ASUS ROG Summer 2012 announced

The second group stage has finished here at ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament. Eight players managed to go through the bo5 groups again and have secured a $1000 USD prize for themselves. The playoffs are played in single elimination format with bo5 matches and a bo7 finals.

Playoffs

RO8 A
SK.MC
mouz.MaNa

RO8 B
Fnatic.Moon
WW.SortOf

RO8 C
TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa
TLAF-Liquid.HerO

RO8 D
Quantic.TheStC
Mill.fOrGG

The first group stage is over at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament going on at Helsinki, Finland this weekend. On Friday tomorrow we will see another group stage where the remaining 16 players are put in new groups and again, only half will advance to the next stage, the 8 player single elimination playoffs played on Saturday.

Second group stage

In the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.

Group A

1. SK.MC
   
2. TLAF-Liquid.HerO
   
3. EG.SuppyRC
   
4. FnaticRC.Naama
   

Group B

1. TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa
   
2. EG.DeMusliMRC
   
3. FnaticRC.NightEnD
   
4. mouz.MaNa
   

Group C

1. Mill.fOrGG
   
2. EG.PuMaRC
   
3. Fnatic.Moon
   
4. EG.IdrARC
   

Group D

1. Quantic.TheStC
   
2. Empire.Kas
   
3. WW.SortOf
   
4. RoX.KiS.TitaN
   

One week to go and the fourth ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is getting ready to start the battle for the $30 000 USD.
32 players have been announced and now it’s time to put them in their starting positions in the first group stage.

Remember the groups are being played out GSL style: four players and double elimination until the best two players have been determined and they advance to the next stage. Also, all the games in the group stages are best-of-5.

Change in the roster: Bly has cancelled his participation to the tournament. He has been replaced by BRAT_OK.


First group stage

In the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.

Group 1 *

1. TLAF-Liquid.HerO
   
2. aTn.Socke
   
3. ROG.elfi
   
4. WW.SortOf
   

Group 2

1. viOLet
   
2. EG.DeMusliM
   
3. FnaticRC.Moon
   
4. EC.Welmu
   

Group 3 *

1. Quantic.StC
   
2. Ai.Seiplo
   
3. EG.HuK
   
4. FnaticRC.Naama
   

Group 4

1. TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa
   
2. ROX.KiS.Pomi
   
3. EG.IdrA
   
4. mouz.Protosser
   

Group 5 *

1. SK.MC
   
2. FXO.BabyKnight
   
3. ROX.KIS.Titan
   
4. ROX.KiS.LiveZerg
   

Group 6 *

1. Mill.fOrGG
   
2. inf.JonnyREcco
   
3. mouz.MaNa
   
4. RoX.KIS.fraer
   

Group 7

1. TLAF-Liquid.Ret
   
2. Ai.Cytoplasm
   
3. Empire.Kas
   
4. EG.Suppy
   

Group 8

1. Quantic.SaSe
   
2. FnaticRC.NightEnD
   
3. EG.PuMa
   
4. Empire.BRAT_OK
   

* Group 1 has been switched with Group 5, and Group 3 has been switched with Group 6 (same players, only name and order changes) for scheduling reasons. Apologies for the mix up.

Maps

• GSL_Atlantis Spaceship - TeamClash (Building blockers at ramps)
  
• GSL_Daybreak - TeamClash (Building blockers at ramps)
  
• TSL4 Antiga Shipyard - TSLAdmin (Cross spawns only, gold bases removed, building blockers at ramps)
  
• TSL4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin (Horizontal spawns disabled)
  
• TSL4 ESV Cloud Kingdom - TSLAdmin (Building blockers at ramps)
  
• TSL4 ESV Ohana - TSLAdmin (Building blockers at ramps)
  
• TSL4 Metropolis - TSLAdmin (Creep tumors on islands, building blockers at ramps)
  

The maps and their order will be selected by player vetoes.


Schedule

Thursday 2. August 2012

• 11:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 1
  
• 12:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 2
  
• 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 3
  
• 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 1
  
• 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 2
  
• 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 3
  
  Friday 3. August 2012
  
• 11:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 1
  
• 12:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 2
  
• 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 3
  
• 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 1
  
• 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 2
  
• 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 3
  
  Saturday 4. August 2012
  
• 09:00 GMT (+00:00) RO8 A & B
  
• 10:30 GMT (+00:00) RO8 C & D
  
• 12:00 GMT (+00:00) RO4 A
  
• 13:30 GMT (+00:00) RO4 B
  
• 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Bronze match
  
• 17:00 GMT (+00:00) Final
  

Results and rules
Official tournament results page at tournaments.peliliiga.fi.
For the full rule set, please refer to asus_rog_summer_2012_starcraft_ii_rules.pdf.

ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is only roughly two weeks away. The 32 players coming to ASUS ROG Summer 2012 on August 2 to attend the $30 000 tournament are now known as the two online qualifiers finished this weekend.

Players qualified through ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #1

• Acer.Bly
  
• ROX.KiS.LiveZerg
  
• ROX.KiS.Pomi
  
• WW.SortOf
  

Players qualified through ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #2

• Ai.Seiplo
  
• FXO.BabyKnight
  
• inf.JonnyREcco
  
• xSix.Suppy
  

Besides thess online qualifiers, eight invites were missing to complete the 32 player roster. Here are the final invites for the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament.

