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TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #22
August 31st, 2011 23:40 GMT
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Hot_Bid/TLOpen2011/Banner.jpg) Register HereRegistration opens on Thursday, Sep 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Tournament begins on Saturday, Sep 03 4:15pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #22 (NA)
Casted by TotalBiscuit and coL.CatZ
TeamSpeak is sponsoring another TL SC2 Open Series again. The first series was a great success and produced some awesome games and provided the backbone for our TSL3 Qualifiers. You may recognize some of the past winners: Nerchio, Kas, Thorzain, White-Ra, HwangSin, and many others. Recently, Korean progamers have been entering, notably ZeNEX and Prime team members. Previous TL Open VODs can be found here.
The last TL Open, #21, was won by  Heart, a Korean progamer from team TSL. He defeated  EG.IdrA in the finals. Check out VODs and replays from that tournament here.
Click here to view early registered players for this week.
TeamSpeak has also provided us with an official TL TeamSpeak 3 server which has been running since November 2010. You'll see many TL users hanging out there at all hours of the day, and our staff use it as a place to play team games, watch movies, and interact with the TL community. Check it out!
TeamSpeak TL SC2 #22 Tournament Details
This tournament will have a prize pool of $200. Players who place high in these 12 tournaments will earn points and be invited to a single day invite tournament with $1,000 in prize money.
Registration for the tournament will open Thursday, Sep 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
Tournament begins on Saturday, Sep 03 4:15pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
View details and register here.
Professional players can PM Hot_Bid for early registration. Please include Bnet NA id, code#, race, and country.
For those that haven't participated in a TL Open before, it's a great opportunity to play in a well-run event broadcast by some great commentators. If you'd like to help cast the earlier rounds of a TL Open, feel free to apply here.
About our Sponsor
The TeamLiquid SC2 Open is proudly sponsored by TeamSpeak Systems GmbH, developers of popular TeamSpeak voice chat software for online gamers and now, with their latest TeamSpeak 3 SDK product, virtual worlds and integrated solutions. TeamSpeak enables groups of people to speak with one another over the Internet using their Windows, Mac, or Linux based computer, much like a telephone conference call. Android and iPhone support are also expected to be released in Q3 of 2011. A TeamSpeak user will typically wear a headset with an integrated microphone and connect to his guild or clan's TeamSpeak server to chat with fellow team mates, discuss strategy in real-time, or facilitate online events.
TeamSpeak 3 features include: in-game overlay for DirectX and OpenGL games, simplified permissions system with advanced user toggle, firewall friendly file transfer, BBCode enabled info panes, voice encryption toggle on a per-channel basis, global public web server list, tabbed multi-server connectivity, tabbed text chatting with logging, user avatars, friends lists, offline messaging, and a fully customizable client UI supporting skins, sound packs, and plugins. TeamSpeak is FREE to use for non-commercial entities.
If you are interested in sponsoring a TeamLiquid SC2 Open or one of our other events, please see our advertising / sponsorship page.
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Classic Korean I've never heard of running through a whole tournament full of tons of names I do know /sighhhh... lets get a foreigner first this time
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Lets go Foreigners! Im going to be surprise upset winning it all from diamond 
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Katowice25012 Posts
Only 1 foreigner in the finals last time!
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Hope EG's big bangers compete. Would love to see Demuslim take this.
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On September 01 2011 09:28 RusHXceL wrote:
Go Huk!!!
Doesn't he refuse to play cross-server or am I missing something?
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On September 01 2011 09:56 Tezzick wrote:Doesn't he refuse to play cross-server or am I missing something?
I hope not
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Im waiting for the TSL 4 video hehe where is it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so many TL opens gotta be soon
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I might sign up for this one :3 I want to play a korean and get owned lol.
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EDIT: nvm i thought for some reason only 1 korean signed up...
EDIT2: Still, 12 koreans, 400+ foreigners...korean wins...korean OP
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Awesome as always. Good to everyone.
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USA29055 Posts
think this competes with IPL qualifier so virtually all of EG will be missing this including puma
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
just spoke with IdrA because he is invited to IPL I think we can get him in here!
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On September 01 2011 13:23 iNcontroL wrote:
just spoke with IdrA because he is invited to IPL I think we can get him in here!
Nice, hoping to see him win this one
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I do not wanna bash someone here, but why is it AGAIN on NA :/
I know the connection is worse from KOR to EU, but you could do at least one from time to time on the EU Server, so European, which do not have access to NA, could play as well.
I hope you consider this.
Anyways GL to all participants
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On September 01 2011 14:20 chrisolo wrote:
I do not wanna bash someone here, but why is it AGAIN on NA :/
I know the connection is worse from KOR to EU, but you could do at least one from time to time on the EU Server, so European, which do not have access to NA, could play as well.
I hope you consider this.
