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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SKcfh.png)  FXOpen KOTHPresenting the latest line of FXOpen e-Sports events, the FXOpen KOTH. This competition will see some of the best players across all three servers compete in a king of the hill style format where ladder points and $300 cash is up for grabs for players who accrue the most wins. This event is set to take place each weekend alternating between the KR, NA and EU servers each time and featuring several players, including those which miss out on FXOpen Invitational Series participation due to other commitments. The ladder points also contribute towards eventual offline events with much larger prizepools to be announced later in the year, and strong performances in the KOTH lead to more invites to an offline KOTH event separate from the previously announced LAN. Keep track of the standings by total wins and ladder points on the FXOpen e-Sports Forums. ![[image loading]](http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3846/fxois1players.png) This is the Korean-based event with players selected from Korea and people residing in Korea. Remember, if you don't see your favourite player here many of the names will be recycled each month, while prizewinners from the previous month will be given first chance at a repeat invite! Invites![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/kr.png)  oGsSuperNoVa oGsTheStC MakaPrime  SlayerSMin SlayerSDrugBird![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/ca.png)  TLAF-Liquid`HuK oGsVINES![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/se.png) TLAF-Liquid`Jinro HannibalPrime ChoyafOu NuclearfOu MvPviOlet AnnyungPrimeOrder of Play+ Show Spoiler [Lineup] +Results+ Show Spoiler [Results] +![[image loading]](http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/2189/fxois1stream.png) ![[image loading]](http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8981/englishcast.png) ![[image loading]](http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7230/germancast.png) ![[image loading]](http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6691/russiancast.png) ![[image loading]](http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/1184/chinesecast.png) ![[image loading]](http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/1691/fxois1schedule.png) FXOpen Korean KOTHSunday, May 15 8:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)![[image loading]](http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1340/fxois1format.png) All invited players will play in order against the winner of the previous match. After all players have played, the player standing undefeated at the end will recieve $100, and the player with the longest win-streak of the night will recieve $200. Ladder points for the event will also be awarded as below: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kK9oL.png) The last-man-standing and longest streak from the previous month will be invited back to play in Game 1 the following episode, up to a maximum of two events in a row. ![[image loading]](http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2885/fxois1prizes.png) Last man standing: $100Highest win streak: $200Prizes are in Australian Dollars ($AUD) which are roughly equivalent to US$In addition to cash prizes, players who participate in our invitational series will accrue ladder points directly towards invites for future LAN events with much bigger prizepools. ![[image loading]](http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/8734/fxois1maps.png) Maps will be selected by the challenger from the following: Terminus RE Tal'Darim Altar Metalopolis Scrap Station Shakuras Plateau The Shattered Temple Xel'Naga Caverns Crevasse ![[image loading]](http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3725/fxois1sponsor.png) 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. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/oU94J.png) http://www.fxopen.com
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Check out all those awesome ZERG players!
Yeahhhhhhhh!!!
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Lol yeah obviously the next few invites will include some Zergs 
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That's a lot of Terrans! Any chance of getting Artosis in, either as a competitor or guest caster? Might add to the entertainment.
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Yuck no zergs don't think i'll be watching this one... Although I do hope Jinro does good 
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On May 10 2011 17:23 blade55555 wrote:Yuck no zergs don't think i'll be watching this one... Although I do hope Jinro does good
The invite list is incomplete, some zergs will be playing of course.
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awesome KR KOTH! get moonglade in it
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So many terrans! Hope there will be some zergs, TvT is too boring for me =[
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moonglade is not in KR at the moment, he may return after MLG
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First zerg confirmed ;D MvPviOlet
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DongRaeGu please?
He is a pretty good zerg player.
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oGsjookTo playing would be greatly appreciated xD
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On May 10 2011 22:49 SweetAs wrote:
oGsjookTo playing would be greatly appreciated xD
Already 3 oGs players, who have already had a lot of representation in FXOpen events, so I'm giving a few other teams a chance to get involved
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On May 10 2011 22:34 antilyon wrote:
DongRaeGu please?
