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Alienware Arena - StarCraft II North American Challenge #2
Alienware Arena is proud to announce the StarCraft II - North American Challenge Tournament.
Demonstrate your skills, as you compete for a share of $2,000+ in cash and prizes including an MLG StarCraft 2 Competitor's Pass to MLG Raleigh for the tournament champion.
Registration is free and open now until August 1st. Residents of the United States, Canada (excluding Quebec), and Mexico that are over 18 years of age or older.
Play begins Wednesday, August 3rd with an MLG broadcasted finals on August 17th. Play to earn your place in the spotlight, as thousands watch the MLG broadcasted finals. Do you have what it takes to withstand the pressure?
Schedule:
Day 1 - Wednesday, August 3 from 9 - 10 PM CDT:
Round 1 - 9:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Metalopolis, then the loser chooses
Day 2 - Saturday, August 6 from 5 - 8 PM CDT:
Round 2 - 5:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Shakuras Plateau, then the loser chooses
Round 3 - 6:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Shattered Temple, then the loser chooses
Round 4 - 7:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Tal'darim Altar, then the loser chooses
Day 3 - Sunday, August 7 from 5 - 9 PM CDT (Alienware Arena Broadcast):
Round 5 - 5:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Testbug, then the loser chooses
Round 6 - 6:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Typhon Peaks, then the loser chooses
Round 7 - 7:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Xel'Naga Caverns, then the loser chooses
Round 8 - 8:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of three) - MLG Metalopolis, then the loser chooses
The Finals - Wednesday, August 17 from 7 - 9 PM CDT (MLG Broadcast):
Finals - 7:00 p.m. (CDT) - (best of five) - MLG Shakuras Plateau, then the loser chooses
Prizes:
1st Place: $1,000.00 + One Competitor Pass for MLG Raleigh
2nd Place: $500.00
3rd-4th Place: $250.00
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excluding quebec, omg!
sounds good for the others =)
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It's a pity tournament is for US-residents and Canada only 
BTW, since when 4-gate push is a rush?
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Always great to see more and more big names getting into ESPORTS. Thanks Alienware / Dell!
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I'd have prefered some kind of alienware related prize
Then again, I won't be winning it, and i'm sure the pros that do place would rather have money
regardless, good as alienware
is kiwikaki living in quebec? or is he somewhere else?
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On June 18 2011 14:43 Samp wrote:
excluding quebec, omg!
sounds good for the others =)
anyone know why quebec is always excluded? weird laws there?
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18+
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On June 18 2011 14:55 Mr_Kr4bb2 wrote:It's a pity tournament is for US-residents and Canada only BTW, since when 4-gate push is a rush?
or, alienware has a specific audience it is advertising to that only includes US and Canada. couldnt be that though, how silly....
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looks like a great event! I messed up my name signing up on the site though lol uckyfool ftw.
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On June 18 2011 16:03 ReviLLuSion wrote:18+
this
why alienware why :'(
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On June 18 2011 17:51 Dusty wrote:this why alienware why :'(
When you are over 18 you'll understand why.
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On June 18 2011 18:05 superbabosheki wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 17:51 Dusty wrote:On June 18 2011 16:03 ReviLLuSion wrote:18+ this why alienware why :'( When you are over 18 you'll understand why.
this
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ugh...
WHY 18 AND OLDER
WHYYYYYYYYYYYY
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On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics,
seriously? elite tactics?
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I chuckled at that as well.
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On June 18 2011 22:00 UnholyGregor wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics, seriously? elite tactics?
They didn't want to limit the participants to only "Special Tactics."
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Quebec Sweepstakes Law Encourages Sweepstakes Void in Quebec
The reason why residents of Quebec are not eligible to enter many Canada sweepstakes is not because the sponsors don't want to advertise in Quebec, and it's nothing personal against any of the residents of that fine province. Rather, many sweepstakes are void in Quebec because the sponsors must follow a stringent set of rules set out by the Quebec government.
For example, in order for sponsor to skip the "void in Quebec" restriction, Quebec sweepstakes law requires that the sponsors must do some or all of the following things:
Register the sweepstakes rules and all advertisements used to promote the contest with the Quebec government at least 30 days ahead of the sweepstake's launch.
Pay a fee of up to 10% of the sweepstake's value, depending on who is allowed to enter.
Agree to allow the government of Quebec to mediate any lawsuits arising from the contest.
Follow strict guidelines about the contents of the sweepstakes rules.
Allow the Quebec government to determine if the sweepstake may be changed or canceled once it has started.
File a written report after the contest has concluded, attesting that the prizes have been delivered or attempted to be delivered.
