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FXOpen is proud to announce their first invitational tournament, the  FXOpen Path of Ascension. Featuring $900 in cash prizes this two-day event boasts the most prodigious talent from both the North America and Southeast Asia servers playing in the one tournament. In addition, we will see some handpicked European players competing to try and claim the $500 first prize.
There will be full live coverage on both event play days as well as coverage of most matches from the tournament on UnstableTV YouTube by the way of VOD.
Format
Day 1
Friday, Dec 10 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Day 2
Saturday, Dec 11 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
The tournament will be a two-day invitational event with a $900 prizepool, distributed 500/300/100. The 32 players will compete in a best-of-three double elimination competition. Round 1 matchups will be randomised based on races to prevent excessive mirror matchups. Map determination will be via vetoe. Tournament UB and LB finals will be Bo5, and the final will be up to 2 x Bo5.
Maps
+ Show Spoiler [Maps] +Xel’Naga Caverns
Metalopolis
Scrap Station
Shakuras Plateau
Lost Temple
Prizes
First place takes $500
Second place takes $300
Third place takes $100
Coverage
Games will be broadcast in English by Unstable on his stream, with co-commentary from Wolf.
Russian language coverage will be provided by slukad from SC2TV.ru
Schedule
+ Show Spoiler [Schedule] +Day 1( ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/us.png) Friday / ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/kr.png) Saturday) UB Round 1-4 LB Round 1-5 Day 2( Saturday / Sunday) UB Final LB Round 6-Final Grand Final
The SponsorFXOpen is a forex trading company seeking to get more involved in the game they are passionate about - StarCraft 2. FXOpen currently sponsors MMA, drift car series and various other sporting events. This will hopefully be the first of many invitational SC2 events to come. ![[image loading]](http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7402/logobqj.png) FXOpen is proud to be sponsoring this exclusive event. We hope the players and fans enjoy the game time in this tournament and we look forward to bringing more events to the Starcraft 2 community. - Josh Dentrinos, managing director FXOpen Australia
Ruleset [Draft]+ Show Spoiler [Major Rules] +Terms of participation
By accepting your invitation and competing in the event you agree to the following conditions:
- You may be forfeited if you are not ready to play later than 30 minutes after the scheduled match time.
- You will not leak your replays until an official replay pack has been released.
- You will comply to the other rules detailed here.
- You will not publicly slander or reproach any of the staff or sponsors associated with this tournament on any public medium.
Map Selection
Each player will vetoe one map from the 5-map pool posted above. The player in the topmost position on the bracket will vetoe the first map. The three remaining maps will form the maps for the series. An additional round of vetoes will be used on the 3 maps (with the opposite person picking first) and the final remaining map will form the first map of the series. Games played on incorrect maps will not count at all and must be replayed on the correct map. Loser picks from the maps chosen by vetoe after the first game.
Walkovers
Walkovers for Round 1 will be awarded after 30 minutes of no-show unless something has been worked out and an admin notified beforehand that a player is late, pending a reasonable excuse.
Disconnects
Games disconnecting within 3 minutes will be replayed. Disconnects after 3 minutes will be determined on a case-by-case basis. If neither player things they were significantly ahead a rematch is the default response but if one player believes they have an extremely significant advantage (i.e. waiting for GG) they may dispute the rematch. Repeat disconnectors may be forced to forfeit the match.
There are to be no more than 2 restarts per series. If there have been restarts for any reason twice in a given BoX series then the culprit of a third disconnection will forfeit the game.
Lag
Players will be given a 5 minute pause grace period to fix lag, but excessive unplayable lag may result in disqualification. Repeat offendors may be forced to forfeit the tournament.
Spectators
No observers will be allowed except the casting team and event administrators/sponsors, even if both players agree there are to be no spectators. No unofficial streamers are allowed.
Replays
Replays of all games must be saved and emailed to an administrator at iccup.del@gmail.com
Unsportsmanlike behaviour
Unsportsmanlike conduct and abuse of any kind during, prior or after matches will not be tolerated. This may include excessive abuse in chat, racist, sexist or other inappropriate or offensive statements, or personal attacks. Incidents in private chat after the games will not be considered unless directed at tournament staff or sponsors. Punishment may also be issued for the above offences in the context of official tournament threads on public forums.
