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Important Update
In yesterday's Blood Bath Tournament the replay upload was apparently broken. Currently the developers of ingame try to fix the issue. However, it might happen that the report function might still bug. In case of bugs, please contact the tournament admins and tell the results. Also, winners should prepare to manually forward (via host or upload) their games, so we have stuff to cast. Thanks!
Also, please note that you must register an account on incup.eu and set a screen name (ICCup nick), before you can sign up / check-in. If you can't figure it out, please ask an admin right away. If everything else fails, and only if(!), we might lend you our accounts. For this, please contact the personell in channel broodwar.de on ICCup. Thanks.
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One of the oldest Brood War fanpages, broodwar.de, is going to host tournaments again. The page itself used to cover a lot of stuff for the German speaking scene - the BWCL, the BW4Ever Tournaments, a giant VOD database and obviously the German national team. In the past three years relatively few happened there, but today they released a note - they're back in action.
What? Prizes? Info?
Actually, the page to sponsor is not exactly broodwar.de. Broodwar.de is part of the ingame.de network - which features a lot more titles. Hence the new name InStarcraft.de. One of their partner pages, inhearthstone.de, promotes the new part of the network. This will be uninteresting for most, yet it's important. InHearthstone was so nice to support former broodwar.de with prizes - 10 Hearthstone Betakeys. For all of you who are as unfamiliar with the eSports scene as I am: Hearthstone is some Blizzard Trading Card Game. Apparently it's quite cool, so maybe you want to try it out. Regardless, there will be a lot of Brood War - so sign up and play.
From Friday (25th) to Sunday (27th) three tournaments will be hosted on ICCup. Every tour has a theme - one for fun and team play, one features modern maps and one features really old and nasty stuff.
Friday, 25th: Blood Bath Tournament
The name says it all - a 1on1 tournament, Single Elimination on Blood Bath only. The finalists get a Betakey each. Yey! Sadly, at the moment, there's no caster for this tournament. If you're interested let me know, I'll forward you!
Sign Up Check-In Start: 18:30 CEST Tournament Start: 19:00 CEST Server & Channel: ICCup / broodwar.de
Saturday, 26th: Modern 1on1 Tournament
Saturday will be pure standard. A simple 1on1 Single Elimination Tournament, Bo1 until Quarterfinals. Top 4 will receive a Betakey - but they have to play all games; this means you should not simply walk away if you are in the Top8. You have to continue! After all, Brood War is awesome.
Sign Up Check-In Start: 13:00 CEST Tournament Start: 13:30 CEST Cast Start: 14:00 CET (Bakuryu casting probably in German!) Server & Channel: ICCup / broodwar.de Maps: Oxide, Fighting Spirit, Circuit Breakers, Sniper Ridge, Wind and Cloud
Sunday, 27th: Oldschool1on1 Tournament
Yeah, hopefully this tournamnet will attract a couple of bw.de's infamous oldschool flamers beloved characters. bw.de hopes to lure them into daylight with a couple of really, really dusty and nasty maps. Modes and prizes are the same as with the modern tournament - 1on1 SE, Bo1 until Quarterfinals, 4 Keys. Games have to be played!
Sign Up Check-In Start: 13:00 CET (Please note that Europe will go back to winter time, no more CEST. Double check with the calendar entry if you're not sure (subtract an hour for check-in)) Tournament Start: 13:30 CET Cast Start: 14:00 CET (Bakuryu, Oxyactey casting probably in German!) Server & Channel: ICCup / broodwar.de Maps: Luna the Final, Lost Temple, Dire Straits, Hall of Valhalla, Bifrost III
Things are subject to change - it was quite a rush until now.
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hmh i love the netherlands o0 :>
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I need to remember my old bw.de account!
edit: I live in Aachen and I can attest that it's always much cloudier on the Dutch side of the border!
