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This thread will be updated with other information between now
and the event taking place, so make sure to check back.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mZdvU.jpg) EPS BenQ Summer 2012 Finals + EPS Berlin Open.
31st - 5th of Aug/Sept 2012On August 31st to September 5th a total of 8 players will meet at IFA, Global Innovations show in Berlin for the Germany EPS, and then 12 Players will attend the EPS Berlin Open to battle it out once again. The EPS BenQ Summer 2012 Finals will determine once again who rules the roost here in the vibrant German Scene while the EPS Berlin Open will showcase some of the best players from all over Europe.
EPS BenQ Final Prize Pool Breakdown:€6,500 TOTAL1st Place - 3,200 EU 2nd Place - 1,700 EU 3rd Place - 1,000 EU 4th Place - 600 EU EPS Berlin Open Prize Pool Breakdown:€10,000 TOTAL1st Place - 4,000 EU 2nd Place - 2,000 EU 3rd-4th Place - 900 EU 5th-6th Place - 500 EU 7th-8th Place - 300 EU 9th-10th Place - 200 EU 11th-12th Place - 100 EU
EPS BenQ Finals Participating Players: Darkforce Hanfy Delphi  HasuObs Socke  DBS ClouD Goody EPS Berlin Open Participating Players:ToD NightEnD VortiX Tarson Naama  Germany EPS 1st Germany EPS 2nd Germany EPS 3rd Germany EPS 4th Bly Slivko Bischu ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5Vzw7.png)
Stream Information: (Links coming soon!)
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Nice European lineup, you solo casting this Kael?
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On August 30 2012 00:33 Kiyo. wrote:
Nice European lineup, you solo casting this Kael?
We'll release details on this soon ^_^
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is it a single elimination in the EPS final for sure?
It's a bid sad that one of the possibly best 2 players get knocked out first round in the first match.
DarKFoRcE < HasuObs
This could very well be the finals. I am really looking forward to this match.
HasuObs PvP and PvT is looking very good recently but his PvZ seems to be quite the opposite. I still think he will take it if he prepares some nice builds. DarKFoRcE the highest ranked player from the qualifiers has a very good chance to advance though. If he has a good day he could beat all of the attending players.
Additional prediction: the winner of this seris will take the tournament.
Socke < DBS
Socke's play is not looking as good as usual. Loosing to Strelok at IEM Cologne and to the french terran Dayshi in the IEM Guangzhou/European Qualifier in his best match up doesn't get my hopes up. Socke is a tournament player though. It wouldn't be the first time that he pleasantly surprises with a great performance at a LAN.
This might be the last big event for DBS in his year off. Hence i think he will be extra motivated to do well.
GoOdy > ClouD
easy pick. GoOdy beating Select at MLG and looking very good in TvT in general.
As far as i know Goody never lost a single series to cloud beating him 14:0 in series.
Hanfy < Delphi
Even so Hanfy's ZvZ is by far his best match up i think Delphi will take the series. He is overall the more experienced player.
Semi Final (1): GoOdy > Delphi
Semi Final (2): HasuObs > DBS
for 3rd place: DBS > Delphi
Finale: HasuObs > GoOdy
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A Master of Life and a jetlagged Chinese ^_^
Any info on the scheduled broadcast times yet?
And watch your throat.. 6 days is a bit hard on that voice.
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On August 30 2012 01:11 OrbitalPlane wrote:
Socke < DBS
Socke's play is not looking as good as usual. Loosing to Strelok at IEM Cologne and to the french terran Dayshi in the IEM Guangzhou/European Qualifier in his best match up doesn't get my hopes up. Socke is a tournament player though. It wouldn't be the first time that he pleasantly surprises with a great performance at a LAN.
This might be the last big event for DBS in his year off. Hence i think he will be extra motivated to do well.
I think DBS qualified for IPL5 as well.
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On August 30 2012 02:14 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2012 01:11 OrbitalPlane wrote:
Socke < DBS
Socke's play is not looking as good as usual. Loosing to Strelok at IEM Cologne and to the french terran Dayshi in the IEM Guangzhou/European Qualifier in his best match up doesn't get my hopes up. Socke is a tournament player though. It wouldn't be the first time that he pleasantly surprises with a great performance at a LAN.
This might be the last big event for DBS in his year off. Hence i think he will be extra motivated to do well.
I think DBS qualified for IPL5 as well.
Yes but as far as i know he will go to university the next semester which starts in october. IPL takes place in November.
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Holy shit, how could they fuck the schedule up AGAIN? Why the fuck do they have to mix CS and SC2? Don't they remember what happened at the last finals, when they put World of Tanks inbetween the SC2 games? The whole crowd left before the SC2 grand final because noone wanted to watch hours of World of Tanks! Why not make CS play on friday, SC2 saturday and LoL on sunday?
How can they not see having 2+ hour pauses between the games is bad? I was looking forward to this and I'm sure the games will be great but do I seriously want to watch it if there are pauses that long between the games? No.
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Dont think that saturday is so bad as you make it.
Other tournaments have their breaks where players and casters go for lunch, and this is no other .. except you may enjoy some of the last (old) CS games we will see.
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Added the groups to the OP just for ease of viewing.. but yeah the Liquipedia page is very useful too so check that out! <3
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wow, some nice players here!
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hasu and socke have huge problems with pvz recently, so i think darkforce should be the favorite for this
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So there's no live footage from the venue and the casters aren't at the venue? This will be the worst EPS finals ever. Doesn't even feel like finals now, more like a normal EPS cup. I can't believe how ESL treats their most prestigous tournament.
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On August 31 2012 17:41 Champloo wrote:
So there's no live footage from the venue and the casters aren't at the venue? This will be the worst EPS finals ever. Doesn't even feel like finals now, more like a normal EPS cup. I can't believe how ESL treats their most prestigous tournament.
i think take and naruto are there, but theyre showing source atm at the stage
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Isn't Take casting this time?
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As i heard, he split the games with Frosti. Perhaps he will cast the games, which are played live on stage ..
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Goody vs Cloud without Take just isn't the same 
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EPT
