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Finland1196 Posts
ASSEMBLY Winter 2013 features a €1600 StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty tournament which is played on February 22-23 in Helsinki, Finland.
Firstly, there is no ASUS ROG tournament at ASSEMBLY Winter 2013 (read why). However, the LAN event will organize a non-BYOC StarCraft 2 tournament with 16 players and a modest prize pool of €1600. The players will be selected by online qualifiers and by direct invites. The tournament format is traditional groups + single elimination playoffs. The event will be streamed in English, Finnish, German, French and Chinese.
The invites are selected among the players who show their interest in the tournament by sending an application by the end of January.
The qualifier tournaments are held on January 21 and January 23. The top four players of each qualifier will advance to the main tournament. A third qualifier is held if necessary with details announced later.
In addition to the two on-site streams, we are looking for community streams in different languages. PM me if you are interested.
Tournament details
Prizes
1. 750 €
2. 500 €
3. 250 €
4. 100 €
Streams
 y0su
Master Dalk
 SETT TV
 Itachi
 iKiBi TV
 ESL Taiwan
Players (updated 15.2)+ Show Spoiler +
Full Schedule+ Show Spoiler +- Friday, 22. February
- 13:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A & B, Round 1, bo3
- 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A & B, Round 2, bo3
- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A & B, Round 3, bo3
- 17:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C & D, Round 1, bo3
- 18:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C & D, Round 2, bo3
- 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C & D, Round 3, bo3
- Saturday, 23. February
- 09:00 GMT (+00:00) RO8 A & B, bo5
- 10:15 GMT (+00:00) RO8 C & D, bo5
- 11:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi-final A, bo5
- 12:45 GMT (+00:00) Semi-final B, bo5
- 14:30 GMT (+00:00) Bronze match, bo5
- 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Final, bo7
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#6 Update February 23
Final standings
1.  NrS.Welmu, 750 €
2.  Fnatic.Naama, 500 €
3. elfi, 250 €
4.  Mouz.Protosser, 100 €
Thanks again for the streamers and casters for covering Assembly Winter 2013. A big thank you to the admins and organizers who volunteer to make Assembly possible.
Despite of technical difficulties (aka battle.net) we stayed on schedule and even got seven games in the final which was great. Next Assembly event is Assembly Summer in August. See you then!
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#5 Update February 23
The bracket has been released. Eight players still remain in the tournament. Playoff matches are best-of-5 except for the final which is a best-of-7. The bracket was randomly drawn live on SETT TV stream right after the last group matches.
Official bracket
Liquipedia Bracket
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#4 Update February 16
The groups have now been released.
Group A
1. NrS.Welmu
2. ZhuGeLiang
3. Serral
3.  aG.Moilanen
Group B
1. elfi
2. mouz.Protosser
3.  SupR.Pupu
4. SupR.Minkie
Group C
1. fnatic.Naama
2.  aG.Jagelius
3.  RelaX*
4. barian
Group D
1. cSc.Satiini **
2. kiljardi
3. SupR.Divinesia
4. Namutin **
* Relax has cancelled his participation.
** Namutin and Satiini did not show up at the event.
The groups are played in the GSL format (double elimination). The first matches are 1 vs 4, and 2 vs 3.
Changes in the roster
As you can see, the player list has changed quite a bit in the past week. All the non-Finnish players, except for RelaX cancelled due to various reasons. The replacements are all Finnish players but Grandmaster and Master caliber.
New invites
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#3 Update February 4
The third qualifier, for the Finnish players only, was held yesterday to determine the last players to earn a spot in the ASSEMBLY Winter 2013 StarCraft 2 Pro tournament.
The third set of qualified players
We also have a cancellation as CRG.Revolution announced he is unable to attend the event. Due to this, one more spot was up for grabs in the third qualifier and the four players mentioned above got in the main tournament.
New invite
The Danish Grandmaster Protoss Pink is added to the invite list.
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#2 Update January 23
The second qualifier was played tonight, and four more players got a spot in the ASSEMBLY Winter 2013 StarCraft 2 Pro tournament.
The second set of qualified players
The invite list is also updated as  Mill.Feast has cancelled his participation due to scheduling conflicts. In his stead, we reveal a new invite, which is cSc.Satiini who has played in two previous ASSEMBLY events too.
New invite
The rest of the invites are to be released next week as we are still accepting tournament applications.
