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Just before Christmas we are happy to announce the Clash of the elite. For BenQ StarCraft II Clash we bring together some of the best players from Korea and Europe to compete for 800 Euro in total prize money. During the next few days we will announce all participants.
Livestream
Prize Money distribution:
- 1st Place: 450 Euro
- 2nd Place: 250 Euro
- 3rd Place: 100 Euro
Schedule:
- Wednesday, December 14th 2011
17:00 CET - Round of 16 #1
18:00 CET - Round of 16 #2
19:00 CET - Quarter Final #1
20:00 CET - Round of 16 #3
21:00 CET - Round of 16 #4
22:00 CET - Quarter Final #2
- Thursday, December 15th 2011
17:00 CET - Round of 16 #5
18:00 CET - Round of 16 #6
19:00 CET - Quarter Final #3
20:00 CET - Round of 16 #7
21:00 CET - Round of 16 #8
22:00 CET - Quarter Final #4
- Friday, December 16th 2011
17:00 CET - Semi Final #1
18:00 CET - Semi Final #2
19:00 CET - 3rd Place decider match
20:00 CET - Final
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Looks sick :D Hoping for some sweet invites :D
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Awesome sutff! Great prize-pool!
Are we able to apply for an invite?
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sorry, no we will invite everyone
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At least one of the StarTale members should be in this, right? Seeing as they're sponsored by BenQ and Bomber and July went to their monitor launch in Sweden.
Looking forward to watching. =)
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This tournament will be great  The lineup is awesome, just wait for the other players to be announced! :D
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We are happy to announce ToD, Keen, Golden, BratOK, violet and Grubby as players of BenQ StarCraft II Clash
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Wow, interesting choice of invites, I like it very much. Hope I'll have time to watch :-)
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Golden is from country golden? XD
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On December 12 2011 04:21 RaNgeD wrote:
Golden is from country golden? XD
The Motherland of course!
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I thought violet isnt part of team azk but teamless? Afail he only was at azk during the ipl event in SEA.
Oh, and I have a prediction: Nerchio and Grubby will have to play against each other somewhere in the tournament...
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Thanks for inviting me BenQ StarCraft Clash!
Hope everyone derives a lot of entertainment from this 
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On December 12 2011 05:00 Tarotis wrote:
I thought violet isnt part of team azk but teamless? Afail he only was at azk during the ipl event in SEA.
Oh, and I have a prediction: Nerchio and Grubby will have to play against each other somewhere in the tournament...
Yeah pretty sure he's teamless atm. I think azk just sponsored his trip to IPL and stuff
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On December 12 2011 04:57 Torte de Lini wrote:The Motherland of course!
Don't ask why i wrote this ^^
On December 12 2011 05:18 bbm wrote:Show nested quote +On December 12 2011 05:00 Tarotis wrote:
I thought violet isnt part of team azk but teamless? Afail he only was at azk during the ipl event in SEA.
Oh, and I have a prediction: Nerchio and Grubby will have to play against each other somewhere in the tournament... Yeah pretty sure he's teamless atm. I think azk just sponsored his trip to IPL and stuff
didn't know that, though he was still part of azk
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DIMAGA, Naniwa and Sjow joined the rooster. Last four players as well as brackets will be announced tomorrow
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GoOdy for the last spot PLEASE!!!!
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yeah goody would be nice, showing the koreans how to play mech properly
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so many good players and such a big sponsor, what's wrong with the prize money? why is it so ridiculously low?
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Russian Federation25 Posts
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Sweet lineup! Gogo Nerchio!
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On December 13 2011 07:26 Nizaris wrote:
so many good players and such a big sponsor, what's wrong with the prize money? why is it so ridiculously low?
It's nice to see that some people are always able to find a reason to complain *rolleyes* Just be happy for once that theres a nice invitational tournament with casts in several languages and a lot of good players participating in it?
