StarCraft and Dota 2 Events Calendar - December 2012

Today's match for IGN Pro Team League Premier Division is StarTale vs FXO for the Group A Round Robin! IPTL Premier Division is two groups of 4 top teams. These teams will play a best of 9 against each other team in their group! The top 2 teams from each group will play in a playoff for the $9,000 first prize!

Site: http://www.ign.com/ipl/starcraft-2

Thread: [IPTL] StarTale v FXO - Premier Group A

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Thread: [CSL] Azubu Collegiate Champions Playoffs Ro64 D3

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Thread: [CSL] Azubu Collegiate Champions Playoffs Ro64 D3

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This episode of Wednesday Night Sprites we are celebrating the holidays! We will be giving away 20 HoTS beta keys and gaming gear presents to some of the viewers.

We will also be playing various games from the Starcraft 2 Arcade w/ special guests Major and coL.Trimaster as well as viewers.

So come help us celebrate the holidays with some fun games!

Site: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/ChanmanV

Thread: [Show] Wednesday Night Sprites

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Leenock vs Life

Antiga Shipyard | Abyssal City | Bel\'Shir Vestige | Whirlwind | Daybreak

Sniper vs PartinG

Entombed Valley | Cloud Kingdom | Abyssal City | Daybreak | Antiga Shipyard
Thread: [GSL] Blizzard Cup Semi-Finals

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Casters:

Chinese - BigBoss & Alpha / Sobad & Beta: http://sc2clan.tw/ASL/live.php

English - Breaker- http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/Enders116


VODs: All VODs will be uploaded after the match and can be found here, please click on group box to expand.

Results of Group Stage #1 (RO128): http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=362149

Results of Group Stage #2 (RO64): http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=374265

Introduction:

After four months of battling, we now have our 32 finalists who have advanced from a total of 128 players, and the double elimination playoffs will start 12/11! ASL invited both professional and amateur players from Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, and SEA region to our tournament, and after the 2 group stages, the last 32 elite from all over Asia will now compete for the glory and the crown of the our Champion!

Prizes:

Sponsored by Gigabyte, AVermedia, AMD, and ASRock, the prizes are as follows:

Champion: 50,000 NTD (~1666 USD)

Second Place: 30,000 NTD (~1000 USD)

Third Place: 10,000 NTD (~333 USD)

Fourth Place: 5,000 NTD (~166 USD)

RO8 3,000 NTD (~100 USD)

RO16 1,000 NTD (~33 USD)

Total: 115,000 NTD (~3833 USD)

Tuesday's ASL was concluded rather abruptly, granted that we saw both PhoenixCourage as well as iG.XiGua move on to the round of 16 and their opponents were knocked down in to the round of 32. The plan is on tuesday nights, we will have 2 sets, and on Thursdays, we will have 5 sets (Bo3 format) until further notice.

Thursday's competitors:
GamaniaSen
WizardStorm
Phoenix.F91
YoeIMjojo
GamaniaYoyo
MaruPrime
iG.Macsed
YoeIMIan
RedArchon
GamaniaGow

Site: http://sc2clan.tw/e/ASL/record3.php

Thread: Asia Starcraft League, Playoffs RO32

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The second day of the sixth HomeStoryCup powered by XMG.

Showstart:

14:00 CET

Prizepool:

$25,000.00

Casters:

Dennis 'TaKe' Gehlen and Kevin 'RotterdaM' van der Kooi


All information here:
http://taketv.net/news/homestorycup-vi-powered-by-xmg-14-12-12-15725

Site: http://www.taketv.net

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Young Siberian Tzar vs Ural Conqueror!
Do not miss this epic battle.
Thread: Russian KOTH

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The 4Players League announces their next HotS Cup with up to € 200 prize money!

The cup will take place at Thursday 20th of December 19:00 o'clock CET, check-in starts 18:30 CET.

Everyone can participate! Register on the 4Players League website, enter your gameaccount and sign-up for the cup! The winners will also receive an entry in the 4PL Hall of Fame – the place where only the very best of a game can find themselves.

Once again we remind you that this is an open cup, so if you want to participate start practicing!

Register on 4PL

Cup Sign up

Site: http://4pl.4players.de/index.php/en/Cup:info/3488/SC_II_Play4HotS__6-Uebersicht.html

Thread: 4PL SC II Play4HotS #6 - €200 prize money

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Alienware Arena's North America & Europe StarCraft II Pro-Am Challenge

Alienware Arena is proud to announce the launch of the North America & Europe StarCraft II Pro-Am Challenge. StarCraft II players will have a chance to earn a spot to play against their favorite pro players for nearly $5,000 in cash prizes.

The Tournament!
The regular season begins October 30th for both North America and Europe with the top 32 players in both regions moving on to the Playoff Tournament where the final four North American and four European players will move on to play against four North America and four European pro players in the Pro-Am Tournament.

The current list of pro players that have been confirmed for the Pro-Am Tournament are as follows (more names will be added as they are confirmed):

North America:
1) iNcontrol
2) Sheth
3) CatZ
4) coLqxc

Europe:
1) White-Ra
2) BlinG
3) Grubby
4) ???

Play Begins: October 30, 2012
Regular Season Ends: December 23, 2012
Playoff Tournament (Top 32 Players in Each Region): January 5, 2013
Pro-Am Tournament (4 Amateurs + 4 Pros in Each Region): January 12-13, 2013
Pro-Am Tournament Prizes: Nearly $5,000 in Cash Prizes

Weekly Broadcasts!
Additionally, there will be a weekly broadcast every Thursday from 8 - 11 PM CEST and 8 - 11 PM CST featuring some of the best matches from that week's play. Shoutcasters for the Alienware Arena StarCraft II Pro-Am Challenge include the popular shoutcasting duo BitterdaM (Mr. Bitter and RotterdaM), Clutch, and Frodan.
Thread: SC2 Pro-Am Challenge for NA and EU on Alienware Arena

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MLG's new show features MLG's top SC2 analyst Nick "Axslav" Ranish teaching and breaking down gameplay mechanics geared at both new and advanced StarCraft II players.

Rules of Engagement airs daily Monday-Thursday at 5pm ET.

• Monday - "Talking Tactics" - Featuring high level plays from top pro matchups.
  
• Tuesday - "Developing Fundamentals" - Designed for the newer SC2 player to get better fast.
  
• Wednesday - "Mechanics of the Bizarre" - Featuring some uncommon or just mind-blowing play mechanics from top pro players that worked out to create an interesting game.
  
• Thursday - "Community Critique" - Axslav takes user replay submissions and breaks down where a viewer went right, and where they went wrong.

Thread: MLG Starcraft 2 Analysis show with Axslav

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The MLG Tournament of Champions concludes Thursday, Dec 20 11:00pm UTC (GMT+00:00) with the Finals! The Final match will be a Best of 7 series.

The three week series features the top finishers from MLG’s 2012 Pro Circuit and other recent competitions:

• DongRaeGu
  
• Flash
  
• Leenock
  
• Life
  
• MarineKing
  
• SoO
  
• PartinG
  
• Rain

The star players will compete in a single elimination bracket for a chance at $7,000 in prizes with the first place finisher taking home $5,000. The broadcast will be commentated by Nick “Axslav” Ranish and Alex “Axeltoss” Rodriguez.

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