He is a pretty good zerg player.
No one knows, but I think a lot of poeple wish to see, how he performs so it would be a good invite.
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Yeah Dongraegu would be good. He has pretty good english too, he was talking to people in the chat when Xeph streamed games of him.
Also, Keen! :D
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If you haven't invited them already: How bout SCfou for Terran, Fruitdealer/DRG/SlayersMin for Zerg, and SlayersAlicia/Genius for Toss?
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On May 10 2011 17:25 deL wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2011 17:23 blade55555 wrote:Yuck no zergs don't think i'll be watching this one... Although I do hope Jinro does good The invite list is incomplete, some zergs will be playing of course.
The next 3 invites should be all Zergs then. :D
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On May 11 2011 00:27 Miragee wrote:Show nested quote +On May 10 2011 22:34 antilyon wrote:
DongRaeGu please?
He is a pretty good zerg player. No one knows, but I think a lot of poeple wish to see, how he performs so it would be a good invite.
in my opinion, top 3 zerg in KR
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No more terrans, sorry skrz Probably going to be 2-3 more zergs and 0-1 more protoss. Will try and get in touch with IM or ST or something but at the moment only Slayers has responded.
Also if the players you want to see don't get in, make a list and maybe I'll make a poll to see who gets to play in the next one!
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As promised, more Zergs
SlayerSMin
SlayerSDrugBird
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I say you get Genius!!!!
cause that guy MADE the GSL win ceremony what it is today, and he's one of my fav. kr toss :D
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big fan of min and violet, and also looking forward to seeing what drugbird can do. digging the zerg additions.
if you're looking for another zerg i must second the motion of dongraegu!
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Really interested to see oGsSTC play considering everyone was praising him for helping them in the first few seasons of GSL
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Here's the schedule for this weekend (minus the last invite  )!
Game 1
08:00 GMT (+00:00)
oGsSuperNoVa vs makaprime
Game 2
TLAF-Liquid`HuK vs Winner
Game 3
MvPviOlet vs Winner
Game 4
ChoyafOu vs Winner
Game 5
09:00 GMT (+00:00)
SlayerSMin vs Winner
Game 6
HannibalPrime vs Winner
Game 7
SlayerSDrugBird vs Winner
Game 8
oGsTheStC vs Winner
Game 9
10:00 GMT (+00:00)
oGsVINES vs Winner
Game 10
NuclearfOu vs Winner
Game 11
 TBA vs Winner
Game 12
TLAF-Liquid`Jinro vs Winner
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If SuperNoVa has the endurance, I definitely think he can at least get up to theStC without losing. Supernova murdered in the FXO tournament
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i'm pretty sure it would be exactly maka/supernova/huk loong streak
really good lineup btw thanks!
but thestc and violet can be them too for sure
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Interesting lineup. I will be rooting for you Jinro and Huk! Hopefully maka can take out Supernova (unlikely) because considering Supernova's formidable TvP skills I don't think Huk stands a chance. Lucky for Jinro being last, he only has to win 1 match to get $100. I wonder who got the last invite.
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This is gonna be great, can't wait to cast those games! :D
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On May 11 2011 15:10 Benjef wrote:
Really interested to see oGsSTC play considering everyone was praising him for helping them in the first few seasons of GSL
He's played a few FXO events in the past, he's definitely really sick good, especially for being on his military service.
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im so excited, and i just cant hide it!
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hopefully HuK will have some confidence after getting through a tough up and down and start producing results!!! Would love to see him play well here!!
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Last player is AnnyungPrime as I went away for the weekend so didn't have the chance to organise anyone different. However Annyung is no slouch and its another zerg on the field!
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oGsPenis fighting!
But for real, I hope Jinro shows some stand up games.
