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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/4rNN3.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aSguC.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bjMvc.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/EP7Kk.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/03cQn.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/4T3hT.jpg) http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV_Korean_Weekly/Season_2/Grand_Prix_1It is time!!!! After 8 grueling weeks of the http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV_Korean_Weekly, it has come time for it all to come together for the first ever ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix #1!! With over $2,000 in prizes and a seed + travel to the $20,000 ASUS ROG tournament in Finland later this month, these players will be bringing it all to try and become the first ever Grand Prix Champion! This tournament will be a 36 man tournament with two vicious group stages followed by an 8 man single elimination championship bracket! The winner will have fought through hell and back to become champion! Additionally, ESV TV will be hosting 4 English streams simultaneously for this event! We will have 100% coverage and be bringing you more games than you can handle in 4 days! With 4 streams there will be nothing missed, and every game will be caught in all it's glory! The Grand Prix begins on ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mrFR7.jpg) Grand Prix #1 - Day 1Monday, Feb 13 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Grand Prix #1 - Day 2Tuesday, Feb 14 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Grand Prix #1 - Day 3Wednesday, Feb 15 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Grand Prix #1 - Final DayThursday, Feb 16 11:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)French RebroadcastsCheck http://www.twitch.tv/esvtvfr![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RZJJ9.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/5008/twitchbanner.png) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QtpwY.png) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AgDOR.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2d5zo.jpg)
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EDIT: CoCa not back... :'(
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Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD
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Oh shit forgot to clarify. Some players are not confirmed, CoCa is one of them. Will update as they finish confirming.
Sorry about that.
On February 10 2012 11:21 whoopingchow wrote:
Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD
Yep, one foreigner invite is still unannounced.
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On February 10 2012 11:21 Diamond wrote:Oh shit forgot to clarify. Some players are not confirmed, CoCa is one of them. Will update as they finish confirming. Sorry about that. Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 11:21 whoopingchow wrote:
Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD Yep, one foreigner invite is still unannounced.
Another foreigner to go out in round 1.
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On February 10 2012 11:25 xXxSepirothxXx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 11:21 Diamond wrote:Oh shit forgot to clarify. Some players are not confirmed, CoCa is one of them. Will update as they finish confirming. Sorry about that. On February 10 2012 11:21 whoopingchow wrote:
Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD Yep, one foreigner invite is still unannounced. Another foreigner to go out in round 1.
Several foreigners have qualified through legit means and stand to be a real force in this tourney, namely SaSe who made the finals of Week #3.
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On February 10 2012 11:25 xXxSepirothxXx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 11:21 Diamond wrote:Oh shit forgot to clarify. Some players are not confirmed, CoCa is one of them. Will update as they finish confirming. Sorry about that. On February 10 2012 11:21 whoopingchow wrote:
Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD Yep, one foreigner invite is still unannounced. Another foreigner to go out in round 1.
Don't count foreigners out. Sase got in by qualifying. He placed second in Weekly 3.
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On February 10 2012 11:25 xXxSepirothxXx wrote:Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 11:21 Diamond wrote:Oh shit forgot to clarify. Some players are not confirmed, CoCa is one of them. Will update as they finish confirming. Sorry about that. On February 10 2012 11:21 whoopingchow wrote:
Awesome!! What a line up---just wondering, it looks like top 4 from each week get invited to participate? Or is that not how it work? Just wondering, because there's 5 spots left blank...XD Yep, one foreigner invite is still unannounced. Another foreigner to go out in round 1.
Well Sase did manage to get to the finals in the latest weekly. And also foreigner doesn't really have to be a european/american, could be Sen?
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Guineapig still on MVP? Didn't he leave?
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37096 Posts
SLAYERS MOTHA F*ING COCA!!!!!!!!!!!
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On February 10 2012 11:54 pdd wrote:
Guineapig still on MVP? Didn't he leave?
Yea, mistake.
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I truly hope that CoCa is in the same monstrous form he was in when he left.... He had a fairly legit claim to top 3 zerg in the world when he left... ZvP was beastly, ZvZ was decent, and ZvT was finally shaping up with some really solid muta ling bane play. Will be awesome to see :D
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Rooting for squirtle to take it! <3 The korean weekly, hope SaSe and the other foreigners do well too.
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SASE!!!!! *insert cheer cannon audio clip here*
With the TBA spots, does that mean there is still one more qualifier or are all of those invites?
