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More information about the IEM American Championship. For those who missed the announcement at Gamescom, New York Comic Con will host the American Championships. Here's the details:
Comic Con hosts American ChampionshipsThe 2010 New York City ComicCon event will be the host of the first ever IEM American Finals from October 8th to 10th with $59,600 in prizes to be given away for StarCraft 2, Counter-Strike, and Quake Live. Sponsoring the event will be none other than Intel and Razer. This year's ComicCon will feature a stage and seating area for matches, so anyone attending can watch live action as some of the best gamers in the country go head to head. ESL TV will be providing coverage of the event with broadcasters to be announced for each game. They will also provide streaming video of the event for fans online so no one gets to miss out on the excitement. The Intel Extreme Masters Group Stage is still underway, so the list of qualified players is still to be determined over the next few weeks. These players will include top gamers from their respective games, like the infamous Evil Geniuses and compLexity for Counter-Strike 1.6, the defending champion Rapha for Quake Live, and well known names like Qxc, IdrA, Silver, and HuK for StarCraft 2. The New York City Comic Con attracted over 77,000 attendees in 2009, easily making it the second largest comic book and pop culture gathering in the country, and Crain's New York Business has ranked it as the second largest event in New York City. If you are in the New York area and want to attend, check out ComicCon's website for ticket information.
UPDATE: Qualified Players for Group Stage - September 4th-5th
Silver (IEM Cup #1 Winner)
drewbie (IEM Cup #2 Winner)
TT1 (IEM Cup #3 Winner)
Painuser (IEM Cup #4 Winner)
HuK
qxc
IdrA
ThisisJimmy
Artosis
Fenix
KiWiKaKi
MurDeR
ajtls
CauthonLuck
machine
suggy
High, Medium and Low seeds will be announced later this week on National ESL and Cup winners are guarenteed a spot in the High or Medium Pool. On Sunday during djWHEAT and Chill's Weapon of Choice the groups will be drawn live on-air. Make sure you check out the show and find out who will be playing who for a spot at New York Comic Con!
Below is a Breakdown of the Rules for Group Stage
+ Show Spoiler +Check-in: 1:30pm EST
Matches Start: 2:00pm EST
Group Stage Matches
- Round Robin Scheduling
- 4 Groups (Groups A,B,C,D)
- 4 Players in each Group: 1st seed will be pre-determined, the rest will be a random draw
- Bo3 match format
Main Group Stage
- $50 per match win
- $100 to the Top Winner of each group
- Top Two in each group (8 total) will advance to the Intel Extreme Masters LAN Finals in NYC
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Sounds great! I am excited to see all the great games that will happen from such a great prize pool! if only i was on the east coast.. haha
Go QXC!
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On August 04 2010 06:40 TheNessman wrote:
Sounds great! I am excited to see all the great games that will happen from such a great prize pool! if only i was on the east coast.. haha
Go QXC!
There's enough prize money that if you make it you can pay for your trip. Plus you earn money online to help pay for the cost.
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ah dang they do 1.6 instead of css
but they do sc2 instead of bw =(
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The TL tournament tracker says 8 players but it's actually 16, letting you know to fix.
ESL is doing huge stuff for sc2, don't understand why so much more attention seems to be on MLG atm.
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hey midway, what happens if the top3 of the next qualifier is player a,b,c plus huk? how do you determine who the 4th spot will go to
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In new york city?
Good luck to TL players!
That's a fat prize pool.
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On August 04 2010 07:59 f0rk wrote:
The TL tournament tracker says 8 players but it's actually 16, letting you know to fix.
No Group Stage is 16 players and is all online. The top finisher in each group plus the winner of the 2nd vs 3rd place go to the LAN final in NY. 4 first place + 4 relegation winners = 8 players.
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On August 04 2010 08:08 SUGGY wrote:
hey midway, what happens if the top3 of the next qualifier is player a,b,c plus huk? how do you determine who the 4th spot will go to
Huk can't play. Silver, Huk, qxc and Thisisjimmy have all qualified for the Group Stage so they are out of the next Cup on Sunday.