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#1 Update January 21
The first qualifier is over and four players earned a spot in the main SC2 tournament of ASSEMBLY Winter 2013.
The first set of qualified players
The first invites have also been sent out.
The first invited players
The second qualifier will be held next wednesday, 23 January.
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Glad to see SC2 will be at Assembly!
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so assemly winter is the LAN in helsinki and ASUS ROG was the sponsor of the last sc2 tournaments and they pulled out, am i gettin this right?
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Finland1196 Posts
On January 14 2013 08:12 Killmouse wrote:
so assemly winter is the LAN in helsinki and ASUS ROG was the sponsor of the last sc2 tournaments and they pulled out, am i gettin this right?
Assembly is a LAN event that is organized two times a year, Assembly Summer in August and Assembly Winter in February. The Summer event is more focused on demoscene (digital arts, see archives) and the Winter event focuses on gaming.
ASUS has been sponsoring Assembly for a long time, but in 2010-2011 as their ROG brand was taking leaps forward they agreed to launch a tournament series in the name of ROG in 2011. The tournament series was organized by Hämälä who already had connections to ASUS because of the long lasting sponsorship between ASUS and Assembly. Now as Hämälä stepped aside, ASUS did too, and we don't have a ROG tournament.
As far as I know, ASUS has always been happy with the ROG tournaments. The viewer counts were rising and the event was developing into a unique thing. I'm sure ASUS would have continued the series, but Hämälä was the reason ROG tournaments happened, and now that he doesn't do it, there is no one at the moment who could step into his shoes.
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So Asus ROG is still sponsoring Assembly proper, and Assembly is still holding an SC2 tournament, but Asus ROG isn't sponsoring that tournament solely because one man isn't involved? Doesn't make sense.
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Finland1196 Posts
On January 14 2013 18:09 Solarsail wrote:
So Asus ROG is still sponsoring Assembly proper, and Assembly is still holding an SC2 tournament, but Asus ROG isn't sponsoring that tournament solely because one man isn't involved? Doesn't make sense.
No, ASUS ROG is not sponsoring Assembly this time (contrary to what assembly.org suggests).
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United States33492 Posts
more money for elfi, I like
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On January 14 2013 19:46 Waxangel wrote:
more money for elfi, I like
This time i wanna try to take that money!
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This will be cool, and I like the open application for community streams too, gives me a chance at casting awesome stuff 
Even though its a small SC2 tourney, its still a big event and should get some love!
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On January 14 2013 19:46 Waxangel wrote:
more money for elfi, I like
actually elfi almost never wins finnish tournaments
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On January 16 2013 02:18 FnaticNaama wrote:actually elfi almost never wins finnish tournaments
you going to make sure of it? 
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expect alot of sub 10minute games
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On January 14 2013 06:07 Cokefreak wrote:
Oh shit on my birthday!
funny, mine is on the 21st ;D
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would any swedes go over for this? it could be a really sick lineup of players if it was finnish and swedish players together. many of the best in the world right there
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 16 2013 06:07 markrevival wrote:
would any swedes go over for this? it could be a really sick lineup of players if it was finnish and swedish players together. many of the best in the world right there
We have something called Finnkampen in Sweden/Finland, which is basicly the two countries getting together and throw their best athletes at each other and see who comes out alive (somewhat simplified, but that's the gist of it) - if nothing else, Assembly could end up being something like that. I think it'd be very cool.
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On January 16 2013 06:33 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On January 16 2013 06:07 markrevival wrote:
would any swedes go over for this? it could be a really sick lineup of players if it was finnish and swedish players together. many of the best in the world right there We have something called Finnkampen in Sweden/Finland, which is basicly the two countries getting together and throw their best athletes at each other and see who comes out alive (somewhat simplified, but that's the gist of it) - if nothing else, Assembly could end up being something like that. I think it'd be very cool.
That could be something... I wonder if any Norwegians might be fluid enough to join as well
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Welmu got this. Naama has a good change also. Will watch for sure.
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Finland1196 Posts
OP updated:
The first qualifier is over and four players earned a spot in the main SC2 tournament of ASSEMBLY Winter 2013.
The first qualified players
The first invites have also been sent out.
The first invited players
The second qualifier will be held next wednesday, 23 January.
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Little Feast alone,lost in the nordic steps...
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Hoping a few more players sign up for the second qualifier today!
