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Polygon Invitational #1 - Botvinnik vs Kelazhur

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theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-04 08:02:45
May 31 2016 07:27 GMT
#1
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Showmatch
For our first major event for the community, we wanted to start strong. What better way to do that than to bring out two amazing Terran from two of the hardest-hitting teams known in the Foreigner scene? This Terran versus Terran mirror match-up will be unlike any you have ever seen.

Please join us on Saturday June 4, 2016 at 2 PM Eastern time for the time of our lives.



Format
$50 Winner-Take-All Prize Pool
  • Best of 7
  • Ladder maps
    • Loser's pick
      • First map decided by ABABAB veto




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Rescawen
Profile Joined April 2010
Finland1028 Posts
May 31 2016 08:11 GMT
#2
hype!
Snow_SC2
Profile Joined March 2016
3 Posts
May 31 2016 08:43 GMT
#3
June 4th instead of May I'm assuming?

Get keen!
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
May 31 2016 09:07 GMT
#4
On May 31 2016 17:43 Snow_SC2 wrote:
June 4th instead of May I'm assuming?

Get keen!


Haha yeah Snow, updated the graphic shortly after you said that <3 Thanks you handsome nerd
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EddieSc2
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia908 Posts
May 31 2016 12:27 GMT
#5
Looks like a cool new series

Think Kelazhur might take this, he's a TvT Master!
Tournament Event Organiser and Admin, follow @EddieSC2
intotheheart
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada33091 Posts
May 31 2016 12:55 GMT
#6
Kel'Thuzad will probably win. :D
kiss kiss fall in love
ploguidice
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
United States230 Posts
May 31 2016 14:19 GMT
#7
Good luck Malcom! Cool to see you guys back with new content.
I'm Joe
Risk.781
Profile Joined June 2015
20 Posts
May 31 2016 22:30 GMT
#8
Ho boys this is gonna be siiiiiiiiiiiiiick
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10673 Posts
May 31 2016 23:30 GMT
#9
I swear that is Iaguz is looking at us with his one Terran eye, the Cyclops.
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 01 2016 03:42 GMT
#10
On May 31 2016 21:27 EddieSc2 wrote:
Looks like a cool new series

Think Kelazhur might take this, he's a TvT Master!


That's the smart money :D But never count botvinnik out!

On May 31 2016 23:19 ploguidice wrote:
Good luck Malcom! Cool to see you guys back with new content.


Thanks Joe, I'm super hyped about this!

On June 01 2016 08:30 GGzerG wrote:
I swear that is Iaguz is looking at us with his one Terran eye, the Cyclops.


Lol Iaguz, the terror from down under
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A_Scarecrow
Profile Joined March 2013
Australia721 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-01 06:49:01
June 01 2016 06:46 GMT
#11
looks like a great match good luck guys keep the showmatches coming!
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 01 2016 07:20 GMT
#12
On June 01 2016 15:46 A_Scarecrow wrote:
looks like a great match good luck guys keep the showmatches coming!


Thanks Scarecrow! These casters are really great dudes, and IITALL isn't bad either <3
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Deagor
Profile Joined February 2015
Ireland1 Post
June 02 2016 16:25 GMT
#13
More pro matches and prizes always nice :D
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 02 2016 17:09 GMT
#14
On June 03 2016 01:25 Deagor wrote:
More pro matches and prizes always nice :D


I read that as pizzas. Pizza sure would be good right now.
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GrimleySC2
Profile Joined April 2016
United States3 Posts
June 02 2016 17:13 GMT
#15
Show match hypuuuu
TRaFFiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada1448 Posts
June 02 2016 17:58 GMT
#16
I can't wait for this. Good thing work cancelled on me!
2v2, 1v1, Zerg, Terran http://www.twitch.tv/trafficsc2
SGMattC
Profile Joined June 2016
1 Post
June 03 2016 03:53 GMT
#17
I am so verily super stoked!
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 04 2016 10:36 GMT
#18
Event will begin in ~7 hours Is anyone as excited as I am?
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HoZBlooddrop
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Italy324 Posts
June 04 2016 10:39 GMT
#19
nice, GL!
polygonsc2
Profile Joined June 2016
34 Posts
June 04 2016 12:04 GMT
#20
It's going to be one hell of an event! <3
inspectornig
Profile Joined November 2015
9 Posts
June 04 2016 18:23 GMT
#21
Who are those players?
Who are those casters?
...Clear the live event list please.
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 04 2016 18:30 GMT
#22
After a few technical difficulties, we are going live now. Sorry about any issues.
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Jan1997
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
Norway671 Posts
June 04 2016 19:59 GMT
#23
Good games. WP to Kelazhur.
Do something today that your future self will be thankful for.
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
June 05 2016 03:33 GMT
#24
Anyone who wants to catch the VoD can view it here: http://www.hitbox.tv/video/1050792

We have the interview with [Winner] coming in the next few days.
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GotouDeathsc2
Profile Joined March 2016
4 Posts
June 05 2016 14:18 GMT
#25
Good games.
DisReSpeCTsc2
Profile Joined November 2015
United States44 Posts
June 05 2016 17:05 GMT
#26
That was a really good event, can't wait for the interview.
theonlyshaft
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States581 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-06-08 08:00:11
June 08 2016 07:56 GMT
#27
The winner's skype and mic were not working properly so we decided to release a minor print interview so you guys can get to know his mindset a little bit better Thanks for tuning in



+ Show Spoiler +
Interview with RootKelazhur - June 4, 2016
Q1: How confident were you in your TvT going in to these matches?
I'm pretty confident in TvT vs opponents I haven't played before. Element of surprise works really well for me



Q2: How did you feel about going up against the mech style in LotV?
Mech is pretty weak in LotV, but Botvinnik executed it well and Dusk Towers is probably the map for it. It -almost- worked, but then again, it's very weak



Q3: We saw you take a really good positioning in the second match zoning out your opponent, what would be your ideal composition to do things like that more often?
There's not really an ideal composition, it's just Marine Tank Medivac throughout the match-up, but if you want to play more methodically with contains and keeping his army at a distance, you can add Vikings to your composition




If you enjoyed this event, our next even is less than two weeks away featuring (Wiki)Hydra vs (Wiki)Kas.

Join us here to be part of the fun!
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