You can find the full list of the SC2 competitors for this major LAN tournament in the spoiler tag below (Geoff likes horses). The top 16 players are also included in this list but can be found below by their groups and also a list of notable players.
Note: several players could not attend the event because the GSL World Championships are this weekend but we will be working with them in a capacity during both events, and moving forward.
The stream will kick off Friday, Apr 01 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) over at http://www.majorleaguegaming.com and the Low Quality version will NOT be using Octoshape but the high-quality will and myself, djWHEAT and Day[9] will be commentating.
Top 16, by groups: Pool A (1) Root.KiWiKaKi(P) (8) EG.IdrA(Z) (9) Sockeh(P) (16) FnaticMSI-Gretorp(T)
Pool B (2) dignitas.SeleCT(T) (7) FXOqxc(T) (10) LiquidRet(Z) (15) dignitas.SjoW(T)
Pool C (3) LG.PainUser(T) (6) Root.SLush450(Z) (11) LiquidTLO(R) (14) EGiNcontroL(P)
Pool D (4) ROOT-drewbie(T) (5) LiquidTyler(P) (12) Agh_Antec(P) (13) EG.Machine(Z)
On March 30 2011 08:39 Argolis wrote: Where's Destiny?
he's there as steven bonnell ii.
Sick lineup btw, all the NA teams coming out in force, plus torch naniwa naama athene (hmm how did that get there)... gonna be a beautiful tournament.
On March 30 2011 08:41 Sleight wrote: I feel like the list is weaker than the previous season. Less of a European showing breaks this kid's heart. Oh well. Still stoked!
? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
On March 30 2011 08:37 Pokebunny wrote: Athene and Naniwa both there... :O
Alright, I gotta ask.... Who is this Athene figure I hear about from time to time?
He's a huge WoW troll that abused his way to some world first-achievements. He also makes stupid youtube videos and somehow managed to get a huge fanbase consisting of other WoW trolls.
On March 30 2011 08:37 Pokebunny wrote: Athene and Naniwa both there... :O
Alright, I gotta ask.... Who is this Athene figure I hear about from time to time?
He's a huge WoW troll that abused his way to some world first-achievements. He also makes stupid youtube videos and somehow managed to get a huge fanbase consisting of other WoW trolls.
I can't wait to see MLG's physical setup for SC2 as far as more seating and relative placement goes. Sure, anything is an improvement from last year, but with all the hype about "changes" and higher investment in SC2, this season is sounding awesome
On March 30 2011 08:43 huameng wrote: ? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
My understanding is that in order to play in the $50k national championship at the end of the year they have to qualify on point from the first 5 events. Thus, these players are investing!
On March 30 2011 08:43 huameng wrote: ? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
My understanding is that in order to play in the $50k national championship at the end of the year they have to qualify on point from the first 5 events. Thus, these players are investing!
The 50k end of the year tournament is also open i believe, but being a top 16 seed for it makes it much much easier to have a shot at winning it. The first 5 events determine seeding ,but the National championship should also have an open bracket
On March 30 2011 08:43 huameng wrote: ? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
My understanding is that in order to play in the $50k national championship at the end of the year they have to qualify on point from the first 5 events. Thus, these players are investing!
The 50k end of the year tournament is also open i believe, but being a top 16 seed for it makes it much much easier to have a shot at winning it. The first 5 events determine seeding ,but the National championship should also have an open bracket
Nope. From Liquipedia, "The MLG Pro Circuit is a series of live events running throughout 2011. By participating in these events, players score points depending on their results. The players with the most points will be invited to a final Pro Circuit event for a chance at even more prize money." Source: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit
This means NO open bracket for the Nation Championship. Obviously, MLG wants the players to compete in all their events so that they can build hype and keep the best players from sniping the last event.
On March 30 2011 08:43 huameng wrote: ? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
My understanding is that in order to play in the $50k national championship at the end of the year they have to qualify on point from the first 5 events. Thus, these players are investing!
