[MLG] Groups announced

On March 23 2011 07:39 KingDime wrote:
Who exactly is agh? I've seen the name before but I don't really recognize him. Is he known for winning some big tourneys, or just solid placement at them?

On March 23 2011 07:37 Asha` wrote:
I know Kiwi's PvP is good and all, but I'm baffled that so many people pick him as a favourite over Socke despite the fact Socke has taken down Huk and Tyler in PvP at Assembly recently, gone 4-2 vs Squirtle at IEM, and took down the JTV invitational last weekend including more impressive PvP series when he went a total of 6-2 vs Attero.

On March 23 2011 07:39 KingDime wrote:
Who exactly is agh? I've seen the name before but I don't really recognize him. Is he known for winning some big tourneys, or just solid placement at them?

On March 23 2011 07:24 iNcontroL wrote:
Pool A
(1) Root.KiWiKaKi(P)
(8) EG.IdrA(Z)
(9) Sockeh(P)
(16) FnaticMSI-Gretorp(T)

Pool B
(2) dignitas.SeleCT(T)
(7) Root.qxc(T)
(10) LiquidRet(Z)
(15) dignitas.SjoW(T)

Pool C
(3) LG.PainUser(T)
(6) Root.SLush450(Z)
(11) LiquidTLO(R)
(14) EGiNcontroL(P)

Pool D
(4) ROOT-drewbie(T)
(5) LiquidTyler(P)
(12) Agh_Antec(P)
(13) EG.Machine(Z)

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-dallas-sc2-pool-lineup-and-schedule

Full broadcast announced etc.

GET SOME

On March 23 2011 07:40 JoshSuth wrote:
On the MLG page, it shows in bold which games will be streamed as well... looks like:

5:30 CDT: IdrA vs. Socke (I'd rather see drewbie vs. Tyler, rematch from The V Week 1)
6:30 CDT: SjoW vs. SeleCT (Team battle, poor Dignitas! Only team battle in the group play.)
7:30 CDT: Tyler vs. Machine (Rather see IdrA vs. KiWiKaKi for sure, two of my absolute fav. players)
8:30 CDT: SeleCT vs. Ret (Should actually be quite a sexy bo3)
9:30 CDT: IdrA vs. Gretorp (Best matchup of the 4, two PvP's and a different TvZ are other options)
10:30 CDT: iNcontroL vs. TLO (Best matchup of the 4, gotta get TLO some on-air time)

On March 23 2011 08:02 RogueStatus wrote:
So this is two Fridays from now, correct?

On March 23 2011 08:04 Telcontar wrote:
lol poor gretorp....

GL HF all!

On March 23 2011 08:11 MLG Deimos wrote:

Yea, the Dallas event will begin Friday, April 1st at 5:30 PM Central Time

On March 23 2011 08:26 Spekulatius wrote:
I wish the tournament officials would correct Socke's name. I know everyone was wondering about how he was pronounced, but putting an -h at the end to make the pronunciation more intuitive just ain't right.
For everyone who is still wondering: Here you can have it read aloud to you

Anyhow, for patriotic sake: Socke hwaiting!

On March 23 2011 08:13 Bobster wrote:

He just secured #24 at the worst out of 272 players instead of having to go through a bajillion Bo3s to get a whiff of the top 32. I think he's damn happy with this. :D

On March 23 2011 08:46 jmbthirteen wrote:


They do all advance I believe. Doesn't this just determine where the fall in the bracket later on against the rest of the players?

On March 23 2011 08:36 Bagi wrote:

I think the players are named after the accounts they play on, and Socke plays as Sockeh on the US servers.

At least thats the name he had in the recent Justin.tv tournament on the US servers (which he won, ofc).

On March 23 2011 08:49 Alou wrote:
Great for the spectators. Must suck for the guys who don't get seeded lol.

On March 23 2011 08:52 IdrA wrote:
good thing zvp is easy

On March 23 2011 09:04 Omigawa wrote:
How is SjoW seeded? I don't remember him attending MLG's..

On March 23 2011 09:05 FliedLice wrote:


He placed 5th at Raleigh.

On March 23 2011 08:57 JoshSuth wrote:
Imagine you're a player who just spent all of Friday evening and all of Saturday playing constant bo3's to advance to the top 4 of the open tournament (That's winning 6 bo3's total) and then having to face a group of fresh players who have already been proven to be amazing at the game on Saturday night. They're well rested, they're only playing 1 bo3 and it's against you! You could have just busted your ass night and day to play a bo3 against IdrA, Socke, KiWiKaKi, and Gretorp, guys who have just been waiting to see who is unlucky enough to slip into their group of death. That's harsh.

On March 23 2011 09:12 stalife wrote:
Oh wow.. Imagine the guy qualifying from the open tournament only to get put into group A or B... lol

On March 23 2011 09:16 Sumwar wrote:
So are there only 16 people playing? Why are there not more people at the tournament? was there some sort of preliminary that I'm not aware of?

On March 23 2011 09:30 theherder2 wrote:
Why is everyone picking two out of each group? Everyones too used to the GSL lol.

This is for the championship bracket, already explained exhaustingly that it just determines where you are placed on the bracket by your rank. Its group play, round robbin, to rank the 5 in each group.

NOBODY WILL GET ELIMINATED.

On March 23 2011 09:46 Shinobi1982 wrote:
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2010_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Rankings
Painuser ranks 5th in MLG 2010 and without HuK and TT1 that makes him effectively 3rd this tournament. Yet none of his matches are casted early in the tournament like last MLG, kinda sad how the community favoritism works .

On March 23 2011 10:15 odder wrote:
I noticed Halo fans get to select who they want streamed for some games.

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/news/vote-to-see-who-plays-on-the-halo-reach-main-stage-at-mlg-dallas

Hopefully this option gets added for SC2 fans for future events.

