1. In order to promote the Space Whales Super Showdown, the conclusive event of my tournament series, I will be holding sets of Starcraft 2 show matches involving various NA Top Master / Grand Master players.
2. Provide first person views of all participating players such that their streams gain more traffic.
Next Set: July 26th
Start Time: 20:00 (8pm) PT / 23:00 (11pm) ET
Start Time: 20:00 (8pm) PT / 23:00 (11pm) ET
Event Format:
Main Events: $50 Best of 5s
Preliminary Matches: $25 Best of 3s
Players:
Main Events:
iS.jEcho vs KawaiiLighT
An epic TvZ concludes our night of show matches, as two great players with amazing mechanics face off in a best of 5!
Result: + Show Spoiler +
EG.Suppy vs iS.Axslav
Suppy, who was recently signed by team Evil Geniuses, was a champion in SWS3, thus has qualified for the SWSS. During his tournament run, he won 3 consecutive ZvP's, and we are interested to see him once again exhibit his skills in the matchup. Testing him will be iS.Axslav; a strong Protoss player with a great strategic and analytical mind.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
Preliminary Matches:
LgN.Theory vs 4Not|Eifer
Theory and Eifer are both grand master league Protoss players who qualified for the Space Whales Super Showdown. In honor of the GSL Code S PvP finals, I decided to schedule this great PvP for us to enjoy.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
coL.qxc vs LgN.Maker
coL.qxc won SWS1; look forward to him in the SWSS! He wanted to play earlier in the evening; so we set him up in the first match against a worthy Terran opponent: LgN.Maker.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
Main Events:
iS.jEcho vs KawaiiLighT
An epic TvZ concludes our night of show matches, as two great players with amazing mechanics face off in a best of 5!
Result: + Show Spoiler +
3-0 iS.jEcho
EG.Suppy vs iS.Axslav
Suppy, who was recently signed by team Evil Geniuses, was a champion in SWS3, thus has qualified for the SWSS. During his tournament run, he won 3 consecutive ZvP's, and we are interested to see him once again exhibit his skills in the matchup. Testing him will be iS.Axslav; a strong Protoss player with a great strategic and analytical mind.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
3-0 iS.Axslav
Preliminary Matches:
LgN.Theory vs 4Not|Eifer
Theory and Eifer are both grand master league Protoss players who qualified for the Space Whales Super Showdown. In honor of the GSL Code S PvP finals, I decided to schedule this great PvP for us to enjoy.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
2-0 LgN.Theory
coL.qxc vs LgN.Maker
coL.qxc won SWS1; look forward to him in the SWSS! He wanted to play earlier in the evening; so we set him up in the first match against a worthy Terran opponent: LgN.Maker.
Result: + Show Spoiler +
2-0 LgN.Maker
Map Pool:
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Streaming:
The main stream is http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/WhalesFromSpace
Twitch direct link: www.twitch.tv/spacewhales
This main stream features 3 master league casters (1 of each race):
Space Whales
Trogdor
Behemoth
Participants may be streaming their view from their individual streams, so we encourage you to visit those too!
I will simply maintain this thread and modify to reflect the upcoming matches as time advances.
Closing Notes:
Once again, these show matches are to promote the Space Whales Super Showdown: The conclusive event in my tournament series.
Here is the official bracket:
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But you can check out the tournament thread for all information:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=334263
First Set
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Event Format:
Main Event: $50 Best of 5
Preliminary Match: $25 Best of 3
Players:
Main Event:
ROOTVibe vs 4Not|Xenocider
WCS USA Champion Vibe faces off against 14 year old GM Terran Xenocider in an epic Bo5 ZvT.
Preliminary Match:
MxG.Remark vs NITRIXdaisuki
Remark is a qualified player for the Space Whales Super Showdown. His opponent, Daisuki, is a GM zerg, and was runner up to Vibe in the WCS USA finals.
Main Event:
ROOTVibe vs 4Not|Xenocider
WCS USA Champion Vibe faces off against 14 year old GM Terran Xenocider in an epic Bo5 ZvT.
Preliminary Match:
MxG.Remark vs NITRIXdaisuki
Remark is a qualified player for the Space Whales Super Showdown. His opponent, Daisuki, is a GM zerg, and was runner up to Vibe in the WCS USA finals.
Map Pool:
ESV Ohana
GSL Antiga Shipyard
GSL Entombed Valley
TSL4 Metropolis
WCS Shakuras Plateau
First Map: Dice Roll
Next Map: Loser Picks
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