[Mayo]

Hey guys,

I sent some of you guys this last night, thought I would make a thread too.


Respawn LAN in Victoria are holding a $485 Starcraft II Competition ($300 Cash + $185 Prizes).

Updated prizes:
1st place: Shock Spin HD headset ($79) + $200 cash
2nd place, Theron Gaming Mouse ($80) + 100 cash
3rd: $35 cash (Free weekend at Respawn) - Thanks Eddie!
4th: White-Ra Mouse Pad ($26)

When: 10am 28th Apr - 3pm 29th Apr (No exact set time for SC2 thus far)
Where: Respawn LAN: Latrobe University
Cost: $35 to enter the LAN (You can stay for all the LAN, not just the SC2 comp!)

You will need to sign up on their website: www.respawn.com.au and there will be a place researved near the Tt eSPORTS stall for us to all sit together.

The competiton is limited to 32 players and the rule-set will be published later by our fearless leader - Dox.

We are flying TtPiG down for this event (and for some other things), I will try and set-up some kind of dinner/meet up around the time he is here also (will make another thread later).

People I know in attendance thus far:
TtPiG
Mayo
Dox
Deth
Slowhands
nicknack
NOM
Eddie
Welshy

This LAN is BYOC, I will have one spare PC there that someone can borrow, please let me know ahead of time (It will be a laptop, you will need your own peripherals).

More LAN information and guide lines (Where the LAN is etc): http://www.respawn.com.au/?page=guides.lan

+ [ RULE SET AND PRIZES - MADE BY EDDIE] +

Respawn Melbourne Sc2 Lan, 28th April 2012:
Start time 12pm Midday Sat 28th (Please be ready by 11am!)
Format: Swiss bracket - open to all players. Top 8 then proceed into Double Elimination finals for a shot at the awesome prizes + $'s
Swiss Info/Format:
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Swiss Bracket, Round Robin style, so we all play at the same time, same amount of games minimum. Winners play people who also are winning, Losers play people with few wins. The system balances out the games like that.

Due to this, we have to wait until everyone has completed the round before we can move onto the next one. This will give time for the earlier finishers to grab a drink, watch others play, do some leeching, etc. Please dont drag games out if you are sure to lose, eg float/hide buildings when your opponent is 4-5 bases up, etc. It’s a best of 3, so you have another chance, and everyone won't want to wait around forever.

Map pool:

All rounds are best of 3. Loser of first game picks 2nd map, opponent is allowed 1 veto. If a 3rd game is required, the loser of game 2 may select a map from the pool, excluding maps already played, opponent is allowed 1 veto.
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Round 1 1st Map:*Wcg Shattered Temple
Round 2 1st Map:*Wcg Antiga Shipyard
Round 3 1st Map:*Ohana LE
Round 4 1st Map:*Wcg Shakuras Plateau
Round 5 1st Map:*Cloud Kingdom LE
Round 6 1st Map: Daybreak LE
*
* Wcg = world cyber games versions. No gold bases, spawn opposite your opponent, changed tileset. Otherwise, same as ladder 1v1 versions. To create, go to custom game, search wcg. If you cannot find for some reason, gsl version is fine too.
*
Map pool you can select from: Cloud Kingdom LE, Tal Darim Alter LE, Ohana LE, Wcg Metalopolis, Wcg Antiga Shipyard, Wcg Shattered Temple, Wcg Shakuras Plateau, Daybreak LE
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Join in game channel: Respawn (Channel button is next to the in game clock for those that dont know). Finding your opponent will be easier in the channel, rather than in person.

Results:
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Tell Eddie (FaDeEdOne) results, and feel free to ask if need any help Results can be told in person or in game via private chat. If in game submit in format 2-0, 2-1, with winner clearly stated. If in person, please don't disturb Eddie if he is playing, there is no rush on results, wait until the match is finished.