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Nice! A deceptive ploy to tempt brood war players to switch but more brood war nonetheless! I'm excited c:
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Can't wait to play in the oldschool tourney. Especially the original LT: + Show Spoiler [taken from liquipedia] + The original Lost Temple map had the following positional imbalances:
On 6 o'clock, it is impossible to build a wall-in with Barrack and 2 Supply Depots. The 6 o'clock position had a distinctly inefficient mineral structure, leading to less minerals mined per unit time. Terran players were able to land a tank on a small piece of land on the bottom left side of the 6 o'clock base that made it safe from melee attacks. On 12 o'clock, it is possible to place tank on the natural cliff and be able to hit the vespene geyser at the 3 o'clock position. On 12 o'clock, due to the bad mineral formation of the natural expansion, Terran players expanding there do not have enough space to attach an add-on to their Command Center. On 12 o'clock, the base entrance is too far from natural, making FE harder (Zergs must make 3hatch in order to FE). The 9 o'clock position's natural expansion and mineral only expansion were both vulnerable from the same cliff.
On a side note, I don't think that Luna is imba enough to be included alongside the rest of the maps.
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lol tobad I'm gone this weekend woulda loved to play in these :D
@Rulz Luna has gas positional disadvantages so both right side bases mine gas slower, will most likely affect mirrors or any Z vs matchup.
Also I think bottom left and top right have pretty difficult PvZ walls for FFE, or maybe I'm jsut remembering that wrong
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On October 22 2013 03:14 ggrrg wrote:Can't wait to play in the oldschool tourney. Especially the original LT: + Show Spoiler [taken from liquipedia] + The original Lost Temple map had the following positional imbalances:
On 6 o'clock, it is impossible to build a wall-in with Barrack and 2 Supply Depots. The 6 o'clock position had a distinctly inefficient mineral structure, leading to less minerals mined per unit time. Terran players were able to land a tank on a small piece of land on the bottom left side of the 6 o'clock base that made it safe from melee attacks. On 12 o'clock, it is possible to place tank on the natural cliff and be able to hit the vespene geyser at the 3 o'clock position. On 12 o'clock, due to the bad mineral formation of the natural expansion, Terran players expanding there do not have enough space to attach an add-on to their Command Center. On 12 o'clock, the base entrance is too far from natural, making FE harder (Zergs must make 3hatch in order to FE). The 9 o'clock position's natural expansion and mineral only expansion were both vulnerable from the same cliff.
On a side note, I don't think that Luna is imba enough to be included alongside the rest of the maps. I fucking love LT. Its the only map I played for like...seven years. Still saddens me that the community has betrayed it in favour of fluff like FS. 
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On October 22 2013 03:20 DarkNetHunter wrote: lol tobad I'm gone this weekend woulda loved to play in these :D
@Rulz Luna has gas positional disadvantages so both right side bases mine gas slower, will most likely affect mirrors or any Z vs matchup.
Also I think bottom left and top right have pretty difficult PvZ walls for FFE, or maybe I'm jsut remembering that wrong
I still don't think it compares to the other jokes in the mappool. Just look at Dire Straits xD
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United Kingdom1689 Posts
I somehow didn't imagine this happening with Hearthstone.. But hey ho. I like more BW.
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On October 22 2013 03:37 ggrrg wrote:Show nested quote +On October 22 2013 03:20 DarkNetHunter wrote: lol tobad I'm gone this weekend woulda loved to play in these :D
@Rulz Luna has gas positional disadvantages so both right side bases mine gas slower, will most likely affect mirrors or any Z vs matchup.
Also I think bottom left and top right have pretty difficult PvZ walls for FFE, or maybe I'm jsut remembering that wrong
I still don't think it compares to the other jokes in the mappool. Just look at Dire Straits xD
Dire Straits is just slightly imbalanced. I was actually thinking of replacing Luna with Jungle Story, but pfff...
+ Show Spoiler + ZvP: 1-8 (11.1%) [ Games ] :mustafa:
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On October 22 2013 05:13 GeckoXp wrote:Show nested quote +On October 22 2013 03:37 ggrrg wrote:On October 22 2013 03:20 DarkNetHunter wrote: lol tobad I'm gone this weekend woulda loved to play in these :D
@Rulz Luna has gas positional disadvantages so both right side bases mine gas slower, will most likely affect mirrors or any Z vs matchup.
Also I think bottom left and top right have pretty difficult PvZ walls for FFE, or maybe I'm jsut remembering that wrong
I still don't think it compares to the other jokes in the mappool. Just look at Dire Straits xD Dire Straits is just slightly imbalanced. I was actually thinking of replacing Luna with Jungle Story, but pfff... + Show Spoiler + ZvP: 1-8 (11.1%) [ Games ] :mustafa:
Sounds great! It was used in WCG. It must be good enough 
Of course, if nastiness is the main intention you can always go with a Blizzard motw map or Starcraft Stellar Forces. ^^
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On nom nom, games all weekend
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United Kingdom1689 Posts
On October 22 2013 05:30 dRaW wrote: On nom nom, games all weekend Same could be said for another tournament in play this weekend...