The 50k end of the year tournament is also open i believe, but being a top 16 seed for it makes it much much easier to have a shot at winning it. The first 5 events determine seeding ,but the National championship should also have an open bracket
Nope. From Liquipedia, "The MLG Pro Circuit is a series of live events running throughout 2011. By participating in these events, players score points depending on their results. The players with the most points will be invited to a final Pro Circuit event for a chance at even more prize money." Source: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit
This means NO open bracket for the Nation Championship. Obviously, MLG wants the players to compete in all their events so that they can build hype and keep the best players from sniping the last event.
On February 04 2011 01:34 MLG_Adam wrote: If only every title could be run in a single player format. It really makes raising the prizes for 4 person team games very difficult. I wish we could run FFAs for Halo, then everyone would be happy with the prize pool.
Anyways, I hope everyone in the SC2 community comes out to compete this season. To clarify a post earlier, NATIONALS IS NOT CLOSED TO TOP 8. Rank points will be used from the season to give extreme bracket benefits to those with the most points, but anyone will be able to compete at the end of the season.
The liquipedia is wrong unless they have completely 180 on what they announced in February.
On March 30 2011 09:15 Arisen wrote: no Cloud, SaSe or Mondie? Cloud has been on fire (2-0'd MC lately), SaSe is one of the better European protoss, and Mondragon....is Mondragon
There's some LAN in Italy this weekend, ClouD is going there
Don't know exactly how big the prize pool is, but players like hasuobs and goody (LOL@cloud ) are going there too, so it's probably ok... and most of the top notch players are in dallas, so they should have a relatively good time in italy
On March 30 2011 09:15 Arisen wrote: no Cloud, SaSe or Mondie? Cloud has been on fire (2-0'd MC lately), SaSe is one of the better European protoss, and Mondragon....is Mondragon
i don't know about mondi or sase, but cloud is going to a pretty big italian lan that is the same time as mlg.
On March 30 2011 08:43 huameng wrote: ? Sjow socke nani naama haypro ret TLO grubby... I guess that isn't so many actually, but not sure how many you could expect to fly across the pond for ONLY (this feels weird to say) $5k 1st place prize.
My understanding is that in order to play in the $50k national championship at the end of the year they have to qualify on point from the first 5 events. Thus, these players are investing!
The 50k end of the year tournament is also open i believe, but being a top 16 seed for it makes it much much easier to have a shot at winning it. The first 5 events determine seeding ,but the National championship should also have an open bracket
Nope. From Liquipedia, "The MLG Pro Circuit is a series of live events running throughout 2011. By participating in these events, players score points depending on their results. The players with the most points will be invited to a final Pro Circuit event for a chance at even more prize money." Source: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit
This means NO open bracket for the Nation Championship. Obviously, MLG wants the players to compete in all their events so that they can build hype and keep the best players from sniping the last event.
On February 04 2011 01:34 MLG_Adam wrote: If only every title could be run in a single player format. It really makes raising the prizes for 4 person team games very difficult. I wish we could run FFAs for Halo, then everyone would be happy with the prize pool.
Anyways, I hope everyone in the SC2 community comes out to compete this season. To clarify a post earlier, NATIONALS IS NOT CLOSED TO TOP 8. Rank points will be used from the season to give extreme bracket benefits to those with the most points, but anyone will be able to compete at the end of the season.
The liquipedia is wrong unless they have completely 180 on what they announced in February.
Okay, I think I have a definitive answer now from MLG directly:
I guess I will have to update the Liquipedia article :p Sorry, for the misinformation! It will be interesting to see what they mean when they say "extreme" advantage, since the regular season Top 16 already have pretty big leg-up. Maybe triple-elimination? LOL!
On March 30 2011 09:24 Irrelevant wrote: Pool A (1) Root.KiWiKaKi(P) (8) EG.IdrA(Z) (9) Sockeh(P) (16) FnaticMSI-Gretorp(T)
Pool B (2) dignitas.SeleCT(T) (7) FXOqxc(T) (10) LiquidRet(Z) (15) dignitas.SjoW(T)
Pool C (3) LG.PainUser(T) (6) Root.SLush450(Z) (11) LiquidTLO(R) (14) EGiNcontroL(P)
Pool D (4) ROOT-drewbie(T) (5) LiquidTyler(P) (12) Agh_Antec(P) (13) EG.Machine(Z)
All 4 players make it out of the group, group performance simply places them at better starting places in the championship double-elimination bracket. Maybe you should revise your predictions to 1st, 2nd, etc. in each group.
