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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pnSUr.jpg) Today two premiere E-Sports organizations, ASUS ROG and ESV TV have partnered to bring you the hottest up and coming Korean based player to the upcoming ASUS ROG tournament in Helsinki, Finland. The winner of the http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV/Grand_Prix_1 will on top of a cash prize now receive one of only 32 invites to the ASUS ROG tournament, as well as paid travel & accommodations. All expenses are paid for by the host of this great Tournament, Republic of Gamers, a company formed the sole purpose of delivering the most innovative hardcore hardware for truly dedicated gamers. This partnership will allow two of the very finest tournaments to enter a great partnership where the best up and coming players from Korea will be given a shot on the big stage and a chance at $20,000 in prizes! The http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV_Korean_Weekly (the qualifiers for the Grand Prix) has established itself as one of the very finest tournaments in all of Korea, and has become the place where stars are born. Players like GSL Code S Champion  NsHS.Jjakji, NASL Season 1 & 2 Champion EG.Puma both have come from this very tournament, as well as other notbales such as SlayerS.Taeja, NsHS.Sage, SlayerS.Puzzle, TSL.Symbol and many many more! Statement from ESV TV Owner/CEO Patrick Soulliere II
I am very pleased to enter this partnership with ASUS ROG. I was always impressed with the product and tournament this orginization has put out in the past, and it made a perfect fit for the Korean Weekly. I feel the Korean Weekly is the true premiere weekly tournament in the Starcraft II scene, and would only like to parnter with the biggest and best companies around and ASUS ROG is in that category. They offer a great, professional, and well ran Starcraft II tournament, and those are the major qualities I look for in partner tournaments.
I think this will be the start of a long and great partnership and can't wait to see what great games the players bring to the table to get that shot at fame and $20,000! ASUS ROGFinally, to remind you all of the company who makes this tournament possible, ROG -- Republic of Gamers, a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. The ASUS ROG Stars Invite will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware. About ASUSASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2010 was around US$10.1 billion. NVIDIA® Gear Up. Game On. GeForce® GTXTake on the latest barrage of games with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX graphics cards and secure the most immersive PC gameplay on the planet. Engage with the intense realism of NVIDIA PhysX®, NVIDIA 3D Vision™, NVIDIA Surround, DirectX 11, and the expandable power of NVIDIA SLI® technology. Whatever style of game you live to play, you can count on the ultimate experience. Every time. ![[image loading]](http://sett.fi//sites/default/files/tuotekuvat/ASUS%2BROG_590px.png)
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Koreans are always welcome :D!
Great partnership!
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Gz TaeJa on assembly invite.
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On January 13 2012 18:55 Elem wrote:
Gz TaeJa on assembly invite.
I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied.
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On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:I'm sure he would be invited if he applied, however that's not what the OP said is happening. Whoosh.
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On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied.
You're not aware that Taeja doesnt lose korean weeklies.
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That is awesome. Hopefully they invite other Koreans too.
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Congrats! One of the better partnerships out there, I think! Looking forward to Taeja at Assembly.
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Really nice news! Stuff like this gives a lot more Koreans a good reason to participate in the ESV Korean Weekly... and since I love this tournament... 
Also hope with this partnership we can see some ESV maps in the map pool ; )
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Wow. This is awesome!
Hopefully Symbol can pull off another run to make it all the way!
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ESV map pool in assembly? yes plzzzzzzz
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Yay!
Thanks ASUS RROG
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Really cool news Congrats to Diamond and the other folks over at ESV ^^ Also, love what ASUS is doing for the scene ^^
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On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied.
But like most Koreans his teams won't pay the travel.
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Giving K-Dogs (Korean Underdogs) exposure for western tournaments is very much appreciated!
Keep up the good work!
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On January 14 2012 05:57 00Visor wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:On January 13 2012 18:55 Elem wrote:
Gz TaeJa on assembly invite. I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied. But like most Koreans his teams won't pay the travel.
Then this will do them good since the seed form this gets travel + accom paid.
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Awesome! I love all the work the ESV people do for the community, Nice job diamond! Hard working fellas since they were iCCup TV before they made ESV, sounds like this is going to huge~
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Always great to see koreans in foreign events
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Excellent! This is exactly what the Korean weekly needs. I'm excited. I'm tired of seeing direct invites. Qualifiers are always better.
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20 grand? Count me in as excited.. this partnership is PURE AWESOME.
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On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied.
Taeja won 4 Korean weeklys so far, that's why y0su said it.
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very good solution. ESV TV gets some exposure, a high class korean gets an all expenses paid trip, the tournament becomes deadlier and the fans profit from everything. well done.
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On January 14 2012 06:13 antilyon wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2012 18:58 y0su wrote:On January 13 2012 18:55 Elem wrote:
Gz TaeJa on assembly invite. I'm sure he would be invited if he applied.. however that's not what the OP implied. Taeja won 4 Korean weeklys so far, that's why y0su said it.
