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$200 RaidCall 2v2 Open #1Hosted by Team Nightmares (NMx) Bracket Play: Saturday - June 23, 2012 *6:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time) Semi-Finals / Finals: Sunday - June 24, 2012 *6:00pm (Pacific Standard Time) Please don't sign up unless you are SURE that you both can be there!![[image loading]](http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/chosen1322/jpgRC.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu132/chosen1322/NMXlogosmall-1.png) Event streamed at http://www.twitch.tv/nmxteam and will be cast by NMxChoseN along with others. Bracket / Maps for each set will be released Friday night. There isn't currently a lot of avenues for you 2v2 players to show-case your skill, but now there is a chance. To have your games streamed, cast, and analysed. So sign up to see where you stand and show the community what you got! Tournament will be hosted using RaidCall, which is an excellent social service that makes chat very quick and easy. They are very supportive of E-Sports so take a minute to check it out. Things like this would not be possible without great companies like RaidCall. Tournament will be hosted on RaidCall in Group ID# 4792658 titled RaidCall 2v2 Open #1. Simply click http://www.raidcall.com/download/raidcall_6.3.6.exe and in 1 minute you will be ready to join the group and show everyone what you got in 2v2!
Tournament Information
+ Show Spoiler [Map Pool (*new release*)] +1) Every set starts with game 1 on "The Boneyard". After game 1, the winning team declares 1 map that they refuse to play, after hearing the winning team's veto, the losing team picks a 2v2 ladder map and game 2 is played on that map.
2) The process listed above is repeated every game until the series is decided.
3) No map can be played more than once. (bo3 = 3 maps, bo5 = 5 maps)
4) All games must be played on an official Blizzard version of a CURRENT ladder map.
5) gl HF
Tournament RaidCall ID: 4792658
Number of Teams: 50 (100 Players)
Server: North America
Prize Distribution: 1st = $100, 2nd = $50, 3rd = $30 ($10 will go to 2 lucky viewers - explained below).
3rd place will be determined by who has better win rate between #3 and #4. If both are equal, it will go by who had longest win streak.
Tournament Admin: NMxChoseN.438 (ChosenSC2 on TL)
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How to Participate
Post in this thread with this information:
Player 1 Name / Race with link to Bnet profile
Player 2 Name / Race with link to Bnet profile
Overall Team Rank (For Example: Top 8 Diamond, Top 25 Master etc)
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Tournament Rules
a) Any team can sign up. Event will be seeded #1 - #50 according to ladder rank with the top 10 teams getting a Round 1 bye. (Assuming we have 50 teams, number of teams with a bye is subject to change if event doesn't fill up to 50)
b) Every set will be best of 3 and maps will be pre-determined for each set based on what maps are the best / most balanced. Sunday Matches (Semi-Finals / Finals) will be best of 5.
c) Teams must declare what races they will play from the start and cannot ever switch (Random is allowed).
d) Observers are not allowed, only gamers / tournament hosts are allowed in the matches.
e) Disconnects will not be handled, once a game is started you will either win or lose, if you disconnect then tough luck.
f) If a team is not present in the RaidCall group at least 15 minutes before the tournament starts (5:45pm June 23 Pacific Time - PST) then they will be disqualified immediately with no exceptions. We are not going to deal with late people, so if you can't make it on time please don't sign up.
g) Single Elimination, lose a bo3 and you are out.
h) Payment will be paid to one Paypal account and it will be up to the team to split the money. Payment will only be sent via Paypal.
How viewers can win $10
We will be asking 2 questions at different times in the RaidCall chat and the 2 who answer correctly first will get $10! (Paypal only for payment)
About RaidCall
RaidCall is specifically designed for group communication, especially for games requiring tight teamwork such as FPS and MMORPG games. It can provide clear voice quality with low latency, with no need to rent servers or set up a server yourself. Raidcall makes group communication easier.
If you have any questions feel free to post in this thread or message NMxChoseN and you will get a swift response. gl HF!
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wow sounds fun! Now i need to find a partner...
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Wait, what? So we have to use raidcall to join the tournament at all? er? is that just inserted advertisement?
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On June 18 2012 14:45 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Wait, what? So we have to use raidcall to join the tournament at all? er?
