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FXOpen Announcements
After the success of our past events and the establishment of the  FXOpen Invitational Series we are proud to make the following announcements.
- FXOpen e-Sports has begun programming for an e-Sports TV platform. The platform will feature all FXOpen events, as well as various talk shows and other productions. It will also enable other tournament organisers to stream via a stable, high technology, platform without the hassle of web based streaming.
- FXOpen e-Sports tournament Ladder is now released. The ladder will be used for us to gauge which players will get an invite to our tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We have not released the prize money as yet, but it will be that of GSL or higher (sponsorships are already incoming so we will make a further announcement). We are looking at hosting this tournament around October-November. See an explanation of how the ladder will work in the spoiler below.
+ Show Spoiler [Ladder Example] +Points will be awarded for tournament placings much like the ATP tennis rankings, with 750 points for first place, down to 8 points for participation. The player's total number of points accrued from tournament placings over a season (i.e. in the last 3-5 tournaments depending on season length) will contribute towards their ladder rank. As new seasons begin, older tournament results will cease to contribute so that only the last 3-5 most recent events count towards your points score. A multiplier is also in effect that reduces your total by 10% each time you forfeit or no-show to an event that you promised attendance at. Currently the ladder looks something like this: ![[image loading]](http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/384/fxoladder.png)
- FXOpen e-Sports new events. Weekly KOTH (including Korean players), the KOTH events allow players to gain points towards the FXOpen e-Sports tournament ladder as well as other prizes.
- FXOpen Invitational, Destination Korea Tournaments. In order to get some of the best names outside of Korea, to Korea, we will be hosting tournaments in which the first prize is a plane ticket to Korea. These tournaments will NOT have Korean players involved. *NOTE* This prize will only be a plane ticket, players with no intention on making it to korea will be requested to refuse their invitation. We will be taking PM’s for people who are interested in these tournaments soon when we announce the first one.
- FXOpen e-Sports talkshow, featuring FXOBOSs, FXOUnstable, FXOWolf and various guests, including some of your Korean favourites!
- FXOpen e-Sports website is nearly ready, on our website you will find replays, blogs, commentary and news regarding the company.
- FXOpen e-Sports TEAM HOUSE. We have found a property, its already owned by our company. It’s a large house just outside of Kuala Lumpur. It is the complete opposite of a Korean team house and is a more comfortable environment. We are now waiting for the occupants to move to their new place in the next 12 months (FXOMonarch is currently occupying it). If something changes in the company, this may change.
- FXOpen e-Sports studio, Kuala Lumpur. We are currently in the process of creating a gaming studio. We will test this with our technology and smaller local events before we run our larger globally broadcast event. We expect to have this completed by June.
- FXOpen e-Sports, FXOmOoNan joins the ranks. FXOmOoNan aka AllAboutYou has joined FXO and is hailing from New York. He is a well decorated brood war player and extremely good terran. We welcome him and are glad he signed up with us.
- FXOpen e-Sports, FXOWolf (Caster) joins the ranks. In order to provide superior streaming to our spectators we have signed up another caster to prevent any further issues. Unstable and Wolf are a great team and mould very well together.
There may be a few announcements I am missing, and I will update the OP if necessary.
GL HF all!
Regards
FXOBoss
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Nice!
I still find most SC2 matches boring, but will definitely support this, as I'm pretty sure that I will find SC2 really exciting after expansions and after the game have started to evolve more.
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What a great announcement!!! Looking forward to all the events !!!
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United States7481 Posts
wow, this is a lot to take in! I'm really looking forward to it all coming to fruition.
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So excited for this, FXO doing huge things for SC2.
Hype Hype!
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Wow, lots of nice stuff. You guys are going pretty big :D
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Amazing, now get Sheth to Korea :D
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Im just excited about the TV channel haha that would be amazing to have something like that. It would help the growth of E-sports majorly if it suceeds
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United Kingdom38255 Posts
You guys are doing some incredible things for esports and sc2.
I can't wait to see the results of all of this!
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Holy! The SC2 pro-scene is moving so fast it's amazing. Best of luck FXO 
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Oh wow, I'm incredibly impressed by this, FXO helping esports really grow is nothing short of amazing!
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holy hell, gsl, nasl, fxo. what tournament to watch
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United States13896 Posts
Sick announcements. The tournament, team house, and programming especially. Hasn't mOoNan been on FXO for like a month though? Regardless lots of good news coming from FXO, wish you guys nothing but the best!
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I guess the esports bomb just exploded.
3 100k + tournies? Jesus
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Wow lots of sick news. Hope you guys do some open tournaments too and not just invitationals but this is awesome some really awesome announcements and that tournament with gsl or higher prize money should be good too. Wish we didn't have to wait till october for that 
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WOW so many big things happening!!! my heads exploding!!!!
