Campus Party EU

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

August 22 2012 19:11 GMT

Why would a tournament completely fail at marketing themselves? Excellent question. Let's discuss this tournament anyway.

Campus Party Europe

Where? Berlin, Germany
When? August 22nd to August 25th
What? Sixteen man tournament with 25k prize pool

How?
Campus Party Official
EmpireTV (RU)
MoriCup (DE)

Finals

mTw.SuperNoVa vs GLSnute
$7k on the line!

Bracket

GLSnute vs

Liquid`Ret

MǂforGG vs

mTw.SuperNoVa

mouz.HasuObs vs [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

FXOBabyKnight vs

FXOStrelok

Group Stage

Group A

GLSnute

aTn.Socke

FXOStrelok

iRa

Results:
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GLSnute < Antiga Shipyard >

FXOStrelok

GLSnute < Cloud Kingdom >

FXOStrelok

aTn.Socke < Antiga Shipyard >

iRa

aTn.Socke < Cloud Kingdom >

iRa

GLSnute < Shakuras Plateau >

aTn.Socke

GLSnute < Daybreak >

aTn.Socke

iRa < Antiga Shipyard >

FXOStrelok

iRa < Cloud Kingdom >

FXOStrelok

aTn.Socke < Daybreak >

FXOStrelok

aTn.Socke < Cloud Kingdom >

FXOStrelok

GLSnute < Daybreak >

iRa

GLSnute < Ohana >

iRa

Tiebreakers:

aTn.Socke < Cloud Kingdom >

FXOStrelok

GLSnute < Ohana >

aTn.Socke

GLSnute < Cloud Kingdom >

FXOStrelok

Group Results:
#1:

GLSnute — 2-1 (4-2, 2-0)
#2:

FXOStrelok — 2-1 (4-2, 1-1)
#3:

aTn.Socke — 2-1 (4-2, 0-2)
#4:

iRa — 0-3 (0-6)

Group B

ROGǂelfi

MǂforGG

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD
[image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

Results:
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ROGǂelfi < Antiga Shipyard > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

ROGǂelfi < Cloud Kingdom > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

MǂforGG < Ohana >

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD

MǂforGG < Antiga Shipyard >

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD

ROGǂelfi < Ohana >

MǂforGG

ROGǂelfi < Cloud Kingdom >

MǂforGG

ROGǂelfi < Antiga Shipyard >

MǂforGG

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD < Daybreak > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD < Entombed Valley > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

ROGǂelfi < Daybreak >

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD

ROGǂelfi < Ohana >

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD

MǂforGG < Entombed Valley > < Ohana > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

MǂforGG < Entombed Valley > < Entombed Valley > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

MǂforGG < Cloud Kingdom > < Entombed Valley > [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD

Group Results:
#1:

MǂforGG — 3-0 (6-2)
#2: [image loading]

FnaticRC.NightEnD — 2-1 (5-2)
#3:

ROGǂelfi — 1-2 (3-4)
#4:

Karont3ǂLoLvsxD — 0-3 (0-6)

Group C

x6.AlaStOr

MǂFeast

mouz.HasuObs

mTw.SuperNoVa

Results:
+ Show Spoiler +

x6.AlaStOr < Daybreak >

MǂFeast

x6.AlaStOr < Cloud Kingdom >

MǂFeast

mouz.HasuObs < Ohana >

mTw.SuperNoVa

mouz.HasuObs < Entombed Valley >

mTw.SuperNoVa

mouz.HasuObs < Cloud Kingdom >

mTw.SuperNoVa

x6.AlaStOr < Antiga Shipyard >

mTw.SuperNoVa

x6.AlaStOr < Entombed Valley >

mTw.SuperNoVa

MǂFeast < Antiga Shipyard >

mouz.HasuObs

MǂFeast < Entombed Valley >

mouz.HasuObs

MǂFeast < Cloud Kingdom >

mouz.HasuObs

MǂFeast < Daybreak >

mTw.SuperNoVa

MǂFeast < Ohana >

mTw.SuperNoVa

MǂFeast < Entombed Valley >

mTw.SuperNoVa

x6.AlaStOr < Daybreak >

mouz.HasuObs

x6.AlaStOr < Ohana >

mouz.HasuObs

Group Results:
#1:

mouz.HasuObs — 3-0 (6-2)
#2:

mTw.SuperNoVa — 2-1 (5-3)
#3:

