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Two more players are revealed for the ASUS ROG Stars Invite Starcraft 2 tournament as  Tt.White-Ra and  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 DIMAGA and 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.
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 White-Ra.
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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I'll definitely be there to watch this live. Pretty much all my favourite players from Europe invited already!
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White.Ra fighting!!!!! GL to Ret too!
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Wow the invites are sick so far.
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i hope there is some opportunity for fans to meet the players/get autographs
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Excellent. Go Ret! 
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I like where this is going, reverse GSL no terrans
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I love the White-Ra writeup. Definitely the nicest guy on planet Earth. Tournament looks like it's going to be badass so far!!
+ Show Spoiler +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
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WHOOOOO my two favorite players ^^
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I like the all the meme references in the article; well written in style.
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yesssssssss white-RA!
Hope he goes far in this tournament!
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I feel the hype, gj ASUS ROG
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I can't wait for this. Hopefully I'll get the chance to talk to White-Ra!
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Sweet, the mighty White-Ra, and already DIMAGA... Ukrainian stars for the win!!
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Less Terran, more skill, says WhiteRa
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Yay for White-Ra, might have to attend now just to meet him!
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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.
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Anyone know how much the tickets are?
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On October 13 2011 05:25 bRuTaL!! wrote:
Anyone know how much the tickets are?
Adults EUR 14 / person
Children (7–15 years), pensioners, conscripts, students EUR 10 / person
Group ticket (at least 10 persons) EUR 10 / person
Family ticket (max. 2 adults and children under the age of 16) EUR 29
Three-day-pass: EUR 25 (adults) and EUR 18 (children, pensioners, conscripts, students)
Under 7-year-olds free of charge
Under 12-year-olds must be accompanied by an adult
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Wooow, gogogogoo ret! Hope you can take this!
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200 supply of drones and 200 supply of warp prisms.
Fighting~
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Already worth watching this tourney :D
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this must be the fan tournament, out of 4 invites none are terran
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Love WhiteRa and Ret is one of my big zerg heros, so I'm excited to see how well they do! :D gl hf
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liked the writeups whiterawr ftw
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Very nice invites! Gogo WhiteRa
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ROG is smart, inviting the races that aren't terran first lololol....
This should be rly good-I hope Dimaga wins!
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Let us see some special tactics! (and make some drones ~.~)
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Good, yet quite expected invs. Will be curious to hear what the remaining ones are.
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will be an awesome tourny
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Great news, will be a sick tournament!
White-ra FIGHTING!
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White Ra is such a boss. This have to be the new opener pic in his fanclub
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I think I might faint. This is just too freaking good.
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shaping up to be quite a tournament
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I like the list of players so far.
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single or double elimination? eh, it will be a great event
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Amazing players, Liquid fighting
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I agree on that - who needs terrans anyway?!
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On October 13 2011 07:58 archonOOid wrote:
single or double elimination?
Single elimination. All games are streamed so full double would make the schedule too tight.
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nice i always enjoy the ASUS ROG tourney's, they might not be the biggest but they are well organised and have a great admosphere and always a steller line up.
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Sorry but why is ret is in this lol?
Hasn't won anything that worth mentioning.
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On October 13 2011 11:55 RusHXceL wrote:
Sorry but why is ret is in this lol?
Hasn't won anything that worth mentioning.
Won Blizzcon EU invite and top 8 IPL and being only 1 of 3 foreigners to go that far?
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Snap some necks with your special tactics and beastly macro!! ♥
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Glad to see WhiteRa is invited!
On October 13 2011 11:55 RusHXceL wrote:
Sorry but why is ret is in this lol?
Hasn't won anything that worth mentioning.
He won Assembly winter (go look at the player list for that and tell me it's not worth mentioning) as well as the Blizzcon qualifier...
Even if he didn't win those very difficult tournaments, his win rate is about 60% and he has been showing that he is a very formidable player recently. Tournament wins aren't the only thing to look at.
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Great roster so far, cant wait.
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gg gl hf to both of you! :D
Can't wait!
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Chalk me up for a small donation towards the gift.
If anyone needs to catch a ride from North-Holland in the Alkmaar/Zaandam area, I can provide.
I intent to go early and stay till the finals, if you need to work on monday and want to go home early you will have to grab a train back.
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Go Ret!
Not much else to say really.
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On October 13 2011 12:26 trikshun wrote:Show nested quote +On October 13 2011 11:55 RusHXceL wrote:
Sorry but why is ret is in this lol?
Hasn't won anything that worth mentioning. Won Blizzcon EU invite and top 8 IPL and being only 1 of 3 foreigners to go that far?
Won Assembly as well, in other words the first ASUS ROG
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On October 13 2011 22:02 michielbrands wrote:[Ret] Won Assembly as well, in other words the first ASUS ROG
Actually, Assembly Summer 2011, where Dimaga won, was the first ASUS ROG tournament. Still, nice of you to remember ASM Winter.
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Looking forward to seeing White-Ra there.
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Wow how cool! Can't wait to watch some of my favorite players!
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