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The Highlander
July 14th, 2009 19:17 GMT
Image thanks to Xeofreestyler
The Highlander
There Can Be Only One
There is a final community cash prize tourney. One more cutthroat, more brutal than any before. The Highlander. This tourney features an invite list of the hottest foreigners with a prelim tourney open to the public. The catch? This tourney has no loser bracket, and will only award one player. That is right: Only One gets the prize. Winner takes all.
The Prelim qualification tourney
This weekend Saturday the 18th @ 21 CET we will be hosting the prelim tourney. This tourney is registration based and requires each interested participant to PM either {88}iNcontroL or Plexa on TeamLiquid.net in order to sign up. Once you PM me or Plexa with you ICCUP ID we will give you the channel and confirm your registration. We will then add you randomly to the bracket. Signups close at Friday 23 CET.
The format for the prelim tourney is bo3 through all rounds with the final 4 qualifying for the final tourney. Each round will have a starting map designated at the tourney day with the loser picking a map from our map pool.
The Highlander Tourney
Format: 32 man tourney with 28 invites and 4 qualifying from the prelim. As before, each round will have a starting map designated at the tourney day with the loser picking a map from our map pool.
Round of 32 and 16 will be played on the weekend of Saturday the 25th. Final time etc will be posted the week prior. Round of 8 along with semis and finals will be played on the weekend of August 1st. Semi's/finals will be casted with vods uploaded and shared via TL.net.
Rules: Pretty simple, this is a community tourney ran by {88}iNcontroL and aided by TL.net big guns like Plexa and Kennigit. Everything is fairly typical.
1. Any abuse/cheating will be banned / removed asap.
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with.
3. Disconnects will be a regame unless one player is clearly winning. All cases will be handled by an admin if both players cannot agree.
4. Maps can be played only once per series unless both players agree to replay a map.
5. All replays must be saved and sent to Plexa/Me after each round. Any round without replays is subject to replay/forfeit by player without replays.
6. Allied mines/etc all not allowed.. standard rules.
7. Plexa and I are God.. whatever we say sticks and we reserve the right to make a binding decision on the fly. We have you, the players, best intentions in mind.. please just trust us to run a smooth tourney! (or die trying)
The Invite Players
-Mondragon
-ESC.Kolll
-mTw-Horror
-mTw-Infernal
-ESC.Dreiven
-ToT)Paranoid(
-ToT)ret(
-ESC.White-rA
-ESC.Strelok
-RoX.Dimaga
-Advokate
-Brat_Ok
-ToT)Aerials(
-ESC.Jianfei
-EG.G5
-EG.Machine
-EG.Louder
-EG.Nyoken -> replaced with Deska
-IdrA
-Castro]Ex[
-LRM-Fenix
-ToT)Squall(
-ESC.Dinot
-Archon]Ex[ (has decided not to play) TellMewhy]Ex[ gets spot
-ToT)Naugrim(
-ESC.Mana
-ToT)eriador( -> LRM)Octoberzerg gets spot
-EG.Lzgamer
Bolded players have confirmed
These players need to PM me or Plexa before Saturday the 25th. If they do not confirm or show we will have backups from either the prelim or this list:
1. osR-Killer
2. Deska
3. Octoberzerg
4. Ptak
5. TellMeWhy]Ex[
6. SawyerZZZ
7. TOT)Moonshine(
8. ToT)Ace(
9. SL.Goody
10. mTw-Naruto
These backups need to PM me/or Plexa for the prelim tourney to be confirmed.
The map pool for the prelim AND final tourney is:
- Destination
- God's Garden
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Colosseum
- Neo Forte
- Neo Lost Temple
- Sin Gaema Gowon
The maps will be the most recent versions from ICCUP. In case you can't work it out still, here is the mappack
This is a community tourney.. ran by me and Plexa. This is not an official Teamliquid tourney... they are helping cause they are amazing but all problems/questions should be directed to ME.
