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To send off the beta in style, vT Gaming is hosting a $250 prize 32-player invitational tournament to take place Monday at 3pm EST.
Prize Breakdown
1st: $150
2nd: $75
3rd: $25
The tournament already features players such as Huk, LzGaMeR, Axslav, Iris, Moo, CauthonLuck, Sheth, Zelniq and others as well as showcasing the vT Gaming roster.
Streams:
Arlock
Attero
Whiplash
Moo
Replays:
vT Gaming Beta Farewell Replay Pack
You can view our promotional video designed by Arlock here
To confirm your attendance, you need to PM me by Monday 2:00pm EST or you will be replaced.
Because of recent changes to Battle.net, you need to send me your e-mail address that you use to play on the US server. In the event a player is unable to attend, another player may be invited in their stead.
Details on bracket matchups and information on the day of the tournament will be displayed on vtgaming.net. If you are interested in helping streaming this event, please contact me.
Rules:
+ Show Spoiler +All rounds up until the finals will be best-of-three. The finals will be best-of-five. The map for the round will be assigned the same for all matches of that round, after which the loser of each game will pick the following map. Maps cannot be repeated.
In the event of a disconnect, the game must be replayed. If there is a situation where a player feels they have an overwhelming advantage, they may submit the game for admin review where a decision will be made.
Observers are allowed if both players allow them. A tournament approved streamer may observe regardless of player preferences.
Please have general respect for players, excessive issues with bad manner may be met with punitive measure this tournament or future tournaments.
Admins reserve the right to make the final decisions on any ruling.
Mappool:
+ Show Spoiler +Blistering Sands
Desert Oasis
Scrap Station
Steppes of War
Kulas Ravine
Lost Temple
Metalopolis
Playerlist:
+ Show Spoiler +vT Members: + Show Spoiler +Whiplash
Painuser
Huk
Moo
Arlock
Attero
Zerker
Godder
Antimage : + Show Spoiler +NewGuy
Axslav
Strifecro
Serenity
CatZ
msv.tinfoil
Sheth
Joseki
Iris
LzGamer
Socke
Cauthonluck
Zelniq
Moman
Macgyver
Capoch
Seacal
SUGGY
qxc
neans
Predy
Orb
TT1
vT Gaming is deeply thankful for the SC2 community support for both our Team and the scene as a whole. We look forward to hosting more tournaments at release and beyond (details will be supplied CloseR to release).
A huge thanks to all our viewers, participants and our fans, without which we would not have nearly as much success. One of vT Gaming's goals will be to continue promoting SC2 E-sports within the community, bringing you the very best players and matches SC2 has to offer.
Special thanks to Tranqfx, Lanth and Andy for their contributions to vT
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Sign Me up Please. Kalden ^^ If email is needed, i will be more than glad to give it away.
I'm interested in joining because for one, it seems vtgaming has some really really good players like Huk, attero, Arlok (spelled wrong), but I'm just looking for a team in which I can train and get better at this game. Much thanks.
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Lol sounds like a nice event, I'll be sure to check it out. I'll play if you can't find anyone better than 1600 rating :p
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id like to participate, got access to us, although ive been playing mostly playing euro tournaments so far.
6th go4sc2 overall ranking and first on german national teamranking atm
had like ~2100 before reset i think
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Id like to participate if there is a chance. I was 1975 rating prepatch.
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Sounds cool, to watch or play in. Please sign me up.
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I would like to participate if at all possible, I have recently began to improve a lot, going from a top 10 terran to a #1 platinum terran (patch 12) to a #1 Diamond terran. I have a few builds which I want to test against top players, so besides the ordinary, I think I can bring the innovative to this tournament (not that I don't think other players invited can, they are awesome players). If you need any more information or would like to see some of my games, pm me. Thanks for hosting this awesome tournament!
Edit: I also played against Arloc in a showmatch a few days ago, I think he might be on vT, someone else mentioned him.
Edit: Other notable things, finished top 32 in a craftcup where I lost to Jinro, beat huk on the ladder.
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I would like to participate. I was around 2k ELO plat before reset
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sign me up pls
TTOne on US
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On May 23 2010 04:14 SUGGY wrote:
sign me up
^ This guy.
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Sign me up please 
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sign me up too plz~
Edit: Info - US server, 2100+ before the reset, random user. Acct name Steve.
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sign me up please
really good eu player
top 8 zotac  beat strelok so gogo
EU + US Account so np if it should be US.
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I would like to play
pseudofool
send pm for more info
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I would like to play.
nEAnS on US server
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I would LOVE to play.
Destiny on US server. Was rank 1 in my plat div last wipe, rank 2 atm in diamond.
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kimtaeyeon would like to join this tournament because she is the number one k-pop celeb in skorea.
