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| Shimy United States. March 22 2012 03:29. Posts 683 | Profile Blog # |
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/lfgEm.jpg) "If you want to be heard, you've gotta make some NoisE!"Welcome to the NoisE Amateur Starleague! Whether you are a struggling C- wanting to get better, or a solid C/C+ player looking to prove yourself, this is the place for you. Being the first of its kind, the ASL will offer a fairly large prize pool of $200 to exclusively C Ranks players in hopes to further improve foreign BroodWar and give a much needed league style opportunity for the middle rank players that deserve it. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7h4oE.jpg) The tournament will feature three stages of play allowing for the most epic of its kind: The Qualifiers, Group Stage, and the NoisE Amateur Starleague itself. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/AdXYF.png) Special thanks to Fabiano for this Graphic![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2xGBs.jpg) Server: iCCupChannel: op ASL The qualifiers will take place in the form of a ladder stage. The ladder stage will begin on Friday, April 6th at 13CET, and will come to a close on April 22nd at 13CET. Pending proper qualification steps, the top 28 players from the ladder will be placed into 8 groups of 4 where they will be met by the previous tournament top finishers:  Dsyxelic,  Snipin_pandA, S2Glow, and Lumire. The ladder is amongst the players on the team ONLY.All players that now sign up are now required to send a replay pack of 2 replays per matchup attached to their email forms.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/lISi0.jpg) The group stages will take place on April 29th and May 6th. There will be 8 groups, and 4 will be played on either day. The players in the groups will play round robin style to determine the top two players of each group. The top two players will then advance to the round of 16. Group Stage ThreadNoisE Amateur Starleague Tournament For the round of 16 and round of 8, players will compete in best of 3's on set maps, followed by best of 5's on set maps in the semifinals and finals, respectively. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/aS06A.jpg) Total Prize Pool: $205 1st Place: $150 2nd Place: $40 3rd Place: $15 ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/qjSfV.jpg) To sign up, players are to send an email containing the following to NoisEASLRegistry@gmail.com: Your most well known ID: The race they will be using throughout the entire tournament(If you racepick, please specify in the email) : Your MAX achieved rank: Your IP address: Attached to the email, a small replay pack of 2 games per matchup are now required. Please no games shorter than 10 minuites.After sending your email, join the iCCup team team with the ASL tag. Qualifier Rules+ Show Spoiler +1) All Players are subject to administrative discretion. 2) All Players are to sign up for this via email. 3) Bad manner directed towards fellow participants and/or ASL staff will result in a league ban. 4) Ladder games will be played on ICCup alone and will have a strict start/stop date. 5) You must start the ladder stage with 0-0 stats and may not transfer stats from any account during this time. 6) You may reset your stats as often as you so desire. 7) You may continue to ladder on your account as you wish after the deadline, however, none of these games will be taken into account. You must not however use clearstats nor transfer after qualifying. 8) The Anti-Hack launcher must be used for all games that are played during the ladder stage. 9) All replays of the ladder stage must be sent in a .rar file to NoiseASL@gmail.com. 10) Players are to make ICCup accounts with the ASL tag on them and use that account for all ASL laddering purposes Example: ASL)Shimy, ASL.Shimy, ASL-Shimy, ASL_Shimy. 11) Players must join the " NoisE Amateur Starleague" on iCCup. 12) Players may play a maximum of 12 ladder games against a single opponent. 13) The ladder is amongst the players on the team ONLY.14) Abuse of the ladder system will result in a league ban. 15) No Korean IP's will be allowed. 16) Players are required to surrender their IP address to the league upon request.
1) All players are subject to administrative discretion.
2) Bad manner directed towards fellow participants and/or ASL staff will result in a league ban.
3) All games must be played on the Fish server using either Mini Launcher or Chaoslauncher.
4) All replays have to be sent to NoiseASL@gmail.com.
5) If a player is experiencing an unplayable quantity of lag, they must leave the game before the two minute mark. Beyond this point, the player will be forced to play out the set.
6) Lag and IP conflicts will be handled on a case to case basis at the official's discretion.
7) If a player cannot play his match due to personal time issues, that player needs to contact ASL staff 72 hours beforehand and then their opponent 48 before their match to either PP the match or play early. Upon proof via screenshot of contact back and forth between player and opponent, the referee handling the case will then assign a date and time to be played, earlier or later than set time, at a time of mutual availability.
