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NESL Iron Lady Champion Cup 6 - $175 Prize

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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-08 02:39:47
December 21 2011 07:45 GMT
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Time to bring in the new year with another season of Iron Lady events! We are kicking things off with the Champion Cup 6, the most prestigious cup that we offer! Here is your chance to compete with the best for the cash prizes and be crowned the Iron Lady Champion!

Iron Lady Champion Cup 6 - Complete!

1st. (T)Aphrodite - $100
2nd. (Z)DaSakura -$50
3rd. (Z)AuRora - $25


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Date of the Cup:
Cup 6 is set for January 7th and will begin at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST)
7:00 PM Central European Time (CEST)

Location:
The cup takes place online on the Battle.net US server. Anyone can play that has an account on that server.


Prizes:
1st place: $ 100
2nd place: $ 50
3rd place: $ 25

How to Sign up and Format Information!:
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Information:
You will register an account at National ESL; enter your game account, and proceed to click sign up on the cup. After that you will be contacted by email, and you will be provided with the option to join a Ventrilo server or communicate on Skype. During the verification process you may be asked several Starcraft 2 related questions in attempt to prove your understanding of the game as a real female player. Any suspicion of faking will prevent you from being accepted into the cup. Please, no trolls!

Proceed to Sign Up Here: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/news/180158/

See current accepted members: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup6/database/members/*/

Brackets: http://www.nationalesl.com/us/sc2/ironlady/cup6/rankings

Format:
The tournament will be double elimination. The cup has Best 2 out 3 All Rounds!

How maps are selected:
Best of 1: Each player eliminates 4 maps from the map pool they they do not want to play on. The player with the higher seed goes first and then player 2 goes next, alternating until you each have picked 4 maps. The last map remaining will be the map you play on.

Best of 3 - All Rounds:
Each player eliminates 3 maps from the map pool. Player with the highest seed starts first. Of the 3 maps remaining, player with higher seed picks Map 1 for the series, then player 2 picks Map 2 for the series. The map remaining will be the 3rd Ace Map of the series.

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GSL Day Break
Metalopolis
Shattered Temple
Shakuras Plateau
Xel Naga Caverns
Tal'darim Altar LE
GSL Calm Before the Storm
Antiga Shipyard
GSL Dual Sight



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Not a female player but looking to help out? Join our staff by sending an application here
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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
December 29 2011 23:01 GMT
#2
sign ups still open!
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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 05 2012 17:29 GMT
#3
Only a few days away! Get hype for a Flo vs Aphrodite rematch!
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teer
Profile Joined September 2010
United States189 Posts
January 05 2012 17:40 GMT
#4
yayy. tell nudge she better be entertaining.
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 06 2012 20:24 GMT
#5
Only 1 day left for signing up! Get in on this ladies!
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swordboy
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada299 Posts
January 06 2012 20:32 GMT
#6
Wow, time for some rematches.
MarineKing | ThorZaIN | IMMvp | MMA | Sase | Sen | Kas
namste
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland2292 Posts
January 06 2012 20:35 GMT
#7
So confused, how come both Flo and Luway are 2nd at Champion Cup 2? Was it a 2v2 tournament or something? :s
IM hwaitiing ~ IMMvp #1 | Bang Min Ah <3<3
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 06 2012 20:38 GMT
#8
Sorry I'm the king of typos, Luway is 2nd at champion cup 3.
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Dodgeball
Profile Joined October 2010
Finland141 Posts
January 06 2012 21:38 GMT
#9
ST_Aphrodite fighting!
teer
Profile Joined September 2010
United States189 Posts
January 06 2012 22:44 GMT
#10
everyone cheer for Luway so she doesnt fall asleep!!! LUWAY FIGHTING!!!
Russano
Profile Joined November 2010
United States434 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-06 22:56:44
January 06 2012 22:56 GMT
#11
So is every girl tournament from now til he end of time going to be the same 4 players? ><
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-06 23:01:34
January 06 2012 22:59 GMT
#12
Heh, those are the 4 tops ones, always new girls showing up to play. Just click view all participants.
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rave[wcr]
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1166 Posts
January 07 2012 00:07 GMT
#13
i just got aurora to sign up! yay! best girl zerg fighting
TheDingo
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada1 Post
January 07 2012 05:31 GMT
#14
Such a small prize pool! surely they should accept donations to make it bigger and support laddies in Starcraft? Who wouldn't want to support that?
Wherever you go there you are.
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 07 2012 16:04 GMT
#15
It is almost that time folks!
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pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 07 2012 18:27 GMT
#16
Flo and Luway overslept :X
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Jombozeus
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
China1014 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-07 18:56:57
January 07 2012 18:55 GMT
#17
To be fair, the event started 10am at the very earliest for even west coast. Here in Taiwan, it starts at 2am, and for Korea 3am.

