Sourceㄴ: PlayXP, PlayXP again!

In what is essentially the first major Korean tournament since the SC II release, PlayXP (one of the major, if not the biggest SC II site in the competitive Korean community) and Garimto (legendary ex-SC1 pro, and now SC2 pro) have teamed up to hold a tournament: WTA Takedown!

After an online preliminary, the surviving 16 players will compete in a tournament for a first place prize of 300,000 won (a modest sum, but think of the prestige!) beginning on August 2nd. The games will be broadcast on Garimto's GOMTV channel, making it accessible to all.

Update! The preliminaries have concluded, and we have our sixteen finalists and brackets!
Any additional info on the competitors would be welcome! All ladder ranks pulled from http://www.playxp.com/sc2/ladder/1v1/kr.php at the time of writing. These are OVERALL ladder ranks, compiled from the entire Korean ladder.

허준과침Zenith(Roughly, Hu Jun and Accupuncture Needles, Terran, 63rd)
vs
oGsGon(T, 8th)

WayPrime(P, 81st)
vs
AnyproPrime(P)

oGsZenio(Z, 10th)
vs
oGsTheStC(T, 19th)

ReXParty(P)
vs
KarsidZenith(P)

RenieHouR(P)
vs
아레나(Arena, Z)

oGsEnsnare(T, 7th)
vs
oGsInCa(P)

반반쓰('BanBanSsu', P, 84th)
vs
토샤드('Toshard, Z)

AstraeaWeRRa(T)
vs
MioWeRRa(T)

More updates to come!

Alou

United States3748 Posts

July 31 2010 05:07 GMT

Sounds lovely. Will definitely have to keep a close eye on this.

RebirthOfLeGenD

USA5860 Posts

July 31 2010 05:21 GMT

For those of us too lazy to use a currency translator, how much is 300,000 won?

I decided not to be lazy, its like 250$

GTR

51408 Posts

August 01 2010 04:02 GMT

Qualifiers start today, Ro16 starts on Monday and the tournament itself finishes on Sunday.

MiniTsunami

United States274 Posts

August 01 2010 04:40 GMT

Sounds awesome, thanks for the update GTR!

Coil

Argentina119 Posts

August 01 2010 04:49 GMT

Sounds fun, are they going to be broadcasted LIVE? I went to the gomtv channel but i can only see old videos, no reference to a time or anything.

TelecoM

United States10667 Posts

August 01 2010 05:06 GMT

Awesome.......garimto is my hero!

blabber

United States4448 Posts

August 01 2010 05:16 GMT

for some reason Korean Starcraft is so much more interesting to watch than foreign SC

Mortician

Bulgaria2332 Posts

August 01 2010 07:10 GMT

On August 01 2010 14:16 blabber wrote:
for some reason Korean Starcraft is so much more interesting to watch than foreign SC

No its not, koreans don't have Idra

ZomgTossRush

United States1041 Posts

August 01 2010 07:29 GMT

#10

Any know if any sc1 players are in this?

Azarkon

United States21060 Posts

August 01 2010 07:44 GMT

#11

On August 01 2010 16:10 Mortician wrote:

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No its not, koreans don't have Idra

Technically they do, since he lives in Korea...

But they don't have the same obsession with IdrA that the foreigner community does, certainly

And they probably don't understand most of the drama surrounding him, since he gg's against Koreans.

Sprouter

United States1724 Posts

August 01 2010 08:34 GMT

#12

garimto is playing sc2? O_O

Waxangel

United States33240 Posts

August 01 2010 13:09 GMT

#13

updated with brackets

AyJay

1515 Posts

August 01 2010 13:19 GMT

#14

sounds epic, can anyone tell me when/where I can watch these games?

koppik

United States676 Posts

August 02 2010 06:07 GMT

#15

On August 01 2010 17:34 hystorm wrote:
garimto is playing sc2? O_O

Not a ton, but he definitely has been playing. He probably is just playing in order to be able to commentate the games well.

keV.

United States3214 Posts

August 02 2010 16:18 GMT

#16

Whoa, awesome. I hope I can watch these in some way.

Qwerty.

United States292 Posts

August 03 2010 01:16 GMT

#17

this instantly became the most competitive tournament post-release

Fanatic-Templar

Canada5819 Posts

August 03 2010 02:54 GMT

#18

Hmm, I followed the link and tried to check out one of the videos, but unfortunately, something popped up, and not reading Korean, I have no idea what I was asked and declined to select either option.