Ribbon's No Spire ZvZ Tour

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3191 Posts

August 29 2012 03:43 GMT

Today I am proud to be announcing Ribbon's Mirror Tournaments, a conglomeration of appropriately titled niche tours of which I was given the opportunity to host by the sponsor of the most viewed exclusively foreign event since TSL2, or possibly in history. I must say, they possess a unique element and format individually, but I do encourage all to not only watch and enjoy these tournaments, but pay attention to them as they progress. Spoiler? Possibly.

The first up is very simple, yet provides intricate possibilities. What if I told you that ZvZ didn't have to contain mutalisks? Think about how the entire BW metagame would be altered far more drastically than raising the cost of spawning pools by 50 minerals as I explain the format, players whom you'll be privied in watching, and particular aesthetics such as casters.

* No Spires
* 16 Players
* Single Elimination
* Best of 3 Rounds
* Best of 5 Semi-Finals
* Best of 3 Third and Fourth Placement Match
* Best of 7 Finals

All games will be played starting Saturday, September 8th at 19CET on Fish server. The cast will take place Sunday, Setember 9th beginning at 17CET at Hacklebeast's channel

There are currently 9 invitations, with an additional player who makes a total of 10, whom is on reserve. With that, we thought it would be the best idea to not only let the community interact with the players they get to praise and watch regularly in the game they love to play, but to offer an element of surprise and shock. That means that there are 12 available slots of registration open to the public. Seven of those will be directly thrown into the mix, and five will be put on a reserve list with the one reserved invited player. The selection of registrants will be randomized to see who will be guaranteed an opportunity. However, do not be discouraged, there will always be a no show or two, or three and the list of reserves will be put to good use upon attendance of the event.

To register, you must be a naturalized or past Zerg player. Simply send an e-mail to RibbonsMirror@gmail.com with a list of your two most known aliases and the country you represent.

+ Show Spoiler [Maps] +

Round of 16: Neo Chain Reaction, Outsider SE, Neo Jade
Round of 8: New Sniper Ridge, Neo Outlier, New Bloody Ridge
Semi-Finals: Destination, Neo Aztec, New Ground Zero, Neo Electric Circuits, Neo Outlier
Finals: Neo Chain Reaction, New Bloody Ridge, Outsider SE, Neo Jade, New Sniper Ridge, Neo Aztec, Destination

Michael[PaiN]

iFU.eOnzErG

LRM)Bakuryu
(Z)

LRM)Pike

sas.Zaraki

sas.Sziky

iFU.Modesty

LRM)TechnicS
(Z)

LRM)trutaCz

LRM)nOoNe

THE BRACKET

sas.Zaraki <Best of 3>

iFU.Modesty
(Z)

LRM)trutaCz <Best of 3>

babo

sas.Sziky <Best of 3>

SJ.dOTY

Michael[PaiN] <Best of 3>

Munkie[wOk]

LRM)Bakuryu <Best of 3>

dsyxelic

LRM)Pike <Best of 3>

Cosy[PaiN]

iFU.eOnzErG <Best of 3>

defeat.Ace

LRM)TechnicS <Best of 3> (Z)

LRM)CaStrO

+ Show Spoiler [Reserve List] +

LRM)nOoNe

AlfiO
Registrant 9
Registrant 10
Registrant 11
Registratn 12

Every single tournament up until... I mean, every single tournament will have a dedicated $100 contribution by our sponsor. The breakdown follows:

1st: $50
2nd: $30
3rd: $20
4th: A teddy bear hug on Skype

+ Show Spoiler [Rules] +

* All Players are subject to administrative discretion.

* Do not build a spire. Actually, if you decide to, just don't let it finish. You'll automatically lose the game since it will put you so far behind anyway.

* All replays must be sent to RibbonsMirror@gmail.com immediately after the completion of a round. The winner must send in both wins and losses. Failure to do so will result in replacement.

* All games must be played on Fish Server using Mini-Launcher or ChaosLauncher.