Pause
Pausing is permitted but you must disclose your reason for doing so and your opponent may unpause the game at any time unless the reason for the pause is lag or event/rule related. If you pause you are obligated to do the unpause unless an admin is present and you request they unpause.
Racepicking
Racepicking between individual rounds is allowed. Racepicking between individual games in a series is not allowed as the map vetoe has already taken place, and racepicking may influence your opponent's choice of maps.
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Sweet line-up! Stalife is Canadian, though.
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On December 06 2010 21:55 Cedstick wrote:
Sweet line-up! Stalife is Canadian, though.
Argh! I just knew I'd mix up at least one Canadian / American. Will be sure to fix it come final brackets though! Thanks!
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Very cool tournament. I would like to get ppgBubbles involved, he recently practiced with qxc a bunch. Hopefully they're let him have one of the unconfirmed slots.
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sweeeet, looking forward to this! FX fighting
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randomization based on race matchups? How about some amount of seeding instead.
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I will talk to DeL, but it would be extremely difficult to seed this player pool appropriately.
We will be creating a 'seeding system' based on tournament results, in the future. This will make things easier on us.
If you are looking for an example, I could seed probably 16 players in the entire list as number 1. But DeL would have more of an idea than me.
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On December 07 2010 05:30 qxc wrote:
randomization based on race matchups? How about some amount of seeding instead.
Seeding is a possibility, but full traditional seeding won't be easy with an international field and the ambiguity of SC ranking as it is. Something along the lines of players selected from a 'top 16' pool to play vs a 'bottom 16' pool could be implemented.
On December 07 2010 05:34 FXOpen wrote:
I will talk to DeL, but it would be extremely difficult to seed this player pool appropriately.
We will be creating a 'seeding system' based on tournament results, in the future. This will make things easier on us.
If you are looking for an example, I could seed probably 16 players in the entire list as number 1. But DeL would have more of an idea than me.
Yeah basically what I said above, but I know where QxC is coming from he is obviously a class player and doesn't want someone getting a free ride to the finals while he is paired off against top opponents.
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Gogo CatZ, only because of your amazing musical taste <3
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Lol bob marley represent!
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I wanna compete in this but I have work, NOOOOO!
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I'm really excited to commentate this. Should be a great event.
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This will be the perfect way to end my week of finals. What an awesome event to watch. Good luck Capoch and Looky!
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We are extremely excited to bring 4 servers together for a tournament, even if its on a limited capacity (not having heaps from all servers, but more from 1 and less from others). But its the beginning of our vision, and we are proud to be able to give these players an opportunity to be seen on a more global basis.
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Cannot wait to watch this!
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Australians ftw!!
gogo Edge, deth, moonglade, filthy, and yoonyj
time to show the world that we know how to play sc2 with the best of them
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Does anyone know what team allaboutyou is in?
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very nice 
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On December 07 2010 17:32 deL wrote:
Does anyone know what team allaboutyou is in?
im pretty sure it was VzR duno what it means tho
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On December 07 2010 17:47 Nuri wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2010 17:32 deL wrote:
Does anyone know what team allaboutyou is in? im pretty sure it was VzR duno what it means tho
Oh he is in that one currently? Or was that an older one?
It's Vizionary Gaming with like, ReSpOnSe, PsY and JiYan and stuff.
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looks like an exciting tournament...should be great
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On December 07 2010 17:55 deL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 07 2010 17:47 Nuri wrote:On December 07 2010 17:32 deL wrote:
Does anyone know what team allaboutyou is in? im pretty sure it was VzR duno what it means tho Oh he is in that one currently? Or was that an older one? It's Vizionary Gaming with like, ReSpOnSe, PsY and JiYan and stuff.
yeah its iether that clan or none i think response went to lazarius gaming if im not wrong
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Hi, I am a caster from Taiwan. As you know the Taiwanese player Sen will be compete in this tournament. The Taiwanese Starcraft community have great interesting in this tournament. So I am hoping I can do Chinese commentary for this tournament.
I have US account and 12M internet connection, so I don't think i will have lagging issue.
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I have pmed you with contact details.
