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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3SWY3.png) Hyper Crew and Astro Gaming proudly present: The Offrace Showdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9-x3Ad4JU
About Astro Gaming
Spun-off from design powerhouse Astro Studios, who felt it was the perfect time to expand their design brand into a line of gamer centric "tech-life" products, supporting this rapidly growing community. Our inaugural product line is centered around the critically acclaimed Astro A40 Audio System, Official Headset of Major League Gaming.
"Our company lives at the epicenter of technology, lifestyle and design" claims Astro founder, Brett Lovelady. "For years we've been involved in the design of many forms of consumer electronics, particularly in the video gaming arena. And now that video gaming has become a leading form of entertainment, with "gaming lifestyle" quickly taking root, we decided to leverage our experience and give people an authentic gaming brand to rally around at the heart of this culture. Our products are specifically designed for the underserved hardcore gaming professionals and core gaming enthusiasts. Our overarching commitment is to improve the sport of video gaming."
Links
http://www.astrogaming.com
http://twitter.com/astrogaming
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http://www.hypercrew.com
http://www.hypercrew.com/tournaments/tournament.php?n=20
http://www.twitter.com/hypercrewTV
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Finally announced people!! Be sure to come check it out! Anyone know who they want to see as the 8th spot?
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I'm pretty pumped for this. I wonder what races everyone is going to end up picking
Pretty sure I want idra playing terran as the 8th spot haha
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This sounds absolutely amazing. I've seen Minigun offrace T, and it seemed pretty strong. It'll be interesting to see how everyone else does.
White-Ra offracing?! Extra special tactics incoming.
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Wow, thats awesome ! Hope the last player to be announced is Idra.
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awesome lineup :D very cool stuff, HyperCrew
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Rofl nice, saying dde wins this, since he's been known to play protoss from time to time as well. And he was like, top 50 on both his protoss and his terran account.
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should have gotten artosis to play terran.
rofl :D
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Ònly reason I will be watching is White-Ra.
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This sounds like fun.
And Desert Oasis? O.O That's a map I haven't seen in a long while.
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@Zlasher... too bad the other 7 players are deciding what race dde plays.
;-)
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I am fairly sure InControl is Zerg offrace, seeing as he played it in BW and I think I have seen him play it in customs on his stream.
Rofl nice, saying dde wins this, since he's been known to play protoss from time to time as well. And he was like, top 50 on both his protoss and his terran account.
Yeah he played Toss in the 2v2 in the EG Masters Cup last night.
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Each player will compete using a race different than his or her primary, which will be determined by the other players competing
think most people are missing this. So hopefully everyone ends up with their absolute worst race, for more entertaining games.
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exactly agh, maybe I should bold it.
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On May 25 2011 23:15 Agh wrote:Show nested quote +Each player will compete using a race different than his or her primary, which will be determined by the other players competing think most people are missing this. So hopefully everyone ends up with their absolute worst race, for more entertaining games.
teehee, Agh just said rtff
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i been playing as zerg lately and am having better win ratio then my terran/protoss lol :D
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This should be hilarious, if its anything like the BW offrace events.
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On May 27 2011 01:24 dde wrote:
i been playing as zerg lately and am having better win ratio then my terran/protoss lol :D
lol, I don't think anyone's buying it dde ^__^
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
i have experience with zerg
or
I play terran and can't lose cause I am playing terran
^_^
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Can I have the eighth spot :O I love offracing lol
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Sorry pokebunny! The last spot has been filled by QXC! The line up is complete.. should be interesting to say the least.
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OP updated! FXO.Qxc announced as the final participant in the tourney! Next Announcement should be the Races :-) Be sure to keep up with it
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Woo Mini and iNcontroL offracing.. sounds like a fun tourney!!
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minigun has a pretty decent terran doesn't he? you'll have to force him to play zerg  this is an awesome tournament idea, somehow the idea of white-ra not playing protoss seems wrong though 
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hype video just about finished.. will be released soon, along with player races!