On March 30 2011 09:15 Arisen wrote: no Cloud, SaSe or Mondie? Cloud has been on fire (2-0'd MC lately), SaSe is one of the better European protoss, and Mondragon....is Mondragon
There's some LAN in Italy this weekend, ClouD is going there
Don't know exactly how big the prize pool is, but players like hasuobs and goody (LOL@cloud ) are going there too, so it's probably ok... and most of the top notch players are in dallas, so they should have a relatively good time in italy
Why are you laughing at cloud, he's really good!
Anyway, hoping for MYM participation at future events
On March 30 2011 09:24 Irrelevant wrote: Pool A (1) Root.KiWiKaKi(P) (8) EG.IdrA(Z) (9) Sockeh(P) (16) FnaticMSI-Gretorp(T)
Pool B (2) dignitas.SeleCT(T) (7) FXOqxc(T) (10) LiquidRet(Z) (15) dignitas.SjoW(T)
Pool C (3) LG.PainUser(T) (6) Root.SLush450(Z) (11) LiquidTLO(R) (14) EGiNcontroL(P)
Pool D (4) ROOT-drewbie(T) (5) LiquidTyler(P) (12) Agh_Antec(P) (13) EG.Machine(Z)
All 4 players make it out of the group, group performance simply places them at better starting places in the championship double-elimination bracket. Maybe you should revise your predictions to 1st, 2nd, etc. in each group.
Well that sucks, I wanted these groups to mean something v_v
On March 30 2011 09:15 Arisen wrote: no Cloud, SaSe or Mondie? Cloud has been on fire (2-0'd MC lately), SaSe is one of the better European protoss, and Mondragon....is Mondragon
There's some LAN in Italy this weekend, ClouD is going there
Don't know exactly how big the prize pool is, but players like hasuobs and goody (LOL@cloud ) are going there too, so it's probably ok... and most of the top notch players are in dallas, so they should have a relatively good time in italy
Why are you laughing at cloud, he's really good!
Anyway, hoping for MYM participation at future events
On March 30 2011 09:15 Arisen wrote: no Cloud, SaSe or Mondie? Cloud has been on fire (2-0'd MC lately), SaSe is one of the better European protoss, and Mondragon....is Mondragon
There's some LAN in Italy this weekend, ClouD is going there
Don't know exactly how big the prize pool is, but players like hasuobs and goody (LOL@cloud ) are going there too, so it's probably ok... and most of the top notch players are in dallas, so they should have a relatively good time in italy
Why are you laughing at cloud, he's really good!
Anyway, hoping for MYM participation at future events
On March 30 2011 09:33 Jeffbelittle wrote: Dude, I hope to god Destiny wins with some of his amazing Zerg tricks nobody has picked up on yet. May get the ball rolling on real guides.
Truley, the retard magnet overlord will clinch victory for Destiny. lol. Maybe he will do something, but I think every terran is going to do some 2 rax action and he's going to get flustered and probably make a mistake or two and get knocked out. As a zerg I will cheer for him, but I would be surprised to see him in the finals.
"Low Quality version will NOT be using Octoshape but the high-quality"
Was planning on getting the HQ but I've never been able to get Octoshape to work before. Oh well at least I'll have the LQ option instead of being forced to search for restreams.
On March 30 2011 09:42 chadus wrote: Does everyone on that huge list travel to Dallas to play in the MLG? I don't understand what the point of the groups are
To ensure there aren't a bunch of scrubs left at the end of the tournament and to give good games to watch on Friday.
On March 30 2011 09:47 BrahCJ wrote: Can someone please give me a bit of a backstory on the pros and CONS of Octoshape? This will be the first MLG I've been able to catch.
Cons are many people simply can't get it to work and are forced to catch restreams or just simply skip it.
Pros it allows them to stream directly out of the venue, easy set up for them.
On March 30 2011 09:47 BrahCJ wrote: Can someone please give me a bit of a backstory on the pros and CONS of Octoshape? This will be the first MLG I've been able to catch.
Con: It can be a real pain to get it running your PC at home (might have even more problems on MACs, dunno), some people can't get it running at all.
