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Format:
Swiss Rounds on Saturday(4 rounds)
Single Elimination RO32 on Sunday
When and Where:
Swiss Round play starts on Saturday, Jul 02 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
Single Elimination play starts on Sunday, Jul 03 12:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).
The tournament will run via the European Battle.net server.
Prizes: R 8 000.00 (~$1 180)
- Winner: R 2 800.00 (~$413)
- 2nd: R 1 800.00 (~$265)
- 3rd: R 1 100.00 (~$162)
- 4th: R 700.00 (~$103)
- 5th-8th: R400.00 (~$59)
Open to all players on European Battle.net server.
Tournament Page, Registration and Rules:
Available [HERE]
Notable International Registrations
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FXOmOOngLAde
RGNPhoenix
EmpireBeastyqt
SK.jimpo
ESCGoOdy
VTWhiplash
Live Stream:
Commentary by shadowthief and SIEGEstarcraft
Secondary stream by kellyMILKIES
TL Stream: [HERE]
PolarfluKe Stream: [HERE]
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so, what does this have to do with julyzerg?
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yea lol, what does this have to do with July Zerg?
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I guess its ran in the month of july and having julyzerg in your title gets more views? silly name but gl with it
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Well you go my attention...might as well read this to see what's up.
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the name had me super confused
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Awesome stuff. I've been covering these events in the roundup, and they seem to be quite legit and overlooked! Best of luck to polarfluKe, his crew, and everyone who signs up!
edit: By the way, before people start to get all pissy about the title, it fits with the theme he's been rolling with for a bit now.
Other fun polarfluKe titles:
Char Grilled
Muta Mayhem
MMMarch
Love is in the Auir
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no but seriously, does julyzerg have ANYTHING to do with this?
but anyway, got me looking and this looks like a cool tourney
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I suppose that's one way to get your thread read!
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On June 21 2011 01:01 Mikilatov wrote:
Awesome stuff. I've been covering these events in the roundup, and they seem to be quite legit and overlooked! Best of luck to polarfluKe, his crew, and everyone who signs up!
Hahaha yip they are legit although mainly just for our community. We growing though!
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On June 21 2011 01:10 Numy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 01:01 Mikilatov wrote:
Awesome stuff. I've been covering these events in the roundup, and they seem to be quite legit and overlooked! Best of luck to polarfluKe, his crew, and everyone who signs up! Hahaha yip they are legit although mainly just for our community. We growing though!
Not just for South Africans now  The prize pool is now big enough that we can support international payouts as well
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On June 21 2011 01:01 Mikilatov wrote:
Awesome stuff. I've been covering these events in the roundup, and they seem to be quite legit and overlooked! Best of luck to polarfluKe, his crew, and everyone who signs up!
edit: By the way, before people start to get all pissy about the title, it fits with the theme he's been rolling with for a bit now.
Other fun polarfluKe titles:
Char Grilled
Muta Mayhem
MMMarch
Love is in the Auir
Seems I am giving too much Zerg love with the names, will have to make sure I use a Protoss theme next month 
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Oh, okay. nvm then, Didn't know about his tradition to give crazy names.
For me terran next, pl0x. ^^
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Its mostly to do with the fact that is is hosted in July, and just makes it catchier.
But this looks really awesome and hoping to see some big names fighting for the prize money :D.
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imma name my next thread "TASTOSIS... biomechanic homework question"
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On June 21 2011 04:22 Walruslisk wrote:
imma name my next thread "TASTOSIS... biomechanic homework question"
Expect Tastosis to reply.
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Swiss tournaments are the worst 
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If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl....
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swiss tournaments are a lot more fair to middle tier of players
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hahah loving these names <3
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On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl....
lol this is a classic trademark violation, but i'm sure july wouldn't sue
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On June 21 2011 05:56 sleigh bells wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl.... lol this is a classic trademark violation, but i'm sure july wouldn't sue
Wow, do you even understand the term trademark violation? You are doing it wrong ! Your face is a trademark violation!
This is a free tourney, which people now see because they saw July Zerg, now more people have a shot at some free money and a well organized tourney. I do not care if it was called "GSL SA", call it what you want, its awesome prize money!!! But let me explain, tourney is in July, maybe you missed that July is a month, zerg is a sc2 race. If it was called JulyZerg, or actually, ST_July, then maybe. I highly doubt July actually even has the name trademarked. That is like going on the ladder and taking everyone called boxer or slayers'boxer to court. So i ask you guys, whysosrs?
PS: The guy who came up with the name for this tourney is probably a genius with a 9" member!!!
