Tournament Roundup - Aug 15-31 2011

SaSe - €2,000 in Prizes
GoOdy - €600 + Prizes

XiGua - $10,000
Uhen - $5,000
MacSed - $3,000

MaNa - €1,000 + Prizes
DIMAGA - €500 + Prizes
HasuObs - €250 + Prizes

Strelok - €2,100
Kas - €1,100
Stephano - €500

Note: The remaining 13 players each received €100 for participating.

PuMa - $6,500
MC - $3,300
MaNa - $1,750

4th - $1,250
Socke

5th-8th - $800
Kas
Nerchio
SeleCT
mOOnGLaDe

9th-12th - $650
Beastyqt
Killer
Tarson
Stephano

13th-16th - $600
KiLLeR
DieStar
HuK
SaSe

Bomber - $5,000
CoCa - $3,000
DongRaeGu - $2,000

4th - $1,400
NaDa

5th - $1,000
PuMa

6th - $700
HerO

7th - $500
HuK

8th - $400
SjoW

Stalife - ~$2,200 in Prizes

2nd-8th - ~$290 in Prizes
RevSynC
RoyalFlush
Bosnic
Warden
Hasuu
Tyrant
ValiditySAGA

MasterGODx - $390 + Prizes
nemuke - $195 + Prizes

Note: An additional $195+ was paid to 3rd and 4th place finishers, but due to poor coverage I am unaware of the exact player names.

Stephano - €350
Kas - €150

GoOdy - €200
DarKFoRcE - €75

meRz - £1,750
Fargo - £700
StarEagle - £420

4th - £210
BlinG

5th-8th - £105
Jimmeh
Lau
Deranging
rANDY

DIMAGA - €500 + Prizes
Stephano - €250 + Prizes

Overthezero - $510
BBoongBBoong - $205

Note: This event was played ~3 weeks previously, but were recently released as casted VODs.

PSW(4) - $100
vVv(2)

Kiwiclone Army - $??
Think Quick - $??
Infinity Seven - $??

Note: It has come to my attention that the original prize pool for this event was not adhered to.

Reign(5) - $500
x6(2)

Reign(5) - $500
vile(0)

Fnatic(5) - $900
Reign(4)

MC - $700
Tarson - $300

MC - $700
PuMa - $300

MC - $700
HasuObs - $300

Kas - $700
MC - $300

Kas - $700
Stephano - $300

Kas - $700
mOOnGLaDe - $300

SaSe - $700
Kas - $300

Note: MC and Kas split an additional $1,000 for having the longest streaks.

Spades - $100
Hawk

Kas - $50
Beastyqt

White-Ra - $50
CatZ

SKit - $50
Destiny

Galaxy - $50
Destiny

Mentalist - $50
Destiny

DIMAGA - €100
DeViL

LaLuSh - €100
DdoRo - €50

Turuk - $70 + Prizes
Happy

monchi - €125
mEtRo - €50
LaLuSh - €25

CatalysT - $50
PicNic - $30

Mkengyn - $50
Start - $30
black344 / Mystic - $10

Heart - $100
IdrA - $50
tgun / desRow - $25

Sterling - $100
Blade

NamhciR - $50
NYQPANDAIN

Satiini - €100
Happy

Tefel - €100
Happy

GoOdy - €100
LaLuSh - €50

DIMAGA - $70 + Prizes
Happy

DIMAGA - €125
Beastyqt - €50
White - €25

dde - $130
Jaden

Mystic - $50
NMxMaScOt - $30
Zelniq / Axslav - $10

PeGaSuS - $100
Leenock

soulman - $75
EnDerr - $20
GGFiery - $10

KiLLeR - $50
LegalMind

DarKFoRcE - €200
Beastyqt

GoOdy - €100
Adelscott

Elvis - €100
DeViL

Happy - $70 + Prizes
sYz

XiGua !!

If you didn't happen to catch the Chinese Blizzcon regional qualifiers, it certainly was an interesting glimpse into the Chinese scene. Out of the fray of this event came XiGua, a player who's name you may soon identify as a serious player in the international scene. Luckily, we'll get to see more of him in mid-October at Blizzcon, and perhaps he can show the world that the Chinese SC2 scene is still as powerful as it was in Brood War.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$10,000 USD



GoOdy !!

Rumor has it that if you listed the achievements of GoOdy in a line, it'd wrap around the world. Twice. Maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but this past couple weeks he managed to yet again add to his massive compilation, placing 2nd in the XMG Cup Final, and 1st in the Pokerstrategy Community Cup, a Gigabyte Cup, and a Zotac Cup.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$1,435 USD (+Prizes)



Stephano !!

The wrecking ball continued on his path of destruction, once again proving he's here to stay, and his ELO dominance isn't just a fluke. The young French prodigy showed excellent results in taking 2nd in the Gigabyte Cup Final, 3rd in the Sennheiser Cup Final, and 1st in the MSI Pro Cup. Additionally, despite being eliminated in groups, he ran up an even score at IEM in a group consisting of eventual champion PuMa and 3rd placing MaNa.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$2,530 USD (+Prizes)



Kas !!

Europe's resident monster-Terran showed up in force, placing 2nd in the Gigabyte Cup Final, 2nd in the MSI Pro Cup, and tied for 5th at IEM. He additionally took down the always underrated
Beastyqt in an excellent showmatch series. While he didn't manage to take home any golds, Kas raked in a ton of cash in the solid performances he has become well known for. This isn't all though, in perhaps the most under-covered yet biggest Showmatch KotH event to date,
Kas slammed his way through the likes of Stephano, mOOnGLaDe, and GSL superstar MC in $1,000 games at Gamescom. The always beastly Ukrainian powerhouse has proven that he hasn't fallen off as one of Europe's premiere Terran players.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$5,545 USD (+Prizes)

DIMAGA !!

When he's not busy running around and winning massive LAN events, he's perhaps the scariest online cup player there is. DIMAGA crushed a Gamecreds Cup, a Xilence Cup, a Close Combat Cup, and the Gigabyte Cup Final. He also placed 2nd in the Eset Summer Masters, an event in which he qualified for via (you guessed it) an online cup.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$1,830 USD (+Prizes)

MaNa !!

Many of us have known him since the Brood War days, but seriously, what is this kid on?! A switch seems to have gone off in the brain of the Polish Mousesports player, turning him from an amazing player into an absolute wrecking machine. MaNa stormed through the Eset Summer Master's event taking out huge names such as White-Ra, GoOdy, Tarson, and
DIMAGA, only dropping a single game in one BO5. More impressively, he was the highest placing non-korean player at IEM, taking 3rd place while impressively defeating mOOnGLaDe(3-1), SaSe(2-0), Stephano(2-1) and eventual Champion PuMa(2-0) on his warpath.

Total Prizewinnings: ~$3,186 USD (+Prizes)

PuMa !!

That's right, a Korean. In accordance with the evolving SC2 scene, it's time that the standards of the roundup change as well. Korean players on predominantly Non-Korean teams are now eligible for this ranking. With this, we have PuMa: EG Member, IEM Champion, and MLG 5th place finisher. He 5-0'ed his terrifying group at MLG, and 3-0'ed Socke, Nerchio, and
MC on his path to the gold at IEM, a truly impressive run in the two largest recent events.
PuMa and other Korean players, such as HerO and Rain, have begun to join international teams and are now a true members of the international scene. These results speak for themselves, and they cannot be denied, because let's face it: PuMa is one of us, and he's the Top Dog!

Total Prizewinnings: ~$7,500 USD