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On February 26 2011 16:47 p4NDemik wrote:
Hasn't mOoNan been on FXO for like a month though?
He was on probation to make sure he would meld well with the team etc but has successfully made it through :D
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Money money money! MONEY!
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Impressive list of projects, though you may wanna consider announcing the announcing of announcements before you announce the announcement another time. GL!
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this is too awesome, thank you so much FXO!!
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grats to Wolf, moonan, and all those involved ! Hope things go well~
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On February 26 2011 16:52 m0ck wrote:
Impressive list of projects, though you may wanna consider announcing the announcing of announcements before you announce the announcement another time. GL!
don't worry! they did it correctly, there were many announcements of announcements!
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Wow, this list seems extremely solid & awesome. If all of them can get carried out, it'll be a pretty huge step towards improving e-Sports.
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Wow, very ambitious. Everything sounds great, and I hope it all is successful. Can't wait to hear more details!
+ Show Spoiler +This is so completely opposite of the NASL announcement, little hype, clearly organized announcement
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We have not released the prize money as yet, but it will be that of GSL or higher (sponsorships are already incoming so we will make a further announcement).
Holy crap. I'm really looking forward to what could be one of the most prestigious tournaments yet held for SC2.
FXOpen e-Sports studio, Kuala Lumpur. We are currently in the process of creating a gaming studio.
A studio will only mean good things. Improved production values will make the matches infinitely more interesting to watch, and it'll be much better than voices talking through Battle.net menus or overlays.
Also, it's awesome to see Wolf being added to the team of casters. I wish him the best, especially since his SC2 casting career is really taking off.
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sounds epic! cant wait for this
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Loving this announcement.
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Thanks for the compliments guys. I am not about 'hype' per se. I prefer steady growth. This is why we haven't just opened with a huge massive tournament. I will do a live cast sometime soon explaining the way we function in comparison to the rest of e-sports (minus GSL). It will probably be our first beta production.
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Wow this is incredible! Can't wait!!!
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This is amazing. I'm excited to see how the TV station/studio plays out.
Awesome that you have a house now as well, I feel like FXO will be an amazing team (not they they already aren't  ) in the coming months with all the practice.
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This is INCREDIBLE. I would have been blown away if only one of those dot points was the announcement. Keep this up FXO!
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It'd be kinda cool if winners of GSL, NASL, FXO would playoff to determine a world champion.
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Dude... When a real company gets behind eSports... Holy shit things start to happen.
Amazing announcement, pro-gamers from all over the world have incredible opportunities with the NASL, GSL, ESL, IEM, MLG and now the FXO(SL/Invitational/what have you).
<3 <3 <3
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seriously.
actual companys own team + sponsorships = fucking big bang for e-sports.
amazing.
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Well, I guess that means FXOBoSS wasn't exaggerating in his interview with Artosis during the Code A qualifiers. Sick, sick news.
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Great work FXO, really well run organisation
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Nice move. Looking forward to it.
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I really love how FX is really conducting themselves in a business-like and professional manner. No bullshit. Just cut-throat sharp, refined , well thought out and prepared decision. All the best with this venture.
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On February 26 2011 17:18 dtz wrote:
I really love how FX is really conducting themselves in a business-like and professional manner. No bullshit. Just cut-throat sharp, refined , well thought out and prepared decision. All the best with this venture.
are you implying "as opposed to nasl" ?
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On February 26 2011 17:20 VzO wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2011 17:18 dtz wrote:
I really love how FX is really conducting themselves in a business-like and professional manner. No bullshit. Just cut-throat sharp, refined , well thought out and prepared decision. All the best with this venture. are you implying "as opposed to nasl" ?
No , not really i didnt mean that. I just got the feeling that fx open is really professional to get the result they want. Was referring mostly how they were very bold in saying " ok just korea is not where it is going to be at for us. We are focusing somewhere else" and how they put players on probation and i assume would be willing to cut players if they dont show desired results.
Nasl is cool too. Don't get me wrong.
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Awesome announcements! I can't wait until you give more information on some of this stuff.
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On February 26 2011 17:25 dtz wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2011 17:20 VzO wrote:On February 26 2011 17:18 dtz wrote:
I really love how FX is really conducting themselves in a business-like and professional manner. No bullshit. Just cut-throat sharp, refined , well thought out and prepared decision. All the best with this venture. are you implying "as opposed to nasl" ? No , not really i didnt mean that. I just got the feeling that fx open is really professional to get the result they want. Was referring mostly how they were very bold in saying " ok just korea is not where it is going to be at for us. We are focusing somewhere else" and how they put players on probation and i assume would be willing to cut players if they dont show desired results. Nasl is cool too. Don't get me wrong.