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if supernova has the endurance he will beat every one.
violet or stc has the best chance at taking him out.
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On May 15 2011 16:23 MurMiLLo wrote:
no english stream?
Khaldor will be covering English as Unstable's PC is not booting.
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On May 15 2011 06:20 beat farm wrote:
if supernova has the endurance he will beat every one.
violet or stc has the best chance at taking him out.
the STC has the best chance of smashing everyone IMO
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is there really no english cast?
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On May 15 2011 16:26 deL wrote:Khaldor will be covering English as Unstable's PC is not booting.
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Games will start soon, Khaldor just setting up stream atm.
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Its 5am. I stayed up to watch Jinro but I feel this may be a while xD
Im gonna be so tired tomorrow.
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Khaldor's stream really laggy for anyone else?
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anyone else getting a lot of lag on khaldor's stream?
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Lots of lag on Khaldor's stream  Audio is fine but video is really choppy.
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On May 15 2011 17:15 philly5man wrote:
Khaldor's stream really laggy for anyone else?
own3d is always laggy as hell for me.
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Its on KOR isn't it? That might have something to do with it.
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SOOO laggy can't watch...
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the chinese stream is good quality. im learning chinese. w0ot
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chinese stream looks fine for me
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You can always watch miDnight (Chinese) or slukad (Russian) casting the event too.
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On May 15 2011 17:19 zawk9 wrote:
Its on KOR isn't it? That might have something to do with it.
Not sure what you mean? Khaldor is a spec in a Korean server game and he's streaming from Germany. There's no reason for choppiness there.
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I can never watch own3D tv because of crappy stream lag
is there anyway to turn the quality down or something because it is literally unwatchable. its like crazy pixelated and choppy as hell ;\
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the stream is only lagging when he is ingame, when he was announcing stuff before, everything ran smooth
edit: lagging is the wrong term, the stream has like 3fps
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As you can see, it isnt own3D. Because the camera that is on Khaldor is not lagging, It is only the game. So there are some problems on khaldors end i think.
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On May 15 2011 17:21 SenorChang wrote:I can never watch own3D tv because of crappy stream lag is there anyway to turn the quality down or something because it is literally unwatchable. its like crazy pixelated and choppy as hell ;\
same except not pixelated just always terribly choppy video on own3d streams
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On May 15 2011 17:21 SenorChang wrote:I can never watch own3D tv because of crappy stream lag is there anyway to turn the quality down or something because it is literally unwatchable. its like crazy pixelated and choppy as hell ;\
I think you want the quality UP instead of down :D
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The Chinese stream is the only one working well from me. Seems relatively smooth, probably going to watch it muted though.
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I've come up with a solution thats clearly not ideal but may make it a bit better.
Keep Khaldors stream on for the english commentary..watch one of the other streams on mute for a smooth video.
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Yeah Khaldor's stream is way too laggy. This is a good excuse for some cultural exchange, time to watch the Chinese stream ^_^
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On May 15 2011 17:26 AWakefield wrote:
I've come up with a solution thats clearly not ideal but may make it a bit better.
Keep Khaldors stream on for the english commentary..watch one of the other streams on mute for a smooth video.
I tried to do that, too, but Khaldor is like 1 minute behind the others
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It seems to be 30-33 fps and khaldors web cam doesnt lag, its just the game.
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own3d never works for me and I can't lower quality on midnight's to deal with my crappy connection
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On May 15 2011 17:27 enemy2010 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:26 AWakefield wrote:
I've come up with a solution thats clearly not ideal but may make it a bit better.
Keep Khaldors stream on for the english commentary..watch one of the other streams on mute for a smooth video. I tried to do that, too, but Khaldor is like 1 minute behind the others
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Yeah, I'll take it though. I don't speak any other languages xD
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It is only the game, the camera and cursor are not lagging, really weird.
