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ASUS ROG announces their next StarCraft II tournament, ASUS ROG Winter 2014, which takes place in Helsinki on January 31st to February 1st. With 32 players, a prize pool of $25 000 USD and 4000 WCS points.
The year 2013 has been a great year for StarCraft II. Since the launch of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm we have seen over 30 premier tournaments and numerous amount of other competitions being played in the global and local scale. To keep the pace up, ASUS ROG kicks off the year 2014 with another premier StarCraft II tournament in the Nordic, ASUS ROG Winter 2014!
ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments return to Helsinki on January 31 with a two day event presenting a roster of 32 players and a $25 000 USD prize pool. The tournament is also part of the StarCraft II World Championship Series as a WCS Global Event, with 4000 WCS points to distribute. Naturally, a free HD stream is provided with professional English commentary. On-site audience can enjoy the action live in the ASUS ROG arena.
Quick Facts about ASUS ROG Winter 2014
- Time: Fri 31 January - Sat 1 February 2014
- Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Helsinki, Finland
- Players: 32
- Prize pool: $25 000 USD + 4000 WCS points
- Format: 2 group stages & single elimination playoffs
- Streams: Free HD main stream + community streams
- Participation: Invites & online qualifiers
- Liquipedia:
ASUS ROG Winter 2014
- Official results: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
- Rules: pdf
- Replays: Replay pack (zip, ~29MB)
- VODs: SpoilerFreeSC
Prize distribution
- 1st: $10 000 + 750 WCS points
- 2nd: $5 000 + 500 WCS points
- 3rd-4th: $3 000 + 375 WCS points
- 5th-8th: $1 000 + 250 WCS points
- 9th-16th: 125 WCS points
Players (updated on January 30)
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Invites
Ai.Patience
Alliance.SortOf *
Axiom.Alicia
EG.Jaedong
Empire.Happy
Ence.elfi
Ence.Serral
Fnatic.Naama *
IvD.Apocalypse
Liquid.HerO
Liquid.Ret
Liquid.Snute
Liquid.TaeJa
Millenium.BabyKnight
Millenium.ForGG
Menace.Protosser *
mouz.Dear
mYinsanity.Kane
mYinsanity.StarDust
NrS.KrasS
NrS.Welmu
Property.MorroW *
Samsung_Galaxy.Solar
StarTale.Life *
yoeFW.San
Qualified
Dignitas.Tefel
Core.JonnyREcco
Fnatic.Zanster
Fnatic.Harstem
PkDynamics.GunGFuBanda
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StarTale.Life replaces
mouz.VortiX.
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Alliance.SortOf replaces
Acer.Nerchio.
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Menace.Protosser replaces
Acer.Bly.
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Property.MorroW replaces
Empire.Kas.
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Fnatic.Naama replaces
Ai.Strelok.
Bischu had to cancel due to illness, no replacement will be added.
Alliance.NaNiwa also cancels due to illness, no replacement will be added.


















































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Schedule
Friday, January 31st, 2014
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 1
- 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 2
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final A
- 13:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final B
- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final C
- 16:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final D
- 18:00 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final A
- 19:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final B
- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final
Streams
Stream schedule
- docs.google.com (updates on the go)
- Thomas “Khaldor” Kilian - Caster
- Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen - Commentator
- Alexandre “FunKaDeLiC” Verrier - Observer
- Denni “TaKe” Gehlen - Host
- Hun "inuh" Park - Translator
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Format
The tournament format is the same that has been used in the ASUS ROG Summer tournaments. The players go through two WCS style group stages and the top eight advances to the single elimination playoffs. All the matches are best-of-five except for the final which is a best-of-seven match. Since the tournament is a two day event, as opposed to the three days in the summer, both of the group stages are played on the first day of the tournament while the second day is reserved for the playoffs.
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 (deadline December 29th). Everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and participate in the qualifiers second if need be.
Online qualifiers
There are two online qualifiers which each give out four spots for the main tournament. Please note that the qualifier tournaments will only grant the right to participate to the main tournament. Travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.
