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ASUS ROG is proud to present a special eSports event this summer, featuring two Blizzard titles and a total prize pool of $40,000 USD. The tournaments will each feature 32 top players, who’ll battle it out for a share of $25,000 USD in Hearthstone, and $15,000 USD in StarCraft II. ASUS ROG Tournament Summer 2015 will take place at ASSEMBLY in Helsinki, from July 30th to August 1st.
This summer, ASUS ROG Tournament continues at the Finnish computer festival ASSEMBLY. New for this edition is two game titles coupled with the biggest total prize pool in the event's history.
Prepare your card collection, shuffle your deck, and get ready for the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone Tournament, beginning on July 30th with a $25,000 USD prize pool. In addition to this, the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament will be played on the 30th and 31st of July with a $15,000 USD prize pool.
Both tournaments will consist of 32 players gathered through direct invites (16) and online qualifiers (16). There will be plenty of talent on show—some of the world’s best StarCraft II players will battle it out at the event, and top card-slingers from Europe will compete in the Hearthstone tournament.
ASUS ROG is thrilled to be a part of the rising star in eSports that is Hearthstone and to continue supporting the excellent StarCraft II scene as they have in previous years. Expect no less than stellar performances from our players, production crew and admins as we bring you the best tournament experience possible.
Quick facts about ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone
- Dates: Thu, 30th July – Sat, 1st August 2015
Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Players: 32
Prize pool: $25,000 USD
Format: 2 group stages (Conquest DE BO5) and playoffs (Conquest SE BO5 + BO7 Final)
Participation: Invites (16 players) and online qualifiers (16 players)
Tournament rules: docs.google.com
Results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer15
Twitter: @ROGtournament
Home page: asusrogtournament.com
Liquipedia:
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ASUS_ROG_Summer_2015Stream: twitch.tv/ROGTournament_HS
Quick facts about ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II
- Dates: Thu, 30th July – Fri, 31st July 2015
Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland
Players: 32
Prize pool: $15,000 USD
Format: 2 group stages (WCS DE BO3) and playoffs (SE RO8 BO3 + Semis BO5 + Final BO7)
Participation: Invites (16 players) and online qualifiers (16 players)
Tournament rules: PDF
Results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi/summer15
Twitter: @ROGtournament
Home page: asusrogtournament.com
Liquipedia:
ASUS ROG Summer 2015Stream: twitch.tv/ROGTournament_SC2
Replays: ZIP
Players
Invited
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AT.uThermal![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/kr.png)
dPix.FanTaSy 
dPix.Patience 
dPix.TRUE![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/fi.png)
elfi![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/ru.png)
Happy Welmu![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/dk.png)
Liquid.Bunny Liquid.Ret![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/de.png)
Liquid.TLO![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/no.png)
Liquid.Snute *![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/fr.png)
Mill.Lilbow Mill.MarineLorD mYi.Serral![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/se.png)
prOp.NaNiwa ** StarDust KRN.Namshar *** KRN.Calt **** Liquid.Snute replaces Mill.ForGG who cancelled his participation.
** prOp.NaNiwa replaces the qualified player cSc.DMC who could not take part in the tournament.
*** KRN.Namshar and KRN.Calt replace TargA and the qualified player AT.Jona as they have cancelled their participation.
- Qualifier #1
Qualifier #2
Qualifier #3
Qualifier #4
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* As the next in line from Qualifier #2, Prime.KeeN replaces yoeFW.Ian who had to cancel his participation.
** As the next in line from Qualifier #1, Fuzer replaces ShoWTimE who has cancelled his participation.
Invited
Qualified
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Chris “Phonetap” Huynh, Luminosity Gaming![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/tw.png)
Chen “tom60229” Wei-Lin, Flash Wolves Teun “Vortex” Eielts, Fade 2 Karma
Michaël “Maverick” Looze, Millenium
Sebastian “Ostkaka” Engwall, ROOT Gaming Jon “Orange” Westberg, Team Archon
Thijs “ThijsNL” Molendijk, Nihilum
Adrian “Lifecoach” Koy, Nihilum
Dima “Rdu” Radu, Nihilum
Petar “Gaara” Stevanovic, Tempo Storm
Simon “Crane333” Raunholst, H2K G2A Jeffrey “Sjow” Brusi, Team Liquid
Yevhenii “Neirea” Shumilin, Team Liquid
Antti “Kufdon” Lammi, RCTIC eSports Harald “Powder” Gimre, Trig eSports Frederik “Høj” Nielsen ** Frederik “Høj” Nielsen replaces Ryan “Purple” Murphy-Root who has cancelled his participation to the tournament.
