ASUS ROG Summer 2013

The StarCraft II eSports scene is as vibrant as ever thanks to the recent release of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and the launch of the revised World Championship Series. 2013 has been a big year for StarCraft–which just celebrated its 15th anniversary–and it’s about to get even better. We’re happy to announce the comeback of ASUS ROG to the StarCraft II arena this summer, as it returns to Helsinki with the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 StarCraft II Tournament!

The event will take place August 1-3 at ASSEMBLY, with a concept similar to last year’s ASUS ROG Summer 2012. The tournament will run for three days, with two group stages and single elimination playoffs. The roster will consist of 32 players, including those who have qualified and those who have been invited, with the top eight earning a share of the $25,000 USD prize pool. The finals will be played on the main stage where the very first ASUS ROG Champion, DIMAGA, was crowned. A free HD stream with professional commentary will also be provided.

Quick Facts about ASUS ROG Summer 2013

Time: Thu 1 August - Sat 3 August 2013
Place: Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
Players: 32
Prize pool: $25 000 USD
Format: 2 group stages & single elimination playoffs, all matches bo5
Streams: Free HD main stream with Khaldor & IdrA + community streams
Participation: Invites & online qualifiers
Tournament rules: PDF
Results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Liquipedia: ASUS ROG Summer 2013
Replays: ZIP
VODs: SpoilerFreeSC
Twitter: @ROGtournament

Streams & Casters

The event will feature one free official stream with HD quality. English commentary will be provided by the veteran caster Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian and Greg "IdrA" Fields, who recently made his debut as a caster in the SHOUTcraft America tournament. On top of the official stream, the event is open to community streams so that as much action as possible is broadcasted.

Stream Schedule

docs.google.com

Main Stream

Khaldor & IdrA

Community Streams

Players

Invites

Qualified

Schedule

Thursday 1. August 2013
Friday 2. August 2013
Saturday 3. August 2013

Prize distribution

1st: $10 000
2nd: $5 000
3rd-4th: $3 000
5th-8th: $1 000

Tournament format

The tournament format is the same as last year in ASUS ROG Summer 2012: two dual tournament group stages and single elimination playoffs. The first group stage (Ro32) is played on the first day, the second group stage (Ro16) takes place on the second day and the playoffs (Ro8 onwards) are played on the third and final day of the event. All matches are best-of-five including the final. The 3rd place match is not played.

The ASUS ROG Summer 2012 tournament was among of the first outside of Korea to adopt the dual tournament format which had been made familiar to the StarCraft II audience by the GOMTV Global StarCraft II League. The feedback from the players about the new format was purely positive and especially the best-of-5 groups were praised being more fair than the more common best-of-3 format. Thus, it is no wonder that we are seeing this format again at ASUS ROG Summer 2013.

Participation

There are two ways to gain one of the 32 spots in the tournament, by a direct invite or by an online qualification tournament. In order to receive an invite, players must first request an invite by filling out an application form. Details about the online qualifications will be released later. However, everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and participate in the qualifiers second if need be.

Updates
August 5: Replays & VODs+ Show Spoiler +

ASUS ROG shares the replays and VODs of the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 StarCraft II tournament.

The tournament is finished and we have a new, returning ASUS ROG StarCraft II Champion

Liquid.TaeJa! But as always here at ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments, the fun doesn’t end at the prize ceremony. We are now releasing all the replays of the tournament for you to enjoy and study. In the unfortunate case that you missed the event, this is your chance to see all the action that unfolded during the three days of ASUS ROG. Watch the replays or enjoy the VODs with professional casting provided by Khaldor & Idra.

Replays

ASUS ROG Summer 2013 Replays (zip, ~31MB)

VODs

For VOD links we point you to SpoilerFreeSC that has done a wonderful job collecting all the VODs from different streams to the same page.

ASUS ROG Summer 2013 VODs at SpoilerFreeSC

Map popularity

With the replay package you can do much more than just watch the games. Analyzing the replay pack with tools such as SC2Gears you can find interesting data such as the map popularity ranking below.

