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FXOpen Invitational Series 2FXOpen presents the second 64-player invitational tournament in their latest series of invitational events, the
FXOpen Invitational Series. This format continues the prizepool of $1500 cash. BRACKETS
REPLAYS ON TWITTER
Prime management took the time to answer a few of our questions, so please read these responses from
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ZephyrPrime!+ Show Spoiler [Interview] +
deL: Prime is doing quite well in major events, but will you be looking to strengthen your roster with new players or just practice and improve with the players you have?
ZephyrPrime: We have a lot of good players so right now, we do not have any plan to strengthen our rosters with new players but we only have 2 Zerg players so If there are good Zerg players, we might be interested at them.
deL: oGs players have placed in the top 3 of the two previous FXOpen events, while others were knocked out earlier - sometimes by foreigners - what do you think about these results?
ZephyrPrime: oGs players have many opportunities to practice with Foreign players (TeamLiquid), so they can easily know foreign players style. I think they used this advantage very well, also they just play very well!!!
deL: What are your views on foreign/non-Korean players in general? What are the major differences, where do foreigners lack, and where are they strong?
ZephyrPrime: I think they are very good at macro things but little bit bad at micro control than Koreans. While they have good strategies, they lack of multi-control. But Koreans are very good ad micro, multi-control, so I think that is the major difference between them.
deL: Are there any non-Korean players participating in the FXOpen events that you recognise?
ZephyrPrime: Yeah, I've seen some players in FXO team, ROOT team, EG team etc... on online, also FXOmOOnGlaDe invited to GSL so I can recognise him easily.
deL: Which players are the biggest threat to your Prime players?
ZephyrPrime: oGs players and SeleCT.
deL: How do your players feel about being invited to this event?
ZephyrPrime: They are very happy about being invited to this event. Also there are Prizes!! they eagerly look forward to participate this event!!
deL: You told your players the wrong time for the event last tournament - were they angry at you? How did you make it up to them?
ZephyrPrime: LOL... Yeah at first, they were a little bit angry and I said sorry also I told them there are another event on next month. After they know that, they seemed to be less angered.
deL: Finally, make some honest predictions for the tournament
Who will win and who will do well?
ZephyrPrime: oGsStC went to Final Round both season 1 and season 2. I think he will do well again but our Prime players will do better!!!
A big thanks as always to our Korean friends for their time!
ZephyrPrime: We have a lot of good players so right now, we do not have any plan to strengthen our rosters with new players but we only have 2 Zerg players so If there are good Zerg players, we might be interested at them.
deL: oGs players have placed in the top 3 of the two previous FXOpen events, while others were knocked out earlier - sometimes by foreigners - what do you think about these results?
ZephyrPrime: oGs players have many opportunities to practice with Foreign players (TeamLiquid), so they can easily know foreign players style. I think they used this advantage very well, also they just play very well!!!
deL: What are your views on foreign/non-Korean players in general? What are the major differences, where do foreigners lack, and where are they strong?
ZephyrPrime: I think they are very good at macro things but little bit bad at micro control than Koreans. While they have good strategies, they lack of multi-control. But Koreans are very good ad micro, multi-control, so I think that is the major difference between them.
deL: Are there any non-Korean players participating in the FXOpen events that you recognise?
ZephyrPrime: Yeah, I've seen some players in FXO team, ROOT team, EG team etc... on online, also FXOmOOnGlaDe invited to GSL so I can recognise him easily.
deL: Which players are the biggest threat to your Prime players?
ZephyrPrime: oGs players and SeleCT.
deL: How do your players feel about being invited to this event?
ZephyrPrime: They are very happy about being invited to this event. Also there are Prizes!! they eagerly look forward to participate this event!!
deL: You told your players the wrong time for the event last tournament - were they angry at you? How did you make it up to them?
ZephyrPrime: LOL... Yeah at first, they were a little bit angry and I said sorry also I told them there are another event on next month. After they know that, they seemed to be less angered.
deL: Finally, make some honest predictions for the tournament
Who will win and who will do well? ZephyrPrime: oGsStC went to Final Round both season 1 and season 2. I think he will do well again but our Prime players will do better!!!
A big thanks as always to our Korean friends for their time!
