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.
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.
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Khaldor and Idra are going to be casting this, those are the ones I know as Khaldor mentioned him and idra a couple of times for assembly during his RSL casts.
Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
In fact, I think one of the two qualifiers should be played on NA server. It would be better.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
To request invites follow these instructions:
On June 20 2013 23:29 SETT TV wrote: 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.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
On June 20 2013 23:29 SETT TV wrote: 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.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
On June 21 2013 06:01 iG.EdIsOn wrote: Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
Joining the choir: hope either some will get invited or qualify China fighting
neat quals on EU server means less Korean participants. I'm sure there will be enough korean invites to keep fans interested. Any chance the qualifiers will be broadcasted LIVE?
Hi,I'm the coach of Invictus Gaming from China. I want to know is there any chance can invite one of Chinese player? the qualifier is in EU server,i think we can't play it...too lag for us.
iG.Jim! PLS , and yes it's possible to request invite.
On July 05 2013 01:42 purgerinho wrote: is there any bracket, i'm looking it at http://www.asusrogtournament.com/ but there are only infos about sing up
Can someone odentify the koreans in the bracket (zzkk12345, I_WIN_YOU_LOSE, smilekr29)? Also what is up with sLivko being in round two, but not in round 1, causing three people in that part of the bracket?
Meanwhile, Europe is already holding; Diestar 2-0 QXC and Happyzerg 2-0 JYP.
On July 05 2013 02:10 Xoronius wrote: Can someone odentify the koreans in the bracket (zzkk12345, I_WIN_YOU_LOSE, smilekr29)? Also what is up with sLivko being in round two, but not in round 1, causing three people in that part of the bracket?
Meanwhile, Europe is already holding; Diestar 2-0 QXC and Happyzerg 2-0 JYP.
zzkk12345 = tassadar (?) I_WIN_YOU_LOSE = eu player starbuck smilekr29 = em em ah
On July 05 2013 02:10 Xoronius wrote: Can someone odentify the koreans in the bracket (zzkk12345, I_WIN_YOU_LOSE, smilekr29)? Also what is up with sLivko being in round two, but not in round 1, causing three people in that part of the bracket?
Meanwhile, Europe is already holding; Diestar 2-0 QXC and Happyzerg 2-0 JYP.
zzkk12345 = tassadar (?) I_WIN_YOU_LOSE = eu player starbuck smilekr29 = em em ah
On July 05 2013 02:10 Xoronius wrote: Can someone odentify the koreans in the bracket (zzkk12345, I_WIN_YOU_LOSE, smilekr29)? Also what is up with sLivko being in round two, but not in round 1, causing three people in that part of the bracket?
Meanwhile, Europe is already holding; Diestar 2-0 QXC and Happyzerg 2-0 JYP.
zzkk12345 = tassadar (?) I_WIN_YOU_LOSE = eu player starbuck smilekr29 = em em ah
Probably leading to a stomping by MC, but whatever.
Korean vs Korean always make for anticlimactic finals at foreigner events, can't believe people actually hope for them to happen.
Because I'm hoping both of them do well throughout the tournament, and while I'm a fan of some foreign players, I also like some Korean ones too Also, while upsets can make for great storylines (e.g., Thorzain in TSL3), I don't restrict myself to only wanting to see underdog victories and miracle run-throughs.
On July 05 2013 02:41 Xoronius wrote: Tefel 2:0 MMA
ON another note, why is MMa even playing in this, I would assume, he would get an invitation, if he applies.
why would he get an invite, in the last few months, he didn't achieve anything except to win his wcs group. in gstl he seemed waay off. don't know why he should get an invite, he is not the same he was.
On July 05 2013 02:10 Xoronius wrote: Can someone odentify the koreans in the bracket (zzkk12345, I_WIN_YOU_LOSE, smilekr29)? Also what is up with sLivko being in round two, but not in round 1, causing three people in that part of the bracket?