Pro: Some MLG official (can't remember wether it was Lee or Sundance) said that it is the easiest thing to use on their end when hosting live tournaments and providing several streams at the same time and stuff... Not a pro at stuff like that, but that's how I remember it.
On March 30 2011 09:39 Irrelevant wrote: "Low Quality version will NOT be using Octoshape but the high-quality"
Was planning on getting the HQ but I've never been able to get Octoshape to work before. Oh well at least I'll have the LQ option instead of being forced to search for restreams.
Just to let you know the Octoshape they were using last year hasn't been updated for 2 years.
On March 30 2011 09:47 BrahCJ wrote: Can someone please give me a bit of a backstory on the pros and CONS of Octoshape? This will be the first MLG I've been able to catch.
Con: It can be a real pain to get it running your PC at home (might have even more problems on MACs, dunno), some people can't get it running at all.
Pro: Some MLG official (can't remember wether it was Lee or Sundance) said that it is the easiest thing to use on their end when hosting live tournaments and providing several streams at the same time and stuff... Not a pro at stuff like that, but that's how I remember it.
Another "Pro" is that it generates a kinda p2p connection for people watching, making the quality of the stream skyrocket.
On March 30 2011 09:47 BrahCJ wrote: Can someone please give me a bit of a backstory on the pros and CONS of Octoshape? This will be the first MLG I've been able to catch.
Con: It can be a real pain to get it running your PC at home (might have even more problems on MACs, dunno), some people can't get it running at all.
Pro: Some MLG official (can't remember wether it was Lee or Sundance) said that it is the easiest thing to use on their end when hosting live tournaments and providing several streams at the same time and stuff... Not a pro at stuff like that, but that's how I remember it.
Another "Pro" is that it generates a kinda p2p connection for people watching, making the quality of the stream skyrocket.
Another pro, It doesn't buffer like other streams and the quality of the stream adapts depending on your connection.
On March 30 2011 09:39 Irrelevant wrote: "Low Quality version will NOT be using Octoshape but the high-quality"
Was planning on getting the HQ but I've never been able to get Octoshape to work before. Oh well at least I'll have the LQ option instead of being forced to search for restreams.
Just to let you know the Octoshape they were using last year hasn't been updated for 2 years.
On March 30 2011 10:00 pikaaarrr :3 wrote: Why aren't Liquid players under the notable players?!
Because MLG doesn't think they're notable.
Or it could be that 3 of the 4 were already listed above in the groups comprising the top 16, with Haypro rounding things out in the "notable players" list (which you'll note doesn't include anyone from the top 16).
Anyone know of any other streams using this "new octoshape" I would like to test it out before getting the HQ stream due to issues from previous use of octoshape
On March 30 2011 08:36 itmeJP wrote: You can find the full list of the SC2 competitors for this major LAN tournament in the spoiler tag below (Geoff likes horses). The top 16 players are also included in this list but can be found below by their groups and also a list of notable players.
LMAO I feel like I'm the only one that is seeing this!
On March 30 2011 09:22 Drock wrote: That Athene guys is hilarious! I wonder if he is any good or not?
It won't matter if he has skill or not. Athene's uber troll powers will destroy EVERYONE!
I imagine he'll show up, attempt to spell his name with pylons, then leave. I'm not excited by his potential to mega-troll an event on which people worked hard to put together. Hopefully he's serious this time around and shows up with some respectable game.
On March 30 2011 09:22 Drock wrote: That Athene guys is hilarious! I wonder if he is any good or not?
It won't matter if he has skill or not. Athene's uber troll powers will destroy EVERYONE!
I imagine he'll show up, attempt to spell his name with pylons, then leave. I'm not excited by his potential to mega-troll an event on which people worked hard to put together. Hopefully he's serious this time around and shows up with some respectable game.
He is in the open bracket, he going to have to win a few rounds before anyone will bother to pay attention
On March 30 2011 10:22 Irrelevant wrote: Anyone know of any other streams using this "new octoshape" I would like to test it out before getting the HQ stream due to issues from previous use of octoshape
I can tell you that I tested it this week and it seems to be working really well for me. A nice feature I wanted to let everyone know, the standard stream will NOT require the octoshape plug-in. HQ stream, however, will require the Octoshape plug-in.