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Is it just me or you can't choose a LQ mode on midnight's stream? Well, on any of them really, but JTV normally has that drop-down menu and I don't see it. =(
Edit: ah, the post above wins the day. <3
Edit 2: ...and I jumped on stream just to see HuK lose his whole army. =(
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Ouch, Huk move commands his stalkers and they all get eaten. Russian stream with slukad is working fine for me btw.
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Huk just doesn't know when to leave.
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On May 15 2011 17:31 MechKing wrote:
Ouch, Huk move commands his stalkers and they all get eaten. Russian stream with slukad is working fine for me btw.
top 3 control in the world. /sarcasm
why is jinro last?? sad panda.
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Huk is amazing at shooting himself in the foot
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Pretty incredible robo bay placement
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Yes tried it, sadly it's not better, atm just watching chinese stream with khaldor commentating in the background but it's unsynchronized by 1 minute lol
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even worse than the regular one because the audio is also choppy
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The lag is only in the game, its not lagging if u see Khaldor himself. So i guess its korean lag because he's located in germany
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On May 15 2011 17:32 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:31 MechKing wrote:
Ouch, Huk move commands his stalkers and they all get eaten. Russian stream with slukad is working fine for me btw. top 3 control in the world. /sarcasm why is jinro last?? sad panda.
Lol, that comment is going to haunt him forever
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That was some awful play by HuK. Pretty typical. I can't believe he got so lucky and made it into code s.
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im getting the lag as well. tried both streams. D:
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On May 15 2011 17:34 MechKing wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:32 dAPhREAk wrote:On May 15 2011 17:31 MechKing wrote:
Ouch, Huk move commands his stalkers and they all get eaten. Russian stream with slukad is working fine for me btw. top 3 control in the world. /sarcasm why is jinro last?? sad panda. Lol, that comment is going to haunt him forever
not as long as the comparison to boxer quote. =) honestly though, i thought he had it, but he didnt leave quick enough and enjoy his econ advantage from making the nexus.
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Lag in Lithuania as well.
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On May 15 2011 17:36 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:34 MechKing wrote:On May 15 2011 17:32 dAPhREAk wrote:On May 15 2011 17:31 MechKing wrote:
Ouch, Huk move commands his stalkers and they all get eaten. Russian stream with slukad is working fine for me btw. top 3 control in the world. /sarcasm why is jinro last?? sad panda. Lol, that comment is going to haunt him forever not as long as the comparison to boxer quote. =) honestly though, i thought he had it, but he didnt leave quick enough and enjoy his econ advantage from making the nexus.
i see alot of protoss do this, they do damage off the 3 gate but push there luck too long and once stim and medivac are out they get stomped. iNcontrol did the exact same thing vs Select last MLG.
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On May 15 2011 17:34 Mapleleaf wrote:
That was some awful play by HuK. Pretty typical. I can't believe he got so lucky and made it into code s.
Well, he did beat MMA to stay in code S. He's the only foreigner in code S right now, so he's doing something right
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Funnily enough, MakaPrime beat HuK in the last Korean KOTH event too.
Maybe we've got a little rivalry?
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Gotta say, really cool of khaldor, putting in alot of effort for trying to fix the lag for us ^_^
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the backround of ure bnet is lagging, too :O
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On May 15 2011 17:39 MechKing wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:34 Mapleleaf wrote:
That was some awful play by HuK. Pretty typical. I can't believe he got so lucky and made it into code s. Well, he did beat MMA to stay in code S. He's the only foreigner in code S right now, so he's doing something right
MMA beat himself if you ask me. HuK did nothing worthy of code s status nor has he ever.
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Has he restarted game/computer?
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Now its running pretty smooth for me.
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On May 15 2011 17:42 Mapleleaf wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:39 MechKing wrote:On May 15 2011 17:34 Mapleleaf wrote:
That was some awful play by HuK. Pretty typical. I can't believe he got so lucky and made it into code s. Well, he did beat MMA to stay in code S. He's the only foreigner in code S right now, so he's doing something right MMA beat himself if you ask me. HuK did nothing worthy of code s status nor has he ever.