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On June 21 2011 05:07 xuanzue wrote:
swiss tournaments are a lot more fair to middle tier of players
You mean it rewards losing.
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On June 21 2011 06:32 Holcan wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 05:07 xuanzue wrote:
swiss tournaments are a lot more fair to middle tier of players You mean it rewards losing.
I find Swiss Rounds to be the most rewarding when finding a top 32 to go into Single Elimination.
It allows for high level games as the rounds go on, as well as allowing for the lower level players to have some fair games instead of just being stomped all day.
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As long as it's only used to determine the top 32 for SE everyone wins with better games (:
Lol'd at the srsbsns faces about the name. All the tourneys have had fun plays on words from the SC universe. Lighten up.
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On June 21 2011 06:30 Sillicur wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 05:56 sleigh bells wrote:On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl.... lol this is a classic trademark violation, but i'm sure july wouldn't sue Wow, do you even understand the term trademark violation? You are doing it wrong ! Your face is a trademark violation! This is a free tourney, which people now see because they saw July Zerg, now more people have a shot at some free money and a well organized tourney. I do not care if it was called "GSL SA", call it what you want, its awesome prize money!!! But let me explain, tourney is in July, maybe you missed that July is a month, zerg is a sc2 race. If it was called JulyZerg, or actually, ST_July, then maybe. I highly doubt July actually even has the name trademarked. That is like going on the ladder and taking everyone called boxer or slayers'boxer to court. So i ask you guys, whysosrs? PS: The guy who came up with the name for this tourney is probably a genius with a 9" member!!!
ok trademark expert.
the guy who came up with a name is using july's name as a cheap trick to get attention for his tournament. whatever. not the biggest deal.
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On June 21 2011 07:05 sleigh bells wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 06:30 Sillicur wrote:On June 21 2011 05:56 sleigh bells wrote:On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl.... lol this is a classic trademark violation, but i'm sure july wouldn't sue Wow, do you even understand the term trademark violation? You are doing it wrong ! Your face is a trademark violation! This is a free tourney, which people now see because they saw July Zerg, now more people have a shot at some free money and a well organized tourney. I do not care if it was called "GSL SA", call it what you want, its awesome prize money!!! But let me explain, tourney is in July, maybe you missed that July is a month, zerg is a sc2 race. If it was called JulyZerg, or actually, ST_July, then maybe. I highly doubt July actually even has the name trademarked. That is like going on the ladder and taking everyone called boxer or slayers'boxer to court. So i ask you guys, whysosrs? PS: The guy who came up with the name for this tourney is probably a genius with a 9" member!!! ok trademark expert. the guy who came up with a name is using july's name as a cheap trick to get attention for his tournament. whatever. not the biggest deal.
to be fair.. It's "July Zerg" not JulyZerg (:
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On June 21 2011 07:05 sleigh bells wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 06:30 Sillicur wrote:On June 21 2011 05:56 sleigh bells wrote:On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl.... lol this is a classic trademark violation, but i'm sure july wouldn't sue Wow, do you even understand the term trademark violation? You are doing it wrong ! Your face is a trademark violation! This is a free tourney, which people now see because they saw July Zerg, now more people have a shot at some free money and a well organized tourney. I do not care if it was called "GSL SA", call it what you want, its awesome prize money!!! But let me explain, tourney is in July, maybe you missed that July is a month, zerg is a sc2 race. If it was called JulyZerg, or actually, ST_July, then maybe. I highly doubt July actually even has the name trademarked. That is like going on the ladder and taking everyone called boxer or slayers'boxer to court. So i ask you guys, whysosrs? PS: The guy who came up with the name for this tourney is probably a genius with a 9" member!!! ok trademark expert. the guy who came up with a name is using july's name as a cheap trick to get attention for his tournament. whatever. not the biggest deal.
There are MUCH easier ways to get attention, seriously ^^. This is just a fun name. You should take part, or even watch the stream, it's quite fun
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Awesome name! Awesome tournament! :-D First time playing in the June one and it was so much fun Look at the prize pool, thats great!
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Yes please I'm so keen to test my skills against the best in SA again. after realgaming i'm really keen to play. Thanks Fluke and the PolarFluke team now let the APM clicking battles begin
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I lol'd.
As the one guy said, PF has had sc2 themed names for the tourneys the whole time. and Yeah, this is July, and he decided to go with July Zerg. Its a play on words -_-.
And if you think was a cheap trick to gain more attention, 2 tourneys ago we had DieStar register, and afaik we have also had BeastyQT register for it, iirc. So... Name recognition: Maybe. Trying to get PF more popular? Its already getting the big names -_-,
Ergo, its not a cheap trick, just a cool name.