New invites

• EC.Welmu
  
• EG.HuK
  
• EG.PuMa
  
• Quantic.NaNiwa
  
• Quantic.SaSe
  
• Quantic.TheStC
  
• Mill.fOrGG
  
• SK.MC
  
• viOLet
  

We also have a line-up change, as FnaticRC.aLive has unfortunately cancelled his participation. He will be replaced by his team mate FnaticRC.Moon.

16.7.2012 invite list updated
Quantic.SaSe and Quantic.TheStC will represent Quantic Gaming Quantic.NaNiwa cancelled his participation.

Complete ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Line-up

• Acer.Bly
  
• Ai.Cytoplasm
  
• Ai.Seiplo
  
• aL.Naama
  
• aTn.Socke
  
• EC.Welmu
  
• EG.DeMusliM
  
• EG.HuK
  
• EG.IdrA
  
• EG.PuMa
  
• Empire.Kas
  
• FnaticRC.Moon
  
• FnaticRC.NightEnD
  
• FXO.BabyKnight
  
• inf.JonnyREcco
  
• Mill.fOrGG
  
• mouz.Protosser
  
• mouz.MaNa
  
• Quantic.NaNiwa
  
• Quantic.SaSe
  
• Quantic.TheStC
  
• RoX.KIS.fraer
  
• ROX.KiS.LiveZerg
  
• ROX.KiS.Pomi
  
• ROX.KIS.Titan
  
• ROG.elfi
  
• SK.MC
  
• TLAF-Liquid.Ret
  
• TLAF-Liquid.HerO
  
• TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa
  
• WW.SortOf
  
• xSix.Suppy
  
• viOLet
  

We will be releasing maps, groups and rules in roughly one week.

With less than a month to go until the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament starts at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 on August 2, it’s time to play the two online qualifiers that we promised. As previously announced, the qualifiers will include players selected among those who have requested an invite to the ASUS ROG Tournament, and the top four of each qualifier will earn a spot to the main tournament.

Online qualifiers

Saturday, July 14, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #1
Single elimination, best-of-3
Max 32 players selected among the applicants
Top 4 qualifies

Sunday, July 15, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #2
Single elimination, best-of-3
Max 32 players selected among the applicants
Top 4 qualifies

The first two rounds of the qualifiers will be streamed and casted by community streams, with the last four matches and the round-of-8 which decides the top four players, will be streamed by The GD Studio. The broadcast will start at 18:00 CEST on Saturday and Sunday.

Qualifier map pool

• Dreamhack ESV Cloud Kingdom - hugge (building blockers at ramps)
  
• GSL_Metropolis - TeamClash (creep tumors on islands)
  
• GSL_Daybreak - TeamClash
  
• MLG Antiga Shipyards - MLGMaps
  
• TSL4 Antiga Shipyard - TSLAdmin (cross spawns only, gold bases removed)
  
• TSL4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin (vertical spawns only)
  

ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Casters

This time at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament we are doing something different with the free HD streams. Instead of a stage or stadium feel we have previously aimed for, we are giving the lead to The GD Studio which will produce the ASUS ROGs stream, meaning a more entertaining and somewhat unpredictable stream is expected.

The caster pairs for the event are
Shaun 'Apollo' Clark & Dario 'TLO' Wünsch
Thomas 'Khaldor' Kilian & Wolf 'Wolf' Schröder

The hosts at the event will be
James '2GD' Harding & Geoff 'iNcontrol' Robinson
Auguste'Semmler' Massonnat & Salome 'Soe' Gschwind

Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Chief of screen locations
Michael 'Adebisi' Van Driel

The GD Studio Founder James '2GD' Harding statement about the production

We're extremely happy and not prepared to do a live show for ASUS ROG, Which is why we've invited as many good looking casters as possible in hopes to overwhelm viewers senses, which will distract them from any mistakes we make. Casters and hosts will also interchange rolls, so you will most likely see Incontrol commentate or TLO Host along side myself sometime during the event. Despite a very entertaining lineup of casters and hosts, We will of course be focusing our efforts to help tell the story throughout the tournament about the players themselves, so most of the production efforts this event will focus on this, as it should always be.

Half of the slots in the 32 player tournament have now been filled as eight new players have been invited to the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament from the teams Evil Geniuses (EG), Fnatic (FnaticRC), MouseSports (mouz) and Radical Online X-tremists (RoX.KiS).

New invites:

• EG.IdrA
  
• EG.DeMusliM
  
• FnaticRC.aLive
  
• FnaticRC.NightEnD
  
• mouz.Protosser
  
• mouz.MaNa
  
• RoX.KIS.fraer
  
• ROX.KIS.Titan

Last week we announced the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is going to be held at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 at August 2.-4. with 32 players and $ 30 000 prize pool. We also started accepting invite request from players, and have since received a number of contacts from players and organizations. Here are the first eight players that have been granted a slot at the tournament.

First invited players

• Ai.Cytoplasm
  
• aL.Naama (Qualified through Vectorama)
  
• aTn.Socke
  
• ROG.elfi
  
• Empire.Kas
  
• TLAF-Liquid.Ret
  
• TLAF-Liquid.HerO
  
• TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa

AL.Naama is an exception in the group, since he didn’t request an invite but earned his slot by winning Vectorama 2012 LAN tournament at Oulu, Finland earlier this June.