The Brazilian National stage of the StarCraft II World Championship Series is coming up. The battle between the best SC2 Brazilian players will take place in Rio de Janeiro on May 5th and 6th. The championship will have 16 players fighting for a $10,000 (USD) prize pool and 6 spots on the South American Continental stage. Find out how to follow this exciting event on the details below.
Location Centro Cultural Ação e Cidadania Address: Avenida Barão de Tefé, 75 - Saúde, Rio de Janeiro. Opening Time: Saturday, May 05 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Entry with a contribution of 1 kg of non-perishable groceries
Stream The ESL and UOL are going to stream the whole tournament in Portuguese and in English. The Portuguese stream will be commanded by the famous Brazilian casters Pedro "Pedroca" Beraldo and Diniz "Gruntar" Albieri. On the English stream we will have James "Kaelaris" Carrol as the host accompanied by two of the most famous European players Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen e Dennis "HasuObs" Schneide, that will be in the tournament venue casting the games.
Prize Pool 1st Place - 4,000 US-Dollar 2nd Place - 2,000 US-Dollar 3rd Place - 900 US-Dollar 4th Place - 500 US-Dollar 5th-8th Place - 300 US-Dollar 9th-16th Place - 175 US-Dollar
its actually not a surprise if we're talking about reason and dakkon
both were dirty in BW, both smurfed in that game too but never got caught.. the only difference between the two of them is that reason is actually good and has a huge level of playing sc2 and can compete in the international scenario while dakkon is just.. dakkon, a mediocre player
All of them are at least masters on NA. Tunico and Potiguar are GM in NA, and Levin is masters but he is probably the most famous player here in Brazil. He used to play WC3 and crushed awesome players like Tod, Soju (korean night elf legend) and Madfrog.
On May 06 2012 01:34 ashortstory wrote: All of them are at least masters on NA. Tunico and Potiguar are GM in NA, and Levin is masters but he is probably the most famous player here in Brazil. He used to play WC3 and crushed awesome players like Tod, Soju (korean night elf legend) and Madfrog.
Thx for the information. The games looked very sloppy, so i think they are just nervous.
On May 06 2012 01:34 ashortstory wrote: All of them are at least masters on NA. Tunico and Potiguar are GM in NA, and Levin is masters but he is probably the most famous player here in Brazil. He used to play WC3 and crushed awesome players like Tod, Soju (korean night elf legend) and Madfrog.
Thx for the information. The games looked very sloppy, so i think they are just nervous.
nah, they are just bad, believe me hehe
but tunico, potiguar, naxx, levin and akhee games will be good to watch, all of them are really good
the bad players soon will be eliminated from the system
On May 06 2012 01:52 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Anyoine know what the song thats been playing is? It mixed insanely well with what I was listening to on spotify.
On May 06 2012 01:52 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Anyoine know what the song thats been playing is? It mixed insanely well with what I was listening to on spotify.
The deadmau5 one? Dubsteppy?
If thats the one u mean it was Ghosts n stuff
Hey Grubby, you're awesome! Cast the WC3 legend Levin!
On May 06 2012 01:52 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Anyoine know what the song thats been playing is? It mixed insanely well with what I was listening to on spotify.
On May 06 2012 01:52 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Anyoine know what the song thats been playing is? It mixed insanely well with what I was listening to on spotify.
The deadmau5 one? Dubsteppy?
If thats the one u mean it was Ghosts n stuff
I think so! tyty
Did my extra best because you complimented my wardrobe
On May 06 2012 01:52 Liquid`Jinro wrote: Anyoine know what the song thats been playing is? It mixed insanely well with what I was listening to on spotify.
The deadmau5 one? Dubsteppy?
If thats the one u mean it was Ghosts n stuff
I think so! tyty
Did my extra best because you complimented my wardrobe
dunno why they are making this thing in rio de janeiro
if this was in Sao paulo things would've been awesome, like IEM SP where players did not have a single lag, no technical problems AT ALL, no delayed games, great infra-structure with 100 gb internet and a lot of people watching
yea, the infra-structure at IEM SP was even better than some famous tournaments in USA like MLG Anaihem or IPL Las Vegas..
but no, they are trying to do in rio de janeiro, in a sunny weather, a local very close to the beach and i keep thinking myself if people would rather watch some low mid master players instead of going to the beach and enjoy the pleasant time in a saturday afternoon
but you cant really expect good things from ESL brasil and UOL
The casters are pretty awesome. The studio looks nice... I just hope the internet in rio will stop causing trouble and this could be a nice evening of sc2 with players I am not familiar with, which is always nice. I actually like to see some new players, even if they are not playing at the top level yet, rather than having the same players every 2nd day.
