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Date: Sunday, Nov 15 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) | Countdown
Format: Single Elimination (Bo3/Bo5/Bo5)
Casters:
- Main Stream:Rotterdam and Nathanias
- Secondary Stream: Rifkin and ZombieGrub
Sponsored by Blizzard, the Archon All-Stars Tournament pairs former SC2 professional players against current SC2 pros.
Bracket:
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Replays: puu.sh
Teams:
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 Stephano and vioLet
- Trump and MaSa
- iNcontroL and Huk
- Destiny and CatZ
- MaSsan and Hyun
- StrifeCro and Kelazhur
- ChanManV and Bunny
- TT1* and puCK
*: TT1 has replaced Sheth
Prizing (Per team)
- 1st - $1,000
- 2nd - $400
- 3rd-4th - $200
- 5th-8th - $50
Main Stream - Twitch.tv/starcraft
Secondary Stream - Twitch.tv/Basetradetv
WellPlayed Twitter
Questions I assume will be asked
- Wow, this is really soon. Why are you announcing so late?
We were committed to the date, but couldn't finalize some of the details until Blizzcon weekend. Sorry for the short notice!
- Will this conflict with TB's SanDisk Invitational?
Nope (Unless they bring back Swarmhosts as a thing). We've been talking to them to try to avoid a conflict as much as possible.
- Is this LOTV?
Yes
- How were the teams decided? When will we know them?
All players were asked to fill out a form indicating players they'd Like and Dislike to play with. Once everyone has filled it out, teams will be announced within 24 hours.
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Hype! Knew about this a for a while due to some streams and was wondering what happened to this  . This will be really fun, thanks Blizzard!
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Very cool! Some big names involved here, lot's of great exposure incoming. Thumbs up!
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Sick wow this lineup looks amazing!
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huk + steph plz 
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Looking forward to this, especially seeing Trump and Strifecro get back in the saddle. +1 for a good ol' swarm host joke, too.
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Destiny/Catz is confirmed on their streams.
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Lol steph violet, the irony
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Stephano/Violet and Incontrol/Huk are stupidly strong teams, I can't see the finals being between any other teams but those two.
Stephano is just kind of never not decent, and Incontrol still actively ladders and is high GM, so those teams have a huge advantage.
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On November 14 2015 05:20 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Stephano/Violet and Incontrol/Huk are stupidly strong teams, I can't see the finals being between any other teams but those two.
Stephano is just kind of never not decent, and Incontrol still actively ladders and is high GM, so those teams have a huge advantage.
The problem was both Stephano and Incontrol were always going to create teams with an advantage. There is no pro who you could pair them with that would compensate the fact that they're both still good players. Unless you wanted to switch the two so they have to offrace
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On November 14 2015 06:38 chipmonklord17 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2015 05:20 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Stephano/Violet and Incontrol/Huk are stupidly strong teams, I can't see the finals being between any other teams but those two.
Stephano is just kind of never not decent, and Incontrol still actively ladders and is high GM, so those teams have a huge advantage. The problem was both Stephano and Incontrol were always going to create teams with an advantage. There is no pro who you could pair them with that would compensate the fact that they're both still good players. Unless you wanted to switch the two so they have to offrace
I think if Destiny and ended up with Hyun that'd be a strong team too.
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Sheth, why?  I was looking forward to seeing him play again!
Shethboarders unite!
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Can't wait to see Trump play. Well, get rekt by an archon that seems a bit broken
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One questions, will there be POV streams? Generally atleast Destiny tries to stream his POV with this stuff, any information?
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Destiny/Catz will be stronger than people think. Strategically speaking they probably have a lot up their sleeves. I still think Stephano/violet will take it and Incontrol/Huk are likely finalists
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Ohh they are starting now, awesome gogo
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Liqu/Chan, definitely an anime character.
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Gotta be honest, I vetoed this map, I just can't beat Zerg on it. And also the third is a 30 minute trip away from your main (and sometimes your opponent's main aswell).
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What happend with Sheth? Is he allright?
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So they're only casting half of today's matches? This BO3, a BO5, and a replay of one of the other BO3s?
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Nate & Rotti are casting on http://www.twitch.tv/starcraft in addition to the Basetrade stream. Looks like they'll do all Ro8 and 1 Ro4 matches in total.
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On November 16 2015 04:38 TheDougler wrote:
So they're only casting half of today's matches? This BO3, a BO5, and a replay of one of the other BO3s?
well there are two streams, so you can see every game
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On November 16 2015 04:39 Elentos wrote:Nate & Rotti are casting on http://www.twitch.tv/starcraft in addition to the Basetrade stream. Looks like they'll do all Ro8 and 1 Ro4 matches in total.
Oh okay! Thanks for that, much better (better that they're casting all RO8 matches, not saying one casting team is better than the other, they're both great).
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On November 16 2015 04:42 TheDougler wrote:Oh okay! Thanks for that, much better
Oh didn't even see that this stream is not on the right side, sorry .
Can someone add it?
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Also I'm excited to see TT1 in action, he was on top of the LOTV beta ladder in archon mode for a while and practiced a lot with QXC and BeastyQT. I could see either team in this BO3 going pretty far.
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wow, two streams and they are still not showing every match?
Trump already out, they missed out on tons of Trump fans...
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Oh man Nate is living the Thug Life. Gotta agree with Rotti, some Archons are pretty much 2 pros.
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Wait, not all the games are streamed? Who the hell decided to get all these popular personalities and then NOT STREAM THEM?