Meanwhile, Europe is already holding; Diestar 2-0 QXC and Happyzerg 2-0 JYP.
zzkk12345 = tassadar (?) I_WIN_YOU_LOSE = eu player starbuck smilekr29 = em em ah
On July 05 2013 02:54 ThomasjServo wrote: Remember when mines could hit cloaked units?
and one shoted a banshee
Forgot about that as well. I avoided T in the beta like the plagu(zinnnnggg)
almost like SH bugs doing more dps that hydras T_T and atacked air? i dont remember
Also pretty ridiculous, though I think that mine usage was a bit more readily apparent. Zergs in beta weren't quite sure how to budget for SH costs, but I remember seeing them take down air units, it looked so damn funny.
I also remember the WoL Beta maps where the SH was an odd lurker looking skin and the locusts were baby hydralisks.
On July 05 2013 02:54 ThomasjServo wrote: Remember when mines could hit cloaked units?
and one shoted a banshee
Forgot about that as well. I avoided T in the beta like the plagu(zinnnnggg)
almost like SH bugs doing more dps that hydras T_T and atacked air? i dont remember
Also pretty ridiculous, though I think that mine usage was a bit more readily apparent. Zergs in beta weren't quite sure how to budget for SH costs, but I remember seeing them take down air units, it looked so damn funny.
I also remember the WoL Beta maps where the SH was an odd lurker looking skin and the locusts were baby hydralisks.
On July 05 2013 02:54 ThomasjServo wrote: Remember when mines could hit cloaked units?
and one shoted a banshee
Forgot about that as well. I avoided T in the beta like the plagu(zinnnnggg)
almost like SH bugs doing more dps that hydras T_T and atacked air? i dont remember
Also pretty ridiculous, though I think that mine usage was a bit more readily apparent. Zergs in beta weren't quite sure how to budget for SH costs, but I remember seeing them take down air units, it looked so damn funny.
I also remember the WoL Beta maps where the SH was an odd lurker looking skin and the locusts were baby hydralisks.
Zanster 2:1 STC; Tefel 2:0 Motok. Only 4 koreans left; San, Revenge, Shuttle and pro7ect. It seems, that america can survive longer in this qualifier than korea.
On July 05 2013 03:13 Xoronius wrote: Serral apperently defeated TOP 2-0, does anyone know, how that happened?
I imagine they are playing on EU, couldn't help TOP that much beyond that I couldn't say.
Sure, but TOP 2-0ed sLivko the round before, it kinda confused me, that he would after this go out in the next round to a (on paper) much weaker opponent with the same race.
sLivko was not supposed to be in the bracket, and he did not play. There was some error when the brackets were created but an binarybeast.com admin sorted it out.
On July 05 2013 03:35 Xoronius wrote: Zanster 2:1 STC; Tefel 2:0 Motok. Only 4 koreans left; San, Revenge, Shuttle and pro7ect. It seems, that america can survive longer in this qualifier than korea.
On July 05 2013 03:13 Xoronius wrote: Serral apperently defeated TOP 2-0, does anyone know, how that happened?
I imagine they are playing on EU, couldn't help TOP that much beyond that I couldn't say.
Sure, but TOP 2-0ed sLivko the round before, it kinda confused me, that he would after this go out in the next round to a (on paper) much weaker opponent with the same race.
sLivko did not play. It was a forfeit win for TOP.
San is going to qualify without dropping a map but then lose in round 1 of the tournament because that's what San does One day he'll do well at the actual tournament again
On July 05 2013 06:21 Shellshock1122 wrote: San is going to qualify without dropping a map but then lose in round 1 of the tournament because that's what San does One day he'll do well at the actual tournament again
If he ever does well, it will be because his team finally hired him a hypnotist.
I would have liked to have y0su cast it. He's usually involved in Finnish events and have an interesting approach as he doesn't speak all the time or raise his voice like others. Calm, smart and informative.
On July 05 2013 07:53 Larkin wrote: Gosuser once again only winning via gimmicks.
I saw him destroy Protoss after Protoss with no gimmicks. You must be blind.
