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ZOTAC Cup is proud to announce its expansion: The weekly ZOTAC StarCraft II North America Cup! The tournament will start with his kick-off tournament on Saturday May, 14th 15:00 PDT with $100 USD. For the kick-off tournament we are also happy to join forces with our partners Kingston and Cooler Master to provide additional prizes.
Website: http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com
When: 15:00 PDT every Saturday
Check in: one hour before the tournament starts
Players: up to 512
Prize: 1st Place: $100 USD
Support: http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com/en/cups/support
FAQ: http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com/en/statics/faq
The ZOTAC StarCraft II North America tournament will be played in a "pool system" with high and low seeds until the quarter finals. Starting with the quarter-finals each round will then be played in a single elimination grid system. Quarter- and semifinal held in Best of three mode. The final will be best of five. Maps will be vetoed until the right set of possible maps is found.
During the tournament, the pool system will find the next available opponent automatically for the participant to minimize waiting times between the matches. A limited number of players receive high seeds in order to not eliminate each other before the final rounds. If a high seeded player loses his match, his opponent will inherit his high seed slot.
Mappool:
- Shakuras Plateau
- Tal'Darim Altar
- Cloud Kingdom
- Korhal Compound
- GSL Metropolis
- GSL Antiga Shipyard
- GSL Daybreak
- GSL Bel'shir Beach (Winter)
- GSL Terminus SE
Usefull Links:
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You labeled Testbug and Typhon are Shakuras Plateau btw, =D
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hmm 3 shakuras maps, should be cool:D
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yay we finally have a stable weekly tour
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and you are our first signed up player :D
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Sweet. Love the zotac cups. Glad I won't have to wake up early to play!
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this is going to be great  gogo zotac!
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ohhhhhhhhhhhh nice :D i love the reporting system it is super easy :d
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Can't wait to see some action on the NA Server! :D
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Yeah. hope to see many na players competing regulary.
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Are there plans for commentary for these games? At least the finals/semis?
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wait zotac for NA? badass! :D
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time will show how it will be. Hopefully this also means that we will have a ZSL maybe soon would be cool
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nice one - cant wait for the first Zotac NA cup.
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Epic new site and a NA cup? Zotac ftw! Also can't help but love them for being around since the BW days. <3.
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Excellent to see Testbug in the map pool. It's a really cool, solid map.
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Northern Ireland2557 Posts
cool im gonna sign up on my US acc to support it
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fan of zotac cups. should be good!
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so maybe american players can get up to european level now that they got more stuff they can compete in 
but it's nice to see these weekly cups expand. It's a good way for new players to gain reputation.
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Anyone that can tell me the quick and dirty time that is for CET
Is it Correct that its -9. so 06am CET
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On May 10 2011 04:05 TT1 wrote:
yay we finally have a stable weekly tour
seriously. not that im good enough to win any, I've always been jealous of EU's constantly supply of awesome tournaments.
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
Can people in Europe participate? I tried searching for the info but couldn't find it.
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On May 12 2011 00:39 Skilledblob wrote:so maybe american players can get up to european level now that they got more stuff they can compete in but it's nice to see these weekly cups expand. It's a good way for new players to gain reputation.
I actually think this is somewhat close to the truth. EU have had much more small weekly tournaments than NA since the beta and I do think that's at least partly the reason why EU is slightly ahead atm.
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On May 12 2011 01:02 nihlon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 12 2011 00:39 Skilledblob wrote:so maybe american players can get up to european level now that they got more stuff they can compete in but it's nice to see these weekly cups expand. It's a good way for new players to gain reputation. I actually think this is somewhat close to the truth. EU have had much more small weekly tournaments than NA since the beta and I do think that's at least partly the reason why EU is slightly ahead atm.
Im not sure about how the general game-o-sphere is in EU, but another obstacle I see for America is the seeming FPS preference in competitive gaming and prevalence in general gaming culture. Also, if SC2 became too popular, it would also me a loud chunk of our population would start to claim SC2 creates gang generals and prepares our kids for drug wars and, sex, and rock and roll.