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On December 13 2011 13:47 Khaldor wrote:Show nested quote +On December 13 2011 07:26 Nizaris wrote:
so many good players and such a big sponsor, what's wrong with the prize money? why is it so ridiculously low? It's nice to see that some people are always able to find a reason to complain *rolleyes* Just be happy for once that theres a nice invitational tournament with casts in several languages and a lot of good players participating in it?
If we can't even ask questions around here anymore....
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Tarson, BLY, White-Ra and aLive completing the rooster, also posted the matches under results - guess it will be awesome :D
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KeeN is missing at the Results.
PLease replace one Tarson with Keen
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I support every terran in this tournament, especially BratOK!! :D
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Due to personal issues ToD and Naniwa are not able to participate
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wow, absolutely amazing play by jinro to beat OZ in a long macro game. really epic game as well
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if you want to download the replays you can do it in the first post
we will keep this thread up2date
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On December 15 2011 01:34 ABear wrote:
wow, absolutely amazing play by jinro to beat OZ in a long macro game. really epic game as well
Wow he beat Oz? Hope he has finally overcome his problems in TvP
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Any word on who is facing Violet?
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On December 15 2011 02:08 poorcloud wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 01:34 ABear wrote:
wow, absolutely amazing play by jinro to beat OZ in a long macro game. really epic game as well Wow he beat Oz? Hope he has finally overcome his problems in TvP
he lost 1:2 in the end >_< but he played great in game 1.
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Wow, quite a cool lineup! Especially given the prize pool.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
On December 15 2011 02:57 nOondn wrote:
amazing micro by OZ O_o
I don't get why aLive didn't just kill the zealot though. The reason Oz could micro back that far and still shoot was because he had vision. If the zealot dies the stalkers have to come up into range constantly to get vision ><
It was fantastic control from Oz though.
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Lord_J
Kenya1085 Posts
Looking at the bracket, Oz has a good chance to take the whole tournament. Incredible player.
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Wow the invites are so great
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Khaldor is great, love the accent. Use German expressions like wunderbar!
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On December 15 2011 03:30 lowercase wrote:
Khaldor is great, love the accent. Use German expressions like wunderbar!
hahahahaha. Its the same TobiWan says a few times to us every day^^
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I didn't find that impressive at all but hey that's just me.
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Really great fakeout by BratOK on game2 vs WhiteRa. The guy is damn good
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Cool fake-out by brak-ok, though I think White-Ra messed up his FFs.
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so at the scheduled game time the third map is starting already?
noice
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Haha, Khaldor called out the haters to meet him at a live event and present their "criticism".
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never seen that fake expand into 3raks before? come on ! cloud do this some times for ages !
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Wow whitra what a stupid way to lose.
Had he just FF his ramp in game 2 he would have ROLFSTOMPED bratok.
Noob mistakes whitera.
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BratOK is so good at playing reactive. impossible to play risky vs him
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Marine SCV all-in ... blerg ...
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Russian Federation949 Posts
On December 15 2011 04:06 blinken wrote:
Wow whitra what a stupid way to lose.
Had he just FF his ramp in game 2 he would have ROLFSTOMPED bratok.
Noob mistakes whitera.
Stim was done, so senturies were trying to retreat, if u remember they were out on the map at first. In order to save them he had to micro stalkers, there is only so many things you can do at one time
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Love your casts Khaldor and the fact you always read comments and try to improve your casts ignore the haters man you can't please all of the people all of the time
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On December 15 2011 04:20 Pirat6662001 wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 04:06 blinken wrote:
Wow whitra what a stupid way to lose.
Had he just FF his ramp in game 2 he would have ROLFSTOMPED bratok.
Noob mistakes whitera. Stim was done, so senturies were trying to retreat, if u remember they were out on the map at first. In order to save them he had to micro stalkers, there is only so many things you can do at one time
He had plenty of time and space to FF that ramp and wait for another warp in.