Additional rules:

All games must be played on the SEA (Australian) server. Game mode = melee, 1v1, Speed = Faster

Players who are more than 15 minutes late will be disqualified (unless admin has been informed why beforehand, and has been approved), their opponent will be given an automatic win for that round. If it happens a second time, you will be removed from the tournament. Reason for this is all games must conclude before we move onto the next round.

If any disconnects occur within the first five minutes of game-play, the match will be replayed. However if the disconnect occurs after five minutes of game-time, it may be replayed if both players agree. However if there is any concern from either player, then it is up to the discretion of the event admin to decide whether; A) the game is to be replayed, or B) player X/Y is to be awarded the win. A 3rd straight disconnect results in a loss of that game.

Any inappropriate behaviour will result in a disqualification
You are allowed to switch races at any time, but must inform your opponent if doing so

Prizes:
1st place: Shock Spin HD headset ($79) + $200 cash
2nd place, Theron Gaming Mouse ($80) + 100 cash
3rd: $35 cash (Free weekend at respawn)
4th: White-Ra Mouse Pad ($26)

GAMES WILL START 12 (noon) SHARP. PLEASE SET UP BEFORE 11 AND READY BY 11:30.

[NOM]

Bundoora is such a hole :P
edit: Oh looks like deth wants to join. Looks like i have to go too.

[x5_dot]

Send me too pls. Thanks Mayo :P

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Stallion:

I agree

[mGGAequitas]

i have to pay $35 to own pig??

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MooZfY:

[TASlowHands]

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	Mayo:	LOL
	Bash:
	NOM:
	Eddie:
	inFeZa:	win
	Blitz:
	rezyn8:	IDONTEVENWTF! Well done SlowHands!
	ToRMaverick:	WHAT WHAT IN IN THE FK FK!@!!! Winning!
	Welshy:	haha mega awesome!!!!
	Ruski:	lol awesome
	BearPack:
	eXit:

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by NOM

Bundoora is such a hole :P
edit: Oh looks like deth wants to join. Looks like i have to go too.

Oh well, you are there for a LAN

Originally Posted by dot89

Send me too pls. Thanks Mayo :P

I wish Sorry Dot

Originally Posted by Aequitas

i have to pay $35 to own pig??

Yeah man, sorry for the inconvenience :P

Originally Posted by SlowHands

hhahaha love it

[ikki]

Slowhands and I are carpooling it, Room for one more If anyone else wants a lift let me know where you are and if its not too far away I'll pick you up

[Honeybadger]

Nicknack.....Adelaide?

[Eddie]

I should be able to go, don't think i'm busy that weekend.

Signed up on the site. Don't have to register for sc2 specifically, just rock up and play? Or first 32 in?

[Mayo]

Rock up and play man.

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Eddie:

Too easy. Thanks

[iM tgun]

God i'm tempted to arrange transport for this, but i'd need to bring a pc x_x;

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	|Erasmus|:	someone's jelly he didn't get sponsored a sexy GB notebook, eh... ;)
	Bash:

[Mayo]

I said in the OP I have a PC.

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by Mayo

I said in the OP I have a PC.

Mmk, I'll look into this.

[Fourby]

btw i think every other time they have had sc2 at like 8am the next day
(or seomthing around there) when everyone has crashed out and sleeping

[x5_dot]

Originally Posted by TAFourby

btw i think every other time they have had sc2 at like 8am (or seomthing around there) when everyone has crashed out and sleeping

so is this like sgl but with no prize money comparatively?

[ToRDeathsFang]

Not too sure if i read correctly, but we have to bring our own computer?

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by ToRDeathsFang

Not too sure if i read correctly, but we have to bring our own computer?

Yes you read correctly.

[SLCN.Kez]

I played in the last one its pretty laggy the net connection wasnt very good

[Fourby]

yeh sharing net with like 200 people is never good for sc2

[Mayo]

From the head guy of the LAN

So if we only have 32 people, we'll implement a system where we only grant the 32 people Internet access via our Intranet. If we can't get that working, we can manually retrieve the IP addresses of those registering for the competition and load-balance them by hand.