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ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Online Qualifier #1
Date: Sun 29 December
Time: 15:00 CET
Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Online Qualifier #2
Date: Mon 30 December
Time: 17:00 CET*
Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf
*Time fixed from 18:00 CET. Apologies for the mixup.
Date: Sun 29 December
Time: 15:00 CET
Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Online Qualifier #2
Date: Mon 30 December
Time: 17:00 CET*
Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi
Server: Europe
Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament
Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region
Rules: pdf
*Time fixed from 18:00 CET. Apologies for the mixup.
Community streams
Like many other organizers, ASUS ROG relies on the StarCraft II community to provide commentary on languages other than English. If you are interested in casting ASUS ROG Winter 2014 or the online qualifiers, please send an application before January 9th.
Updates
February 3rd: Replays & VODs+ Show Spoiler +
ASUS ROG releases the all of the 237 replays and VODs of ASUS ROG Winter 2014.
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 was a blast. Two days full of high class StarCraft II action lead to a new champion,
yoeFW.San! Congratulations to him once more. Catching all the games from the first day especially was a challenge, if possible at all. Fortunately we will continue the tradition, and are now releasing all the replays from the tournament for you to enjoy and study. The VOD links are also available for those who prefer the matches with commentary. Have fun!
Replays
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Replays (zip, ~29MB)
VODs
The main stream VODs can be found at AssemblyTV's YouTube channel.
For the rest of the 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 Winter 2014 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.
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 was a blast. Two days full of high class StarCraft II action lead to a new champion,


Replays
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Replays (zip, ~29MB)
VODs
The main stream VODs can be found at AssemblyTV's YouTube channel.
For the rest of the 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 Winter 2014 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.
- Frost LE, 52, ~22%
- Habitation Station LE, 41, ~17%
- Heavy Rain LE, 40, ~17%
- Polar Night LE, 40, ~17%
- Yeonsu LE, 39, ~17%
- Alterzim Stronghold TE, 17, ~7%
- Daedalus Point, 8, ~3%
January 28th: Streams+ Show Spoiler +
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 announces the stream schedule featuring the main English stream with Khaldor & Grubby and 16 community streams in nine different languages to cover the busy event.
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 launches this Friday January 31st at 12:00 GMT (+00:00) with the 16 simultaneous bo5 matches of the first round of the first group stage. In an effort to cover every single game of the event, each group will have at least two streams following the action taking place in Helsinki. To accomplish this, we have invited a total of 16 community streams with nine different languages to broadcast the first, and busiest day, of the tournament. On the second day the playoffs are played one by one with seven streams, all in different languages.
Stream schedule
In order to easily keep track on which group comes from which channel, we have crafted a stream schedule for each tournament stage. The schedule will update on the go as the tournament progresses.
Streams
Main stream
Community streams
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 launches this Friday January 31st at 12:00 GMT (+00:00) with the 16 simultaneous bo5 matches of the first round of the first group stage. In an effort to cover every single game of the event, each group will have at least two streams following the action taking place in Helsinki. To accomplish this, we have invited a total of 16 community streams with nine different languages to broadcast the first, and busiest day, of the tournament. On the second day the playoffs are played one by one with seven streams, all in different languages.
Stream schedule
In order to easily keep track on which group comes from which channel, we have crafted a stream schedule for each tournament stage. The schedule will update on the go as the tournament progresses.
Streams
Main stream
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Community streams
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January 23rd: Groups+ Show Spoiler +
ASUS ROG announces the initial groups for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 with 32 top tier players duking it out for the prize pool of $25 000 USD and 4000 WCS points.
The first group stage of ASUS ROG Winter 2014 starts off on January 31th 2014 at 14:00 EET. It includes 32 high caliber players divided into eight groups of four which are played in WCS style double elimination format with all matches being best-of-5. Only the top 16 players continue to the second group stage which is played in a similar fashion right after the initial groups. The playoffs are played on the second day of the tournament on February 1st starting at 14:00 EET.
Roster changes
The first groups have now finally been drawn and we apologise for the delay which is due to late roster changes. Unfortunately
Ai.Strelok,
Empire.Kas,
Acer.Nerchio and
Acer.Bly have cancelled their participation to the event. They have been replaced by
Alliance.SortOf,
Fnatic.Naama,
Property.MorroW and
Menace.Protosser whom we thank for being available in such a short notice.
