inStarcraft.de Profile Joined May 2010 Germany 14 Posts Last Edited: 2014-01-20 21:00:07 #1





After the successful third edition has revealed that there is a lot going on in the German player scene, we start another chapter with the Germany Cup (Deutschlandpokal): The



Format

There will be a mixture of invites, sign-ups and qualification tournaments: 8 players will be directly invited and 16 players will be taken from mail sign-ups open to Master and Grandmaster league. The remanining 8 players are taken from two open qualification tournaments. As the name suggests the tournament is limited to German players, which means you need to have a German passport or identity card (Personalausweis). If there are doubts in a certain case, the tournament admin can request a copy of an official document.



Participants

Invites (8)





Sign-Ups (16)

German players playing in the master and grandmaster league could sign up for the tournament until 10th January 2014 29:59 CET. All required details are given in the



Qualification (8)

Two open qualification tournaments will be held in January after the signup phase for master and grandmaster players has ended and the successful signups have been announced. The tournaments are open for every German StarCraft II player.



Schedule

Similar to the first two Germany Cups, the tournament consists of a qualification process and and the main event.



Signup for Master and Grandmaster players:

29th December 2013 until until 10th January 2014 29:59 CET. The signups will be sorted by league placement and the top 16 will advance to the tournament group stage. All other players still have the chance to qualifiy via the open tournaments.



Qualification Torunaments:

The two open qualification tournaments were open to every German StarCraft II player and took place on



24 - 26 January 2014 Main Event:

Fri, 24 January 2014 - Group Stage (Day 1)

Sat, 25 January 2014 - Group Stage (Day 2)

Sun, 26 January 2014 - Playoffs



Price Pool

The price money is sponsored by NVIDIA and has reached a new event record of 600€. 300€ goes to the winner, 150€ to the runner up. The 3rd and 4th placed players will recieve 100€ and 50€ respectively.



Livestream

The entire tournament will be casted by our inStarCraft.de caster team on

After the successful third edition has revealed that there is a lot going on in the German player scene, we start another chapter with the Germany Cup (Deutschlandpokal): The NVIDIA Deutschlandpokal #5 presented by inStarcraft once again combines established pro players and new talents in an interesting tournament to determine Germany's top player.There will be a mixture of invites, sign-ups and qualification tournaments: 8 players will be directly invited and 16 players will be taken from mail sign-ups open to Master and Grandmaster league. The remanining 8 players are taken from two open qualification tournaments. As the name suggests the tournament is limited to German players, which means you need to have a German passport or identity card (Personalausweis). If there are doubts in a certain case, the tournament admin can request a copy of an official document.German players playing in the master and grandmaster league could sign up for the tournament until 10th January 2014 29:59 CET. All required details are given in the official signup announcement Two open qualification tournaments will be held in January after the signup phase for master and grandmaster players has ended and the successful signups have been announced. The tournaments are open for every German StarCraft II player.Similar to the first two Germany Cups, the tournament consists of a qualification process and and the main event.29th December 2013 until until 10th January 2014 29:59 CET. The signups will be sorted by league placement and the top 16 will advance to the tournament group stage. All other players still have the chance to qualifiy via the open tournaments.The two open qualification tournaments were open to every German StarCraft II player and took place on the 14th and

the 16th of January.Fri, 24 January 2014 - Group Stage (Day 1)Sat, 25 January 2014 - Group Stage (Day 2)Sun, 26 January 2014 - PlayoffsThe price money is sponsored by NVIDIA and has reached a new event record of 600€. 300€ goes to the winner, 150€ to the runner up. The 3rd and 4th placed players will recieve 100€ and 50€ respectively.The entire tournament will be casted by our inStarCraft.de caster team on inStarCraft TV

General Mengsk Profile Joined February 2012 Germany 11 Posts Last Edited: 2014-01-13 13:31:11 #2

http://starcraft2.ingame.de/news/115411-NVIDIA-Deutschlandpokal-#5---Ergebnis-der-Einschreibephase-&-Qualifikationsturniere



The remaining 8 spots are selected via open qualification tournaments where every German citizen can participate. They will be held tomorrow and on thursday evening, 18:30 CET. The top 4 in each tournament will qualify for the main event.



Qualifier #1 - 14th January:

Qualifier #2 - 16th January: The signup has been closed and the 16 players have been announced yesterday:The remaining 8 spots are selected via open qualification tournaments where every German citizen can participate. They will be held tomorrow and on thursday evening, 18:30 CET. The top 4 in each tournament will qualify for the main event.Qualifier #1 - 14th January: http://starcraft2.ingame.de/cup/tournament.php?gid=32&tid=1562&mode=info Qualifier #2 - 16th January: http://starcraft2.ingame.de/cup/tournament.php?gid=32&tid=1564&mode=info

inStarcraft.de Profile Joined May 2010 Germany 14 Posts #3

the stream for tonight is live:



Tonight will feature Groups A-D, you can find the brackets here: Hey folks,the stream for tonight is live: http://starcraft2.ingame.de/tv/ Tonight will feature Groups A-D, you can find the brackets here: http://starcraft2.ingame.de/dp/115438#brackets

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20320 Posts #4 Wow, that amount of Protoss players. xD Did not know Germany is that full of Protosses.

KalWarkov Profile Blog Joined December 2011 Germany 3911 Posts #5 too bad i missed this :/

i think i couldve beaten some of those names DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM WoL/HotS/LotV | Dota2 - Offlane/5: peak 5.8k solo | Wc3 - Undead: 2007/2008/2016/2017/2018 ~rank 100 W3A/Bnet, ~60% winrate | Diablo 2 / Grim Dawn / PoE nerd - Melee Classes | Leffen/Ice, MCarlsen, BVB <3 | Agnostic***

gXxshock Profile Joined October 2010 Germany 93 Posts #6 On January 25 2014 01:32 HolydaKing wrote:

Wow, that amount of Protoss players. xD Did not know Germany is that full of Protosses.

