ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Qualifiers and Casters

ASUS ROG sheds light on the two online qualifiers, which will determine 8 of the remaining slots for the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament, going live on August 2, and reveals the casters and hosts of the event.

With less than a month to go until the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament starts at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 on August 2, it’s time to play the two online qualifiers that we promised. As previously announced, the qualifiers will include players selected among those who have requested an invite to the ASUS ROG Tournament, and the top four of each qualifier will earn a spot to the main tournament.

Online qualifiers

Saturday, July 14, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #1
Single elimination, best-of-3
Max 32 players selected among the applicants
Top 4 qualifies

Sunday, July 15, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #2
Single elimination, best-of-3
Max 32 players selected among the applicants
Top 4 qualifies

The first two rounds of the qualifiers will be streamed and casted by community streams, with the last four matches and the round-of-8 which decides the top four players, will be streamed by The GD Studio. The broadcast will start at 18:00 CEST on Saturday and Sunday.

Qualifier map pool

Dreamhack ESV Cloud Kingdom - hugge (building blockers at ramps)
GSL_Metropolis - TeamClash (creep tumors on islands)
GSL_Daybreak - TeamClash
~~MLG Antiga Shipyards - MLGMaps~~
TSL4 Antiga Shipyard - TSLAdmin (cross spawns only, gold bases removed)
TSL4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin (vertical spawns only)

ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Casters

This time at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament we are doing something different with the free HD streams. Instead of a stage or stadium feel we have previously aimed for, we are giving the lead to The GD Studio which will produce the ASUS ROGs stream, meaning a more entertaining and somewhat unpredictable stream is expected.

The caster pairs for the event are
Shaun 'Apollo' Clark & Dario 'TLO' Wünsch
Thomas 'Khaldor' Kilian & Wolf 'Wolf' Schröder

The hosts at the event will be
James '2GD' Harding & Geoff 'iNcontrol' Robinson
Auguste'Semmler' Massonnat & Salome 'Soe' Gschwind

Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Chief of screen locations
Michael 'Adebisi' Van Driel

The GD Studio Founder James '2GD' Harding statement about the production

We're extremely happy and not prepared to do a live show for ASUS ROG, Which is why we've invited as many good looking casters as possible in hopes to overwhelm viewers senses, which will distract them from any mistakes we make. Casters and hosts will also interchange rolls, so you will most likely see Incontrol commentate or TLO Host along side myself sometime during the event. Despite a very entertaining lineup of casters and hosts, We will of course be focusing our efforts to help tell the story throughout the tournament about the players themselves, so most of the production efforts this event will focus on this, as it should always be.

Like ASUS ROG on Facebook
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http://www.facebook.com/rognordic

ASUS ROG
Finally, to remind you all of the company who makes this tournament possible, ROG -- Republic of Gamers, a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. The ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.

About ASUS
ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2011 was US$13 billion.

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Cokefreak Finland. July 12 2012 06:51. Posts 5681

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Yeah!

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Warpath Canada. July 12 2012 07:01. Posts 1211

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TLO casting? O.o

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Swampsteel United States. July 12 2012 07:01. Posts 82

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woohoo amazing!

Oh my glob!

sedeMihcra Netherlands. July 12 2012 07:01. Posts 8

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Nice casters and 2GD FTW!

johnnywup United States. July 12 2012 07:02. Posts 2743

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On July 12 2012 06:49 SETT TV wrote:
[*] TLS4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin

TLS4? Sounds like a sick tournament

On July 12 2012 06:49 SETT TV wrote:
Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Cheif of screen locations

Dunno what a cheif is!

On July 12 2012 06:49 SETT TV wrote:The GD Studio which will produce the ASUS ROGs stream, meaning a more entertaining and somewhat unpreditable stream is expected.

What's an unpredit?

looking forward to TLO Casting!! and the event is looking good, looking forward to it

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GenoPewPew United States. July 12 2012 07:02. Posts 317

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2GDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Caster for GosuGamers.Net and www.binary-gaming.org for my team!

ProxyKnoxy United Kingdom. July 12 2012 07:02. Posts 2543

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Why are there four hosts? :o

Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Cheif of screen locations

Wow nice title for an observer

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Darthozzan Sweden. July 12 2012 07:03. Posts 128

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Sounds like a pretty damn sick lineup, really excited for this one :D

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delchuu Germany. July 12 2012 07:03. Posts 127

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Sounds like fun if ive got some time i'll definately watch it a bit

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knL Germany. July 12 2012 07:04. Posts 400

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nice great casters and hosts also nice to have an observer or a

Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Cheif of screen locations

:D

Axak Denmark. July 12 2012 07:04. Posts 32

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Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Cheif of screen locations - best title ever

2GD United Kingdom. July 12 2012 07:04. Posts 4

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On July 12 2012 07:02 ProxyKnoxy wrote:
Why are there four hosts? :o

Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Cheif of screen locations

Wow nice title for an observer

because its not normal hosting, and I have plans, MASTER PLANS

RiSkysc2 July 12 2012 07:05. Posts 546

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Awesome, incontrol hosting and adebisi observing! Fantastic, looking forward to it!

kju July 12 2012 07:05. Posts 2747

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"We're extremely happy and not prepared to do a live show for ASUS ROG, Which is why we've invited as many good looking casters as possible in hopes to overwhelm viewers senses, which will distract them from any mistakes we make."

this will be great

mjava Finland. July 12 2012 07:06. Posts 69

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Im ok with thease casters but gonna miss TB

Still waiting open minded fot TLO cast and hope he will do great job for replaising TotalBiscuit. Also nice to see 2GD and Incontrol hosting!