Still a gimmicky player.
Not at all. A solid player. He absolutely crushed your fellow countryman BlinG for instance.
And? Bling is subpar in terms of European competition at best. Not saying Goswser isn't good, he's just very gimmicky.
It's ZvP. You have 3 choices right now. Either you play very greedy with super quick hive before 10 minutes for fast vipers, like Hyun, you turtle behind mass static defense with swarm hosts, or you do various 'gimmicks', timings, and tech switches to win games. I don't really like swarm hosts.
On July 05 2013 07:53 Larkin wrote: Gosuser once again only winning via gimmicks.
I saw him destroy Protoss after Protoss with no gimmicks. You must be blind.
Still a gimmicky player.
Not at all. A solid player. He absolutely crushed your fellow countryman BlinG for instance.
And? Bling is subpar in terms of European competition at best. Not saying Goswser isn't good, he's just very gimmicky.
It's ZvP. You have 3 choices right now. Either you play very greedy with super quick hive before 10 minutes for fast vipers, like Hyun, you turtle behind mass static defense with swarm hosts, or you do various 'gimmicks', timings, and tech switches to win games. I don't really like swarm hosts.
I'm talking more about hidden bases, spine crawler pushes etc. Not that it's not entertaining to watch, nor an innovative way to win. I'm probably just annoyed watching it as a Protoss and feeling BabyK's pain.
On July 05 2013 07:47 AlternativeEgo wrote: I would have liked to have y0su cast it. He's usually involved in Finnish events and have an interesting approach as he doesn't speak all the time or raise his voice like others. Calm, smart and informative.
THANKS! :D Unfortunately I'm out of town this weekend or would have very much enjoyed casting this!
Hopefully there will be some casting tomorrow as well as I'd like to at least be able to watch more (if Khaldor has the stamina to do a repeat he truly is THE MAN!).
I'll try ^^ Only problem is that I'm going to cast GSTL pretty soon and right after I get back home the 2nd Qualifier for the ASUS ROG starts. As I have GSTL early the next day I might not be able to cast the entire 2nd Qualifier. Kinda casting 4 tournaments back 2 back so it'll be a bit hard to cover all of it. But I'll try
On July 05 2013 13:43 Khaldor wrote: I'll try ^^ Only problem is that I'm going to cast GSTL pretty soon and right after I get back home the 2nd Qualifier for the ASUS ROG starts. As I have GSTL early the next day I might not be able to cast the entire 2nd Qualifier. Kinda casting 4 tournaments back 2 back so it'll be a bit hard to cover all of it. But I'll try
You're already the man! If you pull off GSTL and even half of the 2nd qualifier you're just insane
I really do think you're currently the hardest working (high profile) sc2 content provider at the moment! That does not go unnoticed and we appreciate it.
btw guys, stardust signed up for the qualfier #1, but didn't check in and therefore didn't take part in the qualifier. so i asked him yesterday on his stream why he didn't take part, he said he is one of the invited people <3
The bracket in the second qualifier has 131 matches in the first round with the last three going down and out of the screen. This seems a bit weird, does anyone have the same problem? (The top of the 2nd round says match 132, so those three really just seem of, no 512 bracket.
Wait, sorry if I'm being dense, but are the brackets posted anywhere? They don't seem to be listed in the OP and liquipedia also doesn't have much. Thanks
On July 06 2013 03:52 Aerisky wrote: Wait, sorry if I'm being dense, but are the brackets posted anywhere? They don't seem to be listed in the OP and liquipedia also doesn't have much. Thanks
Who is this this VoTaN guy? According to the official bracket he is belarussian, according to LP he is portuguese and he is named after a german/nordic god.
So who is he and how did he take out MMA and vipro?
On July 06 2013 04:41 Xoronius wrote: Who is this this VoTaN guy? According to the official bracket he is belarussian, according to LP he is portuguese and he is named after a german/nordic god.