This is probably because FXO is a ForEx company, so they are used to operating exactly as you stated, in a cut-throat, business-like manner.
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And some people were skeptical about you guys.
I am impressed, keep up the good work.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
Umm I can't see the ladder image,can you rehost?
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Something is going on with the image. I will talk to deL to see if he can fix it..  I am useless at these things.
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Canada409 Posts
Props to FXO for being such an amazing team/organization! Amazing pickup with FXOmOoNan, I've been watching him fairly closely this year and he seems like an absolute stud. Congrats to Wolf as well, sold casting every time I hear him. I'll definitely be looking forward to the long overdue FXO team website!
Many hugs and kisses for FXO, keep it up! <3
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Amazing plans FXO, myself being in Malaysia and all - will support you guys in whatever way possible to make this a big success! A real e-Sports studio? Wow, this is superb!
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Good luck guys, everything looks awesome!
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Canada409 Posts
On February 26 2011 17:36 BLinD-RawR wrote:
Umm I can't see the ladder image,can you rehost?
I rehosted it on imgur, does it work now?
+ Show Spoiler +
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This is going to be sooo big. I'm glad to be a part of it.
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Josh, I would really love to help out in executing your plans as far as possible, if you're in need of local manpower. I'm in Penang, can we move to KL to join you guys? Last heard, you'll be in KL from early March. Can we meet up? BTW, I have SEA/NA/TW/KR Bnet accounts (Diamond ~ Plat player myself) , can I add you on one of those? Would love to have a chat. PM'ed you.
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I am in KL at the moment.
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I've enjoyed your tournament's. gl with all your doing, cool about the team house.
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Love the FXOpen. Will watch and support!
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wow, sick news! Keep it up guys! :-)
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On February 26 2011 17:44 Burpies wrote:
Props to FXO for being such an amazing team/organization! Amazing pickup with FXOmOoNan, I've been watching him fairly closely this year and he seems like an absolute stud. Congrats to Wolf as well, sold casting every time I hear him. I'll definitely be looking forward to the long overdue FXO team website!
Many hugs and kisses for FXO, keep it up! <3
The team website is #1 on the list to do, and it will be an important part of the future of the team.
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Awesome news and FXOpen doing big things.
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Wow that's sick ,the organisation of all this looks really professional, really looking forward to it. I love the idea of the "destination korea tournament" as well .
Good luck !
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Absolutely amazing announcements! I wish you all the best and Will watch and support best I can!
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omg. your nickname is rly Boss? cus if it is, thats so baller:o
edit: and if it isnt, you should totally change it to it.
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FXO bringing out the big guns. NICE!
OMGGG! IS THE TEAMHOUSE ANY WHERE NEAR THE MINES/Heritage/mall RESORT?!?
Malaysia!! How so lucky?!!
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I have high expectations for everything FXO related!
good work dudes!
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Some very exciting news. I hope it lights a fire under the butts of the best of the SEA community to have such great opportunities so close to home.
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Is this why they call Malaysia the land of "boleh" cos ANYTHING can happen! Even esports !
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Very good news, only thing which confuses me a bit is the Ladder System. You mention tournaments+KOTH to get points, but will those be just those invite tournaments like you have been running already, or will it be open tournaments?
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Our tournaments will have open tournaments in order to be placed into the ladder, once in the ladder the KOTH is the best way to get invited to 64 and 32 player invitationals. Basically, it will become a player reward system, you play in our tournys we invite you to the bigger ones.. SO players have to actually make the effort to wnat to be part of it. AT the same time, prizes will be given out along the way.
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Kuala Lumpur,,, it's near for us Singaporean SC2 players but it sucks that I'm enlisting soon... no way I can train and try to participate
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This is absolutely amazing! Can't wait
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Is there any place to watch the VoDs from that last tournament?
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Wow, great news. I will be following your leagues
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On February 26 2011 19:28 Logros wrote:
Is there any place to watch the VoDs from that last tournament?
http://www.justin.tv/fxopenesports/videos and plenty of replays linked on twitter (www.twitter.com/fxopenesports)
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I'm liking this. Needs more hype!
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Superb news, this is awesome, so many great news atm! I'll have to start following you guys more!
You guys definietly deserve more attention!
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FXOPENIS is going to be great!
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Congratulations FXO for bigger things to come in 2011 ^-^V
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Wow that sounds really exciting! Wish you guys all the best!
Regarding the tournament, how often would it be held? I would love to see another regular tournament like the GSL!