8) If a player does not show up within 15 minutes of the set game time, their opponent is given a W.O. victory. Technical issues not apply and are done case by case by ASL officials.
9) Any form of abuse during this stage of the tournament will result in a league ban.
10) Players may be required to surrender their IP addresses without any prior notice.
1) All players are subject to administrative discretion.
2) Bad manner directed towards fellow participants and/or ASL staff will result in a league ban.
3) All games must be played on the Fish server using either Mini Launcher or Chaoslauncher.
4) All replays have to be sent to NoiseASL@gmail.com.
5) If a player is experiencing an unplayable quantity of lag, they must leave the game before the two minute mark. Beyond this point, the player will be forced to play out the set.
6) Lag and IP conflicts will be handled on a case to case basis at the official's discretion.
7) If a player cannot play his match due to personal time issues, that player needs to contact ASL staff 72 hours beforehand and then their opponent 48 before their match to either PP the match or play early. Upon proof via screenshot of contact back and forth between player and opponent, the referee handling the case will then assign a date and time to be played, earlier or later than set time, at a time of mutual availability.
8) If a player does not show up within 15 minutes of the set game time, their opponent is given a W.O. victory. Technical issues not apply and are done case by case by ASL officials.
9) Any form of abuse during this stage of the tournament will result in a league ban.
10) Players may be required to surrender their IP addresses without any prior notice.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8XMCE.jpg) Our sponsors are dM-NoisE, Nebopolis, and Sayle! "I've always wanted mid rank leagues and tournaments to be sponsored and when I was approached about this opporitunity by Shimy, I had to jump on board, Foreign BW FIGHTING!"-dM-NoisE "I'm happy to be supporting the development of new talent through this tournament, long live forign Broodwar!"-Nebopolis "The ASL is an awesome opportunity for lower level players and I really like the initiative!"-Sayle A huge thanks to our sponsors who make this league possible! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/PiPk3.jpg) Sponsors: dM-Noise, Nebopolis, Sayle Organization: Shimy, Eywa, and LRM)Game Casters: L_Master and Psyonic_Reaver Staff and Crew: LRM)nOoNe, CobaltBlu, Pholon, Zimp Graphics: Shiroiusagi Last edit: 2012-07-11 22:44:42 |
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| Shimy United States. March 22 2012 03:29. Posts 683 | Profile Blog # |
The ladder stage is now complete!Standings![[image loading]](http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad83/FFC-Ifrit/FinalLadderScores.jpg) Congratulations to you all for playing your best! I am pleased to announce that we are now finished with our ladder stage and the groups are in the process of being chosen. Thank you all for your participation and good luck to those who have qualified!
Previous Days:
+ Show Spoiler [Day #2] +We are now on Day 2!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hOl8c.png) Message from Player"I was surprised at how well the first day went. There were many people online, many people playing and refusing to dodge. There are a few people regrettably avoiding specific match-ups, but I have not seen people avoiding specific players. With a pool of ~80-90 people, having many people play over 20 games on the first day is phenomenal. I think the next 15 days will see competition as heated as this for the first half of it at least; closer to the end, I imagine that the top 10-20 ranks will be satisfied with the security of their position and will stop playing for fear of losing more points than they would gain. On this subject, I predict that the top 28 will be in the C to C- range. This means that there might begin some rank dodging or rank smashing - C people avoiding other C people and bashing the D/D- people or vice versa, depending on their strategy. Gotta wait and see, it's sure to be exciting ^^ I think allowing seeded players play in the ladder has taken its toll already, with players like dsyxelic and S2Glow already dishing out 32 losses xD However, if people can't beat them on ladder, then they probably won't beat them in the tourney! My predictions for top finishers outside of the seeds: ToKa, Lumire, Probe."-ASL)TaeGukGi Channel: op ASL