Yes, its way better for hosting a tournament than a Bnet channel. It takes less than 1 minute to get it, so its not a big deal and makes our job as tournament admins a lot easier.
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raidcall is pretty awesome, anyway.
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Also, is there any map pool that you're specifically going to be using? o:
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On June 18 2012 14:52 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Also, is there any map pool that you're specifically going to be using? o:
I will be studying which maps are the most balanced / best to play and designating what will be played for each round. But all maps will be ladder maps.
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I'm bout to call it a night and go to bed but get signed up soon as possible so I can start the seeding process :D
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And feel free to join the RaidCall group, I'll be chillin in there at least afk and able to communicate with all of you leading up to the event. It can be kind of like a community Skype call.
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This seems pretty cool but I can't make this tournament. Will there be more tournaments in the future?
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On June 19 2012 06:06 locopuyo wrote:
This seems pretty cool but I can't make this tournament. Will there be more tournaments in the future?
Ya this is a partnership with RaidCall that hopefully will yield a lot more events. Although if this won't fill up we will have to change it to a 1v1 event :/
We expected there to be more people who wanted an opportunity to compete in a high level 2v2 event since there aren't any, but we can't have a tournament with 5 teams so might have to make it a $200 1v1 event if registration doesn't pick up soon.
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What time is the tournament CEST?
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Nice to see a 2v2 tourney. NMx is a sick clan and NMxHendralisk is a beast!
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On June 19 2012 11:56 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:
What time is the tournament CEST?
It says 6pm Western ^^
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What is Western? Western is not a time zone.
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On June 19 2012 12:22 Pokebunny wrote:
What is Western? Western is not a time zone.
Like Western, I guess PST is what you are looking for? Pacific Standard Time? I dunno, where I live they just call it Western time. But I'll change the OP to 6:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time).
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Keep the signings coming guys and try and spread the word if you know any good 2v2ers. I need enough teams in this to justify to the sponsor that I can run it without having to switch it to 1v1 ^^
I will need to switch it to 1v1 probably tomorrow night if more teams don't sign up.
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On June 19 2012 14:33 ChosenSC2 wrote:
Keep the signings coming guys and try and spread the word if you know any good 2v2ers. I need enough teams in this to justify to the sponsor that I can run it without having to switch it to 1v1 ^^
I will need to switch it to 1v1 probably tomorrow night if more teams don't sign up.
well 2on2 is not that popular and the other problem is that people from europe or asia servers need a NA acc to play the tourney
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On June 19 2012 12:16 ChosenSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 11:56 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:
What time is the tournament CEST? It says 6pm Western ^^
But in Central Europe summer times please .
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SWEET! I've missed those z33k 2v2 tourneys. Glad to see someone sponsoring a new one.
THANKS RAIDCALL! <3
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On June 19 2012 22:38 SanchoPanda wrote:
SWEET! I've missed those z33k 2v2 tourneys. Glad to see someone sponsoring a new one.
THANKS RAIDCALL! <3
But if more people dont sign up, it's gonna be cancelled and turned into a 1on1 tour. So better spread the tournament.
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6PM NA = 3:00 AM EU , Right?
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On June 19 2012 22:42 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 22:38 SanchoPanda wrote:
SWEET! I've missed those z33k 2v2 tourneys. Glad to see someone sponsoring a new one.
THANKS RAIDCALL! <3 But if more people dont sign up, it's gonna be cancelled and turned into a 1on1 tour. So better spread the tournament.
Yeah, that's a pity. Personally, I think it would have been better to put this as a sponsored thread 
I can speak from experience. It would get a lot more views and hype from there.
I know it would cost another benjamin, but i think it would be worth the effort. Plus, Raidcall would easily get more publicity that way.
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On June 19 2012 22:50 SanchoPanda wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2012 22:42 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:On June 19 2012 22:38 SanchoPanda wrote:
SWEET! I've missed those z33k 2v2 tourneys. Glad to see someone sponsoring a new one.
THANKS RAIDCALL! <3 But if more people dont sign up, it's gonna be cancelled and turned into a 1on1 tour. So better spread the tournament. Yeah, that's a pity. Personally, I think it would have been better to put this as a sponsored thread I can speak from experience. It would get a lot more views and hype from there. I know it would cost another benjamin, but i think it would be worth the effort. Plus, Raidcall would easily get more publicity that way.