Wow you really don't like Huk! He' in Code S, so at some point he has done something worthy of Code S - whether that was an epic game where he showcased incredible macro and micro or an average game where he held his nerve and his opponent didn't - it's still proved that he was worthy of Code S at that moment. That's my view anyhoo.
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it's a lot better now. using the non-lq stream.
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Khaldor's stream is working fine now!
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Why does he makarax rofl? He puts it in a place that can get scouted easily, and it doesn't help very much lol.
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Looks fine for low and best quality so far... 
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haha that was quick, gogo maka! time to return to the stage yo!
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That was really quick, enjoy seeing the Maka rax its been a while since I've heard it.
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On May 15 2011 17:47 MechKing wrote:
Why does he makarax rofl? He puts it in a place that can get scouted easily, and it doesn't help very much lol.
Slightly faster rallying.
Pretty lackluster bunker defence there.
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On May 15 2011 17:50 Yaotzin wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:47 MechKing wrote:
Why does he makarax rofl? He puts it in a place that can get scouted easily, and it doesn't help very much lol. Slightly faster rallying. Pretty lackluster bunker defence there.
Yeah, bad defense but it definitely is a tough spot to attack into as well. Isn't that where sCfOu bunker rushed NesTea as well?
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Yeah it is, retarded spot. Esp when you have SCVS on hold -.- Its the new abusable xel naga caverns spot
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
I noticed that TheSTC's mandatory service ends on the 25th.
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On May 15 2011 17:42 Mapleleaf wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 17:39 MechKing wrote:On May 15 2011 17:34 Mapleleaf wrote:
That was some awful play by HuK. Pretty typical. I can't believe he got so lucky and made it into code s. Well, he did beat MMA to stay in code S. He's the only foreigner in code S right now, so he's doing something right MMA beat himself if you ask me. HuK did nothing worthy of code s status nor has he ever.
Except, I don't know, winning games, which is kind of what counts more than impressing random people on forums?
Besides, if you look at it like that, then HuK beats himself 90% of the time I've seen him lose. That statement is a lot more true for him than for MMA in those games, because MMA simply got killed in those 2 games - he didn't play great, but he certainly didn't "beat himself".
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It seems as though maka has been hanging around BitByBit too often
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Really don't know why you'd allin like that on Taldarim. It's just too damn biiiiiig.
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On May 15 2011 18:02 Yaotzin wrote:
Really don't know why you'd allin like that on Taldarim. It's just too damn biiiiiig.
What else would you do? Expand yourself and be horribly, horribly behind the Nexus first Protoss?
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On May 15 2011 18:03 Curu wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 18:02 Yaotzin wrote:
Really don't know why you'd allin like that on Taldarim. It's just too damn biiiiiig. What else would you do? Expand yourself and be horribly, horribly behind the Nexus first Protoss?
banshee?
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On May 15 2011 18:07 pieman819 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 18:03 Curu wrote:On May 15 2011 18:02 Yaotzin wrote:
Really don't know why you'd allin like that on Taldarim. It's just too damn biiiiiig. What else would you do? Expand yourself and be horribly, horribly behind the Nexus first Protoss? banshee?
By the time that comes out Protoss has had ample time to build up an army big enough to walk across the map and slaughter you. Tech all in is the worst possible response to a Nexus first.
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have you tried turning the computer off and back on again? :p
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It may not be your settings, but SC2 is running in background, you may have some program considered running in foreground, so blizzard games drops it FPS while in background. Because one of your games runs smoothly at 60fps others feels like 5-10 fps.
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Choya is pretty terrible
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On May 15 2011 18:18 Yaotzin wrote:Choya is pretty terrible
I don't think he plays that much now tbh. He's now like the main coach, because apparently the old fOu coach quit.