+ Show Spoiler [Day #3] +We are now on Day 3!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/oNdbA.png) Message from Player[Q]Hello Nikon-uuuu! How are you?(That rhymed)[A] Hello. I'm doing well, thank you for asking. [Q]Day 2 of ladder being over, what are your thoughts and how do you like it?[A] So far the ladder has been good to me in terms of finding games. Overall activity is good, but there are still some people with 0 played games. You know who you are, get going ^^ [Q]How do you see your chances along with the other D+ invites?[A] My chances personally? If I make it into Top 50, I'd be fully satisfied. I'm probably the worst player out of everyone that got drafted into the qualifier, so I expect the other D rankers to do better than me ^^ [Q]Being 6-27, do you feel like you are out? Or are you going to continue to battle your way back?[A] The result may seem discouraging, but it's only day 2. There are literally hundreds of games left to be played, no joke. Of course that I will continue "battling" my way back. Playing 0 games just doesn't seem the right thing to do once I got into this tournament. [Q]Who will be top 3 of ladder?[A] Top 3 ladder will be fold, ajmbek and LETALiS imo. Thanks and have a wonderful day!!! Thanks for this interview and good luck to everyone participating. Channel: op ASL
+ Show Spoiler [Day #4] +We are now on Day 4!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8JvpB.png) Message from PlayerAn interview with the ever so dashing NinaZerg: [Q]Hihi Nina! How art thou?A - thou art fine, I thanketh thee and yet thee be fine as well? Thou art a votary to fond desire methinks. [Q]What are your thoughts on the ASL ladder so far?A - The ladder really slowed down a lot after the second day. I see some of the better people playing each other, but a few people are just farming for points. I'm honestly kind of worried that all the C- people will drop out, which will make it difficult to have a positive win ratio if I keep going. [Q]Top 5 movies. Go.A - The Matrix, Kill Bill, Monsters Inc., I'm a Cyborg But That's Okay, V for Vendetta [Q]How do you fair against the other ASL players?A - Not as well as I would have liked, and I feel like I really underperformed, so I'm kind of disappointed in myself. I just need to keep practicing and get better. Playing the ASL ladder is a lot different than the regular ladder, because a lot of friends on bw are playing in the tour, so they might be used to my 'style' (if that's what you could call it), but I think I can manage if practice a few different builds. [Q]Are you having fun and/or improving?A - The first couple of days, I didn't have much fun, I'm sorry to say. The losses have jump-started my resolve to improve, which is a step in the right direction. [Q]Top 5 laundry detergents. Go.A - I don't think anyone can compete with Tide right now as far as laundry detergent goes. Half a cup of Tide will get out some very tough stains, and so the amount-of-detergent-to-cleanliness ratio is unsurpassed by Tide for sure. Cheer and Wisk are okay, as well, and even Arm & Hammer is not bad - but I don't foresee them being able to stay competitive with Tide unless they make adjustments to their formula. It's hard to pick a fifth, because I know a lot of people would say it's Purex, but Purex is more like Pureshit in my personal opinion. I guess I would go with All for fifth place. [Q]Do you see yourself qualifying?A - Qualifying, even in a mid-level player league, is difficult. It's not impossible to think I could qualify for a play-off spot, but I would need to work hard. The players are so good, and I have a lot of respect for them. [Q]Who do you see finishing top 3 in the ASL ladder? (Excluding invites)A - Top 3... wow. Really tough question. It also depends on if certain players play. I know IpMan (The bulgarian player) is really good, but he hasn't played. Asmodey, Action, and Wallace all seem like top contenders, so I would think they would make it, but who really knows? xD Some of the lesser-known Bulgarian players could also do it, as well as favorites, like Lumire, Dsyxelic, and S2Glow. [Q]Cool! Thanks so much for the interview :D Any shout outs or comments?A - Okay - shoutouts to dRaW, TrueFool, Gecko[Xp], Dayfly, Flossy, Raven, Seriosity, Zucrow, Nelson, Shaise, Hakurei[AoV], ma gurl Jannilyn cuz we down 4 lyfe, Telecom[name], L_master, Hacklebeast, Sayle, Fry, Shalashaska, Zaraki, Skye, h00li and team Nb, Joekim (gj kicking LRM's butt), infestedhuman, drunken_raynor, iCCup.Fry, QuickStriker, Shotcoder (thx 4 tour due 2 shield battery), UED_WhiterOse, defiler.ru, the Russian SC community (spasibo!), Nikon, Beer, Richard, my mom, my awesome team [wOk], CowGoesMoo, LRM)nOoNe, Lumire, and of course, sunny_j for the nexus snipe. <3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 Good luck in the rest of the ladder qualifier! ^^ Poll Poll: What country will be at the top of the ladder?USA (9) 33% Bulgaria (5) 19% Other (5) 19% Ukraine (4) 15% Canada (2) 7% Peru (1) 4% Australia (1) 4% Romania (0) 0% Germany (0) 0% Russia (0) 0% 27 total votes Your vote: What country will be at the top of the ladder? (Vote): USA