So much work this weekend, but this has me fully excited!! Grubby, NaNiWa, and all the usual suspects fighting! This looks like one hell of a tournament.
I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Really looking forward to MLG this season, especially seeing the top16 brackets and how they will play out as well as the new Venue for spectators. Thanks for posting this JP.
I hope Destiny preforms well, if only to get some respect in the pro scene. I really think anyone who writes him off as an easy win will be surprised by how much he has improved in the past few months. I would also love to see iNcontroL place high! Even though he hasn't done his best to "justify" his NASL spot, I really think he deserves it. Hopefully he can show us how well he can play when hes at his best.
On March 30 2011 11:22 Goibon wrote: I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Also Sean552 is clearly Day9.
Ya I remember when he first come into the WoW arena scene and his first video came out lol. And then later realizing that he actually could back up all his trolling in his videos with actual in-game skill lol. If he really wanted to be good in SC2 and put just as much time into it I don't have a doubt that he could at least make some progress through the tournament.
Go Slush and Kiwi!! Also, I thought Minigun said he wasn't going... hmm. Anyway, it will be interesting to see all the new players as well... though I wonder how many might get cheesed out. Hopefully it goes smoothly, and the players who deserve to get further do in fact get through.
On March 30 2011 11:54 AndAgain wrote: You really think Athene will show up? He made a YT video today saying he will switch to LoL or DOTA 2 or something.
Idk how good he may be at dota but he's not that good at LoL. Most likely he'll get a youtube partnership and make troll videos for random game tournaments. His name does draw a lot of attention tho, viewers are viewers from an organizer's standpoint.
Obviously Athenes won't show up, the only thing he's able to do in SC2 is beat insane AI. We all know KiWiKaKi was playing on his "AtheneWins" account.
Really doubt Athene will be there. However very excited to see Naniwa there, feel bad for whoever has to face him considering he is on a roll right now.
On March 30 2011 16:05 Skrelt wrote: no offence, but i really hope some1 in the top 10 drops out. Than we can still have our epic Incontroll vs Machine match.
I think MLG should make a rule that incontroll and machine always play eachother nomatter what.
Incontrol vs Machine is bound to happen, this is their destiny.
What do these "pools" ABCD for the top16 mean? Can someone explain me the tournament system or post a link. I can;t really find it on the MLG website! Thx
I can't wait for athene to get his face smashed, he spews nonsense like being rank #1 in Europe. The "evidence" he uses is a page displaying him rank #1 in his div; that does not =/= rank #1 in Europe.
I really think a tournament environment will show his true colors.
On March 30 2011 17:03 Ketch wrote: What do these "pools" ABCD for the top16 mean? Can someone explain me the tournament system or post a link. I can;t really find it on the MLG website! Thx
Athene?? What is going on? Im 100% sure it was not him actually playing in the ladder and in recent video he said he "moves on" and drops sc2 for LoL/HoN. Either this is someone else who stole his nick or some kind of followup trolling.. trolling nonetheless.
I wonder if any Koreans will ever go to these events. They displayed interest didn't they? And its not like any of the non WC Koreans are doing anything :D.
On March 30 2011 11:22 Goibon wrote: I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Also Sean552 is clearly Day9.
Ya I remember when he first come into the WoW arena scene and his first video came out lol. And then later realizing that he actually could back up all his trolling in his videos with actual in-game skill lol. If he really wanted to be good in SC2 and put just as much time into it I don't have a doubt that he could at least make some progress through the tournament.
I don't see why everyone thinks he's a troll... I don't know anything about WoW but he seems to have been telling the truth about his skill, his political success seems to be true as well (NEE). The only two things I'm not sure about are his poker achievements and his SC2 career. I'm sure someone knows more about his poker life and can back up his claims or refute them. Has he given out his Sc2 handle?
On March 30 2011 11:22 Goibon wrote: I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Also Sean552 is clearly Day9.
Ya I remember when he first come into the WoW arena scene and his first video came out lol. And then later realizing that he actually could back up all his trolling in his videos with actual in-game skill lol. If he really wanted to be good in SC2 and put just as much time into it I don't have a doubt that he could at least make some progress through the tournament.