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On May 23 2010 06:01 jabberwokie wrote:
I would like to play
pseudofool
send pm for more info
This guy is good
On May 23 2010 06:05 nEAnS wrote:
I would like to play.
nEAnS on US server
but this guy is ballinnnnnnnnn
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Sign me up
little_d_man_89@yahoo.com
Protoss
Top Plat
I place well in many tournies I play ... Haven't played many recently but I would like to get the opportunity to play.
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Hi, bnet 2.0 name is FireZerg; please consider me for an invitation =]! I will send a PM containing my info.
Thanks!
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I'm interested in playing!
Will send pm containing my info if interested.
refraxion on USwest
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Mdvoltage
Terran
was 1700 plat before reset.
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My ID is: Wilko
I would like to play in the tournament aswell
I was a top platinum player and also an ESL finalist (lost 1-3 to TLO in the finals tho)
Also beat top-players like white-ra, dimaga, brat_ok in ladder from time to time
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Are you guys getting any of the Euros in on this? im suprised they arent trying to play for a 150 dollar prize pool.
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I'll play, was 1875 or 1900 before patch
Alex.alexjr, Protoss
PM me please and I'll give additional contact info
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With the beta coming to an end I am taking all of Monday to cast this for you guys. I am working on getting my stream on ustream for top quality (better than High Def!)
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eeK on US server
Zerg
Thanks for doing this, it's awesome and I was waiting for something like this to happen.
If you run out of obvious choices you could of course consider holding a little qualifier tourney/round robin.
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On May 23 2010 03:57 Newguy wrote:
I would like to participate if at all possible, I have recently began to improve a lot, going from a top 10 terran to a #1 platinum terran (patch 12) to a #1 Diamond terran. I have a few builds which I want to test against top players, so besides the ordinary, I think I can bring the innovative to this tournament (not that I don't think other players invited can, they are awesome players). If you need any more information or would like to see some of my games, pm me. Thanks for hosting this awesome tournament!
Edit: I also played against Arloc in a showmatch a few days ago, I think he might be on vT, someone else mentioned him.
Edit: Other notable things, finished top 32 in a craftcup where I lost to Jinro, beat huk on the ladder.
Did u beat me?
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Sign me up please.
Reborn. 
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I would like to participate in this tournament also, I was a B- Toss player on iCCup and a Terran player in SC2
http://www.sc2rc.com/index.php/replay/show/6274
Heres one of my placement games after the ladder, although I lost I believe I can compete at the high level.
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On May 23 2010 08:33 TheComeback wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2010 03:57 Newguy wrote:
I would like to participate if at all possible, I have recently began to improve a lot, going from a top 10 terran to a #1 platinum terran (patch 12) to a #1 Diamond terran. I have a few builds which I want to test against top players, so besides the ordinary, I think I can bring the innovative to this tournament (not that I don't think other players invited can, they are awesome players). If you need any more information or would like to see some of my games, pm me. Thanks for hosting this awesome tournament!
Edit: I also played against Arloc in a showmatch a few days ago, I think he might be on vT, someone else mentioned him.
Edit: Other notable things, finished top 32 in a craftcup where I lost to Jinro, beat huk on the ladder. Did u beat me?
You are Arlock? I think the guy's name was 'Arloc', I'm really not sure though. Did you play in a showmatch Thursday night (erm Friday morning) at 2 am us eastern?
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Sign me up if there are any slots left
Shuffle on US server
PM me for the Real ID if neccessary.
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Andro on US server
top diamond player
PM me for real ID if neccessary
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I would like to play. I was 26-4 1650 pre-patch, and near the end I was consistantly beating ~1900 rating players (it matched me up against them due to my record). Currently 12-3 (had one disc in an undecided game, so really 12-2) after the patch, ~100 pts in diamond
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Hey guys, slained here, i've played a lot with you guys, you know i can do good, let me know if i can partake,
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We should do a tournament for the remaining spots, otherwise the remaining spots will probably end up going to people such as slained that everyone knows. Even if we did a tournament, the best players would most probably take the spots anyways right? Its your tourny though, so your choice though
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If its not to late id like to sign up.
Rigid
Coybrown95@hotmail.com
2100 before reset
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If you guys want to see a wolf, pick me.
Superiorwolf
Diamond Infestor Pepper (ohhh yeahhhh)
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noojoh@gmail.com
terran
only played my placement matches and sitting 5-0 right now lol but i'm scared to play anymore in bnet's current state
was around a 1800 plat terran
also, arlock, you were my last opponent for the placement matches.
too bad the game was laggy because of bnet
it was a good one
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On May 23 2010 13:31 Superiorwolf wrote:
If you guys want to see a wolf, pick me.