Thats so true.
- But now we just need to help and spread the tournament.
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On June 19 2012 22:45 -IeZaeL- wrote:
6PM NA = 3:00 AM EU , Right?
Thats also what i converted the time to ^^, so i think so.
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ChosenSC2 u can also add it to TL tournament tracker, then more ppl might see this.
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Are double race combos allowed?
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since its not a regular thing it won't get out. you might want to lower prize pool and make it aregulr thing if you want this thing to succeed.
you probably need to wait till last minute cuase everyone joins last minute.
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TBH, I don't know what kind of sign up numbers were you expecting. It's only been one day. You aren't using a popular tournament management website like playhem or z33k.
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Awesome to see a 2v2 tourney! I'll be watching this for sure.
I'm guessing the map pool will be derived from current/past ladder maps only?
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Awesome to see another 2v2 tourney starting up! I hope this becomes a regular thing because I wont be able to play this weekend but would love to play in future events! :D
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HelloSputnik.343 (Terran) [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/3051804/1/HelloSputnik/]
Xingke.416 (Protoss) [http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/401887/1/Xingke/]
Top 8 Diamond
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Nice, now we starting to get teams signed up. And for those of you suggesting sponsored thread, its a possibility in the future, this was RaidCall's first time sponsoring through us and I'm sure they wanted to see how it goes first time around before dropping $100 on just a thread.
We can get it filled up now that more and more people spreading the word.
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On June 20 2012 11:35 ChosenSC2 wrote:
Nice, now we starting to get teams signed up. And for those of you suggesting sponsored thread, its a possibility in the future, this was RaidCall's first time sponsoring through us and I'm sure they wanted to see how it goes first time around before dropping $100 on just a thread.
We can get it filled up now that more and more people spreading the word.
ChosenSC2 please add the event to TL event tracker / tournament tracker, so we can add our streams to the event.
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On June 20 2012 22:12 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:Show nested quote +On June 20 2012 11:35 ChosenSC2 wrote:
Nice, now we starting to get teams signed up. And for those of you suggesting sponsored thread, its a possibility in the future, this was RaidCall's first time sponsoring through us and I'm sure they wanted to see how it goes first time around before dropping $100 on just a thread.
We can get it filled up now that more and more people spreading the word. ChosenSC2 please add the event to TL event tracker / tournament tracker, so we can add our streams to the event.
Just woke up and did that, have to go to work for 4 hours but then I will be home all day / night if anyone has any questions or concerns.
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On June 18 2012 14:55 ChosenSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2012 14:52 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Also, is there any map pool that you're specifically going to be using? o: I will be studying which maps are the most balanced / best to play and designating what will be played for each round. But all maps will be ladder maps.
To be honest I haven't signed up for this tournament because you haven't given the map pool. There is no pro 2v2 scene and most masters 2v2 players have very different opinions on the maps due to different styles and the large amount of race combinations possible so to be perfectly honest I don't trust that you will pick the most balanced maps quite simply because no on agrees on what they are. If you are designating what maps will be played that means I have no control over it and don't know if you will be eliminating maps in the blizz poll because you think they are unbalanced. If I knew what maps you were choosing ahead of time I would either sign up or choose not too because I think the maps suck.
I would give more info on this as soon as possible because others might be waiting to sign up because of the pool.
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I'm top master 2v2 in EU (Protoss) but I have no US account. I'm up for the tournament if someone can get me an account to play with him. Zerg or Terran would be better  Don't hesitate to PM me or ask in this thread 
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On June 21 2012 01:56 Dark Lord wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2012 14:55 ChosenSC2 wrote:On June 18 2012 14:52 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Also, is there any map pool that you're specifically going to be using? o: I will be studying which maps are the most balanced / best to play and designating what will be played for each round. But all maps will be ladder maps. To be honest I haven't signed up for this tournament because you haven't given the map pool. There is no pro 2v2 scene and most masters 2v2 players have very different opinions on the maps due to different styles and the large amount of race combinations possible so to be perfectly honest I don't trust that you will pick the most balanced maps quite simply because no on agrees on what they are. If you are designating what maps will be played that means I have no control over it and don't know if you will be eliminating maps in the blizz poll because you think they are unbalanced. If I knew what maps you were choosing ahead of time I would either sign up or choose not too because I think the maps suck. I would give more info on this as soon as possible because others might be waiting to sign up because of the pool.
