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Tournament Roundup - Jul 1-14 2011
July 19th, 2011 00:54 GMT
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Hot_Bid/TourRound/tr_banner.png) Results for July 1 – July 14, 2011
Greetings and welcome to International Tournament Roundup! Sick of wading through countless threads, posts, and articles looking for recent SC2 tournament results? The TeamLiquid International Tournament Roundup is the one-stop shop for all of your tournament result needs, and it's coming to you twice each and every month.
Don't be fooled, the GSL is great, but there's a massive amount of talent outside of Korea. Foreign juggernauts are battling it out in epic games, and in epic tournaments, on a daily basis. After all, our boys have more than proven that they can compete.
Who's the current top dog outside of Korea?
Please note that if an event is not listed, it is likely because it either didn't make the prizemoney cutoff, or results were simply not properly recorded in public view by tournament administration. Don't blame me, blame the event admins. I can't do their job for them. Thanks!
Featured Events
(Jul 1) Medion Trophy
A hugely overlooked French event with crazy amounts of cash and hardware prizes!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) Masters des Jeux Vidéos
How did nobody post these?! Thank ElTiozo for the completely overlooked French scene insight!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) FXOpen Invitational Series #4
As always with FXO, expect a massive event, a giant prizepool, and worldwide participation.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) TeamLiquid Teamspeak Open #18
TL's very own open tournament is once again riddled with strong Korean pros.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) EG's Master's Cup Series Season V
EG's gargantuan team league concludes, offering massive payouts to top teams.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/gold.png) Mouzsports - $5,000 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/silver.png) Complexity - $3,000 ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/bronze.png) Dignitas - $2,000
(Jul 10) North American Starleague - Season 1
The biggest Non-Korean SC event of all time. The NASL ends in very exciting fashion.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Individual Events
(Jul 2) Intel Challenge 8: SuperCup
Completely missed by the TL SC2 forum, this event pitted top EU players against each other.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) Mwave's SEA Invitational
SEA's biggest names clash in this impressive invitational.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 3) PolarfluKe: July Zerg
This series of tournaments with serious prize pools deservedly draws some big named players.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 5) AusCraft2 Down Under Derby 2
It's the second installment of the bi-monthly SEA bash!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 5) Go4SC2 EU June Monthly Final
ESL's flagship cup crowns June's EU king!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 7) Go4SC2 SEA June Monthly Final
SEA's monthly champ is determined for this new Go4SC2 division.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 7) SK Champion's Trophy NA
SK's monthly series determines June's North American champ.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 7) SK Champion's Trophy EU
SK's monthly series determines June's European champ.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 9) LDLC Summer Trophy 2011
This under-appreciated event drew much of France's top talent.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 9) CiG Girls Only Tournament
Thebeeduck's girls-only tourny showcased top female gamers. It happened to 'bee' quite good!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 9) Go4SC2 US June Monthly Final
The NA version of the Go4SC2 Cup wraps up June by deciding a monthly winner.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 12) CSN After the Clash II
After a series of qualifications, CSN puts on a great show with a solid prize pool.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 14) SAGAcity Invitational 2011
The results are finally in. Many foreigners upset Korean pros early, but could they keep it up?
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Team Events
(Jul 1-14) vVv's Wednesday Night Starcraft
vVv took on 2 more teams, including an impressive series against monstrous Korean team: PRIME.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] + vVv(4) - $100 RH(2) Prime(4) - $100 vVv(3)
Showmatches
(Jul 3) Complexity's "The V" Showmatch Series - Week 19
The underrated   Agh comes for   CatZ, but can he prove himself?
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 7) StarCraftWorld.it Showmatch Series
After dismantling   Tarson,  White-Ra defends against Zerg beast DIMAGA.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 13) Sen vs. White-Ra Showmatch
An impromptu friendly brawl between two of our most legendary foreign heroes.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 6-13) CatZ vs. Europe Showmatch Series
 Drewbie didn't do so hot against Europe's elite, but a daring CatZ takes the reigns.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Recurrent Cups
(Jul 1) Craft Cup #39
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 2) ZOTAC Cup US #8
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 3) ZOTAC Cup EU #63
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 3) Go4SC2 Cup SEA #11
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 3) SC2SEA Master's Cup #5
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 4) Competo Cup #47
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 4) Gamecreds Cup #21
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 4) Gigabyte Cup #4
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 8) Vilegaming Quickweb Weekly #2
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 8) Craft Cup #40
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 8) 4pl.de Close Combat Cup #57
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 9) ZOTAC Cup US #9
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 10) Go4SC2 Cup SEA #13
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 10) ZOTAC Cup EU #64
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 11) Competo Cup #48
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 11) Gamecreds Cup #22
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 11) Gigabyte Cup #5
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Jul 12) XMG Cup Series #1
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Total Prizemoney: ~$136,200 USD (+ Prizes!)
