It is 1 week until the event begins and I for one am very excited! As promised, the highest donator receives the right to name the team league, and with [FaDe]PressureTested donating a whopping $200, doubling the prize pool on his lonesome, he has earned himself this privilege.
So without further ado, I present to you... *drum roll*
Pressure requested it be named after our title sponsor, citing his continued support of the SEA scene as the reason. Personally, I love this and look forward to seeing Saulo sponsor more events in future!
For more information about Saulo, some of his hobbies outside of SC2, and why he's just generally awesome, check out the interview with x5.Crescendo here.
As a special gift, with ACL coming up and practice time quickly escaping us, I will announce the matches for Week 1, along with the map list.
Match #1 will see Exile 5 going up against eCKo eSports. Both teams come into this season with something the other 2 don't - Academy rosters. Not only do both team have strong pro line-ups, with x5 holding such world class 's such as PiG, Tileä and KingKong, and eCKo boasting the powerhouse Probe, with champion Azure and long time mainstay Satu, but both teams have academy players that have definitely potential for great results.
Match time: Tuesday 8th, 2015, 19:00 AEST
The maps for the series are as follows:
<Cactus Valley LE>
<Terraform LE>
<Bridgehead LE>
<Coda LE> Ace Match
<Iron Fortress LE>
Match 2 features Silicon Sports up against Frenetic Array. Both teams boast insanely strong rosters, with SLCN holding former premier league and ACL 2nd place NXZ, with the divine one Pezz and the 2 kids Law and Wally, while fray holds names such as Crimson, Alopex, Pox and HuT, all insanely solid players. Expect a lot of ZvZ in this match in particular!
Match time: Thursday 10th, 2015, 19:00 AEST
Map lineup is as follows:
<Terraform LE>
<Cactus Valley LE>
<Iron Fortress LE>
<Dash and Terminal LE> Ace Match
<Coda LE>
Remember to send your lineups to me ASAP, as ACL is on this weekend, if I could get all 4 team's line-ups by Thursday 7pm that would be great, thanks.
In addition to Saulo, any contributions by the community would be greatly appreciated. While any help is greatly appreciated, donation is 100% optional and amounts donated are completely up to you. All donations will go towards funding the prize pool, literally every cent!
If you donate, no matter how big or small, you will receive a replay pack of the entire event. Replays will be entirely organised by stage, match and set and e-mailed to the e-mails connected to donators accounts.
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with SLCN holding former premier league and ACL 2nd place NXZ, with the divine one Pezz and the 2 kids Law and Wally, while fray holds names such as Chase, an insanely solid player
Not going to lie, SLCN are the favourites for the whole tournament imo. x5 bringing in the imports are going to be a strong opposition too. However, I do feel with some good preparation and the right match ups, we can take it to all the teams in the league.
My expectation is 3rd/2nd and a win would be awesome. That said, SLCN are going to look mighty silly if they aren't in the top two. No pressure for us, I hope your boys turn up on the day.
Not going to lie, SLCN are the favourites for the whole tournament imo. x5 bringing in the imports are going to be a strong opposition too. However, I do feel with some good preparation and the right match ups, we can take it to all the teams in the league.
My expectation is 3rd/2nd and a win would be awesome. That said, SLCN are going to look mighty silly if they aren't in the top two. No pressure for us, I hope your boys turn up on the day.
Bro we here at SLCN don't know how to do anything but look mighty silly. You'll see us in the streets after we finish dead last
I can't watch because I'm working outta town, so no stream for me.
But I hope everybody have a good time. Do us proud, boyz, show some good games!
BTW, [FaDe]PressureTested is a boss, dude. Thanks for doubling what we had!
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