Ya I can see your point. I will take the time to look over the maps and release a map pool tonight. I use to only play 2v2, have probably played over 3,000 2v2s and #1 master with all 3 races in 2v2 so I should hopefully have a good understanding of what maps to include.
But I'm obviously prepared for the fact that no matter what maps I choose there will be some people who like it and some who don't. That's just how the world works. I'm going to try and set it up so that over the course of a bo3 it will be as close to fair as possible for all 3 races / matchups.
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ChosenSC2
- Are we allowed to win the 10 $ on the stream, eventhough we're paticipating in the tournament?
- Like if we loose in the tournament and just want to watch the rest, or watching the stream meanwhile wating for next opponent?
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On June 21 2012 06:42 2vs2AiLillekanin wrote:
ChosenSC2
- Are we allowed to win the 10 $ on the stream, eventhough we're paticipating in the tournament?
- Like if we loose in the tournament and just want to watch the rest, or watching the stream meanwhile wating for next opponent?
The 2 $10 winners will be viewers, not participating gamers.
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On June 21 2012 06:09 ChosenSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2012 01:56 Dark Lord wrote:On June 18 2012 14:55 ChosenSC2 wrote:On June 18 2012 14:52 l_Kyo_l wrote:
Also, is there any map pool that you're specifically going to be using? o: I will be studying which maps are the most balanced / best to play and designating what will be played for each round. But all maps will be ladder maps. To be honest I haven't signed up for this tournament because you haven't given the map pool. There is no pro 2v2 scene and most masters 2v2 players have very different opinions on the maps due to different styles and the large amount of race combinations possible so to be perfectly honest I don't trust that you will pick the most balanced maps quite simply because no on agrees on what they are. If you are designating what maps will be played that means I have no control over it and don't know if you will be eliminating maps in the blizz poll because you think they are unbalanced. If I knew what maps you were choosing ahead of time I would either sign up or choose not too because I think the maps suck. I would give more info on this as soon as possible because others might be waiting to sign up because of the pool. Ya I can see your point. I will take the time to look over the maps and release a map pool tonight. I use to only play 2v2, have probably played over 3,000 2v2s and #1 master with all 3 races in 2v2 so I should hopefully have a good understanding of what maps to include. But I'm obviously prepared for the fact that no matter what maps I choose there will be some people who like it and some who don't. That's just how the world works. I'm going to try and set it up so that over the course of a bo3 it will be as close to fair as possible for all 3 races / matchups.
What I would suggest is using a veto map pool. That way instead of having to deal with a map, that may or may not be good for a certain players style, you can just ban it. Use 5 or 7 maps with 1-2 bans for each team. That would leave some flexibility deciding how you are going to play the set.
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Map pool rules added to the OP.
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No prob, hope everyone enjoys the event.
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Sorry, you guys aren't ranked high enough to participate.
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Does any mod know or anyone know why even though I submitted this event to be listed in the tournament tracker it never got added? I don't know if I'm suppose to re-submit or what.
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On June 22 2012 01:36 ChosenSC2 wrote:
Does any mod know or anyone know why even though I submitted this event to be listed in the tournament tracker it never got added? I don't know if I'm suppose to re-submit or what.
Contact TL admin / Support or re-submit would be my advice.
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Player 1 Name / Race with link to Bnet profile NMxZoia/ Terran
Player 2 Name / Race with link to Bnet profile Katie/Zerg
Overall Team Rank (For Example: Top 8 Diamond, Top 25 Master etc) top 8 diamond
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boneyard as always game 1 map. lol. thats funny.
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looking forward to watching this tonight! GL to all the teams!
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I'm off to work for 4 hours, when I get home I will do the bracket and get it posted. So if you want to play in this tournament you have about 4 hours to get signed up.