Qualified
David “Shoop” Steinberg, Vicious Syndicate Simon “Schismatron” Lindström, Team Darkstar Martin “MartinCreek” Bäcklund, SK Gaming Kenny “Kenobe” Öberg, Keita Gaming
Raffael “GameKing” Iciren, Fade 2 Karma
Adam “Pesty” Prest, H2K G2A
Kaan “Fujitora” Çekli, Zone E-sports
Martin “Vanik” Vaniš Mikuláš “Pokrovac” Dio Lukáš “Galmod” Jarolím Nikolas “Swissking” Kožlej
Fabien “Fabinouze” Garnier Loïc “Dizdemon” Poulain
Antoni “Rerroll” Canals
Eirik “Diggen” Aarvig Ville “MortalP” LepistöSchedule
- Thursday, 30 July
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1
16:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2 - Friday, 31 July
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:30 GMT (+00:00) — Playoffs
Hearthstone schedule+ Show Spoiler +
- Thursday, 30 July
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 16:30 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1, Groups A-D
16:30 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1, Gropus E-H - Friday, 31 July
- 09:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 13:30 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2, Groups I-J
13:30 GMT (+00:00) -- 18:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2, Groups K-L - Saturday, 1 August
- 09:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 19:30 GMT (+00:00) — Playoffs
Streams and Casters
We will provide free HD main streams on Twitch.tv for the Hearthstone and StarCraft II tournaments from twitch.tv/ROGTournament_HS and twitch.tv/ROGTournament_SC2 respectively. The Hearthstone action will be with lead by Kevin “monk” Dong and Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen providing the commentary. The Hearthstone broadcast will also feature guest casters from among the competitors. The StarCraft II broadcast also features a commentary team with plenty of insight as Chris “HuK” Loranger and Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker take the stage. The main stage stream production will be handled by Black Molly Entertainment.
In addition to the main stream, ASUS ROG Summer 2015 is open to community streamers. They will help to cover the event in different languages, as well as cast matches that are not being shown on the main stream. If you wish to broadcast either one of the tournaments, please send us an application by the end of June using this form.
Main stream
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ROGTournament_SC2Community streams
As always we have to be grateful for the awesome StarCraft II community streamers who are helping us to elevate the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament on another level. There are eleven community streams in seven different languages getting in on the action on both tournament days with the exception of English speaking streams stepping aside on Friday.
- Thursday July 30
- Thursday-Friday July 30-31
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Main stream
ROGTournament_HSIn case you grave for more Hearthstone action than a single stream can offer, the community streams got your back! We have three community streams in French, Russian and Finnish providing coverage of different matches. With such a busy group stage we aim to cover as much of the tournament as possible on all the different channels.
Community streams
French: http://www.twitch.tv/milleniumtvhs 
Russian: http://www.twitch.tv/gamestars_hs Finnish: IS TVPrizes
The prize pool for the Hearthstone tournament is $25,000 USD and 230 Hearthstone World Championship points. They will be distributed to the players as follows:
- 1st: $10,000 + 100 HWC points
2nd: $5,000 + 50 HWC points
3rd-4th: $2,000 + 20 HWC points
5th-8th: $1,000 + 10 HWC points
9th-16th: $250
The prize pool for the StarCraft II tournament is $15,000 USD and 1800 StarCraft II World Championship Series points. They will be distributed to the players as follows:
- 1st: $6,000 + 300 WCS points
2nd: $3,000 + 200 WCS points
3rd-4th: $1,500 + 150 WCS points
5th-8th: $350 + 100 WCS points
9th-16th: $200 + 75 WCS points
Format
The tournaments will each be played in two double-elimination group stages followed by a single-elimination playoff stage. In the group stages, 32 contestants will be divided into groups consisting of 4 players each. The top two players in each group will then proceed to the next stage.
All the matches in Hearthstone are best-of-5, except for the final, which will be a best-of-7.
All the matches in StarCraft II are best-of-3 until the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be best-of-5 and the final will be a best-of-7.
Participation
There are two ways to gain one of the 32 spots in the tournament—either by receiving a direct invite or through an online qualification tournament. In order to receive an invite, players must first request it by filling out an application form. Details about the online qualifications can be found below. However, everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and then participate in the qualifiers later if need be.
The invite application form for Hearthstone is here.
The invite application form for StarCraft II is here.
Participation in the tournament is free and includes an all access pass to the event. The pass also grants access to the tournament area and to the players’ lounge.
Qualifiers
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone Qualifiers
- Qualifier #1 - Jun 29, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #2- Jun 30, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #3 - Jul 1, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #4 - Jul 2, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #1 - Jun 29, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Qualifiers
- Qualifier #1 - Jun 29, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #2 - Jun 30, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #3 - Jul 7, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #4 - Jul 9, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
- Qualifier #1 - Jun 29, 16:00 GMT (+00:00)
Updates
- August 1 - StarCraft II Replays
July 25 - StarCraft II Groups & Streams
July 22 - Hearthstone Groups & Streams
July 14 - StarCraft II Players & Casters
July 9 - Hearthstone Players & Casters
ASUS ROG
Republic of Gamers is a gaming sub-brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; motherboards, graphics cards, LCD monitors, gaming peripherals, desktops and laptops. This ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.
ASUS ROG Nordic on Twitter: @ROGNordic
ASUS ROG Nordic on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rognordic
About ASUS
ASUS, the world's top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world's best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, SFF PCs and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, hybrid devices, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 13,600 and a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers.
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