Iron Squid is a tournament that deserves an exceptional place for its final show. This very prestigious is none other that Le Grand Rex. Le Grand Rex is the largest cinema, theater and music venue in Paris. An atmospheric theater, the cinema features a starred "sky" overhead, as well as interior fountains. The cinema is a landmark of Art Deco style architecture. It features the largest screen in Europe, called grand large. Le Grand Rex is capable to gather over 2, 500 spectators that will come to watch a day long show on StarCraft II. The ticket will be available at 6pm on www.PlaceMinute.com for €35,95. The show will start at 10 am and end at 10pm, here is the schedule of the day:
Schedule:
10.00am : Opening 11.00am : Start of the show 11.30am : 1st Semi final 1.00pm : Lunch Break 2.00pm : 2nd Semi final 4.00pm : Bronze Final 7.00pm : Showmatch 8.00pm : Grand final 10.00pm : End if the show
"Hi Squidies ! Now you know that the finals will be live at Le Grand Rex on the 5th of May from am to pm! Be there, be Crazy and be ready to live the largest amount of skill and insanity ever reached in that spectacular theater! And to know you will play the semi-finals, be on www.ironsquid.tv Saturday 8pm CET for the Ro8! It's just the beginning of Iron Squid..." Alexandre "Pomf" Noci, French Caster
"We haven't even gotten through the RO8 yet and every match is already shaping up to be a GSL-finals level event. The absurd quality of this tournament is beyond compare. We took 20 of the best players in the world and only 8 made the cut. This is the cream of the crop, the very best that Starcraft 2 has to offer and by the time we get to the live Grand Finals event in Le Grand Rex only 4 will remain. We have already seen some astonishing games, we've seen legends fall and hopefuls looking for their shot at the top. Le Grand Rex in Paris is a fantastic venue for what can only be an astonishing show. Huge capacity, the loudest crowd you'll ever hear if what I've seen of French eSports is anything to go by and of course the best games. We'll have the pleasure of providing the English stream and myself and Apollo are completely hyped for it. Casting games of this calibre is a privilege and we hope to bring you all the excitement as we bring this tournament to a close in an explosive manner. Do yourself a favour and don't miss out" John "Total Biscuit" Bain, English Caster
Im actually thinking about flying over to france for this. Anyone know if this will be offline finals ? Because im not paying a flight and Hotel to watch a Stream...
On April 14 2012 00:38 MetalSlug wrote: Im actually thinking about flying over to france for this. Anyone know if this will be offline finals ? Because im not paying a flight and Hotel to watch a Stream...
It is a Offline Final with Top 4. But that will be in French. with some English interventions.
On April 14 2012 00:38 MetalSlug wrote: Im actually thinking about flying over to france for this. Anyone know if this will be offline finals ? Because im not paying a flight and Hotel to watch a Stream...
I really hope they can fill it! GLGL IronSquid - Awesome tournament, and of course awesome music as well (IronSquid produced 20+ songs specifically for the tournament - The most well known is probably this one:
Several player themes composed for this as well - MC's theme is especially awesome!
On April 14 2012 00:48 cuppatea wrote: Surely they're going to have a hard time selling 2500 tickets at 36 euros a pop for a 4 man, all Korean tournament?
ye, shouldve 7 winners and stephano as an invite. ezpz full
On April 14 2012 00:50 ELA wrote: What a sick venue!
I really hope they can fill it! GLGL IronSquid - Awesome tournament, and of course awesome music as well (IronSquid produced 20+ songs specifically for the tournament - The most well known is probably this one:
I had my reservations when Iron Squid was announced, but the organizers have shown themselves taking the challenge seriously if optimistically. I hope the event succeed, because it can prove a new tournament space is possible between minor and major events.
On April 14 2012 00:48 cuppatea wrote: Surely they're going to have a hard time selling 2500 tickets at 36 euros a pop for a 4 man, all Korean tournament?
ye, shouldve 7 winners and stephano as an invite. ezpz full
Indeed. If I was trying to sell tickets for a tournament hosted in France I'd pay Stephano to be in it. When you're running a tournament like this, with a lot of players in it who have really high skill levels but really small fanbases it pays to have at least a few invites so you don't end up with a bunch of people nobody wants to watch (which is what will happen if Symbol, Alive, Jjakji and Puma win their quarter finals).