Regards,
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Good luck everyone participating, should be a great tourny to watch .
edge deth nirvana & moonglade hwaitinggggg
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WOOT! VTSpades Fighting!!
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I am actually very curious to see how our russian speaking counter-parts do in this event. As there has not been much coverage of them of late. I do remember a VOD around april of imba (imba.fxopen.adolf) beating white_ra but it was when terran was a little OP (yeh yeh i know what you're going to say).
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Hi guys,
Just to let you know we will have a chinese steam up following Sen throughout the tournament, and if sen gets knocked out, they will follow the matches unstable is streaming.
SC2tv.ru will be following adolf, snake and livezerg or any major showmatches.
Becoming even more exciting
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is it possible to play me vs moonglade earlier? I'll be at work at 3 PM PST... :/
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On December 08 2010 13:13 stalife wrote:
is it possible to play me vs moonglade earlier? I'll be at work at 3 PM PST... :/
Do you mean you will leave from work shortly after 3PM PST so might be late for round 1, but round 2, etc. which will be 30mins to an hour after will be fine?
I don't see why not I'll help you two organise the games. PM me or tell me on Bnet which days/times are good for you guys. We might be able to cast the replay of that game if there are no live games available on the day!
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the bracket picture looks wicked cool :D
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Yes, round 2 (IF I ever beat moonglade of course lol) and on should be fine. Thanks deL! I am available mostly after 6:00 PM PST.
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On December 09 2010 11:01 stalife wrote:
Yes, round 2 (IF I ever beat moonglade of course lol) and on should be fine. Thanks deL! I am available mostly after 6:00 PM PST.
Well it's double elimination, so presumably you'll be playing a second round either way.
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Oh right. hahahaha Thanks Jumbled ! hahahaha then I'm not too unlucky facing against moonglade 1st round :D
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On December 09 2010 12:22 stalife wrote:
Oh right. hahahaha Thanks Jumbled ! hahahaha then I'm not too unlucky facing against moonglade 1st round :D
Yep worst case if you can't make it and gladey is unavailable you can just dominate the lower bracket!
I think it might have been mentioned but there will be a Russian language stream following Adolf and a Chinese language stream following SEn. If those guys are eliminated, we will get one to follow Unstable or just other random games. There will be a rule enforced that only allows 2 streamers in any one game so in the finals it will be covered by Unstable in English (Australian?) and the Russian SC2TV.ru just to reduce impact of streamers/spectators on the players.
Likely round 1 games for coverage include Sheth vs iNcontroL or KiWiKaKi vs Filthy.
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1 2 3 DARKCELL FIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTING
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question: the games will be online right? on what server will they play? EU US AU?.
I`m looking forward to this show, hope a lot of matches will be streamed.
Go Huk as always but I guess Sen or Seth will take this one
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We will have 3 streamers covering this event, it will be an english stream chinese stream and russian stream. we will do our best to cover as much as possible! I will also be doing VOD's via replays for alot of the matches after the fact.
less than 2 hours to go! >.<
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The games are played on the NA server. We like to pretend it's because the Americans need all the advantages they can get against us, but really it's just the most popular and handy server :3
If anyone from the tourney needs me add deL#199 to bnet.
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<insert excited pants here> WOOO cant wait.
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i need deth's identifier please
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Game 1 being cast now
 FXOSheth vs  EGiNcontroL
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alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore?
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On December 11 2010 08:45 drooL wrote:
alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore?
Correct.
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this tournament must be what made huk stop streaming
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On December 11 2010 08:48 deL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:45 drooL wrote:
alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore? Correct.
is there any insight on that? must've happend pretty recently?
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On December 11 2010 08:56 drooL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:48 deL wrote:On December 11 2010 08:45 drooL wrote:
alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore? Correct. is there any insight on that? must've happend pretty recently?
Yessir there is an upcoming thread but the baby who was gonna post it got bitten by a harmless spider while doing the gardening and is nusing the bite instead of doing his e-Sports duty!
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On December 11 2010 08:56 drooL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:48 deL wrote:On December 11 2010 08:45 drooL wrote:
alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore? Correct. is there any insight on that? must've happend pretty recently?