(Vote): Bulgaria
(Vote): Canada
(Vote): Peru
(Vote): Romania
(Vote): Germany
(Vote): Ukraine
(Vote): Russia
(Vote): Australia
(Vote): Other
+ Show Spoiler [Day #5] +We are now on Day 5!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ULk1m.png) Message from Player[Q]Hey Chocolate! How are ya pal? Hihi! I'm doing ok! Much Starcraft today [Q]How are you liking the ladder so far?It's ok maybe. I am really sad at cheese in ladder but I will do better! [Q]So you've kind of come on this past day as a true contender. You won the the 2nd ladder tour and came in 2nd in the 3rd. How do you feel about these?They are fun and helped me find games. Wands you rematch me soon k? ;P [Q]Knowing your hatred for cheese in this ladder, do you have any kind of message towards teh cheesers?Less cheese more ggs please. I know you bad at macro but it's ok =) [Q]What's your favorite kind of cheese? (If you don't say Swiss Cheese, I'll die)>.< you too punny! [Q]So who do you see being top 3 of the ladder?Top 3 is a tough choice. I don't know many players =(. But I like Me, Wands and Lumire. [Q]Any thoughts on these Canadian and Bulgarian clubs arising in the ASL? Is it too mafia-like?I don't know >.< it's weird. I hear Lumire talk of American team too. [Q]Say something in your native language for us.Grüezi mitenand! [Q]Any last comments?Not many terrans makes me sad =( Good luck!
+ Show Spoiler [Day #6] +We are now on Day 6!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ASjxv.png) Message from Player[Q]Hey there, eh! How are you, eh? (I know, lame jokes tt)[A]Hiya, eh!! I'm from Canada, eh! I'm feeling stoked! woo! Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto Shimy~ [Q]How has your ladder experience been so far?[A]It has been fantastic and I'm lovin' it! The ladder is ideal for someone like me - like Cinderella finding her perfect glass slippers. It is both fun and competitive and also the community is awesome in wanting to help you to get better by pointing out your flaws in your game. [Q]Being #1 on the ladder, have you noticed people dodging?[A]Nobody is scared of me~ Everybody wants a piece of my pie. I don't blame them - they get the right pot odds to call since the rank disparity among us, lets see... they only risk losing 25 points while I am at risk for almost 200 of mine, but little do they know that they are running dead after the flop =P. [Q]Favorite person to play on the ladder?[A]Lumire, dsyxelic, and zimp all have winning records against me so I love learning from my losses and eventually overcoming them to seek vengeance! [Q]What is the Canadian Men's Club like? Any secrets you can share?[A]First I'd like to thank Anklebreak for taking me in after he spotted me wandering the streets homeless. The Superior Canadian Gentleman's Club helped me get back on my feet and confidence back to tackle on any obstacles in my way. All I can share is that it's real and it's spectacular! [Q]Who do you think will end as top 3 on the ladder?[A]There is a ton of players who are all worthy to be at the top, but there are also a lot of variables to access who will eventually be the top 3 on the ladder. Like I don't know what their agenda is - like do they have school, work, family, how serious they are taking it, etc. so I will base my top 3 on their current skill, dedication, time, and their potential to improve as a player. Also I am narrowing it down to the people I have played. So #1 goes to Lumire - bright and analyzing, #2 Hardi - strong multitasking and mechanics, and #3 Dsyxelic - smart and strategic. Other honorable notables go to Vasek - knowledgable, Heihachi - myriads of strategical builds, Chocolate - great timings, Asmodey - a machine, Anklebreak - tricky, LETALiS - rock hard, Zimp - 4-0'd me, Ninazerg - special tactics (he tried to 3 hatch speedling all-in bust me) [Q]Any last comments?[A]I will not be as active from April 15th - April 24th due to school. I wish everyone in the league good luck in the rest of the ladder and I'd also like to give a big thank you to the sponsors: NoisE, Nebopolis, and Sayle - and also the organizer Shimy. They refuse to let Broodwar succumb and I commend them! Thank you~ Thanks and good luck with the rest of the tour! :D
