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On March 8th of 2014, No Dice Gaming put together two large show matches featuring four premier level professional players. The first of which (March 8th)[5] featured Liquid's TaeJa, CM Storm's Revival, Puzzle, and Dragon. This first event casted by BaseTrade, it was a successful event with great players, casting crew and production. TaeJa took the win over revival Revival 3-2 in the first set, and Dragon beat out Puzzle 3-2, resulting in a TvT final. TaeJa displayed his world class Terran vs Terran skills, and took first place convincingly with a 4-0 score. While Puzzle was able to beat Revival 2-1 for a third place finish.
The second (March 29) was able to bring in the likes of Puzzle, Dragon, HyuN and Seed. HyuN and Puzzle were able to open things up strong, HyuN beating out Dragon 2-0 and Puzzle taking out former GSL Champion Seed 2-1. In the losers bracket, Dragon was able to take a out Seed 2-0 in two very close games. In the winner's/championship match, HyuN was able to take yet another commanding victory over Puzzle 2-0. Finally in the 2nd/3rd place match Puzzle was able to defeat Dragon 2-1.
See details on these events Here.
No Dice Gaming then went on to expand the tournament (No Dice Invitational #3), featuring a 16 player bracket. Stacked with the likes of Koreans, Foreigners, and up coming talent the goal was to bring in a wide variety of players from different areas to play through a GSL format tournament over the course of 3 days. It is believed this will give different players the opportunity to experience what it is like to play in a professional atmosphere, as well as being able to win some good money. The event had many kinks and problems that showed up and really tested No Dice. A short time period to put together a strong tournament, along with many player problems and having to move the tournament over a day to list a few. Once the kinks were able to be worked out, the tournament advanced to be a very successful, fun event that brought in large viewership and some amazing games. Symbol, taking 2nd in his first two groups, fighting to advance was eventually able to pull the tournament out for 1st. Seed then fought hard to place second, beating out Bly who took 3rd. The event proved a very good learning ground for No Dice for its future events. Event Details Here.
The second (March 29) was able to bring in the likes of Puzzle, Dragon, HyuN and Seed. HyuN and Puzzle were able to open things up strong, HyuN beating out Dragon 2-0 and Puzzle taking out former GSL Champion Seed 2-1. In the losers bracket, Dragon was able to take a out Seed 2-0 in two very close games. In the winner's/championship match, HyuN was able to take yet another commanding victory over Puzzle 2-0. Finally in the 2nd/3rd place match Puzzle was able to defeat Dragon 2-1.
See details on these events Here.
No Dice Gaming then went on to expand the tournament (No Dice Invitational #3), featuring a 16 player bracket. Stacked with the likes of Koreans, Foreigners, and up coming talent the goal was to bring in a wide variety of players from different areas to play through a GSL format tournament over the course of 3 days. It is believed this will give different players the opportunity to experience what it is like to play in a professional atmosphere, as well as being able to win some good money. The event had many kinks and problems that showed up and really tested No Dice. A short time period to put together a strong tournament, along with many player problems and having to move the tournament over a day to list a few. Once the kinks were able to be worked out, the tournament advanced to be a very successful, fun event that brought in large viewership and some amazing games. Symbol, taking 2nd in his first two groups, fighting to advance was eventually able to pull the tournament out for 1st. Seed then fought hard to place second, beating out Bly who took 3rd. The event proved a very good learning ground for No Dice for its future events. Event Details Here.
This Time Around:
We will be featuring 16 players, Koreans, Foreigners, and up coming talent. Bringing in a wide variety of players from different areas to play through a GSL format tournament over the course of 4 days.
Players:
How Group Stages Work:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
Map Pool:
Merry Go Round LE
Overgrowth LE
Frost LE
Habitation Station LE
King Sejong Station LE
Waystation
Alterzim TE
When It Is?
Day 1: Round of 16, 4 group stages featuring 4 players in each group. Top two in each group advance to the next round.
Start Map: King Sejong Station, then loser picks.
Group A =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
VS
Group B =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
VS
PDT: April 30th, 06:00 AM
EDT: April 30th, 09:00 AM
CET: April 30th, 15:00 PM
KST: April 30th, 22:00 PM
Day 2: Round of 16, 4 group stages featuring 4 players in each group. Top two in each group advance to the next round.
Start Map: King Sejong Station, then loser picks.
Group C =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
VS
Group D =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
VS
PDT: May 1st, 06:00 AM
EDT: May 1st, 09:00 AM
CET: May 1st, 15:00 PM
KST: May 1st, 22:00 PM
Day 3: Round of 8, 2 group stages featuring 4 players in each group. Top two in each group advance to the next round.
Start Map: Overgrowth, then loser picks.
Group E =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
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Group F =
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo3
2nd. Player vs Player Bo3
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo3 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo3
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo3 (winner 2nd place)
VS
VS
PDT: May 2nd, 06:00 AM
EDT: May 2nd, 09:00 AM
CET: May 2nd, 15:00 PM
KST: May 2nd, 22:00 PM
Day 4: Round of 4, 1 group stages featuring 4 players in each group. Top two players of the group then move on to the Finals, which will be presented directly after the Round of 4!
Start Map: Waystation, then loser picks.
Final 4 Group Stage:
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Match Order:
1st. Player vs Player Bo5
2nd. Player vs Player Bo5
3rd. 1st Winner vs 2nd Winner Bo7 (1st place)
4th. 1st Loser vs 2nd Loser Bo5
5th. 3rd Loser vs 4th Winner Bo5 (winner 2nd place, loser 3rd place)
VS
VS
PDT: May 3rd, 06:00 AM
EDT: May 3rd, 09:00 AM
CET: May 3rd, 15:00 PM
KST: May 3rd, 22:00 PM
Prize Pool:
$3000
1st. $1500
2nd. $1000
3rd. $500
Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/No_Dice_Gaming_Invitational
Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/ndtv