Agree to follow a number of other rules and guidelines. See the Quebec Sweepstakes Laws.
While these laws are intended to protect the citizens of Quebec, they are also a significant burden of money and resources to sweepstakes sponsors, and the consequences for a mistake are severe. Rather than run the risk of facing legal action if these long and complicated rules are not followed to the letter, many sponsors take the easy route of making their contests void in Quebec.
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On June 18 2011 17:33 LuckyFool wrote:
looks like a great event! I messed up my name signing up on the site though lol uckyfool ftw.
nice. rootin for uckyfool lol
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On June 19 2011 00:02 DyEnasTy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 17:33 LuckyFool wrote:
looks like a great event! I messed up my name signing up on the site though lol uckyfool ftw. nice. rootin for uckyfool lol
It is almost as if he was uglyfool 
GL mate! 
Also, didn't you recently become part of the CoL. Academy?
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Looks like a lot of fun =D
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On June 18 2011 22:00 UnholyGregor wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics, seriously? elite tactics?
That's the joke.
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On June 18 2011 16:03 ReviLLuSion wrote:18+
Indeed. Being seventeen sucks. Graduated highschool but can't do anything else..
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I needed a reason to boost my post count and this thread is just the perfect place for me to drop a meaningless and unjustified "This is awesome!" statement.
Cheers.
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On June 19 2011 02:10 kiy0 wrote:
I needed a reason to boost my post count and this thread is just the perfect place for me to drop a meaningless and unjustified "This is awesome!" statement.
Cheers.
Says the guy w/ only 50 posts...
Btw, that was 
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On June 19 2011 02:10 kiy0 wrote:
I needed a reason to boost my post count and this thread is just the perfect place for me to drop a meaningless and unjustified "This is awesome!" statement.
Cheers.
Just saying that will get you warned or banned so watch out :p
I wish I had internet at my house so I could finally get better at SC2. =(
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Why is QUebec always excluded? Sorry if it's a stupid question
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On June 19 2011 03:35 heartjc wrote:
Why is QUebec always excluded? Sorry if it's a stupid question
Quebec has laws in place that make it difficult for sponsors and prizes etc. Read the post above concerning this.
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On June 19 2011 03:35 heartjc wrote:
Why is QUebec always excluded? Sorry if it's a stupid question
A stupid law which if ignored could mean in a pretty big lawsuit for the sponsor. Also, thanks to this law, if there actually is anything, the sponsor has to pay like 10% of the prize value to the government.
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On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics
Um... While this tournament looks pretty cool, I worry that the people running it won't know what to provide for the players. After all, they don't seem like the most... up to date tournament hosts.
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CEVO is running the event. We have done several event with the community already including tactic3d, ttesports, and geforce.
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Sweet signed up. I assume its 18 or over for prize legality reasons.
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Cool, I like the initiative. Tomorrow I will be casting at an Alienware event at Dreamhack with several pros competing for a beast computer, should be good. Seems like they are eager to reach out to the hardcore community, 'elite tactics' or not 
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About 40 spots left. Better hurry if you want to take part.
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Are we required to use Match Network Client (Alienware Arena version)?
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On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics
Not only are none of them of those elite rather than cheap cheeses, but all of them are hardly used at all anymore. Especially thor drops, haven't seen one of them in a few months.
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At this moment in time, yes the client is required.
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excluding quebec, omg!
sounds good for the others =)
Quebec has different laws compared to the rest of Canada. when it envolve money something of the sort..
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I thought you would win alienware stuff, but then again i cant join
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Man I cant wait to show off my elite tactics.
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Edit: Remind me to read the 3 page of posts before saying something
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Just signed up dont expect to get far but should be fun! on the plus side if i win i can build a desktop so i wont have to play the geforce pro/am tournament on my laptop my 2007 macbook pro struggles on medium lol
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On June 19 2011 02:03 holycrapitsTony wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 22:00 UnholyGregor wrote:On June 18 2011 14:19 Alienware_Arena wrote:
Demonstrate your skills with Baneling Busts, Thor Drops, 4-Gate Rushes, among other elite tactics, seriously? elite tactics? That's the joke.
By popular demand, updated to more "common" tactics. I sure miss some of the old stuff.
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It won't let me sign up
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On June 19 2011 17:31 Yergidy wrote:It won't let me sign up
Tournament registration has been turned off since the tournament is for 256 players.
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Whew looks like I just made it ! Lets see how far a gold level player can get lol
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Is there any way I could get on a waiting list? because it is very likely that some may not show up.
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omg this is awesome. although alienware sells big riced products, it is nice to see them host a tournament
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On June 19 2011 06:00 CEVO Ahn wrote:
About 40 spots left. Better hurry if you want to take part.