Anyways GL to all participants
Here's the official statement from TL Teamspeak SC2 Open #18:
Hot_Bid wrote:
From now on, all TL SC2 Opens will take place on the NA server. We previous stated that we'd alternate servers, but we feel that several factors favor holding it on NA. First, we like consistency, and players wondering each week whether the server is NA or EU (and wondering what time the tournament starts) is not good for the tournament. Second, with the added interest from the Korean server, we want to allow all players an opportunity to play (EU-KR is impossible due to lag). Lastly, and probably most importantly, we receive a lot more signups when we hold the tournament on NA, possibly due to the already large number of weekly tournaments held on EU. In addition, it seems that when we hold it on EU there are a large number of players playing two tournaments or having conflicting commitments. We apologize to our EU members who want to play in a TL Open, but we hope you guys understand our decision.
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On September 01 2011 14:36 Dingobloo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2011 14:20 chrisolo wrote:
I do not wanna bash someone here, but why is it AGAIN on NA :/
I know the connection is worse from KOR to EU, but you could do at least one from time to time on the EU Server, so European, which do not have access to NA, could play as well.
I hope you consider this.
Anyways GL to all participants Here's the official statement from TL Teamspeak SC2 Open #18: Show nested quote +Hot_Bid wrote:
From now on, all TL SC2 Opens will take place on the NA server. We previous stated that we'd alternate servers, but we feel that several factors favor holding it on NA. First, we like consistency, and players wondering each week whether the server is NA or EU (and wondering what time the tournament starts) is not good for the tournament. Second, with the added interest from the Korean server, we want to allow all players an opportunity to play (EU-KR is impossible due to lag). Lastly, and probably most importantly, we receive a lot more signups when we hold the tournament on NA, possibly due to the already large number of weekly tournaments held on EU. In addition, it seems that when we hold it on EU there are a large number of players playing two tournaments or having conflicting commitments. We apologize to our EU members who want to play in a TL Open, but we hope you guys understand our decision.
Too bad. I was wondering the same and apparently missed that announcement. On the one hand it's cool that there are so many european tournaments for players and spectators to enjoy, but if that's a reason to limit TL Opens to NA only then it makes me sad. I only hope this doesn't apply to future qualifiers for the TSL and that those will be held on alternating servers again.
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On September 01 2011 14:43 Shockk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2011 14:36 Dingobloo wrote:On September 01 2011 14:20 chrisolo wrote:
I do not wanna bash someone here, but why is it AGAIN on NA :/
I know the connection is worse from KOR to EU, but you could do at least one from time to time on the EU Server, so European, which do not have access to NA, could play as well.
I hope you consider this.
Anyways GL to all participants Here's the official statement from TL Teamspeak SC2 Open #18: Hot_Bid wrote:
From now on, all TL SC2 Opens will take place on the NA server. We previous stated that we'd alternate servers, but we feel that several factors favor holding it on NA. First, we like consistency, and players wondering each week whether the server is NA or EU (and wondering what time the tournament starts) is not good for the tournament. Second, with the added interest from the Korean server, we want to allow all players an opportunity to play (EU-KR is impossible due to lag). Lastly, and probably most importantly, we receive a lot more signups when we hold the tournament on NA, possibly due to the already large number of weekly tournaments held on EU. In addition, it seems that when we hold it on EU there are a large number of players playing two tournaments or having conflicting commitments. We apologize to our EU members who want to play in a TL Open, but we hope you guys understand our decision. Too bad. I was wondering the same and apparently missed that announcement. On the one hand it's cool that there are so many european tournaments for players and spectators to enjoy, but if that's a reason to limit TL Opens to NA only then it makes me sad. I only hope this doesn't apply to future qualifiers for the TSL and that those will be held on alternating servers again.
From the same thread:
On July 01 2011 01:19 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2011 00:06 Longshank wrote:
Will future TLOpens be used as qualification for TSL4? If so, it blows for EU players to be at a permanent disadvantage when trying to get into TSL4.
And will TSL4 favor NA players aswell? It makes little sense to favor one group in the qualifications but not in the main tournament. No, if and when we have TSL4 the qualifiers will not all be held on NA.
By which I assume he means will not be held exclusively on NA.
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Another NobodyfOu will probably win this.
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On September 01 2011 15:05 TDN4 wrote:
Another NobodyfOu will probably win this.
Koreans don't have much to play in. Why mock a player by calling him a nobody, when he is skilled enough to beat big names? Would you do the same to a "nobody" from the US?
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lol, well in the last one i played my best ZvT i think ever so definitely going in this one ^_^
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On September 01 2011 14:45 Dingobloo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 01 2011 14:43 Shockk wrote:On September 01 2011 14:36 Dingobloo wrote:On September 01 2011 14:20 chrisolo wrote:
I do not wanna bash someone here, but why is it AGAIN on NA :/
I know the connection is worse from KOR to EU, but you could do at least one from time to time on the EU Server, so European, which do not have access to NA, could play as well.