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slayersmin not slayersmilf khaldor
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The FXOpen STREAM IS BACK! we will jump into next game.
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On May 15 2011 18:19 namedplayer wrote:
seems like Z>P NOW.
Well they certainly are doing better overall in tournaments in ZVP compared to P at the moment.
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Horrible play by SlayersMin , wasting his army being overagressive..
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worst commentator ever
User was banned for this post.
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The English FXOpen stream is live now, with FXOUnstable and FXOWolf casting.
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DrugBird is the greatest nickname I have ever seen
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i tough it was drughead at least cella introduced him like that one day when he played on his stream.
The guy had like average 400apm hence the name i assume
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Drugbird falling apart to the drops..
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Khaldor getting srsly angry, "WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING" :D
Really great play by Hannibal, made Drugbird look really bad :[
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Come back to my computer with the Khaldor stream up, "WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING, ALL THOSE DRONES..."
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On May 15 2011 18:47 Jayomat wrote:
worst commentator ever
Dude, it's Khaldor, he's speaking in a second language...have some German pride.
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Horrible game from dropbird >< He fell apart with the drops..
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On May 15 2011 19:02 wallawalla__ wrote:
Come back to my computer with the Khaldor stream up, "WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING, ALL THOSE DRONES..."
lol same here, browsing the internets....
SUDDENLY.
'WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING?!'
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No hating on Khaldor. He is a boss for doing this in English for us.
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Man i really want to watch Khaldor but i really cannot stand own3d.tv at all. C'mon, jump into game! I want to see theStC!
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khaldor doing english cast? yes please!
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I think the stream may have gone down, sorry for that our English commentary team have both been having PC troubles even with a basically brand new PC. I will keep you updated once I know if the problem is ongoing or will be fixed!
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Khaldor is cracking my shit up. Such a great caster
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Ehm thestc hasnt lost yet. he has an expansion and his opponent lost 2 scans O.o
and i dunno how much damage was dealt by the banshee during the drop
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Yo deL, will there be reps? Or is that no go because of the Koreans?:|
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What happens if two people have the same Top winningstreak?
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On May 15 2011 19:25 Quakie wrote:
Yo deL, will there be reps? Or is that no go because of the Koreans?:|
If I can get all the replays there will be, but as I am lagging tonight and cannot join the games I can't guarantee it T_T my SC2 was like a slideshow and I had to restart a few times. Once we get the VODs up and working properly (when the English stream's PC is fixed) there probably won't be reps any more.
On May 15 2011 19:35 Tyrannon wrote:
What happens if two people have the same Top winningstreak?
Default is they split the prize 50/50 but if both players agree they can play off head-to-head for the whole amount
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Armor upgrades are soooo good.
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On May 15 2011 19:58 L3g3nd_ wrote:
when will jinro play?
Right now is oGsVINES vs NuclearfOu, the winner there plays AnnyungPrime, and then Jinro plays the winner of that ~2 games away! He is online now and I am chatting to him.
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Nuclearfou really likes bunkers :0
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Russian Federation1849 Posts
If there'd be two players with 3 wins how'd the share the longest win-streak prize?
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On May 15 2011 20:01 Yaotzin wrote:
Nuclearfou really likes bunkers :0
And really hates Observers :D
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the more important question is: isn't it unfair for the last players in the list (jinro for example)? he cant get more than 1 win, thus has no chance on the longest win-streak. ofc its easier for him to get the last man standing prize, but that's only 50% of the win streak prize. how got the order of that list get determined?
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On May 15 2011 20:10 Enox wrote:
the more important question is: isn't it unfair for the last players in the list (jinro for example)? he cant get more than 1 win, thus has no chance on the longest win-streak. ofc its easier for him to get the last man standing prize, but that's only 50% of the win streak prize. how got the order of that list get determined?
Sure, but if there was no 'king' prize, there would be no reason for the final player to play. Also these results will influence ladder points for our upcoming LAN events.