+ Show Spoiler [Day #7] +We are now on Day 7!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/CcfWK.png) SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTThe finishing top 6 of the ladder will receive the power to pick their groups. That being said, the invites also receive the power to change them. Lumire and S2Glow get to make 1 change each after the groups are chosen, and Snipin_Panda and Dsyxelic get to make 2 each. I hope this makes people hungry for that top spot!!! NO DODGING >> Message from Player[Q]Hey Choco-... I MEAN NOISE! How have you been?Lol Hey now, I'm doing pretty good actually, feeling a bit under the weather and tired but I'm still battling! [Q]So, now that it's leaked that you are actually ASL.Chocolate, do you have anything to say?Narp, nuffin to say to that at all. I think I made an explanation in the thread that would make everyone at least somewhat happy. [Q]Do you feel like things will change these last 9 days of the ladder?I expect a bit more dodging and a bit more all ins/Cheesing. But the only reason I think there won't be as much dodging now as before is because I called the whole ASL out that I would get dodged as Noise. [Q]Did you expect this thing to stay under wraps this whole time?Nah not really, I kinda expected it to get figured out sooner when I finished in the top two of two tours while beating some pretty decent players. To be honest I'm kinda offended no one connected the dots. The best terran on ladder someone they've never heard of? come on guys lets get real here [Q]How much of the BM nonsense was an act to really sell the character?To sell the character? None at all, because I was behind a mask? All of it. How much did I really care what people thought of Chocolate when the groups stages finally came I would be known as Noise again? I had a good time with it, and it was pretty well played out. I don't think very many people even had a clue. And since my roommate spent a couple years over there I had the benefit of his knowledge of the area. [Q]Being that it's going to be announced that the top 6 of the ladder get to pick groups, how hard are you going to play these last 9 days?Play hard because of that? Not at all. I play hard because I'm competitive, so I'm going to play just as hard as I normally would even with this added bonus to top 6. [Q]Have you enjoyed the mini tours? You are 2-1 as far as winning them goes.I have indeed loved the mini tours. Great practice for the BO3 system and get some ladder games in as well. having a super fun time trying to play in as many as possible. [Q]How many people do you think will cheese you now?I expect the same people to cheese me now as before. Now all-ins? I expect a lot more ling all ins in the coming days. but what can I say. If that's what it takes ;P [Q]Any change to your top 3? The competition is looking heatedI wouldn't change my top 3 at all. I still believe there will be a dM finals if the brackets and groups are nice to us. The only outlier is Lumire, his ZvP is really good and I hear he's been practicing with some people on his TvZ. Wands looks really strong in both PvP and TvP and with majority of people being P in this tour I feel he has an advantage there. But there are plenty of other good players you might see in the top, Dsyxelic, Fold, Hardi, Plus, S2glow. This ladder is full of good players so it's a lot of adapting and improving. SHOUT OUT TO PSY REAVER AND ALL DAH HATERS! YOU CAN LOVE ME OR HATE ME BUT I'M HERE BABY AND ONLY THING STOPPING ME FROM WINNING THIS TOUR IS MYSELF SON! Best of luck to you, NoisE! Thank you so much for donating your hard earned cash for Broodwar! You are keeping it alive and making a fun competition environment for all teh C rankers! :D
+ Show Spoiler [Day #8] +We are now on Day 8!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/YYhBc.png) Message From MeHello all! I forgot to find someone to interview for this day, so I will do the next best thing: A few polls  Poll: How high will the ranks go in the ladder?C+ (7) 47% B- (7) 47% B+ (1) 7% B (0) 0% 15 total votes Your vote: How high will the ranks go in the ladder? (Vote): C+
(Vote): B-
(Vote): B
(Vote): B+
Poll: Which American in the ASL is best?Other (5) 31% Lumire (4) 25% Dsyxelic (3) 19% NoisE (2) 13% PluS (2) 13% 16 total votes Your vote: Which American in the ASL is best? (Vote): Lumire
(Vote): NoisE
(Vote): Dsyxelic
(Vote): PluS
(Vote): Other
Poll: If you finish top 6, you will...Pick easy groups so they favor you winning. (7) 70% Pick hard groups to show how good you are. (3) 30% 10 total votes Your vote: If you finish top 6, you will... (Vote): Pick easy groups so they favor you winning.
(Vote): Pick hard groups to show how good you are.