I actually think it is pretty entertaining because: -Great casters -Some new players -Flawed games bring up interesting and entertaining situations quite often and they are a lot closer to the games the average user here on TL would deliever(even if nobody would admit that)
yea most of them are talented players, like Levin, despiron. although they don't practice that much anymore as they did in sc2 launch etc.. but most of the players in this tournament are high masters and some GM, the favourite player got banned and another GM, dakkon.
Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the Brazilian National Finals of the Starcraft II World Championshionship Series, brought to you by ESL-TV, UOL and Blizzard Entertainment.
--Made this for Kaelaris he needs the pactice, 13 other finals coming up!
On May 06 2012 08:15 GDbushido wrote: I am thinking brazil might want to stick to soccer.
Coming from an american user. u guys dont have any good examples either.
And you guys are complaining without proper reasons, because they casted really good games before... Fortune is GM in Europe, Tunico GM in NA and Levin? A Wc3 legend that I cant rly think any american player who was better than him.. Only maybe Nilknarf and Wizard. Anyway, you cant bash the country because I could use the same logic of ur agument about USA.
Do i need to mention the Stephano USA joke? That is just sad, I honestly feel pity for whoever makes that stupid joke, even though it does have some logic inside to fullfill the needs of a nation.
Well, like it or not, Ladder is the main practice for every proplayer, They cant just practice games with their friends or teammates. I gave you a top 12 players and none of them is american, expect 2 or 3.
And what examples can u give to me? Tunico always plays against top american players and he wins half of them.. Levin I dont need to mention anything. Fortune is better than mostly of TOP na players and Potiguar is also really good.
You have a horrible opinion, dont even know half of the players here and is bashing the whole country because you saw some mid master player playing. You're a joke.
Tunico against Fortune in game 3 was really high level play, same as top players from Europe (not trying to compare, but saying the game was rly good in terms of making decision, micro and macro etc)
On May 06 2012 08:35 ashortstory wrote: Well, like it or not, Ladder is the main practice for every proplayer, They cant just practice games with their friends or teammates. I gave you a top 12 players and none of them is american, expect 2 or 3.
And what examples can u give to me? Tunico always plays against top american players and he wins half of them.. Levin I dont need to mention anything. Fortune is better than mostly of TOP na players and Potiguar is also really good.
You have a horrible opinion, dont even know half of the players here and is bashing the whole country because you saw some mid master player playing. You're a joke.
stopped reading here, you have no idea what you're talking about
On May 06 2012 08:35 ashortstory wrote: Well, like it or not, Ladder is the main practice for every proplayer, They cant just practice games with their friends or teammates. I gave you a top 12 players and none of them is american, expect 2 or 3.
And what examples can u give to me? Tunico always plays against top american players and he wins half of them.. Levin I dont need to mention anything. Fortune is better than mostly of TOP na players and Potiguar is also really good.
You have a horrible opinion, dont even know half of the players here and is bashing the whole country because you saw some mid master player playing. You're a joke.
stopped reading here, you have no idea what you're talking about
There's one thing, most of these players (if not all) can't make a living from SC2. They get nothing or almost nothing from their teams and their streams cap at a hundred max. They practice a lot less and of course aren't going to compete with the big ones.
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
haha its so silly for someone to say #1 in gm ladder means nothing
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
yeah you looked real bossy getting owned by qxc last night
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
yeah you looked real bossy getting owned by qxc last night
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
yeah you looked real bossy getting owned by qxc last night
thank you for reaffirming why your a newb, obviously losing to a 1rax marauder bunk rush when u 1g expo is reflective of someones skill level
thank you so much grubby for making this tournament less painful to watch. i`m happy to have a tournament here but it`s obvious that there is a skill gap between our players and the top european players.
On May 06 2012 08:32 GDbushido wrote: wow, ladder rankings, seriously? the fact that TT1 is on top tells you all you need to know about the relevancy of the ladder.
it means im a boss and ur a newb, now go try to be important somewhere else
yeah you looked real bossy getting owned by qxc last night
thank you for reaffirming why your a newb, obviously losing to a 1rax marauder bunk rush when u 1g expo is reflective of someones skill level
there's a reason you haven't seen a bunker rush in GSL TvP in over a year. because its easy to stop.