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On February 26 2011 20:05 FXOpen wrote:
Lol curse that IS
I still read that thing as FXO-Penis
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this is awesome news, <3 FXO
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VERY VERY NICE - THIS IS what i call an annoucement
im really glad to see that and esp the long term plans
GL & HF with that
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Defnitely deserving of more hype.
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This is absolutely amazing, and less hyped, as the organizers have realistic, precise, and long-term plans. Definitely something deserving of full support!
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so FXO team moving to Malaysia? Residing in KL? wowowow progaming team house in KL
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This is so nice. Everything seems so well-planned. Looking forward to it.
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Is it just the KOTHs to get ladder points or will there be more tournaments :O?
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The mother of all announcements of an announcement^^ Big news, can't wait to hear more.
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On February 26 2011 21:20 Dark.Carnival wrote:
Is it just the KOTHs to get ladder points or will there be more tournaments :O?
We will continue to run tournaments.
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Some really really awesome stuff announced here.
By the way, what does "complete opposite of a korean team house" mean?
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On February 26 2011 21:42 Penguinox wrote:
Some really really awesome stuff announced here.
By the way, what does "complete opposite of a korean team house" mean?
As in it's an actual house, as opposed to a small, cramped apartment with loads of beds in a single room.
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Please reupload the pic of ladder example.
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Yeh the players will most probably have their own bedrooms rather than sharing rooms. With a local gaming room.. etc etc
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Sweeeeeeeet! Hopefully everything's planned going well. Good luck.
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this is so sick! congrats to FXO!
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And this is how you make an announcement. Looks really good.
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This is awesome news. 2011 is getting better and better for E sports.
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Congratulations FXO! Everything looks neat and tidy! Amazing team with an amazing staff!
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dude whaaaaaat?
this year's going to be amazing
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Huge Announcment month 0.0
This is great!!!!!
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FXO fighting!
I didn't quite get whatthe deal was with mOoNan tbh. I heard he was on vile for a while, whereas his nick had been FXOmOoNan forever... Any clarifications?
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This is not helping Esport !!!
Wait .... oh it does ! Nice Announcement. Cant wait for it.
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cool maybe i can travel up from Singapore to catch the tournament... Is it offline or online?
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FXO, moonan changed from vile, we havent announced, so i announced.
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Nice, can't wait to watch FXO to surpass GSL
My question though is, why Malaysia?
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This is awesome, love FXO.
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On February 26 2011 23:18 FXOpen wrote:
FXO, moonan changed from vile, we havent announced, so i announced.
I read that five times and still didn't get it :p
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He joined the team ages ago so I felt he deserves a proper announcement.
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On February 26 2011 23:27 badboymav wrote:Nice, can't wait to watch FXO to surpass GSL My question though is, why Malaysia?
We have operations in Malaysia, contacts in event management/government etc, as well as infrastructure. In Australia it is far too expensive and harder for teams to come. Malaysia is in the middle of everything, so its easier access for the worlds best than Sydney.
Hope this explains it.
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On February 26 2011 23:18 FXOpen wrote:
FXO, moonan changed from vile, we havent announced, so i announced.
ok thx bro
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On February 26 2011 23:31 FXOpen wrote:
We have operations in Malaysia, contacts in event management/government etc, as well as infrastructure. In Australia it is far too expensive and harder for teams to come. Malaysia is in the middle of everything, so its easier access for the worlds best than Sydney.
Hope this explains it.
Why yes, yes it does
Would love for you guys to bring the awesomeness to all of Australia one day though!
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We will hopefully do something in Aus when things spark up a bit.
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Awesome! Can't wait to watch the KotH and the invitational!
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FXO, you guys are amazing. Can't wait for all these events!
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Wow this is really sick. So many big announcments lately!
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This is what i called a professional announcement. Great Job!
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*NOTE* This prize will only be a plane ticket, players with no intention on making it to korea will be requested to refuse their invitation.
sounds like a pragmatic way of letting them see if they can make the flight once they've secured the ticket (as opposed to an automatic disqualification) - nice touch.
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NASL and FXOpen go big within a week of each other - Christmas in February :D
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Sc2 is taking over the world!
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Holy balls.
More events!
GSL level prize pool!
Team house in Malaysia, where property is actually dirt cheap in comparison to densely populated Korea, meaning when they say the house is big, actually expect a big house compared to the Korean bunker lofts.
Having Sheth, Moonglade and Wolf onboard basically makes this one of the my favourite teams!
Hearing from TheStC that many of the Korean progamers are a bit sad that there's so few tournaments in Korea aside from the GSL (a Gisado event here and there, and that's it) means that your events will be populated by good talent.
FXOpen  Love you guys and what you do for the SC2 scene.