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sweet ive been looking forward to zotac coming to na ever since bw days :D
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Finally a weekly tour for the NA scene, good to see. Thank you Zotac for supporting ESPORTS.
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On May 12 2011 00:56 After7days wrote:Anyone that can tell me the quick and dirty time that is for CET Is it Correct that its -9. so 06am CET
22:00 GMT (+00:00)
That should display your local time for the tournament start.
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Europe <3 ZOTAC!
You should feel honoured, America )
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isn't there a go4sc2 on NA servers allready?
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You guys have a typo in Your NA FAQ
http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com/de/statics/faq
Who can participate in the ZOTAC StarCraft II Cup?
Everybody who has an original version of StarCraft II can participate in the ZOTAC StarCraft II Cup and has an account for the Europe Server, from beginners to casual gamers and from amateurs to professionals. Each of the players is invited to take part.
Should say North American Server right?
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I don't mean to be a party-pooper,
but doesnt this belong in the SC2 Tourney's forum?
Really looking forward to this
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On May 12 2011 00:56 After7days wrote:Anyone that can tell me the quick and dirty time that is for CET Is it Correct that its -9. so 06am CET
It's the night Saturday to Sunday starting at 0:00 CEST - but there should not be the problem to miss the time. Just check the countdown on the page^^
On May 12 2011 01:01 Telcontar wrote:
Can people in Europe participate? I tried searching for the info but couldn't find it.
Of course people from Europe can compete BUT they need a North American StarCraft II account to participate
Thanks a lot man - fixed it
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So pissed that I won't be home this weekend, would love to play! Next time... next time
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On May 12 2011 03:33 Influ wrote:
isn't there a go4sc2 on NA servers allready?
Yes, but this just adds more to the weekly tournament scene.
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Why Terminus RE instead of the newer SE that has been used in GSL for a while?
(that picture of testbug is also out of date they haven't had lava for a while make sure to use the latest version of all maps)
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Yay! I remember waking up super early for the Euro WC3 ZOTAC T_T
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some nice signups for the first cup so far! i really like to see one of the big euro-cups expanding
wish you best of luck for your "new" tourney!!
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Wow this great, the expansion to the NA that is. I can't wait to get into them when I return.
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so where can I download the maps?
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I'd totally want the RAM & SSD bundle over the gfx card and $100.
SSDs are expensive.
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This is fantastic, thank you Zotac!
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Can you guys use the MLG versions of the maps in your map pool where available so people don't have to worry about close spawn on maps like meta?
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Why the heck do people not use Terminus SE??? It's the newer, updated version of Terminus RE. I'm frustrated so many tournaments insist on playing on old, irrelevant versions.
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On May 10 2011 05:10 drewbie.root wrote:
ohhhhhhhhhhhh nice :D i love the reporting system it is super easy :d
so true
it's sick that we get a stable weekly tournament :D
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Zotac cup was extremely well organized in WC3, hopefully it will be just as successful now!
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On May 13 2011 02:26 Legend` wrote:
Zotac cup was extremely well organized in WC3, hopefully it will be just as successful now!
of course!!!
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15:00 PDT is what time in EST?
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On May 13 2011 03:42 Boraz wrote:
15:00 PDT is what time in EST?
That would be 18:00 EDT. 3 Hour difference.
Very excited to get this cup underway for your all! A lot of big names on the list for this Saturday.
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On May 13 2011 05:58 Boraz wrote:
So 6pm. Aight.
Correct.
6PM EDT
3PM PDT
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Can't wait. Just placed Masters in 2's today and was being taught by my partner so hopefully I can atleast win a game..
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Pumped ^^ Ready to roll! Looking forward to a lot of these awesome games >: D
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Over 230 Players registered.
Players from:
ROOT
Fnatic
ONE
FXO
Check Six
tQ
VT
SixJax
eMg (Former REQ)
vVv
Should prove to be the first of many exciting ZOTAC Cups in the NA.
I'm greatly looking forward to tomorrow!
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Let's get this party started!
GLHF everyone
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Op i messaged you about a serious flaw in your rules and procedures.
