The staff here at TeamLiquid.net are putting on a StarLeague-style tournament to entertain you folks. The maps are none other than the four winners from the TL MapMaking Contest! To even out the groups, your own FrozenArbiter was chosen.
In accordance with true StarLeague protocol, four players earned seeds, and the group selection begun!
The Seeds
Group A: Liquid`Drone
Group B: Liquid`Nazgul
Group C: Legionnaire
Group D: Waxangel
-Group Selection-
First up to the podium was our beloved Liquid`Drone, sporting a tutu and a battleaxe. He ponders over the superb list of players for a moment, then selects Rekrul.
"I chose Rekrul because I ALWAYS random Zerg versus him, and he ALWAYS loses."
Group A: Liquid`Drone > Rekrul
Next to choose was the not-so-beloved Group B seed, Liquid`Nazgul. On his way to the podium he punched out 3 audience members, and a cameraman. He then selected uhjoo.
"I picked uhjoo to show our less intelligent poll voters whats up."
Group B: Liquid`Nazgul > uhjoo
At the plate next was Australian Sensation, Legionnaire. He sealed his fate by choosing the obvious favorite for the tournament, FakeSteve[TPR].
"I pick Steve because its his first time in the StarLeague. I've seen his preliminary games and he did very well, i want to see what he's made of. Was it Reach that chose Nada's and iloveoov's cards, then chose iloveoov? Players like that are the only ones who get my respect."
Group C: Legionnaire > FakeSteve[TPR]
After a brief pause to wake him up, Waxangel took the stand, nearly breaking it under his eight hundred pounds. A small tree hung out of his mouth as he chewed thoughtfully, then selected ToKoreaWithLove.
"I was going to choose Rekrul, but Liquid`Drone did it first, backstabbing bastard! So I'll choose ToKoreaWithLove because he's the only player left that I know."
Group D: Waxangel > ToKoreaWithLove
With a high-five to Waxangel on the way, ToKoreaWithLove steps up. He quickly chooses Liquid`Meat.
"I've never seen Meat play, but I think he's good."
Group D: Waxangel > ToKoreaWithLove > Liquid`Meat
A surge of heavy metal music and screaming fangirls filled the arena as our hero FakeSteve[TPR] moonwalked up to the podium. After an electrifying guitar solo, and a series of magic tricks, he selects Bill307 to his group.
"I picked Bill because I'm the best Zerg in the universe, and he's the best Zerg killer in the tournament. We'll see what happens."
Group C: Legionnaire > FakeSteve[TPR] > Bill307
Next up was the timid korean boy, uhjoo. In a flagrant show of national pride, he selects [BoyGiRl]ShaRp.
"Korean-on-Korean violence is best. And he doesn't use hotkeys."
Group B: Liquid`Nazgul > uhjoo > [BoyGiRl]ShaRp
After tripping over Legionnaire's errant foot and landing flat on his face, Rekrul limps up to the stand. He laughs madly, then selects GroT.
"I lived with V-Gundam for two months, so I know all of GroT's strategies."
Group A: Liquid`Drone > Rekrul > GroT
Next up was the Belgian (need I say more?), GroT. He chose Klogon, and explained why in that crazy accent of his.
"I picked Klogon because his ling micro is very close to perfect, and beating a good zerg gives me the most pleasure."
Group A: Liquid`Drone > Rekrul > GroT > Klogon
Barely able to see over the podium, [BoyGirl]ShaRp prepared to make his selection. After a moment of consideration, he chose XaI)CyRiC.
"I chose CyRiC because I like his name."
Group B: Liquid`Nazgul > uhjoo > [BoyGiRl]ShaRp > XaI)CyRiC
After a break so he could yet again use the washroom, Bill307 was ready to choose. He grinned widely, and chose Manifesto7.
"I chose Manifesto7 so that us three canadians can gangrape that pathetic australian!"
Group C: Legionnaire > FakeSteve[TPR] > Bill307 > Manifesto7
Taking a break from his neverending work on this website, Liquid`Meat chose next. He chose travis with no hesitation.
"If it looks like he's winning, I'll just ban him. Then he won't be staff, and therefore is disqualified."
Group D: Waxangel > ToKoreaWithLove > Liquid`Meat > travis
Like a blue monkey humping a huge banana, travis took a break from strangling tiny birds long enough to choose another member for his group. He picked Liquid`Daaman.
