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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/au.png) Australia vs Singapore Showmatch ![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/c/ce/Sp.png) Southeast Asia Server Showcase
As a minor celebration of my 3000th post on Team Liquid, I thought I'd set up a little showmatch between two of the top nations competing on the Southeast Asia Battle.net server. Australia and Singapore share the top of the SEA ladder as two nations competing for the title of one of the strongest SEA regions. As well as this competitve rivalry our countries traditionally share a friendly relationship, due to British influence and a large number of Singapore ex-pats taking up a life down under. This makes these two insland nations the perfect choice for a friendly showmatch to let the rest of the world know what kind of players our humble server can produce. ![[image loading]](http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/3969/format.png) The format will be similar to a regular Nation Wars match, except that we are omitting the 2v2 component. This means there will be four 1v1 matches, each best-of-three, and a deciding ACE match if required. The loser will pick the next map. ProLeague style lineups will be used, with the player not being revealed until the previous match has completed. The ACE map will be a wildcard map chosen on the day out of the Blizzard maps on retail release. Also, players who lose the first map may pick any map from the Blizzard selection and are not restricted to those popularised during beta. ![[image loading]](http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3350/schedulej.png) The games will be carried out on the 31st of July one after the other, live in-game and not cast from replays. Sorry to any US-based viewers who would want to check out the stream as this is the best time for the players in this timezone, but just think of it as nothing else will be on at that time so if you're awake you have something to watch  - Saturday, July 31st
- 7:00PM AEST
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/sp.png) 5:00PM SST
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/kr.png) 6:00PM KST
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/us.png) 2:00AM PDT / 5:00AM EDT
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![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/eu.png) 11:00AM CET
![[image loading]](http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/380/broadcast.png) The games will be broadcast live on Ftrunkz's (pinder) live stream: ![[image loading]](http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7128/ictvlogo.png) Ftrunkz Live Stream With local commentary by: ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Picon_small.png) Unstable
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Ticon_small.png) deth
- TBA (looking for a SG caster)
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Team Australia
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png) iM`mOOnGLaDe is possibly one of the few household names of Australian SC2, already making a name for himself as a world class Zerg. He has represented Australia at WCG in WC3 on numerous occasions as well as show skill in other RTS such as SC:BW and DoW, and has already got an extensive SC2 résumé.
kjh is primarily known as one of the top SC:BW players in Australia playing in the national team and showing strong results against other top players. His great macro has carried over to his SC2 gameplay and he tends to prefer a big macro game with numerous bases over 1-base or cheesy play.
Legionnaire hardly needs an introduction when discussing his SC1 career, but his SC2 exploits have been a mixed bag due to a lack of application on his part. While he punches above his weight in the local tournaments he has played in, he may be hit-or-miss against quality opposition with his lack of practice.
Azz would be the other well known SC2 player for Australia if there had to be one, constitently showing very strong results against top international opponents as well as in local events.
Team Singapore
Revenant was hailed as one of the future stars of Singaporean WC3, and won the last two WC3 WCGs in Singapore. His form has seemingly carried to SC2 as he came second in the first Singapore SC2 tournament.
nirvAnA is an old school Singaporean StarCraft player, having represented Singapore at WCG in 2000 and 2001, as well as winning the first Singapore SC2 tournament. He has shown consistent results during SC2 beta against quality opposition and you may recognise him under his previous SC2 ID aLt.
iceiceice was one of the best DotA players Singapore has produced, and won several national Singapore DotA WCGs and ESWCs. He was #1 on US ladder during May, and competed in the first Singapore SC2 tournament.
tagan is another strong WC3 player from Singapore, with Revenant claiming that tagan was a better WC3 player than him.
![[image loading]](http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4465/mapsb.png) kjh < Lost Temple > nirvAnA Azz < Blistering Sands > IceIceIce Legionnaire < Metalopolis > TenderSteak GLaDe < Steppes of War > Revenant< ACE Map > + Show Spoiler [Results] + Australia 3-1 Singapore kjh 2-0 nirvAnA Azz 1-2 IceIceIce Legionnaire 2-0 TenderSteak GLaDe 2-0 Revenant
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Awesome! COME ON TEAM AUSTRALIA!
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Awesome! COME ON TEAM SINGAPORE!
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England2666 Posts
Good to see two former colonies fighting for our respect.
Winner gets a Commonwealth games invitation!
Good luck!
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Good luck both
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Singapore66357 Posts
if only i kept up with sc2 then i would have been interested in commentating lol
sounds interesting heh, GOGO SG!
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On July 25 2010 21:43 konadora wrote:
if only i kept up with sc2 then i would have been interested in commentating lol
sounds interesting heh, GOGO SG!
pangshai dodged too 
On July 25 2010 21:57 pangshai wrote:
who's tagan lol.
Mate, I even provided a link to a MYM interview where tagan is namedropped as a good WC3 player!
