[Eddie]

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Saulo Silva fine photography presents
SSFP Casters Cup: Archon Mode Battle Royal!



Our friend Saulo Silva has come up with another fun event for starcraft fans! This time, it's a tournament designed to get casters and personalities to fire up their keyboards and battle one another via archon mode in the lotv beta! Participants are required to have done some SC2 casting/media related content at some point. This tournament is not for PRO/Amateur players (unless they meet the eligibility criteria eg Fenner, Moonglade, HuK, etc).

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$250 Prizepool!
1st $140
2nd $70
3rd $40

*Prizes are in USD
(~$310 AUD)

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Times + Format

Date: Sunday, 31st of May, 2015
Time: Sunday 7pm AEST, 6pm KR, 11am CEST, 2am PST

31 May 2015 19:00 PM AESTCountdown to 31st May 7pm!

Location: NA Battle.net
(If both players agree, their series can be played on another server, but must you notify admin before + after)
Battle.net Group: Join the group OSC

Single Elimination.
- All series Bo3
- Semi's + Grand Final Bo5
*For best of 5's each team must rotate races after each game. Teams can select any order they like. eg P,Z,T,T,P or Z,T,P,Z,T - So the winners will have to show their Mastery of all 3 races!

Admin: DevianT

Casters: tba (All players are welcome to stream/cast their own series!)

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Sign-up

Open to those with lotv access who meet the SC2 casting/media eligibility.

Follow Saulo Silva fine photography on twitter, and Post your Lotv Beta ID, Account/name most known by (If different from registered account), Team/Clan and Country in this thread. If you are signing up as a team, also post your partners details. If you are interested in playing, but are yet to have a partner, it might help to post your main race as it could assist you in finding a good match!

Example:
TossImba.111 ( Scarlett ) - Team Acer - Canada + VanceJoy.123 (Chase) - Frenetic Array - Australia

+ [Teams/Player List] +

Teams:
1. SLCN.deth + TA.Champi
2. Insano + Pox
3. Metalcore + Zizlah
4. Swarmstika + Chadmann
5. SLCN.Kez + SLCN.Petrify
6. Rifkin + ZombieGrub
7. Crescendo + Balimaar
8. Team Bacon Infinity
9. Nemesis + Nickyboy
10. SLCN.Law & Wally
11. Team QED
12. zhugeliang + yosu
13. Fenner + Zepph
14.

Players looking for a partner/yet to form a team:

1. Zepph
2. Fenner
3. SLCN.rezyn8
4.

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Map Pool:

lotv ladder maps.

Both players take turns to veto 2 maps from the map pool, so there is 3 left, then they each select the map they most want if they lose, and start with the remaining map. Any problems, consult with admin.

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About Saulo Silva fine photography


Saulo Silva is a photographer, motorcyclist and Geophysicist. When off-duty from the industry, he seeks the place, the light and the angle for unique captures.

Always "armed" with a camera to not let opportunities slip away, he will strive to bring home images to please the eye, be it a brief witness of nature, a beautiful smile or a unexpected gesture.

Working under an assignment, he will define the "shooting mission" with the customer to make it the ultimate photographic experience. Assignment photography brings pictures that are guaranteed to be exclusive to the customer, adding great value to them. The possibilities are limitless.

If you're looking for a unique and really exclusive gift to give to someone special, perhaps a Saulo Silva print is just what you're looking for!

Also introducing NEW Postcard Packs!!! Priced between AUD$15-20 these postcards are a perfect gift for those on a budget!

Saulo loves to play and watch starcraft! He is a big supporter of the OSC Championship Series.

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[SLCN.Wally]

I would participate if philosopher wasn't a nazi and let me and lawrence cast something

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

I thought u guys casted something recently?

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by fray`Wally

I would participate if philosopher wasn't a nazi and let me and lawrence cast something

Doesn't have to be only $ tournaments, can be clan wars, OSC challenge matches, talk shows, etc.

[deth]

NvDeth and Champi, reporting for duty.

Quick Comments

syfChadMann:

gg, these guys win.

