[Showmatch] LgN-AbleCraft KOTH Showmatch

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

July 25 2012 20:46 GMT

The LgN-AbleCraft Showmatch will feature three disabled gamers brawling it up for your entertainment in a first to 5 wins King of the Hill format.

Brought to you by Matthew "LookNoHands" Fink and Jacob "Spectral" Wacker.

Starts Thurs. July 26th @ 5:00PM CST

Matthew "TG.LookNoHands" Fink ***Playing Live From the EG Lair***
Twitter @looknohands119
www.facebook.com/TG.LookNoHands

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Matthew Fink is a quad amputee and a disabled Terran player. A man on a mission, he wants to bring the Starcraft and disability communities together. He recently returned home from a 9 month Thomas J. Watson Fellowship adventure centered around Starcraft and is currently staying and training at the EvilGeniuses Lair in Phoenix Arizona with his coach EG.iNcontroL.

For more info check out his recent player profile here on TL: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=353791

Jacob "LgN.Spectral" Wacker
Twitter @LgN_Spectral

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Jacob Wacker is a quadraplegic Stacraft 2 pro who has been active since the beta who currently plays for Team Legion. He's been involved with a large number of awesome disability and gaming related projects and showmatches.

Brian "Handicap" Blalock

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Brian Blalock is a 22 year old disabled Starcraft player with spinal muscular atrophy.

Casted By: EGMachine & EGLzGaMeR

The event will be a King of the Hill. Winner stays, challenger picks the map. The first player to amass 5 wins will win the match.

Date: July 26th, 2012 @ 5:00PM CST

Prize: $50 To the winner sponsored by Team Legion and Team GAMED.de!

Map Pool: Once a map has been chosen, it will be removed from the pool until no maps remain at which point the process will begin again until the event is finished.

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GSL Daybreak
GSL Antiga Shipyard
ESV Cloud Kingdom
GSL Ohana
GSL Entombed Valley
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Tal'Darim Altar

The casting will take place on EGMachine's stream @ www.twitch.tv/machineusa

You can also watch the first person perspectives of LookNoHands and Spectral on their streams @ www.twitch.tv/tiltgaming and www.twitch.tv/spectralsc

Team Legion

http://www.teamlgn.com/

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Founded in 2001 as a Starcraft community and re-founded as a multigame community, clan, and competitive team in 2005, Team Legion has sent many players to events all over North America and has been actively supporting the E-sports and Starcraft communities for many years. Team Legion has sponsored the prize money for the event.

Team GAMED.de

http://www.team.gamed.de

https://www.facebook.com/teamGAMEDde

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TEAM GAMED.DE is the factory team of the brand gamed!de - Gameserver, a product of myLoc managed IT AG founded in 2007. Since this time Team gamed!de stands for esports on high level (ESL Major Series, ESL Pro Series). TEAM GAMED!de is a German based Team which has shown great strength in game platforms such as Counter Strike, League of Legends, and the FIFA series. We hope our Starcraft 2 division will show the same strength in the coming future.

Also thanks to Patrick "OctanePro" Jester and the guys over at "The Stategist" for the awesome graphics.

http://www.twitch.tv/amovetv

http://www.youtube.com/thestrategisttv

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The Strategist is a netcast dedicated to teaching the game of StarCraft to players of all levels. It emphasizes its focus on teaching builds; from the basics of the build order, to the transitions and adjustments through scouting. The show focuses heavily on teaching players the ability to execute, identify, counter, and learn Starcraft 2 builds.