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ASUS ROG is proud to present a special eSports event this summer, featuring two Blizzard titles and a total prize pool of $40,000 USD. The tournaments will each feature 32 top players, who’ll battle it out for a share of $25,000 USD in Hearthstone, and $15,000 USD in StarCraft II. ASUS ROG Tournament Summer 2015 will take place at ASSEMBLY in Helsinki, from July 30th to August 1st.
This summer, ASUS ROG Tournament continues at the Finnish computer festival ASSEMBLY. New for this edition is two game titles coupled with the biggest total prize pool in the event's history.
Prepare your card collection, shuffle your deck, and get ready for the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone Tournament, beginning on July 30th with a $25,000 USD prize pool. In addition to this, the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament will be played on the 30th and 31st of July with a $15,000 USD prize pool.
Both tournaments will consist of 32 players gathered through direct invites (16) and online qualifiers (16). There will be plenty of talent on show—some of the world’s best StarCraft II players will battle it out at the event, and top card-slingers from Europe will compete in the Hearthstone tournament.
ASUS ROG is thrilled to be a part of the rising star in eSports that is Hearthstone and to continue supporting the excellent StarCraft II scene as they have in previous years. Expect no less than stellar performances from our players, production crew and admins as we bring you the best tournament experience possible.
Quick facts about ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone
Quick facts about ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II
Players
Invited
Qualified
Qualifier #1
Qualifier #2
Qualifier #3
Qualifier #4
* As the next in line from Qualifier #2, Prime.KeeN replaces yoeFW.Ian who had to cancel his participation.
** As the next in line from Qualifier #1, Fuzer replaces ShoWTimE who has cancelled his participation. Hearhstone players+ Show Spoiler +Invited![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/us.png) Chris “Phonetap” Huynh, Luminosity Gaming
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/tw.png) Chen “tom60229” Wei-Lin, Flash Wolves
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/nl.png) Teun “Vortex” Eielts, Fade 2 Karma
 Michaël “Maverick” Looze, Millenium
 Sebastian “Ostkaka” Engwall, ROOT Gaming
Jon “Orange” Westberg, Team Archon
 Thijs “ThijsNL” Molendijk, Nihilum
 Adrian “Lifecoach” Koy, Nihilum
 Dima “Rdu” Radu, Nihilum
 Petar “Gaara” Stevanovic, Tempo Storm
 Simon “Crane333” Raunholst, H2K G2A
Jeffrey “Sjow” Brusi, Team Liquid
 Yevhenii “Neirea” Shumilin, Team Liquid
 Antti “Kufdon” Lammi, RCTIC eSports
Harald “Powder” Gimre, Trig eSports
Frederik “Høj” Nielsen *
* Frederik “Høj” Nielsen replaces Ryan “Purple” Murphy-Root who has cancelled his participation to the tournament.
Qualified David “Shoop” Steinberg, Vicious Syndicate
Simon “Schismatron” Lindström, Team Darkstar
Martin “MartinCreek” Bäcklund, SK Gaming
Kenny “Kenobe” Öberg, Keita Gaming
 Raffael “GameKing” Iciren, Fade 2 Karma
 Adam “Pesty” Prest, H2K G2A
 Kaan “Fujitora” Çekli, Zone E-sports
 Martin “Vanik” Vaniš
Mikuláš “Pokrovac” Dio
Lukáš “Galmod” Jarolím
Nikolas “Swissking” Kožlej
 Fabien “Fabinouze” Garnier
Loïc “Dizdemon” Poulain
 Antoni “Rerroll” Canals
 Eirik “Diggen” Aarvig
Ville “MortalP” Lepistö
Schedule
- Thursday, 30 July
12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 15:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1
16:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2
- Friday, 31 July
12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:30 GMT (+00:00) — Playoffs
Hearthstone schedule+ Show Spoiler +- Thursday, 30 July
12:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 16:30 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1, Groups A-D
16:30 GMT (+00:00) -- 21:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 1, Gropus E-H
- Friday, 31 July
09:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 13:30 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2, Groups I-J
13:30 GMT (+00:00) -- 18:00 GMT (+00:00) — Group Stage 2, Groups K-L
- Saturday, 1 August
09:00 GMT (+00:00) -- 19:30 GMT (+00:00) — Playoffs
Streams and Casters
We will provide free HD main streams on Twitch.tv for the Hearthstone and StarCraft II tournaments from twitch.tv/ROGTournament_HS and twitch.tv/ROGTournament_SC2 respectively. The Hearthstone action will be with lead by Kevin “monk” Dong and Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen providing the commentary. The Hearthstone broadcast will also feature guest casters from among the competitors. The StarCraft II broadcast also features a commentary team with plenty of insight as Chris “HuK” Loranger and Benjamin “DeMusliM” Baker take the stage. The main stage stream production will be handled by Black Molly Entertainment.