* No Korean IP addresses.

* WalkOvers for entire sets will be based on a 7 minute timer. For a best of 3, 21 minutes. Best of 5, 35 minutes, etc.

* This is a one day tournament. The only match that will even be considered for postponement will be the finals.

+ Show Spoiler +

You could click through these spoilers or simply go to the Liquipedia page http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Ribbon's_No_Spire_ZvZ_Tour

+ Show Spoiler [Round of 16] +

Zaraki <Neo Chain Reaction> Modesty
Zaraki <Outsider SE> Modesty
Zaraki <Neo Jade> Modesty

AlfiO replaces babo
trutaCz <Neo Chain Reaction> AlfiO
trutaCz <Outsider SE> AlfiO

Sziky <Neo Chain Reaction> dOTY
Sziky <Outsider SE> dOTY
Sziky <Neo Jade> dOTY

Sziky vs dOTY VOD

Michael W.O Munkie[wOk]

Bakuryu W.O dsyxelic (Forced W.O by referee after one hour to prevent any major delay in brackets)

Shad replaces Pike
Shad <Neo Chain Reaction> Cosy
Shad <Outsider SE> Cosy

eOnzerg 2-0 Ace
eOnzErG <Neo Chain Reaction> Ace
eOnzErG <Outsider SE> Ace

TechnicS W.O CaStrO

+ Show Spoiler [Round of 8] +

Zaraki <New Sniper Ridge> trutaCz
Zaraki <Neo Outlier> trutaCz

Sziky <New Sniper Ridge> Michael
Sziky <Neo Outlier> Michael

Sziky vs Michael VOD

Bakuryu <New Sniper Ridge> Shad
Bakuryu <Neo Outlier> Shad
Bakuryu <New Bloody Ridge> Shad

Bakuryu vs Shad VOD

eOnzErG <New Sniper Ridge> TechnicS
eOnzErG <Neo Outlier> TechnicS
eOnzErG <New Bloody Ridge> TechnicS W.O

+ Show Spoiler [SemiFinals] +

Michael <Destination> trutaCz
Michael <Neo Aztec> trutaCz
Michael <New Ground Zero> trutaCz
Michael <Neo Electric Circuit> trutaCz
Michael <Neo Outlier> trutaCz

Michael vs trutaCz VOD

Bakuryu <Neo Ground Zero> TechnicS
Bakuryu <Neo Electric Circuit> TechnicS
Bakuryu <Destination> TechnicS
Bakuryu <Neo Aztec> TechnicS

Bakuryu vs TechnicS VOD

+ Show Spoiler [ThirdandFourth] +

Michael <Neo Chain Reaction> Bakuryu
Michael <Outsider SE> Bakuryu
Michael <Neo Jade> Bakuryu

Michael vs Bakuryu VOD

+ Show Spoiler [Finals] +

trutaCz <Neo Chain Reaction> TechnicS
trutaCz <New Bloody Ridge> TechnicS
trutaCz <Outsider SE> TechnicS
trutaCz <Neo Jade> TechnicS
trutaCz <New Sniper Ridge> TechnicS

trutaCz vs TechnicS VOD

Organization: LRM)Game
Sponsor: Ribbon
Graphics: Shiroiusagi
Caster: Hacklebeast
Server: Fish
Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Ribbon's_No_Spire_ZvZ_Tour

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3191 Posts

August 29 2012 03:45 GMT

I encourage all those whom wish to participate to register as soon as possible in order to have all merits awarded with ample time before the play date.

The channel is Op Ribbon on Fish.

TelecoM

United States10686 Posts

August 29 2012 03:49 GMT

Oh wow, very interesting tournament and thought behind this, I will be very interested to see how it goes, I would love to play ZvZ with no spire actually and my Zerg was max rank of like C but I in no way compare to these Zergs, and it says to be a naturalized or past zerg player so....GL to all the awesome zergies, really interested to see how Szisky plays without a spire, and I think michael will show some interesting strategies because he tends to do so, gl hf !