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On December 11 2010 09:09 deL wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:56 drooL wrote:On December 11 2010 08:48 deL wrote:On December 11 2010 08:45 drooL wrote:
alright just a quick question: is Sheth not on team ROOT anymore? Correct. is there any insight on that? must've happend pretty recently? Yessir there is an upcoming thread but the baby who was gonna post it got bitten by a harmless spider while doing the gardening and is nusing the bite instead of doing his e-Sports duty!
IT WAS A BIG SPIDER! 
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i see i see. thanks guys
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Why is Sheth on FXOSheth and not RootSheth?
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On December 11 2010 09:39 Zeles wrote:
Why is Sheth on FXOSheth and not RootSheth?
I would assume it is because he is in FXO now and not ROOT.
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On December 11 2010 08:53 travis wrote:
this tournament must be what made huk stop streaming
What happened?
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On December 11 2010 09:45 GenoZStriker wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:53 travis wrote:
this tournament must be what made huk stop streaming What happened?
huk forfeited because of lag
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On December 11 2010 09:56 Orome wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 09:45 GenoZStriker wrote:On December 11 2010 08:53 travis wrote:
this tournament must be what made huk stop streaming What happened? huk forfeited because of lag
He played Azz and lost 0-2, but in the LB he forfeited due to lag.
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wow sheth is soooo good at pvz, hitting some sick timings
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Ugh, missed lots of games, will there be VODs or replays?
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qxc fighting!! Nice torney guys!
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On December 11 2010 09:45 GenoZStriker wrote:Show nested quote +On December 11 2010 08:53 travis wrote:
this tournament must be what made huk stop streaming What happened?
i dunno about the forfeit from lag thing, but all im talking about is that huk was streaming but said he had to stop because he can't stream during a tournament
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Is there any idea when replays will be released after the tournament? Would love to see some of these other games. Also go LOOKY!
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Anyone wanna co-cast? Wolf had family shenanigans to attend, just Contact Unstable or myself.
 ROOTqxc vs FXOSheth
Welcome Benji to the commentary team!
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Sad to see HuK lag out. qxc and sheth was pretty funny on scrap station though :D
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so, qxc played already? what was the score vs sheth?
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On December 11 2010 11:49 Lipski wrote:
so, qxc played already? what was the score vs sheth?
ROOTqxc 2-0 FXOSheth as I understand, but it's double elim so you still get to see Sheth play tomorrow same time!
Full brackets are here:
http://challonge.com/fxopenpoa
Latest results include FXOmOOnGLaDe 2-1 LiquidHayprO and KawaiiRice 2-0 Agh
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This looks like a well-organized tourney with top-notch players. Will be tuning in for final rounds!
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shit. I was few hour late. Are there gonna be more games today?
Sen fighting
Huk hwaiting
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more games today and games tomorrow.
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wow Sen vs Kiwikaki game 3 is INSANE. Must see for everybody. Very BroodWar like game.
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On December 11 2010 12:32 Caphe wrote:
wow Sen vs Kiwikaki game 3 is INSANE. Must see for everybody. Very BroodWar like game.
Yeah absolutely. Static defence seemed to be pretty important lategame in this tourney (qxc vs sheth & Sen vs Kiwikaki) when it comes to resource-starved armies/basetrades
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Rest of the games will be played tomorrow night, KawaiiRice vs Axslav and mOOnGLaDe vs Azz will not be streamed right now but might be covered early tomorrow by replay.
Also tomorrow we get to see:
UB Final ( KiWiKaKi vs qxc)
LB Round 6-Final
Grand Final
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Replays will be posted sometime?
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On December 11 2010 13:21 qxc wrote:
Replays will be posted sometime?
Probably in about a week as they are used for VODs.
Still a few players I need replays from so if you didn't send them please PM me and I'll give you the email to send it to, cheers!
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im sorry but kiwikaki v sen is one of the greatest games ever played... kudos to them both.
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Damn it I missed this event, are there VODs/Replays somewhere ?
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woohoo, its 9 am in sydney and QXC and kiwi play soon.... (popcorn)
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Sen and Axslav going on right now!
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rooting for my boys sheth and moon! woo
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qxc and kiwi doing awesome new builds imo.
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Watching qxc vs kiwikaki atm
Seems like a good game.