Will you be releasing another set of invites as well?
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I really hope that Divinesia will perform well, and get some kind of breaktrough performance #Micronae Supremacy HWAITING
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Nice to see teammates friends there  also good luck to RelaX
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gj revo! sick stuff man :D
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Damn, I met Revolution at some IvD's. Gotta root for him mang! Protosser/Revolution/Naama FIGHTING!
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Finland1196 Posts
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On February 05 2013 03:18 Azhrak wrote:Show nested quote +On February 05 2013 02:25 Master of DalK wrote:
I just noticed how few Zergs there are o.o How few? It's 6  , 6  and 4  right now. I'd say Zerg is fine.
pffft Numbers At first glance it looked like little zerg, I guess it came from the last 2 qualifiers haha
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Only a week and a half zomg \( ≧▽≦)/
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Naama/Protosser fighting! Can't wait for this :D Elfi too
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With how cheap/easy it is to come from Estonia I'm surprised RelaX is the only one coming. Either way, nice to have a sc2 tournament to watch!
Pretty good racial mix (5-5-6)!
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On February 21 2013 16:46 DusTerr wrote:
With how cheap/easy it is to come from Estonia
Im more surprised there are zero players coming from Sweden. There are more top players and boat is really cheap from there too.
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On February 21 2013 17:39 Relaaja wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2013 16:46 DusTerr wrote:
With how cheap/easy it is to come from Estonia Im more surprised there are zero players coming from Sweden. There are more top players and boat is really cheap from there too.
This is WoL tournament. I think almost everyone by now are training HotS, and it might have something to do with not wanting to come here.
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damn this Assembly is really small o_o my money is on Welmu
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Finland1196 Posts
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i wonder why protosser wasnt invited at first
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This Finnish livestream... Feels so weird :D
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On February 22 2013 22:44 CoR wrote:
i wonder why protosser wasnt invited at first
Not a single zerg got invited yet it ended up in a perfect racial distribution. :D
Edit: Welmu stronk penix
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On February 22 2013 23:13 Mosoball wrote:
This Finnish livestream... Feels so weird :D
Yeah. They're doing a good job though, all things considered.
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Finland1196 Posts
FYI, stream lag might be related to this:
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/7923533844#1
+ Show Spoiler +
Following the release of patch 2.0.4, some players have experienced increased latency when playing StarCraft II. After investigating this issue, we discovered that background downloading is causing issues for some players. We are currently working to address this issue as soon as possible.
Leaving your launcher running until the download has completely finished should resolve the related latency issues you are experiencing and will reduce the time it takes for you to update your client for Heart of the Swarm. The download is around five gigabytes in size, and will continue to pick up data so long as the game launcher is running. You can always check the progress of your download by clicking the "Info" button at the top of the launcher, then selecting "Connection Information" from the drop-down menu. When the download has completed, the launcher will no longer say “Downloading data for an upcoming patch” and will instead say “Game is up to date”.
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Playing Raynor Party till the second set of groups start! Join DALKTV on EU to play
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Group C and D starting up now!
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Was exciting first day! Can't wait to see you all tomorrow~!
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Satiini a no show? Who did see that coming...
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Finland1196 Posts
Very unfortunate that we got a 2-man group because of Satiini and Namutin. Cancelling is ok but just not showing up leaves little room for adjustments. Understandably the knocked out players feel disappointed as someone else got a lucky free pass.
FYI, the bracket was randomly drawn on the SETT TV stream after the last group match. Seems like PvP will keep us on schedule tomorrow.
Thanks to all the casters who are covering this event. Almost every game got streamed today.
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Such a pity that so many players cancelled, including the international ones. The prizes are still pretty good for a weekend event particularly for sub-top players, they would've had a good chance. It's also a huge pity that invitees simply failed to turn up, I would be furious if I were the organiser.
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On February 23 2013 06:09 Azhrak wrote:Very unfortunate that we got a 2-man group because of Satiini and Namutin. Cancelling is ok but just not showing up leaves little room for adjustments. Understandably the knocked out players feel disappointed as someone else got a lucky free pass. FYI, the bracket was randomly drawn on the SETT TV stream after the last group match. Seems like PvP will keep us on schedule tomorrow. Thanks to all the casters who are covering this event. Almost every game got streamed today.