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oh my god, u still casting? - where's the duracell battery plugged in? thanks for casting again
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Khaldor such a bause, the stamina this man has is amazing.
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Not really. Khaldor already said he uses adblock when he's casting so he doesn't get stupid popups from websites
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Please open up the APM tab during the GoOdy games XD
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goody replace tarson ? lets go for 1h game ;d
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I assume Tarson will play vs. Violet tomorrow then or ?
If so i can update the liquipedia page.
Edit: nvm already sorted it seems =)
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goody =)
hell thats quite a bit cheesy what goody is playing ^^ but hey, its a tourney.
lol ok, hes trolling :D
omg plz... dont....
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Goody making cattlebruisers for the lulz!
Hope it doesn't cost him the game. Then again he is soooooo far ahead, its gonna be hard to lose.
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On December 15 2011 04:47 Urbz wrote:
I assume Tarson will play vs. Violet tomorrow then or ?
If so i can update the liquipedia page.
Edit: nvm already sorted it seems =)
we are trying to bring in in tommorrow yeah
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omg khaldor... watch the mainfight... u totally miss them.
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GoOdy has such versatile hotkeys! 
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Oh my, feel a 40 minute TvT on the way.
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Switzerland2892 Posts
Is nani here only on visit?
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On December 15 2011 05:19 Luk_e wrote:
a wild naniwa appears
Haha I was going to write the same thing
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ahhh, cmon goody, more apm for siege ups please
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goody fails the siege up... im disappointet 
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Khaldor bribing Naniwa with pancakes. Awwwwwwww
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On December 15 2011 05:45 Meself wrote:
Khaldor bribing Naniwa with pancakes. Awwwwwwww
So much bromance.
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Really good to hear from Naniwa again after what feels ages since he last came up here at all :D
Good to hear from him just being funny
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I feel so bad when they pick on goody. He competes with them and is no roll over with that APM. That should earn him respect.
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On December 15 2011 05:48 Daigoro wrote:
Really good to hear from Naniwa again after what feels ages since he last came up here at all :D
Good to hear from him just being funny
Lol, yeah, considering how much hate and controversy he has gotten, it feels like he just got out of prison or something.
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On December 15 2011 00:12 robih wrote:
get rotterdam instead
I would choose khaldor 10000x in front of rotterdam.
Khaldor can actually speak good english compared to rotterdam
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lol... bratok is doing a ragequit while naniwa is here.. coincidense? ^^
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Russian Federation949 Posts
Before Brat-Ok sieged on the bottom and lost all tank to already sieged Goody (and a medivac) he was ahead.
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Hahaha, "You cant even probe rush with that"
Funny Khaldor =D
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On December 15 2011 05:52 elKaDor wrote:I would choose khaldor 10000x in front of rotterdam. Khaldor can actually speak good english compared to rotterdam
One ahs a german accent, the other one has a dutch one, who cares? I'd prefer RotterdaM as he has a better analysis and doesnt call probes scv's and scv's probes. Still, he is doing a great job. I dont think I could cast that many tournaments as he does even nearly as good as he does.
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wow just tuned in and nani is commentating, that's awesome, did he say anything about gsl?
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Ouch burn . "you coulden't even probe rush with that"
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Russian Federation949 Posts
On December 15 2011 05:54 Timmeh_Anderson wrote:
lol... bratok is doing a ragequit while naniwa is here.. coincidense? ^^
there was a gg and a good game, how was that a rage quit?
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Switzerland2892 Posts
On December 15 2011 05:55 Tarotis wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 05:52 elKaDor wrote:On December 15 2011 00:12 robih wrote:
get rotterdam instead I would choose khaldor 10000x in front of rotterdam. Khaldor can actually speak good english compared to rotterdam One ahs a german accent, the other one has a dutch one, who cares? I'd prefer RotterdaM as he has a better analysis and doesnt call probes scv's and scv's probes. Still, he is doing a great job. I dont think I could cast that many tournaments as he does even nearly as good as he does.
