Hi this is Thundertoss! You may know Ascend and me from our weekly Top 200 King of the Hills we host each Friday night. We are busy working on bringing you great viewers even more amazing events and high level play which is why I'm making this thread. We will be using this to:
1. Inform you of all the awesome events we have planned
2. Give you a chance to give us your feedback and let us know what other events you are interested in having us organize
3. **** new! **** looking for a few dedicated helpers to help out with some events! If you are looking to get into the esports scene and have some time that you can commit I'd love to hear from you.
Events:
The Weekly Top 200 King of the Hill Series
Fridays from 9:30 pm - 4:00 am EST. Now sponsored by
Streaming on http://www.ascendtv.com
4/22 replays:
KOTH REPLAYS 4/22
In Progress:
ThunderZone Show Matches
Week 1 (COMPLETED): EG Machine (Z) vs (T) Dignitas Sjow
Week 2: ?????
Upcoming:
CSL Champions Cup
A 256 man tournament where 2 players from each school in the CSL compete to find the best collegiate Starcraft 2 player. Sponsored by ThermalTake
Challenging Destiny
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=192167
"Challenging Destiny" is going to be a weekly series of show matches focused on entertaining the viewers and gauging the progress Destiny has made as he continues to do more serious practices with Thundertoss.
In the Works:
Charity Invitational
** ZTI ** prizepool: $6,000
Details: TBA
Let us know what you think!
If you want to see certain players or have a cool idea for an event let us know! Also if you feel like donating or sponsoring an event we appreciate all the help we can get! Until just recently we were doing this all out of pocket for our love of e-sports. Help of all kinds (any graphic artists out there?) is greatly appreciated and goes towards us bringing you more awesome events and high level play.
Non event specific information (information, help wanted, sponsorship):
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Interested in the AWESOME overlays you see on Ascendtv?
Go here to get the open source > http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=205923
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Sponsor or advertiser!
Caster looking to get into the scene and cast some events or cast our events for a foreign audience
Event planner looking for information or casters
Graphic artist
Programmer/web developer
Pro player or Team spokesperson
Someone who wants to help w/ events in general or LAN's
Someone with connections with hotel deals, venue deals, t-shirts or other merchandise, hardware, etc. Pretty much anyone willing to help us help esports by keeping business within the Starcraft community while also allowing organizers to save money via discounts.
Advertisers (people who want to promote sc events like ours on reddit, twitter, etc.)
Just a useful starcraft loving e-sports fan!
... then get in touch with us! : )
Planning your own event or looking for help?
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If any of you are looking to put on your own events are are looking for help let us know! We have been working closely with z33k.com, a great site for hosting tournaments and brackets and very community oriented and also have many player and caster contacts.
I have been brainstorming up a side project which will put other organizers like myself in touch with useful people in the SC community and provide you talented viewers with a way to contribute to the esports scene. This will be a kind of "TL yellowpages". If for some reason your grandparents passed away leaving you their fortune and $5000 to be used to host a SC LAN in say Seattle, this is where you would go to find: a venue, casters, players, brackets, advertising, graphic artists, t-shirts, hotel deals, and on-site help.
I have a broad range of contacts and will be somewhat involved in the upcoming LAN in St. Louis and a potential one in Florida.
I have been brainstorming up a side project which will put other organizers like myself in touch with useful people in the SC community and provide you talented viewers with a way to contribute to the esports scene. This will be a kind of "TL yellowpages". If for some reason your grandparents passed away leaving you their fortune and $5000 to be used to host a SC LAN in say Seattle, this is where you would go to find: a venue, casters, players, brackets, advertising, graphic artists, t-shirts, hotel deals, and on-site help.
I have a broad range of contacts and will be somewhat involved in the upcoming LAN in St. Louis and a potential one in Florida.
Contact information:
Thunder: email- thundertoss[at]gmail.com (please specify something in the subject header ie. coaching, looking to sponsor, looking to advertise, etc.)
skypename- thundertoss
msn- thundertoss
Ascend: skype - ascendedguard
e-mail - ascend[at]ascendtv.com
and of course feel free to PM either of us here on TL
Interested in getting coaching?
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Some of you may have watched me recently helping Destiny(Steven.Bonnell.II) with his Zerg play. I've been getting a bunch of messages asking me if I do other coaching. Until now I hadn't thought much about it but it is pretty fun. If you are interested you can get in touch we me.
Both Ascend and I are high diamond (both of us not playing much 1v1 since patch which is why we aren't masters). I main and protoss and he mains as zerg. However both of us have watched many, many high level games and have a game understanding that allow us to help even top 200 level players improve.
"Genius" - SlayerScella
Thundertoss: You can check out my entire coaching profile and reviews over at http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/coach/thundertoss There is also a package deal description there.
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I would be most interested in helping high platinum players and above improve their strategies, timings, and general game play. I am probably better at refining play styles than teaching opening builder orders etc. but don't hesitate to contact me either way! I feel comfortable being able to improve your skill regardless of what race you play, what rank you are, and how much background knowledge you have. : )
For now I will be charging $20/hr. Just send me an email with your: rank, race, bnet name/ id, skype name, general issue or what you would like help with, how long you're looking to be coached/when you are available. It is also helpful if you send a replay and perhaps have a friend available to practice against. (If you are masters i can find practice partners but my list is full of top200 level players almost exclusively so its more difficult finding practice partners in other leagues)
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If you're interested in coaching/lessons, I'm interested in coaching any race. For now, I would prefer diamond league zergs or below, or Platinum league terran/protoss to ensure I can give you the best attention possible. I plan on picking up my games in 1v1 ladder, so once I enter the master league, I will drop the requirements for any league and offer teaching anyone. We can focus on high level play, low level build orders, and general skill refinement to find what exactly is holding you back. I encourage players to try out new styles, and focus on overcoming whatever specific problems they may have.
Lessons are $20/hr and will always be casted. While some think this discourages people from buying lessons, I think everyone deserves to learn to be a better player, and I always try to throw helpful commentary and analysis into my casting. The personalized coaching, focusing on a single player's flaws and strengths, clearly helps the student more than anyone.
If interested, e-mail me and we can figure out a time that works for both of us. I'll be posting my schedule on http://ascendtv.com eventually so people can see upcoming shows, coaching, and whatnot.
Find us on:
twitter: twitter.com/ascendSC2 , twitter.com/thundertoss
youtube: http://www.youtube.com/ascendedguard
JustinTV: http://justin.tv/ascendtv
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ascend-TV/
Big thanks to some of our sponsors who have stepped forward to promote e-sports!
Zark
Spazcraft
ThermalTake
z33k gaming
JustinTV
Starcraft Mecca
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Associated events/ things to look for:
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TQ invitational
Map of the Month Tournament
Frag for Cancer Tournament
Map of the Month Tournament
Frag for Cancer Tournament