Its probably smart to move the event forward 2 hours: making someone wake up at 8am to play is a lot easier than asking someone to stay up playing till 6am. Considering that luway and aphrodite are the strongest competitors in this tournament, having them lose will just bring up controversy about the ridiculous time they play at anyways.
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
January 07 2012 19:15 GMT
#18
On January 07 2012 09:07 rave[wcr] wrote:
i just got aurora to sign up! yay! best girl zerg fighting

ColaGirl is probably the best girl player period, maybe behind Aphrodite, and she is Zerg, so yeah... Someone should definitely try to invite her to these. I wana root for ColaGirl and Luway but the times are so meh for China/Taiwan =/

Regardless, we need more female tournaments (female leagues would be even better). GL HF all!
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
twndomn
Profile Joined September 2010
401 Posts
January 07 2012 19:58 GMT
#19
luway is a NA GrandMaster.... The thing about luway is that she's a student of WulongStorm. WulongStorm is the only GM on KR/TW server in Taiwan atm.
"If MC wins this, his name would not be SK MC, it would be ST MC, ST for Saint, performing miracles." - Artosis.
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
January 07 2012 20:07 GMT
#20
Flo isn't even in the bracket
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 07 2012 21:07 GMT
#21
On January 08 2012 05:07 Zzoram wrote:
Flo isn't even in the bracket



On January 08 2012 03:27 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Flo and Luway overslept :X
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warshop
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada490 Posts
January 08 2012 00:00 GMT
#22
On January 08 2012 06:07 pHaRSiDE wrote:
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On January 08 2012 05:07 Zzoram wrote:
Flo isn't even in the bracket



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On January 08 2012 03:27 pHaRSiDE wrote:
Flo and Luway overslept :X


No wonder, Flo stayed up till very very late last night plus was sick. A shame!

DaSakura looks pretty convincing, her drop play versus Aphrodite was pretty nice.
Louuster
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2869 Posts
January 08 2012 00:48 GMT
#23
Gogo Ga Young~ !
Kim Taek Yong fighting~
Theovide
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden914 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-08 01:05:47
January 08 2012 01:04 GMT
#24
what is up with the NESLtv that seems to be streaming of zanderfeverTV but with shitty sound quality
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 08 2012 01:07 GMT
#25
Hes double streaming, so the copy stream has worse sound :-/
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Seiferz
Profile Joined May 2011
United States640 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-08 01:24:25
January 08 2012 01:24 GMT
#26
GO APHRODITE!

Been a fan since she started streaming
Loci
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany85 Posts
January 08 2012 02:29 GMT
#27
Yai!
Aphrodite won!
Congrats ~~~~~~~~~~
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 08 2012 02:37 GMT
#28
What a marathon that was!

Huge props to Aphrodite for lasting from 2a all the way till 10am!! A definition of an Iron Lady for sure. Thx to all girls who showed up and played and really showcased some awesome games!
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swordboy
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada299 Posts
January 08 2012 02:43 GMT
#29
Not a fan of Aphridite's playstyle, congratz anyway.
MarineKing | ThorZaIN | IMMvp | MMA | Sase | Sen | Kas
Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
January 08 2012 03:03 GMT
#30
Yay Gayoung !
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
Heathen
Profile Joined January 2011
Philippines351 Posts
January 08 2012 03:58 GMT
#31
WoW Im a DaSakura fan coz she is zerg
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
January 08 2012 04:39 GMT
#32
gg's good tournament, but seriously, start it at 11am EST. I understand that it's nice to give good times to Americans, but if you're trying to make a good tournament with top players, 11am is the LATEST you should start. Waking up at 7am PST (10am EST) is much easier than doing what Aphrodite did, what luway did not do, and what most good Asians would refuse to do.
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
January 08 2012 04:49 GMT
#33
On January 08 2012 13:39 Shinta) wrote:
gg's good tournament, but seriously, start it at 11am EST. I understand that it's nice to give good times to Americans, but if you're trying to make a good tournament with top players, 11am is the LATEST you should start. Waking up at 7am PST (10am EST) is much easier than doing what Aphrodite did, what luway did not do, and what most good Asians would refuse to do.


