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[BetaContest] Ironman Relaunch!
It took us a while longer than we'd have liked to sort all the details out, but as of this writing the signed license should be on its way back to Blizzard HQ 
So without further ado, re-introducing the...
Starcraft Ironman
Want a shot at a beta key but find your cooking lacking? Writing not your forte? Fear not, the Starcraft Ironman is here; prove your Starcraft know-how in a 5 discipline SC tournament!
When?
There will be four tournaments spread out over 1 week as follows:
There will be four tournaments spread out over 1 week as follows:
Tour 1 - Thursday July 16th 3:00 AM KST (8 PM CET, 2 PM EST)
Tour 2 - Friday July 17th 7:00 AM KST (12 AM CET, 6PM EST)
Tour 3 - Saturday July 18th - 3:00 AM KST (8 PM CET, 2 PM EST)
Tour 4 - Sunday July 19th 7:00 AM KST (12 AM CET, 6PM EST)
NOTE: You are only allowed to sign up for one (1) tournament!
Where?
On ICCUP. The exact channel will be announced closer to the tournament date.
How?
Throughout the next week we will be running four 64-man tournaments, each culminating in a FFA final to be broadcasted right here on Teamliquid!
The structure and details are as follows:
Prizes:
The winner of each tournament will get TWO Starcraft II Beta Keys, for a grand total of 8 keys to be given away in this way.
Maps
Ro64 - Neo Abattoir - Random Team 4v4
+ Show Spoiler [Map Information] +A 64x64 version of the map Abattoir (aptly named Neo Abattoir), created specifically for this tournament. Blood Bath on crack.
Some notes about the map:
- Placing a building in the colored choke is a perfect wall with units spawning on the safe side.
- Every base has one mineral patch that is exposed to another base. This mineral is separate so that good players can redirect workers away from cannons / sunkens / etc.
- The terrain in between bases is high ground. This means you will need something to grant vision if you want to cannon your opponent's mineral patch.
Players will be randomly teamed up and square off in a 4v4.
Game Mode: Top vs Bottom
Ro32 - Coulee - Random Team Capture The Flag
+ Show Spoiler [Map Information] +For Round 2 we have both an unusual gametype as well as an unusual map. Created by TL member Mora, aka Teroru, back in 2005, it was used for that years Blizzcon Invitational.
Team Capture the Flag is a sadly under-played game mode which functions like a regular Team Melee game (that is, several players control one player), but with the added twist of a flag..
Capturing the opposing teams flag will result in a win, just as if you had eliminated them.
Game Mode: Team Capture the Flag
Note:Each team will have to pick 1 of each race - that is P T R Z. Which one is your main race (which determines what building you start with) is up to each team to decide.
Ro16 - Random Micro Arena
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Random Micro Arena is a team based UMS, more similiar to Tournament Control than - as the name would suggest - the more traditional Team Micro Arena.
Players are given a random set of units every round (activated by morphing your high templars), and do battle vs the opposing team. Only one player is active at any given time, but once per round (of which there are 8), you may elect to "tag" in one of your team mates.
Should you not tag, your team mate will replace you once you die - until there's only one player left standing, winning the round.
Game Mode: Use Map Settings
Ro8 - 2c2p v 2c2p - Sin City
+ Show Spoiler [Map Information] +Sin City is an interesting but fairly standard map, created by Peatza[Ag] on Broodwarmaps.net, so let's jump right to the game-type: 2c2p v 2c2p.
You may be asking yourself just what the hell this is, and I don't blame you. Not many people regularly play 4v4s with computer allies 
Teams of 2 players and 2 computers will face off against eachother, with the winners advancing to the FFA finals.
Important Note:
Players are NOT allowed to abuse the computer A.I by attacking one of their workers or buildings with their scouting peon (causes all A.I workers to chase said peon). If you should happen to do so by accident, you MUST leave your peon to its fate, unless it is your last peon (and you have no means of replacing it).