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On August 04 2010 08:13 midway wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2010 08:08 SUGGY wrote:
hey midway, what happens if the top3 of the next qualifier is player a,b,c plus huk? how do you determine who the 4th spot will go to Huk can't play. Silver, Huk, qxc and Thisisjimmy have all qualified for the Group Stage so they are out of the next Cup on Sunday.
thanks for the quick response!
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Ya it would be silly if players who are already qualified continue to play, unfair to other people who haven't qualified :p
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they might wanna play for the 100$
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Can't wait to play in hopefully the next qualifier :D
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I have a Terran "ThisisJimmy" in my plat division. Wonder if this could be the same player since he is doing very well atm 40-13. He might need to lose to be promoted.
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On August 04 2010 08:58 SUGGY wrote:
they might wanna play for the 100$
If they qualified for the IEM Group Stage already, they'll have plenty of opportunity to rack in the cash.
On August 04 2010 09:00 blade55555 wrote:
Can't wait to play in hopefully the next qualifier :D
Next Qualifier is this Sunday 
http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/regular_season_cup_2/
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The group stages are played online or in NYC?
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On August 04 2010 11:30 Bob300 wrote:
The group stages are played online or in NYC?
Group stage is online, finals are in NYC.
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Yeah I can't play until the 14'trh in the least so yeah might be the next one then hehe ^^.
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On August 04 2010 11:47 blade55555 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2010 11:05 G2Wolf wrote:On August 04 2010 08:58 SUGGY wrote:
they might wanna play for the 100$ If they qualified for the IEM Group Stage already, they'll have plenty of opportunity to rack in the cash. On August 04 2010 09:00 blade55555 wrote:
Can't wait to play in hopefully the next qualifier :D Next Qualifier is this Sunday http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/regular_season_cup_2/ Yeah I can't play until the 14'trh in the least so yeah might be the next one then hehe ^^.
Well, IEM Cup 3 is the 15th
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Sorry, but does this have anything to do with the german IEM?
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Kennigit
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On August 04 2010 16:47 Karliath wrote:
Sorry, but does this have anything to do with the german IEM?
no
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so awesome, huk cant knock me out again next week =D
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On August 04 2010 12:04 G2Wolf wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2010 11:47 blade55555 wrote:On August 04 2010 11:05 G2Wolf wrote:On August 04 2010 08:58 SUGGY wrote:
they might wanna play for the 100$ If they qualified for the IEM Group Stage already, they'll have plenty of opportunity to rack in the cash. On August 04 2010 09:00 blade55555 wrote:
Can't wait to play in hopefully the next qualifier :D Next Qualifier is this Sunday http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/regular_season_cup_2/ Yeah I can't play until the 14'trh in the least so yeah might be the next one then hehe ^^. Well, IEM Cup 3 is the 15th
Yup thats the one i'm gonna try in super pumped :D
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On August 04 2010 16:47 Karliath wrote:
Sorry, but does this have anything to do with the german IEM?
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM ) is a global tournament made up of continental championships (America, Europe, Asia)
Germany is a country, so it has a national championship - the ESL Pro Series (EPS)
In general, the winners of the EPS go through to the IEM (as they will in CS), but obviously with the timing this season, there are only quick qualifiers for SC2
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Wow Very nice prize pool, too bad more doesnt go to SC2 but soon enough it will be biggest esport in world.
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On August 04 2010 17:05 drewbie.root wrote:
so awesome, huk cant knock me out again next week =D
Go Drewbie! woot!
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On August 04 2010 17:05 drewbie.root wrote:
so awesome, huk cant knock me out again next week =D
o ill find a way
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is that midway from gotfrag?
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good for us gate players:D
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On August 04 2010 07:04 Nal_rAwr wrote:
ah dang they do 1.6 instead of css
but they do sc2 instead of bw =(
Because 1.6 is better and more competitive and more established in america.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On August 05 2010 01:43 choboPEon wrote:
is that midway from gotfrag?
Yes
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On August 04 2010 16:49 Kennigit wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2010 16:47 Karliath wrote:
Sorry, but does this have anything to do with the german IEM? no
Well, as far as I know, both the IEM American Championship (all continental finals) and the IEM Global Challenge(s) offer the opportunity to qualify for the IEM Global Finals. At least that's what the video says.
