[FXO] FXOpen Invitational Series #1 - $1500

FXOpen is proud to announce the first 64-player invitational tournament in their latest series of invitational events, the FXOpen Invitational Series. This new format sees yet another increase in the prizepool with $1500 cash up for grabs.

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We took the time to talk to the defending champion TheStC from team oGs a bit about his performance in both of the tournaments and what it's like being a Korea playing in a foreign event.

deL: What were your first thoughts about getting invited to the FXOpen Invitational?
TheStC: Because this is the first tournament abroad, I was very excited to join this competition.

deL: Do you enter tournaments like this on the Korean server?
TheStC: I wish there are lots of this types of tournaments, but ever since GSL has come into effect, there is no other SC2 competitions other than GSL. However, I join every tournament available in Korea even though there are not a lot of them.

deL: How does this tournament differ or compare to Korean tournaments?
TheStC: It seems a bit different from SC2 tournaments in Korea. For example, you guys have double eliminations in the tournament. Also, the double eliminations prevent technical and skillful SC2 players to drop out of the tournament into preliminaries. In addition, in the losers' round, a person has time to control his or her mind before playing SC2. I love how this competition is being held with the double eliminations.

deL: What do you like most about the FXOpen tournament?
TheStC: As I mentioned earlier, I love double eliminations the most.

deL: Korean players don't get a chance to represent their country very
often - how do you feel representing Korea in a foreign tournament?
TheStC: Even though I am not they only Korean player, I tried to do my best to show that Korean players are not bad and I was really worried about representing Korea.

deL: What is the play level of the foreign players in the FXOpen tournament?
TheStC: To be honest, Korean players are a little bit better than foreign players for now. However, what I have noticed is that Korean players have similar styles of playing SC2 and that foreign players have different styles and techniques in their playing.

deL: Are there different playstyles from foreign players compared to other oGs or Korean players that stand out to you?
TheStC: All foreign SC2 players have different styles from OGS players, but I personally think the player "Select" is very hard to deal with and has his own freaking awesome styles!

deL: Do you know or recognise any of the non-Korean players in the FXOpen invitational?
TheStC: I have known players such as "Moonglade" who joined the last season and I personally know "Sen" and also know "Select" who was famous for War Hammer gamer.

deL: You won the last FXOpen tournament. Do you think you can win now this time? Who will be your toughest opponent?
TheStC: I am very confident in every game, but because of the latency problems, I cannot show the full skills of my SC2. Also, "Select" and "oGsHerO" are very hard to play against.

deL: The oGs coach was watching the stream. What did your oGs coach say
about the games and tournament?
TheStC: The coach, through this tournament, has caught my mistakes and helped me, and he was especially surprised at the higher level of SC2 players.

deL: Do your teammates support you and oGsHerO in this event?
TheStC: Of course! I practiced with all my team mates and TeamLiquid players helped me by telling me how foreign players play SC2. It was a lot easier to prepare once I heard important tips for dealing with foreign players.

We thank TheStC for his time taken out from practice to answer these questions!

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Overall Results

1st oGsHerO ($900)
2nd oGsTheStC ($400)
3rd dignitasSeleCT ($200)
4th Mill.LaLush
5th FXOpTiKzErO and ppgBubbles
7th FXOSheth and mouzMaNa
9th FXOmOOnGLaDe, oGsSuperNova, REQDarkCell and oGsJ

View the Brackets here

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The tournament will be a three-day, 64 player invitational event with a $1500 prizepool, distributed 900/400/200. The 64 players will compete in a best-of-three double elimination competition. Round 1 matchups will be based on rough 'seedings' gathered from previous tournament events and other scene activity. Map determination will be via vetoe. Tournament UB and LB finals will be Bo5, and the final will be up to 2 x Bo5.



Day 1 is over! See the VODs: Part 1 :: Part 2

Day 1
Saturday, Feb 19 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
UB Rounds 1-3
LB Rounds 1-4

Day 2 is over! See the VODs: Part 1 :: Part 2

Day 2
Sunday, Feb 20 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
UB Rounds 4, 5 and UB Final
LB Rounds 5-8

Day 3
Saturday, Feb 26 2:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
LB Round 9 and LB Final
Grand Final



Xel&
Metalopolis
Scrap Station
Shakuras Plateau
Lost Temple



First place takes $900
Second place takes $400
Third place takes $200

Prizes are in Australian Dollars ($AUD) which are roughly equivalent to US$






VODs

Day 1 Part 1 :: Part 2

Day 2 Part 1 :: Part 2



FXOpen 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.

http://www.fxopen.com