$10K English Starcraft Tournament

[geno]

I don't remember how many people were relatively interested when I posted about Professional Starcraft, but I figured I should post about this anyways.

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Huge_Starcr ... dcast_Live

Pretty large-scale Non-Korean tournament run by teamliquid.net and sponsored by Razer, with $10,000 in prizes. This is pretty much the biggest Starcraft tournament outside of Korea, rivaling only WCG. The latter stage of the tournament (which begins this weekend I believe) will also have live video casts that could use as much support as possible. The digg article links to a FAQ about the tourney and professional SC that goes into a lot more detail than I could give.

Check it out, if just to support the idea of sponsored competitive gaming spreading!

Edit:
Site: http://razertsl.teamliquid.net/
Live Broadcasts: http://razertsl.teamliquid.net/live (redirects right now, since no casts are happening)
First day VODs (torrent): http://www.teamliquid.net/tracker/detai ... 7832034386
Intro Videos: Player intro, Probe intro

[Kiro]

Check it out, if just to support the idea of sponsored competitive gaming spreading!

CYBER ATHLETE LEAGUE ANYONE? :<

[Karbuncle]

Check it out, if just to support the idea of sponsored competitive gaming spreading!

CYBER ATHLETE LEAGUE ANYONE? :<

Ballin'

I;d do it if i was any good at RTS

[geno]

Check it out, if just to support the idea of sponsored competitive gaming spreading!

CYBER ATHLETE LEAGUE ANYONE? :<

Well... when I say spread, I meant beyond its current state... not that it doesn't exist

[Correction]

When Americans think of pro gaming tournaments, we think this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjE2z_x5k8

It's going to be hard to shake that image. Especially when the game in question is 10 years old.

[Krandor]

Idk to me the words Pro Gaming Tournament is synonymous with the old Daigo SF3 video of him parrying Chun li's Super Combo

[Correction]

Idk to me the words Pro Gaming Tournament is synonymous with the old Daigo SF3 video of him parrying Chun li's Super Combo

That's still pretty niche, and most of the money that changes hands at evo are at marvel money matches :D

[geno]

When Americans think of pro gaming tournaments, we think this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjE2z_x5k8

It's going to be hard to shake that image. Especially when the game in question is 10 years old.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6590/skypro8tb.gif

This is what I think of when I hear it now. But anyways, this tournament isn't really progaming - no annual salaries or regulation etc. Just a large scale open amateur tournament with a large prize pool as well as video coverage.

And yeah, i know that competitive gaming in general has that image, thats why I think a sponsored, very professionally run tournament like this should be promoted.

[Burginator]

Idk to me the words Pro Gaming Tournament is synonymous with the old Daigo SF3 video of him parrying Chun li's Super Combo

I'm in the same boat. Any time pro gaming is mentioned, I think of exactly that.

[Kiro]

Idk to me the words Pro Gaming Tournament is synonymous with the old Daigo SF3 video of him parrying Chun li's Super Combo

I'm in the same boat. Any time pro gaming is mentioned, I think of exactly that.

I just looked that video up, lol. Crazy shit.

[Lliandra]

I saw that video a few years back at uni, fully ridiculous skillz are serious business.

Its surprising how many people still don't realise how big the CPL and WCG events are. I used to play Counter-Strike back in the day and got to a semi decent level. Got free mobo's, processors and mousepads with lights in, in that sorta thing, and we weren't even pro. I fully couldn't hit a barn door now tho lol been so long since i played.

I miss those days all the cries of "LOL TEAMFLASH" and "Omg hackz you wallbanged me, OGC!!!" and lets not forget my teams personal favourite: "No way are you all girls, you must all be fat and ugly or blokes" etc

Anyone else play Source atm?

[Korietsu]

Anyone else play Source atm?

Fuck Source. 1.6 is the way to go.

[Lliandra]

Damn right, only 1.6 servers are emptier than something thats really fucking empty. The physics in source don't seem as good as they did in 1.6. Everything feels...for lack of a better word...rubbery. 1.6 had some weight to it.

Bring back 1.4 anyway, when bunnyhopping wasn't nerfed and everything looked like cardboard box polygons. Those were the days

Oh, inb4 "Steam sucks donkey balls". Which it does. 3 years on.

Still.

[geno]

Bring back 1.4 anyway, when bunnyhopping wasn't nerfed and everything looked like cardboard box polygons. Those were the days

Not to participate in the derail of my own thread, but YES PLEASE. God I loved those days... I started in 1.3, but I never really got that into it until 1.4, from which I played devotedly until FFXI temporarily stole my life.

I miss the days of bunny hop (and not that automated HOLD SPACE FOR BUNNYHOP! bs they have in some source servers). I was pretty damn good at it, even made a video for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQ3OLJCW2k

I want to play with those physics again

[Kiro]

Bring back 1.4 anyway, when bunnyhopping wasn't nerfed and everything looked like cardboard box polygons. Those were the days

Not to participate in the derail of my own thread, but YES PLEASE. God I loved those days... I started in 1.3, but I never really got that into it until 1.4, from which I played devotedly until FFXI temporarily stole my life.

I miss the days of bunny hop (and not that automated HOLD SPACE FOR BUNNYHOP! bs they have in some source servers). I was pretty damn good at it, even made a video for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxQ3OLJCW2k

I want to play with those physics again

Yeah, back then this game was amazing. It was all fresh and new and "OMG IM IN CAL-O GUYS DONT PUSH ME OR I'LL OWN YOUR WHOLE TEAM!". Anyone remember cs_araballey? or cs_jeepathon, cs_siege(old school with the APC actually mobile, lol), cs_MILITIA. ARHG GREAT MAP. Anyway, yeah... I missed CS before it came out on CD.

[Lliandra]

lol many apologies for derailing your thread but thats what nostalgia does

lol nice vid :D I may have seen that before i think... But yeah it was mint when you could get from like T Spawn to A on dust2 in like 10 secs XD Assumin you don't get awped up the alleyway first ; ;

I used to love scoutznknives was deadly with one of them but not so good with an awp. I always remember the video Mousesports made a while ago. Was really well put together and some sick awp shots to be seen.

If i could i'd make a server for 1.4 if it was still around So good

[Alleya]

When Americans think of pro gaming tournaments, we think this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjE2z_x5k8

It's going to be hard to shake that image. Especially when the game in question is 10 years old.

When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7hkwbKmBM

[IncredibleGulk]

When Americans think of pro gaming tournaments, we think this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjE2z_x5k8

It's going to be hard to shake that image. Especially when the game in question is 10 years old.

When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7hkwbKmBM

that was nice

[Correction]

Daigo comebacks are the stuff of legend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlpKqkKd2dM

Then of course, you go look for the players in Japan he trains against and you see why he's so good at being aggressive at low health.

[Akun]

Idk to me the words Pro Gaming Tournament is synonymous with the old Daigo SF3 video of him parrying Chun li's Super Combo

When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7hkwbKmBM