[ToRRedemption]

I've casted like 3 clan wars over 3 years does that count?

[SSfp_Saulo]

SSFP, OSC and SCTV showing the casters some love. Hopefully we have all OSC casters busy playing.
Eddie, any chance we can have this on a twitter post? I will try to call out some pro players to also commentate the games, giving back to the casters what the casters give to them. iPoX iZepph

PS: WTF, no iPox, iZepph and

[x5.Crescendo]

Sharing the twitter love - https://twitter.com/IXL_Crescendo/st...61031319150593
Is this open to anyone who has done casting, or SEA region only?

Quick Comments

SSfp_Saulo:

Tks, Crescendo. It is open to all casters duos.

[x5.Crescendo]

I'm going to sign on because FUN.
I've helped co-cast a couple of Clan Wars with Bali, and burst people's eardrums co-casting with Metalcore on Losira-night

Clan:
Race:
LoTV ID - Crescendo.692

[Metalcore]

Metalcore & Zizlah signing up as a team

Quick Comments

x5.Crescendo:

That is possibly more mech than anyone can handle, Kappa

[freeedom]

awesome pretty sure I'll be joining... will update when I finalize a partner

[rezyn8]

I'll throw my hat in the ring - will need a partner though

FTW (but can play other races too)

[Maynarde]

Maynarde and Zepph signing up

[Swarmstika]

Swarmstika and Chadmann signing up

[freeedom]

I'm IN, just working on my archon partner...

[SLCN.Kez]

Myself and Petrify would like to sign up please!

[zhugeliang]

Can I participate? I have done some casting for the Finnish sc2 scene when circumstances have allowed. You can ask https://twitter.com/y0su_ to confirm, he is our resident english caster over here.

Edit: I just realized it was lotv archon, do i need to get another caster with me to do this?

Quick Comments

SSfp_Saulo:

If you have casted something, yes you can. And yes, you will need a caster partner.

[SSfp_Saulo]

Guys, we are almost there. Would be great to see PoX, Soundwave, Nemesis, Fenner in action if they haven't signed up yet.
Who are the best players, I mean, casters out there?

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

I just realized I was mentioned in here :o thxs

[FLuX]

Originally Posted by Eddie

This tournament is not for PRO/Amateur players (unless they meet the eligibility criteria), eg Fenner, Moonglade, HuK, etc

Originally Posted by SSfp_Saulo

Guys, we are almost there. Would be great to see PoX, Soundwave, Nemesis, Fenner in action if they haven't signed up yet.
Who are the best players, I mean, casters out there?

Would love to see Fenner too, but maybe some confusion here D:

Quick Comments

	Eddie:	unless they meet the eligibility criteria, Fenner has done casting
	SSfp_Saulo:	What the FluX?!?! iFlux

[Maynarde]

I gotta bail zepph might still be free though if you guys want free money from this tournament

Quick Comments

SSfp_Saulo:

:(

[syfInsano]

Insano and Pox signing up

Quick Comments

SSfp_Saulo:

:)

[mGGNemesis]

Maybe I should find a partner

EDIT : It is likely to be Nemesis + Nickyboy ; If nicky falls asleep by then, I'll just find someone else somehow some way

[x5.Crescendo]

My normal partner in crime doesn't have LoTV (#BalimaarNoPassion2015 ), so unless I find a partner by the event I might have to bail as well.

However, folks can hit me up if they also find themselves without a partner and want to play for the fun of it. I'm terrible at multitasking, so I'll make all the units and bases and you can carry for me with the sick micro

[ETL.Balimaar]

oy you feg! i can play.

u bail and ill fite u irl


Response to QC:

uwotm8 I swear on me mum ill hit ya in the gabber!

Quick Comments

	x5.Crescendo:	What my illiterate colleague means is that the Baliscendo Archon is ready for action. Kappa
	SSfp_Saulo:	This is Engrish is different. Kappa

[SSfp_Saulo]

Guys, please remember that from semi-finals on you will have to play all 3 races and rotate!