With that said, it's been a really well run, well produced tournament so I hope it goes well for them and I'll be tuning in to the stream.
On April 14 2012 01:09 TheAngryZergling wrote: I'd absolutely pay $40 for an all day event with such a stacked lineup in such an awesome venue. Alas, I'm not within driving distance.
more like $60 dude^^
id still pay it though if it would be within 2-3 hours by car^^
The cost of the ticket is that expensive because the reservation for this venue must be quite high.
Also, I think it'll just be the semi-finals + final + 3rd place because if they do more matches, they should do this over 2 days, which must cost even more.
I really hope there'll be enough people to go, I like Iron Squid and I don't want them to fail doing this event.
So, you can watch it for 40 dollars+travel live, or watch it online for free?
I guess the venue is just so expensive so they have to do that, I just can't see how it will fill up, unless France have secretly been a major Esport country.
I`d shell out the price if I was living or was currently in France. Sadly I`m not but I hope all the same that the venue gets filled and we get to see some awesome games.
On April 14 2012 00:48 cuppatea wrote: Surely they're going to have a hard time selling 2500 tickets at 36 euros a pop for a 4 man, all Korean tournament?
ye, shouldve 7 winners and stephano as an invite. ezpz full
Indeed. If I was trying to sell tickets for a tournament hosted in France I'd pay Stephano to be in it. When you're running a tournament like this, with a lot of players in it who have really high skill levels but really small fanbases it pays to have at least a few invites so you don't end up with a bunch of people nobody wants to watch (which is what will happen if Symbol, Alive, Jjakji and Puma win their quarter finals).
With that said, it's been a really well run, well produced tournament so I hope it goes well for them and I'll be tuning in to the stream.
Stephano was invited to the tournament, he just didn't advance to the ro8.
On April 14 2012 01:43 Hiea wrote: So, you can watch it for 40 dollars+travel live, or watch it online for free?
I guess the venue is just so expensive so they have to do that, I just can't see how it will fill up, unless France have secretly been a major Esport country.
The french casters Pouf & Thud are pretty damn popular. They did some kind of one man show ( they are two, but you get the idea ) about gaming and sc2, even bringing friends from a well know television channel. They had a lot of people for that.
I think they can fill up more than people think. But as I said earlier, it would have been easier if Stephano made it. And there's a high possibility of having only Terran for the last 4... Selling 9 hours of TvT can be hard.
Good luck and all, I hope it's a great event. 35 euro seems insane, though. I guess I would pay $50 for an MLG or something (but I wouldn't be happy about it). That's a three day event, though. When you factor in other costs like travel and parking expenses, food, etc., you have to be in pretty good financial shape to manage that...
I understand that the price may put off some of the younger and more cash-strapped fans, but in fairness I've paid much higher amounts to see a band come out for 45 mins, also, a typical friday night drinking session costs me about 50 euros, so this seems well worth it. The venue is expensive, I hope they sell out. Great tournament.
On April 14 2012 00:50 ELA wrote: What a sick venue!
I really hope they can fill it! GLGL IronSquid - Awesome tournament, and of course awesome music as well (IronSquid produced 20+ songs specifically for the tournament - The most well known is probably this one:
Great music, good casters, and an amazing lineup, especially if MC/MMA/Nestea/Foxer make the Ro4. This would be one of the most awesome last 4's in any tournament, better than any GSL so far for sure.
All in all, I really like Iron Squid, I'll definitely be tuning in and I hope the place is packed.
On April 14 2012 00:50 ELA wrote: What a sick venue!
I really hope they can fill it! GLGL IronSquid - Awesome tournament, and of course awesome music as well (IronSquid produced 20+ songs specifically for the tournament - The most well known is probably this one:
Do people really think 40 euros is a lot for a live event? -.-
People here everywhere go to a hockey game for $60-$120 on a weekly basis, is $55 dollars that much for an occasional whole day event?
