Multiplay are proud to once again present to you our Starcraft 2 tournament. Our third tournament after the previous successful tournaments where the best of the UK have come to battle!
This event takes place at the biggest UK gaming festival/LAN party. Only i42 attendees can sign up for the tournament.
Previous winners - Dignitas Pureball and EG DeMusliM.
Tournament Admins
Matt “Kharne” Macdonald Mark “Daygore” Gorman
When does the tournament take place?
The tournament begins on FRIDAY 22ND APRIL at 20:00 GMT (+00:00) with the group stages. Signups CLOSE at 18:30 GMT (+00:00) 1.5 hours before the start time. The tournament will run till 21:00 GMT (+00:00) on Friday.
Saturday will resume at 10:00 GMT (+00:00) and run till around 18:30 GMT (+00:00).
Sunday will begin at 09:00 GMT (+00:00) am and the Grand Final should be at 21:00 GMT (+00:00).
(Warning: These times are subject to changes running up to the event!.)
Tournament Structure
BYOC (Some TUP may be arranged based apon player basis - contact Multiplay direct for information) LAN Tournament only. Maxiumm of 256 Participants. Groups – BO1. Eliminations(Double Elim) – BO3 Upper and Lower Bracket Finals – (If time permits)BO5, Grand Final: BO7.
Group size and number of bracket rounds will be configured based apon signups at the event.
First map is chosen by elimination. Example: Player 1 removes Typhon Peaks. Player 2 removes MLG Metalopolis… Player 1 removes ... until there is only 1 map left. In BO3 and BO5 each time the loser of the previous map chooses the next map.
Maps are never to be repeated in the same BO3/BO5/BO7.
Prize Pool £1500 Prize pot. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Stream
Totalbiscuit will be casting the finals!
Also, throughout the duration of the tournament coverage will be supplied by http://ukstarcraft.net/ : LeonStarcraft will be streaming the whole weekend.
Already booked and payed . I managed to check the player list and demuslim is booked to go but not under the EG clan tag so did he move clans or somthing?
The names that are used on multiplay are simply the players multiplay user name, and is unlikely to ever change - so sometimes it can be difficult to tell which "Multiplay" nickname belongs to which "SC2" nickname.
@Noam, TG and CHG is muuuuch larger than this. so its really a lan for uk >_>; euros will be at them events
@This event. Oh god, i41 worked to be such a mega success, why are you doing this bracket system again? Yeah it might work smoothly, but omg it went so so bad as a players POV. Forcing zergs onto steppes of war. Brillo. :/
I have to admit to considering Test Bug and Crossfire while I was narrowing down the maps. After seeing Testbug even more during MLG it's got a great chance of replacing one of those two you mentioned.
I still have a couple of weeks to iron maps out. I may even be changing a couple of the rules for map choosing and BO1 in group stage (based on no. Of signups).
Keep the feedback coming. I am open to considered remoulding before the final week.
Tickets will sell out and I think we are running low, so watch out you don't leave it too late. You can sign up for the tournament as late as the Friday at LAN.
I actually quite like slag pits personally! Shame. Will switch that out for Testbug. I prefer to have a good tournament overall if possible!
GreatOldOne, You taught my bro how to zerg. I'll make sure he forward you a pint or two; if you come! Afraid its BYOC, last time they had some rigs set up in the FilePlay area or soemthing but i dont think that'll be there this time. errr
Make sure you go ;p i'll let crouchingpig know you're thinking about it :D
haway guys sign up. This is the event in the UK a at the moment. all of you guys wanting a sc2 scene, well it requires us to attend events such as these. gogogogo :D
ill be there by the way, as the original posts states, you all best come and say hello
At the LAN we have "boxes" which is a group booking where you have a room to yourself with around 20 other players. These are quite luxury and if you arrange to go in one with like minded players (eg SC2 players) you are likely to have an awesome time!
I have attended insomnia LANs since i14 which was around 9 years ago - I have always loved the social aspects and if you can get down to watch and play some games its well worth it! There is so much more going on other then the tournaments - bars, food, exhibitions and silly fun games to enter for tons of prizes - MvC3 anyone?
Its a shame I can't make this, bloody work commitments. Bet its a right good old blast. We just need more stuff like this cracking on in the UK to try and drive up the popularity of esports in general.
Ill be there just playing CSS instead of sc2 If anyone is going to the bar on thursday night ill be sure to say hello :D Although from next iseries onwards its sc2 all the way for me :D
CLNNN we are trying to schedule so if you are knocked out of the group stages of any other tournament you should still be able to sign up - times that I have put are not set in stone.
On April 07 2011 02:41 bmml wrote: Why they schedule these events in the middle of university exam season is beyond me .
April = Month off for revision for me, then Exams in may
This has been pissing me off for 3 years in a row now Finals coming up so i cant attend again. When is i43? If its after exams im bang up for it. A SC2 box is a sick idea.
