Recap: USC/UCI Open LAN - VoDs and Reps!

People setting up

USC had an extremely nice venue for a LAN. They had computers all installed with SC2 in two rooms, and all you had to do was bring your keyboard and mouse.


From left to right: GHOSTCLAW (og TL shirt), Ekke, Shoey (pro zergs)


Nerd paradise, spicypadthai in the foreground


El presidente Bada speaks while spicypadthai and Tim do last minute brackets in the background

The tournament itself went extremely smoothly with little to no hiccups aside from scrambling to get the brackets done. Spectators took time to watch the TSL in the other room while the group stages were taking place. There was a solemn quiet aura enveloped the room as the nerds did battle, with only the violent sound of clicking and typing piercing the air.


Left to right: USC’s Usyless, UCSD’s xmShakeSAGA, Fullerton’s Russano

Forefront: BlackStar. The pain of playing on flat mac keyboards....

Group A:
onelinko.676, wildcard.173, otlovecake.500, scv.159

All4One's linko was heavily favored to advance here; being the first seed in the tournament due to ladder points he would have the easiest group. The fight for the second seed to advance was between Protoss oTLoveCake and USC Zerg wildcard, both being fairly close in points, where wildcard won out.

Group B:
spsmagician.162, gwho.983, magtheridon.711, probe.333

UCLA's sPsMagician easily advanced as first seed from his relatively uneventful group, along with schoolmate gwho.

Group C:
shoey.467, yyxm.449, blackstar.794, argoth.546

This group was one of two groups of death of the tournamens. Shoey is one of UCI's strongest CSL players, along with UCI 2v2 ace BlackStar who went 5-0 in the regular season. YYXM is one of USC's most consistent CSL players. However, YYXM lost to both UCI players to be eliminated in the group stages.

Group D:
owmygroin.165, ogshiren.623, konceptzlife.118, sfoo.885

CSLA Zerg owmygroin was heavily favored to advance from his group as first seed, with close to 4000 points and being deep in the top 200. However, he was upset by Caltech's oGsHiren, no doubt by some kind of Terran bullshittery.

Group E:
polar.629, ekke.737, invader.724, censored.301

The second of the groups of death, with UCI Terran POlar and UCI cheeser invader, alongside the Zerg ekke. invader drops a game to his schoolmate for second, while POlar cruises through his group 3-0 to take first seeding.

Group F:
darrenc.942, bearstorm.157, scslayer.678, heredity.700

This group featured another upset, with USC Protoss BearStorm defeating the previous USC Open LAN champion Darrenc of UCI in an epic PvP. Darrenc opens up with a 3gate cannon expo on Shakuras, while BearStorm opts for 2gate phoenix. The game goes into a 30 minute long macrofest, with USC barely ekeing out the win.

Group G:
russano.823, usyless.820, ghostclaw.883, funbag.369

Fullerton Protoss Russano made light work of his group, going 3-0. USC Zerg Usyless advanced second, with an interesting game versus Russano. On Xel Naga Caverns, Usyless opted for a proxy hatchery rush, containing Russano to a single base with spine crawlers at his ramp. However, Russano managed to bust out after massing immortals, and pushed all the way across the map to seal the game.

Group H:
xmshakesaga.558, spicypadthai.467, saffir.874, drone.631

This group featured UCSD Terran xmShakeSAGA, who is 11-1 in the regular CSL season, along with USC CSL coordinator spicypadthai. With both Terrans sitting at 2-0, their game would determine who would advance as first seed. This is especially crucial for both, since the second seed of this group would have to play the first seed of group A in the elimination bracket, most likely ONElinko. shake opens up with a quick siege tank expand on Terminus Re in 6 versus 3 positions, but is busted by spicypadthai's thor/scv allin.

Reps provided by darrenc
http://www.mediafire.com/?ea4s99met3qew1a
http://www.mediafire.com/?qxcsvai0arixx21

Reps of casted games (unnamed, will have to check in SC2 or SC2Gears for now. Should be in order of casting from the bottom to top )
http://www.mediafire.com/?ypdnot5tpezjzx6

To those of you looking for a particular game played in the Grand Finals, it may be in the pack but it's not "appropriately" named. If it's not there, just let me know in a post and I'll try to get it uploaded ASAP. I am away from my desktop for Spring Break so I can't check if the rep is there immediately.

POlar UCI (T) vs owmygroin (Z) Ro16 Bo3 series

Set 1:
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Set 2:
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Set 3:
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WINNERS INTERVIEW:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282036281

SET 2 HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL TVZ FANS

sPsMagician sPs/UCLA (T) vs.Shoey UCI (Z) Ro8 Set 2

http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282036887

WINNERS INTERVIEW:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282061368

sPsMagician sPs/UCLA (T) vs. invader (P) Ro4 Bo5 series

Set 1:
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Set 2:
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Set 3:
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Set 4:
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Set 5:
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UCI Protoss extrordinaire Darrenc on Xel Naga Caverns
ONElinko All For ONE gaming (T) vs darrenc UCI (P) Bo5 series

Set 1:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282055071

Set 2:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282055862

Set 3:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282056022

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Set 5:
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darrenc vs. ONElinko winners interview
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282056937

ONElinko (T) vs sPsMagician (T) Bo5 series
Casted by Day[9]!

Set 1:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282057278 pt 1
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282057417 pt 2

Set 2:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282057863

Set 3:
http://www.justin.tv/shincraft/b/282058478

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Set 5:
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Game 4 extremely recommended if you are a StarCraft fan of any sorts.

1. sPsMagician (UCLA) - $80
2. ONElinko - $50
3. Darrenc (UCI) - $30
4. invader (UCI)
5-8. POlar (UCI)
5-8. Russano (Fullerton)
5-8. Shoey (UCI)
5-8. spicypadthai (USC)

We filled up four tables!


KBBQ meat money shot.


Bada Kang with sPsMagician, ONElino, darrenc in the awards ceremony.


"I almost skipped this event for more sleep."


AWWWWW YEEAAAAA


Still ballin' in third place.


GHOSTCLAW from UCI, Day[9], and Bada Kang. A great end to a great day!


Group pic of UCI StarCraft/eSports


Group pic of USC eSports, who hosted and found the KBBQ place. Awesome people!