Our Internet solution is to Internet-share out NAT'd connections via the University's rate-limited wireless. Each connection is only 1.5Mbit/sec.

[inFeZa]

dont think ill play but ill come down to say hi

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Mayo:

Cuddle me too please

[ToRDeathsFang]

I don't have a laptop so i'll probably come down for kicks and giggles. Looking forward to meet the almighty PiG in person!

[Bash]

if i can get a lift i'll probs be there, for fun n stuff.

[Mayo]

Where are you bash?

I can possibly give a lift

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Bash:

kind soul

[Bash]

Originally Posted by Mayo

Where are you bash?

I can possibly give a lift

Sorta just past footscray, my place is like.. right on geelong road (/princes highway) , only if its no trouble of course

[Mayo]

Is that on the way from Knoxfield...?

haha sorry, I'm a melb noob. Only been here for ~13 months.

[Bash]

Originally Posted by Mayo

Is that on the way from Knoxfield...?

haha sorry, I'm a melb noob. Only been here for ~13 months.

Nahh other side of melb man, but thanks anyway,
i reckon ill be able to con a lift out of someone i know, hopfully

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Mayo:

glhf

[ikki]

Idea: can we book seats so all of sc2sea can sit and lan together? Good idea/bad idea?

[NOM]

Originally Posted by nicknack

Idea: can we book seats so all of sc2sea can sit and lan together? Good idea/bad idea?

only problem with booking is that you have to pre-pay.say that theres like 12 members that want to form a booking. 5 people prepaid. only those 5 get promised seats.... it's just that the people that don't want to pre pay will need to get there fairly early or else they will loose there spots.

(btw from previous events ive been to, paying on the spot is much quicker that pre-paid)
imo I wouldn't bother. just make sure that the people that do arrive early spread there stuff out on the tables and nobody else will take the spots. The organizers don't really care, after noon they might ask people to move there stuff.

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BearPack:

everyone having seats together, all sharing knowledge would be amazing

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by nicknack

Idea: can we book seats so all of sc2sea can sit and lan together? Good idea/bad idea?

this was made possible at SGL we spoke to the organizer and he reserved a section for sc2sea/SCII players, it is possible but its a matter of speaking to the right person

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nirvAnA:

gogo arnor help make it happen again :)

[BearPack]

Originally Posted by Arnor@CityHunter

this was made possible at SGL we spoke to the organizer and he reserved a section for sc2sea/SCII players, it is possible but its a matter of speaking to the right person

Soon, the good people at Respawn will be releasing the seating plan to v24. If someone gets in nice and early and books the two large tables near the Tt area, or possibly a 3rd table near that, then we shouldn't have a problem seating a lot of the SC2SEA people amongst each other. It's a lot better than having us all spread out between TF2 and CoD kids

[Eddie]

Any idea yet what the SC2 format will be? DE or Swiss. $35 a little pricey, and i'm sure main reason most of us from here are going is for Starcraft. Giving more people the opportunity to play against PiG would be cool too!

[Mayo]

They are setting out a space for SC2 players to sit.

Waiting on Dox for the rulset/bracket etc. I've just gotten back from driving over 3,000km so I will sort later on.

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by Mayo

3,000km so I will sort later on

Did you go the moon? Jeesuz!

[Mayo]

Started @ home in Melb, drove straight to Quirindi (Northern NSW-ish), then to Tamworth, Dubbo, Sydney then home today

[ikki]

Has the ip being white listed with Bliz? Don't think it will be an issue, but dont want a repeat of this http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=329278

[NOM]

Now is the time to confirm. unless you're pre-paying.

[BearPack]

confirmed and good to go! 3rd respawn i've been to, always a lot of fun.
Be happy we're sitting away from the TF2 players.

[Mayo]

Hey guys, from the organiser:

[12:04:07 AM] Tristan Gulyas: if they haven't registered, we can still fit them in. We're not running in school holidays and we've clashed with a COD4 tournament so we'll have space

We will also be starting the competition at 11am!

glhf!