MǂFeast — 1-2 (4-4)
#4:

x6.AlaStOr — 0-3 (0-6)

Group D

FXOBabyKnight

FnaticRC.Naama

Liquid`Ret

viPro

Results:
+ Show Spoiler +

FnaticRC.Naama < Ohana >

Liquid`Ret

FnaticRC.Naama < Entombed Valley >

Liquid`Ret

FXOBabyKnight < Ohana >

viPro

FXOBabyKnight < Antiga Shipyard >

viPro

FXOBabyKnight < Antiga Shipyard >

Liquid`Ret

FXOBabyKnight < Daybreak >

Liquid`Ret

FnaticRC.Naama < Antiga Shipyard >

viPro

FnaticRC.Naama < Daybreak >

viPro

FnaticRC.Naama < Ohana >

viPro

FnaticRC.Naama < ??? >

FXOBabyKnight

FnaticRC.Naama < ??? >

FXOBabyKnight

FnaticRC.Naama < ??? >

FXOBabyKnight

Liquid`Ret < Ohana >

viPro

Liquid`Ret < Shakuras Plateau >

viPro

Group Results:
#1:

FXOBabyKnight — 2-1 (5-2)
#2:

Liquid`Ret — 2-1 (4-2)
#3:

FnaticRC.Naama — 1-2 (3-5)
#4:

viPro — 1-2 (2-5)

aike

United States1629 Posts

August 22 2012 20:03 GMT

$25,000 and i've never heard of it lolol. What?! Come on now tournaments! It's not that hard to throw up a post on TL and/or reddit!

Bedrock

United States395 Posts

August 22 2012 20:04 GMT

Is this being casted by Kaelaris?

TheRealNanMan

United States1471 Posts

August 22 2012 20:04 GMT

Wow I really wish I knew this was happening I would have loved to watch some of this T_T

andaylin

United States10830 Posts

August 22 2012 20:07 GMT

wtf i would i watched this if i knew about it.

Champloo

Germany1850 Posts

August 22 2012 20:08 GMT

Worst advertised tournament ever. 25000$ down the toilet.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

August 22 2012 20:13 GMT

my problem is OK it's a new esport event that was attached to an otherwise large convention. But if you are going to invite these excellent players, give a great prizepool you have a responsibility to YOURSELF to try and salvage some ROI by advertising on the internet FOR FREE. Literally, asking the players to tweet about it.. making a thread with nice graphics on TL.. and you know what? If you don't know HOW to do this.. shave off 1k$ from your budget and find someone who DOES know how to do it. Literally the easiest part about a tourney is advertising. You can suck at it or be ok at it and some are great but to NOT DO IT AT ALL.. horribly irresponsible.

I want so bad for eSports to get big and go mainstream and reach everyone yadayada but when shit like this goes down it reminds me just how far we have to go.

Bedrock

United States395 Posts

August 22 2012 20:14 GMT

Original link to tournament here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=356931

Why wasn't this pushed on TL? It just... disappeared?

brainox

Germany292 Posts

August 22 2012 20:14 GMT

So basically Campus party takes place in berlin. Eventhough i live in berlin i didnt saw, hear anything from it. Even the Campus party itself was poorly advertised. Then the 10000 tickets you could get are already sold out and I am pretty sure that none of them bought it to watch the esport tournament...

Darkthorn

Romania912 Posts

August 22 2012 20:14 GMT

#10

ForGG is 3-0 in his group...ForGG beat Nightend 2-1 while Nightend 2-0 both Elfi and that spanish zerg.
Just so you know and update!

