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Results for August 1 – August 14, 2011
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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
(Aug 5) ASUS ROG Assembly Summer 2011
Europe's best assemble once again for yet another installment of this monumental event.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 7) WCG China Finals
3 Chinese WCG delegates, including a BW mainstay, are determined and rewarded handsomely.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 7) European Battle.net Invitational
Europe's 2 Blizzcon slots are filled in this hugely competitive (and expensive) qualifier.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 9) CPL China 2011
Top Korean and Korean-based international players clash in Chinese territory!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 11) Latin American Battle.net Invitational
Blizzard throws piles of cash and a couple Blizzcon placements to Latin America's best.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 13) North American Battle.net Invitational
North American players fight over 2 coveted Blizzcon slots and a tasty prize pool.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 14) IGN Proleague 2
Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger, it's the end of IPL's massive 2nd season!
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
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White-Ra - $15,000![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/silver.png)
Nerchio - $10,000![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/common/bronze.png)
MaNa - $6,0004th - $4,000
ThorZaIN5th/6th - $1,300
Strelok
IdrA7th/8th - $1,000
mOoNan
Ret9th-12th - $800
Drewbie LaLuSh
GoOdy SeleCT13th-16th - $600
Tarson
BRAT_OK ViBE
Fenix17th-24th - $400
ClouD
NightEnD DarKFoRcE Axslav Minigun State Socke
CocoA25th-32nd - $200
Stalife RaNgeD KiWiKaKi meRz dde Destiny DieStar FuryIndividual Events
(Aug 6) NeSE Qualifier #2
The 2nd qualifier of this hugely anticipated, and equally mysterious, upcoming event.
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(Aug 7) PolarfluKe: August Rush
Once again going highly un-noticed by the community, PolarfluKe puts on another fantastic show.
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 11) It'sGosu Invitational #1
An NeSE sponsored event with a sick player lineup. Yeah, it's certainly gosu.
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Team Events
(Aug 1-14) vVv's Wednesday Night Starcraft
vVv has been slaughtering the competition, but can they hold against powerhouses vile and NrG?
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vVv(4) - $100
vile(2)
vVv(4) - $100
NrG(2)
vile(2)
vVv(4) - $100
NrG(2)
Showmatches
(Aug 6) Stim.tv Showmatch #2
Streaming superstar
Destiny faces off against the underrated Terran monster dde.+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 7) Complexity's "The V" - Week 22
Reigning champ
Perfect defends his title against the consistently unnoticed Hawk !+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 11) Clash for the Cache - Week 2
Having won the previous week,
Drewbie must defeat White-Ra to claim his cache!+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 13) Stim.tv Showmatch #3
Stim.tv is
iNcontroL of your Destiny !+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 14) Complexity's "The V" - Week 23
Our previous week's champion meets the consistent challenger
ThisIsJimmy !+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Recurrent Cups
(Aug 1) Xilence Cup #4
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(Aug 1) Gamecreds Cup #25
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(Aug 1) Gigabyte Cup #8
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(Aug 2) XMG Series Cup #4
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 4) 4pl.de Close Combat Cup #65
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 5) Hyper Crew Open #23
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 6) Esmus.net Friday Madness #10
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(Aug 6) eXe Starcraft Open EU
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(Aug 6) SC2NA Xel'Naga Tour 1.6
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(Aug 6) Go4SC2 Cup US July Finals
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 6) ZOTAC Cup US #13
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 6) SC2Vision Cup (August 6)
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(Aug 7) Go4SC2 Cup EU #125
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(Aug 7) Go4SC2 Cup US #80
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 7) ZOTAC Cup EU #68
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 8) Gigabyte Cup #9
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(Aug 9) Xilence Cup #5
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(Aug 9) ZOTAC Cup July Monthly Final
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(Aug 10) Go4SC2 Cup EU July Finals
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(Aug 11) 4pl.de Close Combat Cup #67
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 12) Hyper Crew Open #24
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(Aug 13) Esmus.net Friday Madness #11
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
(Aug 13) eXe Starcraft Open NA
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(Aug 13) SC2Vision Cup (August 13)
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(Aug 13) Iron Lady Champion Cup #3
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(Aug 13) ZOTAC Cup US #14
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(Aug 14) Go4SC2 Cup US #82
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(Aug 14) ZOTAC Cup EU #69
+ Show Spoiler [Results] +
Total Prizemoney: ~$166,741 USD (+ Prizes!)
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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.