Secondly, while players are free to set their own race, as well as that of their computer allies, you cannot have more than 2 of each race on a team. PPTT is fine, PPPT is not. PTZZ, also fine etc.
Game Mode: Top vs Bottom
Ro4 - Mystique/Unreality - FFA
+ Show Spoiler [Map Information] +Having made it this far, it's time for some regular FFA.. on a couple of mind-twistingly beautiful maps.
Both maps are made by Freakling from http://www.broodwarmaps.net , and not surprisingly they both won Map of the Month awards. If you want to leave him a comment on the maps you can do so here:
Mystique
Unreality
Mystique will be the FFA map for Tour 1 and Tour 4.
Unreality will be the FFA map for Tour 2 and Tour 3.
The winning player will recieve 2 beta keys, one for him-or herself, and one for a person of their choosing.Players should use the Observer version of the maps (O), and one referee will be present as an observer. Game Mode: Use Map Settings
Download Maps
Replays
Replays must be saved for all games, and sent in after each round to betacontest@gmail.com
For game modes where replays cannot be saved, please take a screenshot of the score screen and send it to the same address.
Bugs
The following bugs are legal for use in games:
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- Observer over turret
- Units pressed through
- Drops to defuse mines
- Mineral walk
- Hold lurker
- Larvae Move
The following bugs are illegal for use in games:
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- Cargo glitch
- Flying drones and templars
- Terran sliding buildings
- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking
- Team modifications (Allied mines, Unallied mines, etc.)
- Sieging a Tank inside of a landed Terran Building
2c2p v 2c2p specific:
Players are NOT allowed to abuse the computer A.I by attacking one of their workers with their scouting peon (causes all A.I workers to chase said peon). If you should happen to do so by accident, you MUST leave your peon to its fate.
Using an illegal bug will result in an instant forfeit of the game in which the bug use occurred.
Eligibility:
The contest is open to everyone with a TL account created prior to July 1st 2009, with the exception of players residing in China. Due to lag issues
we regrettably cannot allow anyone currently residing in China to participate. If you are a Chinese citizen but currently living outside of China you are of course free to enter.
Sign-Up:
If you signed up for this tournament when it was first announced, you will not have to sign-up again. You will be first in line, and receive a PM, simply reply with what tournament times you prefer.
If you signed up but did not receive a PM, please PM me. Include the date/time for when you sent the PM, and if it was sent to the BetaContest account (correct) or my account (incorrect, but still valid).
Send a PM, with the following info:
Name:
TL ID:
ICCUP ID:
E-mail:
2nd beta key goes to..: (Insert name, contact info and TL ID, if applicable, of the person you wish to give your 2nd key to, should you win)
In addition, please mark down the tournaments you'd wish to attend in order of preference (1-4, with 1 being "most prefered"). If you can't make all of the tournaments simply mark down N/A for the ones you cannot.
+ Show Spoiler [Example] +
Tour 1: 1
Tour 2: N/A
Tour 3: 2
Tour 4: 3
Note that you will only actually play in ONE of these tournaments.
Reserves:
To prevent no-shows ruining the tournament, feel free to show up even if you didn't make it into the bracket. A channel for reserves will be announced closer to the tournament dates.
Disclaimer:
The selling of beta-keys is strictly prohibited.
Should you be caught trying to sell your key, you will be permanently banned and the key disabled.
Total participants: 256
* Teamliquid reserves the right to deny registration at our discretion - known abusers/cheaters need not apply.
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those dates are really messing with my head...
saturday was july 4th in the U.S, and the first tour is Saturday, July 6th?
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Vatican City State1872 Posts
i think your dates are all messed up so im gonna wait to sign up
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Sweden33719 Posts
Sigh, fixed them. It's because my browser crashed the first time I wrote this, so I forgot to fix the dates the second time 
(I had written up a draft of this ages ago, and those were the provisionary dates)
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Ya the dates are clearly messed up
Unless 2 of them have already happened before it was even posted? Not likely.
Maybe he meant august?
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United States17042 Posts
very nice, i'm excited to see the kinds of games that the maps generate.
edit: Terrible place for the 9k First thousandth post that wasn't in an LR thread.
