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OK first things first, it has already taken place so sorry about that!
Onto the match then. It was a series of 6 games played between Maka, everyone's favourite Korean terran, and Cool playing with a name that seems to translate as Fruit Trader. Cool also uses zerg in sc2 and in a snapshot of the Asian server stats taken yesterday he had both the highest rating (2335) and highest win percentage (72.9%, 191 wins and 71 losses) of all the top players. Ontop of that, he took 1st place in the recent PGR21 tournament so it is clear that he will prove a difficult challenge for Maka to overcome.
Without further ado then, the vods:
Game 1 - Lost Temple Game 2 - Metalopolis Game 3 - Metalopolis Game 4 - Steppes of War Game 5 - Steppes of War Game 6 - Metalopolis
Not the most varied map selection but oh well...enjoy!
EDIT - Oh yes, there's also an interesting post on their forums. I'll stick the google translated version here as I think it gives a reasonable outline of what their plans are.
2010年世界杯将近,17173也模拟世界杯进行了一个星际争霸的版本,不过与世界杯不同的是,举办地点定在了中国,8个城市,8个小组,顶尖的星际2高手碰撞,让你享受最完美是视觉盛宴! 17173 will be held so far the world's largest "Star 2" tournament - StarCraft 2 World Cup. 2010 World Cup approaching, 17173 World Cup has also conducted a simulated version of StarCraft, but with the World Cup is different is that the venue be in China, eight cities, eight groups, top 2 masters interstellar collisions, let you enjoy the most perfect visual feast!
下周中国预选赛全面开战,4月26日起,韩国预选赛也拉开战幕,韩国最顶尖的几十位星际2选手将为了进入总决赛的几张韩国代表队门票而展开厮杀。 Qualifying full-scale war in China next week, April 26, the South Korean qualifier also sky, dozens of South Korea's top Starcraft 2 players will enter the finals to South Korean national team a few ticket start killing one another.
目前代表世界最顶尖的星际2选手——水果贩子、Freedom、MAKA等都已确定参赛,其他亚洲BN 靠前的几乎所有选手均已报名,再加上星际1韩国众职业战队的一些选手和曾经的韩国最强魔兽选手,可谓史上最豪华的阵容。 Now representing the world's top StarCraft 2 players - fruit dealers, Freedom, MAKA other entries have been identified, other Asian BN front of almost all the players have registration, together with the public employment Teams Star a number of Korean players and World of Warcraft players in Korea have been the strongest, indeed the history of the most luxurious lineup.
欧洲、美洲的众强手也纷纷摩拳擦掌,受邀参赛,究竟谁是目前《星际2》的王者之师,尽请期待17173星际争霸2世界杯! Europe, the Americas have also gearing up the public strong opponents, was invited to play, Who is the "Star 2" king of the division, please do not expect 17 173 StarCraft 2 World Cup!
下周开始,星际2世界杯的预选赛全面拉开战幕,《一起一起来星际》栏目也全程直播此次赛事,希望大家多多关注,多多支持! Next week, the World Cup qualifiers Star 2 full sky, "together with the Star" column also live transmission of the event, looking forward for your attention, more support!
另,中国区预选赛接受目前BN1600+的选手报名,如果你自认为实力够强,可以参加我们的水友考试,一旦过关,不用这个分数我们也会为了安排预选赛事。 Another Chinese qualifier to accept the current BN1600 + player application, the strength is strong enough if you think you can join our Friends of the examination of water, once the clearance, not the score we will do to arrange qualifying.
想与世界最顶尖的星际2高手切磋吗? Would like the world's top masters demonstrate their Starcraft 2 it?
想在直播的数十万观众面前一展风采吗? Want to live in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators to show their style it?
赶快来报名吧! Come and register!
Original post : http://bbs.17173.com/thread/477/868/20100418/4bcb0d1d9cb379513-1.html
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Anywhere to get replays on this?
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On April 19 2010 22:07 HDstarcraft wrote: Anywhere to get replays on this?
I can't be sure of course but it seems unlikely they will release them. I check the site most days though so if they do appear they'll get a link in this thread.
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These videos are great. Thanks!
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lol nice translation, i will watch the games i want to see korean superterran in action =D
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how to open it on fullscreen ...
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i only get a black screen where the VoD should be guess you need any fancy Korean codec
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On April 20 2010 00:57 Enox wrote:i only get a black screen where the VoD should be  guess you need any fancy Korean codec
You don't need any additional player installed as they are just flash videos I think, maybe you've got noscript or a similar extension for your browser which is blocking them from loading?
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On April 20 2010 01:02 Bane_ wrote:Show nested quote +On April 20 2010 00:57 Enox wrote:i only get a black screen where the VoD should be  guess you need any fancy Korean codec You don't need any additional player installed as they are just flash videos I think, maybe you've got noscript or a similar extension for your browser which is blocking them from loading?
thx! it was Adblock Plus works now
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im so bad at vod watching,, they never seem to look at what i wnat to see when i want to see it
they should do split screen fpvods
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On April 20 2010 00:47 lolreaper wrote: how to open it on fullscreen ...