For example, if Archon A strong race is Terran, and they decide a rotation T Z P, then need a 4th round, they can play T again, but if 5th round is needed it must be Z or P. This to ensure they won't play their strong race 3 times in a Bo5. The strategy already begins in the race picking order!

So have your strategy on point to guarantee extra beers for WCS, that will be right after our cup!

Quick Comments

x5.Crescendo:

1-base all the way, all the races Kappa

[SC2TOP]

TOP & TheSTC sign up plz

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by SC2TOP

TOP & TheSTC sign up plz

This tournament is for casters or players who have done casting before.
You guys will need to show you have done so. Please let me know, otherwise can't play

[SC2TOP]

Originally Posted by Eddie

This tournament is for casters or players who have done casting before.
You guys will need to show you have done so. Please let me know, otherwise can't play

TOP & TheSTC

twitter :https://twitter.com/SC2_TOP
stream : http://www.twitch.tv/kiwian

Quick Comments

syfChase:

Nono, casting!

[Law]

SLCN.Law & Wally

[SSfp_Saulo]

Will we have an official caster/stream or all busy playing?

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

good question, since you got all the casters down to play ;)

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by SSfp_Saulo

Will we have an official caster/stream or all busy playing?

I figure we'll encourage every team to stream their first person views. Multiple perspectives.

[mGGNemesis]

With the new lotv chat system with no group chats, will coordination be a problem later?

[Pox]

Groups seem totally broken, but we can /leave the general chat and /join a channel, so it should be okay.

[freeedom]

ok the only person I've been able to get is EndOfLine... he has casted with me during our PSISTORM Games.

Let me know if this is ok immediately. He is gonna take a nap, as it is at 5am for us and it's 12 midnight now!

Eddie, sent u Skype msg...

[freeedom]

nevermind... we played 4 games.. every SINGLE GAME at around 5 minutes, I get disconnected from the game, but still on battle.net/LOTV fine, no internet issues. This has to be a LOTV bug of some sort. Any one else having issues? To test I played regular HOTS no issues.

I'm really sorry I'm gonna miss this one... I'm already up late.. it's 3am but it's futile for me to try. Good luck to all.

Quick Comments

	x5.Crescendo:	That's a shame, man. Hopefully next time!
	SSfp_Saulo:	:( At least wake up to watch the Dong

[zhugeliang]

anyone looking for partner? I cant seem to find one :/

[QEDFridge]

Team QED
MoPoke#594 - Clan QED - Australia
Attzy#538 - Clan QED - Australia

I have casted various BSG and GPD tournaments on SC2SEA as well as our own content on our youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/QEDStarcraft2

Quick Comments

syfChase:

omg its the fridge

[zhugeliang]

zhugeliang#831
yosu#323

Yosu is our resident english caster for finnish scene.

[TehNinji]

TehNinji.109 from IXL in Australia, hopefully not too late signing up althought i dont have a partner.
Terran main though

[Eddie]

Participants can meet up in game via /join osc

[Eddie]

Results to me via skype/twitter if possible please. New chat isn't very good...

[freeedom]

we gave it a shot anyway... we played but lost 0-2 to Wally/Law... but happy not to get disc'd... so might've been just LOTV BNET acting up earlier.

It's almost 6am going to sleep now finally GL ALL!

Quick Comments

	Law:	gg that second game was so close haha, lurkers are sick :D
	SLCN.Wally:	yeah really fun games! thanks for playing

[iris]

I'm all about pushing the rules to the limits.... it's how starcraft players find the best builds and expose imbalances...... it does say both players in the tournament description implying only two players.... but in a star craft court of law a jury of nerd peers might have sided with the trichon... it would have been cooler if they beat them with the extra person but i guess if moneys on the line DQs look cooler.

