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    $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by geno
    Check it out, if just to support the idea of sponsored competitive gaming spreading!
    CYBER ATHLETE LEAGUE ANYONE? :<

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Kiro
    Quote Originally Posted by geno
    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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Kiro
    Quote Originally Posted by 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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Burginator
    Quote Originally Posted by 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
    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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?

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Lliandra

    Anyone else play Source atm?
    Fuck Source. 1.6 is the way to go.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Lliandra
    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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by geno
    Quote Originally Posted by Lliandra
    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

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

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Alleya
    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

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

    that was nice

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    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.

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    Re: $10K English Starcraft Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by 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
    Quote Originally Posted by Alleya
    When I think of pro gaming, I think of this:

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

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