You are probably wondering what the prize is? Well how does: $700 sound? Not bad right?
happy hunting.
Thx to ICCUP as a partner:
www.iccup.com
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Love the map pool, ahhahaha
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16957 Posts
Wow nice 
Teamliquid always runs the best tournaments <_<
And always with tons of cash too hahaha
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Cool. This looks interesting,
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Holy crap sounds awesome, how many will you be letting into the prelims? 32 there aswell?
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Is there gonna be a stream?
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nice little taste of oldschool 
I'll be playing!
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Sounds pretty interesting, looking forward to it
Forte is pretty sick as well.
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
Wow pretty neet. Nice opportunity to make an extra buck or two. Are the finals going to be streamed, or are we looking at getting VODs?
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
Inc will be running it. TL will be live streaming it and helping him where he needs it. We will be streaming from the semis on.
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Very good initiative, foreign Starcraft: Brood War might be in its last days - but those are days of glory, and some dollars! GG, and good luck to the players - I'll be enjoying the casts :D
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
There will be some VODs released from the tournament as well as replays. More of those details to come!
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
finals will be commentated and vods will be available. Stream not sure about yet.
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United States12607 Posts
Thank goodness, a nice old fashioned invite tourney! I hope all of the invited players show...it'd be a sick, sick field!
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United States11390 Posts
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map list kinda sucks but it should still be fun to watch
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Very cool nice list of players can't wait.
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United States17042 Posts
Very nice. I love the map list ^^ some old favorites on there, and they should produce some very interesting games.
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the invited players are all pro the 4 final players making it really needs alot of luck to make it far.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
INVITES NEED TO PM ME ASAP BTW
so if you know anyone have em PM me or plexa
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Sin Gaema Gowon, nice : D
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
btw huge thanks to xeo for the sexy graphic
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wow this looks really awesome
the prize idea is awesome and I must say I'm surprised you guys managed to muster up so much cash
can't wait for the games, may the best man win!
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Good luck playing PvZ on Sin Gaema Gowon or Neo Forte XD
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Perhaps you guys should allow people to donate to the prize pool--just to make this even more outrageous I guess more cash involved = more risk of attempted abuse, but it could make the tournament even better by raising the intensity of competition.
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haha Neo Forte that maps AWESOME
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Gj for organising this, seems great
I'm not sure if I can make it on Saturday. Should I still sign up?
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what Rank on Iccup to enter XD?
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i fuckin' love the map pool :D
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On July 15 2009 04:58 StalinRusH wrote:
AWW no a2?
A2 = Advokate = aoOa (more recently)
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I can't believe I wasn't invited!
Sounds like an awesome tourney that could stir up some good drama, seeing how 2nd place is as bad as finishing last, at least prize-wise
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On July 15 2009 05:00 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
finals will be commentated and vods will be available. Stream not sure about yet.
who by?
+ Show Spoiler +
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Yeah, I'm excited. That invite list is crazyawesome.
Thanks for putting in the effort to put this on. =)
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strange map pool, and i'm actually surprised day9 is only on the backup list but w/e.
Thanks for doing this, i hope for some goo VODs
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Nice invite field. I'm hoping for exactly one not to show up so Day[9] can get in though :p
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On July 15 2009 05:19 littlechava wrote:A2 = Advokate = aoOa (more recently)
crap...i know that i just didnt see it...my bad
I thought it was kind of weird that he wasnt in it
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Half of EG invites are there clearly because incontrol is one of the organizers.
Not that I care, they'll just get eliminated right away.
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i hear get.shauni wants a spot, would that be possible
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You guys should definitely livestream at least the Ro8 games and beyond, even round of 16 if they aren't all played at the same time. I'm sure you can find 4-8 volunteers to obs and stream, and the community would really like to follow their favorites the whole way (at least I would).
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On July 15 2009 05:39 MannerMan wrote:
You guys should definitely livestream at least the Ro8 games and beyond, even round of 16 if they aren't all played at the same time. I'm sure you can find 4-8 volunteers to obs and stream, and the community would really like to follow their favorites the whole way (at least I would).