Kudos del for organising this
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On December 12 2010 09:07 mfZOR wrote:Watching qxc vs kiwikaki atm Seems like a good game. Kudos del for organising this
Thanks, but organising alone does no good without FXOpen sponsoring and Unstable and Wolf casting ;D Also the foreign language streams have been popular too!
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gogo Agh & Zelniq! Lazarus Gaming Fighting !!
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Lots of big names excited
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1 turret = takes down 3 void rays.
hahah epic turret
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Epic game on ATM! Kiwi vs. QXC...
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57 minutes... god damn that shit was pretty awesome.
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whew, 58 minute game. That was a monster!
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game 3 was about 58 minutes on Shak...epic.
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Epic series between qxc and kiwikaki... Though the casting is a bit more chill than I would expect with such an epic game going on, haha.
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KiwiKaki vs QXC 800 viewers 58min game vs djwheat 1000 viewers talking in a lobby lol
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55 minute game...................... NICEEEEEE
On December 12 2010 09:58 SiguR wrote:
Epic series between qxc and kiwikaki... Though the casting is a bit more chill than I would expect with such an epic game going on, haha.
Welcome to australia hahah
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On December 12 2010 09:58 cN- wrote:
KiwiKaki vs QXC 800 viewers 58min game vs djwheat 1000 viewers talking in a lobby lol
300 more viewers on the Chinese stream if it makes you feel any better
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On December 12 2010 09:58 SiguR wrote:
Epic series between qxc and kiwikaki... Though the casting is a bit more chill than I would expect with such an epic game going on, haha.
Hehe yeah it was pretty mellow, though I think he's doing a great job for having to solo commentate on a game that long. It's a bit harder when you don't have anyone else to play off, or to bounce ideas to etc ^^
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just sad how much pull casters have 2 top players in a $900 turny cant get more views =[
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look at kiwi vs qxc game 3, now an avg game on steppes of war, now kiwi vs qxc, now an avg game on steppes of war, sadly, the avg game on steppes of war isnt kiwi vs qxc game 3, but the avg sc2 game could be, look down, back up, your on blizzard ladder, in a map pool full of decent macro maps, whats that on the minimap? Bases! More bases than you can feast your eyes on. The bases are now 200/200 armies.
Anythings possible when the map isn't 2 screens long. I'm on a map rant.
(btw, qxc vs kiwi game 3 was an amazing macro/harass 1 hour long slugfest on shakurus, everyone should definitely check it out)
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On December 12 2010 10:00 illumn wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2010 09:58 cN- wrote:
KiwiKaki vs QXC 800 viewers 58min game vs djwheat 1000 viewers talking in a lobby lol 300 more viewers on the Chinese stream if it makes you feel any better
500 on the Russian language stream too.
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qxc vs kiwikaki game 3, was the most epic TvP i've seen. dreamhack 2010 finals included.
game 3, shakuras plateau, there have been cattlebruisers, emps, storms, dts, thors, voidrays, offensive probes, yamato sniping nexuses, mass immortals sniping planetary fortresses, drops, and ~50mins of non stop action.
watch it, you must!
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i dont think kiwi vs QXC showed any imbalanceness issues at all
to be honest the one fight where kiwi had void rays in his army he stomped the battlecruiser army and probably coulda won if he kept pushing the attack
i think if kiwi added more void rays to his army to counter the BC's along with maybe 2 collossi (having 2 in your army is always a good help) it woulda been alot different and then of course qxc could try to counter that with other compositions
basically kiwi was fighting QXC while letting QXC utilize every single unit in the terran arsenal but kiwi decided to not add a few carriers/void rays/collossi into his lategame army
carriers definitely dont suck and collossi/carriers are vulnerable to yamato cannon but yamato can be countered by feedback soooo its like a micro war i guess
QXC vs kiwi was a rare game where you see late macro instane tug of war from terran and protoss between two good players and i dont think it showed any imbalance issues
IM JUST MAKING THIS POST to counter what i expect to be people saying "omg battlecruisers imba, how do you stop that"
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Games are back! Game 4 of ROOTqxc vs ROOTKiWiKaKi
Orb coming in to help commentate!
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Lovely harass from qxc... Like the banshee, raven, medivac combo-harass! Seems effective against protoss.