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epic stuff, holy balls indeed
Lookin forward to more FXO stuff.
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this is a pretty huge announcment, GL guys, great job!
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Wow. Congratulations and keep moving forward!
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cool stuff congrats to wolf!!!!!!
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Wow, I didn't expect FXO to make big moves like this. Congrats guys, hope everything works out!
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On February 26 2011 23:12 drooL wrote:
FXO fighting!
I didn't quite get whatthe deal was with mOoNan tbh. I heard he was on vile for a while, whereas his nick had been FXOmOoNan forever... Any clarifications?
FXOmOoNan (allaboutyou) as previously mentioned was on 'probation' which is a harsh term for what is essentially a short period to prove he is right for the team before anything is signed. It's for the benefit of both the player and FXOpen!
On February 26 2011 23:35 FXOpen wrote:
We will hopefully do something in Aus when things spark up a bit.
And I'll be right there to dodge live events in my own city. n_n
Also, thanks everyone for your support and comments, it really makes getting motivated to be a part of the FXOpen e-Sports team easy!
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On February 26 2011 21:18 Liquid`HayprO wrote:
This is so nice. Everything seems so well-planned. Looking forward to it.
Try GSL next season, don't give up!
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wow, lots of crazy good stuff going down recently. really excited to see how this turns out!
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Awesome news. I'm a big fan of FXO. Having your headquarters in Kuala Lumpur will make it easier for Koreans and foreigners in Korea to participate. I think it's only 6 and a half hours between Incheon and Kuala Lumpur. Btw, will future KOTHS and invitationals be held on the SEA server? I remember Huk or Ret mentioning that the latency between Korea and SEA servers weren't too bad.
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League wise, the east has FXO and GSL, while the west has NASL, IEM, and MLG. This will make it easier for foreigners to move to Korea because they will have a lot of tournament opportunities to participate in the east, too. Exciting!
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On February 27 2011 02:31 ptbl wrote:
Awesome news. I'm a big fan of FXO. Having your headquarters in Kuala Lumpur will make it easier for Koreans and foreigners in Korea to participate. I think it's only 6 and a half hours between Incheon and Kuala Lumpur. Btw, will future KOTHS and invitationals be held on the SEA server? I remember Huk or Ret mentioning that the latency between Korea and SEA servers weren't too bad.
That would make it pretty much impossible for Europeans to participate, wouldn't it? I don't exactly know how the latency from here to SEA is, but I expect it to be pretty horrible.
atm the NA server seems to be the most "balanced" one I think...
On February 27 2011 02:39 ptbl wrote:
League wise, the east has FXO and GSL, while the west has NASL and IEM. This will make it easier for foreigners to move to Korea because they will have a lot of tournament opportunities to participate in the east. Exciting!
Don't forget MLG.
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WoW!! So freaking cool! This all looks fantastic.I am confused about one thing however. How does the TV thing work? Like what station is going to broadcast this? Is it a regional broadcast? Can everyone watch this at some point if your not local? Is this even a real televised event, or is it one of those things where we call it "TV" but its just streaming like day9 tv? The way you wrote it kind of confusing to me.
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On February 27 2011 02:40 FliedLice wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 02:31 ptbl wrote:
Awesome news. I'm a big fan of FXO. Having your headquarters in Kuala Lumpur will make it easier for Koreans and foreigners in Korea to participate. I think it's only 6 and a half hours between Incheon and Kuala Lumpur. Btw, will future KOTHS and invitationals be held on the SEA server? I remember Huk or Ret mentioning that the latency between Korea and SEA servers weren't too bad. That would make it pretty much impossible for Europeans to participate, wouldn't it? I don't exactly know how the latency from here to SEA is, but I expect it to be pretty horrible. atm the NA server seems to be the most "balanced" one I think... Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 02:39 ptbl wrote:
League wise, the east has FXO and GSL, while the west has NASL and IEM. This will make it easier for foreigners to move to Korea because they will have a lot of tournament opportunities to participate in the east. Exciting! Don't forget MLG.
Thanks edited my post. Forgot about MLG
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Straight up FXOpen would be the team I'd want to be on if I were a pro, they seem to really take care of their players and keep things really transparent and keep an open dialogue, they send you to the events you'll want to go to as well as ones halfway across the world to some of the nicest cities on earth.
Mad props, I wish the title were more specific so that more people can see this thread, FXO is great
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Great announcement!! very professional, looking forward to it.
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This is pretty huge, the house and studio in Kuala Lampar surprised me alot but all in a positive way.