I agree, would be awesome.
Btw poor Oystein, not even on backup list :/
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IdrA should win this pretty easily.
I wonder if his coach lets him play in stuff like this during practice hours, or if he needs to do it in his free time?
EDIT: Where's KwaiiRice or w/e his name is?
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Pretty long list, hope everything goes smoothly. Who is providing the $500 ansadi dollars? :-O
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Lol KawaiiRice is decent but he's not of the top caliber like those listed. I also don't think IdrA will win this easily. I mean, he is the favorite if there is one, but Strelok, White_rA, and Mondragon are all capable of taking him down as well as a few others on the list.
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On July 15 2009 05:37 zulu_nation8 wrote:
i hear get.shauni wants a spot, would that be possible
Yeah, I wanna see Shauni in this!
I think Idra's going to win though.
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Is this sponsored by Xbox? That marine suit is a bit suspicious...
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On July 15 2009 05:36 Ahzz wrote:
Half of EG invites are there clearly because incontrol is one of the organizers.
Not that I care, they'll just get eliminated right away.
lol.... ahzz.....lol......
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iNcontroL
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there is a prelim for the very good players that sadly were not included like shauni, oystein and some good ol lithuanian players AREW
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On July 15 2009 06:04 Lz wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 05:36 Ahzz wrote:
Half of EG invites are there clearly because incontrol is one of the organizers.
Not that I care, they'll just get eliminated right away. lol.... ahzz.....lol......
i have to agree.
arew, yayba?
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On July 15 2009 05:15 theqat wrote:Perhaps you guys should allow people to donate to the prize pool--just to make this even more outrageous I guess more cash involved = more risk of attempted abuse, but it could make the tournament even better by raising the intensity of competition. Anyone who wants to donate to the prize pool is more than welcome to. Just PM any staff member or inc and we can take it form there
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On July 15 2009 06:07 jingXD wrote:
Does NonY still play?
aside from a bit to brush up for my match against F91 in march, i havent practiced since late january
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I can't wait! Ima replay hungery hog!! This will be awsome, and nice prize pool ( GOM is 500 amiright?? )
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Whoever choose gaema gowon is my hero haha..
Lookin' forward to this for sure!
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Sounds awesome. I can't wait.
I'm looking forward to it regardless but I wish you guys would be a little more ambitious about streaming/commentating. There are quite a few people who have the livestream.com stuff pretty well figured out (I've watched random commentated games on LZ, TOT and Ret's stream before) and it would be cool if there was some unofficial obs commentating going on. Not complete coverage but some picking and choosing would be awesome. The random brackets may mean we get some good matches early: I want to see Ret against Idra streamed even if it's round 1
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Ret vs Idra in the finals ? >
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On July 15 2009 06:33 ChaseR wrote:Ret vs Idra in the finals ? >
not if one eliminates the other before then.
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LOL Forte in the map pool hells yeah! That map rocks. Lets see some awesome games!
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Idra vs. one of the Russian boys in the final.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
I forgot some top players obviously
It isn't like I sat around and thought up the perfect list for 3 hours.. so xiaozi needs to qualify! Hope he tries.
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how many clans is represented in this tour? 4-5? thats way to few.. there is good players in not so good clans too, that could beat many of these guys, and would make this tour far more interesting...
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On July 15 2009 06:46 KimmoL wrote:
how many clans is represented in this tour? 4-5? thats way to few.. there is good players in not so good clans too, that could beat many of these guys, and would make this tour far more interesting...
They are more than welcome to qualify in off one of the 4 possible spots
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hmmm ... couple of Bignames are missing 
but still i think that its going to be one helluva tournament GL to all !!!
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Thanks inc, I can't wait.
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i will win this tourney 
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Gonna be a cool tournament, and if Idra wins i will cry.
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Idra undefeated?
GL to everyone playing... I hope for some truely epic games.
