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desRow's Weekly NA Tournament

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desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-07 17:02:01
February 02 2015 22:17 GMT
#1
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A dedicated fan of mine has been looking to support the NA scene but struggled to run the tournaments on his own so after talking things through with him, we are launching the desRow's Weekly NA Tournament series. We have funding for a total of 6 months and potentially more depending on player attendance and so on. We will also have a 200$ monthly final. I'll also be paying a different co-caster every week to come co-cast with me. The tournament is open to anyone so come test your skills in this weekly cup .

(Wiki)desRow NA Weekly





Saturday, May 09 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Sign up link





If you have any questions about the tournament you can tweet at me @desRowfighting on Twitter!


This is a weekly NA tournament.
The chat channel is desRowCUP


Bo3 for all rounds except the finals

The prize distribution is 75$/25$

The monthly final has a prize pool of 250$

Streams:
[image loading] desrowfighting (English)

If you are interested in casting in another language or english, send me a PM here on teamliquid or tweet at me.

Format:
The tournament is single elimination
First round is Bo1
The rest is Bo3 except the finals which is Bo5

The prize distribution is 75$/25$


If your name is higher on the bracket you decide A or B

Player A Veto
Player B Veto
Player A Veto
Player B Veto
Player A picks map 1
Player B picks map 2
Last main remaining is map 3

Map Pool (Coda is excluded because of the bad mineral patches for now)
Echo LE
Orbital Shipyard
Cactus Valley LE
Inferno Pools
Iron Fortress LE
Leralik Crest
Runs of Seras
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
DurtyDurtyMike
Profile Joined December 2013
Ireland12 Posts
February 02 2015 22:23 GMT
#2
Awesome, Desrow! Good luck!
[AISC]Oblivion on EU - Irish Zerg.
beesinyoface
Profile Joined May 2012
2450 Posts
February 02 2015 22:23 GMT
#3
based deswow
aaaaa
Adebisi
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1637 Posts
February 02 2015 22:23 GMT
#4
Desrow FTW!
SatedSC2
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
England3012 Posts
February 02 2015 22:25 GMT
#5
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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14460 Posts
February 02 2015 22:26 GMT
#6
On February 03 2015 07:25 SatedSC2 wrote:
For NA players only or just NA server..?

The tournament is open to anyone so come test your skills in this weekly cup
https://twitter.com/DrAeromi | Updates on live tournaments: @StarCrafteSport
robih
Profile Joined September 2010
Austria1086 Posts
February 02 2015 22:27 GMT
#7
gl with it
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
February 02 2015 22:30 GMT
#8
hype
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Trozz
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3454 Posts
February 02 2015 22:43 GMT
#9
Great initiative!
This seems unsustainable.
I hope that I'm wrong.
A build is not a guess, an estimation or a hunch, a feeling, or a foolish intuition. A build is a dependable, unwavering, unarguably accurate, portrayer of your ambition.
SatedSC2
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
England3012 Posts
February 02 2015 23:05 GMT
#10
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desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
February 02 2015 23:07 GMT
#11
On February 03 2015 08:05 SatedSC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2015 07:26 Aeromi wrote:
On February 03 2015 07:25 SatedSC2 wrote:
For NA players only or just NA server..?

The tournament is open to anyone so come test your skills in this weekly cup

Should've seen that. Was looking for a rules section instead. Derp.


Yeah there's a few things missing like the rules. It's Loser pick pre determined map like Zotac/Go4SC2 used to be and Koreans and Europeans will be allowed in which hopefully should help the ladder. Still not sure on 75$/25 or 100$ maybe I should strawpoll it ?
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
Hashmeister
Profile Joined April 2011
Germany238 Posts
February 02 2015 23:17 GMT
#12
Awesome des!! Will definitely tune in!
bit.ly/hashmeister
IncubusStarCraft2
Profile Joined September 2014
Canada18 Posts
February 02 2015 23:23 GMT
#13
Definitely signing up for this since it's open to all leagues. Thanks Desrow!
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-02-03 00:41:06
February 03 2015 00:40 GMT
#14
I'm struggling to understand how allowing Koreans to play in a tournament will help the NA ladder. That's like hosting a platinum tournament on EU, but allowing NA GM's and saying "maybe it will help the ladder." I thought Mike Morhaime was trolling. Please don't make me doubt this. If not, we're completely screwed.
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
February 03 2015 00:54 GMT
#15
On February 03 2015 09:40 playa wrote:
I'm struggling to understand how allowing Koreans to play in a tournament will help the NA ladder. That's like hosting a platinum tournament on EU, but allowing NA GM's and saying "maybe it will help the ladder." I thought Mike Morhaime was trolling. Please don't make me doubt this. If not, we're completely screwed.

Ever since the Koreans were removed from WCS NA, there is no way to play against them. They also have no reasons to log on NA anymore because there is no weekly cups for the NA scene. If the sign-ups are decreasing because of a wave of koreans that are dominating the tournament, I might region lock it but for now I don't see it as a problem
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
February 03 2015 02:33 GMT
#16
On February 03 2015 09:54 desRow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2015 09:40 playa wrote:
I'm struggling to understand how allowing Koreans to play in a tournament will help the NA ladder. That's like hosting a platinum tournament on EU, but allowing NA GM's and saying "maybe it will help the ladder." I thought Mike Morhaime was trolling. Please don't make me doubt this. If not, we're completely screwed.

