Reporting Time: Saturday, 12pm. Lucky Chinatown(s059432), The LAN fills up the entire 3rd Floor Directions by MRT: Walk in the MRT tunnel 2 mins and take Exit A to Lucky Chinatown / Smith Street. Walk 1 min towards the mac donalds on the right along the main road. Reserved HoTS key collection: 1.30pm both days Public HoTS key collection: 3pm both days (First come first serve)
Lunch will be provided for players and spectators from 12pm-2pm on both days
So don't eat before coming! Have lunch here! There will also be all the latest alienware computers to check out in their inbuilt store. Tea refreshments will be from 3:30-4pm on both days.
*Top 8 in each Pro and Am group advance to Day 2*
Day 1 Group Stage
Day 2 will be single elimination Bo3 with a Bo5 finals.
Not familiar with GSL format?
All matches are best of three with map vetoes.
Match 1 1 vs 4 (e.g ProAnn vs Vendetta) Match 2 2 vs 3 (e.g River vs Rekanise)
Match 3 Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2 Winner (Match 3 winner is top seed of group) Match 4 Loser of Match 1 vs Loser of Match 2 (Match 4 loser is eliminated from the competition)
Match 5 Loser of Match 3 vs Winner of Match 4 (Match 5 winner is second seed of group)
Admins
Note the admin for your group and approach them if you have any questions on the day.
Map Pool
ESL Ohana
ESL Antiga Shipyard
ESL Cloud Kingdom
ESL Daybreak
ESL Metropolis
Admins will go through veto system with you on the day as well as the tournament rules which are the basic ones all tournaments follow.
Note: There has been a slight change in the group. Cure had to pull out so FaDeManly the #1 am seed takes his place. Taking Manly's place is FlashAccel also known as Faytz
In addition Parachute has been chosen as the reserve.
How seeding was done:
For pros seeding and invitation based mostly on a mixture of the recent IEM, TGS, iESF and WCS results with the latest IEM results receiving highest priority.
Based on that the players are assigned to groups in a clockwise manner. Only time this broke the pattern was switching seed 13 with 16 to prevent 3 Eve and 2 DM.MCZ players in a single group.
Hi Yekke, how's it going? Recently you attended IEM Singapore where you managed to breeze through the Open Bracket (coming extremely close to beating former Code S player LiquidZenio), but eventually you were eliminated in the Group Stage by some very strong opponents. What did you expect going into IEM, and what are your overall thoughts of the event?
Yekke: Going into the open bracket I knew for sure i was gonna make it into the group stage, but anything beyond that would be all about which group i got placed in. Obviously i got knocked out 0-10 thereafter, but overall i'm not at all disappointed in my results and thought it was a great event!
Regardless, you have been shown some really strong play lately, including getting 2nd at WCS Singapore! Seeing that some of what can be considered your biggest 'rivals' aren't going to be at the Alienware Arena Pro-Am Challenge, are confidant that you can do well? Who do you think will be your biggest threat?
Yekke: Yeah I feel confident, although I haven't been playing Starcraft 2 since IEM. Rev and Kyzer were my toughest opponents and they're not gonna be there. I think my biggest threats will be ProAnnn and draKe. I haven't beaten ProAnnn in a tourney before for some reason, and draKe's supposed to be really good.
So you've had a bit of success lately, and your name has been seen around the place (teamliquid, sc2sea, etc). Can you give us a bit of an idea of what your future holds? Are you staying with Team Eve? Any goals you'd like to share?
Yekke: I'll just be practicing as much as I possibly can since I have a bit of free time at the momoent. I'll definately be staying with Team Eve! My only goal currently is to be the best player in singapore so I'll be working towards that.
We saw you place 4th place in the World Championship Series (Singapore), and narrowly miss out on qualifying for IEM Singapore after making it to Stage 3 of the SEA Qualifiers. Could you give everyone an idea of what you've been up to recently with Starcraft 2?
draKe: I've been away most of November for an overseas exercise in Australia, and just got back on the 23rd. Currently, I'm having a break from my national service duties, so I'm using this time to regain my skill and to improve more. Actually, my most recent event was the wT weekly where I got to the ro8, losing to the top protoss player in SEA, iM.Light
Considering some of the other big name Singapore players have other commitments as well and can't attend this tournament (including your team mates!), do you feel confidant going into the event? Who do you think will be your biggest threat?
draKe: I feel confident for this event as I've been practicing Starcraft for the majority of last and this week, and have already exceeded my previous MMR/rank on the Korean server before I left for overseas exercise. It's also on my birthday too :P so there's that added luck.
My biggest threat would be EveYekke as I feel he's the most accomplished player of that group and is the undisputed best Zerg in SG right now with my other teammates Kyzer and Revenant stuck in basic military training, and Blysk the top SG protoss player not attending this event. Other than that, I also have to be wary of the other SG tosses - they might catch me off guard with unorthodox play.
