Hey, I just wanted to say way to go. That was easily one of the best tournaments I have been to. I had a really great time and want to give props to all the people that made it happen; you guys did a fantastic job and I'm looking forward to it next year!

T.O.P.

Hong Kong4685 Posts

January 21 2013 10:14 GMT

#84

On January 21 2013 15:34 Silky wrote:
Hey, I just wanted to say way to go. That was easily one of the best tournaments I have been to. I had a really great time and want to give props to all the people that made it happen; you guys did a fantastic job and I'm looking forward to it next year!

Easily the best run tournament in my experience. I love that you have rectangular tables this year. Also I think the bracket reshuffle-ling really helped made it fair. Of the 16 players who got the #1 seed in the group stages, 7 out of 8 in the top bracket made it to top 8, while none in the bottom bracket made it to top 8.

Apollys

United States278 Posts

January 21 2013 17:43 GMT

#85

Hey SC2ers,

It was an honor running such a great tournament with all you skilled and well-mannered players. I want to thank you for bearing with us on the first day, due to a few issues with switch boxes dying and players no-showing, which meant that some of you were left with only a few games in pool play. On the second day, my goal was to get through the bracket smoothly, and you all did a very good job of making that happen.

Those players who came up to me at the beginning of the second day to suggest reshuffling the top players in the bracket for fairness - that was very helpful and I'm sure those players were all a lot happier because of it. It's fair to say the top finishers really deserved there positions.

On that note, I'd like to congratulate the winners again and announce them for those who may not have been around last night:
1st Place: iSInsur

2nd Place: RevAznDude

3rd Place: reverie

4th Place: Power

(Ever considered picking a race?!)

I'd really like to congratulate all the players who came - I was walking around watching your games when I had the opportunity, and saw so many exciting and close games. Whether it was in pool play, the loser's bracket, or the grand finals, you all were playing with intensity and conviction. We even had a tie game at one point! (Okay, moral of the story: base trading a terran =

)

Finally, I'd like to give a huge thanks to our casters, FroDan and MrBitter! You guys brought the energy and the passion that you always seem to have! It may not have looked like you had a huge audience right in front of you for some of the games, but that's because we were all watching from the SC2 area in back. (Favorite quote: "There's nothing scarier than being turned into a cupcake - your sole purpose in life is to be eaten" - during League finals, but genius nonetheless.)

Hope you all had fun! I recognized a very large number of you from previous years, and I hope to see you in the years to come.

-Cody

(I lent someone my short-ish grey ethernet cable, if you have it let me know. It's probably lost and gone forever, which is fine, because that's kind of what I expected to happen when I lent it out, haha...)

HEYALEX

United States21 Posts

January 21 2013 21:11 GMT

#86

Even as a lowly Diamond, I had a lot of fun and surpassed my own expectations by just making it past pool play. It was a great experience playing against Masters / GM level players. I wish this was something that could be held quarterly. Overall, a great weekend trip to see my sister (she goes to UCSD) and a nicely run tournament.

PowerDes

United States520 Posts

January 21 2013 21:35 GMT

#87

(Ever considered picking a race?!)

Nope

FabledIntegral

United States9232 Posts

January 22 2013 01:03 GMT

#88

On January 22 2013 06:35 PowerDes wrote:

Show nested quote +

Nope

You did at one point. Until I started playing Random and you copied me...

Sorry for no show, no one else but this guy here showed from UCI. Blame DarrenC, Polar, and Karnes... =[

ktimekiller

United States690 Posts

January 22 2013 01:55 GMT

#89

I certainly had fun and look forward to going again. I hope it gets even bigger next year

Silky

United States260 Posts

January 23 2013 04:31 GMT

#90

Will the interviews be up soon?

MadnessX

United States77 Posts

January 23 2013 06:07 GMT

#91

On January 23 2013 13:31 Silky wrote:
Will the interviews be up soon?

Who did interviews? o.o

Polar_Nada

United States1548 Posts

January 23 2013 06:23 GMT

#92

On January 22 2013 10:03 FabledIntegral wrote:

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You did at one point. Until I started playing Random and you copied me...

Sorry for no show, no one else but this guy here showed from UCI. Blame DarrenC, Polar, and Karnes... =[

Im pretty sure jasper played random longer than you have josh.