In addition to the main stream, ASUS ROG Summer 2015 is open to community streamers. They will help to cover the event in different languages, as well as cast matches that are not being shown on the main stream. If you wish to broadcast either one of the tournaments, please send us an application by the end of June using this form.
Main stream
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/images/flags2/gb.png) ROGTournament_SC2
Community streams
As always we have to be grateful for the awesome StarCraft II community streamers who are helping us to elevate the ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Tournament on another level. There are eleven community streams in seven different languages getting in on the action on both tournament days with the exception of English speaking streams stepping aside on Friday.
- Thursday July 30
- Thursday-Friday July 30-31
Hearthstone streams+ Show Spoiler +Main stream ROGTournament_HSIn case you grave for more Hearthstone action than a single stream can offer, the community streams got your back! We have three community streams in French, Russian and Finnish providing coverage of different matches. With such a busy group stage we aim to cover as much of the tournament as possible on all the different channels. Community streams French: http://www.twitch.tv/milleniumtvhs  Russian: http://www.twitch.tv/gamestars_hs Finnish: IS TV
Prizes
The prize pool for the Hearthstone tournament is $25,000 USD and 230 Hearthstone World Championship points. They will be distributed to the players as follows:
1st: $10,000 + 100 HWC points
2nd: $5,000 + 50 HWC points
3rd-4th: $2,000 + 20 HWC points
5th-8th: $1,000 + 10 HWC points
9th-16th: $250
The prize pool for the StarCraft II tournament is $15,000 USD and 1800 StarCraft II World Championship Series points. They will be distributed to the players as follows:
1st: $6,000 + 300 WCS points
2nd: $3,000 + 200 WCS points
3rd-4th: $1,500 + 150 WCS points
5th-8th: $350 + 100 WCS points
9th-16th: $200 + 75 WCS points
Format
The tournaments will each be played in two double-elimination group stages followed by a single-elimination playoff stage. In the group stages, 32 contestants will be divided into groups consisting of 4 players each. The top two players in each group will then proceed to the next stage.
All the matches in Hearthstone are best-of-5, except for the final, which will be a best-of-7.
All the matches in StarCraft II are best-of-3 until the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be best-of-5 and the final will be a best-of-7.
Participation
There are two ways to gain one of the 32 spots in the tournament—either by receiving a direct invite or through an online qualification tournament. In order to receive an invite, players must first request it by filling out an application form. Details about the online qualifications can be found below. However, everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and then participate in the qualifiers later if need be.
The invite application form for Hearthstone is here.
The invite application form for StarCraft II is here.
Participation in the tournament is free and includes an all access pass to the event. The pass also grants access to the tournament area and to the players’ lounge.
Qualifiers
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone Qualifiers
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Qualifiers
Each of the qualifiers will provide a seat in the main tournament for the top four contenders. For more details and sign-up, visit the qualifier pages above.
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 laptops. This ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.
ASUS ROG Nordic on Twitter: @ROGNordic
ASUS ROG Nordic on Facebook: www.facebook.com/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, SFF PCs and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, hybrid devices, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 13,600 and a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers.
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Im surprised you can give WCS points with a half-invited player list. Still, sweet.
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On June 22 2015 11:07 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Im surprised you can give WCS points with a half-invited player list. Still, sweet.
Gfinity???