Poll: Which would be a better GM?Eywa vs Kiante (8) 53% Dsyxelic vs NoisE (7) 47% 15 total votes Your vote: Which would be a better GM? (Vote): Eywa vs Kiante
(Vote): Dsyxelic vs NoisE
Channel: op ASL
+ Show Spoiler [Day #10] +[center] We are now on Day 10!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mIKdP.png) Interview with Lumire[Q]Hey Lumire! How's it going?Sad that telecom is dodging shotcoder after calling him out for a grudgematch. [Q]Enjoying your ladder experience? Being top 3 must be nice ^^Yeah so far so good, and i bet you were waiting to interview me as soon as i drop to 2nd T_T. Very few Z's though which is a good thing because ZvZ is bullshit. [Q]Having a pretty gosu Win/loss record, are you feeling pretty good going into this tournament?Yeah i seem to be going through another stage of improvment that i have occasionally which is a very good thing. I have been practicing a lot with dsyxelic zvp which is good because i really needed another protoss to practice with and AleC in zvt because he rapes me. [Q]Do you see yourself taking the whole thing?I think i have a lot of weak points in my play to certain things so i probably wont win, especially since there is a lot of new people like Redeyez and wands who are amazing at PvZ and people like AleC who destroy me in TvZ. Oh yeah and zvz is bullshit and i seem to be pretty awful at rock paper scissors so i might lose that too. [Q]Snipin_Panda, Dsyxelic, and S2Glow are the other invites. How do you see their chances in this thing when we get to group stages?Snipin_Panda retains a surprising amount of skill when hes inactive so he might place far, depends on how much he practices. Dsyxelic is actually playing bw now and is looking fucking scary. As for S2Glow i don't think hell get such an easy bracket this time. ^^ [Q]Why isn't Snipin_pandA laddering? Is he afraid of people learning his style?Nah hes just addicted to DotA 2 now ^^ [Q]Is there a huge skill difference in yourself and the other players since the sGsCRO?I think i have sorta clogged a lot of the holes in my zvp play (thanks dragOn) and my ZvT is getting a lot better, i think i actually consider it a matchup of mine now (thanks Game). ZvZ is fucking bullshit (have i said this already?). [Q]Seeing as you get 1 change to groups, will you use this to make groups easier on yourself? Or use it to make groups harder on another individual?Ill probably end up putting Wallace or Plus in Shotcoders group for teh lolz. [Q]Would you care to explain your "Dodging" to people?Yeah sometimes i just don't feel like playing rock paper scissors so all Z's back off plz, thx. [Q]Who do you think will be top 3 of the ladder stage once it's all said and done?I think top 3 will be Me, Dsyxelic and either Wands or Redeyez, if Redeyez plays more he could take #1 since hes probably the most underrated player by far in the tourney. [Q]Besides the ladder stage, are you training in any other ways?Whenever i find the time to pry myself away from the new Sins of a Solar Empire besides laddering i'm probably playing AleC or the really nice LRM) folk on fish who help me a lot (especially dragOn and Game). [Q]Thanks for the interview ^^ Any shout outs?Shoutouts to harem for revealing yummychocolate and Valve for prying panda away from BW with dota 2. And AleC who seems to have a habit of making zergs quit bw so i don't have to zvz. And Shotcoder for making telecom look like a pussy and getting him to quit bw once and for all. Thanks so much and good luck to you! Please don't forget to signup for the ladder tours: 21 CET: http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/tourney/view/16618.html21 EST: http://www.iccup.com/starcraft/tourney/view/16619.html
+ Show Spoiler [Day #11] +[center] We are now on Day 10!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ied6l.png) Interview with Wallace[Q]Hello Wallace! Как сте?(Google translate ftw)Hello Shimy, sup =)! Добре съм, благодаря !(I'm fine, thank you)! [Q]What's your ladder experience been like so far?Well I have to say it felt a lot like starting a new season on iccup in the beginning, because all of the players are C level obviously, but now I got used to it. I think everyone is pretty skilled, some more than others and some need to practice a bit more. But all in all I think a lot of people will improve at least a bit during the ladder stage. [Q]Give us some insight on the sexy Bulgarian club.LOL, well I made it as a joke, but yeah, I personally think we Bulgarians are cool and good looking people =)! I wanted to let the superior canadian gentleman dudes know they have a rival, a sexy one for that matter =D! [Q]Who do you think will be atop the ladder once it's all said and done?I think all of the people that are currently C- and C rank are about C+ level. Probably all of them are, I haven't checked the records of all of them, but I know most of them hit C+ so I think the top of the ladder will be mainly settled down among these players. Luckily for me, I am one of those