Why is this one 18+ when others have been 16+?
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cool stuff, though it seems weird that 3rd and 4th receive the same prize
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were are the brackets or are they not up yet?
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This sounds awesome but i wish i was good enough (or old enough) to play in it.
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On June 21 2011 13:29 CosmosXAM wrote:
This sounds awesome but i wish i was good enough (or old enough) to play in it.
Well i hope there wasnt a rank limit or anything like that.... cause im only gold and i signed up!
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On June 21 2011 16:37 MindBreaker wrote:Show nested quote +On June 21 2011 13:29 CosmosXAM wrote:
This sounds awesome but i wish i was good enough (or old enough) to play in it. Well i hope there wasnt a rank limit or anything like that.... cause im only gold and i signed up!
Nope, no rank requirement.
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On June 21 2011 11:07 Nazeron wrote:
were are the brackets or are they not up yet?
We have not created the brackets yet. We will be doing that in the next day or two. You'll have at least 24 hours notice don't worry.
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So Day 1 isn't going to be broadcasted at all? That's a bit of a shame in my opinion since it's not like upsets are impossible.
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Is there any way to opt out? I have a work shift from 1pm to 8pm that day (just was informed 10 minutes ago, thought it was free).
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"+ One Competitor Pass for MLG Anaheim" wow
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ALL I ASK is that u update ur website to handle 10k ppl trying to log in at once... because so far tourneys like this everyone has let us down and it takes 20mins to log in when the matches are starting SO PLEASE FIX THAT ISSUE before the tourney.. god damn if u have 10k ppl signing up for this... u WOULD think that the website can handle that many ppl... but it amazes me that they dont.
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On June 24 2011 10:00 SeizeTheDay wrote:
ALL I ASK is that u update ur website to handle 10k ppl trying to log in at once... because so far tourneys like this everyone has let us down and it takes 20mins to log in when the matches are starting SO PLEASE FIX THAT ISSUE before the tourney.. god damn if u have 10k ppl signing up for this... u WOULD think that the website can handle that many ppl... but it amazes me that they dont.
Are you by any chance referencing the completely different GeForce Pro/Am tournament, which is in no way related to the Alienware Tournament?
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A tournament would be awesome!
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On June 24 2011 10:13 FabledIntegral wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2011 10:00 SeizeTheDay wrote:
ALL I ASK is that u update ur website to handle 10k ppl trying to log in at once... because so far tourneys like this everyone has let us down and it takes 20mins to log in when the matches are starting SO PLEASE FIX THAT ISSUE before the tourney.. god damn if u have 10k ppl signing up for this... u WOULD think that the website can handle that many ppl... but it amazes me that they dont. Are you by any chance referencing the completely different GeForce Pro/Am tournament, which is in no way related to the Alienware Tournament?
Every tourney that has done this.. geforce is one of them and also there was another one before that with creative... its basically the same tourney just different companies.. that don't understand that there website is going to be FLOODED with people on the day of the tourney all I am asking is that Alienware knows and doesn't do it the same way.
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On June 24 2011 10:00 SeizeTheDay wrote:
ALL I ASK is that u update ur website to handle 10k ppl trying to log in at once... because so far tourneys like this everyone has let us down and it takes 20mins to log in when the matches are starting SO PLEASE FIX THAT ISSUE before the tourney.. god damn if u have 10k ppl signing up for this... u WOULD think that the website can handle that many ppl... but it amazes me that they dont.
This tournament was cut off at 256. :|
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Is there any way for me to contact the person I'm going to be playing?
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On June 26 2011 02:00 MindBreaker wrote:
are brackets out??
Yeah, there already out.
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K so brackets are out... Any chance we could get peoples character codes or bnet names? I'm gonna have to go around asking peoples names?
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this tournament needs serious help with the bnet names asap!
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On June 26 2011 06:33 Caliber wrote:how?
You can reach your opponent through the in-game chat channel based on your bracket here:
Bracket A - channel: arena-a
Bracket B - channel: arena-b
Bracket C - channel: arena-c
Bracket D - channel: arena-d
Bracket E - channel: arena-e
Bracket F - channel: arena-f
Bracket G - channel: arena-g
Bracket H - channel: arena-h
Or communicate with them through the match thread system here:
http://www.alienwarearena.com/account/events/
Click on the match you need to play and you will be able to communicate with your opponent.
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Currently 5 of us in the bracket chat channel, and no sign of a post from my opponent in our match thread - which, by the way, was pretty impressively buried on the site.
I'd be surprised if we manage to make contact before the 15 minute window closes, which is pretty disappointing.