Group Stage 1 - January 31, 13:00 CET
The first matches are player 1 vs player 4 and player 2 vs player 3.
Group Stage 2 - January 31, 18:30 CET
Playoffs - February 1, 13:00 CET
This time we have decided to announce the full tournament layout beforehand and not do any sort of random draw during the tournament. This way we hope to compensate the fact that the group stages are played on the same day, and thus leave little to no time for players to prepare for their individual opponents. With the double elimination groups there should be no real risk of intentional losing for the sometimes more attractive second place, especially when the groups are all played at the same time.
The first group stage of ASUS ROG Winter 2014 starts off on January 31th 2014 at 14:00 EET. It includes 32 high caliber players divided into eight groups of four which are played in WCS style double elimination format with all matches being best-of-5. Only the top 16 players continue to the second group stage which is played in a similar fashion right after the initial groups. The playoffs are played on the second day of the tournament on February 1st starting at 14:00 EET.
Roster changes
The first groups have now finally been drawn and we apologise for the delay which is due to late roster changes. Unfortunately
















Group Stage 1 - January 31, 13:00 CET
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Group Stage 2 - January 31, 18:30 CET
- Group A: 1.1 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 5.2
Group B: 2.1 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 6.2
Group C: 3.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 7.2
Group D: 4.1 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 8.2
Playoffs - February 1, 13:00 CET
- Ro8 A: A.1 vs B.2
Ro8 B: C.1 vs D.2
Ro8 C: B.1 vs A.2
Ro8 D: D.1 vs C.2
This time we have decided to announce the full tournament layout beforehand and not do any sort of random draw during the tournament. This way we hope to compensate the fact that the group stages are played on the same day, and thus leave little to no time for players to prepare for their individual opponents. With the double elimination groups there should be no real risk of intentional losing for the sometimes more attractive second place, especially when the groups are all played at the same time.
January 13th: Full Player List & Casters+ Show Spoiler +
ASUS ROG reveals the full player list of 32 players and the casters for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 StarCraft II tournament coming up on January 31th with a $25 000 USD prize pool on the line.
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 kicks off in less than three weeks on January 31th in Helsinki, Finland. It is time to reveal the full roster of the tournament. With 24 invites and 8 qualified players we have an outstanding line-up of some of the top players from Europe, America and Korea. The players will be divided into eight groups of four in the first group stage which will be announced closer to the event.
New invites
Ai.Strelok
IvD.Apocalypse
mouz.Dear
mYinsanity.Kane
mYinsanity.StarDust
NrS.KrasS
NrS.Welmu
yoeFW.San
Full line-up
Invites (24)
Ai.Patience
Ai.Strelok
Alliance.NaNiwa
Axiom.Alicia
EG.Jaedong
Empire.Happy
Empire.Kas
Ence.elfi
Ence.Serral
IvD.Apocalypse
Liquid.HerO
Liquid.Ret
Liquid.Snute
Liquid.TaeJa
Millenium.BabyKnight
Millenium.ForGG
mouz.Dear
mYinsanity.Kane
mYinsanity.StarDust
NrS.KrasS
NrS.Welmu
Samsung_Galaxy.Solar
StarTale.Life*
yoeFW.San
Qualified (8)
Acer.Bly
Acer.Nerchio
Dignitas.Tefel
Core.JonnyREcco
Fnatic.Zanster
Fnatic.Harstem
PkDynamics.GunGFuBanda
Bischu
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StarTale.Life replaces
mouz.VortiX who had to cancel.
Stream staff
The main English broadcast at ASUS ROG Winter 2014 will feature the veteran caster Khaldor accompanied by the experienced player-commentator Grubby. The in-game camera is at the steady hands of FunKaDeLiC while the German esports powerhouse TaKe will host the event. His interviews with our Korean quests shall go smoothly with the help of the translator inuh.
Schedule
The schedule for the event has been finalized and it looks as follows.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
More info
For more info about the event please visit www.asusrogtournament.com or read the announcement thread here on TeamLiquid.net. For recent updates please follow @ROGtournament on Twitter.