Superiorwolf
Diamond Infestor Pepper (ohhh yeahhhh)
deff not suppy.
hes a newb
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+ Show Spoiler +On May 23 2010 09:56 Newguy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2010 08:33 TheComeback wrote:On May 23 2010 03:57 Newguy wrote:
I would like to participate if at all possible, I have recently began to improve a lot, going from a top 10 terran to a #1 platinum terran (patch 12) to a #1 Diamond terran. I have a few builds which I want to test against top players, so besides the ordinary, I think I can bring the innovative to this tournament (not that I don't think other players invited can, they are awesome players). If you need any more information or would like to see some of my games, pm me. Thanks for hosting this awesome tournament!
Edit: I also played against Arloc in a showmatch a few days ago, I think he might be on vT, someone else mentioned him.
Edit: Other notable things, finished top 32 in a craftcup where I lost to Jinro, beat huk on the ladder. Did u beat me? You are Arlock? I think the guy's name was 'Arloc', I'm really not sure though. Did you play in a showmatch Thursday night (erm Friday morning) at 2 am us eastern?
Yeah, and I nobody I played was any good... 1 terr beat me one game (but I still won 2-1) because I figured he was just meh. Are you him trying to showboat a lucky game? lol
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On May 23 2010 18:30 TheComeback wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On May 23 2010 09:56 Newguy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 23 2010 08:33 TheComeback wrote:On May 23 2010 03:57 Newguy wrote:
I would like to participate if at all possible, I have recently began to improve a lot, going from a top 10 terran to a #1 platinum terran (patch 12) to a #1 Diamond terran. I have a few builds which I want to test against top players, so besides the ordinary, I think I can bring the innovative to this tournament (not that I don't think other players invited can, they are awesome players). If you need any more information or would like to see some of my games, pm me. Thanks for hosting this awesome tournament!
Edit: I also played against Arloc in a showmatch a few days ago, I think he might be on vT, someone else mentioned him.
Edit: Other notable things, finished top 32 in a craftcup where I lost to Jinro, beat huk on the ladder. Did u beat me? You are Arlock? I think the guy's name was 'Arloc', I'm really not sure though. Did you play in a showmatch Thursday night (erm Friday morning) at 2 am us eastern? Yeah, and I nobody I played was any good... 1 terr beat me one game (but I still won 2-1) because I figured he was just meh. Are you him trying to showboat a lucky game? lol
Yes I am him, and no, I am not trying to showboat a lucky game. Sorry if I lose a showmatch at 2 am, I usually play best when I'm about to fall asleep and am told I have a showmatch in five minutes (I still don't know what it was for, what kind of us tournament takes place after midnight lol). And no I didn't get lucky. You went all-in play almost every game, that's why you picked blistering sands, so you could all-in through the backdoor. I'll re any time, guarantee that the results will be different when I'm actually awake lol. And as for showboating a lucky game, I can send you replays of me beating people like huk and jinro.
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United States7166 Posts
is this tournament going to be postponed due to all of the Bnet issues? Bnet has basically been unplayable since the previous patch (and is still having issues, likely up until tomorrow at the earliest), which basically means Thursday night/Fri morning was the last time you could play. i dunno about others but I hoped to practice some with the latest patch and specifically for this tourney, and personally I just finished my finals a few days ago as well so I'm especially out of practice
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Yes please postpone the tournament. It's basically unplayable =(
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Nice event, good Luck with Bnet.
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Hopefully they'll get started on this crap early and be done before 4 at least.
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thanks for the invite. had to decline cause of the time but if it gets rescheduled to another day or at a later time and if there is still a slot open i'd love to play. it's probably full by now tho so thx again anyway
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when is the full list going to be posted? would like to know if I got in
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On May 24 2010 03:26 Win.win wrote:
thanks for the invite. had to decline cause of the time but if it gets rescheduled to another day or at a later time and if there is still a slot open i'd love to play. it's probably full by now tho so thx again anyway
This makes me a sad panda T_T
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On May 23 2010 05:57 [ADT]-FaZiNaTe-[GeR] wrote:sign me up please really good eu player top 8 zotac beat strelok so gogo EU + US Account so np if it should be US.
Brag more
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Updated with rules, information, instructions and the player list.
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Looking forward to this. Hope B.net issues are sorted out so it's smooth.
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GG GL everyone in the tournament (including me!)
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gl hf pt yi to vtgaming and everyone else! looks to be an excited tourney
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hopefully we dont have alot of lag/drop problems in this event~
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After they brought the servers up last night, they were relatively cooperative, so it should be okay.
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i'm here for this tournament i did the pm i dont know if its work! :p but i'm here!
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Just wanna let you know if you need to replace someone, I'll be available checking for a PM here from 2PM EST to 2:15. If you would consider me for the first or second potential replacement, I'd appreciate a heads up if possible.
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so the tourney is gonna start in about 4 hours, if im correct about the timezones?
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It is 12:25pm EST right now. It will start at 3:00pm EST. Roughly 2.5 hours.