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On February 27 2011 02:47 InToTheWannaB wrote:
WoW!! So freaking cool! This all looks fantastic.I am confused about one thing however. How does the TV thing work? Like what station is going to broadcast this? Is it a regional broadcast? Can everyone watch this at some point if your not local? Is this even a real televised event, or is it one of those things where we call it "TV" but its just streaming like day9 tv? The way you wrote it kind of confusing to me.
FXOBoSs has touched on this a little bit here: http://esfiworld.com/sc2/news/dentrinos-talks-new-competitions-tv-platform-and-lan-competition
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This is good news for SEA sc2 community. :D Somehow this makes me proud to be Malaysian. I can visit team house anytime rofl rofl :D
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Amazing news :D Looking forward to this.
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Very nicely put Josh! Yea I absolutely can't wait for just about all of these things! I've absolutely loved being a part of FXO. Thanks all of you who are looking forward to seeing FXO Succeed!
<3
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Wow sick news. NASL, now this. Guess europe is next? :D
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Amazing announcement, great work guys!
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Awesome, I love how many announcements/ events are hitting all at once. Blizzard, even though some maps and patches are questionable, seems to be somewhat listening to the community about how to make this an untouchable e-sport.
Big potential for the future!
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WOW this is huge, awesome effort by team FXO, my question for fxoboss is will there be open qualifiers other than invitations to give other good players a shot? much like the gsl open qualifiers
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On February 27 2011 02:55 ZlaSHeR wrote:
Straight up FXOpen would be the team I'd want to be on if I were a pro, they seem to really take care of their players and keep things really transparent and keep an open dialogue, they send you to the events you'll want to go to as well as ones halfway across the world to some of the nicest cities on earth.
Mad props, I wish the title were more specific so that more people can see this thread, FXO is great
i couldn't have said it better. Exactly my opinion.
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Oh wow. Lots of stuff. This is great.
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H-oly S-hit! FXO fighting!
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Is there a specific reason for only using the FXO ladder to invite people to your big tournament? I mean, while the ladder looks good and all, there haven't been that many FXO events so a huge number of top players are missing. Maybe you could invite half and pull the other half from your tournaments somewhat like the TSL 3?
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This is amazing announcement. FOX has grow bigger and bigger.
I am deeply sorry for absent for last event. Looking forward working with you in the future.
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This is so fucking awesome. FXO, you just became my new favourite team (alongside Liquid...).
FXO and Australia FIGHTING
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On February 26 2011 17:20 VzO wrote:Show nested quote +On February 26 2011 17:18 dtz wrote:
I really love how FX is really conducting themselves in a business-like and professional manner. No bullshit. Just cut-throat sharp, refined , well thought out and prepared decision. All the best with this venture. are you implying "as opposed to nasl" ?
I lol at this one
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Congrats to Wolf. Code A was a tough break, but this will do just nicely.
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Such an awesome team <3. Excited for all of this.
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Whoa. FXO hasn't been around that long but wow they've been doing a lot. I'm pumped about these announcements for sure.
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Wow, sick announcement. This seems like something to be spotlighted.
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This is just amazing.
Abit worried for eu players that want to take part but w/e.
Great post.
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On February 27 2011 14:27 FrodaN wrote:
Congrats to Wolf. Code A was a tough break, but this will do just nicely.
Don't worry... I keep telling you guys. Don't worry.
What's wrong with doing both?
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interesting what they have been doing in southeast asia...i think the leader of fxo called it an emerging market for esports. without knowing the dynamics of area i will just agree.
it seems like they've really made a real push for this and i think although korea hasn't embraced sc2 as drastically as peak bw levels, a worldwide push will definately bring out the korean pride. and i like that.
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Wow! I am so impressed with you guys, and happy that Wolf has found a team to be staff caster for. I hope we (VT) can collaborate with you guys on events, showmatches, etc. The team house sounds incredibly exciting and I wish I could visit~
FXO fighting!
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hi guys,
Thanks alot for the support. I have been celebrating a few things here so forgive me for not adding further insight yet.
I will write a few things up to explain a little more over the coming days.
Regards
FXOBoSs
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On February 26 2011 16:33 Arnstein wrote:
Nice!
I still find most SC2 matches boring, but will definitely support this, as I'm pretty sure that I will find SC2 really exciting after expansions and after the game have started to evolve more.
I find this first post very discouraging, I think you should edit the part that says you find sc2 matches boring, you are the first post, people look up to you literally. Fix it if you have a heart!!!l
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Host the tournament after uni exams in late november and I would totally fucking hit that on the way to Europe from Aus.
:D
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Nice announcement, the only thing that spoils it is that FXOpen is a scamming company.
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On February 27 2011 23:39 Kikimiki wrote:
Nice announcement, the only thing that spoils it is that FXOpen is a scamming company.
... Sigh, TL has already been over this, not the case.