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On May 15 2011 20:10 Enox wrote:
the more important question is: isn't it unfair for the last players in the list (jinro for example)? he cant get more than 1 win, thus has no chance on the longest win-streak. ofc its easier for him to get the last man standing prize, but that's only 50% of the win streak prize. how got the order of that list get determined?
Hm kinda curious, I thought there would be more events and the last player of today would play on next time? :&
It really sounds severely unfair this way, indeed.
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On May 15 2011 20:10 Enox wrote:
the more important question is: isn't it unfair for the last players in the list (jinro for example)? he cant get more than 1 win, thus has no chance on the longest win-streak. ofc its easier for him to get the last man standing prize, but that's only 50% of the win streak prize. how got the order of that list get determined?
I think winning a Bo1 and getting $100 is about in proportion to winning $200 with a 3-4 game win streak. Order is mostly randomised (the exception is that if I get like 5 terrans in a row I will mix it up to reduce mirror matches).
Also, the last man standing is usually invited back to continue the next week where possible to try and continue the 'streak' and starts first, so making it fair
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ok, sounds good. thanks for the explanation
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Hm okay it can be seen as quite okay as a balance between longest streak and beeing one of the last players is found quite well... still, borderline in fairness. Apart from that, it's a great way of enabling such a cool format such as KotH.
About the games: As always, I'm stunned how many great unknown Korean players there are! So many names I haven't heard of before are amongst them, and all of them can keep up with the well known ones!
Too sad that Europes and Americas talent pools are not that big. When here nonames fight against established players, the results are very predictable usually.
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Sorry, not to be offensive or anything but the observer and commentary are really poor. Will replays be released?
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On May 15 2011 20:24 WindCalibur wrote:
Sorry, not to be offensive or anything but the observer and commentary are really poor. Will replays be released?
If you don't enjoy one English stream, there is another. Both the FXOpen and Khaldor streams are casting in English right now if your personal taste disagrees with one of them.
Replays may be released this time but in the future once VODs go up regularly they won't be.
On May 15 2011 20:21 Enox wrote:ok, sounds good. thanks for the explanation
Yah sorry usually it's something I keep in my head but I should start adding it to the OP. I just find threads with the full rules spelled out really messy and prefer to know them and only bring them up when they are required
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Some nice play by Annyung!
Jinro next =)
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I love Annyung's play, is he in CodeB or sth like that? I don't think I've heard of him before, but he's playing great :D
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Annyung was awesome in that game, Jinro will have hard time against him.
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like the first koth, i really like this one
so there will be a prizemoney split huh?
let's see if jinro shows a positive sign for once. he's been not so good vs zerg lately (though i didn't watch his stream if he streamed at all)
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Terrans should make at least one viking versus such a zerg play (no mutas) to kill all those spread out overlords and deny vision. This would make the drops even more effective.
Terrans should drop a lot more versus such a zerg play. Constantly. The whole game.
Terran should have produced some marauders versus such a heavy baneling roach army.
:->
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On May 15 2011 20:37 butchji wrote:
Terrans should make at least one viking versus such a zerg play (no mutas) to kill all those spread out overlords and deny vision. This would make the drops even more effective.
Terrans should drop a lot more versus such a zerg play. Constantly. The whole game.
Terran should have produced some marauders versus such a heavy baneling roach army.
:->
i agree with all but the last part, vs bane roach you need a solid BW style tank line - they simply wont break it if done right
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Jinro doing a reactor hellion opening, the only time I've seen people take the second gas that fast after it has been for a 2 port banshee follow up :O
NVM, he fit the CC in the middle so it's just standard 1 port cloak banshees ^^
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jinro time! jinro fighting!