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I won't be able to make it. I have school all day on Monday from 10am - 9pm, Thanks ALOT for the invite! I look forward to watching the stream during my classes! Go Team Root!, And Props for team VT, for hosting an awesome tourney at the end of Beta.
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moving back in 4 school rite now but should be online by 3- c ya.
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Sweet, sent the confimation pm yesterday. When will brackets be posted?
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They will be posted on vtgaming.net just before tournament start time. This will give us time to find replacements for those who do not notify us of their attendance.
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Hrm.
Could someone correct my name please? It's -cow, not -cal. :[
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Sign me up!
In game: overvu@gmail.com
Nick: vupham
Diamond protoss
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How are we suppose to notify VT people when no one provided their email (w. recent reset only can add friends via email) and is this really going to happen? Half the games i've done today my minimap was completely pitch black, atleast game freezes/crashes seem to have been fixed.
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If only there was an opening, guffaw he says, guffaw.
Good luck to everyone involved, I will watch dilligently with popcorn and hair.
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With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway.
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^^ Maybe they just wanted a more open Tournament. You do know there are more people then just the "known" people who can play? Good talk.
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On May 25 2010 02:47 Liquid`NonY wrote:
With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway.
Er, the player list looks pretty solid to me, there are lots of reputable players in there, and just because someone isn't well-known does not mean that they are poor players. For instance, look at neans, one of the invitees who 'begged for a spot' in this thread. I had no clue who he was before a week ago, and you may not know him either, but considering he was the #1 player in ELO on the ladder in patch 12, I would defintitely call him a good player.
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wheres the bracket for this, its not on the website anywhere that I can see
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It will be up in about 30 ish minutes.
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oh ok thanks
edit.
Seems to me that there are lots of good players, QXC, Lzgamer, Joseki, Cauthonluck, MoMan, orb.. ect
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On May 25 2010 03:08 Darpa wrote:
oh ok thanks
edit.
Seems to me that there are lots of good players, QXC, Lzgamer, Joseki, Cauthonluck, MoMan, orb.. ect
Apparently there is one "princess" pouting in the corner tho.
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On May 25 2010 02:56 Newguy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 02:47 Liquid`NonY wrote:
With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway. Er, the player list looks pretty solid to me, there are lots of reputable players in there, and just because someone isn't well-known does not mean that they are poor players. For instance, look at neans, one of the invitees who 'begged for a spot' in this thread. I had no clue who he was before a week ago, and you may not know him either, but considering he was the #1 player in ELO on the ladder in patch 12, I would defintitely call him a good player.
Yeah I'm not saying it's shit. It's just less than perfect. I mean, the point of this thread is to discuss the tournament, no? If there's some way it could be improved, this is exactly the appropriate spot to critique it. Not everything has to be read like it's personal and dramatic and shit. I'm just saying that if they wanted to invite better players, they could have. Mainly I'm thinking about the Euro players. If they didn't let any Euro players in, ok np, it's a NA tournament. But they did let some lesser known Euro players in, but they didn't get TLO white-ra dimaga demuslim etc etc?! Just seems lazy to me. Those players are willing to spend all day playing in a 100 euro Zotac/craftcup tournament, so this tournament ought to be worth it to them too. Who knows, maybe a lot of top people turned invites down and it just didn't work out.
Maybe I'm just focusing on the word "invitational" too much. TL.net runs their invitationals a bit differently. If you look at the 32 players tl.net nabbed for their invitationals (16 for EU tournament, 16 for NA) it is obviously way more impressive than this. Why is this? I could have been more diplomatic than immediately saying it was laziness, but whatever.
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On May 25 2010 03:23 Liquid`NonY wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 02:56 Newguy wrote:On May 25 2010 02:47 Liquid`NonY wrote:
With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway. Er, the player list looks pretty solid to me, there are lots of reputable players in there, and just because someone isn't well-known does not mean that they are poor players. For instance, look at neans, one of the invitees who 'begged for a spot' in this thread. I had no clue who he was before a week ago, and you may not know him either, but considering he was the #1 player in ELO on the ladder in patch 12, I would defintitely call him a good player. Yeah I'm not saying it's shit. It's just less than perfect. I mean, the point of this thread is to discuss the tournament, no? If there's some way it could be improved, this is exactly the appropriate spot to critique it. Not everything has to be read like it's personal and dramatic and shit. I'm just saying that if they wanted to invite better players, they could have. Mainly I'm thinking about the Euro players. If they didn't let any Euro players in, ok np, it's a NA tournament. But they did let some lesser known Euro players in, but they didn't get TLO white-ra dimaga demuslim etc etc?! Just seems lazy to me. Those players are willing to spend all day playing in a 100 euro Zotac/craftcup tournament, so this tournament ought to be worth it to them too. Who knows, maybe a lot of top people turned invites down and it just didn't work out. Maybe I'm just focusing on the word "invitational" too much. TL.net runs their invitationals a bit differently. If you look at the 32 players tl.net nabbed for their invitationals (16 for EU tournament, 16 for NA) it is obviously way more impressive than this. Why is this? I could have been more diplomatic than immediately saying it was laziness, but whatever.
we did invite TLO and top euro players and top Asian players TLO was busy today and other players too.