I don't see why everyone thinks he's a troll... I don't know anything about WoW but he seems to have been telling the truth about his skill, his political success seems to be true as well (NEE). The only two things I'm not sure about are his poker achievements and his SC2 career. I'm sure someone knows more about his poker life and can back up his claims or refute them. Has he given out his Sc2 handle?
He has actually legit poker skills but when it comes to trolling he has done it a lot too. It's just that ppl don't get he has this trollcharacter called "Athene" and actual nickname "Chiren80" when he is himself. Clearly and I mean CLEARLY his sc2 career is full of troll. Only thing that is probably true that he beat those insane AIs.
On March 30 2011 11:22 Goibon wrote: I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Also Sean552 is clearly Day9.
Ya I remember when he first come into the WoW arena scene and his first video came out lol. And then later realizing that he actually could back up all his trolling in his videos with actual in-game skill lol. If he really wanted to be good in SC2 and put just as much time into it I don't have a doubt that he could at least make some progress through the tournament.
I don't see why everyone thinks he's a troll... I don't know anything about WoW but he seems to have been telling the truth about his skill, his political success seems to be true as well (NEE). The only two things I'm not sure about are his poker achievements and his SC2 career. I'm sure someone knows more about his poker life and can back up his claims or refute them. Has he given out his Sc2 handle?
He has actually legit poker skills but when it comes to trolling he has done it a lot too. It's just that ppl don't get he has this trollcharacter called "Athene" and actual nickname "Chiren80" when he is himself. Clearly and I mean CLEARLY his sc2 career is full of troll. Only thing that is probably true that he beat those insane AIs.
That is skill in itself lol, I can't beat more than 1 so whatever he is doing is working. Are those games against the AI's on youtube?
wtf lol, it has their ids, and then their real names below it? (In the spoiler). Weird, i dunno what happened there, disregard the last 4 "sixjax" names lol.
I registered (and donated my money lolz) since I live in Texas already and though it'd be fun. Hey other forum people, let's practice together before the tourney! ID on BNET is ensignlee.689 (I think) PM me if that doens't work.
Surely they can't give his seeded spot back at this point? That would be cruel to gretorp and it would also mess up all the groups
No idea how they'll handle it. Worst case, Huk buys a player pass at the door and does the open bracket thing. I gotta imagine there are some conversations happening behind the scenes about how to handle this.
HuK will be given the #1 seed in the open bracket because he did not confirm his participation earlier. And it would be wrong of MLG to kick Gretorp from the group and put him in the open bracket plus, seeding have to be completely redone and groups would be different, since everyone would shift one seed down.
On March 31 2011 02:44 Liquid`HuK wrote: ?????????????????????????????????????? @_@ ? ? ?? ????????????????????????????????
Hahaha, I love how this just serves to confuse even more. Good luck though! Really looking forward to HuK just destroying a bunch of open players before taking on the top players.
On March 30 2011 16:49 [MLG]GCA wrote: If there is a God, he will forge a path for an Idra-Cruncher grudematch in Dallas.
OMG this, I wonder if he'll call CrunCher a "walkover" again lol But I'M totally his Fan though and I am Seriously hoping he wins! If not the MLG, than at least against him!
And the list looks great, the tournament should be great. Putting Huk in the open maybe provide some fun replays. I agree with some of the posters though, more europeans would have been great.
i had not heard of vibe until the other night when he played on top200 koth. he had like a 6 or 7 win streak against a lot of good players and made some of them look like complete noobs ... vibe's play was sick ^^
It's not April Fools day anywhere unless there's some secret country that nobody knows about that's two full days ahead of the rest of the planet. So...possibly Lichtenstein.
Glad Huk's coming, and yeah- as if the Open Bracket wasn't already interesting enough
Have the MLG staff commented on what they are going to do to prevent crowd/cast noise being heard by the players? Sorry if its been posted before, I just figured I'd have heard about it if so.
On March 31 2011 04:27 Redox wrote: Wow that sucks for Huk that he has to grind through the open bracket now. That is truly brutal compared to the top 16.
It really isn't as bad as you think, plus with the #1 seed in the open bracket will help him out as well.
On March 31 2011 04:27 Redox wrote: Wow that sucks for Huk that he has to grind through the open bracket now. That is truly brutal compared to the top 16.
