| ChadMann Australia. February 28 2012 18:25. Posts 109 | Profile # |
![[image loading]](http://i42.tinypic.com/o8s4yc.jpg) The 'Plunder Down Under' Invitational!Brought to you by Saddle Club Entertainment, 'I Heart eSports' and Tt eSports Original Artwork by Kalikah - http://jasminekurda.carbonmade.com/The 'Plunder Down Under' Invitational is the brainchild of Alicia ‘femFxRogue’ Oliver and Nicolas ‘TAChadmann’ Russo, combining to bring the South East Asian Starcraft II Community a Tournament ... with a twist. The 16 Player Invitational (14 SEA invites, 2 international invites) will be run strictly Random vs Random on what we have determined to be the worst maps ever created. With the players unable to choose their main races and playing on maps which are not in the ladder pool they will be forced to think outside their normal styles and deliver fun and exciting games for those spectating on the stream. The Tournament will be casted live by Leigh ‘Maynarde’ Mandalov of ACL Gold Coast, along with the Tournament creators, femFxRogue and TAChadMann. The whole tournament will be streamed on Twitch.tv @ www.twitch.tv/TteSPORTS. Players:+ Show Spoiler [Players] +Date: Saturday 24th March Time: 3:00pm AEDT - (GMT +11) - PST 9pm - 5am CET - 1pm KST. [B]Where: NA Battle.net ServerStream: www.twitch.tv/TteSPORTS Format: 16 Player Double Elimination Bracket. Prize Pool: Currently $350 cash prize pool! 1st Place$1502nd Place$753rd Place$25Funny game awards:Players will be Judged on Funny builds and games There will be 4x$25 prizes given out for the best/funniest/strangest play styles and builds! Also, Tt eSports will be giving a Shock Spin Headset for the best Funny game for the Fans build (with bonus points awarded for the Build name) Map Pool:  Debris Fields
Elysium
Plunder Isle
Monsoon
Novice Blistering Sands
Novice Steppes of War
Abyss
Incineration Zone
Scrap Station
Toxic Slums
+ Special surprise Map in the final Trolololol... Event Goals:With this event, we aim to promote SEA and SEA eSports - showing the rest of the world that SEA know how to do it.. and have fun while we do! We hope to bring exposure to some of SEA's top players in a fun and exciting medium. There will also be some great Stream give away's to the viewers! I <3 eSports will be providing complete sets of their Stickers Tt eSports will be giving away 5 Diablo 3 beta keys and 2 White Ra Mouse Pads! Saddle Club Entertainment, you should have expected us!
We would like to thank our sponsors, the players in this event and Jasmine 'Kalikah' for the amazing original artwork!
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| riiChard Australia. February 28 2012 20:38. Posts 65 | Profile # | |
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| ChaoticBlack Australia. February 28 2012 20:42. Posts 287 | Profile # |
| Wow sounds awesome! Excellent idea to bring more exposure to the SEA players!. |
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| John Madden American Samoa. February 28 2012 20:53. Posts 885 | Profile Blog # |
| Hectic mate! I <3 SEA not as much as I <3 beards or football. Last edit: 2012-02-28 21:05:51 |
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| Peleus Australia. February 28 2012 21:42. Posts 407 | Profile # |
| haha sounds so weird it's kinda awesome. Novice blistering sands? lol. |
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| Sated England. February 28 2012 21:47. Posts 3408 | Profile Blog # |
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps. |
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| flakmonkey Australia. February 28 2012 21:47. Posts 249 | Profile # |
Moonglade will probably take this.
EDIT: WTF @ the map pool! Novice maps?? Perhaps it would've been better to have a few extra showmatches on those maps than have the tournament based around it...All the best for the tournament anyway. Good to see the aussie scene in action.Last edit: 2012-02-28 21:49:26 |
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| ChadMann Australia. February 28 2012 21:52. Posts 109 | Profile # |
On February 28 2012 21:47 flakmonkey wrote:
Moonglade will probably take this.
EDIT: WTF @ the map pool! Novice maps?? Perhaps it would've been better to have a few extra showmatches on those maps than have the tournament based around it...All the best for the tournament anyway. Good to see the aussie scene in action.
it is meant to be a funny game tournament...
mOOnGLaDe is a fav - but don't discount the other guys...
Silly builds and RvR on these maps is part of the concept - watch the players think outside of the box and have a good time!.. 
On February 28 2012 21:47 Sated wrote:
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps.
Way to be a buzz kill bro.. -_- Obviously you haven't played funny games - for the fans...?Last edit: 2012-02-28 21:53:59 |
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| Peleus Australia. February 28 2012 21:55. Posts 407 | Profile # |
On February 28 2012 21:47 Sated wrote:
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps.
Honestly, I was thinking the same thing when I first heard about this tournament a while ago. Then I took a step back and looked at it. At the moment there are plenty of opportunities for the SEA community to showcase their talent against 'the world', for example the Masters Cup which happens each month. Previously many of our SEA community took on the likes of Startale members and players from Complexity and still took the 1-2-3 in the event. Do you remember seeing the tournament? Probably not, because like it or not it's simply another blip on the massively saturated tournament scene of SC2.
Unless you have thousands of dollars worth of prizes it's hard to make an impact on the international scene. At least this way it's something different, something that stands out from the masses of other tournaments and we can all have some fun.