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On May 25 2010 03:23 Liquid`NonY wrote:
Who knows, maybe a lot of top people turned invites down and it just didn't work out.
On May 25 2010 03:24 Kuo wrote:
we did invite TLO and top euro players and top Asian players TLO was busy today and other players too.
Well that clears that up haha.
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you got Seacow so its all good
GO SEACOW wcr fightin!
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On May 25 2010 03:24 Kuo wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 03:23 Liquid`NonY wrote:On May 25 2010 02:56 Newguy wrote:On May 25 2010 02:47 Liquid`NonY wrote:
With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway. Er, the player list looks pretty solid to me, there are lots of reputable players in there, and just because someone isn't well-known does not mean that they are poor players. For instance, look at neans, one of the invitees who 'begged for a spot' in this thread. I had no clue who he was before a week ago, and you may not know him either, but considering he was the #1 player in ELO on the ladder in patch 12, I would defintitely call him a good player. Yeah I'm not saying it's shit. It's just less than perfect. I mean, the point of this thread is to discuss the tournament, no? If there's some way it could be improved, this is exactly the appropriate spot to critique it. Not everything has to be read like it's personal and dramatic and shit. I'm just saying that if they wanted to invite better players, they could have. Mainly I'm thinking about the Euro players. If they didn't let any Euro players in, ok np, it's a NA tournament. But they did let some lesser known Euro players in, but they didn't get TLO white-ra dimaga demuslim etc etc?! Just seems lazy to me. Those players are willing to spend all day playing in a 100 euro Zotac/craftcup tournament, so this tournament ought to be worth it to them too. Who knows, maybe a lot of top people turned invites down and it just didn't work out. Maybe I'm just focusing on the word "invitational" too much. TL.net runs their invitationals a bit differently. If you look at the 32 players tl.net nabbed for their invitationals (16 for EU tournament, 16 for NA) it is obviously way more impressive than this. Why is this? I could have been more diplomatic than immediately saying it was laziness, but whatever. we did invite TLO and top euro players and top Asian players TLO was busy today and other players too.
Yeah and then it's a matter of catering to their schedules... how much did you adjust the date and time based on what was good for them?
My opinion is that it's not impossible to set up a more stacked 32 person line-up. So it was possible to do better. So at some point you just said "well this is good enough. we couldn't really fill out the whole bracket with invites, so let's just fill it out with sign-ups"
Anyway, whatever. As usual, any attempt at saying something useful that also involves saying something negative is always met with a bunch of cynicism and emotions and drama and other bullshit. If this was the best you could do, it was the best you could do. It's wayyyyyy better than nothing. I don't want to take any of these tournaments for granted. I get a grin on my face every time I see another one announced. I've only been playing in a small fraction of them so it's not even about me -- it's just cool to know they're there. But at some point, I thought "well let's make all these as badass as possible. if there's something less than perfect, it's ok to point it out by now" But then I realize it's the internet, etc.
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United States7166 Posts
Most intelligent post I've read in a while. It's important to not interpret his post as an attack, but instead as constructive criticism for future tourneys. We all appreciate this tourney and the efforts of everyone involved, as he's already stated, so don't take it the wrong way
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We were restrained by time because Blizzard has stated it's taking down the beta, and we wanted to have it happen before beta closed.
Also, we have to avoid stepping on the toes of other tournaments that usually take place on the weekends. We decided to go with a Monday event.