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Sweet! Regardless of win or loss, it'll be fun nevertheless
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hope to god i wont be scheduled for work
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oh god.
*MAJOR SIGH*
I can't make these dates.
...and I signed up for the previous ironman before, too
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So we just PM you to sign up?
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in the Ro64 how is race-picking administered? is it everyone has to be R or pick any race you want?
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Finally!, been waiting for this for so long. Been "practicing" the whole time + Show Spoiler +(read: tons of drugs and iccup procrastination)
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Will there be any replays of the matches after the tourney is over?
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I really want to play in this, but I already have a beta key, so I'm thinking I probably shouldn't sign up ^^
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i wish i was better T_T
gl all
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I sent a PM, I think I forgot to mention who the 2nd key goes to, but honestly I don't have anyone and id likely give it away to my dad. Also the tournament is pretty crazy so there is no telling what will happen.
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You guys just had to pick the EXACT dates that I'm going to be at PDXLAN which happens twicea year.
God, that is so lame lol.
I was looking forward to this so much T_T
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hmm wish i could enter T_T;
cool event tho~ hope it will be lots of fun for the participants
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can i ask why this was initially pulled from the other contests before? not griping or anything, i was just curious since i had checked the contests page and saw that the tourneys were pushed back and there was no talk about it
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On July 08 2009 09:37 Simple wrote:
can i ask why this was initially pulled from the other contests before? not griping or anything, i was just curious since i had checked the contests page and saw that the tourneys were pushed back and there was no talk about it
After we announced it Blizzard was like "oh btw you guys need this license and can't do tourny without it" so then we had to wait for the license to work it's way through their org structure to us. Then i had to sign it and mail it back to them.
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Wow, this is crazy. Needs a fair amount of luck to win this thing, though it should be a lot of fun!
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It's scary lol because it's gonna be so hard to win. It's truly a contest fit for a SC2 Beta Key reward.
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Sweden33719 Posts
On July 08 2009 09:05 HuskyTheHusky wrote:
You guys just had to pick the EXACT dates that I'm going to be at PDXLAN which happens twicea year.
God, that is so lame lol.
I was looking forward to this so much T_T
God another LAN @ these dates? Lol >.<
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Neo Abattoir should be played in Melee, not Top vs Bottom. Seems like lots of potential players can easily be dropped due to the unfair map. Siege tanks own neighbors on the map, and it is better to do Melee and have people say "Left" or "Right."
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im hoping to get 3 great players on my team in the random 4v4 and carry my ass.
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This sounds totally stoking.
Many great ideas for matches etc..
like 4v4 w/ 2 comp allies.. lol.
This seems like a lot of "best of starcraft" matches - where theres a little bit of each, like 1:1, FFA, 4v4 and capture the flag etc.. kinda like celebrating SC and it's different varieties of matches.
I think there was a Team melee match too?
but ya - however, I think some of these matches are going to be based a lot on luck and timing etc - not so much the skill of the players (although that of course will be a factor, as a D player couldn't compete in the same sense as a B player) but like the matches w/ comp allies and capture the flag etc.. is all about timing and tactics.
but ya - all these beta contests seem pimp. I like the hero-contest etc.
gL to everyone competing..
Make sure to get vods recorded plz!
p.s.
there should be a rule in the games w/ comp allies - that you can't bug them out by attacking them w/ a worker and getting the comp-workers to chase urs.. making them basically useless..
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On July 08 2009 09:58 Sosha wrote:
This sounds totally stoking.
Many great ideas for matches etc..
like 4v4 w/ 2 comp allies.. lol.
This seems like a lot of "best of starcraft" matches - where theres a little bit of each, like 1:1, FFA, 4v4 and capture the flag etc.. kinda like celebrating SC and it's different varieties of matches.