But can he do pancakes?
I really like khaldor and naniwa casting, they are funny
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On December 15 2011 05:48 Daigoro wrote:
Really good to hear from Naniwa again after what feels ages since he last came up here at all :D
Good to hear from him just being funny
Yeah, hope he can bounce back from this situation and come back even stronger in season2 
Keep your head up nani
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People who dont like Nani should listen to him casting with Khaldor, he's a funny guy lol.
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On December 15 2011 05:52 elKaDor wrote:I would choose khaldor 10000x in front of rotterdam. Khaldor can actually speak good english compared to rotterdam
i meant as a player insteaf of naniwa or tod
and i think they both have quite good english
khaldor + naniwa casting is awesome
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On December 15 2011 05:59 Atoissen wrote:
People who dont like Nani should listen to him casting with Khaldor, he's a funny guy lol.
Especially those people who accused him of having a disorder or being terminally socially awkward.
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awesome.... NANIWA FIGHTING
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On December 15 2011 06:02 itsjustatank wrote:Show nested quote +On December 15 2011 05:59 Atoissen wrote:
People who dont like Nani should listen to him casting with Khaldor, he's a funny guy lol. Especially those people who accused him of having a disorder or being terminally socially awkward.
I'd rather have him be socially awkward then shit on players who have been doing consistently well in tournaments and are always well mannered.
But that's just me
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This casting duo is saving my evening.
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This is online tournament and it is casted live, right? Is there any way to be sure that players are not listening to the stream?
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Russian Federation949 Posts
On December 15 2011 06:09 Zygmunth wrote:
This is online tournament and it is casted live, right? Is there any way to be sure that players are not listening to the stream?
there is a couple minute delay + at this level i doubt they would risk it
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Switzerland2892 Posts
Apologize for speaking that language!
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OMG that french joke :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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Cant wait to see ToD win a major tournament.. Hes a great player, and hes going to do it soon. Hope this is the one!
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giving this a bump, great games, Khaldor is casting with Naniwa which is hilarious. Come and watch! :D
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where was ToD ?
replace by Oz ?
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On December 15 2011 07:53 plouer wrote:
where was ToD ?
replace by Oz ?
yes ToD wasn't able to participate
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nice job with the replay uploading too
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Russian Federation949 Posts
Dima is going to probably lose the game he had an advantage in . It was silly not to wait for second wave on banes and lose all the mutas like that
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DIMAGA: "BANELINGS R GOOD RIGHT?"
Still don't think it was worth it despite wrecking all the mech, Keen still held with too many marines, and he's getting a fourth behind this =(
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Russian Federation949 Posts
Such fail games from Dimaga, he is really missing the spark that was there during Assembly.
Exploding banes on 1 thor??? instead of going for marines was silly. He also could have denied Keen ever getting a 3rd.
Both games were his to lose and he did it
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Golden's pretty good, eh?
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On December 16 2011 02:20 redloser wrote:
Golden's pretty good, eh?
sure he is IPL Team Arena Bonjwa
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what a flawless game from Grubby, gg.
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
Golden's not particularly good >_>
Certainly playing pretty badly the last couple of games.
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On December 16 2011 02:29 parazice wrote:sure he is IPL Team Arena Bonjwa
banjo*
FTFY
golden is usually way bette than this
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wtf Golden try to lose the game??
ban him plz (LOL kidding)
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
That was flat out horrible from Golden.
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nice one grubby! golden is no small customer!
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On December 16 2011 02:48 Asha` wrote:
That was flat out horrible from Golden.
Looked like mid-master's level play, at best. Truly puzzling from someone who should be decently good. :/
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really bad game... khaldor definitely have had great game sense today
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I got a feeling Keen will take it all.