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Gotta love these partnerships. Helping ESPORTS so much
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ou mai gaaaad, awesome parternership!
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I hope Coca can participate in the ESV tournament.
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Asus top 3 notebook :D
Gratz to both... I feel like only good things will happen between this two :D
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This is good news Should bring a lot more attention to both tournaments !
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This is great, loving these qualifications instead of invites purely, fresh blood always welcome
Keep it up Diamond and ESV crew :D
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this is awesome! especially for up and coming koreans since this helps get them to a worldwide audience a little easier.
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On January 14 2012 07:55 elbooN wrote:
I hope Coca can participate in the ESV tournament.
Hes all set on my end. Up to slayers now
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Awesome
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Awesome news! I love ESV, they're so underrated tourney with great and upcoming talents everytime I watch.
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Thanks for the support everyone, this is going to be so awesome !
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Taeja make it's happen baby
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Hopefully one of my guys can upset
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Nice to see that more Korean players get the chance to play in foreign tournaments.
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On January 14 2012 12:25 Jongl0 wrote:
Nice to see that more Korean players get the chance to play in foreign tournaments.
Hopefully the idea will be "new" Korean players. The same set always get all the invites, so this could be a chance for someone unknown to shine.
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Will be nice to see Taeja roll Finland. :D Great to see ESV gain another partner, and get more attention to themselves and the absolutely amazing tournament they run.
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Huge news, great to see ESV finding a suitable partnership!
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http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV/Grand_Prix_1
why is it written that
"The "ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix #1 is the first "finals" event of ESV TV Korean Weekly's 2012 tournament. The finalists from each of the four tournaments and 12 more top finishers are invited to participate in a $2000 final event organized by ESV TV and sponsored by Twitch.TV and Steelseries."
yet it is a bo32 in the first round? where do the 16 remaining players come from?
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I have purchased 2 ASUS computers over the past few years, first a laptop, and more recently a desktop. They are both fantastic computers, very hardcore, and HOLY JESUS CHEAP. Absolute best bang for you buck for the economy gamer.
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On January 14 2012 17:43 Carbonthief wrote:
I have purchased 2 ASUS computers over the past few years, first a laptop, and more recently a desktop. They are both fantastic computers, very hardcore, and HOLY JESUS CHEAP. Absolute best bang for you buck for the economy gamer.
Same here! I've had 2 ASUS laptops. The first one, the g51VX, I got for $1k and have dropped it over a hundred times falling asleep watching Starcraft 2. After 4 years it's still going strong but can't play Skyrim on High...so now I'm spending another $1k with a Asus N53SV....after seeing how sturdy and impressive an ASUS laptop is, I'm glad I can both support Asus rog and enjoy their laptops.
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I wished I could be in Finland by February.
QQ
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I hope there will be some high level non-terrans trying to qualify to the ASUS ROG like Leenock, Puzzle and Oz!
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On January 14 2012 16:14 JustPassingBy wrote:http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV/Grand_Prix_1why is it written that "The "ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix #1 is the first "finals" event of ESV TV Korean Weekly's 2012 tournament. The finalists from each of the four tournaments and 12 more top finishers are invited to participate in a $2000 final event organized by ESV TV and sponsored by Twitch.TV and Steelseries." yet it is a bo32 in the first round? where do the 16 remaining players come from?
Might be written wrong.
8 weeks, 4 players per week = 32
4 invites = 36.
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This is awesome, love the weekly!
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On January 14 2012 21:22 desRow wrote:
This is awesome, love the weekly!
Thanks d00d! Hope you are doing well in Korea!
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On January 14 2012 19:26 Diamond wrote:Show nested quote +On January 14 2012 16:14 JustPassingBy wrote:http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESV_TV/Grand_Prix_1why is it written that "The "ESV TV/Twitch TV Grand Prix #1 is the first "finals" event of ESV TV Korean Weekly's 2012 tournament. The finalists from each of the four tournaments and 12 more top finishers are invited to participate in a $2000 final event organized by ESV TV and sponsored by Twitch.TV and Steelseries." yet it is a bo32 in the first round? where do the 16 remaining players come from? Might be written wrong. 8 weeks, 4 players per week = 32 4 invites = 36.
Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Is it decided yet from what the invites will be based upon? Performance in the ESV perhaps?
edit: or maybe performance in the GSL?
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What a great idea.
This should put a whole lot more prestige behind winning the event, and hopefully a great opportunity for an "up and coming" Korean player to experience the foreign scene first hand.
Congrats!
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I wonder if Taeja booked his flight already... : P
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This is great. I love the ESV Weekly, it's always there for me whenever I can't sleep at night. Their mapmakers are great (I love the SC2 version of Katrina so much) and the casters they use are excellent (mad props to Orb, I hope that he will actually be there to cast the ROG events).
All in all, nice news. Congratualtions, GL and HF.
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Extremely happy for this!
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Very excited to watch this and then see the winner @ Assembly!
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