I'd play in the prelim' if I didnt think it would be more of a waste of electricity.
I'm betting Idra... but I'm a Zerg at heart and hope someone can pull it out for the swarm. GL HF
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not TOOO important, but DIMAGA is in RoX., not ESC.
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Ya, I was wondering why there was no such as Arew or Draco or even Yayba, some of them been doing pretty well recently.
but ya, Idra might have a strong shot at winning - since he's beat most of the list recently.
But ya, due to maps, luck and opening strategy, he might be taken out pretty soon.
gL
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Thanks for the invite geoff . People fail to realize there are more than 28 top foriegners on the bw scene and that he can't accomidate everyone. GL to everyone.
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People are going to get left out, deal with it. If they deserve a spot, they'll qualify O_O!
There's also no sense really in inviting someone like Nony (doesnt practice anymore) or Draco (doesn't practice either)... and Idra is obviously the favorite, probably only White-Ra and Ret are capable of beating him right now, everyone else should get stomped pretty easily barring some stroke of luck.
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Cool looking tour, only the winner is winner
IdrA will propably take it, but we'll see.
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
hey guys
I already said "sorry bout the people who were missed"
Stop bitching.
Let them qualify via the prelim or just enjoy yet another cash tour with good games!
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Castro/T_T1/Sung fighting ~~
love how all the EG's are in a line except Lz
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Please invite mistrzzz, that is all i ask.
GL running the tourny, this looks like it will be very nice.
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Haha, I wish mistrzzz did those FPVods again. The one where he just kept saying MAP HACK was hilarious.
If ret can avoid playing idra until the finals, I think he can do extremely well.
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Chill,,,will be play? i hope yes
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wow a $500 prize pool? that's decent!
good luck to all!
especially white-ra and dreiven ^^
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On July 15 2009 05:08 {88}iNcontroL wrote:btw huge thanks to xeo for the sexy graphic
<3
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livestream sucks for rushes.... u can have friend watching and telling if any rush or hidden expo is happening... u can do it like in counter strike where HLTV ( cs equivalent stream ingame) where u can put delay, don´t know if thats possible on livestream or any other stream like 3 minute delay would make it perfectly fair. gl with tour.
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The banner says "There can only be one".
It should be "There can be only one".
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Nice event, good luck to all, and I hope you release the reps.
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On July 15 2009 09:29 csfield wrote:
The banner says "There can only be one".
It should be "There can be only one".
pish posh.
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On July 15 2009 09:29 csfield wrote:
The banner says "There can only be one".
It should be "There can be only one".
I think the first is more grammatically correct. I'm not sure though and by no means and English major. Regardless, they're both used.
Edit: Oh, and looking forward to this. Hopefully Xiaozi tries to qualify.
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On July 15 2009 10:14 Durak wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 09:29 csfield wrote:
The banner says "There can only be one".
It should be "There can be only one". I think the first is more grammatically correct. I'm not sure though and by no means and English major. Regardless, they're both used. Edit: Oh, and looking forward to this. Hopefully Xiaozi tries to qualify.
It doesn't have to do with which is grammatically correct, it has to do with which is the proper quote from the movie.
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And for the record, the latter is grammatically correct. >.<
Good luck Ret, although getting through the apparent competition will be tough!
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On July 15 2009 06:24 Liquid`NonY wrote:aside from a bit to brush up for my match against F91 in march, i havent practiced since late january
Ah, that's too bad. I'm a big fan! Hope to see you back in SC2.
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Belgium6766 Posts
Yeah I lol I found out about that messed up quote too late
I might change it
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$500, holy shit. I doubt anyone is gonna turn that down. Gonna be some sick games.
Bets on what Idra does after losing?
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No mondragon? :'( that makes me very sad.
And shouldnt xiaozi be in this somewhere? As an invite i mean.