Top Dog
There's a ton of powerhouses outside of Korea, but who's this edition's top dog? Let's take a look at which players have posted the most impressive results over the past 2 weeks.
Note: This isn't a simple prize-money or medals ranking. It is based upon a combination of overall player performance, quality of competition, significance of events won, money won, activity, and my most sincere attempt at unbiased subjectivity. It only considers performances in events which concluded within this period, and players on Korean teams are ineligible.
+ Show Spoiler [Honorable Mentions] +![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1176.jpg)  Sen !! This Taiwanese legend didn't participate in much this past couple weeks, but it happened to be an extremely impressive performance in the largest non-Korean event in SC history. Not only did he manage to do this, he did it in style. He didn't luckily dodge the tough players to make it through the bracket, he destroyed them. Along his path, he took down the ZvZ monster  Zenio, Alive-slayer  DarKFoRcE, and had MC against the ropes in a series that had spectators thinking "Wow, Sen just outplayed MC in 4 out of 5 games, how did he possibly lose?!" After getting knocked out in the RO4, he took the Legendary July down in the 3rd/4th place match. Afterwards, he played a showmatch against another legendary player in White-Ra, and took him down as well. What an amazing run by an amazing player. Bonus: + Show Spoiler +Total Prizewinnings: ~$10,000 USD ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1771.jpg) Nerchio !! Naturally, the Polish powerhouse Zerg appears once again. Nerchio performed well, but perhaps not up to his normal standard, taking 'only' 3 medals this time around. He won both a Gigabyte Cup and a Zotac Cup, and placed 3rd in TL Open #18, with the distinction of being the highest placing non-Korean player. Total Prizewinnings: ~$305 USD ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1602.jpg)  mOOnGLaDe !! Taking home a bunch of medals this past couple weeks is Australia's premiere player. He won two Go4SC2 SEA Cups, Mwave's SEA invitational, and placed 2nd in a SEA Master's Tournament. While this is an impressive lineup of medals, his wins were only among the limited competition of the SEA server. The players of the SEA server are certainly no joke, but it would be more impressive for him to post results outside of this realm. Despite this, mOOnGLaDe has certainly once again proved himself as the King of SEA. Total Prizewinnings: ~$420 USD
Third
+ Show Spoiler [Third] +![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1221.jpg) GoOdy !! The always-active Panzer General posted his typical strong results this past couple weeks. He smashed through the PolarfluKe tournament, took the runner-up slot in the SK Champion's Trophy and a Gigabyte Cup, and placed 3rd in a Close Combat Cup. In addition to this, he 3-0'ed Complexity's CatZ in a showmatch event. The tanks keep rolling out and the wins keep rolling in for this consistently excellent beast of a player. Total Prizewinnings: ~$570 USD
Runner-Up
+ Show Spoiler [Runner-Up] +![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1693.jpg) Kas !! The Ukrainian Destroyer showed a return to his online gold-hoarding ways for this edition's tournaments. He powered his way to the top of the podium in the newly created XMG Cup, a Gigabyte Cup, and Europe's SK Champion's Trophy. He additionally slew CatZ in the 'vs. Europe' showmatch series and narrowly escaped victory in the under-covered Intel Challenge SuperCup. What an absolute beast. Total Prizewinnings: ~$880 USD
Top Dog
+ Show Spoiler [The Top Dog] +![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/players/1996.jpg)  Stephano !! Holy domination. The 'Wrecking Ball' lived up to his nickname in his recent performances, gathering 4 impressive gold medals. Stephano proved himself the champion of France by acing both the Medion Trophy tournament, as well as the 'Masters des Jeux Vidéos' tournament. With these wins, he raked in a TON of cash and prizes, supplemented even more by placing 3rd in the LDLC Summer Trophy event, and in winning two Gamecreds Cups. Stephano has been awfully busy collecting barrels full of medals and cash, and the amount of events he's taken in this short time is quite impressive. One may argue the level of competition in participating in France-based events, but I can assure you that his competition wasn't anything to scoff at in these, nor his online cup wins. It's great to see this talented player assemble such an amazing string of victories, along with this edition's distinction of being the Top Dog! Total Prizewinnings: ~$7,825 USD
Medal Podium
Note: Only players with multiple non-showmatch podium appearances are included.