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Mayo

We will also be starting the competition at 11am!

Saturday or Sunday?
(Saturday i'd assume, but given the event time frame, best to ask.)

[Mayo]

Saturday, 11am registration (at the latest) and 12noon competition kicks off

[BearPack]

http://respawn.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=2433

Seat bookings are up!
I believe you have to notify them if you plan to play in the SC tourney, so they will seat you in the area.

[NOM]

Deth and I aren't coming, Going to play Guild Wars2 instead :P

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Mayo:

Dislike

[Welshy]

so if they dont fill sc2 up with the prepaid seatings can you sign up on the day still?

[Mayo]

Yes you can Welshy! There will be 32 total places reserved for SC2 at this stage.

Eddie has stepped up to run the tournament at Dox is unable, I will get the ruleset up ASAP!

Edit: Have updated the OP with the rule set! It's in a spoiler incase you miss it! Swiss bracket FTW, more games because more. Thanks Eddie! Much +rep to you.
Being the massive nerd baller that Eddie is, he's even added some more cash to the prize pool, everyone should give this man a hug. Updated prize pool in OP too.

[Mayo]

I also still have one whole spare computer someone can loan (for free), but you will need your own Keyboard/Mouse/headset/Mouse Pad.

The PC is an i7 with a GTX 570 and with a 22" BENQ LCD, so it will run SC2 just fine

[Welshy]

can there be a photo posted of Eddie for the mound of hugs he shal receive?

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by Welshy

can there be a photo posted of Eddie for the mound of hugs he shal receive?

He's in your clan! ask him :P

[TASlowHands]

I will not be hungover or drunk and miss this one.

BE SCARED PIG.

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	Mayo:
	BearPack:	I'll be out drunk friday night. Shit. Prepare for hungover BearPack :(
	PiG:
	Welshy:

[nirvAnA]

omg eddie is a boss!!!!!

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	Mayo:
	Welshy:

[Welshy]

haha yeah I realised that xD shhh :P

[MezjE]

I will be there playing cod4 Can't wait to meet some of you though I will be in my CombatEZ shirt

[YurickHarmon]

I look forward to meeting everyone there , Bash, I can offer you a lift (with a tall, dark, handsome stranger :P), however I can not offer a ride back to your house, so you would have to organise that with somebody else. If you are interested let me know.

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	Bash:	+1 for generosity.
	BearPack:	+1 for "tall dark, handsome stranger", leaving out the info about the v an with candy
	Welshy:	+1000!!! BossMode: [on] off

[Bash]

Originally Posted by YurickHarmon

I look forward to meeting everyone there , Bash, I can offer you a lift (with a tall, dark, handsome stranger :P), however I can not offer a ride back to your house, so you would have to organise that with somebody else. If you are interested let me know.

Strangers dont worry me

However i'll be staying home and Playing gw2 for 48-ish hours straight.

But thanks heaps anyway dude.

[YurickHarmon]

No problem.

[BearPack]

it's gonna be an awesome event! Can't wait to see you guys there!

[Mayo]

For any of you guys going to LAN, check out the TtPiG meetup Korean BBQ too

http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?p=90328

[Eddie]

Should be a great tournament!

Swiss style, so everyone gets a fair number of games in, and you should play people close to your skill level as we go. Good for casual - mid tier players, so if you're coming with some friends, encourage them so sign up too.

Awesome opportunity to meet and possibly play against TtPiG!

I believe we'll have our own starcraft 2 internet access, so should be no issues there.

Some good prizes on offer too!

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Mayo:

[inFeZa]

free money for pig

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SLCN.Kez:

Obviously forgot im going der :p

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by SQL.inFeZa

free money for pig

Could end up that way

I tried to get Pinder and Deth along, looks like neither will be coming.

