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We’re happy to announce that the ASUS ROG Tournament comes to germany this year.
The event will take place December 6 - 7 at NorthCon. The tournament will run for two days, with one group stage and single elimination playoffs. The roster will consist of 16 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 matches will be played on the main stage. A free HD stream with professional commentary will also be provided.
Quick Facts about ASUS ROG Tournament @NorthCon2013
- Time: December 6 + 7 2013
- Place: Holstenhallen, Neumünster, Germany
- Website: NorthCon.de
- Players: 16
- Prize pool: $25 000 USD
- Format: 1 group stage & single elimination playoffs, all matches bo5 and finals bo7
- Streams: Free HD main stream with Khaldor & Grubby + german stream with Naruto & Okko + community streams
- Participation: Invites & online + offline qualifiers
- Tournament rules: Download here
- Results: TBA
- Replays: TBA
- VODs: TBA
- Twitter: @myNorthCon
Streams & Casters
The event will feature two free official stream with HD quality. English commentary will be provided by the veteran caster Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian and Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen. German commentary will be provided by Silvano "Naruto" Bovo and Christopher "Okko" Mönig. On top of the official stream, the event is open to community streams so that as much action as possible is broadcasted.
Stream Schedule
Friday, December 6
- 09:00 GMT (+00:00) Group A (
INnoVation, 
Life, 
Welmu , tbd) - 13:00 GMT (+00:00) Group B (Jaedong, StarDust, Nerchio, HasuObs)
- 17:00 GMT (+00:00) Group C (San, MMA, VortiX, Socke)
- 20:00 GMT (+00:00) Group D (jjakji, Scarlett, LucifroN, elfi)
Saturday, December 7
- 09:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final #1 (A1 vs C2)
- 10:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final #2 (D1 vs B2)
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final #3 (B1 vs D2)
- 13:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final #4 (C1 vs A2)
- 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final #1
- 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final #2
- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final
Main Stream
Community Streams
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Community Cast - Schedule
Players
Invites
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Qualified
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Groups
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Prize distribution
- 1st: $10 000
- 2nd: $5 000
- 3rd-4th: $3 000
- 5th-8th: $1 000
Tournament format
One tournament group stage and single elimination playoffs. The group stage (Ro16) takes place on friday and the playoffs (Ro8 onwards) are played on the second and final day of the event. All matches are best-of-five except the final which is bo7. The 3rd place match is not played.
Participation
There are two ways to gain one of the 16 slot in the tournament, by a direct invite or by a qualification tournament. Two slots will be given out at the BCON Clash tournament next week. The last slot can be gained via a BYOC tournament on December 5 at the NorthCon.
*Update 6.12.13 - 2:36 a.m.*
Because of the weather and some cancelled flights we delayed the start of the tournament to 12:00