Ever since the Koreans were removed from WCS NA, there is no way to play against them. They also have no reasons to log on NA anymore because there is no weekly cups for the NA scene. If the sign-ups are decreasing because of a wave of koreans that are dominating the tournament, I might region lock it but for now I don't see it as a problem


People play in tournaments for a chance to win, not to "practice" versus Koreans. In BW, everyone got to play their fare share against Korean pro gamers, as they made their way back up to their true rank, each season. It was cool, but obviously it did nothing in regards to helping us even come close to their level. We've all had the privilege of being rekt by Hydra on ladder, yet no one has developed Korean level P vs Z.

NA needs more people who can dedicate more time to practicing, rather than everyone being able to spend their 3 hours of spare time, each week, being Polt's floor mat.

There is no NA scene, because of Mike Morhaime talking like you are. No one actually believes this helps the scene. This is just something people say to sell you BS, that casual people will think "hey, that makes sense." It's PR. It's not real. Everyone besides maybe a handful of people, are always able to practice versus players that are better than them... A few tournament games is next to meaningless. Probably more demotivating thing anything.
Rorschach
Profile Joined May 2010
United States623 Posts
February 03 2015 04:00 GMT
#17
This is pretty exciting!

I hope we see decent participation.
En Taro Adun, Executor!
desRow
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2654 Posts
February 03 2015 04:35 GMT
#18
On February 03 2015 11:33 playa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2015 09:54 desRow wrote:
On February 03 2015 09:40 playa wrote:
I'm struggling to understand how allowing Koreans to play in a tournament will help the NA ladder. That's like hosting a platinum tournament on EU, but allowing NA GM's and saying "maybe it will help the ladder." I thought Mike Morhaime was trolling. Please don't make me doubt this. If not, we're completely screwed.

Ever since the Koreans were removed from WCS NA, there is no way to play against them. They also have no reasons to log on NA anymore because there is no weekly cups for the NA scene. If the sign-ups are decreasing because of a wave of koreans that are dominating the tournament, I might region lock it but for now I don't see it as a problem


People play in tournaments for a chance to win, not to "practice" versus Koreans. In BW, everyone got to play their fare share against Korean pro gamers, as they made their way back up to their true rank, each season. It was cool, but obviously it did nothing in regards to helping us even come close to their level. We've all had the privilege of being rekt by Hydra on ladder, yet no one has developed Korean level P vs Z.

NA needs more people who can dedicate more time to practicing, rather than everyone being able to spend their 3 hours of spare time, each week, being Polt's floor mat.

There is no NA scene, because of Mike Morhaime talking like you are. No one actually believes this helps the scene. This is just something people say to sell you BS, that casual people will think "hey, that makes sense." It's PR. It's not real. Everyone besides maybe a handful of people, are always able to practice versus players that are better than them... A few tournament games is next to meaningless. Probably more demotivating thing anything.


Like I said in my previous post and I sort of agree with you. if a few koreans joins and end up winning every week and it hurts the sign-ups I will region lock but for now it's anybodys game
http://twitch.tv/desrowfighting http://twitter.com/desrowfighting http://facebook.com/desrowfighting
playa
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States1284 Posts
February 03 2015 04:43 GMT
#19
On February 03 2015 13:35 desRow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2015 11:33 playa wrote:
On February 03 2015 09:54 desRow wrote:
On February 03 2015 09:40 playa wrote:
I'm struggling to understand how allowing Koreans to play in a tournament will help the NA ladder. That's like hosting a platinum tournament on EU, but allowing NA GM's and saying "maybe it will help the ladder." I thought Mike Morhaime was trolling. Please don't make me doubt this. If not, we're completely screwed.

Ever since the Koreans were removed from WCS NA, there is no way to play against them. They also have no reasons to log on NA anymore because there is no weekly cups for the NA scene. If the sign-ups are decreasing because of a wave of koreans that are dominating the tournament, I might region lock it but for now I don't see it as a problem


People play in tournaments for a chance to win, not to "practice" versus Koreans. In BW, everyone got to play their fare share against Korean pro gamers, as they made their way back up to their true rank, each season. It was cool, but obviously it did nothing in regards to helping us even come close to their level. We've all had the privilege of being rekt by Hydra on ladder, yet no one has developed Korean level P vs Z.

NA needs more people who can dedicate more time to practicing, rather than everyone being able to spend their 3 hours of spare time, each week, being Polt's floor mat.

There is no NA scene, because of Mike Morhaime talking like you are. No one actually believes this helps the scene. This is just something people say to sell you BS, that casual people will think "hey, that makes sense." It's PR. It's not real. Everyone besides maybe a handful of people, are always able to practice versus players that are better than them... A few tournament games is next to meaningless. Probably more demotivating thing anything.


Like I said in my previous post and I sort of agree with you. if a few koreans joins and end up winning every week and it hurts the sign-ups I will region lock but for now it's anybodys game


That's cool. I commend you for trying to run some tournaments. I just thought it was common sense from the get go that WCS changes in 2013 would be the death of this game. I just think some things are inevitable, and, in that case, you should proceed as if it has already happened. Just don't insult people like WCS and have Hydra win every tournament because he got a Visa
starslayer
Profile Joined August 2011
United States696 Posts
February 08 2015 01:09 GMT
#20
very cool man, the NA scene really needs stuff like this.I hope this get huge and your the next basetrade GL to everyone. also have you thought of using community made maps that have won something or fan votes, might be cool. again very cool GL all.
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