Anyway on topic:
Super exciting news! This seems like a great complement to the NASL - we have gsl in Korea with a couple foreigners, NASL for the foreigner scene with a couple of Koreans, and then once or twice a year the big FXO ladder tournament or IEM brings the scenes together. I really hope both FXO and NASL grow strongly.
Edit: also, wolf and unstable make a great casting duo, I really enjoy listening to both of them - good choices by FXO. One worry though - I could be totally wrong, but I thought wolf was based in Europe - would there be any worries about lag between there and sea server events? I know players hate caster lag...
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On February 27 2011 23:47 strongandbig wrote:
One worry though - I could be totally wrong, but I thought wolf was based in Europe - would there be any worries about lag between there and sea server events? I know players hate caster lag...
I'm based in Australia and Ive never had trouble casting a game on any server us/eu/kr/sea so it should not be a problem.
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On February 27 2011 23:39 Kikimiki wrote:
Nice announcement, the only thing that spoils it is that FXOpen is a scamming company.
Hi,
I kind of understand your skepticism. But seeing your location as egypt is pretty heart breaking. We have been in egypt from the beginning (our company originated as fxegypt). 8 years of charity and sponsorship of education in egypt makes me feel a little disheartened when you come up with such a baseless comment.
Although I understand, I can't say I appreciate, your post. If you do have a problem with our company, feel free to PM me and we can hopefully rectify any issue you may have.
Regards,
FXOBoSs
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On February 28 2011 00:10 Unstable87 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 23:47 strongandbig wrote:
One worry though - I could be totally wrong, but I thought wolf was based in Europe - would there be any worries about lag between there and sea server events? I know players hate caster lag...
I'm based in Australia and Ive never had trouble casting a game on any server us/eu/kr/sea so it should not be a problem.
Besides, I'm actually based in the Moon, so the lag is always equal.
In all seriousness, there's never been any serious lag in FXO events. It will be dealt with accordingly. The bigger issue is the player lag.
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gogo FXOpen, great team and great organisation !
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So happy to hear this news. Really looking forward to more of Wolf and Unstable casting together, they were amazing during the FXO invitational. The best of luck with these endeavors! (though I doubt you need it with how well thought out everything seems )
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Okay i just read that post.. and had to read it twice..
My brain literally hurts with the amount of awesomeness..
Incredible things can happen when you throw money in the right direction
This is amazing! Keep up the good work FXO!
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Just a quick question about the ladder, will it be based on all tournaments or just those put on by FXO? And if so, will FXO put on more open tournaments instead of invitationals so that all players will get an equal chance to earn points?
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On February 27 2011 23:39 Kikimiki wrote:
Nice announcement, the only thing that spoils it is that FXOpen is a scamming company.
What? Please post evidence to back up silly claims.
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This is a very awesome announcement!
This really needs to be recognized more!
i can't wait to hear more about this!!!
2 Thumbs Up FXO!
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Very excited for all of these things, hopefully they manage to come through on everything! ;]
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On February 28 2011 10:46 zor.au wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 23:39 Kikimiki wrote:
Nice announcement, the only thing that spoils it is that FXOpen is a scamming company. What? Please post evidence to back up silly claims.
I think this misconception stems from the fact that FXOpen is actually big enough so that people poses as them to do scams. Therefore, people unfamiliar with forex thinks of them as scam company.
It's kinda like Microsoft/Blizzard e-mail scams.
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Awesome news for the progression as esports.
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On February 28 2011 10:38 Wargizmo wrote:
Just a quick question about the ladder, will it be based on all tournaments or just those put on by FXO? And if so, will FXO put on more open tournaments instead of invitationals so that all players will get an equal chance to earn points?
Hey mate, dont worry we will be providing qualifiers for people to reach the ladder stages!
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awwww yeahhhhhh!
This is awesome news guys!
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HOLY WOAH!
FXO making it happen! Great annuncements and congratulations to all involved. Amazing !
gl hf
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Nice pick with Wolf as a caster, should make a great addition and the whole deal sounds amazing.
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Just a question will the ladder / etc be played on on kr,na or sea servers?
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On February 28 2011 17:00 Bru wrote:
Just a question will the ladder / etc be played on on kr,na or sea servers?
We are pretty much sticking solely to the NA server for now. This is not because we like Americans more than everyone else, but that it's the fairest and most accessible server.
That doesn't mean EU, KR, etc. aren't options in the future.
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our KOTH's will be on various servers.
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This sounds awesome, great to see more and more SC2 eSports avenues going up! Keep up the good work guys!
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On February 28 2011 19:35 FXOpen wrote:
our KOTH's will be on various servers.
