Kaal's International Starleague kicks into full gear as we leave the Group Stage and move on to the bracket where 64 players from all over the world will battle for the title of ISL2 Champion.
Ro32 // Best of 5 // 2 Set Maps Start: Icarus, Tau Cross 1.1 Pick from: Empire of the Sun, Destination, Circuit Breaker, Match Point
Ro16 // Best of 5 // 2 Set Maps Start: Match Point, Empire of the Sun Pick from: Destination 1.1, Circuit Breaker, Neo Aztec, HBR
Ro8// Best of 5 // 3 Set Maps Start: HBR, Neo Aztec, Wuthering Heights Pick from: Longinus 2, Neo Beltway, Fighting Spirit
Semis // Best of 7 // 3 Set Maps Start: Fighting Spirit, Longinus 2, Neo Beltway Pick from: Rush Hour III, Wuthering Heights, La Mancha, Sin Peaks of Baekdu, Destination 1.1
Finals // Best of 7 // 3 Set Maps Start: Destination 1.1, Rush Hour III, Colosseum II Pick from: Sin Peaks of Baekdu, La Mancha, Othello, Tau Cross 1.1, Blue Storm, Holy World SE, Icarus, Neo Beltway
The games will start on September 3rd at 19:00 CET (18:00 GMT (+00:00) local time). Games will be played on the Fish server, rendez-vous channel is OP ISL2
INVITES
As you may have been able to tell from the bracket, we have some new invites making their way into ISL. From the four initial invites, three were announced: WCG 4th place Kolll, TvZ Mastermind Heme and the ISL 1's runner-up Ace. Today we welcome Shauni to the roster, whom we know from his awesome stream, as well as appearances in TL Arena and iCCup Attack!
Additionally, due to so many non-shows and drop-outs from the Group Stage, we announce seven more invites to complete the bracket. They are:
[TerrOr]Nb
PatrrrOn
Karate
CaStrO
SzajnA
Target
AlfiO
We are sure these players will do very well in the matches to come and we wish them welcome and good luck as the Round of 64 approaches
With this many matches to start out with, we already have a fair number of notable battles to look forward to. Top Russian Terran Ramms takes on last season's Silver Medal winner, the Sniper Zerg, Ace, a fight between AstrO and DragOn will determine who the true King of Canada is and MaD [AoV] vs TechnicS is an overall AllStar match. Invites Kolll and Target go head to head in a ZvZ showdown, gag vs Sneazel should provide some excellent TvP and in AlfiO vs GoD we'll see two styles of PvP crash headlong into one another.
Need more hype? Scoot over to Hacklebeast's interviews to get to know some of these players a bit better!
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You must use chaoslauncher for 1.16.1 or MiniLauncher for every group stage and tournament game on Fish server.
No smurf accounts. Your account must be played with your known ID in it. If you are found out to be smurfing, you will be disqualified and no further participation in the tournament will be allowed. If you are worried about which ID you should use, PM LRM)Game at account Game on teamliquid.net. If you feel that not smurfing gives you an unfair disadvantage, you must appeal to LRM)Game at account Game on teamliquid.net. We will then give you a predetermined smurf name. Failure to comply will lead to disqualification.
All names must begin with ISL2. Ex: ISL2-Kaalveiten ISL2_NoOne [ISL2]Sayle.
If you want to make a new name, you must inform us.
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No hacking or abusing. This is very very basic. No multiple or shared accounts. No letting other players on your accounts. No taking free wins from friends. No selling wins. No playing against your own account. If suspected of abuse, failure to comply with ISL2 staff will result in a disqualification from the tournament.
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All games must be played on /dnd mode. You cannot use the same map twice.
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So everyone is doing their predictions up to the Round of 8. I took it a step further and will copy/paste my entire tournament predictions in two different spoilers. Keep in mind I have not seen anything more than you have about the players besides a few replay packs. No tournament play, no knowledge of activity/if everyone will show. Here we go.