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Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On June 22 2015 11:58 SNSeigifried wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 11:07 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Im surprised you can give WCS points with a half-invited player list. Still, sweet. Gfinity???
HSC
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Fingers crossed for Taeja to get out of the house and going to ASUS ROG
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Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2??
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On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2??
It has been for quite a while, lol
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Cool, SC2 and Hearthstone  Maybe next time, Heroes too <3
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United States97276 Posts
I wonder if the invites will be Europeans only or a mix
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On June 22 2015 14:25 Shellshock wrote:
I wonder if the invites will be Europeans only or a mix
You can apply too 
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United States97276 Posts
On June 22 2015 14:41 BaneRiders wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 14:25 Shellshock wrote:
I wonder if the invites will be Europeans only or a mix You can apply too
I will do my best! Please cheer for me! Please remember to wear a coat in the winter so you do not catch a cold!
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It`s so hard for me to not hate on *** *** gaem Cardstone right now. As always: popularity > quality (in this case the only objective quality: legit competitiveness).
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On June 22 2015 14:05 GTPGlitch wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2?? It has been for quite a while, lol
I expect the hype for Hearthstone will die down within a few years, though. It will be the same for most eSports. They have a peak in popularity, then decline over time until there is a new game.
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On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2??
It's one of the most popular games out there.
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No offence to Hearthstone fans and players but... that money prize... it's not fair!
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On June 22 2015 11:59 stuchiu wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 11:58 SNSeigifried wrote:On June 22 2015 11:07 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Im surprised you can give WCS points with a half-invited player list. Still, sweet. Gfinity??? HSC
There will be no WCS points at HSC (quote Naruto in their thread)
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Damn, there's some starcraft in Helsinki once again. The last time I saw stuff live here was in 2011.
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Wow? StarCraft back in ASUS ROG? In Assembly? I thought I'll never see this day.
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please switch the prize pools lol :D
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Russian Federation167 Posts
wow, 15k is all prize pool? jeez. once upon a time same amount of money were a prize for first place only.
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ASUS ROG is back?? ASUS ROG IS BACK!!! HYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2??
It is a free to play game with very little complexity in it, of course that it is more popular.
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SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ...
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You do realize that there was no Asus ROG tournaments at all last year? Instead of complaining that Hearthstone gets more prize money be happy that we get a Starcraft event in the first place.
I myself am really happy they are back in SC2 and makes me really sad that I won't be able to make it there. 
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Hearthstone....just.....wow......hearthstone owning SC2 at prize pool.......i never thought i would see the day.....
Heck let's all start playing card games and forget RTS completely.....((((((((
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On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ...
can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ?
a) be happy esports exists and is growing!
b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again!
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That's the tournament that put JD into a slump by winning it, isn't it? :p
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On June 22 2015 17:32 y0su wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ... can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ? a) be happy esports exists and is growing! b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again!
This talk happens due to the trend we are observing for a while now. Sc2's importance outside of Blizzards organization is apparently shrinking. There is nothing wrong with realizing that.
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On June 22 2015 17:50 Phaenoman wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 17:32 y0su wrote:On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ... can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ? a) be happy esports exists and is growing! b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again! This talk happens due to the trend we are observing for a while now. Sc2's importance outside of Blizzards organization is apparently shrinking. There is nothing wrong with realizing that.
But in this case it's not shrinking but growing, since there was no Asus Rog Summer sc2 tournament at all in 2014. We went from nothing to a 15k tournament, but people are still complaining.
Well I am glad to see sc2 back there and just don't see the point in comparing our scene to games from other genres.
Hype!
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On June 22 2015 17:16 Ramiz1989 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2?? It is a free to play game with very little complexity in it, of course that it is more popular.
I have to disagree here!
There are tons of easy shitty crappy free to play bullshit games out there that noone wants and noone plays. Though i like SC2 more, Hearthstone is a masterpiece!
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On June 22 2015 18:14 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 17:50 Phaenoman wrote:On June 22 2015 17:32 y0su wrote:On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ... can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ? a) be happy esports exists and is growing! b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again! This talk happens due to the trend we are observing for a while now. Sc2's importance outside of Blizzards organization is apparently shrinking. There is nothing wrong with realizing that. But in this case it's not shrinking but growing, since there was no Asus Rog Summer sc2 tournament at all in 2014. We went from nothing to a 15k tournament, but people are still complaining. Well I am glad to see sc2 back there and just don't see the point in comparing our scene to games from other genres. Hype!
