[TAhackdZ]

Brisbane Elysium Starcraft 2 Tournament 2011

Hey guys, I know it's a little late and it probably took me longer than it needed to but I've finally gotten around to doing my post tourney round-up for my first ever SC2 Lan event. I took along my digital camera and tried to get a couple of photo's. So without further adieu;

Pictures!

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I'll take a second here to point out one of the most awesome things (IMO) about Elysium. It has TWO yeah that's right...TWO sound proof booths with about 8 computers in each one. This lent a very professional feel to the final matches as players were separated to prevent screen cheating, noise, etc from interfering with the games.

Results!

+ [Results!] +

+ [Group Stage] +

The players were divided into groups for day one, where the top two players from each group advanced to the Ro16.

- LzHsAint.203
- Ophiel.645
- RageLing.740
- zone.766

- Hectic.932
- tolacool.799
- Bakainu.974
- Jezza.943

- Signs.267
- System.659
- prOxiPioneer.409
- Solis.286

- KirkOrPicard.810
- phoneheha.693
- loch.521
- Azango.789

- kaix.227
- JuggernautM.692
- prOxiProHan.974
- nakka.741

- Rorschach.669
- rubytuesday.835
- xenzor.864
- TheeRats.165

- Reqshuffle.145
- Shockwave.631
- soup.254
- Ridiculisk.500

- Thynar.378
- yam.739
- Odras.516
- Creation.415

The first four groups went ahead and started playing their games, unfortunately the second four groups had to wait a few hours before their matches could begin. I was ok with this since it gave me some time to practice before my matches started. (not that it helped any...) Eventually though the group stages/Ro16 were finished and everyone who made it to the Ro8 was asked to come back the following day.

+ [Ro8 Players] +

LzHsAint.203

Shockwave.631

Reqshuffle.145

nakka.741

Hectic.932

Hercuntlaid.277

ngenkjh.616

rubytuesday.835

+ [Ro8 Results] +

LzHsAint 2-0 Shockwave

Reqshuffle 2-0 nakka

Hectic 2-0 Hercuntlaid

ngenkjh W.O rubytuesday (didn't show)

A little unfortunate to have a WO in the Ro8, but in the famous words of Ned Kelly, "Such is Life"

Final Results:

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1st- REQShuffle ($40)
2nd- KJH ($20)
3rd- LzHsAint ($10)

Overall I would say that the day was an awesome success with a really good turn out. Personally, I had the time of my life, even though I got smashed by Shuffle in the group stages. I made some new Starcraft 2 friends and even discovered that LzHsAint and I went to high school together... So if they decide to hold more of these, and you happen to be in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley, drop in and have a game.

- Ridiculisk.500 (1 - 2 in Group stage)

Quick Comments

	cRSenSei:
	ke_ivan:	Awesomeness!
	Maynarde:	Nice
	Dox:	Very nice!
	nirvAnA:

[Maynarde]

Nice Looks like a good venue and fun tourney.

[cRSenSei]

:P nice writeup bud!

[Paroxysm]

Definitely a good venue Maynarde I was there for a few days in a row last week and it was a nice place to hang out and the staff were quite friendly

[Dox]

Elysium is the best venue I've seen in Australia, absolutely love the place. Thanks so much for the coverage! Was curious to see how it all went. Nice work.

[HuT]

Nice coverage man, good work.

[iMSystem]

Such a good event, was my 1st SC2 Lan I went to and had so much fun! Met Baka, Solis, Elimzke and many other people. Was heaps good, defiantly would go again ^^

Also, I got snapped :O