Next Edition: Early-August 2011!
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Good stuff, totally missed all the french tournaments o.o
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awesome as usual :>
french fighting!
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Wow, that's a big peak on tournament prizes  hopefully esports will continue to grow exponentially.
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well thank you milky! With the recent tournament results page this has become less important, but I still read it all 
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Woahhhhhhhh nerchio not top three? Thats new... an honorable mention though
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Funny how the medal podium doesn't include a single Protoss.
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Australia8532 Posts
Hey man - awesome write up and an amazing prize money!
The TLPD on MarineKing is showing his BW Protoss race; may want to change that to Terran.
It looks like Stephano is on a great roll; think he won another comp earlier as well. And it seems that Europe owned CatZ :p
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On July 19 2011 10:27 bkrow wrote:Hey man - awesome write up and an amazing prize money! The TLPD on MarineKing is showing his BW Protoss race; may want to change that to Terran. It looks like Stephano is on a great roll; think he won another comp earlier as well. And it seems that Europe owned CatZ :p
I swear, I accidentally list Idra or MKP as their BW races like every single time I release this.
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Awesome write up, I love reading these sorts of summaries! Totally a stats nerd. <_<
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Stats ftw!! Rossi, TargA and mOOnGLaDe FIGHTING!!
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Braavos36375 Posts
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This was such a great idea to keep track of tournaments. European Zergs Hwaiting!
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How come moonglade never joined the rest of FXO in Korea? Apparently he's owning up SEA recently.
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Thanks for doing this! Stephano is a beast!
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whoa, no toss. pretty crazy to see
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On July 19 2011 12:15 chipmonklord17 wrote:
How come moonglade never joined the rest of FXO in Korea? Apparently he's owning up SEA recently.
because he got his ass handed to him the last time he went to korea.
he has so weird results, as long as he plays in any SEA event he's a total beast king of the Hill, pit him against a group from another realm and he ends up somewhere in the midfield.
PS I forgot my mandatory thank you post to milki, this round up is amazing everytime and I love the bonus
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On July 19 2011 12:15 chipmonklord17 wrote:
How come moonglade never joined the rest of FXO in Korea? Apparently he's owning up SEA recently.
"Personal reasons" - kellyMILKIES moving in with him back in Brisbane 
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Good round up this week congrats to all the winners
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No love for Puma and $50k? lol
Grats to Stephano for crushing his way through so much.
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How exactly are these calculated? Puma did win 50k, wouldn't that make him the highest?
Anyway good writeup, enjoy reading this !
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On July 19 2011 13:58 KMARTRULES wrote:
How exactly are these calculated? Puma did win 50k, wouldn't that make him the highest?
Anyway good writeup, enjoy reading this !
Wins one torunament - has to be the most consistent and the best palyer in the world?
I think this Round up is about constant prove of your power and not about 1 shotting in the turnament scene (even though he won the qualifier for the finals too.
I my self am a bit confused. I read that SEA hasnt a lot of tournaments and thats why there i no real competition. (in an other thread). Now I read through this and notice to have the same amount or even more of cups than any other server in the world. Sure there are bigger ones in Europe/Korea/Armerica but thats a shitload of tournaments. Hopefully someone will step up and show that SEA can prove to be competitive. (other than moonglade)
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Great summary as always, especially with respect to the SEA scene!
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On July 19 2011 14:38 Tppz! wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2011 13:58 KMARTRULES wrote:
How exactly are these calculated? Puma did win 50k, wouldn't that make him the highest?
Anyway good writeup, enjoy reading this ! Wins one torunament - has to be the most consistent and the best palyer in the world? I think this Round up is about constant prove of your power and not about 1 shotting in the turnament scene (even though he won the qualifier for the finals too. I my self am a bit confused. I read that SEA hasnt a lot of tournaments and thats why there i no real competition. (in an other thread). Now I read through this and notice to have the same amount or even more of cups than any other server in the world. Sure there are bigger ones in Europe/Korea/Armerica but thats a shitload of tournaments. Hopefully someone will step up and show that SEA can prove to be competitive. (other than moonglade)
As far as the Puma thing, players on Korean teams are currently ineligible for the little ranking thing that I do, as this is meant to showcase talent outside of Korea. This may change in the very near future, as SC is becoming much more globalized. It's a tough call, as it seems wrong to overlook these players, but at the same time I'd rather not have Koreans constantly overshadowing all the top foreign talent that this is intended to showcase.