So who is he and how did he take out MMA and vipro?
he's a literal god, descended from the skies to defend yurop
On July 06 2013 04:41 Xoronius wrote: Who is this this VoTaN guy? According to the official bracket he is belarussian, according to LP he is portuguese and he is named after a german/nordic god.
So who is he and how did he take out MMA and vipro?
he's a literal god, descended from the skies to defend yurop
Hmm, doubt it, Wotan would´nt chose a belarussian/portuguese flag. It´s probably just Robert Ohlen, playing from holiday with a "really well hidden" smurf.
On July 06 2013 06:24 clipzu wrote: hey top is still in it would really like to see him doing good
Yeah but I don't know if he'll be able to go in Finland. Last time he qualified for an offline event it was for the Numericable M-House Cup 2 and he couldn't attend even though there were 400 € allowed to the qualified player to help him for the trip.
On July 06 2013 06:27 Boucot wrote: Yeah but I don't know if he'll be able to go in Finland. Last time he qualified for an offline event it was for the Numericable M-House Cup 2 and he couldn't attend even though there were 400 € allowed to the qualified player to help him for the trip.
yeah i remember something about pulling out of tornaments a day before it would be but wasnt that because of some shaddy team where some ogs players (vines and inca i think ) where and they all left after this ?
On July 06 2013 06:27 Boucot wrote: Yeah but I don't know if he'll be able to go in Finland. Last time he qualified for an offline event it was for the Numericable M-House Cup 2 and he couldn't attend even though there were 400 € allowed to the qualified player to help him for the trip.
yeah i remember something about pulling out of tornaments a day before it would be but wasnt that because of some shaddy team where some ogs players (vines and inca i think ) where and they all left after this ?
That was Apex Esports, I think Inca, TOP, VINES, jookto and maybe a few other got canceled; I think it was shortly before either a DH or an Assembly. What Boucot said, was a more recent incident.
On July 06 2013 06:27 Boucot wrote: Yeah but I don't know if he'll be able to go in Finland. Last time he qualified for an offline event it was for the Numericable M-House Cup 2 and he couldn't attend even though there were 400 € allowed to the qualified player to help him for the trip.
yeah i remember something about pulling out of tornaments a day before it would be but wasnt that because of some shaddy team where some ogs players (vines and inca i think ) where and they all left after this ?
That was Apex Esports, I think Inca, TOP, VINES, jookto and maybe a few other got canceled; I think it was shortly before either a DH or an Assembly. What Boucot said, was a more recent incident.
Yes, what I'm talking about was a month and a half ago. And I don't think AZUBU lacks money.
On July 06 2013 06:40 Xoronius wrote: That was Apex Esports, I think Inca, TOP, VINES, jookto and maybe a few other got canceled; I think it was shortly before either a DH or an Assembly. What Boucot said, was a more recent incident.
I hope so, if TOP qualifies, he really should get another chance at a foreign tournament, to finally remove that trauma caused by being 3-0ed by Gatored. Same worries are there for San.
On another note, Revolver won against TOP, it´s interesting to see the russians doing this well; Titan and sLivko qualified for Shanghai, Livezerg, pro7ect and now maybe revolver for Assembly with Happy already invited due to his good results in WCS.
On July 06 2013 06:49 Xoronius wrote: I hope so, if TOP qualifies, he really should get another chance at a foreign tournament, to finally remove that trauma caused by being 3-0ed by Gatored. Same worries are there for San.
It's a shame Gatored had to retire. Back then the NA scene was looking a lot better than it was now. Idra and Huk were going strong, Sheth was doing pretty well, and rising stars like Gatored were making big upsets. Now look at us.
Kas is butchering Revolver pretty hard in game one on the russian stream. Knowing, TOP has lost to Revolver before, I sadly don´t see him make it out of this, which is understandable though; he basically pulled an all-nighter to play this.
The last qualifier match will be played tomorrow 6 July 11:00 GMT (+00:00). It will decide if coL.viPro or Revolver will be the one to grab the last qualifier spot to the main tournament. Watch it on ESLTaiwan tomorrow.
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