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Nice walkover cup, apparently if you report a walkover, play the next opponent, you can screw over the person you walked over and "admins can't do anything about it."
Interesting rules there.
Some kid "forbes" reports a walkover after me telling him i'm in an IG cup game lmao -> he wins? ...awesome
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On May 15 2011 08:01 Agh wrote:
Op i messaged you about a serious flaw in your rules and procedures.
messaged you back
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On May 15 2011 08:46 ZOTACUrsadon wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 08:01 Agh wrote:
Op i messaged you about a serious flaw in your rules and procedures. messaged you back
On May 15 2011 08:34 avilo wrote:
Nice walkover cup, apparently if you report a walkover, play the next opponent, you can screw over the person you walked over and "admins can't do anything about it."
Interesting rules there.
Some kid "forbes" reports a walkover after me telling him i'm in an IG cup game lmao -> he wins? ...awesome
You weren't able to play your ZOTAC Cup match in time. We have defwin time for the first two rounds and your opponent may was a little childish to demand one against you.
But fact was, that you were playing another tournament during the ZOTAC Cup and you weren't able to finish your IG cup match during defwin time. So we have no other choice than kick you out.
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ROOT vs ROOT final, pretty neat.
Well played by both Slush and Drewbie.
Catz also making the top 4, potentially third place, not sure if they actually streamed that though.
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was a great cup guys,
thanks for participating looking forward to see you next weekend again
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On May 15 2011 14:09 Mordiford wrote:
ROOT vs ROOT final, pretty neat.
Well played by both Slush and Drewbie.
Catz also making the top 4, potentially third place, not sure if they actually streamed that though.
Gatored had somethig against ROOT taking Top3 CatZ 1:2 Gatored in the 3rd place decider game. You can download all ZOTAC NA & EU replays at http://www.sc2-replays.net/.
Final results
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any1 know where my match was stream vs col.Cruncher...cuz i heard it was....
i was cDgFocus in the tourny...ty
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congratz drewibe! cant wait to play in this <3
zotac in wc3 was so fun
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The series continues tonight!
37minutes untill the Check in is available and another hour untill the ZOTAC StarCraft II Cup #2 starts for 100USD
GL HF everyone!
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Some interesting names this time around, would be interesting if ROOT dominates the Ro4 again.
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 dde and drewbie already checked in - 44 mins to go
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Lost in such a embarrassing fashion after having great games up till round of 5..
Fuckkkkkkkkkk
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Wow always thought lastshadow was a pretty cheesy/bad player from well...every game I saw him play was a 1 base build. But seems he has changed his play style a lot, I really want to try out this mech build against protoss.
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i fell asleep after checking in. I hope i dont get penalized for not showing up after check-in
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On May 22 2011 12:03 dde wrote:
i fell asleep after checking in. I hope i dont get penalized for not showing up after check-in
lol
How did that happen? It's like a 1 hour buffer...
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There is another one of these today right? Zotac's site seems completely down for me.
edit: Seems fine now.
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yep cup will start in arround 45 minutes
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What is idra called in the brackets? They streamed on of his games but I can't find him in the bracket. Unless I'm watching the wrong one or something.
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On May 29 2011 07:46 nam nam wrote:
What is idra called in the brackets? They streamed on of his games but I can't find him in the bracket. Unless I'm watching the wrong one or something.
His ZOTAC account name is TamponZerg
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Results ZOTAC StarCraft II NA Cup #6
Make sure to register for next week and enjoy DreamHack!!!
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gogo guys, we updated the mappool a bit hope to see you on saturday
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Alright. Less than 30 minutes until tournament start. Make sure to check in now for the ZOTAC NA Cup #7!
gl hf everyone
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So I won my first round but how do I report it? My first zotac cup but I only see report loss and report no show.
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Should I just report he never showed and get the win that way? Or does he have to report his loss? This is frustrating.
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On July 10 2011 07:26 Zimripple wrote:
Should I just report he never showed and get the win that way? Or does he have to report his loss? This is frustrating.