In this case maybe, but what about DH for instance?
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On June 22 2015 17:37 sharkie wrote:
That's the tournament that put JD into a slump by winning it, isn't it? :p
last asus rog was 2014 winter which san won 4-0 dear.
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On June 22 2015 19:17 Phaenoman wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 18:14 Musicus wrote:On June 22 2015 17:50 Phaenoman wrote:On June 22 2015 17:32 y0su wrote:On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ... can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ? a) be happy esports exists and is growing! b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again! This talk happens due to the trend we are observing for a while now. Sc2's importance outside of Blizzards organization is apparently shrinking. There is nothing wrong with realizing that. But in this case it's not shrinking but growing, since there was no Asus Rog Summer sc2 tournament at all in 2014. We went from nothing to a 15k tournament, but people are still complaining. Well I am glad to see sc2 back there and just don't see the point in comparing our scene to games from other genres. Hype! In this case maybe, but what about DH for instance?
Pretty sure the OP covered that...
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Woooo ASUS ROG ! Always loved these tournaments. A bit sad that they modified the format compared to the previous ones, the group stage in Bo5 was great.
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Awesome
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On June 22 2015 19:17 Phaenoman wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 18:14 Musicus wrote:On June 22 2015 17:50 Phaenoman wrote:On June 22 2015 17:32 y0su wrote:On June 22 2015 17:22 thickertom wrote:
SC2: from Premier to Major ...
Hearthstone: Premier ... can we stop talking about SC2 vs _____ ? a) be happy esports exists and is growing! b) be happy sc2 has a proper sponsor at Assembly again! This talk happens due to the trend we are observing for a while now. Sc2's importance outside of Blizzards organization is apparently shrinking. There is nothing wrong with realizing that. But in this case it's not shrinking but growing, since there was no Asus Rog Summer sc2 tournament at all in 2014. We went from nothing to a 15k tournament, but people are still complaining. Well I am glad to see sc2 back there and just don't see the point in comparing our scene to games from other genres. Hype! In this case maybe, but what about DH for instance?
Well what about DH, I don't see how it's relevant to this thread. What about Gfinity, a brand new tournament circuit picking up sc2? Does that make up for no sc2 at DH summer? Is IEM still having sc2 in the next season a good sign for a 5 year old RTS? Is the Korean scene doing better than ever? I don't know, but this is not the place to discuss the general sc2 scene and whether it's dying or not, if you want to do that make a dedicated thread. But I think you should rather not, because it feels like we already had hundreds of those.
This OP says sc2 will be back at Asus Rog Summer with a 15k tournament. That's what this thread is about and I think it's great news.
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Let us just believe that sc2 will survive. It will never be the biggest esport title. It s a bijou. And i like it!
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On June 22 2015 17:16 Ramiz1989 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2?? It is a free to play game with very little complexity in it, of course that it is more popular.
If it's that simple then a lot of games will be popular like HS.
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On June 22 2015 17:16 Ramiz1989 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2?? It is a free to play game with very little complexity in it, of course that it is more popular.
+1
Everyone should stop comparing games. sc2 is the only RTS out there that is alive. No other RTS even competes with sc2 (a part from possibly Star 1). But you can't compare an RTS to a Card Game or a MOBA.
All hail sc2!
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On June 22 2015 20:11 Boucot wrote:
Woooo ASUS ROG ! Always loved these tournaments. A bit sad that they modified the format compared to the previous ones, the group stage in Bo5 was great.
That was one of my favorite parts!!
Damn, I didn't even notice that change
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Is there a reason why HS tournaments are in the SC section on TL and reddit? =O
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On June 22 2015 23:15 ossavi09 wrote:
Is there a reason why HS tournaments are in the SC section on TL and reddit? =O
Well this is Hearthstone and Starcraft 2 and why waste time editing the Hearthstone part out?