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On February 10 2012 12:46 TheCtd400 wrote:
SASE!!!!! *insert cheer cannon audio clip here*
With the TBA spots, does that mean there is still one more qualifier or are all of those invites?
4 qualifiers, 1 invite.
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Yay for this! Glad to see the Korean weekly coming to such an epic climax! Best of luck Diamond and team :D
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Coca!
Please Coca, win this and qualify for ASUS ROG, then win that and get a Code S seed back, ok?
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God, I love ESV's aesthetics.
Whoever designs your shit rocks, yo. Greatest weekly tournament of all time.
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I think it would be fitting for TaeJa to win this.
Then cinderella his way into an ASUS ROG victory.
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GuineaPig isn't on MVP any more
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Such a stacked line up =]!
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Welcome back intro the forign eyes Coca! :D Fighting!
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XiGua Fighting! ^_^
Also great to see a tournament invite so many of the lesser known Koreans, they are awesome players.
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Oh yes, super stoked for the ESV Grand Prix.
Any word on who the other casters for the extra streams will be yet?
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Sase!!! :D
Chearing Cannon!!! :D
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Interested to see how players like ZenexTREME and NHS Seal will do.
Also, Holy shit it's Coca.
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Man I love TheBest's face. Coca's return would be really nice.
Taeja kind of looks like "is this similar to the weekly? I better just win it to be sure."
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lol MVP.Dream and MVP.Vampire are clearly the same person.
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Yay for Slayers Coca!!! But hope to see some good play from NSHS. Their players are really solid but never really seem to get the attention they deserve.
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Jinro hsa been on fire in EWM this week as well, stop counting them out jut because they aren ot top 8 in GSL :p
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Oooooh shiiit Coca! Yes!!!!!
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Only confirm I am waiting on now is SlayerS. Going to start harassing Cella.
Edit: Talked to Cella, looks like everyone but CoCa is a go.
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On February 10 2012 16:46 Diamond wrote:
Only confirm I am waiting on now is SlayerS. Going to start harassing Cella.
Edit: Talked to Cella, looks like everyone but CoCa is a go.
Does this mean coca cannot play or it has not been confirmed yet?
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On February 10 2012 16:54 Bagration wrote:Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 16:46 Diamond wrote:
Only confirm I am waiting on now is SlayerS. Going to start harassing Cella.
Edit: Talked to Cella, looks like everyone but CoCa is a go. Does this mean coca cannot play or it has not been confirmed yet?
He will not be playing.
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Coca still grounded lol. No soup for you!
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coca 
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Wow, looks amazing! Hoping for a SaSe vs Taeja finals 
Who will be casting the streams?
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Wow four simultaneous streams... awesome. I want Leenock to win
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coca should just leave slayers at this point
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Awesome! Hard for me to watch at 1AM local with school the same days Will definitely be checking the results and vods to see who gets to freeze their balls off in helsinki :D
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Can't wait to cast this in French, sick sick Lineup !
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TaeJa to Assembly please !!!
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Noo most exciteting thing about this was going to be seeing cocas return . Gogo SaSe
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Seems like a very nice tournament! Wait... 6pm EST -> I wont be watching...
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I'm beginning to think that this situation with CoCa is a play by slayers. Keep him out of matches he's already invited to, frustrate him, get his blood boiling enough that he practices ungodly amounts and starts absolutely destroying the rest of the team in practice every single game, in an effort to prove to the team that they can't ignore him.
Then unleash him on the GSL where everyone will underestimate him until its too late because they think he's out of form.
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If there's "Like" button here, i would click that.
SICK!!!
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no boxer, no fun!
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Damn Coca
Slayers should really let him go to the event...
Yes, he made a mistake, but doesn't everyone deserve a secound chance?
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This looks really well done Diamond. . . looking forward to the tourney. I love that this is 100% coverage. Especially when there are so many worthy players to watch I think that is a must. Plus it always irks me when they skip matches for time sake, though sometimes it is understandable.
And i'm wondering about the casters as well. I'm assuming Orb and Adebisi and maybe even Axeltoss will cast. Who else? Will there be multiple persons to one stream?
Edit: Forgive me if i'm being to impatient, i may be a little excited =P. But how will the advancements work out in the first group stage. Assuming the Liquipedia page is right for the grand prix and there are 8 groups, there is no way 20 people can come out of it evenly. For four groups it would be top 3 advance, and ther other 4 groups top 2 advance. Do you mind elaborating a little more? Like i said, sorry if i'm being pushy, if more details are soon to be announced, just tell me =P
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I am not trying to troll, but is it just me or does MvP_Monster always look really sad.