[syfRize]

Originally Posted by iris

I'm all about pushing the rules to the limits.... it's how starcraft players find the best builds and expose imbalances...... it does say both players in the tournament description implying only two players.... but in a star craft court of law a jury of nerd peers might have sided with the trichon... it would have been cooler if they beat them with the extra person but i guess if moneys on the line DQs look cooler.

http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/co...battle/crqsqni


pls go away

Quick Comments

syfInsano:

wat, I don't think Pox or I messaged Eddie at all about the 3 player thing

[Law]

Thanks for the tournament Eddie and Saulo, was really fun hoping for more archon mode tournaments!

[SLCN.Wally]

Drama aside, really fun tournament. I'm glad we got to play in it, and I don't want to feel like we only casted so that we could get 'ez money' xdxd so we will cast more in the future. Thanks for the fun night!

[SSfp_Saulo]

Guys, thanks for all who participated, congratulations to the semi-finalists and winners, and sorry for any inconvenience.
For me it is indifferent who wins, if I had a preference for someone I would just donate the money and not waste anyone's time with a tournament, or not make it open to all regions.

Eddie and I will work harder on the next tournament and make idiot-proof rules.
Again, thanks to all and sorry for anything.

[syfChadMann]

Good stuff Guys. It was fun and while it was totally broken to have 3 people on a team, let's remember that this is one of the first archon tournaments and we can learn from it. Rifking is a massive whiney bitch and i hope people realise this soon. He's done worse in numerous serious tournaments and this one was just supposed to be a bit of fun..

The mature approach would have been to realise it was a bit imba and continue playing as 2. However rifking likes to whine and its probably the closest he will get to winning an SC2 tournament.

I still think eddie and saulo are total ballers, good stuff mates.

[SLCN.Wally]

Also I'd like to say that the rule for the semis and finals was really fun. with a little tweak I think it's probably one of the better new rules been used. Each team/player should have to play each race once for the first 3 games, then the races should reset(ie t,z,p,z,t or w/e ). It made it really fun because we actually had to plan out not only what builds we'd use but also think about when we should use our main race because we could only use it twice.
Hopefully there are more archon mode tournaments in the future .

Quick Comments

syfInsano:

2nd'd Pox and I had fun with the race picking talks for the semi's. Nice addition Saulo :D

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by fray`Wally

Also I'd like to say that the rule for the semis and finals was really fun. with a little tweak I think it's probably one of the better new rules been used. Each team/player should have to play each race once for the first 3 games, then the races should reset(ie t,z,p,z,t or w/e ). It made it really fun because we actually had to plan out not only what builds we'd use but also think about when we should use our main race because we could only use it twice.
Hopefully there are more archon mode tournaments in the future .

Yeah that was really cool! Another one of Saulo's innovative ideas

[syfNaMeK]

I totally agree with Chadmann the tournament looked super fun and I'd love to play next one. Rifkin is a massive sook and was being a total hypocrite with the whole situation. e.g. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/star...radetv-tfbc#11

So in the immortal words of Rifkin "our house our rules" "you weren't going to win anyway".

[syfChadMann]

Truthfully speaking, there's no need for justification, it's our tournament (OUR HOUSE OUR RULES). Hopefully all the other tournament organizers (LOL) out there who are constantly holding Archon Tournaments (LOL) will look at this post and learn something from it, because for me, all this does it put another point in the "Don't waste time with shitty american casters" coloum.

its funny how if you just change a few words, his own words come back to haunt him..

[SSfp_Saulo]

Guys, thanks for the words of support. We don't get it right the first time, this was a fun event just to fill the time until WCS and if you say we accomplished this, I believe in you.

ChadMann, if I was a father and I knew my kid watches and clap hands for someone that behaves like a 12 y/o boy that says that bunch of crap, just because he has a microphone and 2k other kids watching it, I would be pissed off. That guy is not an example for anyone to follow, as a person, can't even behave like a man.

Quick Comments

syfChadMann:

Well said. :)

[ETL.Balimaar]

its rather unfortunate isnt it that toxic morons get all the notice (because hey the are interesting) but those who try to put out a professional stream get overlooked.

I will say like I said on Twitter though, Baliscendo enjoyed playing in this tournament and look forward to something similar later on. Cheers for coming up with the idea Saulo!