler reveals the winner
+ Show Spoiler +White-Ra wins 4-3 over Mana in an AMAZING series. DOWNLOAD THE REPLAYS!
BratOK wins over HayprO 4-2 to secure 3rd!
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WoW gonna download and play them right now so i didn't miss anything, kinda like watching a movie twice, i love that stuff. Thanks a lot you guys are the best X100. GL with JSI2.
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I <3 Iccup server download speed ^_^
Thanks for the replays!
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On November 04 2009 19:01 Holgerius wrote:This tournament is great. Not all tourneys have this awesome coverage. Go White-Ra!
3:00 CET streams r just marvellous
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Again, Native there is such thing as a VOD. Sorry that the time didn't work for you personally, but doesn't mean you can't watch.
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On November 05 2009 23:40 Kenny wrote:
Again, Native there is such thing as a VOD. Sorry that the time didn't work for you personally, but doesn't mean you can't watch.
yeah this is the only guy who lives in very strange time zone. sucks for him ;]
tourney is great but next time you should try to compromise timezones because live streams for europe is in the worst part of a day (umm night)
live stream > vods as a rule
and to watch vods next day first you have to find links to it and trying so hard not to see any comments, news, hints etc
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On November 06 2009 02:25 ZlyKiss wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2009 23:40 Kenny wrote:
Again, Native there is such thing as a VOD. Sorry that the time didn't work for you personally, but doesn't mean you can't watch. yeah this is the only guy who lives in very strange time zone. sucks for him ;] tourney is great but next time you should try to compromise timezones because live streams for europe is in the worst part of a day (umm night) live stream > vods as a rule and to watch vods next day first you have to find links to it and trying so hard not to see any comments, news, hints etc gw White Ra ggs Mana
put spoilers idiot.
the games were awesome, in the pack is also the match for third place between Hayder nad Brat_Ok, fantastic games, and lots of them too.
fantastic finals, a PvP fest. it really makes me wanna play more starcraft.
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As we keep stating. We do the best we can to accommodate time zones but really, we live on the west coast of the USA. Kenny gets off work at 6PM. What do you want him to do? Quit his job to cast the games at your convenience? We really try to do our best so please stop rehashing the timezone conflict. We put VODs up for people to watch if they miss the live cast, it's about self control to not spoil yourself before watching them.
If there is something you can offer to help us out, we'd appreciate it, and you're welcome to PM me with any other thoughts.
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On November 06 2009 10:29 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
As we keep stating. We do the best we can to accommodate time zones but really, we live on the west coast of the USA. Kenny gets off work at 6PM. What do you want him to do? Quit his job to cast the games at your convenience? We really try to do our best so please stop rehashing the timezone conflict. We put VODs up for people to watch if they miss the live cast, it's about self control to not spoil yourself before watching them.
If there is something you can offer to help us out, we'd appreciate it, and you're welcome to PM me with any other thoughts.
Where are the VODs, out of curiosity? I'm always interested in a nice pvp series.
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Justin.tv/iccup
I have them on the playlist so it should automatically start up but you can also check our archives for past games/shows of B&K.
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On November 06 2009 10:29 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
We put VODs up for people to watch if they miss the live cast, it's about self control to not spoil yourself before watching them.
Just to let you know, your VODs are always messed up. Every single round of this tournament was. They often cuts in the middle, then the next one is either next game already or is repeating part of previous one. Finals end in the middle of Mana-WhiteRa match (no more parts to view). I had to watch replays even tho I prefer ones commentary.
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I fixed the VODs of the Finals. It seems the maintenance time of Justin Servers is Wednesdays at around 11pm PST so whenever we save the VODs, the servers kinda screw them up so I have to fix them the next day.
There isn't really a way to change the time of when they do that stuff just for our show so I will try my best to correct any anomalies that occur. Thank you for bringing it up though!
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On November 07 2009 02:08 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
There isn't really a way to change the time of when they do that stuff just for our show so I will try my best to correct any anomalies that occur. Thank you for bringing it up though!
You know, they are sponsoring it lol.
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