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Go singapore! Iceiceice ftw :3
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actually, if you can't find another sg caster, i don't mind doing it. i'm just not really good at the game.
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On July 25 2010 22:05 pangshai wrote:
actually, if you can't find another sg caster, i don't mind doing it. i'm just not really good at the game.
The aussies talk heaps so you can just add a few comments in now and then if you're not super comfortable.
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this is so good, keep it up dEL
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On July 25 2010 20:49 Flicky wrote:
Good to see two former colonies fighting for our respect.
Winner gets a Commonwealth games invitation!
Good luck!
Wtf is the Commonwealth games? Oh that thing that seemingly not even the UK cares about anymore? Right right.
This looks to be fun, I should be around - going to try and fix up my stream a little. I'll be available to shoutcast too if needed.
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Good to see an SEA server event right off the bat =)
Should be awesome... Hope it goes to an ace!
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On July 25 2010 22:05 pangshai wrote:
actually, if you can't find another sg caster, i don't mind doing it. i'm just not really good at the game.
Don't worry, deth thinks he is but he lost 2-0 to a New Zealander who was D+ in SC1 so you'll fit in fine.
If no one else is keen, you can be backup caster if your lag is OK.
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Here's hoping this will be the first of many SEA events ^_^
Gogo team Singapore! Hope you can find a caster because the stream just won't be the same without a decent dose of Singlish...
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Don't think I'll be casting this del, sorry.
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On July 25 2010 23:04 Ftrunkz wrote:
Don't think I'll be casting this del, sorry.
Guess what if you were on MSN to refuse you would have been successful, it's too late now.
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uhm, can I barge in to be a caster? I have decent english and was a caster for the Philippine Scene before. I have a microphone and skype account 
Im a pretty decent player, around a competitive plat division but didn't get to diamond keep losing in phase 2 but had a good win ratio of .53 percent. Just didn't level up to diamond I dunno
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United Arab Emirates492 Posts
Don't want to be harsh on the SG players, but they have 0percent chance of winning against Aussies. Hell anyone of the aussie player can all kill the sg team.
This will be fun nonetheless.
I will be eagerly waiting for this
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HAHA what?! iceiceice took up starcraft 2?
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On July 25 2010 23:43 Gunman_csz wrote:Don't want to be harsh on the SG players, but they have 0percent chance of winning against Aussies. Hell anyone of the aussie player can all kill the sg team. This will be fun nonetheless. I will be eagerly waiting for this
Do you even know the SG players? xD
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United Arab Emirates492 Posts
I know both revenant and taganat and from my wc3 days (I was in the same team). I can tell you for certain that Aussies like moonglade / Philbots level where much much higher.
Hence my excitement, I really want to see how they fare against Moonglade and other aussies.
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On July 26 2010 00:11 Gunman_csz wrote:
I know both revenant and taganat and from my wc3 days (I was in the same team). I can tell you for certain that Aussies like moonglade / Philbots level where much much higher.
Hence my excitement, I really want to see how they fare against Moonglade and other aussies.
I doubt PhiLBoT will ever play SC2, but Mez, Paz, and a few other of the WC3 guys you mighyt know of play too. Mez was originally going to play in this team but SG only had 4 competitive players available.
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Wow, i am surprised at the Lack of Terran in this torney. Luckly i am a Zerg player but i feel kinda bad for the T-fan's out there. I guess KJH will have to Represent his country and his race.
Man, 2 am is early but i will be on the stream...
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Woah iceiceice to SC2, guess I'm rooting for Singapore :D
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Wow this is great, time to watch this and compare my lowly standards with the top players from our region.
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Good luck Aussies! Wish I could watch this. I always have trouble watching your events Del.
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On July 26 2010 00:30 yongming wrote:
Go go singapore
On July 26 2010 02:10 youngminii wrote:
Aussie Aussie Aussie!
So confusing haha.
On July 26 2010 03:17 Alou wrote:Good luck Aussies! Wish I could watch this. I always have trouble watching your events Del.
Yeah I still have this in mind and hope sometimes to cast some showmatches at US-friendly times so you guys can see what SEA has to offer n_n
ALSO there's a lineup change!  nirvAnA will be playing first for Singapore instead of IceIceIce. Don't worry you should still get to see all the players though, we decide the other lineups after the first match has been played to keep you all guessing.
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On July 26 2010 11:57 deL wrote:So confusing haha. Show nested quote +On July 26 2010 03:17 Alou wrote:Good luck Aussies! Wish I could watch this. I always have trouble watching your events Del. Yeah I still have this in mind and hope sometimes to cast some showmatches at US-friendly times so you guys can see what SEA has to offer n_n ALSO there's a lineup change! nirvAnA will be playing first for Singapore instead of IceIceIce. Don't worry you should still get to see all the players though, we decide the other lineups after the first match has been played to keep you all guessing.