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This is going to be siiiiiiiiiiiick. It's during half term, too, so I can actually watch it at the time it is on.
Have you guys considered an EU restream, perhaps starting at 6PM GMT?
On February 11 2012 01:30 devPLEASE wrote:
I am not trying to troll, but is it just me or does MvP_Monster always look really sad.
Have you ever seen a happy monster?
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Lol 29 koreans and 1 swede and one from finland.....hm Korea imbalanced!
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On February 10 2012 22:36 Acronysis wrote:
This looks really well done Diamond. . . looking forward to the tourney. I love that this is 100% coverage. Especially when there are so many worthy players to watch I think that is a must. Plus it always irks me when they skip matches for time sake, though sometimes it is understandable.
And i'm wondering about the casters as well. I'm assuming Orb and Adebisi and maybe even Axeltoss will cast. Who else? Will there be multiple persons to one stream?
Edit: Forgive me if i'm being to impatient, i may be a little excited =P. But how will the advancements work out in the first group stage. Assuming the Liquipedia page is right for the grand prix and there are 8 groups, there is no way 20 people can come out of it evenly. For four groups it would be top 3 advance, and ther other 4 groups top 2 advance. Do you mind elaborating a little more? Like i said, sorry if i'm being pushy, if more details are soon to be announced, just tell me =P
In terms of the format, 16 will come out of that initial group stage, and then the 4 invites will be combined with those for the ro20. So the invites get to skip the first group stage.
100% coverage is definitely awesome 
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Week 4 (the last qualifying week) is up today so make sure and tune in!
Info here!
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Sase and Naama had some good showings. Gogo!
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WOW Looking forward to seeing how Ace and Squirtle do. Disappointed as to why you cannot reveal the final players since the tournament is only two days away. T_T
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On February 11 2012 06:51 onedayclose wrote:
WOW Looking forward to seeing how Ace and Squirtle do. Disappointed as to why you cannot reveal the final players since the tournament is only two days away. T_T
It's because the Week 4 cast is not complete yet . Also three days, last ones will be revealed tomorrow after the cast.
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Wow for some reason I love the names here. This is what its like in korean hahaha
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OMG i love that its naama and sase !!!!!!
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Can't wait for this to start. The winner of the grand prix should be the favourite to take the asus rog invite.
Not saying that he will win 100%, just that he has a higher chance than 1/32 taking down that 32 man tournament.
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GroupsGroup 1 SlayerS.Tajea FXO.TheBest* NsHS.Shuttle ZeNEX.Destination Group 2 SlayerS.Crank QxG.SaSe  ST.KingKong NsHS.Hoon Group 3 Guineapig SlayerS.Ryung Liquid`Zenio MvP.Dream Group 4 TSL.Symbol oGs.JookTo NsHS.Sage eSahara.Naama Group 5 FXO.Leenock* TSL.Revival ST.Hack ST.Tiger Group 6 Fnatic.aLive ZeNEX.Treme ST.AcE ZeNEX.Life Group 7 MvP.TAiLS MvP.Monster ZeNEX.Avenge oGs.Luvsic Group 8 NsHS.Tassadar NsHS.Seal TSL.Ragnarok MvP.Vampire * = Players accepted their invites and did not show, thus were disqualified.
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Groups done on LP, will TheBest and Leenock be replaced ?
I assume it's not the case but maybe I'm wrong.
EDIT : What about XiGua ?
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On February 12 2012 19:15 Otolia wrote:
Groups done on LP, will TheBest and Leenock be replaced ?
I assume it's not the case but maybe I'm wrong.
No they will be walkovers. No replacements.
Edit: Also GuineaPig is playing T, that's not a typo on my end.
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On February 12 2012 19:15 Otolia wrote:
Groups done on LP, will TheBest and Leenock be replaced ?
I assume it's not the case but maybe I'm wrong.
EDIT : What about XiGua ?
I'd imagine Xigua will be seeded directly into the next round? Seems like there are 36 players invited based on the pic on first page, with 4 being seeded directly into next round. The format details on Liquipedia's seems to suggest so.
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On February 12 2012 21:18 pdd wrote:Show nested quote +On February 12 2012 19:15 Otolia wrote:
Groups done on LP, will TheBest and Leenock be replaced ?
I assume it's not the case but maybe I'm wrong.