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On May 25 2010 03:38 Liquid`NonY wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 03:24 Kuo wrote:On May 25 2010 03:23 Liquid`NonY wrote:On May 25 2010 02:56 Newguy wrote:On May 25 2010 02:47 Liquid`NonY wrote:
With a little effort, you could've gotten a much better player list. Signing up your whole team and then random people that beg for a spot in a tl.net thread is kinda the ultimate laziness! How many people were actually invited, like 25%? I guess by the ro8/ro4 some good matches should be up anyway. Er, the player list looks pretty solid to me, there are lots of reputable players in there, and just because someone isn't well-known does not mean that they are poor players. For instance, look at neans, one of the invitees who 'begged for a spot' in this thread. I had no clue who he was before a week ago, and you may not know him either, but considering he was the #1 player in ELO on the ladder in patch 12, I would defintitely call him a good player. Yeah I'm not saying it's shit. It's just less than perfect. I mean, the point of this thread is to discuss the tournament, no? If there's some way it could be improved, this is exactly the appropriate spot to critique it. Not everything has to be read like it's personal and dramatic and shit. I'm just saying that if they wanted to invite better players, they could have. Mainly I'm thinking about the Euro players. If they didn't let any Euro players in, ok np, it's a NA tournament. But they did let some lesser known Euro players in, but they didn't get TLO white-ra dimaga demuslim etc etc?! Just seems lazy to me. Those players are willing to spend all day playing in a 100 euro Zotac/craftcup tournament, so this tournament ought to be worth it to them too. Who knows, maybe a lot of top people turned invites down and it just didn't work out. Maybe I'm just focusing on the word "invitational" too much. TL.net runs their invitationals a bit differently. If you look at the 32 players tl.net nabbed for their invitationals (16 for EU tournament, 16 for NA) it is obviously way more impressive than this. Why is this? I could have been more diplomatic than immediately saying it was laziness, but whatever. we did invite TLO and top euro players and top Asian players TLO was busy today and other players too. Yeah and then it's a matter of catering to their schedules... how much did you adjust the date and time based on what was good for them? My opinion is that it's not impossible to set up a more stacked 32 person line-up. So it was possible to do better. So at some point you just said "well this is good enough. we couldn't really fill out the whole bracket with invites, so let's just fill it out with sign-ups" Anyway, whatever. As usual, any attempt at saying something useful that also involves saying something negative is always met with a bunch of cynicism and emotions and drama and other bullshit. If this was the best you could do, it was the best you could do. It's wayyyyyy better than nothing. I don't want to take any of these tournaments for granted. I get a grin on my face every time I see another one announced. I've only been playing in a small fraction of them so it's not even about me -- it's just cool to know they're there. But at some point, I thought "well let's make all these as badass as possible. if there's something less than perfect, it's ok to point it out by now" But then I realize it's the internet, etc.
EDIT: Nevermind
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Brackets will be posted in a 2-3 minutes please hold on.
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I can tell you just from looking behind-the-scenes at some major tournaments, the tournament organizers have to be insanely persistent and nagging on every player they want in their tournament. Players are super lazy and forgetful and disorganized. Tournament organizers have to hunt down every email address / MSN / forum ID that they can find and bombard people with notices. It would be really nice if the players took the initiative but it can't be relied upon.
Anyway, I'll certainly be picking up this replay pack and enjoying the games of some of my fav players that are in this tournament =]
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Is there going to be some updated brackets or anything like that?
edit: woops, they're on the front page.
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Brackets are on the front page of the VT site
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Brackets up on the vT site. They look interesting. Some hard games in the first round that I would of liked to see in the semi's or final, such as huk/moo etc. but i think the top half of the draw is the harder. Good luck all, getting a beer to sit down and watch 6 hours of SC
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Sorry just showed up, internet was down, getting on beta now.
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United States7166 Posts
doesnt say which maps are used in which round
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How are you supposed to contact your opponent with out their e-mail?
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Ok, I sent my email. I am currently installing the latest patch, because I got home and my internet was down (first time in months), so I drove to a friends house, but he hasn't played in a while so it has to download the patch, which it is doing now.
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On May 25 2010 04:10 Newguy wrote:
Ok, I sent my email. I am currently installing the latest patch, because I got home and my internet was down (first time in months), so I drove to a friends house, but he hasn't played in a while so it has to download the patch, which it is doing now.
understood we are waiting for you.
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LoL this stupid email thing is making people finding their opponents annoying.
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Stay on bnet please you will be contacted. I know its annoying but we keep emails private for not getting spam sorry . But the most important is staying on bnet since you will be contacted there first don't alt tab.
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On May 25 2010 04:13 Kuo wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 04:10 Newguy wrote:
Ok, I sent my email. I am currently installing the latest patch, because I got home and my internet was down (first time in months), so I drove to a friends house, but he hasn't played in a while so it has to download the patch, which it is doing now. understood we are waiting for you.
Thanks, patch is 80% done, should be on within 5 minutes.
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On May 25 2010 04:20 Newguy wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 04:13 Kuo wrote:On May 25 2010 04:10 Newguy wrote:
Ok, I sent my email. I am currently installing the latest patch, because I got home and my internet was down (first time in months), so I drove to a friends house, but he hasn't played in a while so it has to download the patch, which it is doing now. understood we are waiting for you. Thanks, patch is 80% done, should be on within 5 minutes.
np please hurry and get online and accept my friend inv asap.
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well FML. got a horrendous virus and I had to reformat my pc. just finished installing all the drivers and im downloading Bnet right now, probably wont be on fast enough though sorry T_T
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I can now play if you need someone.
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On May 25 2010 04:22 iG.CatZ wrote:
well FML. got a horrendous virus and I had to reformat my pc. just finished installing all the drivers and im downloading Bnet right now, probably wont be on fast enough though sorry T_T
thanks for telling us.
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This isn't being commentated? DAY9!!!!
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On May 25 2010 04:28 kcaz wrote:
This isn't being commentated? DAY9!!!!