The loser of the match reports the score with the button you mentioned. If he doesnt do so you should write a support ticket and admins will check the score of the game
http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com/en/cups/support
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For the 10th ZOTAC StarCraft II North America additional prizes will be given away to the Top 4 finishers as well as four randomly picked participants.
GL HF everyone!
Top 4 prizes
- 1st place: 100,- US Dollar & 1x ZOTAC GTX 570 AMP! Edition
- 2nd place: 1x Kingston HyperX DDR3 24GB (6x4GB) memory kit
- 3rd place: 1x Thermaltake Tt eSports bundle including
Challenger Pro Gaming Keyboard & Black Element Gaming Mouse
- 4th place: 1x ZALMAN CNPS 11X Extreme CPU cooler
Raffle prizes
- 1x ZOTAC GeForce GT 430 1GB DDR3
- 1x Thermaltake Tt eSports Azurues Gaming Mouse
- 1x Thermaltake Tt eSports Shock Spin Headset (white)
- 1x ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B CPU cooler
For more details check out the news on the ZOTAC North America Cup website or the TeamLiquid Thread.
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Next cup is about to start Make sure to check in and have the chance of winning $100 and special hardware prizes for today. Any participant has the chance to win of those prizes above
GGHF!
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Would you guys mind changing the time for this event? 6PM is quite late esp if you're aiming to do the european one at 7am on sunday =(
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How do we know who won the raffle prizes?
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On July 17 2011 05:26 desrow wrote:
Would you guys mind changing the time for this event? 6PM is quite late esp if you're aiming to do the european one at 7am on sunday =(
For now we will stick to the chosen time (22:00 GMT (+00:00)for the ZOTAC NA Cup in order to give as many players as possible the chance to participate on the NA server. Also the ZOTAC EU Cup has always been at 12:00 GMT (+00:00) since beta. But thanks a lot for your feedback and we will take it into consideration.
glhf for your future tournaments!
On July 17 2011 16:49 Divination wrote:
How do we know who won the raffle prizes?
The winners will be contacted soon via email that was used to create an account on the ZOTAC Cup website.
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There isn't a thread for this weeks NA cup #11, but that was such a cool play by Terius. Baneling/roach/ling drop on pure mech. Definitely copying that later.
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When will be streams (other than playerstreams) online?
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On July 31 2011 07:22 RobertoLL wrote:
When will be streams (other than playerstreams) online?
interested in this as well, not even sure if zotac has a caster...
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On July 31 2011 08:40 Newguy wrote:Show nested quote +On July 31 2011 07:22 RobertoLL wrote:
When will be streams (other than playerstreams) online? interested in this as well, not even sure if zotac has a caster...
GosuCrew is casting almost every weekend and there are some other featured streams. Last week there was MLG Anaheim so they started later when the quarterfinals began.
The next cup is about to start in 7 hours, so join us at http://sc2na.zotac-cup.com if you are interested GL HF!
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Is there a specific channel to use?
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I think he was refering to a Battle Net channel which we do not have ingame btw. If you need help write a support ticket at the website. You can find your opponent's nickname and character code in his profile on the tournament website in the top right corner. So just add him at Battle.Net and arrange your match
By the way: The check-in for tonight starts in a few minutes. GL HF everyone!
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ZOTAC 18 VODs
I'd recommend watching:
- Non TvT games from Dde
- Any PvZ from Inka
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Check in for the 20th ZOTAC NA Cup isopen for another 12 minutes. Make sure to play if you want to have the last chance on the NA server to qualify for the ZOTAC Monthly Final September
gl hf to all participants!
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My opponent dont report that he lost =(
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hi guys, we have a new mappool check it out in first post or on sc2na.zotac-cup.com
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how do i sign up for this tournament? there aren't any links for sign-ups on the zotac website, but it is clearly displayed that I have not signed up yet which leads me to believe that the option is somewhere
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The Check-In is now open for everybody that don't just want to watch MLG all day and play some games themselves GG HF!