Kiwi's micro is imba-good, though. WC3 skills shining thru...
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Coming up:
SEn vs Sheth
with commentary by Unstable and Orb
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ye, someone GOT to start qxc fanclub now. i actually can't believe there isn't one yet.
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definitely a great series, more interesting than a lot of korean/gsl games i've seen recently even if timing attacks are supposedly stronger right now than macro based play.
anyways, i think qxc's macro and multitask was just a little better than kiwi in just about every game (his battle micro and positioning needed work in some spots but eh it happens to the best of us) and thats how he got the win, gj ggs
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mass queens was pretty sweet by Sen.
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Lower Bracket finals [BO5] going live:
fnaticMSI.SEn vs ROOTKiWiKaKi
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I'm not sure if I want Sen to win this so we don't have another TvP with QXC or if I want Kiwi to win so we have more epic games like game 3
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kiwikaki fighting!!!!!!
VR imba on shakuras
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Is Sen playing from Korea?
Would be a huge disadvantage. Seemed to me like he was a little slow on the micro.
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On December 12 2010 11:48 Redox wrote:
Is Sen playing from Korea?
Would be a huge disadvantage. Seemed to me like he was a little slow on the micro.
Taiwan I think. But yeah mOOnGLaDe and the other Australian/European players had the same disadvantage it can't really be helped. Sen should be used to it playing in a lot of EU and NA tourneys from Asia.
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It's always nice to see zergs abusing cliffs on lost temple for a change.
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:O please do tell. What did he do?
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Nydus on natural cliff with hydras.
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so did the sen kiwikaki series finish or is it still going? just joined in.
edit: nvm guess it was over since qxc is playing sen now.
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Sen 3-1 kiwikaki in lower bracket finals
Now playing bo5 finals vs qxc. Sen need 2 bo5 wins to take the tournament.
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This first qxc vs Sen game has been an awesome macro TvZ so far.
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To quote Artosis; SO MANY BANELINGS!
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this is why pure macro vs zerg just does not work, lol. unless you're on jungle basin and can deny their 3rd/4th, imo terran really needs a strong 2base timing attack to win atm outside of straight up cheese
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On December 12 2010 12:34 iNversion wrote:
this is why pure macro vs zerg just does not work, lol. unless you're on jungle basin and can deny their 3rd/4th, imo terran really needs a strong 2base timing attack to win atm outside of straight up cheese
Disagree. You should watch Ngry vs Strifecro (Eg strifecro or w/e) cross position meta no cheese or anything straight up macro and he won pretty easily. So it can be done if the terran knows how and QXC has beaten plenty of zergs in macro games just because he doesn't do it 100% of the time doesn't mean terran can't compete.
On a side note there have been alot of good games so far it seems kiwi vs qxc had an epic game, and just loving all these good games ^^
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Good games, well-run tourney.
But if Sen wins.... this is a good argument in favor of extended series (not to open up a can of worms)
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nah, i know cheese isn't the only way to win vs zerg, but at the same time, outside of zerg making some key army control mistakes, if the terran lets zerg have 3 saturated bases without effective harass/timing attacks, it becomes exponentially more difficult to win, as shown in g1
tank/marine is still pretty effective but if z uses muta harass and engages with muta/ling/bling at favorable locations (i.e. not choke, no low ground vs high ground, etc), they have a much easier time winning than t on most maps.
edit: also, not saying tvz is imbalanced or anything, but im just calling it as i see it. past 3 bases, z is favored vs t if there is no timing attack coming
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On December 12 2010 12:52 dizzy101 wrote:
Good games, well-run tourney.
But if Sen wins.... this is a good argument in favor of extended series (not to open up a can of worms)
I think if SEn wins two Bo5s in a row vs QxC to take this tourney he thoroughly deserves it!
I think I might promise now never to implement extended series 
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How is Sen still in this game?
edit: qxc needs to learn marineking's marine splits.
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is there a way to get the replays ?
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On December 12 2010 13:05 Mackh wrote:
is there a way to get the replays ?
Replays WILL be released but they will be delayed as many are used for VODs, as obviously VOD views are more favourable than replay downloads until the FXOpen e-Sports website is up.