players =D! [Q]Who do you enjoy playing most, and who are you afraid of playing the most?I enjoy playing almost everybody. There are few people that left me with bad impressions, but in general most of the players are gm and cool people. I am not afaid of anybody! [Q]Do you see yourself winning the whole tournament?To be honest, I don't, but I would try my best to do so. I'd say I have my chances, but nothing is certain in Brood War since it is a really hard game to play and your play is always on and off. [Q]What is your favorite match up and why?My favourite match up is PvZ, I think it is the hardest match up to master with Protoss. And besides that, it is the most fun and intensive one to play =). I started to like PvT too. The only match up I despise is PvP("can't read my, can't ready my, no he can't read my poker face..") [Q]Do you see any dodging going on in the ladder? Anyone you'd like to point out?Not a whole lot of dodging but there are people that dodge. For example, Lumire is one of them. I still want a bo5 with him, but I don't think he will ever give me one =(. [Q]Have you trained outside of the ASL ladder? Well I've been practicing a bit for the ISL as well. Some of you guys may know I qualified for that, though through sheer luck =D! So yeah, I'm getting some practice in for that with my sc buddies. [Q]Who would you like to be in your group if you make it out of the qualifiers? Well, I would like to have Lumire in my group so that way he can't dodge me =). Otherwise, I am fine with whatever rolling the dice leaves me with. Maybe I'd also like it if we don't end up only Bulgarians in my group =D. But the chances for that are low, I hope. [Q]Any shouts outs?^^I would like to give a shout out to all the sponsors for this event, aka - dM-Noise, Nebopolis, Sayle, the organiser being you - Shimy =), the voluntary casters being - L_Master and Psyonic_Reaver, the staff and crew of course =D - LRM)nOoNe, CobaltBlu, Pholon, Zimp and your graphics buddy - Shiroiusagi. You guys are doing an awesome job keeping our BW alive and making this tournament really fun and inspiring so far. So big shout out to all of you guys and thanks =)!
+ Show Spoiler [ Day #13] +[center] We are now on Day 14!Top Ten![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/NFRhH.png) Interview with Snipin_pandA[Q]Hello Panda! How have you been doing?I've been better. Need to finish my school projects with a broken hand TT;; [Q]How's the ladder-... Err, Dota 2 been treating you? ()It's pretty fun. Only reason why I've been playing so much dota is that I found a group of people to play with. [Q]Ok, so word on the street is you broke your finger, leg, neck, etc etc. Can you give us the story of what's up with your injury?I tripped on bamboostairs while holding a cup and now my right hand is broken [Q]Will this be effecting you with your ASL participation?I dunno. Depends on how my hand feels in two weeks. Right now I can't even use a mouse with my right hand, and I've been typing with my left hand. Maybe I'll cast stuff if I can't play, I'm fairly free for next couple of weeks. [Q]I heard Shotcoder was going to make a Panda vs Stairs Grudgematch. Who would win this rematch?I think I want to dodge. This whole hand breaking thing is really depressing. Also, I'm pretty sure stairs plays protoss, it doesn't even use apm to win wtf. [Q]Ok, enough with the joking! ^^ Have you been following the ASL ladder stage at all?Not really >>;; I was going to ladder this week, but now my hand broke. [Q]What do you think of the competition? Harder than the sGsCRO?Uh, can't really say, since I havn't laddered. I hear it's pretty difficult though. sGsCRO, I got lucky in, so I guess it's harder, with more drama as well. [Q]If you can play, do you see yourself competing for finals?No, too out of practice. Also, even if I was at my best, I'm not really that good [Q]If you can't play, who would you like to win the whole thing?Probably lumire, since he's a good friend. [Q]Thanks for the interview! Any shout outs you'd like to give?Shoutout to lumire for being AngryZerg still and tryin TvZ and failing miserably, shoutout to Ni.Tank for god knows what, Shoutout to takk, for dealing with my inactiveness, shoutout to harem for being harem. Good luck with your healings and be sure to eat lots of bambo! We all hope to see you in groups ^^
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| Eywa- Canada. March 22 2012 03:29. Posts 3012 | Profile Blog # |
| o_o Oh Shieeeeeeeet This is going to be good. |
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| DorF Sweden. March 22 2012 03:33. Posts 946 | Profile Blog # |
| Wow... this just impressed my pants off :o |
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| Gao Xi Hong Kong. March 22 2012 03:46. Posts 4975 | Profile Blog # |
| agh, ladder stage starts after i come back from spring break. |
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| 538 Hungary. March 22 2012 03:46. Posts 3775 | Profile Blog # |