Honestly, decent events run at midday on weekends will probably attract a decent showing of players, and at a respectable time for most viewers worldwide.
Also i might not be able to cast, idk.
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gogo Singapore!!
Yea we are the underdogs but im sure we will put up a good fight ^_^
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Ok I just realized the Chinese are gonna be playing on the Taiwan server and not the SEA + Oceania one, looks like the road to diamond's gonna be pretty easy lol
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AZZ FIGHTING! Get em bro!
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Seeing so many pros play zerg makes me want to switch from t to z but im already intent on switching to p lolz
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On July 26 2010 19:28 streamofhonour wrote:Seeing so many pros play zerg makes me want to switch from t to z but im already intent on switching to p lolz
I think more play P.
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Whao Iceiceice's SC2 beta ELO rating is higher than Day9's (assuming its the same iceiceice).
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This will be absolutely fantastic I cannot wait until this is on :D
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I will be in canberra while this event is on and will have to install SC2 on my laptop so don't worry if I'm late. To the participants, please keep in touch on MSN - nirvAnA if you can give them my MSN that would be prime cheers.
My laptop sucks and it might take a while to set it up ;(
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You should totally get Kowi in this next time. He's dominating the ladder at the moment.
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On July 29 2010 12:16 youngminii wrote:
You should totally get Kowi in this next time. He's dominating the ladder at the moment.
He's a NZer.
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Oh right. Pfft he could probably represent NZ all by himself.
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Go Moonglade!
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A Singapore cast in hokkien will be ultimate win. Or maybe a chinese cast. I wonder how it would turn out. =)
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Go azz - met him in ladder randomly a few times and hes always been polite and well mannered
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On July 29 2010 13:41 XiaoZhuPa wrote:
A Singapore cast in hokkien will be ultimate win. Or maybe a chinese cast. I wonder how it would turn out. =)
Nah they should cast it in Singlish. That would be just awesome.
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+1 lol
we need some sg casters! any volunters pm del quick and he will set u up
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I think pangshai says he will do it if he's around but he doesn't know the game super well
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stressful job. our country's pride at stake. LOL
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On July 29 2010 19:10 aelesia wrote:Show nested quote +On July 29 2010 13:41 XiaoZhuPa wrote:
A Singapore cast in hokkien will be ultimate win. Or maybe a chinese cast. I wonder how it would turn out. =) Nah they should cast it in Singlish. That would be just awesome.
You will then need to link other people to the Coxford dictionary LOL.
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lol the coxford dictionary is win
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Hey guys this might be a delayed cast through replays as raelcun can't make the early time any more. I'll keep you posted.
If it is...
PLEASE DON'T SPOIL
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Great to see things started so soon after the game went on retails. Cheers for both nations here . I totally hope that "us" SEA server can go on par with others servers in skill level.
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Pinder will now be streaming, back to what we started with as something came up and Raelcun can't make it!
Pinder's Live Stream
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c'mon singapore! lets do it
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Come join us in irc://irc.quakenet.org/tl.au for some discussion during the showmatch
Alternatively, join teamliquid IRC and /j #tl.au
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1 hour till showtime! pumped to cast it
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pitty the servers are pretty much unplayable at 7 pm
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20 more minutes to this. Good timing, just came out of a 45 minute epic match.
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5 mins to go. Should be up soon guys.
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lol the aussie commentry is so funny
scores so far
nirvana 0 kjh 2
ice 1 azz 0
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Legionnaire < Metalopolis > TenderSteak
up next!
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what did i just watch rofl
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to be honest, these games's level are not as high as US or EU but they are definitely entertaining to watch
cant wait till SEA got US access, they got lots of potential
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On July 31 2010 20:19 stroggos wrote:
what did i just watch rofl
NZ up next? SEA KOTH Nation Wars?
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Results are in spoilers in OP.
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yup, we need some SEA nation wars, i'm all for challenging aus now that we have kowi on our side.
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oh jeez how did azz lose =[
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On July 31 2010 20:46 GTR wrote:
oh jeez how did azz lose =[
Game 1 he didn't realise ice went all-in.
Game 3 he had 7 idle probes for like 3 minutes cos he didn't notice a ramp block haha. Should have had like 6-10 more units out by that time but those idle probes...
EDIT: Not to take it away from ice, he definitely played well, but Azz really threw it away.
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replays anywhere ?
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On July 31 2010 18:54 aLt)nirvana wrote:lol the aussie commentry is so funny
glad you enjoyed, I certainly had a great time casting the matches
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Here is the majority of the [url blocked]
I guess del will upload an official pack later.
Also here is a direct link to the vods on pinder's livestream
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I didn't get to obs so I don't have the replays, pester pinder for them if you really want some :3 deth would have a few too.
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little noob questions : how i can see the chat from observers in game ? :shy:
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