As far as SEA, they normally don't have this many events packed into such a small space, however there's been more notable events lately. It should also be noted that the SEA community isn't as well-covered as it should be, and many events go un-noticed.
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Nice to see some SEA tourneys pulling a lil bit of money for the players, Aussies Fighting!
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impressive Sen fighting! With his awesome TLA I LOVE YOU SO MUCHHHHHHH SENNNNNN <3
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Holly Stephano! This guy is sooo good!
To this Puma thing:
I like it, that there are no koreans in the roundup.
When I wan't to know korean domination, i just watch GS(T)L. But its hard to follow all these EU/US Tournies to see who does well outside of korea.
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Ok, since nobody talked about the medion trophy and the master des jeux vidéos finals (it is a final, I'll explain more on that later in this post) .I'll talked a bit about it. I was there but since I was playing in the open tournament (and getting demolished  ) I could watch almost no game so I don't believe I have enough to say to create a thread so I'll do it here :
Both of these events took place at the same time in Lille, north of france. Something to note is that the french world cyber games qualifier took place at the same time in Paris so several top french players were not able to enter these tournaments (such as Adelscott and Sarens).
These two tournaments were actually linked, if I recall correctly the first players of the masters were automatically seeded for the medion challenge while the other had to go through an open qualifier.
Another thing to note is that seeding for the masters des jeux vidéos finals was acquired through playing in the master des jeux vidéos circuit, which consisted in several Lan events all other France in the previous months.
As mentionned before I could not catch most of the games so i cannot really talk about them.
More informations there (in french and english) :
http://www.lilleaujeuvideo.com/fr/masters/
http://www.lilleaujeuvideo.com/fr/arena/medion
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So the first entry in this series had total prize pool listed as about 11 grand. It now averages 60 grands for a fifteen day period with this month being extra high at 116 thousand. Thats a pretty steep growth curve
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Thanks for sharing, darkyaourt.
If it wasn't for TL user ElTiozo, I wouldn't even know those events existed.
iNViCiOUZ, that's exactly my feeling as well, but it's going to have to be something that's re-evaluated as the scene changes.
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Second best guy only made 880 in a week? Glad I Never put any time into sc2
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On July 19 2011 16:14 sicklucker wrote:
Second best guy only made 880 in a week? Glad I Never put any time into sc2
thats also why you have no clue what you are talkin about...
also thanks for that great writeup. I saw stephano in the gigabyte cup. The 2nd game against Kas was totaly sick. If you get your hands on those replays you should defently watch it!
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Great writeup. Since I have no time to watch them all Nerchio FTW
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Seriously prize pool this month Congrats to Stephano, I haven't seen him play for such a long time but it seems he is scraping up France!
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On July 19 2011 15:55 Mikilatov wrote:
Thanks for sharing, darkyaourt.
If it wasn't for TL user ElTiozo, I wouldn't even know those events existed.
Had I known I would have write right after but since I did not watch much of the tournament and several team were there (Millenium, cybernation, virus...) and wrote reviews at least for their players I though it got bigger coverage than that.
Anyway, I'll be more careful about that If get the chance to attend another event of this kind. (well I know i'll be at gamescom but it will be covered already )
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On July 19 2011 15:55 Mikilatov wrote:
Thanks for sharing, darkyaourt.
If it wasn't for TL user ElTiozo, I wouldn't even know those events existed.
iNViCiOUZ, that's exactly my feeling as well, but it's going to have to be something that's re-evaluated as the scene changes.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=239556¤tpage=5#83
Both of those first French tournaments were held at WCG France.
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Not exactly. They took place at the same time but WCG qualifiers were in Paris while ESWC qualifiers (master des jeux vidéos finals) and Medion challenge were in Lille.
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On July 19 2011 13:18 Ojahh wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2011 12:15 chipmonklord17 wrote:
How come moonglade never joined the rest of FXO in Korea? Apparently he's owning up SEA recently. because he got his ass handed to him the last time he went to korea. he has so weird results, as long as he plays in any SEA event he's a total beast king of the Hill, pit him against a group from another realm and he ends up somewhere in the midfield. PS I forgot my mandatory thank you post to milki, this round up is amazing everytime and I love the bonus
True he didn't play that great last time he was in Kor but to say he can only beat SEA people is laughable. Just because he has been busy with personal issues/in a bit of a slump etc since IEM does not mean he suddenly got bad
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Great writeup as usual
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Koreans are taking all the foreigners' money!!