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Yea Slayersgolden looked like he didnt give a shit lol
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On December 16 2011 02:50 DreGG wrote:
I got a feeling Keen will take it all.
online tournament. Nerchio playing in it. Guess we all know who will win :p (j/k, but he is a serious contender for sure)
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Wonder how Grubby's vs Terran is, not seen that in a while.
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Khaldor amasing commentator and amasign friend towards the players. He will say you played like shit but at the same time he will give you a hug and say better luck next time:D
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i think Golden just semi-apologised on his twitter (for his bad play maybe?)
SlayerSGolden SlayerSGolden
@Khaldor sorry....
or i missed something :p
anyway, grats to grubby! and hope to see him get further in this tournament~
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uch why attack in a Bunker grubby to aggressive.
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Keen is solid, nice counter and hold
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Grubby that was bad you did the right thing but bad execution
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Rather bad games from Grubby, solid play by Keen Grats for moving on.
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Khaldor vs Mori. Battle of the german commentators:D
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need to make 2 thors for muta prevention and then a fuckton of tanks, otherwise that happens, the zerg will be trans to roach and thors just don't do enough dps in small numbers >.>
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On December 16 2011 04:01 Badfatpanda wrote:
need to make 2 thors for muta prevention and then a fuckton of tanks, otherwise that happens, the zerg will be trans to roach and thors just don't do enough dps in small numbers >.>
Exactly what kind of Muta play do 2 Thors “prevent”? You need to actively scout Zerg's composition and react accordingly, that's all.
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On December 16 2011 04:11 TheDwf wrote:Show nested quote +On December 16 2011 04:01 Badfatpanda wrote:
need to make 2 thors for muta prevention and then a fuckton of tanks, otherwise that happens, the zerg will be trans to roach and thors just don't do enough dps in small numbers >.> Exactly what kind of Muta play do 2 Thors “prevent”? You need to actively scout Zerg's composition and react accordingly, that's all.
lol? If a decent zerg sees a thor at each base and a turret or 2, he stops making large amounts of mutas because it won't be cost effective, and puts money in roaches instead, except in really uncommon circumstances. Since tarson saw 2 gas at violet's expo, he knew it was either infestor or muta, so thors are a good choice regardless, behind which you can produce tanks to be safe against a ground attack, or keep producing thors if you see more mutas for some reason.
I don't understand your post.
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Poor Tarson, his play in the second game was very good, looking forward to another macro game >.> I feel if tarson could have been more active with his hellions instead of keeping violet in a light contain he would have seen the unit count. WP by violet!
edit: khaldor, your overlay still reads KSL daily btw ><
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as long as tarson "holds" he won't leave i guess :D
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Khaldor can you show that funky german commercial:D?
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Anybody watching Khaldors stream? Whats the name of the song he just played ?
(Right before Sjow vs Nerchio)
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oh look it's lukas podolski next to khaldor
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fOrgg build against July on Tal Darim! woohoo
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wait what? he was floating 700/700 before he put down his expo, the build seems all over the place, think that scout rattled him
edit: why did he expo he hasn't made an scv in 3min and never morphed his cc into an orbital ><
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It feel like Sjow is doing this build for the first time.
:s
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On December 16 2011 05:02 Badfatpanda wrote:
wait what? he was floating 700/700 before he put down his expo, the build seems all over the place, think that scout rattled him
edit: why did he expo he hasn't made an scv in 3min and never morphed his cc into an orbital ><
maybe morrow is right, sjow is playing with mouse only
+ Show Spoiler +
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On December 16 2011 05:07 HolydaKing wrote:Show nested quote +On December 16 2011 05:02 Badfatpanda wrote:
wait what? he was floating 700/700 before he put down his expo, the build seems all over the place, think that scout rattled him
edit: why did he expo he hasn't made an scv in 3min and never morphed his cc into an orbital >< maybe morrow is right, sjow is playing with mouse only + Show Spoiler +
He just shouldnt do build in tournement play if he havent tried it before/Dosent have the mechanics for it =/
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sjow would actually be quite well off right now if he had siege, his macro has been on point all game and is competing with upgrades and putting pressure on nerchios expos
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that Cocaster is really really good!