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On June 22 2015 23:05 y0su wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 20:11 Boucot wrote:
Woooo ASUS ROG ! Always loved these tournaments. A bit sad that they modified the format compared to the previous ones, the group stage in Bo5 was great. That was one of my favorite parts!! Damn, I didn't even notice that change
At ASUS ROG Winter 2014 we had a two day tournament with the same format as now but with bo5 groups. We asked about it during the event from the players and many favored the bo3 groups if both group stages are played on the same day. No doubt two bo5 group stages can be a bit too much if many of the games go to 5 maps. Assembly Summer tournaments have been usually three days but since Hearthstone is now the bigger one it gets the 3 days and SC2 gets two days. Now with only a two day schedule, the bo3 groups were deemed a better choice.
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This is pretty exciting! I'm sure Taeja is planning on winning it lol.
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Well what about DH, I don't see how it's relevant to this thread. What about Gfinity, a brand new tournament circuit picking up sc2? Does that make up for no sc2 at DH summer? Is IEM still having sc2 in the next season a good sign for a 5 year old RTS? Is the Korean scene doing better than ever? I don't know, but this is not the place to discuss the general sc2 scene and whether it's dying or not, if you want to do that make a dedicated thread. But I think you should rather not, because it feels like we already had hundreds of those.
This OP says sc2 will be back at Asus Rog Summer with a 15k tournament. That's what this thread is about and I think it's great news.
Hear, hear.
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Russian Federation421 Posts
On June 22 2015 18:45 Bjarne wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 17:16 Ramiz1989 wrote:On June 22 2015 13:32 ninjamyst wrote:
Is Hearthstone more popular now than SC2?? It is a free to play game with very little complexity in it, of course that it is more popular. I have to disagree here! There are tons of easy shitty crappy free to play bullshit games out there that noone wants and noone plays. Though i like SC2 more, Hearthstone is a masterpiece!
HS is a great game, but it is a really shitty esports. The only reason it sees so much tournaments because the game is very popular.
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SC2 and HS on the same tournament? hell yeah, I'll tune in!
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yay another sc2 tournament at asus rog!
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On June 22 2015 23:44 Azhrak wrote:Show nested quote +On June 22 2015 23:05 y0su wrote:On June 22 2015 20:11 Boucot wrote:
Woooo ASUS ROG ! Always loved these tournaments. A bit sad that they modified the format compared to the previous ones, the group stage in Bo5 was great. That was one of my favorite parts!! Damn, I didn't even notice that change At ASUS ROG Winter 2014 we had a two day tournament with the same format as now but with bo5 groups. We asked about it during the event from the players and many favored the bo3 groups if both group stages are played on the same day. No doubt two bo5 group stages can be a bit too much if many of the games go to 5 maps. Assembly Summer tournaments have been usually three days but since Hearthstone is now the bigger one it gets the 3 days and SC2 gets two days. Now with only a two day schedule, the bo3 groups were deemed a better choice.
makes sense for the shorter format.
2 day actually works better for my schedule anyway :D
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The qualifiers are now available as reads in the original post:
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 Hearthstone Qualifiers
- ASUS ROG Summer 2015 StarCraft II Qualifiers
The top 4 qualify from each qualifier.
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United Kingdom20278 Posts
ASUS ROG is proud to present a special eSports event this summer, featuring two Blizzard titles and a total prize pool of $40,000 USD
As soon as i saw hearthstone i was getting ready to flip my desk in case the second game was heroes of the storm
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I think people are upset because Hearthstone prize pool is bigger than sc2 prize pool. And we feel that sc2 takes more skill than hearthstone. But because hearthstone has more popularity it gets a larger prize pool as sponsors will gain more viewers watching it to see their ads.
Kind of the same same thing with LoL.
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Sad day for Sc2.. but I guess we take what we get nowdays.
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On June 23 2015 15:33 Kimb3r wrote:
Sad day for Sc2.. but I guess we take what we get nowdays.
at least we're getting one
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On June 23 2015 15:33 Kimb3r wrote:
Sad day for Sc2.. but I guess we take what we get nowdays.