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On August 05 2010 01:43 choboPEon wrote:
is that midway from gotfrag?
probably be best if he separates himself entirely from the horrible troll-fest that gotfrag is today
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i'm aware that he left, i was stoked to hear him working with ESL-I for CS and now SC2 :>
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On August 05 2010 06:14 ekaj wrote:probably be best if he separates himself entirely from the horrible troll-fest that gotfrag is today
it's always been a little bit terrible in that regard. the counter-strike community was not exactly known for its tact during gotfrag's heyday. but that's not their fault and the site did great things back then, so its awesome to see him still around.
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wow i'm likin this prize pool
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On August 05 2010 01:43 choboPEon wrote:
is that midway from gotfrag?
I use to own and run GotFrag.com but it was bought by MLG couple of years ago. I worked for MLG where I started up their WoW tournament before I left. Now I'm running National ESL, the North & South American League for SC2 and other games.
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What is considered your game account? Your User ID? Im assuming since names arent completely unique without the numbers that id have to add those to join in also?
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On August 05 2010 08:19 bumatlarge wrote:
What is considered your game account? Your User ID? Im assuming since names arent completely unique without the numbers that id have to add those to join in also?
It would be like "NAME.XXX" - where the XXX is your number.
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is it true that IEM and MLG Raleigh are the same weekend ? O_O
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On August 05 2010 08:34 Xeris wrote:
is it true that IEM and MLG Raleigh are the same weekend ? O_O
Posted this on the other thread for the Cup qualifiers so I figured I post it here too....
You have to qualify for the Group Stage, 16 players. We will be looking at the situation once MLG announces their sign ups and we have our qualified players. We have a tight schedule to be ready for the American Championships but if there's a big issue we will look into it.
Also we announced our Group Stage when SC2 was released so we didn't know MLG would be doing SC2 that weekend.
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Okay, I hope there won't be any huge problems here!
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On August 04 2010 07:59 f0rk wrote:
The TL tournament tracker says 8 players but it's actually 16, letting you know to fix.
ESL is doing huge stuff for sc2, don't understand why so much more attention seems to be on MLG atm.
Because MLG gets on TV sometimes. They are just more well known. ESL deserves it more though.
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On August 04 2010 07:04 Nal_rAwr wrote:
ah dang they do 1.6 instead of css
but they do sc2 instead of bw =(
css has been dead for years, i hope you know that.
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Updated thread with Cup #2 details. Sign ups have been going pretty crazy with new players being added. IdrA signed up and will look to get his spot in the next round. Remember you can sign up for ALL THREE CUPS. Your name will be taken out only if you secure a qualifying spot (place top 4).
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where in NY is it being held?
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Inverted: The location will be announced soon
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i want it asap so i can buy tickets ._.
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These qualifiers are so confusing, I can never actually navigate the website to find out when the tournament (other than the one 2 weeks ago) takes place or how to sign up, or when future tournaments are.
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On August 22 2010 00:24 Darpa wrote:
These qualifiers are so confusing, I can never actually navigate the website to find out when the tournament (other than the one 2 weeks ago) takes place or how to sign up, or when future tournaments are.
Tomorrow is the last qualifier cup: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/regular_season_cup_4/
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Darpa: When you go to www.nationalesl.com, hover "Play Now" and select "Starcraft 2". The nav bar will list our ladders and events under the "1on1" menu item. "2on2" is coming soon
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Updated with news about Comic Con. Event is October 8th-10th.
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Can I ask when the group stage is? Because I'm pretty sure most of the 16 qualifiers are also attending MLG>
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September 4th-5th. MLG is this weekend, 28th-29th
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Cool stuff. That'll be a fun 2 weeks :D
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Updated with Qualified Players and Weapon of Choice's Group Drawing
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On August 25 2010 08:25 midway wrote:
Updated with news about Comic Con. Event is October 8th-10th.
Haha...I called it on IRC a few days back! I'll try to be there!
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On August 04 2010 07:59 f0rk wrote:
The TL tournament tracker says 8 players but it's actually 16, letting you know to fix.
ESL is doing huge stuff for sc2, don't understand why so much more attention seems to be on MLG atm.
because MLG is in 2 days.
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Main Group Stage
- $25 per map win
So, I'm guessing this will make people play the 3rd game in the case of 2-0?
