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On October 13th-14th, 32 of the top StarCraft II players from Asia will compete in the Asia Finals for the honor of representing their nation at the Battle.net World Championships in November. This is regarded as the toughest regional qualifier. Not only does it have GSL champions and 16 year old protoss prodigies, it also has 2 HerOs and the very strong Chinese / TW players! The event will be available to watch in free FULL HD stream!

Prizes:
$60,000 in prize money and 6 spots to 2012 Battle.Net World Championship

Casters & Schedule:
Stream 1: Artosis & Rob Simpson.

11am AEST
Creator vs Ash
12am AEST
Comm vs SKTB
1pm AEST
Sen vs Miya
2pm AEST
Revenant vs F91

Stream 2: Grubby & JoRoSaR

11am AEST
Jim vs Seed
12am AEST
PartinG vs MacSed
1pm AEST
Ian vs herO[jOin]
2pm AEST
Toodming vs Fly

Of course our SEA boys will be playing in this too so lets wish them the best. Here is what they had to say after meeting Blizzard.

Caviar Napoleon "Stellar" Marquises-Acampado (formerly "EnDerr")



Where are you from and how did you get into StarCraft II?
A: I joined StarCraft II because of my friend "BLaZeR" and my older brother "Sonnet".

Q: How do you think you’ll finish in the Asia Finals?
A: A Korean will win the tournament. I think I'll be eliminated in the first round.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say to people in your home country cheering you on?
A: Thank you for always supporting every player that represents our country. I promise to do my best! GG GLHF!

EnDerr plays Warcraft 3 superstar Infi in the first round. Infi is currently practising both games as Warcraft 3 is still popular in China. If he wins he faces Liquid`Hero in round 2.

Marcus "Revenant" Tan Yin Sik



Where are you from and how did you get into StarCraft II?
A: Hi. I'm from Singapore. I started Starcraft II as a transition from Warcraft III. Starcraft II absorbed much of that community upon its release.

Q: How do you think you’ll finish in the Asia Finals?
A: I don't think I will be able to perform too well, because I stopped playing after WCS Singapore in anticipation of enlisting into National Service, only to have it deferred. Also, with 29 Korean, Taiwan and China pro gamers in the Asia Finals, even reaching top 16 may be hard. I'll try to do the best I can and not let Singapore and SEA down.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say to people in your home country cheering you on?
A: Keep cheering me on and I'll try my best to not let you guys down and try to make the games as entertaining as possible!

Revenant plays Starcraft 1 legend F91 in the first round. A very skilled but now low profile Zerg not to be underestimated as he made it out of his group of death with GLaDe @ WCG last year, over Sen, Socke and others. If Revenant wins he moves on to play Dual Royal Roader SKT.Rain in round 2.

Thanapol "RedArchon" Kuachat



Where are you from and how did you get into StarCraft II?
-_-???

Q: How do you think you’ll finish in the Asia Finals?
o_O???

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say to people in your home country cheering you on?
"Me No No English! O_O"

RedArchon is going to 2 rax Curious out in round 1, and then hes going to give Parting a new parting in round 2. GL Thanapol!

Have faith!

!! !!

Sources:

LP Brackets | Blizzard Korean Interviews | Blizzard Chinese Interviews | Blizard TW & SEA Interviews | Blizzard meet the players

Also, because he's such a cutie TGS Champion FlashBlysk makes a cameo in the last Blizzard interview.