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On May 27 2011 01:24 dde wrote:
i been playing as zerg lately and am having better win ratio then my terran/protoss lol :D
Nice try DDE, nice try :D
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This tournament should be a highly entertaining sillyfest, definitely gonna watch :D
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this will be awesome and hilarious :D
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hype video up! player races inc soon.. get ready for the intensity of the offrace showdown!
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wait, so your opponent chooses your race?
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Heck yes! Only a couple days away until we get this underway! Races will be announced today so be sure to keep your eyes peeled on the thread! Help us make this huge so that we can continue with more sponsored stuff!
Love,
~~Janitor
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First four player races are released!
Minigun: Zerg
Spanishiwa: Protoss
WhiteRa: Terran
qxc: Zerg
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Oh wow this is going to be sick. Can't wait to see White-ra's Terran special tactics!
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CatZ gonna win if he gets terran, his T is pretty sick.
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I think that whiteRa will dominate as terran. He is master of weird strategies and terran is good for that... And Spanishiwa... This is going to be awesome :D
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WhiteRa is probably gonna win this, but I'll be rooting for Gretorp and iNcontroL. Someone said Geoff is playing Terran which makes sense, playing Zerg would be half-way cheating. Good to see guys doing fun stuff like this, hopefully there will be plenty of QQ chat banter.
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Baaaaaw you couldn't get IdrA to play protoss xD
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On June 10 2011 06:41 Mailing wrote:
Baaaaaw you couldn't get IdrA to play protoss xD
Sadly no, but perhaps we can get him for the next one! We're really excited that everyone is pumped for this tourney.. if it goes well there should be more to come ^^
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I can't wait to see CatZ offrace. He's such an entertaining player, hopefully he can be as entertaining offrace. Except proxy Nexus doesn't quite work out as well as proxy hatch :-(
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On June 10 2011 06:42 HyperCrew wrote:Show nested quote +On June 10 2011 06:41 Mailing wrote:
Baaaaaw you couldn't get IdrA to play protoss xD Sadly no, but perhaps we can get him for the next one! We're really excited that everyone is pumped for this tourney.. if it goes well there should be more to come ^^
Another funny one you should get is Tyler or play zerg :D
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Terran has so many options. Can't wait to see White Ra's special tactics with them.
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On June 10 2011 07:02 Dexington wrote:
Terran has so many options. Can't wait to see White Ra's special tactics with them.
viking drops special taktiks no problem
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Special tactics as terran!!!! GOOO WHITE RA!! :D
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I sincerely hope you guys post replays of this event and not just keep it VOD style!
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On June 10 2011 14:38 Kage wrote:
I sincerely hope you guys post replays of this event and not just keep it VOD style!
not to worry! Replays from everything we cast is available at http://www.hypercrew.com/replays.php
They will be posted a day or two after the event completes :D
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You should also have the kulas extreme map in the map pool. Just for shits and giggles.
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Great stuff! =) Will be watching this.
EDIT: Suggestion: also include the event time in CE(S)T.
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On June 10 2011 18:17 Griznah wrote:
EDIT: Suggestion: also include the event time in CE(S)T.
The time posted is EST. The event is also on the calendar.
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the last four races have been announced!
dde - Zerg
CatZ - Terran
Gretorp - Protoss
iNcontroL - Terran
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Get Pumped! All 8 races revealed and only 1 day to go till some epic off-race action... no doubt gonna be seeing some crazy strats out of these people
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This is actually pretty epic, I love a bit of off race fun.
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Really looking forward to this! Hypercrew always does such awesome casts.
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On June 11 2011 16:11 Megiddosc wrote:
Really looking forward to this! Hypercrew always does such awesome casts.
Thanks man! We are pumped also.. starts in 2 hours!
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I am a bit sad that there aren't more P. Woulda loved to see someone 6 gate white-ra, or 3 gate robo all in him :D.
A bit mean, but hey ^^.
Would love to see someone do Spanishiwa's no gas FE vs him as well. Irony is always fun :D
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i just saw this thread, whoever thought of this is a fuckin genius. This is going to be really fun to watch! Should be super cool + somehow weird to see everyone's play with completely diff races! gl hf all! gogogo incontrol!! also i want to see Minigun play zerg
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hmm, all of them r from america, except for whitera=)))
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SHouldnt it be on the TL calender?
nvm, starts in 9mins. lol
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This is on the TL calendar ;-)
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Yea I spoke before I looked, stupid me.