However, all games today will be uploaded to http://www.youtube.com/unstabletv1
EDIT: Had to use up my 4000th post here ;( oh well I had nothing planned yet anyway this tourney is as good as anything to celebrate it! :D
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qxc just beat sen in a TvZ long macro game on cross positions on shakuras plateau.
damn, i didnt think that was even possible.
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On December 12 2010 13:04 Telcontar wrote:
edit: qxc needs to learn marineking's marine splits.
yeah game woulda been over like in the first big attack through the middle...or the 2nd...or the 3rd...if he had split well.
but yeah qxc played amazingly overall still. the drop harass and expo denies were nicely done and the one of the best ways to play vs macro zerg
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On December 12 2010 13:13 Lipski wrote:
qxc just beat sen in a TvZ long macro game on cross positions on shakuras plateau.
damn, i didnt think that was even possible.
You can deny expansions much more easily than on metalopolis cross-position. Sen could have played a little better but that 3 pronged attack by qxc was really good. I'll download that replay for sure.
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On December 12 2010 13:16 Clipped wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2010 13:13 Lipski wrote:
qxc just beat sen in a TvZ long macro game on cross positions on shakuras plateau.
damn, i didnt think that was even possible. You can deny expansions much more easily than on metalopolis cross-position. Sen could have played a little better but that 3 pronged attack by qxc was really good. I'll download that replay for sure.
Its funny that way, I think its because shakuras plateau is so big that the 3rd base for zerg is relatively far away so the creep highway doesnt quite reach it at the normal 3rd base timing, unlike on Metalopolis where the 3rd is really close and easier to defend.
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qxc takes game 4 on xel naga, and wins the whole thing.
great series, great tournament
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qxc sooooooo goooooood
Grats dude!
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Grats to QXC well played by him wanted Sen but some gg's ^^
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yes qxc <3333333 pretty happy right now
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not sure why sen switched to roaches, perhaps because the he saw thors but imo he shouldnt have made that many, they were owned hard by mmm in the end.. although im not sure it would have mattered, qxc once again played a nice, aggressive, expo-denying style. congrats
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Nice tourney, congrats qxc
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ggs really wp by qxc and hopes any viewers enjoys my games ^_<
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GG Sen, I enjoy these games in this tournament. I really hope Sen could win though. Sen alway seems to have problem with qxc drop play style.
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ggs definitely, especially the final and qxc vs Kiwi. Well casted too despite the sound trouble. Thanks for organizing the tournament
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GG qxc you showed much variety to your game, showing strong early, mid and late game strategies vs. zerg. A well deserved victory sir.
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Great torney. Well played all players and qxc beating Sen in Macro gives me a lotta hope for this game. gg qxc!!
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Maybe im late to the party, but can someone explain why Sen, who lost in the 4th round, was still able to finish 2nd in the tourny and ahead of KiWiKaKi, who actually beat him.
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double elimination is tricky
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On December 12 2010 15:26 dfgman wrote:
Maybe im late to the party, but can someone explain why Sen, who lost in the 4th round, was still able to finish 2nd in the tourny and ahead of KiWiKaKi, who actually beat him.
It's double elimination, so you have to lose twice to be knocked out.
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On behalf of FXOpen, I'd like to congratulate QXC, not only did you go through the upper brackets unscathed, but you also truly impressed many people.
Kiwikaki and sen, I will never forget probably 2 of the games you guys played against each other, they were absolutely epic, and the game play was second to none (except QXC of course).
Congratulations to the newly formed FXOpen team (FXO), the loveable Sheth, moonglade, optikzero and Filthy, all representing FXOpen in a great manner. And all were equally excited to watch the finals matches. It was truly inspiring.
I must say, a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEE thanks to deL, unstable and frequency. A very smooth, and extremely high calibre event run by some extremely professional guys. I know how hard it is to run an event, so congratulations.
To all the viewers, there was some interesting times in the chatroom, thank you for making the weekend eventful, thank you for supporting our event, and we look forward to bringing you another one in the beginning of January.
In the meantime, please do watch the vods, if for anything, they are truly entertaining.
We will hopefully be announcing a few interesting things in the new year.
To all gamers out there. Merry christmas, Happy holidays, keep safe, keep well, and keep gaming!
Sincerely,
All the team @ FXOpen.