Wish I could enter. Durban ftw tho :D
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I like how you used Heart Of The Swarm for the poster, for a minute there I thought it was July zerg playing HOTS
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It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool!
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Yeah its not like hes calling it child porn to get more attention, sheesh, get over it!
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change the damn title thread.
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On June 22 2011 19:41 kellymilkies wrote:
It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool!
You can learn from this guy and manipulate people to see your tournaments if your gonna host any
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On June 22 2011 19:41 kellymilkies wrote:
It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool!
Kelly, are you the reason that FXOmOOnGLaDe has entered?
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Fear not, I'll explain the TRUE reason this months PolarfluKe is called "July Zerg".
Month name: July
Winning race: Zerg
I know zerg will win because the overmind came to me in a dream and said so. Also, seeM is dabest.
If you guys wanna be anger about something then rage about the name of the comp being a spoiler. :/
[EDIT] THIS JUST IN, next months tournament will be called "August Terran", whoda thunk?
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On June 22 2011 20:03 polarfluKe wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2011 19:41 kellymilkies wrote:
It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool! Kelly, are you the reason that FXOmOOnGLaDe has entered?
mOOnGLaDe pulling a MC?
To the ones who didnt know. Aparently MC used Reis account in yesterday RQ Open and demolished all by going offrace/random.
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cheap publicity stunts like these are a sure way to make me not want to look into a tournament. bring your own cool stuff if you want to get noticed in this oversaturated scene.
good luck with it i guess.
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On June 22 2011 20:36 Frankon wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2011 20:03 polarfluKe wrote:On June 22 2011 19:41 kellymilkies wrote:
It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool! Kelly, are you the reason that FXOmOOnGLaDe has entered? mOOnGLaDe pulling a MC? To the ones who didnt know. Aparently MC used Reis account in yesterday RQ Open and demolished all by going offrace/random.
Who's Reis ?
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On June 22 2011 21:15 StimMarine wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2011 20:36 Frankon wrote:On June 22 2011 20:03 polarfluKe wrote:On June 22 2011 19:41 kellymilkies wrote:
It's just July and it's a theme. Pretty cool! Kelly, are you the reason that FXOmOOnGLaDe has entered? mOOnGLaDe pulling a MC? To the ones who didnt know. Aparently MC used Reis account in yesterday RQ Open and demolished all by going offrace/random. Who's Reis ?
korean and german-resident sk-gaming manager, helping out koreans at european events and organizing events, e.g. the champions trophy
http://www.sk-gaming.com/member/Reis
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All these replies simply mean its working, the guys disagreeing on the name usage: You're actually helping him bumping this topic. I love these marketing paradoxes..
GL with the tournament!
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Got some big names already signed up:
Phoenix from Team Reign
mOOnGLaDe from FXO
Beastyqt from Empire
Looking good so far
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Heya guys, first post on TL ^^,
so i'm not a super amazing player but i'm thinking of registering for this tournament just for the lulz and the competion. i got a couple of questions though:
so there'll be 5 swiss matches for every player on saturday, with everyone playing games simultaneously? how much time will there be in between games?
Also is it possible to read up on the other players stats anywhere? particularly the South African players i know nothing about.
I'd like to commend you though on hosting this tournament, it looks great.
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G-force: its 4 rounds for everyone, each round being played simultaneously obviously. We give a few minutes between rounds, but since we wait for a round to finish before starting the next one, we generally have enough time for everyone to breath between. so anything between 5-40min depending your own games' speed of concluding.
You can definitely see their stats. There is a link for it, but maybe just look back on previous tournaments, and find those profiles online.
Hope to see you next weekend.
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Some big names entering. Next week is going to be very interesting
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Naming your tournament this way is just gonna get more people in here to look for the player instead of talking about the tournament itself. Myself included.
I am not satisfied in here without an appearance from the God of War.
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It takes place in July and Zergs will be in it just as MMMArch took place in march and had MMM play in it at some point lol Everyone needs to chill out and stop worrying about the name
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Meh, fail title. Any desire I might've had to find out more about this tourny and/or watch it is gone now.
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I am so disappointed =(
<3 julyzerg
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Fluke, maybe next month you can go with the tournie name of "August Rush"
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On June 27 2011 21:30 RetroSpekta wrote:Fluke, maybe next month you can go with the tournie name of "August Rush" Or he could name the next tournament "August oGsMC vs IMMvP Bo7 showmatch"
I guarantee that thread will get even more clicks than this one.