You've been with Flash for a while now, and had some success here and there in tournaments. Now that you're back in practice, do you have any goals you'd like to hit in the near future? Are you happy to stay with Flash? Play in more events? International events?
draKe: I won't say I'm fully back in practice yet, I still have 3 more months to go before I'm done wiith full-time NS. I'd like to win a local tournament (this one would be a great start) and travel overseas to international events once I complete my NS.
I'm happy with my teammates, sponsors and management and am glad to be a part of this great organisation. Shoutout to our team''s sponsors: Cooler Master - CM Storm, Zepy Games, Gunnar Optiks, MAGES and Colosseum. Also shoutout to my teammates who are unable to attend - I'll do the team proud and win this tournament
How long have you been playing Starcraft 2?
poorist: Well, a long time. I've been playing Starcraft 2 since the release of Wings of Liberty!
Why did you decide to sign up for this tournament and what are your expectations?
poorist: I guess I'd like to experience what it's like to be in a tournament, having watched GSL since Season 1! I don't know how I'll fare but i'm definitely up for some fun!
Have you played in any other tournaments before this?
poorist: No, I guess there aren't many to begin with and as a student currently, i find it hard to find time to practice regularly.
Have you ever considered getting more involved with Starcraft 2? Such as joining a clan, or becoming a pro and joining a team?
poorist: Well not exactly, because of the same reason I gave before; not really enough time. I had a number of clans asking me online but I guess since I wasn't going to be too active there wasn't much of a point to join a clan. However I do have a few buddies who play team games with me online and all so that's still cool! How long have you been playing Starcraft 2?
Nameless: I've been playing SC2 for almost 2 years now. I play Zerg from the day I started and have been loyal to the swarm ever since.
Why did you decide to sign up for this tournament and what are your expectations?
Nameless: I decided to sign up for the Alienware tournament because it has always been in my interest to play games competitively and also to get in touch with the gaming community. The tournament allows me to gain experience to see how it feels like playing in a tournament game and at the same time, I get to meet people who play SC2 and make friends with them, something the SC2 community in Singapore is lacking I feel.
Have you played in any other tournaments before this?
Nameless: I have taken part in the SC2SEA GPD several times already but I feel that its a totally different experience playing in a LAN tournament where the players are on site and you can talk to them. I have also taken part in the Singapore Amateur League(SAL) organised by HDPhoenix about slightly over a year ago. I think that the Singapore SC2 community needs more LAN tournament around so that players of all skill levels are able to come down either as a participant or spectator to build up the community.
Have you ever considered getting more involved with Starcraft 2? Such as joining a clan, or becoming a pro and joining a team?
Nameless: Yes. However due to National Service, I was unable to focus or pursue playing Starcraft 2 at a higher level. It would be a dream come true if I could go pro and have a team I can discuss and explore new strategies with. I really enjoy the company of other Starcraft 2 players.
Note: There has been a slight change in the groups. Cure had to pull out from the Pro Groups so FaDeManly the #1 Am seed takes his place. Taking Manly's place is FlashAccel also known as Faytz. OP has been updated accordingly.
HoTS Keys
We have reserved HoTS for the following clans:
Clan FaDe
Clan mGG
Clan OS
Clan Eve
Clan TN
As well as for the players who signed up but were not selected. This brings it to a total of 49/50 reserved HoTS keys. Thankfully, Blizzard have given us more keys, so we have about 30+ keys to give to pure public members on a first come first serve basis.
Players participating will receive their HoTS keys during registration at 12pm.
HoTS Reserved key collection for spectators is at 1.30pm on both days.
Public HoTS key collection is at 3pm+ on both days.
Just go to the counter at the respective times to collect them or look for me (nirvAnA)
And remember, do come down for the complimentary lunch, which begins at 12pm!
DgNa: To maintain a more balanced representation among the pro teams. Flash had just two players whereas Eve have 6 invited already. I had to decline Mera (Daryl) a spot a while back and it feels bad because he's my friend too.
DgNa: To maintain a more balanced representation among the pro teams. Flash had just two players whereas Eve have 6 invited already. I had to decline Mera (Daryl) a spot a while back and it feels bad because he's my friend too.
Definitely difficult to organise an event where need to choose who to invite :/ thanks for the hardwork!
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Previously known as LizerG, DgNa, BlackStar
Thought i was #1 reserve T.T looks like gotta try my luck on the day itself. Nevertheless nice interviews and great hype! So much different from the previous alienware competition
Each 4 sets of 4 categories will be randomly drawn up.
Meaning after they are determined e.g the four players who are seed 1 is determined, then its randomed and becomes "randomed Seed 1". Same follows for the other three sets. I've done it up in excel formula a while back so its all easy to follow when the stream does it. The letters will be replaced with player names of course!
LAN Sneak Peek
I went over today and the place is amazing. Its HUGEEEE and everything is sparkling brand new. Here is a sneak peak.
Yeap you can use your own gear. For those who don't have their own gear, you can try their alienware peripherals. It felt good! Just note that you MUST bring your mousepads. They don't have any atm.
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