I also see a lot of you posted without telling me what races you will be. I need this information so that we can prevent people from race switching from round to round. So please update your posts with what races you will be so that I can get the bracket out as soon as I get home.
gl HF tonight!
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I would have love to make this tournament, but no US account If anyone want to play, i'm still up, I just need a US account, and I'm ok to play with anyone. I'm protoss master
HF !
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btw, is there gonna be a tournament page for brackets etc somewhere??
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Registration closed in 10 minutes, so hurry up if ur joining. Just got home from work going to start work on bracket. There will be no late registration exceptions made.
And like I said, start joining the RaidCall group. Since we are using this to host the tournament you will need to be in there. Refer to the OP for info on how to get in the RaidCall group.
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Everybody. Fix your posts. If I don't have a character name, a character code, and a race, I'm going to make stuff up. I'm helping run this tournament with chosen, and if your race isn't listed, you're playing random. End of story.
EDIT: me and chosen have decided instead, that whatever race you play on your first game, is the race you will be playing the rest of the tournament. NO exceptions.
Please, in the future if we setup an event, be sure to include ALL requested information.
Thanks,
NMxStarwing
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Errr my partner isn't online right now but this is typod toncheese and should be tonycheese as shown in the link, sorry.
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KK getting bracket finalized now. Registration is closed and if you are in tournament come to RaidCall group whenever you can (info in the OP)
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I am just now submitting bracket, i will add u
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Bracket is posted in the RaidCall group you can sign in and join the group to view it. Will post the bracket for the public here in this thread when we start the broadcast :D
gl HF everyone!
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Hey guys i just tuned in and Mr. Bitter unplugged himself quite rapidly and said im outta here and Rotti seemed a bit upset too. what was that all about? I would like (no i neeeed) to know.
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On June 24 2012 08:13 PooLsharK wrote:Hey guys i just tuned in and Mr. Bitter unplugged himself quite rapidly and said im outta here and Rotti seemed a bit upset too. what was that all about? I would like (no i neeeed) to know.
First, you are in the wrong thread, go here -> http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=347073
Second, they had just casted for 6 straight hours, and were exhausted.
That said, GO RAIDCALL TOURNEY! So happy to see a 2v2 back in the mix <3
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lol guys registration has been closed for like 2 hours
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Get in the raidcall group if u are playing stream is about to go live and games will start soon
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$10 question will be coming for viewers in the raidcall group after the next game we cast so get in the group for a chance to win and tune in :D
All info in the OP
http://challonge.com/rc2v2one
bracket ^^
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Hey ChosenSc2 i won the 10 $ for answering the question last saturday.
I answered on the question 'how many htis it takes an zealot to kill a zergling with +1 upg'
How do i claim my money :-) ?
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On June 25 2012 08:31 TheCyberDog wrote:
Hey ChosenSc2 i won the 10 $ for answering the question last saturday.
I answered on the question 'how many htis it takes an zealot to kill a zergling with +1 upg'
How do i claim my money :-) ?
Congrats on that, I sent you PM.
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Going live for the semi-finals / finals right now, $100 on the line for these 2v2ers! Make sure you tune-in for some of the best 2v2 action we've seen in a while in the community :D
We will do our best to interact with chat in the stream for you guys as well. Feel free to give us any feed-back.
Bracket:
http://challonge.com/rc2v2one
Stream:
http://www.twitch.tv/nmxteam
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Congratulations to xSixMystik and Power for winning the first ever RaidCall 2v2 Open. They played very well and won 3-1 vs NMxMasa / NMxhendralsk.
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to bad your tournament start time was 3am european time
gonna rewatch the finals
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Come with more 2on2 tournaments (-: . If possible it would be great if the tournament could start abit earlier, because for us europeans it started 3 am CEST.
Maybe make the tournament weekly or every 2nd week with smaller price pool, and Bo1 untill quaterfinals - so theres a new 2on2 tournament every week or 2nd week :-). And the tournament will finnish the same day.
But keep the tournament in the weekends, so we europeans are able to compete.
GL to the winners, and hopefully we'll see more tournaments in 2on2 from RaidCall.
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+1 get more 2v2 turnaments. I missed this one=(
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yes pls get another 2v2 tournament up <3
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EPT