On May 06 2012 08:59 ashortstory wrote: GDbushido, you still didnt answer me how that system of training works.
I cant speak for every team, especially NA ones which typically have less support and infrastructure for players, but I promise you any player who trains primarily via ladder is not winning any tournaments.
On May 06 2012 08:59 ashortstory wrote: GDbushido, you still didnt answer me how that system of training works.
I cant speak for every team, especially NA ones which typically have less support and infrastructure for players, but I promise you any player who trains primarily via ladder is not winning any tournaments.
On May 06 2012 08:59 ashortstory wrote: GDbushido, you still didnt answer me how that system of training works.
I cant speak for every team, especially NA ones which typically have less support and infrastructure for players, but I promise you any player who trains primarily via ladder is not winning any tournaments.
no your just a clueless newb who wants to feel special by thinking he knows more than wat he actually does(zilch) : D, u dont have any inside information on shit and ur claims are baseless, ur just talking out of ur ass cus u wantz to look coolio on the internetz
On May 06 2012 08:59 ashortstory wrote: GDbushido, you still didnt answer me how that system of training works.
I cant speak for every team, especially NA ones which typically have less support and infrastructure for players, but I promise you any player who trains primarily via ladder is not winning any tournaments.
no your just a clueless newb who wants to feel special by thinking he knows more than wat he actually does(zilch) : D, u dont have any inside information on shit and ur claims are baseless, ur just talking out of ur ass cus u wantz to look coolio on the internetz
On May 06 2012 08:59 ashortstory wrote: GDbushido, you still didnt answer me how that system of training works.
I cant speak for every team, especially NA ones which typically have less support and infrastructure for players, but I promise you any player who trains primarily via ladder is not winning any tournaments.
no your just a clueless newb who wants to feel special by thinking he knows more than wat he actually does(zilch) : D, u dont have any inside information on shit and ur claims are baseless, ur just talking out of ur ass cus u wantz to look coolio on the internetz
at least this clueless newb knows how to stop a bunker rush lolol
On May 07 2012 00:52 Soap wrote: Did Grubby just + Show Spoiler +
2-1 Ret
playing from Brazil->EU in between casting the brazilian qualifier? Such a boss.
The english casters are in Cologne at the ESL headquarters. But still nice result. Ret doesn't have the best record vs Grubby. Most likely they will meet again in the overall final at the offline NL qualifier.
Oh, this must not be correct then. Still a great result, congratz Grubby
On May 05 2012 01:02 GeLouKo wrote: On the English stream we will have James "Kaelaris" Carrol as the host accompanied by two of the most famous European players Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen e Dennis "HasuObs" Schneide, that will be in the tournament venue casting the games.
On May 07 2012 00:20 McGregsen wrote: For those that are interested the stream is live. Unfortunately ESL failed again by forgetting to submit the 2nd day as an event.
On May 07 2012 02:05 torm3ntin wrote: No fellow terrans left
No fellow terrans left . It is harder to play terran from Brazilian ping. (fucks up T micro harder than other races), this is the reason I switched to Zerg when laddering.
On May 07 2012 02:05 torm3ntin wrote: No fellow terrans left
No fellow terrans left . It is harder to play terran from Brazilian ping. (fucks up T micro harder than other races), this is the reason I switched to Zerg when laddering.
It just blows my mind that you don't understand QXC at all. He is a player that loves to throw in timings that aren't necessarily standard and can be very deadly due to his knowledge. I've never met a player quite like him and he's insanely good for doing full time school. Only played him a few times, but even though I got smashed it allowed me to fix up holes in my early game defense. So of course he'll be doing a lot of stuff that may not correspond with GSL. Didn't stop him from taking many games off top Koreans when he was in Korea.
Played Tunico a few times, glad to see him doing well.
Just to clarify things a bit, there's no player in Brazil that lives of SC2. All the guys either study or work. Atop of that, SC has never been a big thing in Brazil, but even with a small community, there were some good BW players. But SC2 is growing, and from 'absolute no support', there is now a 'little bit' of it, nothing close to NA, EU or Asia.
If you'd ask 3 months ago who were the best players from Brazil, the answer would probably be ReasoN (Z) and Lamp (T), but Potiguar and Tunico are not bad representatives by any means.
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