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Want a Blizzcon ticket? + Liquibet S16 wrap-up
Liquibet - Blizzcon Edition
Blizzcon - a two day overdose on all things Blizzard. A chance to watch professional Starcraft without going to Korea. A chance to play unreleased titles such as Starcraft II or Diablo 3.
Can't get much better, right?
Unfortunately, tickets are hard to get, usually selling out in mere seconds. For most people it will be another year of watching from the sidelines.. but never fear, Blizzcon Liquibet is here!
On Wednesday May 27th we will kick off this special season of Liquibet, lasting just over 2 weeks. At the end of the season, the 3 highest ranked liquibettors will each recieve a ticket to Blizzcon!
What is Liquibet?
Liquibet is a simple system of picking the winners of professional starcraft games. The value of games vary, for instance picking the winner of a final is worth significantly more than the winner of a group stage game.
How do I participate?
Simply head overe to the Liquibet section (while logged in) and make your picks.
In order to be eligible for a ticket your account must be created before May 1st. If you are a known cheater, do not bother trying as you will be banned.
There are no national restrictions imposed by us, but please note that this contest is only for a Blizzcon ticket - you will have to pay for your own accomodation as well as transportation to the event.
When?
The contest will last between May 27th and June 12th. Blizzcon takes place between August 21st and August 22nd, at the Annaheim Convention Center, California.
Prizes:
The 3 highest Liquibettors at the end of June 12th will each recieve a ticket to Blizzcon. Should they be unable to go, we will move down the list.
Note:
Due to various deadlines, once the 3 winners have been selected, there will only be a 48 hour period where you can confirm your participation and submit your information, before the ticket passes on to the next person in line.
Winners will be notified by private message here on Teamliquid.net as well as by email.
Update: To make things easier for us, if you finish in the top 25 and you are able to attend Blizzcon, please PM us once the season ends.
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For more information on Blizzcon, please see the official FAQ:
Blizzcon FAQ
Please pay special attention to the following paragraphs:
After I purchase my BlizzCon ticket(s), how will I receive them?Attendee badges will be distributed on site at the Anaheim Convention Center during BlizzCon. Approximately one month before the show, the ticket purchaser will receive up to five separate e-mails (one for each ticket purchased) each containing a unique attendee barcode that will be required to gain entry to the show. You will also be able to access these bar-code emails through your Battle.net account. Before arriving at the show, each attendee must print the e-mail containing his or her barcode and bring it to BlizzCon, along with valid photo ID. In order to receive a badge, the name on the bar-code e-mail *must* match the name on your photo ID. You can edit attendee names for all of the tickets you purchased until 5 p.m. Pacific Time on June 13 by logging in to Battle.net Account Management and going to Order History.
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Image may technically be from WWI2008 but same thing right  ?
Liquibet - Season 16
Cutting this season a bit short - but as I'm sure you will agree, with good reason - I present to you the standings of Liquibet, Season 16.
Worthy of note is that not a single staff member made it into any of the top 10s, and - unless my eyes decieve me - the highest staff member is EvilTeletubby at 84pts, ranked 202nd.
Truly a pathetic display by my fellow staff, they should be ashamed of themselves 
Myself, I forgot to vote for most of the season so clearly I can not be lumped together with the rest!
As usual, an extremely close top 10, but with 95 points out of 133 possible (71.42%), our winner is.. leomon!
Congratulations, if Mensrea was still posting I'm sure he'd award you his famous no-prize., or then again he might not,
On March 02 2003 18:22 mensrea wrote:
...a No Prize for the Liquibet season winner? Hmmm...not sure if it's a special enough occasion... Will put some thought on it tho...
In his absence, however, I certainly will! Don't not enjoy your lack of prize!