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So much of butthurt.
Please take a minute to fill out this form in order to effect a speedy transition to bland future tourney titles - possibly consisting only of numbers.
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Seems like fun, when does the registration close? I don't want to register before I know if I can actually come, but I don't want to try to register after it's closed either ;D
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On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl....
Just so everybody knows... He no longer goes by "JulyZerg" now he is just "July" so you can all DIAF :D
Also, PolarFluke is awesome :3 You guys should keep all the money in SA so that you can increase players/viewers there  You need lots of money to pull your guys away from LoL/HoN/DotA
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They usally accept registration until 13:00 on the Saterday of Swiss rounds when the tournies starts at 15:00 but I see it starts 14:00... so you can reg the day before and be fine.
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On June 28 2011 00:14 Theovide wrote:
Seems like fun, when does the registration close? I don't want to register before I know if I can actually come, but I don't want to try to register after it's closed either ;D
Registration will close at 12pm SAST(GMT +2), 2 hours before play starts. First round of Swiss will be available from 1pm SAST(GMT +2) and play will finally begin at 2pm SAST(GMT +2).
Hope to see you there
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Best of 1? Bs way to run a tournement =\
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On June 28 2011 00:54 Lewan72 wrote:
Best of 1? Bs way to run a tournement =\
It's all Bo3 until finals which is Bo5.
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On June 28 2011 00:54 Lewan72 wrote:
Best of 1? Bs way to run a tournement =\
As Numy said, Swiss Rounds and Single Elimination will be BO3 until the 3rd/4th place match and finals which will both be BO5.
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Pretty amped to see who will win this tourney
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On June 28 2011 00:43 aike wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 04:59 Pipeline wrote:
If this was any other kind of sport the makers of this league would get sued back to the stone age. Talk about inappropriate use of a player name. False advertising ftl.... Just so everybody knows... He no longer goes by "JulyZerg" now he is just "July" so you can all DIAF :D Also, PolarFluke is awesome :3 You guys should keep all the money in SA so that you can increase players/viewers there You need lots of money to pull your guys away from LoL/HoN/DotA
This!
Haha nah, I think the international prize pool is great. It'll give our guys a chance to face off against the big names . Just awesome!
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(: gonna be a good one.
now that we've all gotten the good and bad out the way. how about we play some sc2!
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I've been chatting to some of the previous "international" players and team managers and things are starting to heat up.
Kellymilkies is also going to be running a stream of the tournie!
I've not been this excited since i was a little gerl.
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Geez, I am pretty keen for this! I can't wait to see how many other pro's show up in the next couple of hours.... that is indeed a lot of money!
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Pity it clashes with the Stormers vs Crusaders game. Gonna be a great tourney
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How do the players check in for this? Is there a channel?
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We have no official check in. our players use IRC and no shows are docked seeding points and their opponents get granted free wins.
We do really try and have everybody gather in IRC an hour or so before start so we can get an idea of who is around. Myself and the other admins are very proactive when it comes to monitoring player activity
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On July 01 2011 22:13 kellymilkies wrote:
How do the players check in for this? Is there a channel?
Working on getting a system up for check ins, it won't be available this tournament, so we'll just get guys on IRC, available from the website.
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On June 28 2011 00:54 Lewan72 wrote:
Best of 1? Bs way to run a tournement =\
BS way to spell tournament =\
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Morning everyone
Registrations close in 30 minutes - for anyone still keen to jot down their names for today (: Games kick off in 2h30min
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Why are the single elimination brackets so unbalanced? All the more or less good players seem to be in the lower half.
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The top half of the bracket is SA players and the bottom half consists of international players.
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I see. Do you have to play on EU server in SA? I mean did Blizzard create an African server or not?
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Are you going to release the replays afterwards? That'd be awesome
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On July 04 2011 00:34 Neelia wrote:Are you going to release the replays afterwards? That'd be awesome
Yes replays will be released, all the ones they have at least. There is no African server.
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On July 04 2011 00:01 Jakka wrote:I see. Do you have to play on EU server in SA? I mean did Blizzard create an African server or not?
There is no African server ;p I think the community is too small for that and the top players would play on EU anyway ^^ Sucks that the ping is always between 200 and 300 though :<
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Is there a bracket or winner's list anywhere?
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Where can I find the VOD's?
At polarfluke stream?
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"talesoflumin" on youtube uploaded some games.
Here and check related vids I guess.
And yes that is the real sjow.
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Gents and Ladies
If you have any feedback about the tournament, please don't hesitate to drop us a line. Loved the weekend, see you all in august
FEEDBACK THREAD
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