People need to look at beyond the amount of games play and focus on the actual enjoyment. I don't give a shit how many games there are, as long as the experience is good, and if Iron Squid pulls it off well it'd be more that worth the money.
I'd go so far as to say if they end up with MC, MMA, Nestea, and MKP it'll be the greatest semi-finals lineup in SC2 history. Please, please make it happen. Or at least can we avoid 4 terrans advancing?
Well here in Europe many people spend at least twice or triple that amount on a 90 minute football (soccer) game on the weekends. If you look at it that way, 40 euro for 12 hours doesnt seems that bad .
I hope for much success for this team, such an amazing job running this. What a great venue and a big contrast to the casino in vegas (which was also exemplary). This is the old world, America! I think they will show everyone in SC2 just how cool esport can be if you have people organizing who can do cool. So far we've had fun, geeky, enthusiastic and overdone events, but this will be something different.
On April 14 2012 03:55 FiWiFaKi wrote: Do people really think 40 euros is a lot for a live event? -.-
People here everywhere go to a hockey game for $60-$120 on a weekly basis, is $55 dollars that much for an occasional whole day event?
People need to look at beyond the amount of games play and focus on the actual enjoyment. I don't give a shit how many games there are, as long as the experience is good, and if Iron Squid pulls it off well it'd be more that worth the money.
Wow sick venue. As others have said, the price is pretty steep though :/ Hoping for a great audience anyways - Iron Squid surely deserves a great finals to end a great tournament.
On April 14 2012 04:01 TotalBiscuit wrote: Always odd to see people make comments when they don't seem to understand the business.
There's only 900 tickets remaining for this thing and weeks to go, at a 2500 seat venue. Yeah, they know what they're doing and who their audience is.
Pomf&Thud audience isn't really TL oriented, I would even dare to say that thieir audience doesn't even know what competitive eSports really is (where BW is the pinnacle) and are most likely yuppies to be able to afford a 40€ one day event.
Being a student in paris, 40€ is either 1 week worth of food or 4 night with friends. I value that over one day of SC2 even with some of the best korean.
On April 14 2012 04:01 TotalBiscuit wrote: Always odd to see people make comments when they don't seem to understand the business.
There's only 900 tickets remaining for this thing and weeks to go, at a 2500 seat venue. Yeah, they know what they're doing and who their audience is.
Pomf&Thud audience isn't really TL oriented, I would even dare to say that thieir audience doesn't even know what competitive eSports really is (where BW is the pinnacle) and are most likely yuppies to be able to afford a 40€ one day event.
Being a student in paris, 40€ is either 1 week worth of food or 4 night with friends. I value that over one day of SC2 even with some of the best korean.
729 tickets remaining - 1771 tickets sold in 12 hours... Well done IronSquid! I will be watching the stream, hope you frenchies are going to make some noice for the english stream as well ^^^^
I just hope you guys get enough ticket sales so it doesn't end up like the NASL and IPL offline events with barely a few people in the live audience (though they managed to get more people around for the finals events).
Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
The thing is... people believe that for some obscure reason it is IMPOSSIBLE to feel attachment to korean players, they believe all korean players to be boring and without personalities. This is just ignorant, and it just means these people don't watch the GSL and don't want to invest the time on knowing the korean scene, and then they proceed to blame it on the players.
I'm telling you, I go nuts when MC plays, not just because he's so good at SC2, but because he's such an awesome dude. And there are many players like that in the korean scene, you just have to know it.
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
The thing is... people believe that for some obscure reason it is IMPOSSIBLE to feel attachment to korean players, they believe all korean players to be boring and without personalities. This is just ignorant, and it just means these people don't watch the GSL and don't want to invest the time on knowing the korean scene, and then they proceed to blame it on the players.
I'm telling you, I go nuts when MC plays, not just because he's so good at SC2, but because he's such an awesome dude. And there are many players like that in the korean scene, you just have to know it.