Overall Top 10
95 leomon
2 93 Dark_Luster
3 93 Culture
4 93 meCh[dtr]
5 92 AmorVincitOmnia
6 91 poilord
7 91 GarlicPepper
8 91 Matoo-
9 91 peidongyang
10 91 Mogwai
*Also tied at 91 pts: ven_, rocketship89, Evs
Proleague Top 10
1 44 Baalzamon
2 43 Dark_Luster
3 43 eyeballball3
4 43 leomon
5 42 disciple
6 42 ColdFusion
7 41 minus_human
8 41 StRyKeR
9 41 Enrique
10 41 Culture
*Also tied at 41 pts: Xenocide_Knight, QuickSandSlowly
Ongamenet Top 10
1 12 Superiorwolf
2 12 isbunk
3 12 naonao
4 12 snapcrackle
5 12 bubblegumbo
6 12 peidongyang
7 12 StarBrift
8 12 TranceStorm
9 12 midou
10 12 iCCup.deL
*Also tied at 12 pts: Khenra, theobsessed1, The_Australian, Delerium, Kyo Yuy, CatioN, Atlan, Olorin.SVK, Rmathaes
MBCGame Top 10
1 32 wurm
2 32 Qatol
3 32 lazz
4 31 GinNtoniC
5 31 fw
6 31 dmfg
7 31 XYoonZ
8 31 Mogwai
9 31 Killer Instinct
10 31 arsonist
Also tied at 31 pts: sudo.era, vol, Lancehead, Kreugas
GomTV "Top 10"
8 people tied at 11 pts, 65 people tied at 10
+ Show Spoiler [ Full List] +
1 11 ilovezil
2 11 Falcynn
3 11 n.DieJokes
4 11 doubleupgradeobbies!
5 11 mrgerry
6 11 forgotten0ne
7 11 SeR3NiTy
8 11 Golden Ghost
9 10 Raithed
10 10 semioldguy
11 10 Guybrush
12 10 JWD
13 10 Naib
14 10 Patriot.dlk
15 10 SoleSteeler
16 10 Dknight
17 10 Sunyveil
18 10 JudasT
19 10 Yaqoob
20 10 Carnivorous Sheep
21 10 Mikilatov
22 10 Samurai-
23 10 radar14
24 10 Too_MuchZerg
25 10 StRyKeR
26 10 iLoveKTF
27 10 DreaM)XeRO
28 10 Uraeus
29 10 asel
30 10 allowicious
31 10 Bifur
32 10 rA.Hippie
33 10 MuR)Ernu
34 10 johanes
35 10 RoieTRS
36 10 nothingbutzerg
37 10 snapcrackle
38 10 LeperKahn
39 10 Tianx
40 10 Ftrunkz
41 10 Doso
42 10 phase
43 10 huameng
44 10 iCCup.deL
45 10 exeprime
46 10 jnheart35
47 10 Braintricks
48 10 Mogwai
49 10 rocketship89
50 10 Altar
51 10 oxidized
52 10 blapsd
53 10 neobowman
54 10 sudo.era
55 10 finkelboy
56 10 Battle
57 10 Fx_
58 10 aavo74
59 10 Bjebis
60 10 potatoedoughnut
61 10 Base
62 10 IntoTheEmo
63 10 AtomicReaction
64 10 spity
65 10 d1sh0ng
66 10 Grel
67 10 Adebis
68 10 fbchicken
69 10 Seiuchi
70 10 Llama
71 10 JSMoody
72 10 DalaiLameR
73 10 Frumsan
And, with only 1 event played, about 1181 people were tied for the TL Event ranking
Teamliquid Events
NOTE: Once the Blizzcon Liquibet ends, the season will continue on as normal. Everyone can, as per usual, participate in Liquibet but only accounts registered before May 1st are eligible for the Blizzcon tickets.
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Canada7170 Posts
Just over two weeks?
Truly, everybody has a good shot at this.
Good luck, everyone!
(Thanks FA + rest of TL staff/whoever)
EDIT: Hm, not on front page or news bar on the left? Sorry for posting if you weren't done, FA.
editx3: revoked editx2 so FA's not talking to himself
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hmm i didn't see a mention of how many tickets there are, did i just miss it?
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Sweden33719 Posts
Haha no it's because I'm a total fish @ newsposting.
I got Kennigit to clean up my mess tho. Then he made some mess of his own but it was almost invisible
On May 27 2009 11:10 R3condite wrote:
hmm i didn't see a mention of how many tickets there are, did i just miss it?
Don't be crazy, look again (but not before I have time to edit).
EDIT: Actually it was there, but it wasn't very clear. So I fixed it.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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ahh is this y the liquibet was cleared a short while ago?
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On May 27 2009 11:10 FrozenArbiter wrote:Haha no it's because I'm a total fish @ newsposting. I got Kennigit to clean up my mess tho. Then he made some mess of his own but it was almost invisible Show nested quote +On May 27 2009 11:10 R3condite wrote:
hmm i didn't see a mention of how many tickets there are, did i just miss it? Don't be crazy, look again (<font size=1>but not before I have time to edit</font>).