EndingLife

United States1598 Posts

August 29 2012 03:56 GMT

Will see a lot of +1 zergling builds I guess.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES50600 Posts

August 29 2012 03:59 GMT

mustachio will win.

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3191 Posts

August 29 2012 04:14 GMT

On August 29 2012 12:59 BLinD-RawR wrote:
mustachio will win.

I was going to say that in a perfect world we'd see Baku vs Pike, Sziky vs Michael, and the winner of the previous vs trutaCz. However, those are all primed mutalisk involved ZvZ players. I couldn't predict a winner of this tournament if I tried, hence the open registration.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

August 29 2012 04:25 GMT

I couldn't predict a winner of this tournament if I tried, hence the open registration.

The rules make zerglings a lot stronger than they normally are, and sziky is participating. It's certainly a volatile format, but I don't see how sziky playing as zerg isn't the favorite in any foreigner competition.

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3191 Posts

August 29 2012 04:29 GMT

On August 29 2012 13:25 hacklebeast wrote:

Show nested quote +

Have you ever seen Michael hydra bust or TechnicS turtle?

Hyeon

Korea (South)462 Posts

August 29 2012 04:32 GMT

where's SP

Game

3191 Posts

August 29 2012 04:34 GMT

#10

On August 29 2012 13:32 Hyeon wrote:
where's SP

Out of town. Any gosu Zerg player you see missing was most likely previously going to play this tournament. I had to postpone it contingent on real life hindrances and these are the re-confirmed players. Only one player who didn't re-confirm didn't respond, the rest had valid reasons for not participating, from traveling to family weddings.

hacklebeast

United States5090 Posts

August 29 2012 04:37 GMT

#11

pretty sure I've seen Michael hydra bust zvz, certainly seen Technics turtle. Again, it's not a forgone conclusion. But given the option between sziky lings and X, where X is a thing in starcraft, i'm taking those damn lings.

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

August 29 2012 04:42 GMT

#12

Technics will take it !

TheShimmy

United States1808 Posts

August 29 2012 04:46 GMT

#13

Southpark really needs to enter and win this

Chronopolis

Canada1484 Posts

August 29 2012 04:50 GMT

#14

So hyped for this, cause I haven't been in Starcraft early enough to have seen so much as a single lurker (beside yellow vs jaedong) in a zvz.

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3191 Posts

August 29 2012 05:04 GMT

#15

On August 29 2012 13:50 Chronopolis wrote:
So hyped for this, cause I haven't been in Starcraft early enough to have seen so much as a single lurker (beside yellow vs jaedong) in a zvz.

First game my friend + Show Spoiler +

Pucca

Taiwan1280 Posts

August 29 2012 05:28 GMT

#16

Glad to see community leagues. Game and hacklebeast I wish you the best of luck, organization and enjoyment from this league ^_^

bITt.mAN

Switzerland3693 Posts

August 29 2012 08:50 GMT

#17

This looks great! Heh, watch the view count sky-rocket on Chef's recap of Satanik's Hydra ZvZ (:

Here's a question though: "No Spire" is a solid constraint, its quite clear and people can follow that. But it prevents you from getting air armour (for Ovies and Queens), plus Guardians and Devourers. I can see the reason for no Guardians (eat Hydras alive).

Not that I have much experience in these matters, but wouldn't it be ~a bad thing~ to ban air armour?

thezanursic

5497 Posts

August 29 2012 08:50 GMT

#18

Very cool. In a world where ZvZs aren't 5-10 mins long!

SouthPark

Poland143 Posts

August 29 2012 09:34 GMT

#19

My girlfriend's sister takes the wedding day

unfortunately I will not be able to play. Good luck to all

quirinus

Croatia2489 Posts

August 29 2012 10:53 GMT

#20

hydra lurker into swarm/plague/lurker for the win! xD

Gonna be fun. I'd still like to see Guardians, Devourers and Scourge, I think just no fighting muta would be enough.

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