EDIT : What about XiGua ? I'd imagine Xigua will be seeded directly into the next round? Seems like there are 36 players invited based on the pic on first page, with 4 being seeded directly into next round. The format details on Liquipedia's seems to suggest so.
Correct. The 4 seeds go directly into the 2nd group stage.
In the second group stage they will be put in as follows:
Group 1: Unannounced Seed
Group 2: NsHS.Jjakji
Group 3: ST.Squirtle
Group 4: XiGua
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I'm really looking forward to that. I'm really curious about how well GuineaPig will do playing Terran.Group 6 and 3 both look like they're the scariest, but all these groups are pretty balanced, hope my ZeNEX boys can pull through!
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On February 10 2012 16:56 Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On February 10 2012 16:54 Bagration wrote:On February 10 2012 16:46 Diamond wrote:
Only confirm I am waiting on now is SlayerS. Going to start harassing Cella.
Edit: Talked to Cella, looks like everyone but CoCa is a go. Does this mean coca cannot play or it has not been confirmed yet? He will not be playing.
Damnit, I had my hopes up too.
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aLive to take it all.
Then he'll take Assembly Winter. He's just way too motherfucking good right now.
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On February 12 2012 18:56 Diamond wrote:GroupsGroup 1 SlayerS.Tajea FXO.TheBest* NsHS.Shuttle ZeNEX.Destination Group 2 SlayerS.Crank QxG.SaSe ST.KingKong NsHS.Hoon Group 3 Guineapig SlayerS.Ryung Liquid`Zenio MvP.Dream Group 4 TSL.Symbol oGs.JookTo NsHS.Sage eSahara.Naama Group 5 FXO.Leenock* TSL.Revival ST.Hack ST.Tiger Group 6 Fnatic.aLive ZeNEX.Treme ST.AcE ZeNEX.Life Group 7 MvP.TAiLS MvP.Monster ZeNEX.Avenge oGs.Luvsic Group 8 NsHS.Tassadar NsHS.Seal TSL.Ragnarok MvP.Vampire * = Players accepted their invites and did not show, thus were disqualified.
Another FXO no-show? That's a pity
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Yeah I wonder whats up with FXO not showing up atm. They did it for NASL3 qualifiers too (i think). I wanna see some FXO power! hehe
Cool groups btw. I think ragnarok has a good chance of making it to the 2nd round =)
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Are there any more invites to be announced? If so, how many?
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On February 13 2012 05:11 Torte de Lini wrote:
Are there any more invites to be announced? If so, how many?
One more. They will be seeded into the group stage, so not sure when it will be announced .
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Germany38463 Posts
On February 13 2012 05:51 Adebisi wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2012 05:11 Torte de Lini wrote:
Are there any more invites to be announced? If so, how many? One more. They will be seeded into the group stage, so not sure when it will be announced .
You mean round of 20?
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On February 13 2012 05:52 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2012 05:51 Adebisi wrote:On February 13 2012 05:11 Torte de Lini wrote:
Are there any more invites to be announced? If so, how many? One more. They will be seeded into the group stage, so not sure when it will be announced . You mean round of 20?
Meant to say second group stage, but yeah round of 20  .
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Germany38463 Posts
Okay, writing the article up now.
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On February 10 2012 13:14 Leifish wrote:
God, I love ESV's aesthetics.
Whoever designs your shit rocks, yo. Greatest weekly tournament of all time.
<3
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Morrow and Sase, GOGOGO!
I guess one should not have too high hopes for the foreigners but it would be nice to see some strong games from the Swedes!
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Sick LineUp.
Love u ESV.TV. :D
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in which group will he play? cant find him anywhere
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On February 14 2012 08:31 c0se wrote:in which group will he play? cant find him anywhere
Seeded in to round of 20 i believe.
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Are MVP guys twins?
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Mm5Mo.jpg)
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On February 14 2012 09:47 s.a.y wrote:Are MVP guys twins?
Their noses look nothing alike. They have completely different arches.
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When is round of 20 to be played?
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Hey commentator can you stop wining about cheap/OP strategies or complaining about things, and making fun and how people suck ect. Other than that your really good, you know what your doing, although I think you should be more like artosis personally (saying "you have to have 4 tanks to hold this") instead of the day 9 way of "O my he is going to be attacked, does he have enough, no, no, yes, he pulled through, those 4 tanks saved him there ect.
Other than that your great!
Thank you!
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EPT