It really isn't as bad as you think, plus with the #1 seed in the open bracket will help him out as well.
I dare to say it is much worse than you think. Especially as there are surprisingly many good players in the open bracket. It might be even more stacked than the top 16.
Going through this open bracket all the way to the final rounds will be a pure test of stamina, especially with the excellent MLG map pool that provides long games. Getting knocked down in the loser bracket early would be a pure nightmare.
edit: Btw arent there some of the top players in the open bracket unseeded as they didnt play the qualifier?
On March 31 2011 04:27 Redox wrote: Wow that sucks for Huk that he has to grind through the open bracket now. That is truly brutal compared to the top 16.
It really isn't as bad as you think, plus with the #1 seed in the open bracket will help him out as well.
I dare to say it is much worse than you think. Especially as there are surprisingly many good players in the open bracket. It might be even more stacked than the top 16.
Going through this open bracket all the way to the final rounds will be a pure test of stamina, especially with the excellent MLG map pool that provides long games. Getting knocked down in the loser bracket early would be a pure nightmare.
Sure, he will be facing some great players in the open bracket.. isn't that why most people go to compete anyway? HuK will be facing low seeded players throughout the first 2 rounds excluding the by 1st round. Whereas the Top 16 players are playing in groups to determine where they'll be placing in the bracket. With that being said, yes you are somewhat correct.. it will be a bit tougher for him in the Open Bracket than being in the Top 16 groups, but the gap isn't as wide as you're making it seem.
In the past few MLG's we didn't get brackets even when the tournament started. They had their referees announcing matchups and people would play but when spectators went on smartphones and stuff, there were never brackets online until like a round or two in, I hope they can release the brackets as the tournament starts if not a little earlier this year.
On March 30 2011 08:40 CosmicSpiral wrote: My eyes don't deceive me. I see TimeliestBrute on that list. :O
thats just halo
also checksixboo an old halo player? and is KingSpades VTspades did he leave vt?
TimeliestBrute is yes. CheckSixBoo isn't no. Spades is still in VT, they register the list the players names by their forum name signed up at MLGpro.com. "KingSpades" is just his forum name.
On March 31 2011 07:20 branflakes14 wrote: Just curious, but why isn't HuK on the list, and how come IdrA isn't listed as on team EG (assuming Idra1 is him)?
HuK entered after the post was made, idra just doesn't have EGIdrA as username on the MLG page.
On March 31 2011 07:20 branflakes14 wrote: Just curious, but why isn't HuK on the list, and how come IdrA isn't listed as on team EG (assuming Idra1 is him)?
HuK entered after the post was made, idra just doesn't have EGIdrA as username on the MLG page.
Ah ok, I was worried for a moment. Here's to hoping we'll get a Cruncher v Idra game at some point!
Hmm I'm confused, I remember reading that the pool play consists of 4 groups of 4 but there will also be 4 more players coming from the open bracket to the pool play to make the groups because 4 groups of 5. Did I read wrong?
Actually that's exactly what Raelcun said about Sheth when he heard that he wanted to come to a LAN party, and apparently Sheth did attend the LAN party, so I have high hopes of him entering and participating in MLG this time round :D
On March 31 2011 10:32 Sumwar wrote: Hmm I'm confused, I remember reading that the pool play consists of 4 groups of 4 but there will also be 4 more players coming from the open bracket to the pool play to make the groups because 4 groups of 5. Did I read wrong?
No, that's correct. The 4 players who remain in the winner's side of the open bracket after 6 rounds will join the groups on Saturday.
On March 30 2011 11:22 Goibon wrote: I'm not sure whether or not to take Athene's entrance as legit or not. He's such a troll, but he could actually be really good. He was legit a great WoW arena player (in the era(s) when Arena skill was at least measureable and relevant) so perhaps he has invested time into becoming a good SC2 player?
Who knows? I sure as hell don't. But if he's actually good, then omg, callmeexcited.
Oh baby!!!, i really love this set up a bunch. I hope Catz is able to pull through out of the Open bracket, and the IdrA will at least get out of his group. It is going to be tough for everyone, but as long as there are some amazing matches, it will all be good!!