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On July 15 2009 09:28 xicoo wrote:
livestream sucks for rushes.... u can have friend watching and telling if any rush or hidden expo is happening... u can do it like in counter strike where HLTV ( cs equivalent stream ingame) where u can put delay, don´t know if thats possible on livestream or any other stream like 3 minute delay would make it perfectly fair. gl with tour.
There is a delay from what is actually going on and what is being shown on teh stream, its not long 10 seconds i think so i guess that can work, I dont think any of these players would cheat like that seeing as how MOST of them are GM and nice people. Also i think you can change the delay, so make it 30 seconds or a minute idk if you can thats just what i heard.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On July 15 2009 13:39 GreEny K wrote:
No mondragon? :'( that makes me very sad.
....did you even read the list 0_o ?
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iNcontroL
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btw I am getting AMAZING names for the prelim.. tot)haypro(, shauni, future, kwark, inka moman.. etc.
Going to be real nice already
bolded are confirmed people!
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Geoff, I smiled at that post =P Come on man!
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iNcontroL
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On July 15 2009 09:29 csfield wrote:
The banner says "There can only be one".
It should be "There can be only one".
In all honesty you should stfu. I mean I'm uncertain which one is technically correct but the way they posted is sounds like correct English so that's good with me.
It kinda pisses me off that they changed the Thou Shall in the commandments to Thou Shalt.. (wtf shalt? that sounds like crap) and this is me venting.
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On July 15 2009 14:30 {88}iNcontroL wrote:btw I am getting AMAZING names for the prelim.. tot)haypro(, shauni, future, kwark, inka moman.. etc. Going to be real nice already bolded are confirmed people!
... and sMi.Arcology, that guy is mega gosu (I will get out in first round of prelims though)
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On July 15 2009 15:05 Jonoman92 wrote:
It kinda pisses me off that they changed the Thou Shall in the commandments to Thou Shalt.. (wtf shalt? that sounds like crap) and this is me venting.
Actually, Thou Shalt is the way it was used in the bible...so...
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I haven't seen players like machine play in a long time, looking forward to this tournament a lot
great job in organizing this tournament!
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if kolll takes part Im so interested how well he'll do
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Just curious. If Chinese aren't allowed in the tourney for lag-related reasons, shouldn't anyone from Korea be excluded as well? Or does Korea have like super internet that's >>> China's? (Honest question)
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Korea's internet is like one of the best in the world...
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On July 15 2009 20:17 Mazer wrote:
Just curious. If Chinese aren't allowed in the tourney for lag-related reasons, shouldn't anyone from Korea be excluded as well? Or does Korea have like super internet that's >>> China's? (Honest question)
That's exactly the case. Are you new to the scene?
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konadora
Singapore66145 Posts
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Wow! What a lineup! Excellent work iNcontrol & TL Peeps.
However- iNcontrol, you didn't invite yourself?
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This is going to be so awesome.
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Make IdrA play the cheesiest player plz
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On July 15 2009 21:45 Mortician wrote:
Make IdrA play the cheesiest player plz
Hehe! IdrA handles cheese pretty well these days though. (:
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On July 15 2009 04:17 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with.
So that means that Chinese from People`s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Vietnam etc. are all excluded from the tournament? Gee, must be tough when your nationality determines whether or not you have lag issues.
But seriously, that rule needs to be clarified, lest someone takes it the way I showed above.
In any case, this is a preety good tourtnament. Lots of interesting names. This also represents a chance for good players who are not established progamers to prove themselves. I seriously hope a replay pack will be available.
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On July 15 2009 22:43 Tom Phoenix wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 04:17 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with. So that means that Chinese from People`s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Vietnam etc. are all excluded from the tournament? Gee, must be tough when your nationality determines whether or not you have lag issues. But seriously, that rule needs to be clarified, lest someone takes it the way I showed above. In any case, this is a preety good tourtnament. Lots of interesting names. This also represents a chance for good players who are not established progamers to prove themselves. I seriously hope a replay pack will be available.
everyone that plays bw at a competitive level would know what that rule means.