How is us getting sponsors coming back to sc2 sad?
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I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DISABLE ADDBLOCK TO VIEW THIS...
GET REAL MAN..
INSTANT HATES ON YOU...
-1 viewer for life for that,
and i watch ALL ESPORTS.. none of them request that...
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On June 29 2015 15:02 Xursian wrote:
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DISABLE ADDBLOCK TO VIEW THIS....
Wrong topic? Or what content are you talking about?
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this message is to those that complain about Asus ROG and having no SC2 tournament last year
+ Show Spoiler +Asus ROG had a tournament last year guys, do you guys have a memory Block? Or are you all just stupid??? San won his only premier tournament there by 4-0'ing Dear, who was In Mouz you guys seriously need to stop giving this BS about SC2 being less important and stuff. MLG SC2 has been gone for almost 2 years, and it still organizes tournaments for other games, I didn't hear anybody complain about sc2 dying at that point, why now? You guys should be thankful that Asus ROG actually invested in a tournament for SC2. yay, meaning more content for you whining pigs Also What about Gfinity, a brand new tournament circuit picking up sc2? Does that make up for no sc2 at DH summer? Is IEM still having sc2 in the next season a good sign for a 5 year old RTS? Is the Korean scene doing better than ever? said in just words Musicus
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Go Luolis!
Keen and rain playing the first qualifier?
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On June 29 2015 18:19 MiniFotToss wrote:
Asus ROG had a tournament last year guys, do you guys have a memory Block?
Yes they did, but skipping summer (which has been THE Assembly for ages) sent a pretty strong message. There was no Winter this year either. I haven't complained, but it is sad because it's all Finland's got.
I'm happy and hyped!
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On June 29 2015 18:42 y0su wrote:
Go Luolis!
Keen and rain playing the first qualifier?
Also B4 and Has, dayumn.
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On June 29 2015 18:57 rotta wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2015 18:42 y0su wrote:
Go Luolis!
Keen and rain playing the first qualifier? Also B4 and Has, dayumn.
Somehow missed them. List seems to still be growing (wish I knew the invites)
fuzer is in :D
gg
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15k prize pool and the qualifiers have to pay for travel and living expenses.
What a pointless tournament for pro gamers. Unless they are from Finland.
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Australia18228 Posts
KeeN vs Rain in Round 2... lol rip keen
I think Rain/Zanster/Bly/ShoWTimE should qualify
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On June 30 2015 01:06 Inflicted wrote:
KeeN vs Rain in Round 2... lol rip keen
That Rain is from Team Spectre. Not from mYi.
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On June 29 2015 23:45 Mozdk wrote:
15k prize pool and the qualifiers have to pay for travel and living expenses.
What a pointless tournament for pro gamers. Unless they are from Finland.
qq moar
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On June 30 2015 01:56 Luolis wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2015 23:45 Mozdk wrote:
15k prize pool and the qualifiers have to pay for travel and living expenses.
What a pointless tournament for pro gamers. Unless they are from Finland. qq moar
Thanks for taking the debate seriously. Fuckwit!
User was temp banned for this post.
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On June 30 2015 02:14 Mozdk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 30 2015 01:56 Luolis wrote:On June 29 2015 23:45 Mozdk wrote:
15k prize pool and the qualifiers have to pay for travel and living expenses.
What a pointless tournament for pro gamers. Unless they are from Finland. qq moar Thanks for taking the debate seriously. Fuckwit!
No problem, my man <33333
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Whoa am I on TL or YouTube?
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Drogo is going to qualify, what a man.
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On June 30 2015 04:10 Aeromi wrote:
Drogo is going to qualify, what a man.
Got a bit lucky that KeeN had to play cross server, had some noticeably delayed reactions, but Drogo played that series very well.
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ShoWTimE made it as the first player :3
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Fuzer going 3 starports on 1 base and I have no idea what I'm watching.
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On June 30 2015 04:53 Elentos wrote:
Fuzer going 3 starports on 1 base and I have no idea what I'm watching.
Finnish creativity
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Fuzer's games are just incredibly entertaining
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I remember Fuzer when he was in MoW in Poland, he was 11/11 every game and singing some Celine Dion.