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Wow watched a few of those VODS, AMAZING production and, seems like this is a solid tournament. Would definitely love to see this one again.
I think you've heard of him, his name is QXC, I wasn't too impressed with QXC in previous games I've seen[BETA], but it seems like he's really stepped his game up. Oh and Sen is Sen so, can never count him out heh.
GJ!
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any replay pack coming out ?
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there are some vods on youtube. Ummmm, www.youtube.com/unstabletv i think it is. Rest will be put up soon. We will release replays with our website sometime in the new year.
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I hope this tournament grows, I watched just a few of the games live due to bad timing for me but they were AWESOME!
I will definately check out the vods.
Seemed very well organised even though the brackets confused the hell out of me at first glance.
The stream was also lagfree and great quality, good good stuff.
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On December 12 2010 20:18 FXOpen wrote:there are some vods on youtube. Ummmm, www.youtube.com/unstabletv i think it is. Rest will be put up soon. We will release replays with our website sometime in the new year.
its actually http://www.youtube.com/unstabletv1 VOD from day 2 are being edited etc now (damn that 15 minute cutoff for youtube) and will be up within the next 24 hours!
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QXC vs Sen on Shakuras was absolutely amazing.
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On December 12 2010 13:21 Entropic wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2010 13:16 Clipped wrote:On December 12 2010 13:13 Lipski wrote:
qxc just beat sen in a TvZ long macro game on cross positions on shakuras plateau.
damn, i didnt think that was even possible. You can deny expansions much more easily than on metalopolis cross-position. Sen could have played a little better but that 3 pronged attack by qxc was really good. I'll download that replay for sure. Its funny that way, I think its because shakuras plateau is so big that the 3rd base for zerg is relatively far away so the creep highway doesnt quite reach it at the normal 3rd base timing, unlike on Metalopolis where the 3rd is really close and easier to defend.
It s not as close as Metalopolis for sure but I think with good creep spread you should be able to close the gap at a pretty decent timing.
I also think that this wasn't the problem at all it was more of a lack of switching tech by zerg.
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Its my belief that players adapt to the situation they are in. And if the adaptation fails then they fall behind.
I am pretty sure every player has practiced every map at least enough to know the creep spread parameters. Its just how well your opponent knows that necessity, and the pressure they put on you to prevent it from happening. Thats what starcraft is all about
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On December 12 2010 21:57 TheBanana wrote:I hope this tournament grows, I watched just a few of the games live due to bad timing for me but they were AWESOME! I will definately check out the vods. Seemed very well organised even though the brackets confused the hell out of me at first glance. The stream was also lagfree and great quality, good good stuff.
Hopefully we can run an event in the European timezone, though it would be an awkward time for us mostly being based in Australia. Not sure how far we are getting into the European scene right now though maybe someone else can comment on it - I just run the tourneys
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European timezones dont go well with the north american server. We will always invite european players to our invitationals, as they are great players. But whether or not they play (sometimes 5am) is another thing.
We may host a european server tournament sometime in the future via our russian team.
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please release the replays ASAP. If you wait until new year, it will be obsolete because the new patch will probably come out.
btw, i'm shocked no one mention azz 2-0'd huk.
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Huk was apparently having lag issues. But it still would have been a feat.
Replays will be up ASAP.
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On December 15 2010 08:30 FXOpen wrote:
Huk was apparently having lag issues. But it still would have been a feat.
Replays will be up ASAP.
Azz should have the same delay as HuK, Australia is about the same distance from the US and we have worse internet too
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Can you please upload ALL replay files ? a lot of games are missing from the rar, such as Kiwikaki vs Sen in the LB
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there's no finals and LB finals replay in the replay pack! please upload those epic games, I'm (and sure many people are) looking forward 
you guys did a great job, I followed the whole tournament too.
sadly couldn't cast some games live.
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Sorry must have linked an old replay pack from day 1!
REPLAYS
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Many thanks for the replays !
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Only recently found out bout this tournament and the team itself. But better late than never: Sweet banner + lineup! Definitly looking forward to future events from you guys!
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Talk about outclassed..
User was warned for this post
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On January 15 2011 10:14 Deekin[ wrote:
Talk about outclassed..
talk about bumps
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