I think there was a Team melee match too?
but ya - however, I think some of these matches are going to be based a lot on luck and timing etc - not so much the skill of the players (although that of course will be a factor, as a D player couldn't compete in the same sense as a B player) but like the matches w/ comp allies and capture the flag etc.. is all about timing and tactics.
but ya - all these beta contests seem pimp. I like the hero-contest etc.
gL to everyone competing..
Make sure to get vods recorded plz!
p.s.
there should be a rule in the games w/ comp allies - that you can't bug them out by attacking them w/ a worker and getting the comp-workers to chase urs.. making them basically useless..
Well I think the general idea here is that skill should not necessarily be the deciding factor. If that was the case they'd just host 1v1 tournaments and all the keys would be snatched by the top foreginers. By doing it like this they're trying to give everyone a fair shot at it.
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there better be reps, for awesomeness' sake
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This is going to be hilarious and awesome. I hope there are at least replays or better still, video with commentary! (At least for the later rounds.)
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Sweden33719 Posts
This seems like a lot of "best of starcraft" matches - where theres a little bit of each, like 1:1, FFA, 4v4 and capture the flag etc.. kinda like celebrating SC and it's different varieties of matches.
Emphasis mine - that's exactly how I feel about it myself =]
but ya - however, I think some of these matches are going to be based a lot on luck and timing etc - not so much the skill of the players (although that of course will be a factor, as a D player couldn't compete in the same sense as a B player) but like the matches w/ comp allies and capture the flag etc.. is all about timing and tactics.
Yes, that's the second point - if we hosted 1v1 tournaments we might as well be like "Hi Ret/IdrA/NonY/IeFnaiJ do you guys need some beta keys?".
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This is looking to be tons of fun for the random D player, cept for micro arena in which I will make myself look like a complete fool if I make it :D
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i have a question? what about those of us with lag problems when in a game with more than one player? i went through port forwarding and everything and it didn't really work.
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The winner will indeed be the true Starcraft Ironman!
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Marshall Islands104 Posts
Will replays be posted here on TL.net?
I realize that reps must be recorded by all the players, but I wanted to double check that some, if not all of the reps would be posted.
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Vatican City State491 Posts
The winner will be just determined semi randomly IMO - it mostly depends on allies, and then ends with an FFA game. But it's still better than a 1v1 tourney that would be dominate by some progamer smurf.
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OMFG THIS IS AWESOME I AM EXCITED!
I just hope I don't get some noob team...
Oh and btw, why TWO keys to each winner? I mean so they can give one as a gift or something? I'd rather have 8 people get one but either way this is really cool.
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"- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking"
Is this different from standard muta micro? I'm not an expert in SC/BW bugs...
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Sweden33719 Posts
On July 08 2009 11:44 oberon wrote:
"- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking"
Is this different from standard muta micro? I'm not an expert in SC/BW bugs...
It's not the same as muta-micro, so don't worry. I think that refers to a bug where you burrow zerg units and then unburrow them in a way that makes them stacked permanently. Hm, either that or the worker-permastack.
Anyway, mutas are safe.
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Sweden33719 Posts
On July 08 2009 11:18 ghermination wrote:
i have a question? what about those of us with lag problems when in a game with more than one player? i went through port forwarding and everything and it didn't really work.
You should make sure that you have it fixed before playing. I know back in the day I was forced to set my computer to some kind of DMZ setting with the old router (I'm a tech fish so this may sound stupid, but the option was called DMZ and basically opened all ports iirc), to play SC.
On July 08 2009 11:40 Jayde wrote:
Will replays be posted here on TL.net?
I realize that reps must be recorded by all the players, but I wanted to double check that some, if not all of the reps would be posted.
Probably
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On July 08 2009 09:58 InToTheWannaB wrote:
im hoping to get 3 great players on my team in the random 4v4 and carry my ass.
That's my strategy aswell :o
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on abattoir, zealots and/or dragoons spawn outside the base on some positions like 7 and 11
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On July 08 2009 12:31 wolfy4033 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2009 09:58 InToTheWannaB wrote:
im hoping to get 3 great players on my team in the random 4v4 and carry my ass. That's my strategy aswell :o
u get 1 other player, and 2 comp allies.