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Bisutopia19262 Posts
Blizzard created hearthstone to revive ESports and bring back the brood war scene. They are so smart like that.
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On October 22 2013 03:41 ImbaTosS wrote: I somehow didn't imagine this happening with Hearthstone.. But hey ho. I like more BW.
The Lord of Broodwar works in mysterious ways. Who might know what Flash thought, when he sat this up (; For me, as long as it enables us to host a tournament with a prize, im satisfied.
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Russian Federation192 Posts
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On October 22 2013 02:24 Cele wrote: hmh i love the netherlands o0 :>
I heard you also love this picture:
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Blood bath tournament here I come.
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Very cool, I am out of town otherwise i'd love to play!
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Why does it have to start this early on Sunday? I probably won't be able too make it this way
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Hearthstone? no thx.Good luck and have fun to the players though!
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On October 22 2013 22:26 TaShadan wrote: Hearthstone? no thx.Good luck and have fun to the players though!
Play it just for fun and give the key to someone else then. It's Brood War after all.
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On October 22 2013 09:51 ninazerg wrote:I heard you also love this picture: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/r4jYLbY.jpg)
it's adorable. And it made this thread like ten times cooler alone ^^
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baku cast should be worth to tune in.
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BW tempting people with Hearthstone? Or Hearthstone tempting people with BW? Who cares, more BW! I'd play in it on my account but I can't get in. I'll just have to make a new one I guess and stop using my friend's.
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signed up - games on blood bath is going to be fun :D
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come and play EnjoYmE, Bakuryu is out of the way
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Hell yeah. Socke signed up for all three tours.
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Russian Federation213 Posts
wow nice :O gogo Goody, hasuobs, Mondi etc
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On October 23 2013 16:04 Sucker wrote: wow nice :O gogo Goody, hasuobs, Mondi etc
What is a hasubos?
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Russian Federation213 Posts
On October 23 2013 16:10 GeckoXp wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2013 16:04 Sucker wrote: wow nice :O gogo Goody, hasuobs, Mondi etc What is a hasubos?
nvm, I am an idiot ;d He wasn't a bw player -____-
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On October 23 2013 16:10 GeckoXp wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2013 16:04 Sucker wrote: wow nice :O gogo Goody, hasuobs, Mondi etc What is a hasubos? A hasubos is like a gosu obs, which is an obs who detects and see everything at key location, but hasu you know, who moves slower than dragoons, who suicides on a turret and who make you banned because a terran accidentaly build a turret below it.
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I find it puzzling that the tournament page says CET, as germany is currently in CEST time (CET+1, aka GMT+2) is it correct (so for istance friday's tournament is 19:30 german time) or is it instead 18:30 german time (so CEST and not CET)?
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On October 23 2013 20:09 Skirmjan wrote: I find it puzzling that the tournament page says CET, as germany is currently in CEST time (CET+1, aka GMT+2) is it correct (so for istance friday's tournament is 19:30 german time) or is it instead 18:30 german time (so CEST and not CET)?
it's local time. Friday, Saturday are CEST, Sunday CET.
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yea you're right, Europe goes back to normal time(non-summer) at 3:00 Sunday, which risks to cause even more confusion after all :D please clarify the OP and the tournament page for those that aren't on central eu time (i can just look at my watch and know) ^^
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On October 24 2013 01:32 Skirmjan wrote: yea you're right, Europe goes back to normal time(non-summer) at 3:00 Sunday, which risks to cause even more confusion after all :D please clarify the OP and the tournament page for those that aren't on central eu time (i can just look at my watch and know) ^^
I'm not sure many understand the difference either way. I "updated" the OP and added that you could simply double check witht he TL calendar (obviously you have to substract an hour for check-in, but it should be doable)
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On October 24 2013 01:32 Skirmjan wrote: yea you're right, Europe goes back to normal time(non-summer) at 3:00 Sunday, which risks to cause even more confusion after all :D please clarify the OP and the tournament page for those that aren't on central eu time (i can just look at my watch and know) ^^
well, it's nice of you, to bring it to our attention. However, it is tricky as you mentioned, coz Europe goes back to CET on Sunday. I hope, that the update in the OP will clarify things.