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On August 26 2010 02:36 teko wrote:So, I'm guessing this will make people play the 3rd game in the case of 2-0?
Actually I was wrong, its $25 per map win but the loser can't win money. So really its $50 per match win.
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Where/when is the group stage for IEM US? Is it online maybe?
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Oh man Group C all terrans. I know who I think will advance and can't wait :D
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On August 30 2010 14:37 blade55555 wrote:
Oh man Group C all terrans. I know who I think will advance and can't wait :D
I think this kind of sucks for QXC who I personally think is the strongest TvZ and TvP player in the group, but I feel like his TvT is worse than his other MUs. I'm a big qxc fan especially after his series against Machine at Green Forest LAN, he really showed how good of a multi-tasker he is, would be macro-ing and micro-ing 2 drops all at the same time so fast that I couldn't keep up (didn't help that he was purple and the screen was pretty dark).
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These are the groups correct?
A
- IdrA [z]
- TT1 [P]
- Fenix [T]
- suggy [P]
B
- Huk [P]
- KiWiKaKi [P]
- Lastshadow [T]
- machine [Z]
C
- Silver [T]
- Qxc [T]
- thisisjimmy [T]
- Murder [T]
D
- Drewbie [T]
- painuser [T]
- Cauthonluck [T]
- Artosis [Z]
A - Idra and TTOne. Idra should have no trouble in my opinion. SUGGY and Fenix are great players but I think IdrA is just far too good and TTOne will make it in 2nd if he does well.
B - I'm hoping that HuK and Kiwikaki make it out of this one. Protoss bias though probably. Anyone can make it out of this group though in my opinion. This is the toughest one in my opinion.
C - Based on the TvT's I've seen of these guys I'm thinking Silver and MurdeR. QXC has never impressed me with his TvT. He seemed better at other match ups like someone else said. Still an insane player though and if he gets to top 8 he will probably be able to pull off wins and make top 4 or top 2.
D - LOL Artosis and 3 Terrans. I'm thinking CauthonLuck and Drewbie will win this group.
Can't wait to see these games
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oh man i feel bad for artosis in group D. Hopefully the patch comes out before this weekend.
GO Machine!!
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Who is casting the group stages?
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On August 31 2010 00:47 Alou wrote:
Who is casting the group stages?
I hope his name starts with S and ends to N. Nickname includes number and his brother is awesome.
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On August 31 2010 01:09 Grettin wrote:I hope his name starts with S and ends to N. Nickname includes number and his brother is awesome.
inb4 it's BigT again.
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looking forward to this, there are a lot of great players, I would like to see QXC, CathounLuck, or TT1 win this
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On August 31 2010 00:47 Alou wrote:
Who is casting the group stages?
iCCup TV will be on the scene.
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iNcontroL
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machine has a group from hell lol 
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On August 31 2010 02:46 {88}iNcontroL wrote:machine has a group from hell lol
Poor Machine. First the bad seeding at MLG now this . He cannot catch a break.
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lol all terran group. So much better then being in group B though
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I'd like to suggest to perhaps add http://www.esl-world.net/masters/news/133384/ to the OP, and I also want to ask if all the games in the tourney will start at 20:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) and will perhaps day9 be the caster again?
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iCCup TV with Raelcun will be casting the group stages and glhf.tv
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Not sure if this was posted anywhere,
Round 1
Saturday, 04/09/10 14:00h MurDeR vs ThisIsJimmy
Saturday, 04/09/10 14:00h IdrA vs Fenix
Saturday, 04/09/10 14:00h HuK vs KiWiKaKi
Saturday, 04/09/10 15:30h suggy vs TT1
Saturday, 04/09/10 15:30h Lastshadow vs Machine
Saturday, 04/09/10 15:30h drewbie vs CauthonLuck
Saturday, 04/09/10 17:00h qxc vs Silver
Saturday, 04/09/10 17:00h PainUser Artosis
Round 2
Saturday, 04/09/10 17:00h IdrA vs TT1
Saturday, 04/09/10 18:30h MurDeR vs Silver
Saturday, 04/09/10 18:30h drewbie vs Artosis
Saturday, 04/09/10 18:30h HuK vs Machine
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h ajtls vs KiWiKaKi
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h qxc vs ThisIsJimmy
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h PainUser vs CauthonLuck
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h suggy vs Fenix
Round 3
Sunday, 05/09/10 14:00h IdrA vs suggy
Sunday, 05/09/10 14:00h Fenix vs TT1
Sunday, 05/09/10 15:30h HuK vs Lastshadow
Sunday, 05/09/10 15:30h KiWiKaKi vs Machine
Sunday, 05/09/10 17:00h MurDeR vs qxc
Sunday, 05/09/10 17:00h ThisIsJimmy vs Silver
Sunday, 05/09/10 18:30h CauthonLuck vs Artosis
Sunday, 05/09/10 18:30h drewbie vs PainUser
http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/1on1/divisional_cup_1/news/133763/
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LOL Artosis. Placed into a group with 3 other terrans. Ohhh the irony. The irony!!!