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So, I tried to report 2-0 win. It reports 0-0 tie, and won't let me change it.
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ima go out on a limb and say this tournament is poorly run ;o
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another online tournament bites the dust..
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Round 2 Matches are being scheduled right now and brackets have already been updated.
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Cool was wondering what was going on with round 2 cheeers
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"Demonstrate your skills with 3-Gate Robo, Marine Drops, and Roach Rushes"
Yeaaaahhh its fairly obvious that these guys know nothing about starcraft...
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There are soooo many people not showing up to play, it's crazy
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It is 45 minutes past the scheduled time and I haven't played my third round yet. What's the deal?
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played in the tsl and was so tired after i lost to mr zenexzero i went to sleeep.. slept thru round 1 gg my face
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This tournament was poorly run. I never got invited to the game or massage so I get the lost. Plus you can't find their battle id.
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That is sad then Rushxcel I wont play another Alienware tourney if shit like that is happening.. I think that Alienware just jumped into this sc2 tourney stuff because GEFORCE / Plantronics did it.. and just sad really companies think they can just BUY there way into the hearts of gamers and they cant .. I will remember this because i couldn't even find out if I had a FFL or not because there website gave no direction. Also I got the email saying i was playing at like 5:30pm PDT when i was suppose to play at 5pm CDT so I mean Geforce emailed me like days before my event. All good never again.
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I agreed. GEFORCE did an amazing job giving u email like 2 days before the match and it's easy to report the score on the top of the website.
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whoops lol totally forgot about this tournament, a notification would have been nice, i went through the brackets, looked like i wasn't placed in any anyways, guessing you had to check in?
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mr bitter? mlg maps? LIKE!
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On June 26 2011 10:49 RusHXceL wrote:
I agreed. GEFORCE did an amazing job giving u email like 2 days before the match and it's easy to report the score on the top of the website.
exact same system was used in this tournament.... there was even channels with everyone in them with admins as well...
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Is there a channel online where players in this tourney go or a way to contact admins?
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Arena 1 is the battle.net chat chan, Rich.
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On June 26 2011 08:23 Geordie wrote:
"Demonstrate your skills with 3-Gate Robo, Marine Drops, and Roach Rushes"
Yeaaaahhh its fairly obvious that these guys know nothing about starcraft...
Special tactics :D But yeah, they could have come up with something better.
I'm always postivite for new starcraftstuff :D
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is there any video for SeleCT vs Axslav ? or it's too early ? :p
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On June 27 2011 20:09 Toez wrote:
is there any video for SeleCT vs Axslav ? or it's too early ? :p
I will update the post once the match replays are available online.
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who is korlith
Korlith was a member of clan tG which recently merged with clan SCD. He is fairly new and upcoming I would say! ^^
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This will indeed be very cool. Can't wait to tune in!
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On June 18 2011 15:27 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 14:43 Samp wrote:
excluding quebec, omg!
sounds good for the others =) anyone know why quebec is always excluded? weird laws there?
I'm from Quebec and I think it's because we have a compagny named Loto Quebec that has the monopole of everything that can give you a money prize. This is why every event is excluding quebec, but I mean if someone really wants to play I guess he can just write that hes from somewhere else tbh.
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On June 30 2011 13:08 Ranir wrote:Show nested quote +On June 18 2011 15:27 dAPhREAk wrote:On June 18 2011 14:43 Samp wrote:
excluding quebec, omg!
sounds good for the others =) anyone know why quebec is always excluded? weird laws there? I'm from Quebec and I think it's because we have a compagny named Loto Quebec that has the monopole of everything that can give you a money prize. This is why every event is excluding quebec, but I mean if someone really wants to play I guess he can just write that hes from somewhere else tbh.
thats kind of correct, but from my understanding that company is kind of quebec government run, and require promoters with events to pay them a percent of the prize to be eligible to give it away in quebec... and that percentage is up to 10% based on who is eligible. Meaning that it could cost several hundred dollars extra to just make quebec law happy... Not to mention paperwork and a few other hoops to jump through. One being that they cant advertise or do anything regarding the promotion until Quebec ok's the promotional material,advertisements and anything used in the event before the event is announced to the public or it becomes invalid. Meaning if there is a broadcast of the event or whatever they have to Ok that broadcast in its entirety before the tournament is ran =/ meaning that is impossible, as the games being broadcasted havent even been played or the tournament even starting yet....
TL:DR Quebec has very weird laws making gaming tournaments impossible to run.
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nice little pre-mlg event.. Good the see MLG giving some player passes as well
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On July 07 2011 22:01 Jakka wrote:
So, who won?
SeleCT beat Korlith 3-1 in the finals.
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EPT