Bel’Shir Vestige LE, 57, ~21%
Nerkiwk Precinct TE, 44, ~16%
Star Station, 42, ~16%
Whirlwind LE, 37, ~15%
Neo Planet S LE, 34, ~13%
Akilon Wastes, 30, ~11%
Derelict Watcer TE, 22, ~8%

July 26: Starting Groups+ Show Spoiler +

ASUS ROG releases the rules, map pool and the groups which start off the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 StarCraft II tournament in Helsinki August 1-3.

It is less than a week until the first matches of ASUS ROG Summer 2013 go live. The players have now been placed in the groups for the first group stage which will be played on the first day of the tournament, Thursday 1st August 13:00--22:30 CEST. The 32 players are divided into groups of four, which will be played in dual tournament format with best-of-5 matches. The top two players of each group advance to the second group stage, which is played in a similar fashion on Friday 2nd August.

Replacements

It is very unfortunate, but there have been more cancellations this week as

Evil Geniuses.Jaedong,

Evil Geniuses.Suppy,

Millenium.ForGG,

Alliance.NaNiwa and

Fnatic.NightEnD are unable to attend the event.

However, despite the proximity of the event, we were able to get noteworthy replacements:

Dignitas.TargA,

NaVi.BabyKnight,

prOperty.RunA,

Fnatic.Naama and

Bischu will take the vacant spots. We are very grateful to these players and teams who heeded our call and made the arrangements in a short time so that the tournament could retain its high standards.

Group Stage 1
The first round is player 1 vs player 2, and player 3 vs player 4.

Group 1 (11:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

Quantic.HyuN
2.

coL.viPro
3.

Newrosoft.Welmu
4.

Dignitas.TargA

Group 2 (11:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

SK.MC
2.

Bischu
3.

Empire.Happy
4.

prOperty.SjoW

Group 3 (11:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

MVP.DRG
2.

Fnatic.Naama
3.

RoX.KiS.TitaN
4.

Millenium.Goswser

Group 4 (11:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

mYinsanity.StarDust
2.

RoX.KiS.Pro7ecT
3.

NaVi.BabyKnight
4.

exile5.PiG

Group 5 (16:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

Liquid.TLO
2.

prOperty.RunA
3.

mousesports.VortiX
4.

CPHW.Bunny

Group 6 (16:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

Liquid.TaeJa
2.

RoX.KiS.LiveZerg
3.

Millenium.Dayshi
4.

Fnatic.Harstem

Group 7 (16:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

AZUBU.San
2.

Revolver
3.

Ence.elfi
4.

ALTERNATE.Socke

Group 8 (16:00 GMT (+00:00))
1.

Axiom.Alicia
2.

Millenium.DieStar
3.

mousesports.LucifroN
4.

Alliance.SortOf

Maps
Akilon Wastes (Blizzard)
Bel'Shir Vestige LE (Blizzard)
Derelict Watcher TE (Blizzard)
Neo Planet S LE (Blizzard)
Newkirk Precinct TE (Blizzard)
Star Station (Blizzard)
Whirlwind LE (Blizzard)

Read the details of the map picks and the rest of the rules from the tournament rules (pdf).

July 18: Full Player List + Show Spoiler +

ASUS ROG announces the full player list of the upcoming ASUS ROG Summer 2013, the comeback of ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments launching in two weeks on August 1-3.

The qualifiers have been played and the eight qualified players have been determined. The 24 invites have been sent out and the players confirmed. It is now time to reveal the last eight invites and thus all the competitors that we are going to see at ASUS ROG Summer 2013 in two weeks time. The list is truly impressive despite the tournament field being really busy at the moment. The event is no doubt going to be a blast.

Final invites

CPHW.Bunny

Replacements

Unfortunately

Empire.Kas, who earned a spot through the 2nd online qualifier, and one of the invitees,

mouz.MaNa, have cancelled their participation to the event.

coL.viPro will replace Kas as the second in line from the qualifier, and

Alliance.SortOf, who placed top eight in the last ASUS ROG, will fill the last remaining spot.