I hope theres lots watching, i think its gunna be awesome. lol
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this is going to be cool!
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This is gonna be awesome.
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Wish Idra played here
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White-Ra = Terran ?
TERRAN SPECIAL TACTICS INC.
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Cats trying a new build 11 cc before his depot. haha
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finally. gretorp shows up... incontrol vs gretorp TvP but not the usual way ;-)
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Canada13389 Posts
woot lol this looks awesome and hilarious
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gretorp should play toss more often
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Canada13389 Posts
desert oasis :D lol awesome stuff.
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oh man gretorp and incontrol chat is hilarious
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I'm wondering if incontrol can tie this up
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DUCKLOAD WHITERA vs. MINIGUN COMING UP!
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This is going to be the most interesting pvp ever. harhar
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Haha that marinemicro. Wow.
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Love that marine split... err lack of one, on those banelings, lol
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lol whitera stopped all his SCVs
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so fun to listen to white-ra on his stream while playing T : )
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This is great. Minigun's zerg is surprisingly good!
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Poor white-ra! Really fun tourney.
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Coming up next, MooNaN vs Minigun! Be sure to tune in guys, you all have made it an epic event so far!
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should be starting in a few minutes..
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protoss playing zerg = victory!
dont understand why though
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Only two zerg made the final eh? Glad it wasnt only two protoss 
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I would have thought that zerg would be the hardest race to offrace as ...
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I'm upset I missed this..only got to the see the final. Hope there's VoDs.
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we are going to be restreaming it for those that missed it.
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Thank you guys so much for making this event awesome. For those of you who missed it be sure to stay tuned for the re-stream! Zyori and I will be in chat to make sure you guys can talk to us :-)
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Recast date has been scheduled for this Friday, July 1st, at 3:00 pm EST! We will be recasting the replays for those that may have missed the original cast.
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"Astro founder, Brett Lovelady." Not sure I believe the Surname xD, anyway will be funny to watch. Hopefully some hilarious mistakes!
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it will indeed be incredibly awesome.. We're pumped to be able to recast the event
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Excited to see these awesome games again. I'll see you guys in chat!
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:-) gonna be a good friday
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Such a great idea to have a more sort of just for fun tournament with people offracing. I feel this community is sometimes forgetting that this is a game that is ment to be fun.
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On July 01 2011 19:07 Genovi wrote:
Such a great idea to have a more sort of just for fun tournament with people offracing. I feel this community is sometimes forgetting that this is a game that is ment to be fun.
Exactly right! I think that's why these 'big names' were excited about the event concept as well!
The cast will begin in about 3 and a half hours.. get ready!
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I completely missed the original and only found out about the recast because I saw the TL calendar, but this is an amazing idea and I suspect that it will be entertaining as hell from the spectator PoV. So stoked!
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Heck yes plague! come check it out... Stream is live now! come check it out!
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Stream is live with the Moonan (protoss) vs. Catz (terran) games!
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gretorp vs. incontrol coming up!
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HOW does this awesome event have such few viewers? :O?
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Currently streaming: coLMinigun[Z] vs. sixjaxDDE[Z]
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Love the concept of an offrace tournament...hopefully we see much more of this in the future.
I missed most of this as I was at work...will there be vods available?
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Hey, this was a sweet event. Hope the offrace tournaments become more popular and regular among top progamers. They may be combined with charity activities, for example.
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Can someone spoiler results
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I'm mystified why this hasn't gotten more attention. It's a pretty cool idea and has some decently big names. Wish it had gotten more publicity and turned into something that people were talking about more.
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On July 02 2011 12:50 BearChocolate wrote:
I'm mystified why this hasn't gotten more attention. It's a pretty cool idea and has some decently big names. Wish it had gotten more publicity and turned into something that people were talking about more.
The original stream was certainly more popular. The recast was a little bit more low-key.
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EPT
Minigun
Spanishiwa
White-Ra![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uZ6vb.png)