I didn't know TargA moved to QLD also, that would have been another good game (Found out the same day I announced this).
Oh well, still should be good fun

I still have one spare PC + monitor if people need to borrow!

[justice]

Tempted to check this out but living in Chadstone with no transport atm o_o

[SLCN.Kez]

Shall be attending looks good! There is still spots for sc2 players yeh..? i dont/didnt know if u have to pre-register for it, and im bringing a mate who doesnt play sc2 but needs to sit next to me so i dunno how we're gonna deal with that lol >.< And is it on the sat or the sunday ? Sorry if this information is somewhere but the respawn site is rpetty bad imo and i couldnt see it anywhere!

[Eddie]

Sc2 Tournament starts 12pm Midday on Saturday. Be there and ready by then

[Welshy]

lol, so I made this awesome travel plan, walk 3 km to nearest train station, take train to heidelberg, bus route 551 to latrobe uni, winning ... only that bus route doesnt operate on weekends lol, WHO DOES THAT! does anyone have any idea about the buses around that area to get me near the venue without having to walk 5km from heidelberg station? lol
stupid bus companies dont even pick up their phones =_=

[TASlowHands]

Originally Posted by Welshy

lol, so I made this awesome travel plan, walk 3 km to nearest train station, take train to heidelberg, bus route 551 to latrobe uni, winning ... only that bus route doesnt operate on weekends lol, WHO DOES THAT! does anyone have any idea about the buses around that area to get me near the venue without having to walk 5km from heidelberg station? lol
stupid bus companies dont even pick up their phones =_=

try tram 86 http://ptv.vic.gov.au/route/view/1881

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Welshy:

so much <3

[Welshy]

dude thanks heaps I think I might just go and do that.

[Eddie]

System shall be casting the finals later on, so if not at the event, be sure to check that out!

PiG the massive favourite no doubt, but also a great opportunity for others to step up with no Deth + Pinder there. Lots of fun to be had regardless of results.

[Eddie]

Swiss Brackets

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syfChadMann:

[iMSystem]

Turns out I will be covering the finals (Top 8) for this event!

Gonna be sick, see you all there. (On stream, I won't be at the LAN T_T)

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	Welshy:	sick nerd baller :D
	Mayo:

[Mr_Zain]

Sounds awesome, hope you guys are having fun

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syfChadMann:

zug?

[x5_dot]

Are there brackets for final 8?

[iMSystem]

http://challonge.com/respawnfinals for final 8

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x5_dot:

ty

[inFeZa]

Ruined v pig? who is ruined?

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x5_dot:

terran gm...

[RuineD]

i am ruined

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FvRphoneheha:

A mysterious challenger has appeared!

[iMSystem]

Originally Posted by RuineD

i am ruined

Sorry guys that I couldn't stick around for the rest of the tourny

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	Welshy:
	TASlowHands:	Sick casting duo, from someone that often mutes streams

[Welshy]

LOL system you were casting from like 12 man youre a baus

[Mr_Zain]

Nice tourny guys, was a pleasure to cast

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TASlowHands:

Brofessional caster

[TASlowHands]

This WhiteRa mousepad is the dogs bollocks. Thanks Tt esports!

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	Welshy:
	Mayo:

[Welshy]

Originally Posted by TASlowHands

This WhiteRa mousepad is the dogs bollocks. Thanks Tt esports!

GJ on 4th place man , now you dont have to be worried and get annoyed at the 'sticky spot' on your razer mouse pad!!!

@ Welshy I have your ear buds, PM me your address I'll send them back

Good comp even though I got home at 4am lol

haha thanks man I completely forgot about them!!
thanks bro

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TASlowHands:

Bonus - the new pad is pretty big and white.....

[Eddie]

Fun event!

Unfortunately we were delayed at the start, and had some down time between rounds, due to internet issues, but the respawn admins were really helpful and worked hard to fix the problems.

25 players was a great turnout. We were missing some big name Melbourne players, so its something they could build on for next time.

Thanks to System and Zain for casting for a while.