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On June 30 2015 05:10 Aeromi wrote:
I remember Fuzer when he was in MoW in Poland, he was 11/11 every game and singing some Celine Dion.
ah, the glory days!
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Fuzer is nothing if not entertaining.
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Drogo barely beats Fuzer 2-1 and qualifies for ASUS ROG, Fuzer plays BBoongBBoong in the losers bracket. lol
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Ah, first match I watch and I see 2 rax.
king of raxrax
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Fuzer's stutter stepping is commendable. Though I guess he had a lot of practice.
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Is BBoongBBoong actually even going to participate when you need to pay your own flying tickets?
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On June 30 2015 15:08 iNsaNe- wrote:
Is BBoongBBoong actually even going to participate when you need to pay your own flying tickets?
He also tried to qualify for HSC which was pay your own flights etc, so I imagine so.
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On June 30 2015 15:08 iNsaNe- wrote:
Is BBoongBBoong actually even going to participate when you need to pay your own flying tickets?
I imagine he will. Prime needs all kinds of positive publicity they can get these days.
@Wardi really nice job with the casting :3
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Well didnt expect that kind of scouting after the first 2 games......
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The salt is real in the CPU vs Hinoipl series...
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What happened in the CPU match? I just saw the end where his opponent was going ham in chat.
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I didn't see the full match, but Hinoipl went for both gold bases as 1st and 2nd exp. He even got a slight supply advantage at some point. I couldn't watch everything (doing some work), but when I looked again army supplies were even and CPU was knocking on the front door of the gold bases with a tons of immortals/sentry vs a ling/roach army.
Also CPU paused the game at some point due to lag.
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Too bad most of the best foreigners can't play these because they're in the plane from Toronto or en route to HomeStory Cup. :/
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Yeah, this is really odd scheduling from ASUS. It's like the worst possible time to schedule a qualifier, when everyone's traveling.
Suppose that also says something about the whole "WCS America Qualifier" happening later tonight too, though.
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On July 01 2015 02:31 Rehio wrote:
Yeah, this is really odd scheduling from ASUS. It's like the worst possible time to schedule a qualifier, when everyone's traveling.
With the unfortunately late announcement of the ASUS ROG tournament, the qualifiers were forced to be very soon afterwards because of the ever increasing cost of travel and hotels. The timing for the qualifiers is tricky as the HSC tournament and WCS qualifiers are happening right on top of the time frame we had for the ASUS ROG qualifiers. With the current dates, there is 1 day between today's qualifier and HSC, and next week ASUS ROG qualifiers are on the off days of WCS EU qualifiers. But it is true that the first qualifier is probably not possible for players who were arriving from Toronto on the same day.
Remember, some players might have received an invite and thus are not participating in the qualifiers.
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happy to see Ian qualified, he seems to play in almost everything
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MiNiMaTh wins against Apocalypse and qualifies for ASUS ROG, in due part because Apocalypse thought going bio with cross server latency is a good idea.
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Already 2 frenchies, the invasion continues !
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On July 01 2015 05:25 Elentos wrote:
MiNiMaTh wins against Apocalypse and qualifies for ASUS ROG, in due part because Apocalypse thought going bio with cross server latency is a good idea.
Or Minimath is a better player.
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On July 01 2015 05:31 Aeromi wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2015 05:25 Elentos wrote:
MiNiMaTh wins against Apocalypse and qualifies for ASUS ROG, in due part because Apocalypse thought going bio with cross server latency is a good idea. Or Minimath is a better player.
Apocalypse missed literally every split timing because of latency and had delayed reactions because of it, that was obvious just from looking at it.
I'm not saying Minimath is or isn't a better player, but Apocalypse going bio with cross server latency instead of going mech on Coda (which isn't the worst mech map) was not the best choice. If you can't split your units in time due to delay you better have macro like Cure to not just die.