I'm not sure if its too late to change map pool, tourney is like 2 days away, but perhaps it would be possible to change TSL shakuras with the current Bnet shakuras. I can't really think of any benefits to using it.
1)Already several none ladder maps to practice. 2)TSL shakuras has less diversity, always cross map spawn. 3) Despite this, still balance issues concerning backdoor rocks. 4)TSL Shakuras centre map is more congested with rocks in middle making one corridor for attack until they're destroyed which can lead to turtleish games.
TSL hasn't really been a great advertisement for the map also. I think the map pool is great overall, just saying...
I've already revised the map pool twice so this time we are going to stick with what we have - I think you could find a criticism for every possible map choice so I am happy to keep what we have now!
Thanks for the feedback though - always appreciated
We have updated the times on the schedule - its fully up to date and I fully expect us to stick to those times - 20:00 GMT (+00:00) for the start of the group stages.
On April 05 2011 18:42 ihasaKAROT wrote: Gosh I remember flying over for i21 years ago... Back then it was for counterstrike. Really tempted to go again, was so much fun
So atm, the Xsplit problems are hobbling streaming efforts. The onsite hardware solution is not capable of HD and looks poor. I am trying to work on an FMLE based solution, but that's taking a while to get going, assuming it works at all.
Just want to apologise for the lack of live coverage from ukstarcraft.net. Due to circumstances that extend from a RTA to the Amazon Cloud severs exploding, the unaviodable hiccups mean that we were and still are unable to stream from the venue.
I will however do the replay casting as soon as i arrive back home. While i am here however, i will try to get as much media, pictures, interviews etc, and hopefully something decent will come out of this trip from us.
Sorry again guys, we will make it up to the UK scene
Ok folks, thanks for watching today, I know we are the very definition of underdog vs Copenhagen and TSL but hey, there were some fun games and VoDs will hit my Youtube channel tomorrow.
Currently, SeleCT reigning undefeated in the winners bracket, however he will face his teammate Bling who did actually BEAT him (as well as Hasuobs) in the Gadget Show Invitational. iSeries regulars rANDY and Pureball are still in the tournament, with Pureball holding against his frequent opponent rANDY, knocking him down to the losers bracket and he will now be forced to face up against one of the UK's rising Terran stars Lau, known for his aggressive double-starport opening and excellent Banshee macro.
Stream will start at 10am British time, 11am CEST, 5am EST
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Also this being held at the same place as last time (i41) near reading? Hopefully it gets continued to be hosted there, i might compete next year (going to reading uni)
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
Ah thanks for that, didn't know Apollo was in Dignitas. I should have gone to spectator, only like a 1 hour train journey from where I'm at if its at the same venue as last time.
How on earth did Dignitas pick up select btw? If hes Korean / living in America? Isn't the rest of the team from the EU?
Holy shit, I never knew Newbury was only 45 minutes from me. I should probably go to some i-series events in the future. When I was a cs/css player I never really fancied it, but for sc2 it could be good.
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
Ah thanks for that, didn't know Apollo was in Dignitas. I should have gone to spectator, only like a 1 hour train journey from where I'm at if its at the same venue as last time.
How on earth did Dignitas pick up select btw? If hes Korean / living in America? Isn't the rest of the team from the EU?
well thats like asking how did eg pick up demulsim if hes English!? Digintas is a long standing esports team
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
Ah thanks for that, didn't know Apollo was in Dignitas. I should have gone to spectator, only like a 1 hour train journey from where I'm at if its at the same venue as last time.
How on earth did Dignitas pick up select btw? If hes Korean / living in America? Isn't the rest of the team from the EU?
Like the other guy said Dignitas is a pretty long standing team, ODEE is a fantastic manager too.
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
Ah thanks for that, didn't know Apollo was in Dignitas. I should have gone to spectator, only like a 1 hour train journey from where I'm at if its at the same venue as last time.
How on earth did Dignitas pick up select btw? If hes Korean / living in America? Isn't the rest of the team from the EU?
Like the other guy said Dignitas is a pretty long standing team, ODEE is a fantastic manager too.
Sjow is good at spotting talent, its no coincidence select got picked up like days after he lost to SjoW in a gosucup finals
On April 24 2011 18:51 Zlasher wrote: Surprised to see Select flown out to the UK for a lan worth just 1500 pounds. Not that thats a bad thing by any means, hope for some gg's
He was at another competition last week with a 5000 pound prize pool so I assume he stayed there for i42.
Yeah correct, he's spending some time in the UK with his team-mates at the moment. Super manner guy, very friendly.
Was that the Gadget one? Naniwa won that one right?
Also what Dignitas players are in the uk Oo?
Pureball, apollo, BlinG are all English afaik.
Plus Dignitas is a UK based team with ODEE as their British manager / head honcho.
Ah thanks for that, didn't know Apollo was in Dignitas. I should have gone to spectator, only like a 1 hour train journey from where I'm at if its at the same venue as last time.