Some player have awesome persona, but Koreans players are more or less copies of each other. Only the koreans with outstanding personalities have popularity in the foreign scene and they are not many : MC, viOlet, MKP, Polt etc etc ... Yeah aLive won IPL4 and it's great for him but what if GanZi would have won ? Would that change anything ? Absolutely not ? MC invested a lot of time for his foreign fan and it pays in the end. Why would I support someone who doesn't make the effort of learning English ? Polt did and he got my respect. Even Ukrainians speak it and education in Ukraine is much worse than in Korea. Your kind is so bent over worshiping Koreans because they allegedly train harder but when it comes to fan service one is much more lenient ...
PS : I'm not asking Maru to speak english at 14y old. Just someone around 18y old should be able to answer questions about his game in english.
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
The thing is... people believe that for some obscure reason it is IMPOSSIBLE to feel attachment to korean players, they believe all korean players to be boring and without personalities. This is just ignorant, and it just means these people don't watch the GSL and don't want to invest the time on knowing the korean scene, and then they proceed to blame it on the players.
I'm telling you, I go nuts when MC plays, not just because he's so good at SC2, but because he's such an awesome dude. And there are many players like that in the korean scene, you just have to know it.
Some player have awesome persona, but Koreans players are more or less copies of each other. Only the koreans with outstanding personalities have popularity in the foreign scene and they are not many : MC, viOlet, MKP, Polt etc etc ... Yeah aLive won IPL4 and it's great for him but what if GanZi would have won ? Would that change anything ? Absolutely not ? MC invested a lot of time for his foreign fan and it pays in the end. Why would I support someone who doesn't make the effort of learning English ? Polt did and he got my respect. Even Ukrainians speak it and education in Ukraine is much worse than in Korea. Your kind is so bent over worshiping Koreans because they allegedly train harder but when it comes to fan service one is much more lenient ...
PS : I'm not asking Maru to speak english at 14y old. Just someone around 18y old should be able to answer questions about his game in english.
This just sounds like you want to see who won and nothing else. Like I said, if you like top Starcraft, you'll watch koreans gladly, which is logical since they train the hardest. Otherwise, I'd recommend just turning on the stream on the background so you can hear who wins the games.
Maybe GanZi would have shown us amazing games, that's enough difference to make it enjoyable for me, since I like to watch top Starcraft.
I'll root for Chile whenever they play in the Football World Cup, but when they lose and Germany faces Spain in the finals, I'll watch without a doubt, with a beer in my hand, with my friends, excited as hell.
Like I said you are trying to prove that your point of view is the only worthy one without any good arguments. I tried to explain why I (and probably some others) don't support Koreans blindly just because they allegedly train harder. Enjoying great games has nothing to do with being a fan and supporting. I hope you grasp the difference I'm trying to explain here.
On April 14 2012 00:45 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: 40 bucks for a remarkable all day event is a pretty good price.
40 bucks for a remarkable all day StarCraft event, on a StarCraft nerd's budget, when asking StarCraft fans to come... is a not-so-good price.
hopefully you realize that it's 40 euros, not $40USD
Conversion rate aside, I think it's on the high end of the pricing spectrum, but the quality of the experience is also very high.
The price-point will definitely prevent some people from attending that would have attended at a lower price point, but they have to start high, as a price hike for future events (if their initial price point was too low) would be a mess on the PR front.
WOW the "Grand Rex" is one (the) most known cinema/theatre/big-places-with-lots-of-seats (what's the word in english?) in Paris, that's pretty huge. I live next to it, don't know if I'll have enough to pay for it but it sounds great.
AND I thought : if they advertise the thing a little bit, such an event in such a known place will not go unknonwn... Imagine a poster of sc2 like this :http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/64/paris_2eme_arrondissement/paris_le_cinema_le_grand_rex_1.jpg ( it's not like NYC, here in Paris it's the only place I can think of on a main street that is that big)
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
The thing is... people believe that for some obscure reason it is IMPOSSIBLE to feel attachment to korean players, they believe all korean players to be boring and without personalities. This is just ignorant, and it just means these people don't watch the GSL and don't want to invest the time on knowing the korean scene, and then they proceed to blame it on the players.