Let's face it, if you can only enjoy 'super competitive' games then there are still a couple of tournaments and 10's of streams and 100's of hours of high level play you can still watch on the same day of the tournament, of which I'm sure the vast majority you just won't be able to get too.
On the flip side, I'm sure there is only one tournament being played on novice blistering sands .... lol.
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| Ftrunkz Australia. February 28 2012 21:56. Posts 2470 | Profile Blog # |
On February 28 2012 21:47 Sated wrote:
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps.
You missed the entire point of the tournament yo ={.
Looking forward to playing this for sure! |
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| moge United States. February 28 2012 22:07. Posts 124 | Profile Blog # |
This should be really fun! An interesting take on a tournament. I hope it produces some fun games. Given the players we should see some crazy builds.
Looking forward to this! |
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| Meatex Korea (South). February 28 2012 22:10. Posts 198 | Profile # |
This is going to be a lot of fun and with guys like Machine, Cella and Balloon i expect some fun games.
Maybe even carriers OMG
How often will you be able to see carriers in a tournament?
And like Peleus has already said - the whole point is to have "ridiculous" maps and funny games.
Plus it showcases one of the key points to the SEA community that tbh NA and sites like TL lack - and that is having fun. |
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| John Madden American Samoa. February 28 2012 22:16. Posts 885 | Profile Blog # |
On February 28 2012 21:47 flakmonkey wrote:
Moonglade will probably take this.
EDIT: WTF @ the map pool! Novice maps?? Perhaps it would've been better to have a few extra showmatches on those maps than have the tournament based around it...All the best for the tournament anyway. Good to see the aussie scene in action.
That's the point my friend |
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| Dox Australia. February 28 2012 22:44. Posts 1171 | Profile Blog # |
| This event is gonna be funny and awesome as hell. I highly recommend drinking whilst watching it. I'm gonna be drinking whilst playing in it. |
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| ChadMann Australia. February 28 2012 22:46. Posts 109 | Profile # |
On February 28 2012 22:44 Dox wrote:
This event is gonna be funny and awesome as hell. I highly recommend drinking whilst watching it. I'm gonna be drinking whilst playing in it.
While tSc Entertainment support drinking in moderation - I recommend this. I'll probably have a few while casting ^_^ |
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| TemujinGK Scotland. February 28 2012 22:53. Posts 422 | Profile Blog # |
I look at the play list and i was like 'Oh moonglade, oh Yoon, oh, PiG so many australian players'
God i'm an idiot.
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| jaydee81 Germany. February 28 2012 22:57. Posts 116 | Profile # |
| Haha what a neat idea! I'll tune in, this could be a lot of fun |
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| SiNKami United States. February 28 2012 22:58. Posts 1762 | Profile Blog # |
| lets see if cella shows up this time. lol |
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| Sated England. February 28 2012 23:10. Posts 3408 | Profile Blog # |
On February 28 2012 21:55 Peleus wrote:
Show nested quote +On February 28 2012 21:47 Sated wrote:
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps.
Honestly, I was thinking the same thing when I first heard about this tournament a while ago. Then I took a step back and looked at it. At the moment there are plenty of opportunities for the SEA community to showcase their talent against 'the world', for example the Masters Cup which happens each month. Previously many of our SEA community took on the likes of Startale members and players from Complexity and still took the 1-2-3 in the event. Do you remember seeing the tournament? Probably not, because like it or not it's simply another blip on the massively saturated tournament scene of SC2. Unless you have thousands of dollars worth of prizes it's hard to make an impact on the international scene. At least this way it's something different, something that stands out from the masses of other tournaments and we can all have some fun. Let's face it, if you can only enjoy 'super competitive' games then there are still a couple of tournaments and 10's of streams and 100's of hours of high level play you can still watch on the same day of the tournament, of which I'm sure the vast majority you just won't be able to get too. On the flip side, I'm sure there is only one tournament being played on novice blistering sands .... lol.
And this tournament is going to be a sub-par blip on the massively saturated tournament scene of SC2. I just don't see how this helps SEA players out any more than playing against these players in normal matches (and I also don't see how games can be entertaining on those maps, but that's a different issue altogether).
On February 28 2012 21:56 Ftrunkz wrote:
Show nested quote +On February 28 2012 21:47 Sated wrote:
Wouldn't the SEA players be better served having a chance to show how well they can perform in normal games against established players from other regions, instead of playing against them in a wonky tournament where results can be attributed to both random race determination and the ridiculous map-pool?
It also seems a waste of time to watch this tournament when none of the match-ups are going to be competitive (and hence less entertaining) given the silly maps.
You missed the entire point of the tournament yo ={. Looking forward to playing this for sure!
I thought the entire point of the tournament was to get more exposure for good SEA players?
"With this event, we aim to promote SEA and SEA eSports - showing the rest of the world that SEA know how to do it.. and have fun while we do! We hope to bring exposure to some of SEA's top players in a fun and exciting medium."
How can you show that SEA know how to do it when the games are on novice maps?
Good luck with the tournament an' all, but IMO the format is ridiculous. |
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| Maynarde Australia. February 28 2012 23:21. Posts 1172 | Profile # |
Looking forward to casting this
The artist's website btw: http://jasminekurda.carbonmade.com/ SICK POSTER.
This is a fun games tourney for cash on terrible maps! It's for fun. How can you NOT be excited. |
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