+ Show Spoiler [Honorable Mentions] +
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GoOdy !!The always consistent Panzer General managed to expectantly make his weekly rounds, cleaning up a 4pl.de Cup, a Gigabyte Cup, PolarfluKe's August tournament, and a 2nd place finish in the 4th XMG Cup.
GoOdy performed decently in the IGN Proleague, ending up tied for 9th place. Not a bad set of results, but it's unfortunately not enough for the hero of consistency to break past the staggering amount of huge event winners this past couple weeks. Total Prizewinnings: ~$1,568 USD
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Tarson !!This Polish underdog has really begun to shine lately. If you're not impressed with
Tarson yet, you certainly should be. The only gold he managed to snatch up was at a Gamecreds Cup, but he additionally showed some solid overall performances, placing 2nd in the ZOTAC Monthly July Final, 4th in the European Battle.Net Invitational, and placing in the middle of the pack in the highly competitive IPL Season 2. Tarson continues to prove he's not a 1-hit wonder, continuing to take huge matches off of elite players.Total Prizewinnings: ~$3,032 USD
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ThorZaIN !!Now ripping it up in Korea, this Swedish powerhouse Terran still made a splash outside of it. The reigning TSL champion barely evaded the finals of both the European Battle.Net Invitational and IPL Season 2, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. With two solid results in two of the highest caliber events in the foreign scene, it's comforting to know that this elite Terran is representing foreign pride in the GSTL.
Total Prizewinnings: ~$7,000 USD
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Ret, SeleCT, and 
MajOr !!Meet the three champions of the Battle.Net Invitational events held this past couple weeks. Each of these guys took home a whopping $10,000 as well as an invite to the always-exciting Blizzcon tournament.
Ret hammered through Europe's event, also grabbing a nice 7th/8th place finish at IPL2. SeleCT dominated the North American event, and lastly MajOr slayed his fellow Latin Americans to take the top slot in his region, as well as additionally winning a small Xel'Naga Tour event. Be very excited to see these guys clash at Blizzcon this October!Total Prizewinnings: ~$11,000 / ~$10,800 / ~$10,050 USD
Third+ Show Spoiler [Third] +
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DIMAGA and White-Ra !!It was too hard to choose between these two Ukrainian Starcraft Gods.
DIMAGA rolled through Assembly Summer 2011 while White-Ra did the same in IGN Proleague Season 2, never falling to the loser's bracket. It's downright silly to see massive wins of this proportion to be down here in the 3rd slot, but take this as a testament to how absolutely sick the lineup of performances have been this past two weeks. Total Prizewinnings: ~$11,572 / ~$16,000 USD
Runner-Up+ Show Spoiler [Runner-Up] +
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Nerchio !!While it's not surprising to see the roundup's mascot show up once again, I had no idea he'd be anything more than a mention this time around.
Nerchio valiantly battled his way through the loser's bracket of the IGN Proleague Season 2, falling to Ukrainian badass White-Ra in the final. Despite barely falling short in this endeavor, he handily knocked White-Ra out of the European Battle.net Invitational. While this seems like a decent run already, what you probably missed among this amazing lineup of events was the fact that Nerchio sneakily took down the insanely competitive Monthly Final events of BOTH the Zotac Cup as well as the Go4SC2 Cup. If that wasn't enough, he also finished 2nd in an additional Zotac Cup. This kid never fails to impress.Total Prizewinnings: ~$12,440 USD
Top Dog+ Show Spoiler [The Top Dog] +
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MaNa !!I'm probably going to get a little flak for this, but hear me out. This Polish Protoss monster finished top 3 in both Assembly (2nd) AND IGN Proleague Season 2 (3rd), the two clear largest events that took place recently. No other player came close to doing so. These aren't 8-man invite tournaments, these are full-scale battlefields where only the best of the best compete. Let's take a look at his victims from these two events in series play:
HuK, NaDa, SjoW, BRAT_OK, Fenix, ThorZaIN, Jimpo, IdrA, DarKFoRcE (twice). Having only lost BO5 series matches in the final rounds of these events, he barely dropped each of these in a close 2-3 war against the eventual champion. Also, while it seems almost insignificant, it should be mentioned that he also snagged the runner-up spot in a Gigabyte Cup. Just a cherry on top of his performance as this edition's Top Dog!Total Prizewinnings: ~$11,822 USD
Medal Podium
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Note: Only players with multiple non-showmatch podium appearances are included.
Next Edition: Early-September 2011!
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