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On May 15 2011 20:34 HolydaKing wrote:like the first koth, i really like this one so there will be a prizemoney split huh? let's see if jinro shows a positive sign for once. he's been not so good vs zerg lately (though i didn't watch his stream if he streamed at all)
Glad to hear positive feedback, it's still quite a new event! Hopefully you will tune in to KOTH Europe up next :D
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On May 15 2011 20:40 L3g3nd_ wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2011 20:37 butchji wrote:
Terrans should make at least one viking versus such a zerg play (no mutas) to kill all those spread out overlords and deny vision. This would make the drops even more effective.
Terrans should drop a lot more versus such a zerg play. Constantly. The whole game.
Terran should have produced some marauders versus such a heavy baneling roach army.
:-> i agree with all but the last part, vs bane roach you need a solid BW style tank line - they simply wont break it if done right
I don't disagree with you. At the last point I was specifically to NuclearfOu who continued to just build marines while his tank line got cleared already.
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congrats jinro. $100 to Jinro, Maka (again; though last time he won 200) and Hannibal right?
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Finally a nice TvZ from Jinro, completely dominated that game.
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GJ Jinro! Nice spread on the marines and tanks at the end.
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On May 15 2011 20:51 HolydaKing wrote:
congrats jinro. $100 to Jinro, Maka (again; though last time he won 200) and Hannibal right?
yeah Maka and hannibal both wen't 3 win streaks
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Jinro played a much better game than I expected to see.
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On May 15 2011 20:56 Wolf wrote:
Jinro played a much better game than I expected to see.
Yeah. Well done JinrO, i expected a much worse game too
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On May 15 2011 20:51 HolydaKing wrote:
congrats jinro. $100 to Jinro, Maka (again; though last time he won 200) and Hannibal right?
Correct, $100 each I don't expect many players to take up the 'play off for all $200' offer but seeing these two are teammates I guess if it is going to happen now is the time :o Maka took the $100 last time though.
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Wow this koth was awesome. Nice to see some koreans that I havn't seen before. And really awesome job by jinro <3
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yay jinro! spend your $100 wisely!
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I've looked around and can't find an answer to this - how is order of players determined? Obviously the person who plays last has a much greater chance of winning that $100 - how do people get that privilege in the first place? ^^
However he got there, I'm glad to see Jinro's the one to take the money. ;D
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It's randomised, unless the randomisation has a clump of mirror matches in which case the admins will move a few games around.
The last player has an easier chance to win money, but obviously the later players would otherwise have no incentive to play since they are unlikely to top a win streak.
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Would like to see the Jinro Game. Will VODs be uploaded ?
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I find it surprising two non-code A/S players get the longest streak. Both on Prime too.
Oh, also, Maka won the longest streak last week too.
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On May 15 2011 23:40 Saiwa wrote:
Would like to see the Jinro Game. Will VODs be uploaded ?
I think Khaldor usually does VODs and he did cast in English this time to have a snoop around his stream archives, but because of the technical problems on the original English stream I don't think a full VOD archive will go up on the usual youtube channel.
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please upload replay pack..
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so choya takes out a strong player maka, then jinro comes and also only wins 1 game against some no namer?? and gets 100 dollars...
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On May 22 2011 13:02 koolaid1990 wrote:
so choya takes out a strong player maka, then jinro comes and also only wins 1 game against some no namer?? and gets 100 dollars...
A few things to consider here; I would probably say AnnyungPrime is about a similar level to or more solid than makaprime at the moment. Especially when you consider our last FXOpen Invitational Series tournament where Annyung achieved top3 and maka was taken out much earlier. By your logic, choya took out a strong player like maka but then VINES who took out the player who took out TheStC, was then taken out by the player than Annyung beat. Obviously you can't apply that because there are so many top players across the field half of the players took out someone who is very strong.
Also, consider that the prize for win streak is $200 and choya had a good chance at achieving a long win streak and getting this $200 where Jinro had no chance at all. That's not to mention the 'ladder points' which choya still earns that count towards the upcoming offline KOTH event. Choya earned more points towards that than Jinro did.
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