Full player list

SK.MC

Evil Geniuses.Jaedong

RoX.KiS.Pro7ecT

There you have it. More updates will be announced next week. The first group stage will be announced one week before the event along with the map pool and the full set of rules. Stay on top of the latest news by following @ROGtournament on Twitter and visiting asusrogtournament.com.

July 6: Qualifier Results & Next Invites + Show Spoiler +

ASUS ROG releases the results of the online qualifiers and reveals the next eight invited players for ASUS ROG Summer 2013, taking place on August 1-3 in Helsinki with $25 000 USD in prize money.

The next ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournament is less than a month away. All of the 24 invitations to the tournament have now been sent out for players who were selected among the almost 200 applicants interested in participating in the event. We are very proud of the attention the upcoming tournament has received in the player community. The quality of the applicants is also excellent and has got us really excited. With the qualifiers now over we are looking forward to the main event starting off on August 1st.

Qualifier results
The two online qualifiers were played this week, 4-5 July, and we now have the total of eight qualified players to add to the lineup. More than 170 people tried to qualify to ASUS ROG Summer 2013 which surpassed our expectations. The top four finishers in both tournaments were determined with all best-of-3 matches and the final rounds played in double elimination format. More details can be found at the qualifier topic.

Qualified from the first qualifier

Qualified from the second qualifier

Next invites
It is time to reveal eight more players who have been invited to compete at the (Wiki)

ASUS ROG Summer 2013 tournament. The new invites are:

Player lineup so far (24/32)
+ Show Spoiler +

Update to broadcast crew
As we have already announced, the main event will feature a free HD stream with Thomas “Khaldor” Kilian and Greg “IdrA” Fields providing the commentary. In addition, we are now happy to announce that Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat and Alexandre “FunKaDeLiC” Verrier will be joining the show as a host & interviewer and an in-game observer respectively. With three days of action and 32 skilled players around, we hope to get the most out of the atmosphere in the venue.

June 20: Qualifiers & First Invites + Show Spoiler +

ASUS ROG announces the details of the online qualification tournaments for the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 StarCraft II tournament and reveals the first invited players for the $25 000 main tournament starting on August 1 in Helsinki, Finland.

Previously, we announced the comeback of the ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments by releasing details of ASUS ROG Summer 2013. It was revealed, that the tournament lineup will consist of 32 competitors including invites and qualified players. The number of invites will be the same as last year: 24 invites will be given out based on recent tournament results to players who have showed interest and requested an invite. The remaining 8 spots will be filled out by two open online qualifier tournaments, which will grant four spots each.

ASUS ROG Summer 2013 Online Qualifier #1

Date: Thursday, 4 July
Time: 18:00 CEST
Sign-up: http://binarybeast.com/xSC213061915
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf

ASUS ROG Summer 2013 Online Qualifier #2

Date: Friday, 5 July
Time: 18:00 CEST
Sign-up: http://binarybeast.com/xSC213061916
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf

Please note that the qualifier tournaments will only grant spots to the tournament. Travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.

The first invites

The first bunch of invites has already been sent out, and now we are revealing the first eight players attending the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 tournament.

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SK MC

Axiom Alicia
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Newrosoft Welmu
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Empire Happy
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mousesports LucifroN
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Millenium Dayshi
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Evil Geniuses Jaedong
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Liquid TLO

Request an invite
In order to receive an invite, players must first request an invite by filling out an application form. Applications are received until the 30th of June.

More info
www.asusrogtournament.com is the place to find all the relevant information regarding the upcoming ASUS ROG Summer 2013.

Follow @ROGtournament on Twitter to receive the most recent updates.

ASUS ROG

Republic of Gamers is a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. This ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.

ASUS ROG Nordic on Twitter: @ROGNordic

About ASUS

ASUS, the world´s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world´s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today´s digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers.

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