Finals at 9:00 EST Wednesday June 29th! See you there!

Its been 5 months of epic battles. 5 Tournaments on maps that no one had seen before, but still put Blizzard to shame. And now, in month #6, its time for the Grand Finals of Season 1.

TeamLiquid.net's best mapmakers worked day and night to create 25 amazing maps. Over the last 5 months, they've been whittled down to 5.

Three past winners are in the line-up: sixjax.dde, coLDdoRo, and FourKExO. The new team Reign is represented by RGNPheonix, previously known as pheonixwerra. And of course, the mapping community has sent one of its own in the person of Volta (aka WniO)!

There will be epic battles. There will be amazing holds. Watch as those champions of the US Starcraft 2 scene battle it out for a spot in the MotM history and the $150 first prize!

Map of the Month will be cast June 26th at 9:00 pm EST and June 27th at 7:30 pm EST.

For more information about MotM, see our organization thread!

+ Show Spoiler [Bracket] +

+ Show Spoiler [Maps] +

dezi's The Crucible

NullCurrent's Marshlands

funcmode's Sanctuarium

Silence-'s The Eighteenth

Antares777's Hysteria

+ Show Spoiler [Casting] +

We've put together a pretty friggin awesome casting team for this event!

Chill and MrBitter will be cocasting every match from the tournament! Its arguable whether Chill is better known for his casting in the TSL or his banhammer power on Liquid forums. MrBitter, of course, is the host of 12 Weeks with the Pros, and recently casted for the NASL, as well as being a member of team VT. Both Chill and MrBitter have great analytical casting styles mixed with fantastic wit.

Tune in June 26th and 27th (time TBD) for some amazing casts and games!

+ Show Spoiler [Prizes] +

The Staff and Fans of Map of the Month have pitched in to fund the $200 prize pool! A first prize of $150 and a second prize of $50 will be awarded to the #1 and #2 finishers, respectively.

If you would like to donate to MotM, email igrok.motm@gmail.com for more information.

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United States2409 Posts

June 22 2011 17:17 GMT

Holy crap this looks insane!!! Really looking forward to the seeing the great players, great maps, and great casters. I'll be there!

wattabeast

United States957 Posts

June 22 2011 17:32 GMT

It is unexcusable for ANYONE on this forum to miss this. the keyword being epic. Epic prizes. Epic casting. Epic players. Epic battles. This is a must watch.

Bobster

Germany3075 Posts

June 22 2011 17:37 GMT

Oh, that is really nice.

Sorry if I tune in for the casters and the maps moreso than the players (<3 dde + Spanishiwa) though. :D

Will there be the usual poll amongst players for best map? The reward for the map winning this MotM grand finals should be being included in the Blizz ladder pool or at least some of the bigger tournaments. :p

Silence-

Canada116 Posts

June 22 2011 18:18 GMT

Looks awesome Grok, can't wait =D

Archvil3

Denmark989 Posts

June 22 2011 18:18 GMT

Not quite as good as the new blizzard ladder maps... Wait what, I meant roughly a million times better then the blizz maps. I still think Sanctuarium is one of the best, if not the best SC2 map made.

And you got Chill and MrBitter to cast!?This is going to be pretty epic, really looking forward to this!

Loxley

Netherlands2480 Posts

June 22 2011 18:23 GMT

Awesome Maps - check
Great Casters - check
Spanishiwa & dde - check

All set, lets go!

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United States2409 Posts

June 22 2011 19:16 GMT

On June 23 2011 03:23 Loxley wrote:
Awesome Maps - check
Great Casters - check
Spanishiwa & dde - check

All set, lets go!

Don't forget Whiplash, DdoRo, and Zelniq! (and obviously everybody else, since all the players are outstanding).

Mereel

Germany895 Posts

June 22 2011 19:17 GMT

holy check

Friday_ger

67 Posts

June 22 2011 20:26 GMT

#10

Will there be a place with all the vods?
Im away-.-
Nice Maps casters and players Sooo excited

pyrestrike

United States235 Posts

June 22 2011 21:03 GMT

#11

D: Amazing lineup!! I will try to have the wikis up and good to go before this weekend for the event, sorry its taking so long... I would donate to the pot too like before, but I'm not gonna be employed in a week :/

Yay Chill and Mr. Bitter! Among the players, I must root or WniO out of solidarity, the random games I played with friends on Pora were awesome :D

WniO

United States2706 Posts

June 22 2011 21:06 GMT

#12

thanks for the shoutout (: lookin forward to those awesome casters ^

Ruscour

5233 Posts

June 22 2011 21:07 GMT

#13

Awesome maps, awesome players, awesome casters.

This is gonna be great.

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

June 22 2011 21:29 GMT

#14

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Yamulo

United States2096 Posts

June 22 2011 21:29 GMT

#15

I really loved the maps and it was fun to help out (as little as i actually did) =P

iGrok

United States5142 Posts

June 23 2011 00:05 GMT

#16

On June 23 2011 02:37 Bobster wrote:
The reward for the map winning this MotM grand finals should be being included in the Blizz ladder pool or at least some of the bigger tournaments. :p

At the conclusion of the tournament, I'll form a petition calling for the winning map to be added to the Blizzard Ladder, as well as the NASL, IPL, and GSL map pools. Hopefully we can get enough people to sign it!