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I just finished a preview of the group stage with some info on every player! Check it out here.
I hope you enjoy it! I'll write daily recaps after the games tomorrow and Sunday as well, and preview the group-breaking matchups of day two! I look forward to these games
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On September 04 2010 12:10 TanGeng wrote:
LOL Artosis. Placed into a group with 3 other terrans. Ohhh the irony. The irony!!!
It isn't ironic, but it is quite a funny coincidence.
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3:00 AM KST - which is 14:00 EST on Saturday the 4th.
No stream links yet... Will TL be providing these?
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cant wait
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Someone should take the initiative to make a new thread for this. iCCup TV will be casting at least 1 match from each round of group play all day today and some tomorrow. I would make a new thread but I have to shower before casting. =D
http://www.ustream.com/channel/iccup-tv if you want to go ahead and get settled in.
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Awesome! Thanks iccup tv!
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terran farming zerg...what else is new
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iCCup TV will have the following schedule for today: Stream Link: iCCup TVCoverage Schedule Round 1 2:00PM EST - HuK vs KiWiKaKi
3:30PM EST - SUGGY vs TT1
Round 2 5:00 PM EST - IdrA vs TT1
6:30 PM EST - Drewbie vs Artosis
8:00 PM EST - ajtls vs KiWiKaKi
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ty sir
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Very cool. Lots of big games to check out. Thanks go glhf.tv also!
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only 2 of the 10 games played today being casted? O_O;; makes no sense
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Hmm? No, iCCup TV is casting 5 different match-ups, and GLHF.tv is covering 5 more.
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So we using this thread?
Here is the Stream schedule
iCCup-TV
+ Show Spoiler + Round 1
Saturday, 04/09/10 14:00h HuK vs KiWiKaKi
Saturday, 04/09/10 15:30h suggy vs TT1
Round 2
Saturday, 04/09/10 17:00h IdrA vs TT1
Saturday, 04/09/10 18:30h drewbie vs Artosis
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h ajtls vs KiWiKaKi
Round 3
Sunday, 05/09/10 14:00h Fenix vs TT1
Sunday, 05/09/10 15:30h HuK vs Lastshadow
Sunday, 05/09/10 17:00h ThisIsJimmy vs Silver
Sunday, 05/09/10 18:30h CauthonLuck vs Artosis
GLHF.tv
+ Show Spoiler + Round 1
Saturday, 04/09/10 14:00h IdrA vs Fenix
Saturday, 04/09/10 15:30h drewbie vs CauthonLuck
Saturday, 04/09/10 17:00h qxc vs Silver
Round 2
Saturday, 04/09/10 18:30h HuK vs Machine
Saturday, 04/09/10 20:00h PainUser vs CauthonLuck
Round 3
Sunday, 05/09/10 14:00h IdrA vs suggy
Sunday, 05/09/10 15:30h KiWiKaKi vs Machine
Sunday, 05/09/10 17:00h MurDeR vs qxc
Sunday, 05/09/10 18:30h drewbie vs PainUser
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IdrA is disqualified noooooo!
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Idra probably wants to sleep... He just played the GSL and is practicing like a madman...
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On September 05 2010 03:21 Maelstrom.cobhc wrote:
IdrA is disqualified noooooo!
over what? or you re just trolling
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EPT