It's been a lot of fun casting and getting to meet the admins, organizers and Finnish casters :D
Also, just to add this to the 'current' page:
The bracket has been released. Eight players still remain in the tournament. Playoff matches are best-of-5 except for the final which is a best-of-7. The bracket was randomly drawn live on SETT TV stream right after the last group matches. Official bracket Liquipedia BracketPlayoff Schedule09:00 GMT (+00:00) RO8 A & B, bo5: elfi vs aG.Jagelius NrS.Welmu vs kiljardi10:15 GMT (+00:00) RO8 C & D, bo5: Fnatic.Naama vs Serral SupR.Divinesia vs mouz.Protosser11:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi-final A, bo5 12:45 GMT (+00:00) Semi-final B, bo5 14:30 GMT (+00:00) Bronze match, bo5 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Final, bo7
Time to brush up on PvP :D
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What happened to Assembly being an international tournament?
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On February 23 2013 18:29 Devolved wrote:
What happened to Assembly being an international tournament?
In the OP
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Naama playing really well against Serral 2-0 atm.
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That worked out well, we got the four best finnish players in the Ro4. Now the matches will get really interesting
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semi-final #2 between naama and protosser starting!
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We actually got into the game instead of getting dropped :D Game 3 of Naama vs Protosser on now!
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Bronze match coming up next in about 10 minutes!
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wish the games would just begin right away, the wait is toooo long
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On February 23 2013 23:37 ETisME wrote:
wish the games would just begin right away, the wait is toooo long
I agree. Unfortunately being a live event with several other live events going on we've got a specific time when we can be on the main stage etc. Also, we can't always demand the players be seated and ready for a game "at any moment".
Main stage for the finals is reserved from 1800 (EET) so we've got another ~ 20 min until the finals can start 
Welmu vs Naama coming up in 20
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Switzerland2892 Posts
Could anyone tell me what the 4th map of elfi vs protosser was please?
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On February 24 2013 00:54 pPingu wrote:
Could anyone tell me what the 4th map of elfi vs protosser was please?
Akilon Flats
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Switzerland2892 Posts
On February 24 2013 00:55 y0su wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 00:54 pPingu wrote:
Could anyone tell me what the 4th map of elfi vs protosser was please? Akilon Flats
Thank you
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Finals (bo7) between Naama and Welmu about to start!
How many naama trains will we see in this TvP?
On February 24 2013 00:55 pPingu wrote:Show nested quote +On February 24 2013 00:55 y0su wrote:On February 24 2013 00:54 pPingu wrote:
Could anyone tell me what the 4th map of elfi vs protosser was please? Akilon Flats Thank you
thank you for editing liquipedia!
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TvP finals w000t, to hell with ZvZ!
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Welmu does not care about them trains. Welmu smash.
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Massive banks from both players well under max supply
I've been really pleased with y0su's cast though, for me the casting is outperforming the players. Looks like a good even fight in the finals, should be a good series.
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Welmu playing so good today holy crap
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Nice play from Welmu other than the misrally on the immortal. Good engagements at his natural, nice storms and feedbacks. Great use of the drop to overwhelm Naama's multitasking.
Naama is realllly on tilt after that rage quit. Can't see him coming back in that state of mind.
I was very very wrong, fantastic ghost control by Naama. Hit every HT with emps then sniped them off
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Naama played so well last game! So many map problems today lol Game 5 soon
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Wouldn't be a Naama game if there wasn't a train
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3-0 to 3-3. C'mon Welmu, you can do it.
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So entertaining finals . Thanks for the great tournament.
Seventh game will be hard to watch. Naama is too ballsy :D.
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Well, that was a fun game
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YES! \o/
Welmu once again showing who's the best Finnish player.
Biggest upset: Protosser winning a ZvZ :p
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THAT WAS FRIGGIN AWESOME! Thanks for watching everyone! Grats to Welmu, Naama, Elfi and Protosser for getting top 4 this weekend :D
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Thanks for casting, cool games.
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What an awesome tournament this was. And as for the finals...holy hell, so amazing. Sick comeback from Naama, and an amazing clench by Welmu. Assembly rocked hard this weekend
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I have to echo what MoD and Wyrd said. Had a blast being a part of it. Thanks to everyone who made it happen (and watched)!
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gg Welmu and Naama,!!
thank you to the admin letting us stream
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congrats to Welmu. hardworking player and nice guy. well deserved
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