ASUS ROG Winter 2014 kicks off in less than three weeks on January 31th in Helsinki, Finland. It is time to reveal the full roster of the tournament. With 24 invites and 8 qualified players we have an outstanding line-up of some of the top players from Europe, America and Korea. The players will be divided into eight groups of four in the first group stage which will be announced closer to the event.
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Full line-up
Invites (24)




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Stream staff
The main English broadcast at ASUS ROG Winter 2014 will feature the veteran caster Khaldor accompanied by the experienced player-commentator Grubby. The in-game camera is at the steady hands of FunKaDeLiC while the German esports powerhouse TaKe will host the event. His interviews with our Korean quests shall go smoothly with the help of the translator inuh.
- Thomas “Khaldor” Kilian - Caster
- Manuel “Grubby” Schenkhuizen - Commentator
- Alexandre “FunKaDeLiC” Verrier - Observer
- Denni “TaKe” Gehlen - Host
- Hun "inuh" Park - Translator
Schedule
The schedule for the event has been finalized and it looks as follows.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 1
- 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 2
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final A
- 13:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final B
- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final C
- 16:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final D
- 18:00 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final A
- 19:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final B
- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final
More info
For more info about the event please visit www.asusrogtournament.com or read the announcement thread here on TeamLiquid.net. For recent updates please follow @ROGtournament on Twitter.
December 28th: Next Invites & Maps+ Show Spoiler +
ASUS ROG announces the next eight invited players and the map pool for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 StarCraft II tournament taking place in January 31 -- February 1 in Helsinki, Finland.
Before the online qualifiers for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 start on Sunday December 29 and Monday December 30 we would like to release a new set of players who have been invited to join the main tournament on January 31st in Helsinki. With the new eight invites, 16 out of the 24 invitees have been revealed. The online qualifiers will soon add another eight players to the roster while the last eight invites are to be announced later.
New invites
Alliance.NaNiwa
Liquid.HerO
Millenium.BabyKnight
EG.Jaedong
Ence.Serral
Samsung_Galaxy.Solar
Empire.Kas
Millenium.ForGG
Current line-up (16/32)
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Maps
The tournament map pool for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 is the WCS 2014 Season 1 map pool which we will also see in the Battle.net ladder starting on the Janyary 3rd.
Rough schedule
Below is a rough schedule for the event. While it is not final yet, it gives a good estimate for those planning on watching the tournament especially if you have something special like a BarCraft in mind.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
Before the online qualifiers for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 start on Sunday December 29 and Monday December 30 we would like to release a new set of players who have been invited to join the main tournament on January 31st in Helsinki. With the new eight invites, 16 out of the 24 invitees have been revealed. The online qualifiers will soon add another eight players to the roster while the last eight invites are to be announced later.
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Current line-up (16/32)
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Maps
The tournament map pool for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 is the WCS 2014 Season 1 map pool which we will also see in the Battle.net ladder starting on the Janyary 3rd.
- Alterzim Stronghold TE
- Daedalus Point
- Frost LE
- Habitation Station LE
- Heavy Rain LE
- Polar Night LE
- Yeonsu LE
Rough schedule
Below is a rough schedule for the event. While it is not final yet, it gives a good estimate for those planning on watching the tournament especially if you have something special like a BarCraft in mind.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
- 10:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 1
- 17:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 2
- 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Playoffs start
- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final
December 23rd: First Invites+ Show Spoiler +
The tournament was released just a couple of days ago but it seems to have catched the players' attention. Dozens of applications for invites have already been received with many familiar names on the list. We are very excited about the applicants and want to give you an early look at what the next new year will hold.
Here are the first eight invites for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014:
Liquid.Snute
Liquid.Ret
Liquid.TaeJa
mousesports.VortiX
Empire.Happy
Axiom.Alicia
Ai.Patience
Ence.elfi
We are still accepting applications for invites for ASUS ROG Winter 2014. If you are interested and prepared to enter the tournament, please fill out the application form. Note that the deadline for applications is quite soon, December 27, so that the invites can be handled before the online qualifiers.
Here are the first eight invites for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014:
















We are still accepting applications for invites for ASUS ROG Winter 2014. If you are interested and prepared to enter the tournament, please fill out the application form. Note that the deadline for applications is quite soon, December 27, so that the invites can be handled before the online qualifiers.
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
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