YES I get to pose as mOOnGLaDe on EU when I borrow his account to run these then! ;D
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This sounds so awesome. :D Love the tournaments you've held so far.
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How is this not listed as news?
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On March 01 2011 06:39 TheBanana wrote:
How is this not listed as news?
Plexa is lazy!
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Great stuff here, congrats to FXO and everyone involved. Have watched some of your tourneys and now this and bigger and better tourneys, just wow. Looking forward to things to come!
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This news is amazing, i hope you guys keep the quality, just like FXOpen.
GL FXO
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Any chance we could ask how big the house is? Looking at the location and obviously how supportive FXO has been towards their team and players, I would love to see what the living conditions are like because I imagine it would be VERY lavish by esports standards
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Australia8532 Posts
This thread needs some spotlighting or Community News headering or some form of more hype..
This truly is HUGE ..
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Amazing. I've been on the edge of my seat about this since Artosis interviewed you guys a while back.
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Good luck FXO! Looking forward to seeing everything develop
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Sounds so amazing! I'll be looking forward to it <3
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FXO sprinting forward as always, great to see
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This is so awesome. As a person working in the forex industry, it is amazing that you are sponsoring something "not mainstream." :D
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Can you give some information on where exactly the team house and studio will be located in the KL area?
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I am not releasing that information.
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man, jealous of Malaysia! congrats though with the en devours!
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On March 03 2011 17:53 FXOpen wrote:
I am not releasing that information.
Alright, any idea when you might do that? I'm staying in KL for a few months and would like to drop by.
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On March 03 2011 18:04 FlyingDJ wrote:Alright, any idea when you might do that? I'm staying in KL for a few months and would like to drop by.
It would be an empty house now! By the time you'd want to end up going (players of staff there) the location might have been announced!
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Do you guys sell Forex coaching? Lol...
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Love your style FXO. I'm excited to see the scene developing a little bit closer to my corner of the world!
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How I missed this for so long I dont know, should totally be some sort of spotlight on this. Awesome 'news' and good luck with whatever the future may bring.
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awesome to see all these teams doing big things!
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Further announcement
We welcome FXOSlukad (sc2tv.ru) and FXOKhaldor to the team of official casters. We appreciate their success in casting and have decided to make them a part of our team.
Regards
FXOpen e-Sports
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Nice pick up in Khaldor, the man's amazing.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES50121 Posts
yay!FXOVinDiesel(Khaldor)!!
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On March 14 2011 19:41 FXOpen wrote:
Further announcement
We welcome FXOSlukad (sc2tv.ru) and FXOKhaldor to the team of official casters. We appreciate their success in casting and have decided to make them a part of our team.
Regards
FXOpen e-Sports
Oh. My.
This gets better and better!
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I assume you are possibly picking them up to have several languages casted, but please use khaldor for some english casting too since he is pretty boss.
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On March 03 2011 18:04 FlyingDJ wrote:Alright, any idea when you might do that? I'm staying in KL for a few months and would like to drop by.
Hey which part of KL will you be staying? Nice to see another SC2 player stopping by
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On March 14 2011 19:41 FXOpen wrote:
FXOKhaldor
:O
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WOWOWOWOWOWOWW so epic. FXO leading the way.
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Australia8532 Posts
Hey deL think I found the proper thread haha
Lol I can just imagine an FXO board meeting..
Agenda
1. Budget and figures - check
2. Strategy and direction - check
3. Dominate eSports industry - check
With each new announcement my jaw drops slightly lower.. Everything amazing that happens in eSports FXO seems to go one better.. And now Khaldor! Amazing!
Plus the tournaments! Everyone should check out this tournament..
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=198040
The players the prizes.. Everything! Amazing!!!
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Does this mean that Khaldor won´t work anymore for GameSports and myStarcraft or will he work for FXO and these sites?
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no, he is part of both still.
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FXOKhaldor, that's just too good.
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Players part of this team is very lucky
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Holy Moly Big news.... lol why would SOTG not mention anything about this!
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Will this be open for any players to try and get into the ladder, if they feel bold enough to do so? Will there be any open qualifiers?
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Why did I not see this earlier??? this looks awesome! I only noticed because I searched for it after seeing the FXO KOTH and wondering what the ladder points were for. Holy shit GSL level prizepools thats huge, not to mention its Malaysia so it will be a good timezone for us aussies!
FXO easily looks like one of the best SC2 Esports organizations along with the GSL. All the FXO tourneys have been well produced. After the disaster that was MLG, NASL looking a bit dodgy and IGN's pretty terrible advertisement for their league (not to mention both NASL or IGN will be cast from replays not live), I've lost confidence in the American leagues...
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FXO definitely something to look out for
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