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On July 01 2015 06:33 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On July 01 2015 05:31 Aeromi wrote:On July 01 2015 05:25 Elentos wrote:
MiNiMaTh wins against Apocalypse and qualifies for ASUS ROG, in due part because Apocalypse thought going bio with cross server latency is a good idea. Or Minimath is a better player. Apocalypse missed literally every split timing because of latency and had delayed reactions because of it, that was obvious just from looking at it. I'm not saying Minimath is or isn't a better player, but Apocalypse going bio with cross server latency instead of going mech on Coda (which isn't the worst mech map) was not the best choice. If you can't split your units in time due to delay you better have macro like Cure to not just die.
Decision making is a pretty big part of being a good player. If he made poor decisions like this in his gameplay, then maybe he's not that good. The game isn't purely based on mechanics.
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After all, Apocalypse did qualify!
FYI, if two players whose home server is Korea met in the qualifier, naturally they were allowed to play the game in the Korean server.
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Guess we gotta be happy with what we've been given, could be worse with no tournament at all.
Hearthstone brings more viewers for sure, and I suppose we should support all remaining tournaments with a fervor, but when tournaments shrink in prize pool, less people will watch... hurting future prize pools even further, losing even more viewers... and thus begins the vicious cycle of SC2's decline.
Sbenu was a much needed injection of capital and marketing for the SC2 scene, but more or less limited to Korea only. I'm sitting here thinking that I should be content with how things are and enjoy the game for a bit longer, but the fact of the matter is that staying stationary where we are equates to being left behind, with the hyper pace of development many other esports are experiencing. We NEED a Sbenu of the international scene, and soon. We're already headed down the path where the only large tournaments left would be WCS, GSL and SSL, with a sprinkling of local tournies with tiny prize pools.
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I do love tournaments with losers' brackets.
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On July 08 2015 00:35 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
I do love tournaments with losers' brackets.
We can only do it for the top8 of the qualifiers since otherwise the tournament would take too long to finish with bo3 matches in each round. The first qualifier lasted around 6 hours anyway. Luckily the second was over in less than 5 hours.
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On July 08 2015 00:48 Azhrak wrote:Show nested quote +On July 08 2015 00:35 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
I do love tournaments with losers' brackets. We can only do it for the top8 of the qualifiers since otherwise the tournament would take too long to finish with bo3 matches in each round. The first qualifier lasted around 6 hours anyway. Luckily the second was over in less than 5 hours.
That's fine. I'm just happy you have a losers' bracket at all :D
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Great plan by Fear, but bad execution :/
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I think Revolver's got a good chance. He'll lose to Hyun but I think he'll claim one of the two spots in the losers' bracket.
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Wow that's a really weird story. I think he probably shouldn't be allowed to participate if all that's true.
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This seems like the best dramarama we've had since Savior.
Go DmC!
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On July 10 2015 03:18 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
This seems like the best dramarama we've had since Savior.
Go DmC!
Sounds like you missed this one.
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On July 10 2015 03:28 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2015 03:18 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
This seems like the best dramarama we've had since Savior.
Go DmC! Sounds like you missed this one.
Damn. Sad way to go like that. Also what a shitty way to throw a game.
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4 French players left out of 8, 4 qualifying spots. I don't know what would be funnier, all French qualifying or none of them.
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On July 10 2015 03:42 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
4 French players left out of 8, 4 qualifying spots. I don't know what would be funnier, all French qualifying or none of them.
none of them
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On July 10 2015 03:43 Alchemik wrote:Show nested quote +On July 10 2015 03:42 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
4 French players left out of 8, 4 qualifying spots. I don't know what would be funnier, all French qualifying or none of them. none of them
failure is always funnier than success, unless it's Choya
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It can happen!
We need the following:
Losira > Winner of Relmer vs. Kimo
Strange > Denver
DmC > Denver
Qualifiers are Losira, Guru, DmC, Strange.
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Sick gambit by strange, nice reaction by Denver! Let's see who wins the trade
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Damn.
Nice play by Denver, and now Strange vs. DmC for the loser qualifier spot. GG
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any ETA for the invites?
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wow I've heard before that Hunter/Ghost was a maphacker, but that's some really serious shit...
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On July 10 2015 07:29 Yhamm wrote:any ETA for the invites?
Monday 13.7. probably!
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