I'm telling you, I go nuts when MC plays, not just because he's so good at SC2, but because he's such an awesome dude. And there are many players like that in the korean scene, you just have to know it.
Some player have awesome persona, but Koreans players are more or less copies of each other. Only the koreans with outstanding personalities have popularity in the foreign scene and they are not many : MC, viOlet, MKP, Polt etc etc ... Yeah aLive won IPL4 and it's great for him but what if GanZi would have won ? Would that change anything ? Absolutely not ? MC invested a lot of time for his foreign fan and it pays in the end. Why would I support someone who doesn't make the effort of learning English ? Polt did and he got my respect. Even Ukrainians speak it and education in Ukraine is much worse than in Korea. Your kind is so bent over worshiping Koreans because they allegedly train harder but when it comes to fan service one is much more lenient ...
PS : I'm not asking Maru to speak english at 14y old. Just someone around 18y old should be able to answer questions about his game in english.
The thing is when you are lucky in France to have a french player able to compete with the best, you try your best to have him in your finals in Paris. Maybe it is not the best thing for equity, but it is the best thing for the french fans and the success of your tournament. Other than that, and the fact koreans speak english really bad, and are very far from western culture, the most important thing is that it is not fun to watch a one-nation international tournament. It would be the same if only swedes dominated SC2 for example...
On April 15 2012 00:13 marcesr wrote: Everything about this is great, but why all Koreans? I remember ESWC final with Stephano, the crowd was incredible. Does anyone think it will be close to that if Korean plays vs Korean? I dont.
If the viewers actually like Starcraft, then it will
lol the same debate over and over again.
It is pretty normal that a French crowd (who loves starcraft if they pay 40€ for a ticket) cheers way louder for Stephano than for MKP...unless most of the people in the crowd are like you which would be REALLY REALLY weird.
The thing is... people believe that for some obscure reason it is IMPOSSIBLE to feel attachment to korean players, they believe all korean players to be boring and without personalities. This is just ignorant, and it just means these people don't watch the GSL and don't want to invest the time on knowing the korean scene, and then they proceed to blame it on the players.
I'm telling you, I go nuts when MC plays, not just because he's so good at SC2, but because he's such an awesome dude. And there are many players like that in the korean scene, you just have to know it.
Some player have awesome persona, but Koreans players are more or less copies of each other. Only the koreans with outstanding personalities have popularity in the foreign scene and they are not many : MC, viOlet, MKP, Polt etc etc ... Yeah aLive won IPL4 and it's great for him but what if GanZi would have won ? Would that change anything ? Absolutely not ? MC invested a lot of time for his foreign fan and it pays in the end. Why would I support someone who doesn't make the effort of learning English ? Polt did and he got my respect. Even Ukrainians speak it and education in Ukraine is much worse than in Korea. Your kind is so bent over worshiping Koreans because they allegedly train harder but when it comes to fan service one is much more lenient ...
PS : I'm not asking Maru to speak english at 14y old. Just someone around 18y old should be able to answer questions about his game in english.
The thing is when you are lucky in France to have a french player able to compete with the best, you try your best to have him in your finals in Paris. Maybe it is not the best thing for equity, but it is the best thing for the french fans and the success of your tournament. Other than that, and the fact koreans speak english really bad, and are very far from western culture, the most important thing is that it is not fun to watch a one-nation international tournament. It would be the same if only swedes dominated SC2 for example...
The fact is that P&T are so funny, and even if the players are not french, they will make the crowd awesome. A P&T event is not comparable with the IPL or the MLG, people in the venue are here to see great games but to have fun too! Drink beer, talk with friends... Even if Stephano will not be here, it will be awesome !
making of of their last event (in french but you can see the environment ) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rho787L3I80
Hell !! I'm sure gonna come, with lots of friends, and celebrate my birthday in a great venture, being able to kiss MMA's feat and so on (:p).