On October 12 2011 06:11 braebot wrote:
how do i sign up for this tournament? there aren't any links for sign-ups on the zotac website, but it is clearly displayed that I have not signed up yet which leads me to believe that the option is somewhere
1) Login with your account on the website
2) Enter your GameAccount
3) Click on the Sign-up button
4) confirm your participation one hour before the cup starts (so called "check in") by clicking "Check-In" or "Sig-Up" in case you haven't signed up one hour before the cup.
Everything you need during the tournament can be find in the "Your Cup Status" Box in the top right corner.In case you need any more help wirte a support ticket at the website.
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on Saturdays us zotac who was playing in mvp.genius account?
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 Monster was playing with his account on the NA Server. You can check out matches and replays on sc2charts.net. Really awesome page with progamer ranking (newer system than ELO), matchticker, matchbets and replays up2date, esspecially for the ZOTAC Cup. Our admins cover the matches and upload replays on the fly
Check-In for tonight will be open as usual for one hour at 21:00 GMT (+00:00). Attention: In Europe the clock was already set back one hour due to daylight saving but in North Amercia it will happen Sunday night - so Tournament start is 15:00 PDT, 23:00 CET and 07:00 KST -> Check In here!
GL HF everybody!
PS: Next ZOTAC Monthly Final will be at Wednesday, Nov 09 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) -> http://sc2finals.zotac-cup.com
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next ZOTAC North America Cup coming up in ~30 minutes
Check-in now
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Last weeks final was amazing HorroR beat Golden 3:1.
For the next week we will change the mappool a bit. Crevasse and Shattered Temple are out, Calm before the storm and Bel'Shir Beach (Winter) are in.
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Never playing in one of these again. I was exactly 15 minutes late to the semifinals, the admin said I could play if my opponent allowed, the casters wanted to cast us, and my opponent, xSixPegasus, refused to play me because he "doesn't have time" aka he wants a free win. What a joke.
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On February 12 2012 11:25 goswser wrote:
Never playing in one of these again. I was exactly 15 minutes late to the semifinals, the admin said I could play if my opponent allowed, the casters wanted to cast us, and my opponent, xSixPegasus, refused to play me because he "doesn't have time" aka he wants a free win. What a joke.
xsixpegasus? is gggalaxy playing on that account again? if so he shouldnt ever be playing on na tournies
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Hey. I am just throwing out some facts here:
Pegasus quarter final was finished at 17:27 PST
goswers quarter final was finished at 17:49 PST
the semifinal Pegasus vs. goswer was closed 18:11 PST
So it was 22 minutes after the match was created in the grid (7 minutes longer than normal defwin time). By participanting in a tournament, you are automatically accepting its rules. We are always willing to talk to players and increase the defwin time, if they get in touch with us. But if a player just leaves after a finished quarter final without talking to us, we have to make a decision at some point
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ANYWAY. Check-In is still open for another 12 minutes GGHF to all participants!
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After some thrilling IEM action this weekend, it is your time to play like a boss! The 42th ZOTAC NA Cup will start in about 10 hours, so don't miss to take part or check out zander's stream.
Also note the new mappool: Metropolis, Korhal Compound and Cloud Kingdom are replacing Metalopolis, Calm Before The Storm and Dual Sight.
gghf everyone
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GG's! Congrats x6Sleep > TSL Polt
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Woo I gotta wake up at 4 to play woooo!
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and i'll start administrating at 00:00 :D
btw. there will be a cup today, we just weren't able to set up the calendar right 
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Is this cup still active?
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hoping to get some of my players into this
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nicenice!
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Israel2209 Posts
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I beg to differ about our competitive scene dying. It's just... no one knows about this.
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Agreed. Could we get good coverage on this somehow?
Anyways, good tournament.
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On November 25 2012 19:39 1MaSsan wrote:
Agreed. Could we get good coverage on this somehow?
Anyways, good tournament.
We'll be covering the NA tourney today in English on: http://www.Twitch.tv/BaseTradeTv
I'll be casting alongside hippy-extraordinaire DooMsc2 ;D
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On June 16 2013 13:36 alpenrahm wrote:
why you bumping this?
Cause zotacs are still going on and polt was in the finals today?
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