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I'm pretty sure that if you are living outside china, you can play.
And simply what happens when a korean B-team pro or some good pro comes from prelims and stomps everyone, that could happen too.
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On July 15 2009 22:43 Tom Phoenix wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 04:17 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with. So that means that Chinese from People`s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Vietnam etc. are all excluded from the tournament? Gee, must be tough when your nationality determines whether or not you have lag issues. But seriously, that rule needs to be clarified, lest someone takes it the way I showed above. In any case, this is a preety good tourtnament. Lots of interesting names. This also represents a chance for good players who are not established progamers to prove themselves. I seriously hope a replay pack will be available.
We should clarify the "no hacking" rule too, because people could get it confused with physically going outside and chopping firewood. We don't want to accidentally ban people from heating their houses now do we?
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iNcontroL
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before I even get into the "rules" I state that this is a fairly straightforward and common tourney as far as rules go.
We have been doing this for 11 years guys.. lets at least pretend we have a general understanding of what is expected as far as rules go from tourneys.
The chinese have been excluded.. it sucks but not as much as dealing with articles about why a player should advance despite the terrible lag.
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iNcontroL
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yayba, tarson, killer, knif, gotunk, enivid and others all signed up btw.. going to be nice I think!
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i appreciate the invite but i havnt played in a while so i wont be able to participate, hopefully the spot can be given to someone who deserves it more
thx again and gl with the tour<3, i hope ill be able to enjoy it as a fan (livestream it!)
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iNcontroL
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On July 16 2009 01:42 iamtt1 wrote:
i appreciate the invite but i havnt played in a while so i wont be able to participate, hopefully the spot can be given to someone who deserves it more
thx again and gl with the tour<3, i hope ill be able to enjoy this as a fan (livestream it!)
Sorry to hear that! Thanks for the reply though dude.. gl.
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how large is this prelim tourney going to be? like 128 people or somethin
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iNcontroL
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draco's manager just contacted me.. he cannot play this month anyways.
inertinept: however big it is.. it is sign up based.
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On July 16 2009 02:33 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
draco's manager just contacted me.. he cannot play this month anyways.
inertinept: however big it is.. it is sign up based.
Wth? He has a manager? He's not even active and he still has a manager. What a baller.
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On July 15 2009 15:27 Mortician wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 15:05 Jonoman92 wrote:
It kinda pisses me off that they changed the Thou Shall in the commandments to Thou Shalt.. (wtf shalt? that sounds like crap) and this is me venting. Actually, Thou Shalt is the way it was used in the bible...so...
Yea and the Bible is an evil book responsible for the death of millions of people throughout history... So why copy it?
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On July 16 2009 04:16 Jonoman92 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 15:27 Mortician wrote:On July 15 2009 15:05 Jonoman92 wrote:
It kinda pisses me off that they changed the Thou Shall in the commandments to Thou Shalt.. (wtf shalt? that sounds like crap) and this is me venting. Actually, Thou Shalt is the way it was used in the bible...so... Yea and the Bible is an evil book responsible for the death of millions of people throughout history... So why copy it?
Yea and the Bible is a great book responsible for saving the lives of billions of people throughout history...
If you wanna bash religion at least come up with a unique argument and don't spit out that dumb shit, or at least consider both sides and weigh them.
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or, you both could stop debating religion in an invite tournament thread lol
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Where's the fun in that though? I was just trying to fight against technically proper grammar that sounds like crap. I think it's a duty all English speakers should partake in.
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aah the confirming list is pretty bold already ^_^ great
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I hope White-Ra is gonna play.
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On July 16 2009 00:15 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 22:43 Tom Phoenix wrote:On July 15 2009 04:17 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with. So that means that Chinese from People`s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Vietnam etc. are all excluded from the tournament? Gee, must be tough when your nationality determines whether or not you have lag issues. But seriously, that rule needs to be clarified, lest someone takes it the way I showed above. In any case, this is a preety good tourtnament. Lots of interesting names. This also represents a chance for good players who are not established progamers to prove themselves. I seriously hope a replay pack will be available. We should clarify the "no hacking" rule too, because people could get it confused with physically going outside and chopping firewood. We don't want to accidentally ban people from heating their houses now do we?
