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White-Ra and Ret ready for ASUS ROG Stars Invite

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SETT TV
Profile Joined January 2011
78 Posts
October 12 2011 17:38 GMT
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Two more players are revealed for the ASUS ROG Stars Invite Starcraft 2 tournament as (P)Tt.White-Ra and (Z)Liquid`Ret are invited to Helsinki, Finland to battle for the win with eight other top tier players starting at 4th of November. Furthermore, Nvidia joins the event as a co-sponsor.

Last week we announced (Z)DIMAGA and (P)elfi as our first two contestants for the ASUS ROG Stars Invite tournament. Now as the event draws closer, we reveal a second pair of players who have answered our call to compete for the 10 000 $ prize purse in this two day event. Say hello to Aleksey Tt.White-Ra Krupnyk and TeamLiquid’s very own Joseph ret de Kroon.

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Known as the Grandpa Toss and the Beast from the East, this speshial tactickian brings smiles on people's faces as easily as frowns for his opponents that he stomps down on the battlefield. Though being arguably the nicest guy in StarCraft 2, and quite possibly on the whole planet, it is quite hard to be angry even if you lose to him. More gg, more skill, says (P)White-Ra.

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(Z)Ret, the Zerg stalwart of nearly a decade, and certainly a very familiar face for basically anyone that has built a Spawning Pool in his life. Especially known for many Finns for taking the first Assembly SC2 championship trophy ever in February, his Zergiculum Vitae isn’t short on recent accomplishments either: a solid victory in the European Battle.net Invitational over Naniwa and a decent run in the IPL3 main tournament to name but a few. We will see if his experience in the Finnish winter fighting conditions will give him an edge over his competitors.

In addition to today’s announced players, we are very proud to announce Nvidia as a co-sponsor to ASUS ROG Stars Invite. ASUS ROG Stars Invite will run Starcraft II like it is meant to, on Nvidia GeForce GTX based graphics cards from ASUS (GTX560 Ti DirectCU II and GTX580 DirectCU II).

Four players in line, four to go. Stay tuned.

About ASUS ROG

Finally, to remind you all of the company who makes this tournament possible, ROG -- Republic of Gamers, a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. The ASUS ROG Stars Invite will be solely powered by ROG hardware.

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zeMoose
Profile Joined December 2010
Finland51 Posts
October 12 2011 17:51 GMT
#2
I'll definitely be there to watch this live. Pretty much all my favourite players from Europe invited already!
Remfire
Profile Joined October 2010
492 Posts
October 12 2011 17:52 GMT
#3
White.Ra fighting!!!!! GL to Ret too!
ArmyOfPlatypi
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States188 Posts
October 12 2011 17:54 GMT
#4
Wow the invites are sick so far.
"You have something in your teeth--" "You know what I have in my teeth? VENGEANCE!"
Snettik
Profile Joined February 2011
Finland186 Posts
October 12 2011 17:55 GMT
#5
i hope there is some opportunity for fans to meet the players/get autographs
Archas
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6531 Posts
October 12 2011 17:56 GMT
#6
Excellent. Go Ret!
The room is ripe with the stench of bitches!
michielbrands
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands1146 Posts
October 12 2011 18:13 GMT
#7
Yeah Ret fighting!!!!
- me (L) competitive gaming -
Roynalf
Profile Joined August 2011
Finland886 Posts
October 12 2011 18:14 GMT
#8
I like where this is going, reverse GSL no terrans
(V) (;,,;) (V) Woopwoopwoopwoop
ZOMGitsTHEEND
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada202 Posts
October 12 2011 18:14 GMT
#9
OMG gogogo whitera!
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
October 12 2011 18:17 GMT
#10
I love the White-Ra writeup. Definitely the nicest guy on planet Earth. Tournament looks like it's going to be badass so far!!

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PS ROG stuff is awesome, I have one of their laptops and a mouse by them and it's top notch. My ROG mouse has replaced my Deathadder of god knows how many years, but I bought it brand new. ASUS has stepped up their game, and it even further doing so by hosting these epic players :D

SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
theaxis12
Profile Joined March 2011
United States489 Posts
October 12 2011 18:39 GMT
#11
WHOOOOO my two favorite players ^^
Shut your mouth and put your head back in the clouds.
HereBeDragons
Profile Joined May 2011
1429 Posts
October 12 2011 18:44 GMT
#12
I like the all the meme references in the article; well written in style.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
October 12 2011 18:45 GMT
#13
yesssssssss white-RA!

Hope he goes far in this tournament!
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
archonOOid
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1983 Posts
October 12 2011 18:45 GMT
#14
I feel the hype, gj ASUS ROG
I'm Quotable (IQ)
zBro
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland448 Posts
October 12 2011 18:49 GMT
#15
I can't wait for this. Hopefully I'll get the chance to talk to White-Ra!
blae000
Profile Joined April 2010
Norway1640 Posts
October 12 2011 19:05 GMT
#16
Sweet, the mighty White-Ra, and already DIMAGA... Ukrainian stars for the win!!
Liquid
StyLeD
Profile Joined January 2011
United States2965 Posts
October 12 2011 19:40 GMT
#17
Less Terran, more skill, says WhiteRa
"Even gophers love Starcraft" - Tasteless. || Davichi | IU <3
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
October 12 2011 19:55 GMT
#18
Wooo go Ret xD
Cokefreak
Profile Joined June 2011
Finland8095 Posts
October 12 2011 19:59 GMT
#19
Yay for White-Ra, might have to attend now just to meet him!
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
October 12 2011 20:18 GMT
#20
YAY great news. Two players i really enjoy watching.
Sorry ret but i think most my person hype is aimed at white ra this time.
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
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