LOL qft!
no more lies! (haha this reminds me of 1984 and how the past history was constantly changed)
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Epic prizes for top 3! Thanks for all the effort put into this
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Oh my god!
Who else voted for Casy to win both? ;]
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United States11637 Posts
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OMGOMGOMG I'm actually going to try for this one.
I miss Mensrea 
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This is crazy exciting. I'd love to get a chance at Blizzcon! I'll be sure to actually look at the players I'm voting on during this contest instead of just voting on the name I like/recognize the most.
And I made the top ten in proleague voting, which is impressive, since I was insta-voting on Khan every time. I must've got most of the others right  .
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United States17042 Posts
This is really exciting. Best of luck everyone!
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Voted for Kwanro due to Zerg bias.
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because of this liquibet prize there is almost no chance that i will break top 100. let alone top 3
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Oh whoops, I probably should've looked at this thread before I made my picks...
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On May 27 2009 11:44 miseiler wrote:
Oh whoops, I probably should've looked at this thread before I made my picks...
Yeah, same
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On May 27 2009 11:43 BloodyC0bbler wrote:
because of this liquibet prize there is almost no chance that i will break top 100. let alone top 3
I won't break top 300 guaranteed, so don't feel so bad.
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no money for a plane ride even if I won
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So only the points from May 27th to June 12th will count towards your Blizzcon Liquibet right? Just getting my head straight here ... I'm an immigrant I failed English
P.S. Time to kick Liquibet ASS!
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double kwanro for the win! 
i just get the feeling this won't turn out well for me heh..
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CA10828 Posts
i see we're getting the lurkers to unburrow
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On May 27 2009 11:37 Aurra wrote:
Voted for Kwanro due to Zerg bias.
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Oh god, the thought of winning this is so exciting.
Too bad it won't happen ;-;
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Meh, I'll try for bragging rights, but if I do make top 3 i'll hand my ticket away. travel costs = too much
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United States3824 Posts
TL you're so keen
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Sweden33719 Posts
On May 27 2009 12:27 kOre wrote:So only the points from May 27th to June 12th will count towards your Blizzcon Liquibet right? Just getting my head straight here ... I'm an immigrant I failed English P.S. Time to kick Liquibet ASS!
Yeah, the first bet was added on May 27th, and at the end of June 12th we will save the rankings and sort out the winners.
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Poland8075 Posts
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Lurker unburrowing...
*looks around*
Hmmm...not bad up here.
*hears noise*
Eek! Burrowing again...
(Don't worry...I'm sticking around)
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ohh I got 10th for OGN :O maybe I have a feel for this...
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On May 27 2009 12:33 LosingID8 wrote:i see we're getting the lurkers to unburrow
It's sort of funny because they aren't even able to win the prize. Good luck everyone!
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United States17042 Posts
On May 27 2009 13:29 Captain Peabody wrote:
Lurker unburrowing...
*looks around*
Hmmm...not bad up here.
*hears noise*
Eek! Burrowing again...
(Don't worry...I'm sticking around)
see, this is why you register earlier so that you can be eligible for cool stuff like this.
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There is no way I can go to Blizzcon ;( But hell I will just sell the ticket if I win, thought the chance is like 1%.
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Oh yeah, what happens if there's a tie for the 3 tickets?
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On May 27 2009 15:25 kOre wrote:
Oh yeah, what happens if there's a tie for the 3 tickets?
a fight to the death
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On May 27 2009 15:28 BloodyC0bbler wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2009 15:25 kOre wrote:
Oh yeah, what happens if there's a tie for the 3 tickets? a fight to the death
O shi-
Pistols at sundown.
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this is awesome. tytytytytytyty
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there most likely will be a tie, i hope you guys have a plan for when the inevitable arrives
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damn, should be last season's ranking -.-
heh, but anyway, I dont have enough money for the flight =(
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Oh my why couldn't it be the highest 3 this season!
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i did good last season usually around top 30~50 but not good enuf D;
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9070 Posts
lol I'm #5 in the LB for PL, fucking k0s is all I have to say
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On May 27 2009 15:50 AlTheCake wrote:Show nested quote +On May 27 2009 15:28 BloodyC0bbler wrote:On May 27 2009 15:25 kOre wrote:
Oh yeah, what happens if there's a tie for the 3 tickets? a fight to the death O shi- Pistols at sundown.
more like mouses/keyboards @ sundown
haha
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Wow, cool - I was in the top GOMTV ranking (tied at 10 pts). And until I left for my grandparents' house for 5 days (no interbutts), I had been in the top 30 overall pretty consistently - most of the time between 10 and 20.