People are more likely to misunderstand the rule I point out, especially considering some people often tend to show animosity towards the Chinese. On the other hand, nobody hates people who chop wood.
On July 15 2009 23:57 LosingID8 wrote:everyone that plays bw at a competitive level would know what that rule means.
I hope so.
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EDIT: THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS, LIKE LONG MEADOWS OF FLOWERS ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY ^.^
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Braavos36374 Posts
dude Skeptical, take it down a notch rofl, his intentions are good
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On July 16 2009 08:27 CaStrO wrote:
hmm confirm¿?
thanks castro
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almost all of the invitational players have accept the invitation already, pretty sick.
EDIT: almost forgot, about the match format, how is the opponent being choose? like, for example, if Plexa feel like it, he would put me in the first match against Idra. Does it work like that?
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On July 16 2009 08:49 Hot_Bid wrote:
dude Skeptical, take it down a notch rofl, his intentions are good
Sowwy. Got warned for it, won't happen again .
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
On July 16 2009 11:36 genryou wrote:
almost all of the invitational players have accept the invitation already, pretty sick.
EDIT: almost forgot, about the match format, how is the opponent being choose? like, for example, if Plexa feel like it, he would put me in the first match against Idra. Does it work like that?
Randomly generated brackets
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I think its pretty strange shauni aint even on the backup list!
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ToT)aCe( and LRM)Ace not the same. i've registered as LRM)Ace.
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epic maps ^^ LT
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On July 16 2009 20:08 Get.Midikem wrote:
I think its pretty strange shauni aint even on the backup list!
i feel that its strage that a bunch of mediocre players im friends with arent on the list as well!
theres a ton of mid level players who arent going to accomplish anything and theres no objective way to pick which ones deserve it more, inc is putting up the 500$ so he gets to pick his friends over your friends. if you want to snub eg and let shauni lose first round in a tournament you can go ahead and host one yourself.
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Braavos36374 Posts
On July 17 2009 01:48 IdrA wrote:Show nested quote +On July 16 2009 20:08 Get.Midikem wrote:
I think its pretty strange shauni aint even on the backup list! i feel that its strage that a bunch of mediocre players im friends with arent on the list as well! theres a ton of mid level players who arent going to accomplish anything and theres no objective way to pick which ones deserve it more, inc is putting up the 500$ so he gets to pick his friends over your friends. if you want to snub eg and let shauni lose first round in a tournament you can go ahead and host one yourself.
That's not entirely accurate, because the money wasn't provided by Inc but rather by a donor who donated it to TeamLiquid to use for this tournament. I don't think donating the money means you get to pick exactly who you want either (unless its somehow made clear at the outset), but that's another issue.
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the guy who was gonna give money to inc until he told him to put it towards a tournament instead?
hes responsible for the money going into the tournament
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Braavos36374 Posts
On July 17 2009 02:22 IdrA wrote:
the guy who was gonna give money to inc until he told him to put it towards a tournament instead?
hes responsible for the money going into the tournament
You'll have to talk to Kennigit and Inc to get the exact details.
Regardless, the $500 is to be used for the tournament.
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On July 16 2009 08:08 Tom Phoenix wrote:Show nested quote +On July 16 2009 00:15 Hot_Bid wrote:On July 15 2009 22:43 Tom Phoenix wrote:On July 15 2009 04:17 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
2. This is a chinese free tourney. Sorry. The lag issues is simply too much for me, an amateur organizer to deal with. So that means that Chinese from People`s Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Canada, Vietnam etc. are all excluded from the tournament? Gee, must be tough when your nationality determines whether or not you have lag issues. But seriously, that rule needs to be clarified, lest someone takes it the way I showed above. In any case, this is a preety good tourtnament. Lots of interesting names. This also represents a chance for good players who are not established progamers to prove themselves. I seriously hope a replay pack will be available. We should clarify the "no hacking" rule too, because people could get it confused with physically going outside and chopping firewood. We don't want to accidentally ban people from heating their houses now do we? People are more likely to misunderstand the rule I point out, especially considering some people often tend to show animosity towards the Chinese. On the other hand, nobody hates people who chop wood. Show nested quote +On July 15 2009 23:57 LosingID8 wrote:everyone that plays bw at a competitive level would know what that rule means. I hope so.