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

August 22 2012 20:19 GMT

#11

Wow, I'm actually impressed by how badly this was promoted. $25k prizepool too.

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

August 22 2012 20:24 GMT

#12

On August 23 2012 05:14 Bedrock wrote:
Original link to tournament here:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=356931

Why wasn't this pushed on TL? It just... disappeared?

Not our responsibility.

Liquid`Snute

Norway839 Posts

August 22 2012 20:32 GMT

#13

I don´t know what the snute vs strelok seed situation ended up with - we played a game for the seed (edit: hosted and supervised by admins), so I don´t know if it matters that I got 2-0d by Strelok in the groupstages in this tournament or not. Maybe it turns out that playing for the seed was wrong. Admins will have to update on this tomorrow, but: the groupstage results were discounted for a fresh start (for now at least)..

Adebisi

Canada1637 Posts

August 22 2012 20:35 GMT

#14

On August 23 2012 05:24 tree.hugger wrote:

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Not our responsibility.

Cmon, you really think it didn't get deserved to get featured under community news? I agree the tournament dropped the ball big time in terms of promotion across the board, but I really think any tournament with a 25k prize pool should be featured when it is announced.... Seems unfair that the RB event which isn't even really a competitive tournament is listed, and whenever MLG or any other major announces a commentary line-up, not even tournament details, its featured, but not this type of tournament.

edit: Ok, you featured it, good job guys :D... now Treehugger don't you have a TLpro article to write on Ret attending? :D

Bedrock

United States395 Posts

August 22 2012 20:35 GMT

#15

On August 23 2012 05:24 tree.hugger wrote:

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Not our responsibility.

I'm not pointing fingers at anyone. I want to know the priorities of this tournament and if the marketer/promoter dropped the ball by missing out on some viewership.

What do their sponsors want?

Something is amiss..

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

August 22 2012 20:39 GMT

#16

On August 23 2012 05:32 Snute wrote:
I don´t know what the snute vs strelok seed situation ended up with - we played a game for the seed, so I don´t know if it matters that I got 2-0d by Strelok in the groupstages in this tournament or not. Maybe it turns out that playing for the seed was wrong. Admins will have to update on this tomorrow, but afaik, the groupstage results were discounted for a fresh start. Idk if it is common practice or not. We will see.

Liquidpedia didn't list that game, so I simply assumed. I'm not better informed than you, don't worry.

On August 23 2012 05:35 Adebisi wrote:

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Well, it's been added there now at any rate. A few things. First off, this tournament doesn't really make our frontpage news, but community news is an appropriate place for it. Ultimately, if you want your tournament to be covered, you need to badger people about it, because if it's not well known, someone is going to forget, especially if the announcement post was almost a month ago.

ibo422

Belgium2844 Posts

August 22 2012 20:40 GMT

#17

Shame.. such a great line up and huge prizepool.. luckily there are vods out there..

Musicus

Germany23576 Posts

August 22 2012 21:05 GMT

#18

I was really shocked when I tuned in and it had 200 viewers.... 500 an hour later then finally the stream got listed. But really poor Kaelaris, he was the only one who tweeted about it and gave his best no matter what. I really hope this gets more attention tomorrow.

Edit: Huge probs to tree.hugger for doing this btw!

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

August 22 2012 21:10 GMT

#19

To be honest it's just plain stupid to not have a LR thread for a tournament this huge. The thread in the sc2 forums OBVIOUSLY got washed away, because it's not as easily viewable. Even a non-updated-OP LR thread would've been better than what we had before this thread opened (thanks tree.hugger!).

Anyway, gogo SuperNova and good job ForGG so far. Socke failed once more, too bad

edit: also i think there are just a lot of tournaments, else i bet that TL would've written a "Ret to Campus Party" Liquid team news or something else. Ah well, it's definitely not TL's fault that this tournament did have a bad viewercount on day 1.

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

August 22 2012 21:17 GMT

#20

So who will make an LR thread for Day 2 tomorrow? I can't, I will be at work.

opterown to the rescue? Or will it be too late for Aussies?