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[SC2B] Team Liquid SC2 Invitational #2 - US

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[SC2B] Team Liquid SC2 Invitational #2 - US

Text byPlexa
May 5th, 2010 15:22 GMT

UPDATE: you can follow the tournament as it progresses here

You ask, we deliver - that's always been our motto here at Team Liquid, and we're back this May to keep a promise. A little over a month ago, the first ever Team Liquid SC2 Invitational was played off on the European server, with WhiteRa emerging as Champion and TheLittleOne securing second place. With some of the most exciting SC2 games to date, the tournament was awesome to watch, and as we step into the second leg of our Beta TLIs, we're hoping that the US Edition will be nothing short of spectacular as well.

Here's when and how it's going to go down!

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Saturday, May 08 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)


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Yeah, you can stop gawking now.

It's full of stars, right? Well, TL sat down with one of the brightest to see what he has to say about Saturday. Below, Brood talks to our resident TSL Champion about SC2, the TLI, and what his goals are for the tournament.

Nony Talks


By Brood


TL: How are you feeling about the upcoming TLI?

NonY: I think it will be fun. I don't feel very competitive about it because I have limited practice time.

TL: Do you feel like you have a strong sense of the strengths, weaknesses or game style of the gamers in this tournament?

NonY: I don't know much about the SC2 styles of these players. I have not been watching all the SC2 events going on.

TL: In BW, you were renowned for your clean builds and efficient execution. How much of that description applies to your play style now, in SC2beta?

NonY: When I'm well rested, I think my execution is among the best in the world right now. Unfortunately, it's been rare for me to be well rested lately. I think I have cleaner builds than other people but I still hesitate to call them clean. There was just way too much knowledge and experience behind my builds in BW and I'm not anywhere near that point in SC2.

TL: Which map or maps do you feel the most comfortable on?

NonY: I like Metalopolis and Lost Temple but I think that might be common, especially among BW players. They don't have backdoors and they have many expansions.

TL: Is there a match-up that you feel is stronger than the others for you right now?

NonY: I feel good about PvZ. From the start of SC2 I have been thinking "I don't want to be awesome at PvZ and bad at PvT like I was in BW" because I'd rather have balanced matchups. But I can't help it. I love killing Zerg. PvP is probably my weakest right now just because I'm having trouble coming up with solid builds on many maps. Against good players, I have yet to overcome the rock-paper-scissors dynamic like I did in BW PvP. But of course I feel that's entirely my fault, not some flaw in the game.

TL: Where do you feel you fall in regards to the rankings of American players before this tournament? How dependant would your personal rankings be on race?

NonY: I think I rank pretty well. Not as well as I did in BW but I am getting there. I don't think about race at all -- only how well they are playing.


Of course, Nony wont be getting a PvZ straight off. He'll start the day by facing qxc in a TvP. How do we know? The bracket, of course. Courtesy of random.org, we bring you the battle lines.

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Look at that bracket and tell us you're not expecting great games. We certainly are!

From big names like Nony, Artosis, Tasteless and Day[9] to Team EG representing en masse in the form of Incontrol, Inka, Machine, Lzgamer and Louder, this TLI is littered with well known Starcraft: Broodwar personalities. We've got a few WCG US winners and even a TSL champion thrown in here, and if these guys don't give us some games to remember, no one will. What's more, all of these players know each other very well, and the matches that unfold are sure to display this in style.

The rest of the pack includes TL favourites like Orb, a Protoss who is know for his great manner and awesome sentry usage and Cauthonluck, a player who, apart from being famous for his 11Port build against Idra in MLG, is regarded as one of the best Terrans on US at the moment.

Speaking of Idra, the top American Zerg declined our invitation to play in this TLI and will be sitting this one out. Of course, this doesn't mean that there will a shortage of the swarm in the tournament. Among other Zergs, Slush, an old school BW player is back after a lengthy RTS hiatus in which he played Counter-Strike. Along with PainUser, Attero, Huk and qxc, he fills out the rest of the bracket, and completes the sixteen who will battle it out this weekend!

The Liquipedia team has been hard at work and compiled some information on all the players involved in this tournament. To brush up on your player knowledge checkout the foreign players page.

With a healthy dose of Terran, Protoss, Zerg and Random, we think this bracket is going to give us some great Starcraft, and we hope you'll join us this weekend as this event is casted live by TL's own Chill. Be there, or risk welling up with envy as you hear over and over just how fantastic it was to see this go down. See you Saturday, TL!

