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2 more days of play, 4 players remain, 1500$ in prizes and 1 champion.
These are the ISL2 Semifinals.
Round of 8 - Recap
VODs
Sziky 3 - 1 
Pro7ect
Sneazel 3 - 2 Pike Bakuryu 0 - 3 Ace Bibiane 1 - 3 KashuSemifinals - Preview
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Sziky has been in top shape. He's dropped a single game against
AstrO and a single game against Pro7ect and is branded the favourite to win it all. Sneazel on the other hand has been impressive as well. Game named him as one of the upcoming talents in his BW Progamer thread. He was the underdog vs trutacZ (?) and Michael but his victories over these players gained him a lot of fans in the Round of 8 polls. I think this could be a surprisingly close series. I'll give the edge to Sziky, but with Arbiters and Dark Archons on the fields, anything could happen 
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The big question surrounding this match will doubtlessly be the following: What race will Kashu play?? Will he pick Terran as he did against
Whistler? Use his Comeback Kid Protoss like against Technics? Will he pick to try and do what Bakuryu couldn't? Or will he take his chances and go for Random? My personal guess would be Protoss. Ace's ZvT against Patron and ZvZ against Bakuryu looked absolutely beastly, while Kashu's showing against Technics was also impressive. Maybe he'll let the maps decide? In any case, both players are gonna have to bring their a-game as the Sniper Zerg faces off against the Comeback Kid. Polls
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Poll: Who do you want to win?
Kashu (23)
64%
Ace (13)
36%
36 total votes
Ace (13)
36 total votes
Your vote: Who do you want to win?
Poll: Who do you think will win?
Ace (27)
77%
Kashu (8)
23%
35 total votes
Kashu (8)
35 total votes
Your vote: Who do you think will win?
Poll: What race will Kashu play??
I have no idea! @_@ (8)
26%
Terran (7)
23%
Protoss (7)
23%
Zerg (5)
16%
Random (4)
13%
31 total votes
Terran (7)
Protoss (7)
Zerg (5)
Random (4)
31 total votes
Your vote: What race will Kashu play??
(Vote): Zerg
(Vote): Terran
(Vote): Protoss
(Vote): Random
(Vote): I have no idea! @_@
All matches are Best of Seven. The games will start on October 1st 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.
The set maps are Fighting Spirit, Longinus 2 and Neo Beltway. After that it's Loser Picks from Rush Hour III, Wuthering Heights, La Mancha, Sin Peaks of Baekdu,
DestinationThe games, as always, will be casted by Sayle. Even if you're not Hungarian you should probably tune in
To get more hype, check out Hacklebeast's Interview Thread
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Tournament Rules
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- The absolute and most important rule is that LRM)Game holds full discretion over ISL2 decisions and procedures.
- 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.
- In order for previous hackers or abusers to play in ISL2, they will need to provide certain things to LRM)Game or Hakurei[AoV] which will be handled on a case to case basis. All discretion for this is held by the ISL2 Counter Abuse Team.
- 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.
- All Kaal's International StarLeague matches must be played with a referee present.
- No Korean IP addresses.
- All ladder replays must be saved for your own safety and submitted at the end of each stage to LRM)Game at isl2replays@gmail.com.
- Any major issues that concern anything to do with names, rules, or disqualification, need to be PMed to Game at Teamliquid.net
- All games must be played on /dnd mode. You cannot use the same map twice.
- Anything a referee tells you during the proceedings of the matches goes; be very attentive to the rules they announce per week. Additionally, rules might have slight alterations throughout the entirety of the tournament.
- Scouting via gases, observers over turrets, hold position lurkers, all variations of legal play are allowed.
Message from the sponsors:
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Sponsors: KaalVeiten, TwitchTV.com, EleGant[AoV], rUSKIG, Trap, Megashira[AoV], NoisE[AoV], mesochobo
Organizer: LRM)Game
CAT Team: Hakurei[AoV], LRM)nOoNe, Sayle, LRM)Glory, KaalVeiten, LRM)Game, JoeKim, zimp
Caster: Sayle and EleGant[AoV]
Referee: LRM)Game, LRM)Glory, JoeKim
Graphics: HawaiianPig
Videos: Supernovamaniac, Dan1870220133262
Server: Fish Server with ChaosLauncher or MiniLauncher for the Group Stages and Tournament.
YT channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/KaalISL
Text by Pholon
Graphics by Hydro & HawaiianPig
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