[Crucius]

To celebrate the launch of their brand new all-in-one gaming system, the M8, ASRock are partnering up with Oceanic eSports to bring you the rare opportunity to watch your favourite local players go head-to-head against one of the best players in the StarCraft 2 scene. On the 15th of September, some of Australia's best will gather at University of New South Wale's RoundHouse for the ultimate showdown.

The ASRock's M8 Sydney Showdown will play host to a special guest. The 4 time GSL Code S Champion, 2013 European WCS Season 1 Champion, the leading Terran player from the South Korean powerhouse, Team Incredible Miracle... Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun!

Name: Jung “MVP” Jong Hyun
Team: Incredible Miracle
Race: Terran

Just who will be representing the home team? The Australian StarCraft 2 players who have accepted the challenge and will face MVP are...

Name: Jared “PiG” Krensel
Team: Exile 5
Race: Zerg



Name: Ethan “iaguz” Zugai
Team: Frenetic Array
Race: Terran



Name: David “Rossi” Rossi
Team: GAMECOM Nv
Race: Terran

Showmatches, Community Matches, Meet and Greet, BarCraft and more!

Full details of the event can be found at - http://oceanicesports.com/asrocks-m8-sydney-showdown/

[mGGSlayer]

O.O yaya !!!!!

[NvRossi]

love this opportunity, have always loved and respected MVP. Can't wait to meet and off course play the man himself

[SLCN.Wally]

I am greatly jealous of you rossi. I too want to get my ass handed to me slowly through the technicalities of mech

Quick Comments

NvRossi:

it is the greatest honor

[SLCN.Kez]

Can community peoples play him as well?

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by SLCN.Kez

Can community peoples play him as well?

There will be contests running to pick 3 community members to play against MVP, more details to come though! Keep an eye on our social media for that.

Quick Comments

	FLuX:	Pick me pls
	mGGSlayer:	:O

[ChowMuddha]

And after all those awesome show matches we can all kick back and crack open a beer with MVP

[SLCN.ARze]

wow thats fking cool!!

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Should be a fun cast See you folks there.

[Law]

wow that's so sick

[Fischball]

I feel like that 18+ restriction is directed at me

Quick Comments

syfChase:

stfu twelvie

[NDG.Stitch]

Uh... No Petraeus? No Moonglade? Nooooooooo.

Need to get more of my Australian favorites in there. Pretty keen to see all three of these play still! All spectacular players.

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Originally Posted by Snx.Stitch

Uh... No Petraeus? No Moonglade? Nooooooooo.

Need to get more of my Australian favorites in there. Pretty keen to see all three of these play still! All spectacular players.

If you want to pay for them to get there, sure

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Snx.Stitch

Petraeus?

Originally Posted by Snx.Stitch

Australian favorites

Quick Comments

ROOTPetraeus:

mate

[Drinksarlot]

Sounds awesome

Any idea of how long it will go for?

And what would be the best way to get there from the airport? Is walking possible? Just wondering how feasible flying in/out from Brisbane on the same day is.

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by Drinksarlot

Sounds awesome

Any idea of how long it will go for?

And what would be the best way to get there from the airport? Is walking possible? Just wondering how feasible flying in/out from Brisbane on the same day is.

The event is aiming to wrap up around 7, so it is definitely possible to fly in and out on the same day. Best way is exactly as Erasmus said, train it to Central then bus it to UNSW!

[Fenner]

Why dont i live in sydney anymore i am #1 mvp fan

[icedtrees]

I STUDY AT UNSW AND I TURN 18 ON THE 29TH

WHY
WHY
WHY

i'm so sad.

CAN I STILL GET A PHOTO WITH MVP

it would still be pretty awesome to see pig iaguz and rossi in person, as well!

[nirvAnA]

oh my, this is super awesome!!!!!!!

[ToRSpartaz]

Just because of this... Dano to Sydney

[mGGDrGooSe]

Will MVP take on the Byrnsey Challenge like so many of our SEA favourites have? MVP in 1 vs 3 (Bronze Silver Gold level only) with a no rush 7 minutes?

BTW: I'm gold, wink wink, nudge nudge.

[Bav]

This is awesome. Better be streamed, gl to the SEA boys.

[|Erasmus|]

afaik the best way from the airport is a train to central then a bus to UNSW. Probably allow yourself an hour to get to and from the airport and the venue (bit conservative but changing transport can be annoying).

No idea what time it would run til though.

[Malice]

Wow. This is defqon weekend and I've already booked my flight to leave Sydney at like 1 >.<

[Drinksarlot]

Thanks guys. Looks like that's the same weekend as the first week of NRL finals - might wait and see who's playing when, and make a bigger weekend out of it.

[SLCN.Kez]

Is there going to be a stream/cast of this for people who dont attend the event?

Quick Comments

asdfSchnitzel:

there better be *shakes fist*

[deadpixel]

I would catch a cab from the airport imo. The trains from the airport are hugely expensive ($15.90 one way)
http://www.airportlink.com.au/price.php

Then probably $5 or so for your bus fare (bus timetable websites are way too complicated for me to work this out).

Cab is going to cost about $15-$20 and take you straight there in about 10 minutes.

[deadpixel]

Strange question: does anyone know anything specific about the injuries that MVP has been dealing with?..

I vaguely remember Tasteless referring to tendinitis or some nerve compression injury...

I'm interested because I've seeing some specialists recently regarding this...

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Seo Yeon Ji: You were recently eliminated from both OSL and WCG. Does that affect you?

Mvp: The fact is that my neck condition is really severe. Because of the pains in my spine, sometimes my arm will go numb (T/N: Like paralysis numb) too. My shoulders feel terrible. Sometimes, I can't even pick up the mouse.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=371249

[ROOT`iaguz]

That interview is a year old. If it was still a problem I doubt he'd be playing starcraft anymore.

[Crucius]

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1708799&type=1

Here are some of the awesome prizes you can win by showing up

[Crucius]

Here is your first chance to win the opportunity to play against IM.Mvp!

http://oceanicesports.com/win-a-chan...gainst-im-mvp/

[Nysyr]

To let everyone know, there's been a slight change in the line up.

Unfortunately Rossi is no longer able to play at the event. He'll be replaced by Team Frenetic Array's Petraeus.