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main from nasl, does it means both STRELOK and alive gets 500 ? cause why puma 500 ? he has wn 50.000
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It really depresses me to see the low penetration these (Medion / Masters) had on the international scene. Something has to be noted though, these french events were really really poorly organised : PC stolen, huge delays etc ... So I think it's somewhat better not to hype it up too much as it would be detrimental to the events.
Good to see Stephano wrecking balls. I am sure he doesn't even know his nickname on TL ... So funny !
For those who want to see his playstyle, he will stream on Millenium Tv tonight. No french involved so you can enjoy while being not annoyed by our language.
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On July 19 2011 19:24 CoR wrote:
main from nasl, does it means both STRELOK and alive gets 500 ? cause why puma 500 ? he has wn 50.000
Nope, it's correct. Puma and Alive received the $500 each from the open tournament, since they agreed to travel to the final 16.
On July 19 2011 19:31 Dattish wrote:
rofl, a canadian XiaoT in FXO #4
oof. lol. I always mess up China/Canada's imagecodes. They are 'cn' and 'ca'.
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Good god, how the hell did Stepheno won $8k without a beep from TL? I demand an interview to resolve this slight!
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Losira is shown as terran in the saga city tournament.
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yeah Stephano just show how constant and good he is. a TL interview would be cool i think too
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On July 19 2011 20:02 Otolia wrote:It really depresses me to see the low penetration these (Medion / Masters) had on the international scene. Something has to be noted though, these french events were really really poorly organised : PC stolen, huge delays etc ... So I think it's somewhat better not to hype it up too much as it would be detrimental to the events. Good to see Stephano wrecking balls. I am sure he doesn't even know his nickname on TL ... So funny ! For those who want to see his playstyle, he will stream on Millenium Tv tonight. No french involved so you can enjoy while being not annoyed by our language.
yes and there were mostly invitation only.
Still it s good to see AureS and Stephano in there!
Note for TL: AureS is no longer linked with any team
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goody hwaiting
sad that stephano figured him out so much
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embarrassed to admit i had never heard of stephano
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Awesome writeup, but the NASL bit should be cleared up a little, now it reads like Puma only recieved $500.
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Magnificent write-up, thanks! It is also very great to see that the tournament from my country, PolarfluKe, was also featured. Good job guys, and keep up the good work.
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no protoss on medal podium oO
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Is it just me or has nerchio been on this list for the last 3 months or so o.O
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This is for sure the highlight of the month, every month! Awesome writeup.
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On July 19 2011 23:42 nooboon wrote:
Is it just me or has nerchio been on this list for the last 3 months or so o.O
It's not just you. He's consistent beast. The most impressive thing is that past performance outside of each 2 week block isn't even considered in the ranking. He's just that damn consistent at winning online events. He came awfully close to dropping off of it this edition though !
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If you ever get unmotivated from doing this. Just know that this one stat geek love you, and of all of TL's output, your column is his favorite (even more than his own).
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Stephano's domination of his nation really is impressive. A tournament of national champions could be fun, particularly for EU. Maybe a state champion tourny in the US.
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Goody fighting! nice to see him up there again, the tanks will take top dog again soon!
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On July 19 2011 23:59 Mikilatov wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2011 23:42 nooboon wrote:
Is it just me or has nerchio been on this list for the last 3 months or so o.O
It's not just you. He's consistent beast. The most impressive thing is that past performance outside of each 2 week block isn't even considered in the ranking. He's just that damn consistent at winning online events. He came awfully close to dropping off of it this edition though !
Statistically when a good player is participating in one or 2 cups each day for the last 2 month, he is poised to have success. After that fact, everything is purely speculative.
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On July 20 2011 01:39 Otolia wrote:Show nested quote +On July 19 2011 23:59 Mikilatov wrote:On July 19 2011 23:42 nooboon wrote:
Is it just me or has nerchio been on this list for the last 3 months or so o.O
It's not just you. He's consistent beast. The most impressive thing is that past performance outside of each 2 week block isn't even considered in the ranking. He's just that damn consistent at winning online events. He came awfully close to dropping off of it this edition though ! Statistically when a good player is participating in one or 2 cups each day for the last 2 month, he is poised to have success. After that fact, everything is purely speculative.