I hope you consider this.
Anyways GL to all participants Here's the official statement from TL Teamspeak SC2 Open #18: Hot_Bid wrote:
From now on, all TL SC2 Opens will take place on the NA server. We previous stated that we'd alternate servers, but we feel that several factors favor holding it on NA. First, we like consistency, and players wondering each week whether the server is NA or EU (and wondering what time the tournament starts) is not good for the tournament. Second, with the added interest from the Korean server, we want to allow all players an opportunity to play (EU-KR is impossible due to lag). Lastly, and probably most importantly, we receive a lot more signups when we hold the tournament on NA, possibly due to the already large number of weekly tournaments held on EU. In addition, it seems that when we hold it on EU there are a large number of players playing two tournaments or having conflicting commitments. We apologize to our EU members who want to play in a TL Open, but we hope you guys understand our decision. Too bad. I was wondering the same and apparently missed that announcement. On the one hand it's cool that there are so many european tournaments for players and spectators to enjoy, but if that's a reason to limit TL Opens to NA only then it makes me sad. I only hope this doesn't apply to future qualifiers for the TSL and that those will be held on alternating servers again. From the same thread: Show nested quote +On July 01 2011 01:19 Hot_Bid wrote:On July 01 2011 00:06 Longshank wrote:
Will future TLOpens be used as qualification for TSL4? If so, it blows for EU players to be at a permanent disadvantage when trying to get into TSL4.
And will TSL4 favor NA players aswell? It makes little sense to favor one group in the qualifications but not in the main tournament. No, if and when we have TSL4 the qualifiers will not all be held on NA. By which I assume he means will not be held exclusively on NA.
Well i wouldn't believe in Hot_Bid(troll) words too much.
He wrote that the TL Attack will be held on a server from which the "quest" originate from.
So far almost all (i believe only two was on EU) TL Attacks were NA exclusive only even when they invite EU players such as TLO, Naniwa or White-Ra,
I'm afraid TL site started to cater mostly to their NA fan base which is understandable since 28.1% visitors to TL come from USA.
Still its a bit sad for EU scene...
On the side note. Incontrol motivate Idra to win TLOpen... He need to finally get a tournament win ^^
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It would be pretty awesome if Chinese players started getting into these things, too. Although I have no idea if mainland China -- USA lag is doable. So many awesome Korean and Chinese players that nobody gets to see play T_T
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nice lookin forward to see this =)
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Wow gogo, would love to see who enter this series
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would love to see it!! Hope we get some good games!!
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DreamHuk we BELIVE in you, even tho since ur EG transfeer you've been shaky , just start makin ur blink-stalker and TC play again, Robo and SG aint u bro, not as an opening... =/
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first map on tal darim :D I wanna play in
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On September 02 2011 00:26 FaCE_1 wrote:first map on tal darim :D I wanna play in
most of the time the people who actually show up for matches get a bye first round, out of the ~4 of these I've played in only once has the tal'darim game actually happened.
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why is it only on NA  ?
edit:nvm found the announce thread about it!
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I love the open!
When it comes to randomers,
I'll go the furthest.
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Why do you never have this on the EU server? The last time this was on eu was teamspeak #14.
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WOW CatZ and TotalBiscuit, I won't be missing this for anything!
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On September 02 2011 06:34 coL.CatZ wrote:
WOW CatZ and TotalBiscuit, I won't be missing this for anything!
TotalBiscuit and WHO?? :S
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Aight, let's do this! Rank 4 silver gonna take the win? I think so!
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Braavos36390 Posts
This TL Open will be cast by TotalBiscuit and CatZ!
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On September 02 2011 11:20 carloselcoco wrote:
No Koreans so far! 0.o
Read your signature
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Nice, I love listening to CatZ cast!
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what league do you have to be to register??
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On September 03 2011 01:46 Nerokas wrote:
what league do you have to be to register??
It's open to all leagues as long as you have a NA account :D
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On September 02 2011 14:48 marttorn wrote:Read your signature
Actually I doubt there will be many, if not none because of the Code A qualifiers going on really close to the TLOpen.
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Finally a country breakdown! I'm not sure if you guys implemented this feature just now, but it's a feature I was looking forward to. It's really awesome and you guys rock, keep up the good work!
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does anyone know who's casting the semis and finals?
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got the change to play Strelok last open, hope to see another Pro this time :D
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Is CatZ casting already? If he is, where is the link? I can't find it in the right column
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VOD nr. 4 of the finals is broken, it links back to game nr. 3.
I thought it might be 3:0 for the Korean player, but it went all the way.
Great games, great finals. Too bad it didn't get the TalDarim game.
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EPT