So ya, better hope the comps aren't ur best bet.
However, the Protoss comps rush w/ 12 zealots (most of 'em, some do dt rushes) so if u time it right, u could join the protoss-comp and have like 20 zeals rushing someone.. Also! They have built-in maphack, so if u haven't scouted ur enemy yet, they'll lead u right to 'em..
U also have to watch out for enemy comps tho :O
Z's attack w/ hydra/lurk
and T's of course rush w/ mm
like 20% of the time comps are bugged tho, and do realyl stupid strats, like FE protoss w/ spread out cannons all over their base.
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hahah this is going to be a blast
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Ahh man that is frickin pimp, can't wait for these games.
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Calgary25973 Posts
On July 08 2009 12:41 jtan wrote:
on abattoir, zealots and/or dragoons spawn outside the base on some positions like 7 and 11
Thanks, I'll look into fixing it before the event. Regardless, the main concern is marines since it is EXTREMELY unlikely that Protoss will place a gateway there and use it. I tested all the spots for marines and they work.
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On July 08 2009 13:25 Mortician wrote:
VODS + Day[9] casting!
haha definitely
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i wish we coould do z-pwn or build tug o war. me and my friend are undefeated
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Is EST Australia or america?
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So for the 2c2pv2c2p, having 1 player kill all but 1 worker and abusing comp ai with it is allowed? :D
And, (sorry if this has been answered already), if you already won a key through the other two contests can you enter and win a key in this one too?
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On July 08 2009 07:29 FrozenArbiter wrote:Sigh, fixed them. It's because my browser crashed the first time I wrote this, so I forgot to fix the dates the second time (I had written up a draft of this ages ago, and those were the provisionary dates)
You and your damn firefox FA :p
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Nooooooooooo, this looks so fun, i had just finished writing my PM when i looked at the dates, i was all like
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On July 08 2009 16:20 extracheez wrote:
Is EST Australia or america?
EST is american. youre thinking of AEST (australian eastern standard time).
aest is kst + 1
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16957 Posts
Wait...
...aren't replays unsaveable in Team CTF setting? If so, what's to prevent one team from just lying and say they won even though they didn't?
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Sweden33719 Posts
Screenshots of "you are victorious" and score screen, like people had to do back before replays ;p
On July 08 2009 16:58 Nightmarjoo wrote:
So for the 2c2pv2c2p, having 1 player kill all but 1 worker and abusing comp ai with it is allowed? :D
And, (sorry if this has been answered already), if you already won a key through the other two contests can you enter and win a key in this one too?
If you think it's worth playing 1p2c vs 2p1c, then go ahead haha
Remember, you have to let it die if you can produce a second worker.
And yes, you can play, but you have to give both keys away (obviously, since you can't use 2 keys yourself lol). But yeah, you can play, just list two people instead of one under 2nd beta key.
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question if lets say you play in the first tour, and loss. Then you show up at the next 3 tours and there are no shows. Can you fill in and play twice that way?
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Sweden33719 Posts
Hrm, I think that's preferable to having a no-show, but most likely there'll be plenty of reserves (at least I hope so).
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16957 Posts
Will you let us know if other people put us down for their second person?
Also, when will we know our tour times? Can we get a confirmation that the Betakey PM was received or something? <_<
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Sweden33719 Posts
Will probably send a mass PM once it fills up. Probably not going to let people know who picked them for their 2nd key unless they win - it's just a lot of extra work..
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god daaaamn , this tournament is so awesome , but its going to be soooo hard to win this beta keys . so no chance for me ... ;( but maybe i will participate jut 4 fun
btw : those FFA maps are just awesome :O !!!
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Old time luker here, please sign me up!
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On July 09 2009 05:40 luk-out wrote:Old time luker here, please sign me up!
Nice sign up date. That is crazy pro.
btw: If you actually want to get entered you have to send FrozenArbiter the PM with the required info I believe.
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What happens if i write PP and not PPP?!?