I look forward to crushing you all this season
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This is awesome. Unforunately I am too far away from blizzcon and can't afford the travel expenses
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Yeah, I doubt there's any way for me to get from the East-most side of North America to the West-most this year..
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I started out strong, and since this is only going two weeks, maybe just maybe I can do it again. :D
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On May 27 2009 23:40 Nemesis wrote:This is awesome. Unforunately I am too far away from blizzcon and can't afford the travel expenses
that suks... =/
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What the hell, just looked at the date... I'm in California to the 28th of August anyway. This coming from someone who's never been to the US before. I prolly won't win this liquibet. Other suggestions on acquiring a ticket?
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On May 28 2009 01:02 GinNtoniC wrote:
What the hell, just looked at the date... I'm in California to the 28th of August anyway. This coming from someone who's never been to the US before. I prolly won't win this liquibet. Other suggestions on acquiring a ticket?
Tickets go on sale (again), Saturday the 30th (US time). Probably at around 10am. I'd suggest checking out the Blizzcon site. www.blizzcon.com
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On May 28 2009 01:13 So no fek wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2009 01:02 GinNtoniC wrote:
What the hell, just looked at the date... I'm in California to the 28th of August anyway. This coming from someone who's never been to the US before. I prolly won't win this liquibet. Other suggestions on acquiring a ticket? Tickets go on sale (again), Saturday the 30th (US time). Probably at around 10am. I'd suggest checking out the Blizzcon site. www.blizzcon.com
cheers, I'll definately have to do that!
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ugh im only #9 on gomtv. ill never get those tickets.
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On May 28 2009 02:06 GinNtoniC wrote:Show nested quote +On May 28 2009 01:13 So no fek wrote:On May 28 2009 01:02 GinNtoniC wrote:
What the hell, just looked at the date... I'm in California to the 28th of August anyway. This coming from someone who's never been to the US before. I prolly won't win this liquibet. Other suggestions on acquiring a ticket? Tickets go on sale (again), Saturday the 30th (US time). Probably at around 10am. I'd suggest checking out the Blizzcon site. www.blizzcon.com cheers, I'll definately have to do that!
They post the link that the tickets will be on sale before they actually go on sale (and the tickets should also take up the entirety of the Blizzard store during the time they're still available), so I'd highly recommend finding the sale page, and starting to refresh 5-10 minutes before they actually go on sale. The listed time for the first batch of tickets was 10am, but they really went on sale at 9:56ish, and from what I heard, very few people who refreshed right at 10, got tickets.
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leomon
Canada169 Posts
Oh man! Tickets for liquibet! =D
I'll probably sell it or give it away if I DO win thou, school = no vacations for me ><
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Please note that the ticket is put in your name. You are not able to sell it.
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I b' wantin' that ticket!
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awesome! I am really going to try hard now! =D
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United States12607 Posts
How nice: even with a horde of deserving reds/blues (staff members) without tickets, TL is giving one away!
I'm sure this promotion will drive a lot of (much-needed) traffic to TL!
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Wow, I actually got tied on the OGN LB even though I more or less pick haphazardly. :D
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On May 29 2009 03:54 JWD wrote:
How nice: even with a horde of deserving reds/blues (staff members) without tickets, TL is giving one away!
I'm sure this promotion will drive a lot of (much-needed) traffic to TL!
Yes this was our goal!
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What's on? The big community sites were given 3 tickets each to give away to the community?
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what the fuck, 1st in ogn?!
oh thank the overmind!!!
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Guess they haven't released information on who's going to Blizzcon 09 from Korea yet? Hope Bisu comes this year so I can go chat him up ...
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God damn Tasteless is so high in this pic......... sheesh
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Nothing is on lol blizzard gave us all tickets.
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United States3824 Posts
Can I compete in the shittiest liquibition score category?
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Yeah 2 tickets to the top 2 and 1 ticket to the worst person (worst person has to vote on every game though)
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nice,
GL
and who took that nice WWI picture?
<3 TL!
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haha I just got fourth XD
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