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Editor's Note: Tourney's over! Spoiler's below!
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Introduction
Welcome to the first ever NeoGAF Starcraft II tournament of 2011! Over a month in the making, after the huge splash NeoGAF made bringing their A-game and F-game to Wednesday night Starcraft II GAF nights, we finally have the first tourney of 2011 to help decide who really has what it takes to top GAF in arguably the best RTS of all time! In this standard single elimination tournament, 8 players were invited based on their activity and skill shown in the past couple of months in Wednesday night GAF SCII nights. Out of the 8 invited, 7 have accepted the challenge, while 9 registrants have decided to try and show they are a force to be reckoned with as well. Out of the 16 players, who will be named king of SCII GAF? These 3 weeks will tell. So please, GL HF and have a GG!
Tourney Information:
-First Prize is a 'Moe Queen' mouse pad by none other than Pandaman himself!
-In addition to above, winner plays a show match with Sheth!
-Brackets are seeded by ladder rank based on points.
VODs:
-VODs: http://corran.blip.tv/
-Replays: http://www.askcorran.com/replays/
RULES:
1. Two (2) maps are selected by both participants of a match, and initial map and a losers map. Initial map is decided on a coin toss between both choices of the players, and losers map is played when obviously a player loses a match. Also no map may be played twice in the same match.
2. If you do not show up online in Starcraft II to play on the day of your match you will be disqualified, no questions asked. If you cannot make it please notify me ahead of time to see if we can accommodate you for more time.
3. Players must declare their race before a match begins, they may not change mid-set. They may change each round though (Ex: Ro16 -> Ro8).
4. Typing 'gg' into chat means you forfeit the match, even if it was intended as a joke.
5. If the players are on NeoGAF's Mumble server you must deafen yourself before the match begins, this does not mean moving to another Starcraft II group.
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(Brackets Last Updated: January 27th)
See you guys at the NeoGAF OPEN coming soon!
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just wanna post a big thank you to mrmister and corran666 for all their work on this humble little tourney.
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still bummed my hotel net didn't allow me to commentate ;_; ohwell, going camping too so good luck guys. Cheering for panda 
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Streaming live on justin.tv/corran666 in less than 30 minutes. Thanks to Corran for the stream, same with Ner0.
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I recommend Game 3 of Panda v Nilbog when the VOD is uploaded.
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Surprised how good the games turned out for the first 2 Bo3's
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Near finals bracket posted! Be here next Thursday to witness the Finals!
Winner plays FXOSheth next Friday!
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On January 21 2011 13:34 Ner0 wrote:
Surprised how good the games turned out for the first 2 Bo3's
the brackets were seeded downwards, so all the highest ranked ladder people were in the top section.
the finals is me versus a gold league zerg. >_>
i roll a zvz for a chance to get rolled... in a zvz!
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I'm well aware, but having the games turn out to be good (Esp Panda vs Vautrin game 3) was awesome.
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man, rewatching game 3 and it looks so sloppy on my part, no ups, room for a 4th, production freezes during muta harass, not my best at all. it being a game 3 combined with those banshee/hellion defense fails really rattled me.
twas not pretty, thank the overmind for banelings and queens and for junk yard, the closest thing to a zerg favoured map blizzard will ever make. that gold is a zerg lifeline in the lategame and a deathsentance to terrans.
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Didnt know anything like this was happening. I hope pandaman takes this  need to watch the vods later
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Thanks Corran for continuing to post these! :D
Just a reminder to everyone that the Finals are tomorrow.
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See you there!
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On January 21 2011 14:56 Signum wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 13:34 Ner0 wrote:
Surprised how good the games turned out for the first 2 Bo3's the brackets were seeded downwards, so all the highest ranked ladder people were in the top section.
Wait what? That totally ruins the whole credibility of the entire tournament and the organizers. I mean, the finals are basically a farce. Please, next time seed properly:
example for 8 players:
1 v 8
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5
The awful seeding makes the Finals well... not worth watching, doesn't take a seer to know the outcome.
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On January 27 2011 02:26 Shikyo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 14:56 Signum wrote:On January 21 2011 13:34 Ner0 wrote:
Surprised how good the games turned out for the first 2 Bo3's the brackets were seeded downwards, so all the highest ranked ladder people were in the top section. Wait what? That totally ruins the whole credibility of the entire tournament and the organizers. I mean, the finals are basically a farce. Please, next time seed properly: example for 8 players: 1 v 8 2 v 7 3 v 6 4 v 5 The awful seeding makes the Finals well... not worth watching, doesn't take a seer to know the outcome.
i dont disagree, but since I've made it to the finals with jason as my opponent, I'm fine with it until friday morning.
this was one of those things that happened just for fun, then suddenly attracted interest and small prizes, so as i hear it there will be another larger one that will be more legitimately seeded.
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On January 27 2011 02:26 Shikyo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 21 2011 14:56 Signum wrote:On January 21 2011 13:34 Ner0 wrote:
Surprised how good the games turned out for the first 2 Bo3's the brackets were seeded downwards, so all the highest ranked ladder people were in the top section. Wait what? That totally ruins the whole credibility of the entire tournament and the organizers. I mean, the finals are basically a farce. Please, next time seed properly: example for 8 players: 1 v 8 2 v 7 3 v 6 4 v 5 The awful seeding makes the Finals well... not worth watching, doesn't take a seer to know the outcome.
Next Tournament should be better. This was just the first so seeding is still being learned and corrected but next time it will be alot better with more people.
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