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Sweden33719 Posts
Jono, he already has =]
SirGlinG, we'll send a hitsquad to your place of residence to take you out. Why'd you think we needed the names of everyone!?
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I can't believe there isn't a 4v4 Team Melee.... On fastest (or BGH). Or Island maps? So many underused forms of the game...
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Island maps are very bad for zerg, which is probably why there aren't any.
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I'm not sure when I'm working next week so I don't want to put a date down. Is there still room?
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The following bugs are illegal for use in games:
- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking
Dang that means no air micro. =P
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Calgary25973 Posts
On July 09 2009 21:24 Zev wrote:Show nested quote +
The following bugs are illegal for use in games:
- A bug which allows your units to remain stacked while moving/attacking
Dang that means no air micro. =P
If you don't understand this bug, the chances of you doing it by accident are 0.00000001%.
You don't understand this bug.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
Here's how we eliminate all confusion
"- A bug which allows ground units to remain stacked while moving/attacking"
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On July 10 2009 01:22 Plexa wrote:
Here's how we eliminate all confusion
"- A bug which allows ground units to remain stacked while moving/attacking"
Wasn't it fixed? I mean, I remember using it few years ago to SCV rush, but blizz patched it
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Hmmm, so where all the slots filled from pre-signed up ppl already, pretty sure I signed up just just an hour after the post was made and not got a pm back?
Should keep practicing in case of no-shows each day eitherway.
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Did no one else notice that when you hover over the link to this at the top of the page, it says "Why so srs?"
Can anyone explain?
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Nice to see different types of competition other than just 1v1 :D
I'm a god at FFA! Too bad I can't make it =(!
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I'm so terrible, it'd be a waste of a spot to put me in May as well give it to someone with a dying chance.
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Sweden33719 Posts
On July 11 2009 17:39 MutaDoom wrote:I'm so terrible, it'd be a waste of a spot to put me in May as well give it to someone with a dying chance.
Lol, please don't think this way =p There's a good number of spots left.
On July 10 2009 05:07 Adeeler wrote:
Hmmm, so where all the slots filled from pre-signed up ppl already, pretty sure I signed up just just an hour after the post was made and not got a pm back?
Should keep practicing in case of no-shows each day eitherway.
You are in, I've only PM:ed people back who didn't submit complete info. There'll be a mass-pm later once all the groups are sorted out.
It's not full yet.
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My internet connection can only play 1v1...
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On July 11 2009 17:39 MutaDoom wrote:I'm so terrible, it'd be a waste of a spot to put me in May as well give it to someone with a dying chance.
I'm a low level D player at BEST and I entered. The game types are so absurd that almost anyone can win if they get lucky.
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Especially in the first few rounds... One person probably won't make or break the team in the 4v4.
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I can't wait for this! This is going to be awesome!!!
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All D and D- players should enter this tournament to improve the odds for us D+ players
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when are we going to know whether or not we are playing?
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Sweden33719 Posts
If you signed up, you are in - it's not full. I'm trying to work out brackets right now (been spending many hours today adding peoples prefered dates into excel etc).
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In my PM I missspelled my ICCUP Acc: ESC Reaver -->> ESC.Reaver
Does that matter (I dont want to spam you with pms )
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Sweden33719 Posts
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alright cool, thanks FA.
Can you let us know what day (fri/sat/sun) we got in the op so we can plan ahead accordingly? thanks again
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Were we supposed to receive confirmation which tournament we're in? o.o
I want to become the next IronToss!
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seems like i'm in, i just received the "typo" mails.
but the first tour is today, so it would be great to know, wether i play in this tour or another one.
(i don't care which one you put me in, i have plenty of time right now^^)
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Ironman Tour #1 starts in 01:10:38.
but no brackets/grid/draw whatever?
*sry for dbl post. didn't see that no one posted before me
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is someone in this going to stream maybe? it would be cool. looks crazy would like to watch matches live in some way
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i signed up for Tour 4 but still havent heard back if i got in or not. will we get a pm saying whether we got in or not by then?
nvm just got the pm right now xD
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