Firefox -> Wont work. IE -> Will work. edi2t: at least for me 
edit: i totally forgot: thank you very much for these nice vods sir.
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TY BANE!
EDIT: Firefox works for me. :D
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If someone could upload these to youtube it would be much appreciated. They have one of the worst players I've used and I just can't stand it.
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A bit more info has been surfacing on their forum regarding the starcraft 2 world cup they have planned. It seems that the goal is to have a total of 32 players for the main event, with 8 from China, 8 from Korea, 8 from the USA and 8 from Europe (this part is unconfirmed for now, well the USA and Europe teams anyway...but it does seem that they expect to have 32 players).
Qualifying for the Chinese positions already began today with 12 players fighting it out for 3 semi-final spots. No doubt there'll be a steady stream of similar events and info throughout the week.
More interesting for now is that a list of names for the Korean squad was posted up. Freedom, Check, Maka and Cool have all received automatic invites while the remaining 4 spots will be taken by the winners of a 16 player qualification process, those involved are listed below:
cosmic, hongjinho, isskincom, yongsukchang gerrard, ssjm, zenio, dayfly thewind, spunky, hannibal, leeraeun ssks, anypro, slayersboxer, babybaby
Subs incase people don't turn up: inca, bluemassage, pelias
It'll be a pretty sick lineup. 
Has anyone heard anything else regarding the event?
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<3 maka. Thanks for the VODs for those of us without beta!! Greatly appreciated!
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It's always nice to see organizations attempt to generate interest in SC 2 (even before the game is released!), and 17173.com is doing a great job at that with the world cup. It's unfortunate that SC 2 faces a number of issues in China due to the internet infrastructure, political situation, etc., but it's nice to see them try nonetheless.
Thanks for giving us a heads up, Bane.
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So, watching a few of the replays and VODs from Korean and Chinese players, it seems that Zerg has taken a clear lead in Asian SC 2, while Terran is clearly behind. The most common match-up seems to be PvZ.
Edit: a typical PvZ from top platinum players in Asia - http://media.17173.com/sc2/2010-04-20/20100420201110585.shtml
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Wow... every game was so exciting. having some problems viewing game 5 but rest of them were top notch. Why didn't these guys get invited to Star War?
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Gah I hate streaming from asian websites, takes forever. =( Post if/when you get replays please!~
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They've since hosted two more showmatches so I figured it was worth linking the vods here again for those who don't check the 17173.com site.
1. hannibal (T) vs Spunky (P) in a best of 7. hannibal had the highest rating pre-reset (2412) and can reasonably claim to be one of the top terrans on the Asian server as he has placed quite well in a number of their tournaments. Spunky is yet another of what seems like a legion of retired progamers who have resurfaced looking to make a name for themselves again in this new game and was Garimto's pick as the best sc2 protoss when asked during his interview with Artosis. I should note these were played on the 23rd of April (still patch 8) but I don't think that detracts from the games as they play well and employ a range of strategies throughout the series.
Game 1 - Metalopolis Game 2 - Blistering Sands Game 3 - Lost Temple Game 4 - Kulas Ravine Game 5 - Steppes of War Game 6 - Scrap Station Game 7 - Lost Temple
2. DayFly (T) vs Check (Z) in a best of 5. You might well have expected the races to be Orc and Night Elf...but no, we find ourselves in new and exciting times and both players are fully committed to reliving the progaming dream in sc2. Check has consistently had the most games played on the Asian server and must be close if not over the 5000 mark by now. I think he has also been a part of pretty much every tournament they've held over there to date with a string of high finishes. DayFly has been almost invisible by comparison, presumably smurfing or sticking to private games as he hasn't featured in any tournaments or ladder ranking lists, yet his play is definitely of a high calibre when judged by current standards. This series was played yesterday (today for some?) on the 26th of April so it remains perfectly relevant.
Game 1 - Incineration Zone Game 2 - Scrap Station Game 3 - Steppes of War Game 4 - Desert Oasis Game 5 - Metalopolis
Enjoy. 
As for the sc2 world cup, it seems they have put a halt on the planned qualifiers for now as Blizzard have been slow in certifying it (i.e. they still haven't) and it is pointless to get too far along in the process with that uncertainty hanging around. The info posted above about the Korean team still seems to be current and I've not found anything as yet discussing the potential EU/USA teams.
More was finalized for the Chinese team however, with the following 8 players apparently receiving direct invites: Loner, E3_Super, Beckham, V.A_MTY, Newlife, W_Y_W, V.A_xiaOt and S.C_WAWP. There are then 16 players who will have to earn their place by topping the following groups:
A. SCI)_DPR , S.C_Vulture , EricPanda , Empty B. ACE , E3_FengZi , StriveMacSed , xiaozhu C. S.C_PJ , V.A_GoL , DEEP , Gale D. F91 , 小白兔 , Evil , Main
Hopefully it goes ahead since there are so many big Korean and Chinese names involved that it should blow away all of the previous tournaments in the beta.
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