Yeah, it's weird but has been that way



Yeah, it's weird but has been that way since Deutschlandpokal #3

On January 25 2014 15:53 KalWarkov wrote:

too bad i missed this :/

i think i couldve beaten some of those names

You can check out



Guys don't forget day 2 starts in just one hour and you can tune in over at You can check out the VODs and the review of the first day . So double-check and be honest to yourself if you could've really made it throughGuys don't forget day 2 starts in just one hour and you can tune in over at inStarCraft TV facebook.com/gXxshock ⌠ϟ⌡ twitter.com/gXxshock

ScorpEUs Profile Joined November 2010 Germany 61 Posts #7



Watch now: [Ai]Honor vs [nBreed]XerG Stream is live for a while now!Watch now: [Ai]Honor vs [nBreed]XerG "Evolution means death to the righteous"

styLesdavis Profile Joined March 2012 Germany 833 Posts #8 Really good to see TLO 6-0ing his group even though his opponents

were not that strong. Hopefully he can do well today..... LiquidTLO - LiquidTaeja - LiquidHero - LiquidSnute - LiquidRet

JudeauTV Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 255 Posts #9



http://www.twitch.tv/instarcrafttv/b/498070035?t=137m45s If you missed the cast, you should really have a look at this short moment taken from a match between LiquidTLO and amateur DirDevil on Heavy Rain. Epic rock-play by TLO: People thinking they knew exactly what they want, most of the time have no idea what they can get.

Leviance Profile Joined November 2009 Germany 4067 Posts #10 Heromarine's splits are so sick good "Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen

Leviance Profile Joined November 2009 Germany 4067 Posts #11

Socke vs GoOdy



Heromarine, Goody, Showtime and TLO without dropping a map so far- Showtime in Semis already HasuObs vs HeromarineSocke vs GoOdyHeromarine, Goody, Showtime and TLO without dropping a map so far- Showtime in Semis already "Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20320 Posts #12 Wow I'm surprised how well Showtime is doing here. Is he one of the best German players right now? Really hoping HeroMarine wins though, else.... top 3 toss -.-;

grs Profile Blog Joined April 2011 Germany 2212 Posts #13 On January 27 2014 03:47 HolydaKing wrote:

Wow I'm surprised how well Showtime is doing here. Is he one of the best German players right now? Really hoping HeroMarine wins though, else.... top 3 toss -.-;

Yes, he is. He was 2nd in the cup ranking in last EPS and finished 3rd/4th in the offline finals.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Series_Germany/Winter_Season_2013 Yes, he is. He was 2nd in the cup ranking in last EPS and finished 3rd/4th in the offline finals.

HolydaKing Profile Joined February 2010 20320 Posts #14 Oh haha so Showtime got his revenge. There he lost 2-3 now he won 3-2 vs Socke. :D

Leviance Profile Joined November 2009 Germany 4067 Posts #15 On January 27 2014 03:47 HolydaKing wrote:

Wow I'm surprised how well Showtime is doing here. Is he one of the best German players right now? Really hoping HeroMarine wins though, else.... top 3 toss -.-;



ShoWTimE is the most underrated player ever - it's because he plays so few games. ShoWTimE is the most underrated player ever - it's because he plays so few games. "Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen

Leviance Profile Joined November 2009 Germany 4067 Posts #16 On January 27 2014 03:51 grs wrote:

Show nested quote +

On January 27 2014 03:47 HolydaKing wrote:

Wow I'm surprised how well Showtime is doing here. Is he one of the best German players right now? Really hoping HeroMarine wins though, else.... top 3 toss -.-;

Yes, he is. He was 2nd in the cup ranking in last EPS and finished 3rd/4th in the offline finals.

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Series_Germany/Winter_Season_2013 Yes, he is. He was 2nd in the cup ranking in last EPS and finished 3rd/4th in the offline finals.



plus he was one of 10 foreigners that made it into WCS Premier Ro16 (EU) plus he was one of 10 foreigners that made it into WCS Premier Ro16 (EU) "Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen

Champloo Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 1731 Posts #17 Was that caster on the left Ryan Gosling?

grs Profile Blog Joined April 2011 Germany 2212 Posts #18



2-1 (Semi-Final)

3-0 (Winner's Final)

3-2 (Grand Final) ...plus he won the cup2-1 HasuObs (Semi-Final)3-0 Socke (Winner's Final)3-2 HasuObs (Grand Final)

inStarcraft.de Profile Joined May 2010 Germany 14 Posts Last Edited: 2014-01-27 11:04:44 #19 On January 26 2014 19:10 creativelearningtv wrote:

If you missed the cast, you should really have a look at this short moment taken from a match between LiquidTLO and amateur DirDevil on Heavy Rain. Epic rock-play by TLO:



http://www.twitch.tv/instarcrafttv/b/498070035?t=137m45s If you missed the cast, you should really have a look at this short moment taken from a match between LiquidTLO and amateur DirDevil on Heavy Rain. Epic rock-play by TLO:

That was so epic :D definitely want to see more of this !!



That was so epic :D definitely want to see more of this !! On January 27 2014 06:36 Champloo wrote:

Was that caster on the left Ryan Gosling?

Hmm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or insult ^_^



Anyways guys, gratz to Showtime, I'll definitely keep an eye on him and so should you.

If you missed the cast yesterday you can find Hmm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or insult ^_^Anyways guys, gratz to Showtime, I'll definitely keep an eye on him and so should you.If you missed the cast yesterday you can find the VODs over here . For a written summary check out GMs write-up