the only person who doesn't seem to understand is you
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stfu idra u know pretty well how good shauni is!
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{88}iNcontroL u get my confirm ?
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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'DOES TEAMLIQUID WANT ME AS PLAYER AND NOT JUST AS BACKUP? SCREAM YEEES! :D
Kidding, its still a honor to be a backup player :D! ...
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On July 17 2009 03:45 Get.Midikem wrote:
stfu idra u know pretty well how good shauni is!
Midikem stop it with the fanboyism already...
+ Show Spoiler +although I laughed over naruto being on the list
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On July 17 2009 05:41 Kennigit wrote:
Confirmed White-Ra.
awesome, I hope so see some amazing games from him.
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This is such a classic stereotype invitation Tournament. ESC TOT blablabalbalbala.
I dont really care if shauni is not in the list or not.He is so hard to deal with but i bet he can win at least 40% of this players.
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There are plenty of decent foreigners (some better than the ones on the list) that didn't get an invite. Shauni is good enough to pass the prelims, so why does it matter if he isn't invited? I don't think playing a few extra games is going to ruin his day, even if some "less deserving" people were invited.
As Unk. would say, why not?
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I love how when anyone does anything nice for the community like half the people just bitch about it, and pick on whats wrong with it. Be thankful anyone doing anything like this anyway, and leting us watch it. They could by all rights just have a tourny like this, and never let the general BW community see any of the game. They still have fun. WTF do they care if we watch them? Remember its us who enjoy watching them play not the other way around.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
On July 16 2009 08:34 SkepTicAL wrote:
EDIT: THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS, LIKE LONG MEADOWS OF FLOWERS ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY ^.^
hahahaha this post pre-edit
paulie i love you
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Valhalla18444 Posts
On July 17 2009 15:36 tAssA[pR] wrote:
This is such a classic stereotype invitation Tournament. ESC TOT blablabalbalbala.
I dont really care if shauni is not in the list or not.He is so hard to deal with but i bet he can win at least 40% of this players.
whoooooooo caaaaaaaares
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iNcontroL
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rofl
I KNEW I shoulda shaken it up and filled this tourney with non ToT ESC or other top players!
I'd love a mediocre finals! loool
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obviously.
Chill vs Combat-EX in the final would be MUCH better !
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On July 17 2009 19:05 {88}iNcontroL wrote:
rofl
I KNEW I shoulda shaken it up and filled this tourney with non ToT ESC or other top players!
I'd love a mediocre finals! loool
please don't do this, mediocre finals maybe good for noob class but not good for big broadcast
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iNcontroL
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Fun 2 see Deska getting a shot! The only one i dont know who he is is tellmewhy! But since he is here he is probebly very good. Then from qual enivid, tarson, shauni and yayba will be intresting, 2 polacks and 2 sweades. =) And now atleast shauni is in the tour
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United States11390 Posts
On July 19 2009 09:08 Get.Midikem wrote:Fun 2 see Deska getting a shot! The only one i dont know who he is is tellmewhy! But since he is here he is probebly very good. Then from qual enivid, tarson, shauni and yayba will be intresting, 2 polacks and 2 sweades. =) And now atleast shauni is in the tour
Tellmewhy is Stalife.
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Kennigit
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Louder you don't know what you are talking about and are WRONG. Sooo im just going to delete your post because im a bad mod bad admin bad tl admin etc etc.
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