On another topic, 35 € is a bit expensive for a SC2 event, not so expensive for the Grand Rex though - and since it's the only event in France with big names well good time to enjoy this.
On April 15 2012 23:37 Goliath1234 wrote: Does anyone knows if there also casters in english at the live event in paris? Because I'm thinking of flying to paris for this event
Apollo and TB will be sitting in the back, casting a stream I would guess. Anything else would be quite wierd with some aparently popular nativ speaking casters attached to the event.
On April 15 2012 23:37 Goliath1234 wrote: Does anyone knows if there also casters in english at the live event in paris? Because I'm thinking of flying to paris for this event
Apollo and TB will be sitting in the back, casting a stream I would guess. Anything else would be quite wierd with some aparently popular nativ speaking casters attached to the event.
Apollo will be there, TotalBiscuit will be "casting in" from the USA, as far as I know.
P&T got a HUUUUUGGGEEEE fanbase in France, and considering we don't host that many major lan events in the country, I bet most of their fans will be moving to Paris for this event. 2500 tickets is of course a lot but they're pretty good at marketing themselves and there events so I wouldn't worry much about that. I'd be more concerned of how to handle a crowd of 2k e-Sport fans inside such a prestigious theater without ruining the place ....
Actually, these are 3 Bo5 (semifinal 1, semifinal 2, bronze final), a showmatch (unknown players and number of rounds) and the Bo7 (Grand final). That's to say more or less 20 "GSL S-class" games you're watching live and fully commented in theater chairs for 35 €.
Concerning the showmatch, Pomf & Thud already invited top European players in more casual events, so anything might happen, but especially :
- Pomf/Thud willing to get crushed by one of the Koreans. Yet unlikely to happen in such a "serious" tournament. - Some high level PvX, due to the lack of Protoss in the brackets, the Ro4, and their absence from the live event. I personally was shocked to see ToD invited on the sole basis of chauvinism hidden behind his "secret training in Korea". He won one game in his whole bracket, and would have better been replaced by popular guys like HuK, Kiwikaki, Grubby or Minigun. - MoMaN vs ??? The guy was the top french Zerg before Stephano's rise, but he maintained national popularity by becoming friend with Pomf/Thud in their early career. He notably had a "Starcraft II gamer girls" weekly stream on MilleniumTV, a recap/analysis chronicle for Zerg matches in the french Iron Squid emissions, and accompanied the two casters in most of their events. He's likely to show up, playing or not.
On April 19 2012 00:47 dragonborn wrote: to be honest, story of the this tournament is Symbol.
i hope French peoples will cheer for him
I think all of the 4 players will be warmly cheered for! As TB said French audience are loud and they will clap and cheer for every good move a player makes!
I'm not worried about symbol as he is pretty entertaining to watch (and as you said, the story of this tournament)
On April 22 2012 05:32 Rynzou wrote: 200 places remaining, this is truly epic !
Not really surprising though. Let's just look at their YouTube numbers : 53,430 subscribers & 40,082,412 video views. If you add the most viewed SC2 stream in France (MilleniumTV) which has around 2K on average at any point of the day, and consider the fact that they sell out the LDLC Winter in around 2 days (~500 places) then you would expect that.
That's a really good news for our beloved hobby. Now we need structures to train players and not just buy them off the market and hope they improve.
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Iron Squid is a tournament that deserves an exceptional place for its final show. This very prestigious is none other that Le Grand Rex. Le Grand Rex is the largest cinema, theater and music venue in Paris. An atmospheric theater, the cinema features a starred "sky" overhead, as well as interior fountains. The cinema is a landmark of Art Deco style architecture. It features the largest screen in Europe, called grand large. Le Grand Rex is capable to gather over 2, 500 spectators that will come to watch a day long show on StarCraft II. The ticket will be available at 6pm on www.PlaceMinute.com for €35,95. The show will start at 10 am and end at 10pm, here is the schedule of the day:![[image loading]](http://ironsquid.tv/data/img/season1/TL_grandFinals3.jpg)
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