What exactly are you referring to here? What's speculative?
Are you saying that a good player participating and winning a lot of events consistently is a bad thing? Since when is tons of activity in money tournaments looked down upon?
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I meant that a lot of people are overhyping him based on his online results. A lot of good players are often beaten by cheap cheese during the bo1 phases, he is very strong against it obviously but since the holidays started and more good players are registering for the weekly cups, he is less and less in the final phases - though it could perfectly be a coïncidence.
He is a good player certainly, but I won't (and I think no one should) say he is the best zerg EU based on his online performance. I'm still waiting for a good offline performance
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Yeah, that's totally fair. I think he's quite amazing personally, and he has won some pretty huge online events against giant players, as well as a zillion smaller ones, but naturally it's hard to say he's 'best of the best' until he plays in more 'huge' sized LAN events.
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Jinro looks more and more sad every time i see this picture.
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On July 20 2011 02:19 Mikilatov wrote:
Yeah, that's totally fair. I think he's quite amazing personally, and he has won some pretty huge online events against giant players, as well as a zillion smaller ones, but naturally it's hard to say he's 'best of the best' until he plays in more 'huge' sized LAN events.
I am on the verge of seeing this as sarcastic. Anyhow it doesn't really matter. Anyone is entitled to be the fan of whoever one thinks deserve it more
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On July 20 2011 02:30 Otolia wrote:Show nested quote +On July 20 2011 02:19 Mikilatov wrote:
Yeah, that's totally fair. I think he's quite amazing personally, and he has won some pretty huge online events against giant players, as well as a zillion smaller ones, but naturally it's hard to say he's 'best of the best' until he plays in more 'huge' sized LAN events. I am on the verge of seeing this as sarcastic. Anyhow it doesn't really matter. Anyone is entitled to be the fan of whoever one thinks deserve it more
Haha, it's actually not sarcastic. Whether you think he's actually really good or not aside, there is no doubt that Nerchio has earned his mentions here though, as his actual results have surpassed most others in each of these releases.
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Germany1287 Posts
Sup,
the Ragequit Open #5 is actually not from July, but from June (!)
(I believe #6 was canceled, #7 was rigged, #8 was canceled again, or something like that along the lines. #9 is set to take place today.)
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Thanks for the update, zere.
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On July 20 2011 02:33 Mikilatov wrote:
Haha, it's actually not sarcastic. Whether you think he's actually really good or not aside, there is no doubt that Nerchio has earned his mentions here though, as his actual results have surpassed most others in each of these releases.
I can't deny that fact.
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Nearly 8000 Dollars in two weeks playing only rather small online cups. That is sick! Congrats to Stephano, THE up and coming Zerg in Europe together with Nerchio.
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#3 in fact Stephano won most of his prizes on LAN, not online (if you were refering to him)
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How come ive never heard of Stephano, is he new?
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Were are my fellow brotoss
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On July 20 2011 04:30 HoodedAvatar wrote:
How come ive never heard of Stephano, is he new?
I first heard about him in discussion surrounding the Homestory III tournament. He may have participated there, but if not he sure seemed to be talked about a lot.
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Okay, so in europe terrans rule, in NA, SEA and France it's charr all over again and toss are good in...Korea :D (See code A finals)
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On July 20 2011 04:30 HoodedAvatar wrote:
How come ive never heard of Stephano, is he new?
I'm actually quite surprised that you, and a few others in here, haven't heard of him! I'm glad some people are discovering him through this. =)
He's been around for quite some time, and has done quite well in online cups as well as some gigantic regional lans. He's yet to have any huge success in massive international lans though, but I believe he's particpated in a few big Euro events.
Take a look at his TLPD page, he's 42-8 in his last 50 games!
Also, check out his Liquipedia for more info on him. =)
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To be honest, the TLPD isn't really up-to-date.
EDIT : Well with the last events, it is. Now Stephano is even the first player on the TLPD O.O
You will see him at the Assembly, his manager said that he apparently wants to dedicate more time into playing SC2 - he was graduating High School this year I believe - so except more of him.
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Stephano surely must be best Zerg in Europe now, hope he wins amajor EU title this year with a number of top europeans!!!
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sorry for the bump, but that picture from sen pointing to the pizza is HILARIOUS!
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