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ASUS ROG The GD Invitational has advanced to the playoffs stage where the six remaining players decide how the $10 000 USD prize pool shall be divided.
Yesterday we saw two groups of four to determine their inner rankings.
EG.ThorZaIN.RC and 
TLAF-Liquid.TLO managed to come on top in their groups, so they are getting a free pass to the semi-finals and thus securing at least a $1000 prize for themselves.In the first round of the playoffs, the second place finisher will play against the third place finisher in the other group. The matches are bo3 in the first round and bo5 from there on.
Playoffs
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Rough Schedule
- Sunday 14. October
- ~12:00 GMT (+00:00) Playoffs start
www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio
Results
Liquipedia.
Previously announced
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Tournament details
- Location: The GD Studio, Stockholm, Sweden
- Date: Oct 13-14
- Prize pool: 10 000 $
- Players: 8 invited European players
- Format: Groups + playoffs
- Casters: Apollo & Semmler + guests
- Stream: Free HD stream
- Event type: Studio, no live audience
Full player list
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ROG.elfi -
Empire.Kas -
TLAF-Liquid.Ret -
EG.Stephano.RC TLAF-Liquid.TLO - EG.ThorZaIN.RC
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mouz.MaNa -
Karont3.LucifroN -
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FnaticRC.NightEnD
Prize distribution
- 1st: $4000
- 2nd: $2000
- 3rd/4th: $1000
- 5th/6th: $700
- 7th/8th: $300
Tournament format
- 2 x 4 player round robin groups
- Top 3 advances from each group
- 6 player single-elimination playoffs (group winners advance directly to semi-finals)
Map pool
- TheGD Daybreak (6x1 middle base)
- TheGD Antiga Shipyard (No gold bases, forced cross-spawns)
- TheGD Entombed Valley (Horizontal spawns disabled)
- TheGD Cloud Kingdom
- TheGD Ohana
Win a trip with ASUS ROG to BWC Shanghai 2012 and the SC2 WCS Global Finals
It is really simple, just motivate why you should be the chosen one to travel with ASUS ROG to the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai 2012, November 17-18th. Flights, accommodation and event entry to BWC Shanghai 2012 included. For your chance to win head on over to our facebook page, like it and submit your motivation via the “Win-tab”.
www.facebook.com/ROGnordic
Direct link: http://on.fb.me/QZJN7d
ASUS ROG
Finally, to remind you all of the company who makes this tournament possible, ROG -- Republic of Gamers, a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. The ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.
About ASUS
ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2011 was US$13 billion.
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