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BB Tour starts in 5 hours, don't miss to check-in in 4 hours 30 minutes!
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On October 25 2013 22:51 ONEofUS wrote: i hope socke shows up~
THAT would be cool
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Guys, Check-In started!
All go checkin!
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check in is now open. gogo guys
€: ninja'd )=
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upload seems to bug out, we collect some manually at the moment
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Finals are up. Infected vs Ramms, check the stream (;
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damn I forgot about this, no check-in @ iccup main page?
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On October 26 2013 07:01 dRaW wrote: damn I forgot about this, no check-in @ iccup main page?
no, you gotta check in on incup im afraid. This is an inStarcraft.de event after all. ICCup is however very friendly and cooperative with doing server announcements and a newspiece. The link for signup/check-in is in the OP.
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thanks, too many things to register to. I'll just catch the reps maybe.
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bump. tour starts in 1,5 hours, please read the update in the OP.
TL;DR: Report function might bug, prepare to talk to admins in order to report games!
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aww man hearthstone betakey... missed the bb tour, no chance to win the other maps tours ^^
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stream live now, MasterRey on the sidebar
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Nice initiative germans :D
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nice games largo vs julia now
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Julia uses plague over DS too much.
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currently trying to figure out if we cast other semis first, only last set of semis or finals. stay tuned, matter of minutes now
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thx for everybody tuning in and staying with us. It was a really great fun to cast this. Gratz to Infected for his 2nd victory and everybody else who won a betakey so far xD
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Nice games ! Are u gonna upload the vods in youtube ? And if yes give us a link.
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On October 27 2013 04:36 Badstork wrote: Nice games ! Are u gonna upload the vods in youtube ? And if yes give us a link.
don't think we gonna upload the vods to youtube, though im not sure. In the mean time, you can watch today's games here:
http://www.twitch.tv/masterrey/c/3145782
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hey infected share a betakey with me plz ?
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Next Tour starts in ~2 hours. Register people, register!
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Russian Federation213 Posts
hehe nice map pool ^^ gonna watch the stream
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On October 26 2013 20:14 SarahBW wrote: aww man hearthstone betakey... missed the bb tour, no chance to win the other maps tours ^^
I will win a key just for you
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this tour is stacked like hell already.
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replayes will be realesed? I would like to put these tours on liquipedia, races and sometimes iccup ids would help
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bakuryu cast TTF vs Trutacz!!
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On October 27 2013 22:10 Mewka wrote: replayes will be realesed? I would like to put these tours on liquipedia, races and sometimes iccup ids would help
Perhaps you can remember from the tours, we dont have all replays, because the replay upload on incup is broken. We had to collect replays for the cast manually. I can however help you out with races and ICC ID's on most players i think.
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On October 27 2013 22:40 Cele wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2013 22:10 Mewka wrote: replayes will be realesed? I would like to put these tours on liquipedia, races and sometimes iccup ids would help Perhaps you can remember from the tours, we dont have all replays, because the replay upload on incup is broken. We had to collect replays for the cast manually. I can however help you out with races and ICC ID's on most players i think. graet, I sent you a pm 
is there any image I can use on liquipedia ?
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On October 27 2013 23:30 Mewka wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2013 22:40 Cele wrote:On October 27 2013 22:10 Mewka wrote: replayes will be realesed? I would like to put these tours on liquipedia, races and sometimes iccup ids would help Perhaps you can remember from the tours, we dont have all replays, because the replay upload on incup is broken. We had to collect replays for the cast manually. I can however help you out with races and ICC ID's on most players i think. graet, I sent you a pm  is there any image I can use on liquipedia ?
GeneralMengsk agreed a while ago. Link them as author though.
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Anyway, Marwin received beta key? He had to go and gave wo to Cryoc in semi-final.
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On October 27 2013 20:52 dRaW wrote:Show nested quote +On October 26 2013 20:14 SarahBW wrote: aww man hearthstone betakey... missed the bb tour, no chance to win the other maps tours ^^ I will win a key just for you 
go~ draw ^^
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Three tournaments, three titles for Bulgaria, thanks to iNF3CTED and TechnicS <3. GG's all, big thanks to the German community for organising these awesome tours.
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yo, thx for the tours! ;-)
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