"Daaman has the best TvP I've ever played against. If I'm going to lose, I might as well lose to it."
The announcers asked Liquid`Daaman for his thoughts.
"My group has a lot of character in it, each of my opponents being spectacular individuals. Frankly, the whole tournament is a great mixture. It's going to be shitloads of fun! May the player with the best hairpiece win, and hopefully I can stir something up."
Like some great, beer-bellied dinosaur, Manifesto7 lumbered up the stage. He downed twelve beers in about four seconds, then chose FrozenArbiter.
"FrozenArbiter has two choices... Winning, or keeping his post count."
"It is with the utmost sense of pride that I accept this invitation, to play with players of unmatched power such as Lord of Legion, or the legendary FakeSteve. Glad to be here, get another TLT going so i can log another million games or so under some obscure ID on europe!"
The last player to choose for Group B, XaI)Cyric took center stage. He chose the clogging Zerg, ret.
"I picked ret to help us beat the Koreans in the group, as he has experience playing with them. Plus, I think Nazgul and Twisted played each other in a prelim, and I don't think i've seen any games between ret and Nazgul. ret and Nazgul's experience will come in handy if I suspect some progamers are playing for uhjoo and sharp. You never know...[/b]
Group B: Liquid`Nazgul > uhjoo > [BoyGiRl]ShaRp > XaI)CyRiC > ret
After he promised not to devour anyone (A promise he unfortunately did not keep), ret was allowed out of his cage long enough to comment.
"I fear uhjoo, sharp, and cyric.. but I will make Nazgul my bitch."
Klogon took over the show with his chiseled good looks and boyish charm. He chose Twisted to be the last member of group A.
"I'm very happy with my group, which I think is the easiest of the four. I have confidence I will make it past the group stages. My fans have waited a long time for my appearance and I won't disappoint them. Yesterday, I just reinstalled StarCraft so I feel prepared to dish out my pain. Grot picked me with confidence over the other guys, but he'll see he made a mistake next week."
The Group Stage games will be played this Sunday. Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals will be held each week progressively, with Liquibets and replays for each match.
A surge of heavy metal music and screaming fangirls filled the arena as our hero FakeSteve[TPR] moonwalked up to the podium. After an electrifying guitar solo, and a series of magic tricks, he selects Bill307 to his group.
On January 11 2005 18:20 wasted wrote: my predictions: C: Legionnaire > FakeSteve[TPR] > Bill307 > Manifesto7 > FrozenArbiter
On January 11 2005 18:24 wasted wrote: btw, what about the OB spots? a competition for those would kick ass. but if you give them out for free i'd gladly take one too
i'd like to do all analysis including maps/races/macth-ups, "boys & girls, this is the 1st TSL on the planet, with 20 most handsome and intelligent players and the our original amazing maps. Come on!" (BGM: Groove Coverage - God is A Girl)
[QUOTE]On January 11 2005 17:53 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: Next to choose was the not-so-beloved Group B seed, Liquid`Nazgul. On his way to the podium he punched out 3 audience members, and a cameraman. He then selected uhjoo.
"I picked uhjoo to show our less intelligent poll voters whats up."
I think the best RWA makers who arnt participating should be allowd to obs and LIVE rwa. (if they are up to it and have the time) Such as Milzo, Surv, Nony. Those are some of my personal picks, of course Mani, Grot, Ret if the want to play and comment other peoples games. Its kinda complicated to test brand new RWA makers NOW to sit in live and comment.
edit: there are others too. i just mentioned some of my favorites
Leg vs Mani must be played on notebooks! With FakeSteve commenting live, Nazgul being a cameraman, and other participants screaming madly with girlish voices in a surge of heavy metal music!!
RWA RWA! That would be so sweet... get someone strung up on coke or speed before doing it and it would be just like in korea. Should make this a seasonal thing...
On January 12 2005 12:27 [BOyGiRl]ShaRp wrote: I can't do live reports..I would love to but I would have to Alt+tab and go back and forth from TL to BW which will cause lagging
After thoroughly studying every player and carefully comparing styles, tactics and overall skills, I have come to the conclusion that GROT R TEH PWN LOLOL!!1!!oneoneleven.
Seriously though GroT, losing is not an option. *points gun at bunny*
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