How on earth did Dignitas pick up select btw? If hes Korean / living in America? Isn't the rest of the team from the EU?
Like the other guy said Dignitas is a pretty long standing team, ODEE is a fantastic manager too.
Sjow is good at spotting talent, its no coincidence select got picked up like days after he lost to SjoW in a gosucup finals
Big problems already. SeleCT's computer can't handle the battles and he dropped to 20 fps, and TB's mic was muted all throughout the first match. Guess they're fixing that now.
Bling is amazing, he really did well in the brackets but I felt his lack of stage experience vs SeleCT let him down. That said he did legitimately win game 1 very well. I look forward to seeing more of him
There will be VoDs going up over the next few days and my voice is fucking doomed. Solocast for about 6 hours before I did the finals, which ruined me completely.
On April 25 2011 08:30 Chillax wrote: Great work today TB, get some rest mate you earned it
Bling has some fantastic potential, his first big lan and he almost won. Only turned pro a few months ago.
Not to bring down bling at all, as he did play very impressive actually - he's improved alot. He has been to quite a few lans now within the UK, Including i41 and that gadget show lan a week or so ago.
On April 25 2011 08:30 Chillax wrote: Great work today TB, get some rest mate you earned it
Bling has some fantastic potential, his first big lan and he almost won. Only turned pro a few months ago.
Not to bring down bling at all, as he did play very impressive actually - he's improved alot. He has been to quite a few lans now within the UK, Including i41 and that gadget show lan a week or so ago.
God the sad thing is i watched the gadget show one too, memory failing me Think the tournament organiser said "great performance considering this is your first stage match" at the prize presentation. Threw me off.
Worth it to get a reply from my favourate British player though ^_^ Hope to see you at some more tournaments soon Ben, your always fun to watch.
Can someone PLEASE explain how the players cannot hear the caster?
Directional PA and HEAVY soundproofed ear protectors + in-ears. This was tested before hand, they can hear nothing at all.
Good to know, I had no idea they did it this way - Still doesn't make me like the fact that they're still so close to each other I remember going to an iEvent in 2003 and watching the RTS final on big screen and the players were no where near at all
On April 25 2011 08:30 Chillax wrote: Great work today TB, get some rest mate you earned it
Bling has some fantastic potential, his first big lan and he almost won. Only turned pro a few months ago.
Not to bring down bling at all, as he did play very impressive actually - he's improved alot. He has been to quite a few lans now within the UK, Including i41 and that gadget show lan a week or so ago.
Well the Gadget Show was a different environment. There was no stage, all the casting was done remotely from a seperate area and the matches displayed on a couple of screens as well as the stream.
I think the stage might have gotten to him, as it tends to do to a lot of people. Plus we had an audience which seemed to be as large as the Dreamhack Invitational (which was what, 500 capacity)? Either that or there were less of them but they were way louder. Nothing better than a crowd of drunken englishmen for eSports spectating.
Was a great event, some issues casting side (Thanks Xsplit) but never the less amazing. Massive thanks to multiplay staff + admins couldn't be done without them. Nice to meet and work with all the guys there i wont say names cause its a long list. See you at i43.
Thanks to Bakor and Leonstarcraft for being massive helps with the tournament - it wouldnt have been quite as epic without them. Hopefully next event the coverage will be more complete because we will have better luck with the stupid streaming software!
Totalbiscuit again was incredible - brings a lot of life to the matches and adds the "show" part to the live matches. He is welcome any time in my view.
All the players were excellent - all well mannered and when they voiced opinions or problems it was never ever in a rude way - I have taken a lot of the feedback due to the bracket layout into consideration and will try to have things changed in our tournament system for the next event.
i43 will be MASSIVE if last year was anything to go by (last years summer LAN i40 had 126 players sign up) so I look forward to an even better tournament then.
I hope we can get more big players to fly over with a bigger prize pool also based off the success of this one!
Unfortunately couldn't cast much due to technical difficulties, but was no ones fault. Got some great experience and can't wait for the next event to come around. Big thank you to the admins who dropped everything asap to help whenever we had a problem!
Thank you to team dignitas for putting up with my harassment for interviews etc, SeleCT BlinG and PureBall were awesome banter, as well as all of the infused.tt booth!
Overall fantastic for the UK Scene, cant wait to get going again! :D
I gotta get to i43 again. Went for i21 ages ago...
Still have great stories about losing DDR to what turned out to be a finalist of the EC DDR Classic Boat Race with noone actually drinking it Waking up on the balcony of the clubhouse, with a guy that didnt speak english
All while drunk ofc.
Good times good times. Hope TB will be there next year aswell, he rly adds
gj to the players, I will be there at i43 hopefully to meet up with the guys. Will vequeth be casting? I thought he was moving in july so.. you know... hinthint
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. I managed to check the player list and demuslim is booked to go but not under the EG clan tag so did he move clans or somthing?
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