Attero is but he is playing hes game.
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On May 25 2010 04:30 kcaz wrote:
Oh ok, are you coming to the MSL party ^.-?
there one in Ottawa? PM me it please.
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Got you mixed up with Kau =D
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wow, quite a game Attero vs SUGGY
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GdR vs LZgamer (40 min game and a 20 min game, thus far) is really epic guys btw, make sure to check the replay pack after the event.
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btw how do i get in contact with qxc?
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Already did it LZ just stay on bnet you will be contacted.
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Wish there were more casters :/ aw well, at least the rep pack will be good.
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check the main thread new streams are gonna be posted.
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My prediction, kiwikaki/huk vs qxc/cauthonluck
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Whiplash is streaming check his stream on the right side of TL page.
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so which one is the stream? I have 3 different streams opened that are all playing different games.
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oh man :O props to everyone playing even throughout terrible bnet/lag... =)
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On May 25 2010 06:04 ktffang wrote:
so which one is the stream? I have 3 different streams opened that are all playing different games.
all the 3 on the side
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HuK kicks Attero. GJ HuK 1800 people waiting for you to play and you kick the Observer.
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GG Huk, what a childish thing to do because he tabbed to fix the stream. And didnt lag for the rest of the game.
1800 people wanting to watch your game.
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That's one way to make a fool of yourself.
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On May 25 2010 06:26 KiWiKaKi wrote:
huk = faggot
Fixed it for you.
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On May 25 2010 06:27 Necrosjef wrote:Fixed it for you.
you're going to get warned/banned for that post...
and personally, if I find an ob lags, whether they are casting nor not, I'd ask them to leave if it was a game that mattered.
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except he wasnt lagging, he tabbed right at the beginning to fix an issue with the stream, and then didnt lag for the rest of the game
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cool tournament so far except for the streaming problems ;p
I keep bouncing from stream to stream trying to find one that stays up as they keep going down ;/
still grateful for the entertainment just wish it could have been planned better.
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thx for the nice tournament admins
looking forward for next cups in future
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Thanks for the tourny hope the Huk, Attero issue isn't going to be a main talking point for the tourny.
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one of these days im going to learn/understand tvt.. and then i will be a all around solid gamer! lol
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Whiplash streaming 1 semi-final, Attero streaming the other.
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Are there brackets for this anywhere?
Whos playing in the semis?
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brackets are on the vt site
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OMG those banelings just melted.
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wow virii haven't seen you in a long time
check the vT site for everything.
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He should have sniped the top planetary fortress with those banelings.
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Now imagine twice as many roaches...
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Cool thanks for the link guys, Kuo, been a while... finally found time to come back when I got my beta invite Now I'm addicted again.
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Na the roaches aren't the problem the manager is right he should have been more patient or like Attero said taken care of the vikings with corruptor.
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On May 25 2010 07:55 ViRii wrote:Cool thanks for the link guys, Kuo, been a while... finally found time to come back when I got my beta invite Now I'm addicted again.
haha great
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Wtf he is saying Hell- Lions, Broodlets and Vikahns.
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to answer painuser's question: u deal with it by tapping the g key twice.
lol@mass broodlords.
gl even getting there.
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The zerg player would have done great with flanks when the tanks were unsieged. Attacking a seige tank saturated army head-on is never good.
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I love qxc's macro-oriented TvZ play. Also, lol four ultras vs. like 20 tanks
I don't really know about his TvP.
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this game is completely broken to be honest.
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This tournament is so friggan ghetto, lol.
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On May 25 2010 08:42 Nokeboy wrote:
This tournament is so friggan ghetto, lol.
what do you mean?
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1-1 qxc vs kiwikaki
attero streaming
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On May 25 2010 08:53 Kuo wrote:Show nested quote +On May 25 2010 08:42 Nokeboy wrote:
This tournament is so friggan ghetto, lol. what do you mean?
Attero is eating the whole time. Frank has no emotions. Attero banned and dropped during a game. Attero loses with a bit of lag and complains about it the rest of the tournament. Announces everytime he comes back. Just not professional, but luckly the players were fun to watch!
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On May 25 2010 07:52 Count9 wrote:
Now imagine twice as many roaches...
Because you'll also have twice as much larva and resources magically spawn out of nowhere right?
Seriously do the math, the 'nerf' just makes it so you have to build overlords sooner, cutting down on roach production somewhat, but not by 50%
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stopped watching after my post, but add Pooplord's post to my list:-p
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Just tuned in, whats the score ?
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uuuugh kiwikaki's play on steppes is sooooooooooo boring
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bleh, stream not loading... keeps showing screenshots of the game but no actual gameplay... wthell
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seriously how can protoss players complain about marauders
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great tourney with some really entertaining games. Final match was a bit anticlimactic with those forcefields but whatever. gw and ty alot!