| Sadly the ladder period is my busiest period of the semester so I can't compete, but I'm looking forward to seeing this tournament unfold! Huge thanks to the sponsors! |
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| SlowBullets United States. March 22 2012 03:55. Posts 695 | Profile # |
I'm in.  |
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| reps)Plumbum Russian Federation. March 22 2012 04:01. Posts 461 | Profile # |
| wow 200$, going to smurf in ! |
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| Metal[x] China. March 22 2012 04:01. Posts 5315 | Profile Blog # |
| nice time to be C rank. :/ |
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| Jealous United States. March 22 2012 04:08. Posts 2204 | Profile Blog # |
| Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks |
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| Eywa- Canada. March 22 2012 04:10. Posts 3012 | Profile Blog # |
On March 22 2012 04:08 Jealous wrote:
Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks
^ This attitude, everyone should have this. |
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| Shimy United States. March 22 2012 04:11. Posts 683 | Profile Blog # |
On March 22 2012 04:08 Jealous wrote:
Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks
I'm so glad! That's what I was hoping would drive C rankers into improving |
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| Jealous United States. March 22 2012 04:18. Posts 2204 | Profile Blog # |
On March 22 2012 04:11 Shimy wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 22 2012 04:08 Jealous wrote:
Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks
I'm so glad! That's what I was hoping would drive C rankers into improving
What if someone reaches blue ranks during the ladder stage? Or they get to like 5900 and stop playing?Last edit: 2012-03-22 04:19:02 |
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| Game March 22 2012 04:20. Posts 3018 | Profile Blog # |
On March 22 2012 04:18 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 22 2012 04:11 Shimy wrote:
On March 22 2012 04:08 Jealous wrote:
Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks
I'm so glad! That's what I was hoping would drive C rankers into improving
What if someone reaches blue ranks during the ladder stage? Or they get to like 5900 and stop playing?
I'd imagine that would trigger a great amount of discretion on Shimy's part. |
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| dRaW Canada. March 22 2012 04:32. Posts 3509 | Profile Blog # |
IMO anyone you don't really know you should probably not invite as they are smurfs. Also, if they are able to scratch B- it's really hard to tell anymore as absolutely nobody is laddering in iccup so they could possibly be beating D+/C- all the way to B-.
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| Shimy United States. March 22 2012 04:33. Posts 683 | Profile Blog # |
On March 22 2012 04:18 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 22 2012 04:11 Shimy wrote:
On March 22 2012 04:08 Jealous wrote:
Oh fuck yes ^^ Gonna practice hard for this and hopefully get back to legit yellow ranks
I'm so glad! That's what I was hoping would drive C rankers into improving
What if someone reaches blue ranks during the ladder stage? Or they get to like 5900 and stop playing?
The ladder will be C ranks only. It's only natural if you are playing only C ranks that the other C ranks will surpass C ranks because there's no B- and up for them to lose to consistently. C ranks can become B ranks in the ladder stage just as they can become D ranks. There's no D or B ranks to deal with. Hence, that removes the issue of players breaking the gap.
(That seems like it's really hard to understand after I wrote it LOL)
On March 22 2012 04:20 Game wrote:
I'd imagine that would trigger a great amount of discretion on Shimy's part.
It shouldn't have to, but if there's something suspicious, I will handle the matter with the help of experienced members and staff.
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| Eywa- Canada. March 22 2012 04:33. Posts 3012 | Profile Blog # |
| FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU nuked... (sorry I quoted shimy's rule at the exact same time he posted explanation) Last edit: 2012-03-22 04:34:43 |
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| S2Glow Singapore. March 22 2012 04:34. Posts 990 | Profile Blog # | |
| | <3 Katelyn , C Zerg. Dying wish is to watch proleague live and see my girlfriend which gonna be soon! <33 |
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| S2Glow Singapore. March 22 2012 04:36. Posts 990 | Profile Blog # |
| sorry double post cause this is too interesting and very cool.. i am really excited. heheheh well imo is just only invite people who join the c rank open because money = smurfs |
| | <3 Katelyn , C Zerg. Dying wish is to watch proleague live and see my girlfriend which gonna be soon! <33 |
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