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FULL BRACKETS
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oGsTheStC (![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/0/0b/Silver.png)
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dignitas.SeleCT (![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/f/f2/Bronze.png)
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oGsMC
CheckPrime
MarineKingPrime
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EGIdrA
anyproPrime
PoltPrime
FXOSheth
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DuskBin.F91
DuskBin.way
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FXOpTiKzErO
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FXOFilthy
vileHasHe
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fnaticMSi.SEn
coLstalife
REQDarkCell
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MYMXlorD
EGAxslav
ESCGoOdy
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GGNaugrim
ppgBubbles
coLCrunCher
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MYMClouD
Mill.lalush
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Mill.ToD
srsiNSoLeNCE
LGReSpOnSe
GGiNfeRNaL
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mouzMaNa
oGsSuperNoVa
oGsZenio
oGsEnsnare
oGsInCa
Liquid`Jinro
WE.Loner
WE.Luffy
CN!MoMaN
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iceiceice
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dKiLLeR
MYMSaSe
LGPainuser
EGStrifeCro
ROOTdrewbie
ROOTDdoRo
rSVer
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rSMaker
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Capoch
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ROOTCatZ
FXOSLoG
VTSpades
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EGGrubby
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imba.FXOpen.LoWeLy
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imba.FXOpen.Roll
ONEKyhol
Avilo
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mouzStrelok
Looky
LGZelniq
fnaticMSi.Fenix
oGsTheStC () dignitas.SeleCT () oGsMC CheckPrime MarineKingPrime EGIdrA anyproPrime PoltPrime FXOSheth DuskBin.F91 DuskBin.way FXOpTiKzErO FXOFilthy vileHasHe fnaticMSi.SEn coLstalife REQDarkCell MYMXlorD EGAxslav ESCGoOdy GGNaugrim ppgBubbles coLCrunCher MYMClouD Mill.lalush Mill.ToD srsiNSoLeNCE LGReSpOnSe GGiNfeRNaL mouzMaNa oGsSuperNoVa oGsZenio oGsEnsnare oGsInCa Liquid`Jinro WE.Loner WE.Luffy CN!MoMaN iceiceice dKiLLeR MYMSaSe LGPainuser EGStrifeCro ROOTdrewbie ROOTDdoRo rSVer rSMaker Capoch ROOTCatZ FXOSLoG VTSpades EGGrubby imba.FXOpen.LoWeLy imba.FXOpen.Roll ONEKyhol Avilo mouzStrelok Looky LGZelniq fnaticMSi.Fenix+ Show Spoiler [Qualifiers] +
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Baz
AlexCMoi
RGlFuRy
ROOTKitty
Baz AlexCMoi RGlFuRy ROOTKittyThere will also be four qualification places up for grabs over two qualifiers on the 18th and 19th. These are yet to be announced and will only be open for registration seveal hours before the event begins to minimise no-shows and keep the brackets clean and manageable. If you can't show up for a qualifier you can't show up for the main event on time! More information regarding the qualifiers will appear in separate threads, as well as updating of this thread.
FXOpen Qualifier #1 - OVER
FXOpen Qualifier #2 - OVER
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The tournament will be a two-day, 64 player invitational/qualification event with a $1500 prizepool, distributed 900/400/200. The 64 players will compete in a best-of-three double elimination competition. Round 1 matchups will be based on rough 'seedings' gathered from previous tournament events and other scene activity. Map determination will be via vetoe. Tournament UB and LB finals will be Bo5, and the final will be up to 2 x Bo5.
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Day 1
Saturday, Mar 26 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
UB Rounds 1-4
LB Rounds 1-6
Day 2
Sunday, Mar 27 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
UB Round 5 and UB Final
LB Rounds 7-9 and LB Final
Grand Final
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Xel&Metalopolis (MLG)Typhon PeaksTal& (GSL)Terminus RE (GSL)![[image loading]](http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2885/fxois1prizes.png)
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First place takes $900 Second place takes $400 Third place takes $200Prizes are in Australian Dollars ($AUD) which are roughly equivalent to US$
In addition to cash prizes, players who participate in our invitational series will accrue ladder points directly towards invites for future LAN events with much bigger prizepools.
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FXOpen is a forex trading company seeking to get more involved in the game they are passionate about - StarCraft 2. FXOpen currently sponsors MMA, drift car series and various other sporting events.
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http://www.fxopen.com
Coverage on other sites:
SC2.cn
GosuGamers
ESFIworld
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