Results:

1st | Tt.PiG | | $200 AUD + Shock Spin HD headset
2nd | RuineD | | $100 AUD + Theron Gaming Mouse
3rd | FaDeEdOne | | $35 AUD
4th | TASlowHands | | White-Ra Mouse Pad

Top 8 Brackets
Swiss Brackets

Congrats to PiG. RuineD a very deserving runner up - all his games vs PiG were of high quality.

Really happy in my own performance, placed third. Knocked out Kez + SlowHands in the finals, two players i really respect and rate highly.

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	Welshy:
	TAXanT:
	Mayo:

[zardoz]

Hey guys,

This was a relatively new thing for us, especially organising the Internet access system which was coded up on the Friday evening and parts of Saturday morning (hence the delay). We'll be refining it so next time, it'll be rock-solid. We know what to look for now! Internet is rarely something we give out to players. We hope to change that in the future.

It was great to see Mayo come along and support us with Tt eSports products and presence and Edd1e did a great job of running the tournament. Was good to meet PiG as well and see him play!

It was an absolute pleasure to have the SC2 community along at Respawn. We know there were issues at the start but you guys showed an incredible amount of patience and understanding while we got things sorted. You rock! This whole community rocks and we'd really like to have you guys back next time.

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	PiG:	Really liked this attitude of fixing problems and finding proper solutions rather than just ignoring it :). Well done by Respawn
	TASlowHands:	You guys ran around all day to make things work. That means a lot.
	Eddie:
	nirvAnA:	thanks zardoz more respawns!!

[ikki]

@ Welshy I have your ear buds, PM me your address I'll send them back

Good comp even though I got home at 4am lol

[PiG]

It cut off my comment, ... is meant to say "well done by Respawn"

[dippa]

wtf slowhands

seriously impressed by that result, well done buddy

[TASlowHands]

Originally Posted by dippa

wtf slowhands

seriously impressed by that result, well done buddy

Eventually you mash enough buttons together to make a decent combo I guess

[dippa]

oh, another thing:

replays?

[Mayo]

I can upload PiG's replays for you.

Shoutouts:
- Kez, took a game off TtPiG and had him on the back foot for a bit in other games too.
- Zardoz and the Respawn admins for being awesome and helpful (patient too)
- Welshy for being sick (as always)
- Eddie for running the comp
- Nicknack for being the nicest opponent (I accidentally LEFT the game instead of going to settings and he remade.. LOL)
- Everyone who played (25 is top shit, we should run SC2 comps @ IBISQ like City Hunter maybe??)
- Welshy's mother
- My one win against SaladDragon
- My first probe kill "CYA MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE" and even making people walk across the LAN to see what the hell I was yelling about.

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	nirvAnA:	Welshy's mother vs PiGs Father gogogogo
	Welshy:	^^^ lol nirvana xD, btw mayo youre a douche hahaha <3

[dippa]

Originally Posted by Mayo

I can upload PiG's replays for you.

please do so

[Mayo]

Done! Check the replays section on SC2SEA

"TtPiG Respawn LAN Games April 2012" are the tags.
I haven't uploaded all games, just the ones v Kez/Ruined and also a couple extra's.

[YurickHarmon]

Kez wasn't the only person to take a game off TtPig, just saying .

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Mayo:

2g!

[PiG]

Originally Posted by YurickHarmon

Kez wasn't the only person to take a game off TtPig, just saying .

6 pool fighting!

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YurickHarmon:

Indeed, 6pool apparently beats 15hatch, whodathunkit!

[Mayo]

Oh he wasn't?
I didn't catch all of the games. I guess it's you that did then? Nice work!

How did that game go? I'm keen to hear

[inFeZa]

grats to pig! some sick korean bbq on sunday night too. So tasty.

[AvMyuu]

gw kez ;P i always thought 15hatch beats 6pool though lol

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PiG:

Not with 1400 ping! Haha that game was during the epic lag before they found a way to effectively seperate the sc2 players internet.