That is insanely badly planned
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On November 16 2015 04:50 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wait, not all the games are streamed? Who the hell decided to get all these popular personalities and then NOT STREAM THEM?
That is insanely badly planned
I sincerely hope we get them casted from replay t.t
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On November 16 2015 04:50 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wait, not all the games are streamed? Who the hell decided to get all these popular personalities and then NOT STREAM THEM?
That is insanely badly planned
A real shame indeed. The whole tournament is 6 bo3s and 1 bo5. They should've just streamed everything in a row on the main channel and we would've gotten some real hype and viewership for this :/.
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On November 16 2015 04:52 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On November 16 2015 04:50 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Wait, not all the games are streamed? Who the hell decided to get all these popular personalities and then NOT STREAM THEM?
That is insanely badly planned A real shame indeed. The whole tournament is 6 bo3s and 1 bo5. They should've just streamed everything in a row on the main channel and we would've gotten some real hype and viewership for this :/.
Agreed. This is quite a shame. Not really any point in having big name personalities and not streaming them.
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Awwe too bad that Destiny and CatZ are already out
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Basetrade already casting the first semifinal? Like seriously? This is a poorly handled tournament :/
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Yep - great potential, very bad delivery.
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Should be called FREEDOM mode instead of Defender mode.
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Dangit Bunny (and ChanmanV I guess) stop being so good at this game!
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So wait now Nate and Rotti are gonna cast puCK/TT1 vs Stephano/viOlet? This schedule is all messed up.
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Also, the Basetrade stream are saying that Semifinals are BO5. Is that accurate?
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On November 16 2015 05:13 TheDougler wrote:
Also, the Basetrade stream are saying that Semifinals are BO5. Is that accurate?
Seems so, the main stream showed 5 maps for the semifinal.
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On November 16 2015 05:14 Elentos wrote:Show nested quote +On November 16 2015 05:13 TheDougler wrote:
Also, the Basetrade stream are saying that Semifinals are BO5. Is that accurate? Seems so, the main stream showed 5 maps for the semifinal.
Well at least that's a good thing then. I hope the players know that as well. They might not given that liquipedia says they're BO3.
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So are the finals today or tomorrow?
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At the pace this has been going and with the OP not mentioning anything regarding tomorrow, I assume the finals are today.
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MVP is only the king of wings because Chanman decided to host a show.
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On November 16 2015 05:16 Elentos wrote:
At the pace this has been going and with the OP not mentioning anything regarding tomorrow, I assume the finals are today.
Yeah I'm leaning that way as well, but on Basetrade they said it'd be tomorrow, but today's Sunday so I dunno. Maybe it'll be just Rotti/Nate's steam casting the finals I guess?
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How was the Violet/Steph vs Puck/TTOne game one? Worth watching the series or should I stick with the PvT?
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On November 16 2015 05:30 Arvendilin wrote:
How was the Violet/Steph vs Puck/TTOne game one? Worth watching the series or should I stick with the PvT?
The Zerg team went for a zergling/ravager comp and completely shut down blink stalkers, was kinda fun to see.
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Outch, that overlord kill caused a pretty big supplyblock for the Zergs
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Violet and Stephano are so strong.
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On November 16 2015 05:38 Musicus wrote:
Violet and Stephano are so strong.
Yeah. Man that game was actually a FANTASTIC watch. Roach Ravager is actually a fun composition to spectate, especially vs blink stalkers.
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On November 16 2015 05:43 TheDougler wrote:Yeah. Man that game was actually a FANTASTIC watch. Roach Ravager is actually a fun composition to spectate, especially vs blink stalkers.
Yeah and it's fun to play too. I also really like the Lurker/Disruptor interaction, I think it will be great to watch when people learn how to control all the new stuff!
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So its turns out that violet + stephano = life.
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Just wait for adrenal glands rotti, then those lings will eat those adepts .
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This is the best zerg archon performance I've seen so far. Sick plays.
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dang violet and stephano are very good together
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Bunny making it to the finals is very impressive.
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Seriously, this is so unfair lol, poor Bunny.
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Yea pretty unfair of bunny to get carried through by the channelman!
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well chanman plays hearthstone so I'm sure there is some transfer of skills
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I predict that in a few months terrans will start having a few SCVs in their army to repair liberators. In the past we've only seen repair being a bit of a big deal the odd time with thors or in extremely rare cases battlecruisers. But I think liberators are actually worth having an scv or 2 to repair, or maybe just dropping mules to repair, but I think it might me mroe effective to have an scv or two around, though I could be wrong there.
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Cracklings are good again.
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Feel kinda bad for Bunny, feel like it's just him versus 2 good players.
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On November 16 2015 06:35 blade55555 wrote:
Feel kinda bad for Bunny, feel like it's just him versus 2 good players.
Agreed, bit of an unfair team up.
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Those ling drops. In your face.
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LOL Liquid`Bunny has had enough.
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On November 16 2015 06:50 RHoudini wrote:
LOL Liquid`Bunny has had enough.
I'm 100% sure that he wrote gg in the allied chat .
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I mean Stephano/Violet is kinda imba, but they still played really, really well. Bunny/Chanman still 2-0ed Massan/Hyun, so it's not like zerg is unbeatable.
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I don't think anyone should use those games as balanced. Lots of mistakes were made and I am pretty sure Bunny was doing most of the work. No offense to chanman, but I can't imagine him being much help just because he doesn't play sc2 and was never a pro.
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