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Can you somewhere watch the vods? Would love to see the Grubby matches.
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On December 16 2011 06:23 exe1099 wrote:
Can you somewhere watch the vods? Would love to see the Grubby matches.
replays are up @ sc2-replays.net
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On December 16 2011 05:30 BatCat wrote:
that Cocaster is really really good!
Yeap I enjoy Shuffle casting aswell. Also Khaldor you're a trooper, i bet not even over 9000 arrows in the knee would stop you from casting.
Keep it up guys!
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Can't watch the games but GoGoGo Oz! Been following all the results at least  .
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BratOK and Oz doing mapvotes at the moment, we will start in arround 7 minutes :D
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normally yes, but he didn't show up yet. We will wait 5 minutes if he doesn't show up we will start. Mori is already here.
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Oz vs. KeeN finals should be pretty sweet!
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update for you from Khaldor:
he messed up the time, he will be here as fast as possible
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On December 17 2011 01:32 ZOTACUrsadon wrote:
update for you from Khaldor:
he messed up the time, he will be here as fast as possible
yay! i was afraid that he wasn't gonna cast at all today.
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France266 Posts
Be careful, there is a slight mistake in the OP, the map choice indicated for third place match should be for the second semifinal.
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On December 17 2011 02:04 Koorb wrote:
Be careful, there is a mistake in the OP, the map choice indicated for third place match should be for the second semifinal.
oh yeah, ^^ i'll fix it
Edit: Khaldor is here now
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wait wtf? I walk away from laptop for 5min and keen loses g1? was it an allin or?
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It's OK Khaldor, you can stop apologizing!
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Violet vs Keen game 2, I feel closer to Violet right now. I also always pool ton of resources and don't know where to use them, have bad multitasking and get rolled by the enemy. I'm Platinum league btw.
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same build he used against BratOK, does violet only allin in 3rd games? lol
edit: LOL doesn't work against siege mode >.>
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-10 degrees khaldor? rofl u should come to canada...try -30 :D
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Sorry if this is only semi-related, but is there some sort of schedule to see when Khaldor will be casting during the next week?
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my prediction:
Keen will beat OzOz and this will be one of his first steps on an incredible comeback into Code S.
There he will be a major force to be reconned with until the day firebathero switches.
Then both shall have an epic bo11 series, with each of them whipping out a ceremony after each win.
And regardless how the series ends, the winner shall be the one with the better ceremonies.
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this is a great series so far >.>
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Oz kind of all in-ish today...
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why the hell would you attack into that !?
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that was a really nice decision to move into Oz's nat with a squad of rines, forced him to delay his attack and warp units in to defend
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wtf Oz, afraid to play straight up or wat?
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LOOOL OZ. What a blunder.
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worst series ever? 1 more to redeem it. this is worse than inca nestea
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Oz just being a straight up coward.
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Khaldor is casting terrible today imho. He lost because there were hellions in his main killing all his probes and it never looked bad for keen...
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2 small mistakes by Oz, not walking in with the Zealot and allowing Keen the surround. No idea why Oz would be so all-in today...
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Hahaha and terrans complain about the matchup
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Khaldor seem have no idea PvT
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Unbelievable... Oz... =="
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18min - 1 base terran wins :D
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LOL it's official worst series ever, this is amazing, he built 6 more probes and didn't use all his warpins....
wow
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On December 17 2011 04:17 ComusLoM wrote:
Hahaha and terrans complain about the matchup
a protoss deathball with archons, hts, colossi and all that good stuff is as terrible to watch as this game...
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Thanks everybody for tuning in the last three days during our tournament! A big shoutout to all the players and casters as well that made that event such a joyfull experience!
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