Beeing a rank1 gladiator at WoW does require you to have the same gaming sense/reflexes/etc as you need to be a high masters in sc2, I'm currently both. (But obviously sc2 is way more micro/macro intense, you cant compare these games) It´s the same with every game out there, if you are going to be better than a few million players you do need alot of things, regardless if this game is generally easier to handle than some other game.
Anyway, anyone who played wow at a serious level like myself knows that athene is only in it for the show, he never played his account in World of Warcraft, he had other extremely high ranked players play his account to rank1 and maintain it there (I knew the player that played for him, i was also on Cyclone)
..And already have i heard rumors of the same thing about his sc2 account, which makes me ponder about him going to an online tourny, but for all we know he might have been playing sc>sc2 undercover, either way its going to be interesting.
but all in all, he was just in it for the show when it came to WoW, he never played his chars.
Can anyone tell me how the MLG spectating arrangements work? Is there enough seats or should I bring chairs or is it standing only? Last time I went to MLG it was pretty lame, but that was back in the Halo 2 days. It was just in a hotel meeting room not a convention center so obviously it is much bigger now. I can't wait for tomorrow!
On March 31 2011 09:23 Dknight wrote: Is STARFEEDER_MrPibbs the real MrPibbs from the old BW days? Or just someone that has the same nickname? Would be awesome if it was
It's the same
Me and my bro will be there for the funz, lulz and hopefully a few wins. Hope to get to some practice in with some of you guys!
On March 31 2011 07:20 branflakes14 wrote: Just curious, but why isn't HuK on the list, and how come IdrA isn't listed as on team EG (assuming Idra1 is him)?
EG.IdrA is seeded, therefore not on the list.
Idra1 is some random guy calling himself, well, idra, but obviously a fake.
On March 31 2011 07:20 branflakes14 wrote: Just curious, but why isn't HuK on the list, and how come IdrA isn't listed as on team EG (assuming Idra1 is him)?
EG.IdrA is seeded, therefore not on the list.
Idra1 is some random guy calling himself, well, idra, but obviously a fake.
You are wrong. Idra1 is actually Idra as you can see that all the players that are seeded are also re-listed in the full list. He also played with that ID that last 2 MLGs
On March 31 2011 07:20 branflakes14 wrote: Just curious, but why isn't HuK on the list, and how come IdrA isn't listed as on team EG (assuming Idra1 is him)?
EG.IdrA is seeded, therefore not on the list.
Idra1 is some random guy calling himself, well, idra, but obviously a fake.
False. IdrA1 is the name he used to sign-up on the mlgpro forums, therefore when he registered for the Tournament, it shows up as "IdrA1" and not just his nickname "IdrA".
I thought Destiny and Minigun weren't coming..but are listed there? I could have swore all weak on stream minigun has been like...no 18 hour drive not going. Is he?
On March 30 2011 08:36 itmeJP wrote: [center]Note: several players could not attend the event because the GSL World Championships are this weekend but we will be working with them in a capacity during both events, and moving forward.
On last night on GSL, when Tasteless was pimping MLG Dallas with a splash page, he mentioned that Liquid'HuK was going to attend.
It sounded like it was a last minute decision because he got knocked out of the World Championship in the first round and he played on the first day of that round.
HuK should be seeded #1 due to points. But does this mean that he gives up his seeded spot? Does he now have to participate in the large pool like everyone else? (Is it true that he's even going to be at Dallas?)
Thanks.
edit: Eh... Maybe I should read this thread first. Looks like someone already asked.
On April 01 2011 08:36 Engore wrote: I thought Destiny and Minigun weren't coming..but are listed there? I could have swore all weak on stream minigun has been like...no 18 hour drive not going. Is he?
I'm looking forward to see if Athene can perform under pressure. From what I know of him, everything he's done in the gaming scene so far gives him a lot of trial n' error time or grinding time (yes, the rank 1-run too, he's allowed to lose and come back unlike in a tournament). If he gets through this he'll insta-prove that he's a force to be reckoned with I'd say.
if it wasn't for the twitter ticker I'd be sleeping right now... I mean I know it's a free stream and all, but srsly... the preparation for such an event -_-... if they want me to install this octoshape crap then they oughta try a little bit harder >_< GG
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) are going there too, so it's probably ok... and most of the top notch players are in dallas, so they should have a relatively good time in italy 
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