First leg left side: Nosgoth < OctZerg Sziky > non TTF < Ruarc AstrO < DragOn
OctZerg <> Sziky ... this is actually one of the toughest matches I foresee in the entire tournament Ruarc < DragOn
Winner of OctZerg/Sziky > DragOn (sorry Alex <3 you)
First leg right side: Muff2n < andrey Pallmall < SzajnA Justice < Shauni Pro7ecT > Megashira
andrey > SzajnA Shauni < Pro7ecT
andrey < Pro7ecT
Second leg left side: Michael > LML AlfiO < GoD gag < SneazeL (another really tough one - I respect your vs P/T abilities gag but I just think SneazeL is better at PvT than you are at TvP) trutaCz > 500kg
Michael > GoD SneazeL > trutaCz
Michael > SneazeL
Second leg right side: Cryoc < Heme Pike > Bizarre Teacher < Zaraki (sorry Mathieu) SouthPark < fLip
Heme < Pike Zaraki < fLip
Pike > fLip
Third leg left side: ProZZZero < Bakuryu GoTuNk > Rocky Target < Kolll Karate > CastrO
Bakuryu > GoTuNk Kolll > Karate
Bakuryu < Kolll(sorry Mike!)
Third leg right side: Ramms < Ace DeSka > Bishop vanatir < PatrrrOn Bandy < TerrOr
Ace > DeSka (Ace 4-2 DeSka in the semifinals of AoV ISL) PatrOn < TerrOr
Ace > TerrOr
Fourth leg left side: Choosy > TerranBoy Bibiane < blazin dsaqwe > remag Plumbum > TEH (I'm kinda iffy on this prediction)
Choosy > blazin dsaqwe > Plumbum
Choosy < dsaqwe (sorry Choosy )
Fourth leg right side: Sleep < Jumper OyA > Must Kashu > WhistleR MaD[AoV] > TechnicS (only because TechnicS material is easy to find and his play rarely changes)
Jumper < OyA Kashu < MaD[AoV]
OyA < MaD[AoV](sorry sexy Oy(A) but Gier's play/matchup picking is very tricky)
My round of 8 picks before any tournament play: Winner of OctZerg/Sziky Pro7ecT Michael Pike Kolll Ace dsaqwe MaD[AoV]
My round of 8 picks before any tournament play: Winner of OctZerg/Sziky Pro7ecT Michael Pike Kolll Ace dsaqwe MaD[AoV]
Winner of OctZerg/Sziky <> Pro7ecT (I think OctZerg would lose to Pro7ecT and Sziky would beat him - but that Pike would dominate Pro7ecT so I'm going to put Oct/Sziky into the semis below) Michael < Pike Kolll > Ace dsaqwe < MaD[AoV]
SemiFinals: Winner of OctZerg/Sziky > Pike Kolll > MaD[AoV]
Finals: OctZerg < Kolll Sziky > Kolll (given that match I couldn't decide)
On September 01 2011 08:12 Muff2n wrote: andrey, if you happen to spot this, would it be possible to play on Friday evening instead?
Let me address this way ahead of time: Matches cannot be played without a referee present. (Refer to rule #8) Therefore, if any players do work it out to play before or after Saturday (must be played by Monday) they must first alert me to this - with proof of the agreement - and wait for confirmation that a referee will be there.
P.S. andrey was banned from TL for (I think a week) in the Third LRM) $75 Island Tournament thread.
I like how you think Mad, someone I never even heard of will get further than me. Also octzerg's ZvP is lawlful and I'll prove it if he can keep up after I destroy dragon.
On September 01 2011 08:30 dRaW wrote: I like how you think Mad, someone I never even heard of will get further than me. Also octzerg's ZvP is lawlful and I'll prove it if he can keep up after I destroy dragon.
DraW... you're a self-hypist man. I don't go for that, sorry. You got destroyed by a rusty Shauni last ISL and generally have never proven anything except the ability to theorycraft, talk, and ladder. The fact that you question my judgment based solely on your best skill - hyping yourself up, is a bit ironic though. Normally I'm a dick, but I don't mean this offensively, all of the above is true. You should watch some MaD replays, he is a very unique and skilled player. I'm on dat dick.
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Tau Cross, after which it's Loser Picks from 
Kolll, TvZ Mastermind ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Pholon/Ru.png)
Heme and the ISL 1's runner-up 
Shauni to the roster, whom we know from his awesome stream, as well as appearances in TL Arena and iCCup Attack!![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images/9/90/Pe.png)
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MaD [AoV] vs ![[image loading]](/staff/HawaiianPig/ISL2/intertitle/rules.png)
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