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Gz KiWiKaKi, must be annoying to pop back every few seconds to recast FF's, but has greate effect.
I rly liked the end of the Metalopils game, greate comeback.
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qxc is really strong but kiwikaki has pointed out quite a few weaknesses in his play this series.
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So I hear the way to beat Attero is with AltTab... haha
Thanks vT for the games and I hope things run a bit smoother next time! gg's
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It was a really great tournament. Too bad this is all coming to an end for a while 
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Thanks to everyone for tuning in. After the first round it went much smoother, and the finals was really great and entertaining! We will be hosting an even BIGGER tourney upon release, so stay tuned for news on that. Replay pack will be release Tuesday.
Congrats to Kiwikaki, QXC and Strifecro on their winnings.
Big thanks to everyone involved in making this event a success
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United States2095 Posts
Great tour, even though I only got to see the end of it, it was awesome! Can't wait to see some more tours from VT in the future, in Beta 2.0! Thanks again guys! =)
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thanks again mirhi, great job & great tour, grats to jon (kiwikaki), kevin(qxc) and strifecro
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Thanks everyone for playing was fun administrating the tournament .
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Great tourney, enjoyed watching it at work!
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It was a great tournament. Thanks for letting me stream part of it on good2game. ^^
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Looking at all the unknown players, I was going to sign up and own all those people and take the money, till I saw Cauthon, TT1, Orb, and LZGamer T.T
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I feel bad about the servers crapping on all the tournaments today
Overall it was pretty good though. Thanks for the run guys, but I don't get it, beta isn't over yet!!
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its tuesday .... wheres the reps!! ^^
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On May 25 2010 16:03 TriniMasta[wD] wrote:
Looking at all the unknown players, I was going to sign up and own all those people and take the money, till I saw Cauthon, TT1, Orb, and LZGamer T.T
Too bad that none of these players even made it to the semis
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On May 25 2010 23:50 Mowse wrote:
its tuesday .... wheres the reps!! ^^
Replay pack will be up on vT site later tonight.
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I am still missing the following replays:
Round 1:
Cauthonluck v Moman
Troglodyte v Zerker
Iris v Fazinate
Macgyver v Pokebunny
Round 2:
Iris v Troglodyte
But as promised, here is the replay pack:
vT Gaming Beta Farewell Replay Pack
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oh shoot i missed this tour =/
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Nice. Thanks for the replay pack! Congrats participants & organizers
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Seems cool can't wait to watch some streams. Go Root! =P
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if you're getting the "download limit is reached" message, mirhi posted an alternative link on the vT site
[url blocked]
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ty for releasing the replays, especially in such short time!.. and thanks for the tournament, while I didn't play, It's still nice to see this much stuff going on before the game even comes out!!, makes me more excited to hop on to the tournament scene after I get a little better and start getting some experience at getting my ass kicked so i can return the favor later down the road
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Please give me a opportunity to play in this turnament...
sign me up too plz~
PLxDratewka
Dratewka2001@yahoo.com
Zerg in - Dimont
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Great tournament, guys.. I really enjoy watching Attero's stream.. was interesting to see him juggle playing and casting other games.
Part of this tournament was to showcase the vT Gaming Team and you guys did a great job of that; however, this is one of the first times I've seen a semi-comprehensive list of the vT Gaming members. Sure we see them in various vT Triple Strike teams and from watching the streams and following forum threads you generally know who's a part of vT.. but the website isn't helping that at all. I'd really like to see a very simple section on the website that lists the vT roster and maybe even the events you guys are taking place in and how they turned out.
I even tried registering a forum account on vtgaming.net and most of the content I was looking for was hidden in the members only area. I'd love to be a bigger fan of vT gaming, but I think you guys are limiting your own exposure a bit from the lack of info available on the site.
Hope this helps.. keep up the great work!
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chezzz mang, kaki is a beast.
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On May 27 2010 23:53 moxley wrote:
Great tournament, guys.. I really enjoy watching Attero's stream.. was interesting to see him juggle playing and casting other games.
Part of this tournament was to showcase the vT Gaming Team and you guys did a great job of that; however, this is one of the first times I've seen a semi-comprehensive list of the vT Gaming members. Sure we see them in various vT Triple Strike teams and from watching the streams and following forum threads you generally know who's a part of vT.. but the website isn't helping that at all. I'd really like to see a very simple section on the website that lists the vT roster and maybe even the events you guys are taking place in and how they turned out.
I even tried registering a forum account on vtgaming.net and most of the content I was looking for was hidden in the members only area. I'd love to be a bigger fan of vT gaming, but I think you guys are limiting your own exposure a bit from the lack of info available on the site.
Hope this helps.. keep up the great work!
Thank you for the suggestions, during the downtime of Sc2 we are going to revamp the site. So I greatly appreciate your suggestion or any others.
Thank you :D
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