On March 23 2011 10:21 rolfe wrote:
incontrol and machine not playing each other? surely thats a mistake...

On March 23 2011 10:15 odder wrote:
I noticed Halo fans get to select who they want streamed for some games.

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/news/vote-to-see-who-plays-on-the-halo-reach-main-stage-at-mlg-dallas

Hopefully this option gets added for SC2 fans for future events.

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 07:25 GenesisX wrote:
Races seem pretty balanced throughout :O

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 11:33 MLG_Lee wrote:


Adam is indeed a guy that can make that happen. We'll have it ready for Columbus.

Thanks all.

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 09:46 Shinobi1982 wrote:
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2010_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Rankings
Painuser ranks 5th in MLG 2010 and without HuK and TT1 that makes him effectively 3rd this tournament. Yet none of his matches are casted early in the tournament like last MLG, kinda sad how the community favoritism works .

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 23 2011 11:33 MLG_Lee wrote:


Adam is indeed a guy that can make that happen. We'll have it ready for Columbus.

Thanks all.

On March 23 2011 11:20 LuckyFool wrote:


Dude that would be SO AMAZING!

On March 23 2011 17:14 gardinho wrote:
god dammit hes called socke.. whats wrong with MLG for not even getting a pros name right

On March 23 2011 10:30 Secret05 wrote:
so i thought mlg was an open tournament... meaning anyone was allowed to attend... how come there's these groups? is it not open to anyone now?

On March 23 2011 18:11 MLG Deimos wrote:

He registered his name on MLG as Sockeh, thus his name is Sockeh in the articles.

Yes, the event is open to everybody. These pools on Friday are for the Top 16.

Please read here for an explanation of how pool play works: http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/the-guide-to-pro-circuit-pool-play/

On March 23 2011 21:32 SupastaR wrote:
there must be some mistake, incontrol and machine aren't in the same group.

On March 23 2011 10:15 odder wrote:
I noticed Halo fans get to select who they want streamed for some games.

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/news/vote-to-see-who-plays-on-the-halo-reach-main-stage-at-mlg-dallas

Hopefully this option gets added for SC2 fans for future events.

On March 23 2011 11:19 MLG_Adam wrote:



Would you guys like this option? I might be someone that can make this type of thing happen

On March 24 2011 01:16 sVnteen wrote:
lol why dont they learn how to spell socke correctly`?

I know there are a ton of TLO fans, and he's a great guy, I'm just so turned off to watching random players, I can't even watch his games -.-;

On March 23 2011 10:07 BrahCJ wrote:



What I read: "Kinda sad how democracy works..."

Ranking well in last season, while a HUGE acomplishment, shouldn't direct all future tourneys. You have to look at more recent events, as well as the fact that the more known players (through streaming, or their humour, or their interesting plays etc) bring in more crowds (read democracy) which is exactly what the sponsors with the money (read Capitalism) works.

On March 24 2011 14:46 DyEnasTy wrote:


Ya I agree. I think its USA fanboyism goin on here. Kiwi who has been playing below what we know hes capable of, and Socke who has been playing quite well especially at dreamhack. And Im from US, and I think Socke will clean the clock out of Kiwi.

On March 24 2011 02:33 Blurio wrote:
He probably chose Sockeh because you pronounce it that way.

On March 23 2011 07:29 ditkaordie wrote:
should come down to

A
kiwi/idra

b
Ret/Select

c
What TLO rolls

d
Tyler/machine

On March 24 2011 01:48 MLG Deimos wrote:

It's not a mistake. He registered his name on MLG as Sockeh, thus his name is Sockeh in the articles.

On March 25 2011 09:38 supdubdup wrote:
I don't understand, i thought MLG was a tougnament with like 128 spots. Why are there only 16 players?

On March 25 2011 09:31 Bobster wrote:
I'm not really sure why NA people seem to have a problem pronouncing Socke. :lol

"Say it like socket without the t" Should be a simple enough explanation for even the slowest doofus in town.

On March 25 2011 04:58 GreEny K wrote:


Idk about group A, kiwi is weak in PvP and Socke is a beast in PvP. Might see something happen there.

Also, who is Antec?

On March 25 2011 09:38 supdubdup wrote:
I don't understand, i thought MLG was a tougnament with like 128 spots. Why are there only 16 players?

On March 25 2011 04:58 GreEny K wrote:


Idk about group A, kiwi is weak in PvP and Socke is a beast in PvP. Might see something happen there.

Also, who is Antec?

On March 28 2011 03:37 eyeEX wrote:
Lmao@ IdrA always ending up with really good protoss players.

On March 28 2011 16:00 bennyaus wrote:


Maybe it's karmas way of making him finally learn to play the matchup rather than just blaming the loss on imbalance, rather than his own over-droning/lack of aggression/whatever.

On March 25 2011 13:58 kNyTTyM wrote:


kiwi weak in pvp? His micro is excellent and he has creativity

antec is LGAgh

On March 28 2011 11:27 Ryusei-R1 wrote:

Did you say Kiwikaki's PvP is weak? Quite the opposite, I think it's his best match up above everything else. His micro is impeccable, as are his timings.

On March 29 2011 06:33 SoBeDragon wrote:
I'm assuming that since this is in Dallas, the times listed on the MLG website are central times, correct?

On March 30 2011 02:37 SoBeDragon wrote:
Last Question, I promise. Where will the stream be located? On the TL stream page, or the MLG page? Just trying to get organized for the event...working 1/2 a day then hopefully watching the games with some friends.

On April 01 2011 11:31 oGm`REM wrote:

All MLG streams will be located at mlgpro.com.
Just click the "StarCraft 2" tab on the front that will be available for view tomorrow.