UPDATE!:
djWheat and Chill will be casting this event on wheat's ustream. Day9 will be joining them between games to give insight in the event that he is eliminated.


This post was made by the Team Liquid Starcraft 2 Coverage Team. For more of TL's coverage, please visit the Team Liquid Starcraft 2 Beta Page.
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Julmust
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Sweden4867 Posts
May 05 2010 15:27 GMT
#2
awesome, and from now on Day can't complain about him and his brother always meeting eachother early on
AdministratorI'm dancing in the moonlight
LordWeird
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3411 Posts
May 05 2010 15:29 GMT
#3
Stacked brackets. Go ORB!!!!!
Chains none
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
May 05 2010 15:30 GMT
#4
hahaahah no idra, must be some kind of korean even and a schedule confict?
GoGo NONY the Phoenix
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
roemy
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany432 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 15:30:51
May 05 2010 15:30 GMT
#5
yay \o/

were any other #1 platinum invited or is the money supposed to stay "within the family"?
rock is fine.. paper could need a buff, but scissors have to be nerfed
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2928 Posts
May 05 2010 15:31 GMT
#6
Woot huk and attero representing vt gaming, gl guys!
Cinematographer / Steadicam Operator. Former Starcraft commentator/player
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11143 Posts
May 05 2010 15:32 GMT
#7
always good to see more events
brood war for life, brood war forever
Fogul
Profile Joined July 2009
United Kingdom179 Posts
May 05 2010 15:33 GMT
#8
Machine vs iNkA final, callin' it
keeblur
Profile Joined April 2010
United States826 Posts
May 05 2010 15:34 GMT
#9
On May 06 2010 00:30 roemy wrote:
were any other #1 platinum invited or is the money supposed to stay "within the family"?


Don't think it has anything to do with being #1 Platinum at all. More just the well known people around here who have made a name for themselves and thus get an invitation. I'm sure there are always a lot of other people who deserve invitations, but that's how it goes.

Looking forward to it.
Isn't it ironic and selfish to say that God made man in his image, when God was made in man's image?
Shatter
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1401 Posts
May 05 2010 15:36 GMT
#10
Awesome. Can't wait.
Vykenos
Profile Joined September 2009
United States56 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 15:37:03
May 05 2010 15:36 GMT
#11
First thought before looking at the bracket was back to Day[9] #100... all I could think about was I hope the Plott's don't face each other 1st round.

Also - F yeah! All Saturday plans cancelled!
The Mothership has been altered to be sleeker and more visually appealing, and has been renamed to the Cougarship. The Cougarship will gravitate toward enemy units that have been in play for 18-21 minutes and bring them back to nearest friendly base.
FaCE_1
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Canada6170 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 15:37:39
May 05 2010 15:37 GMT
#12
Plott Final !!!
always nice to see more and more tourney of sc2. Really fun to watch
thx
n_n
gaudhama
Profile Joined April 2010
29 Posts
May 05 2010 15:37 GMT
#13
Awesome ! Go Day[9] !!
OMG OMG OMG OMG... -- Day[9]
celious
Profile Joined September 2009
United States195 Posts
May 05 2010 15:37 GMT
#14
HUK NORRIS FIGHTINGG!
Felixrival
Profile Joined April 2010
Denmark1 Post
May 05 2010 15:38 GMT
#15
i hope the plott's face off in the finals... just to see what Day[9] will see in his cast after that

amazing lineup though :D
myrmidon2537
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Philippines2188 Posts
May 05 2010 15:38 GMT
#16
Tasteless vs Day9 final possible?! WEEEEW!!!

get hype!
IPT.PromilKid: I'm only good at Marvel
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 15:40:04
May 05 2010 15:39 GMT
#17
Excellent, excellent
I think I'll be rooting for the winner of nony v machine, if it should come to that in the QF
unless day9 beats artosis then it's even clearer who to root for. Artosis is so good though..hmm

oh woops may 8th that's in3 days already, sweeet.
beep boop
GreedyBuddhist
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden4 Posts
May 05 2010 15:46 GMT
#18
Huk Norris FTW ;D
Meeting a totally sane person is like levitating, IT´S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
Crais
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2136 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 16:11:56
May 05 2010 15:48 GMT
#19
Awesome, can't wait. Good luck all!
RIP MBC Game Hero
CheepCheep
Profile Joined March 2010
United States10 Posts
May 05 2010 15:48 GMT
#20
It will be great to see all of these players going at it. I look forward to seeing which player, strat and race comes out on top.
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