I understand how you feel but you have to understand this cup is mainly for western players, so first and foremost it has to be a good hour for them. We can't start at a crazy early hour on the potential of getting 2 asian players.
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ReaperX
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Hong Kong1758 Posts
January 08 2012 05:00 GMT
#34
What a shame luway no showed, I've seen her play so well in clan wars!
Artosis : Clide. idrA : Shut up.
Shinta)
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1716 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-08 06:34:02
January 08 2012 06:32 GMT
#35
Since when is 8am a crazy early hour? Unless you're under the age of 20, 8 should be a fine hour to wake up and start your day...
Starting a tournament at 2am is the crazy part, and not just crazy late, but crazy stupid. It completely ruins someone's sleep schedule, whereas 8am doesn't do anything to a normal person's sleep schedule.

Edit: Not only that, but you can get more than just 2 players..... You know there are quite a few female SC2 players in Asia you can invite...................................... Needless to say, probably more than in Europe and NA (although Europe does seem to have tons of female SC2 players).
Suteki Da Ne 素敵だね Isn't it Wonderful
pHaRSiDE
Profile Joined March 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-08 12:42:12
January 08 2012 12:41 GMT
#36
On January 08 2012 15:32 Shinta) wrote:
Since when is 8am a crazy early hour? Unless you're under the age of 20, 8 should be a fine hour to wake up and start your day...
Starting a tournament at 2am is the crazy part, and not just crazy late, but crazy stupid. It completely ruins someone's sleep schedule, whereas 8am doesn't do anything to a normal person's sleep schedule.

Edit: Not only that, but you can get more than just 2 players..... You know there are quite a few female SC2 players in Asia you can invite...................................... Needless to say, probably more than in Europe and NA (although Europe does seem to have tons of female SC2 players).



Like I said, these tournaments are USA/Europe based, therefore starting at tournament at 8am for majority of the players makes no sense. I don't know how many tournaments you play at 8am, but its not optimal. I told you I get it that the tournament time is not optimal for asian players, but they are not the majority in the tournament thats why the time is going to be bad for them. We appreciate any talented asian player that is able to show up, but at the end of the day, to get more asian girls to play, then ESL Asia is going to have to put together an Iron Lady.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25557 Posts
January 08 2012 13:39 GMT
#37
On January 08 2012 15:32 Shinta) wrote:
Since when is 8am a crazy early hour? Unless you're under the age of 20, 8 should be a fine hour to wake up and start your day...
Starting a tournament at 2am is the crazy part, and not just crazy late, but crazy stupid. It completely ruins someone's sleep schedule, whereas 8am doesn't do anything to a normal person's sleep schedule.

Edit: Not only that, but you can get more than just 2 players..... You know there are quite a few female SC2 players in Asia you can invite...................................... Needless to say, probably more than in Europe and NA (although Europe does seem to have tons of female SC2 players).


Admittedly, it's not unusual to wake up at 8 am. However, I think it's worth noting that for those of us who wake up at 8 am to get to work at 9 am, the first hour or two after an early wake-up you're often in "Groggie Towne" even if you've had a cup of coffee or two. Sc2 is an ART and you have to be warmed up and in the zone, etc.

11 am isn't because we anticipate people waking up at 11 am. It's because people often wake up several hours before a tournament, get warmed up, etc.
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awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
January 08 2012 20:45 GMT
#38
On January 08 2012 15:32 Shinta) wrote:
Since when is 8am a crazy early hour? Unless you're under the age of 20, 8 should be a fine hour to wake up and start your day...
Starting a tournament at 2am is the crazy part, and not just crazy late, but crazy stupid. It completely ruins someone's sleep schedule, whereas 8am doesn't do anything to a normal person's sleep schedule.

Edit: Not only that, but you can get more than just 2 players..... You know there are quite a few female SC2 players in Asia you can invite...................................... Needless to say, probably more than in Europe and NA (although Europe does seem to have tons of female SC2 players).

I can say that I never wake up at 8 am on a weekend and would never want to play in a tournament if I woke up that early
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