MepHiii Profile Joined March 2011 Poland 191 Posts Last Edited: 2012-06-28 10:26:21 #1

This was definitely something that needed to be done. Welcome to the first big reverse race Starcraft II tournament. Players offrace on ladder or smurf accounts all the time, let's see how professional players fare when they have to play each other's races in a tournament environment. Will they teach each other how their races are really supposed to be played or will we see funny mistakes from all sides? Creative or standard? "Consider switching races" or "never touch that race again"? This tournament would not be possible without our great sponsor



This was definitely something that needed to be done. Welcome to the first bigStarcraft II tournament. Players offrace on ladder or smurf accounts all the time, let's see how professional players fare when they have to play each other's races in a tournament environment. Will they teach each other how their races are really supposed to be played or will we see funny mistakes from all sides? Creative or standard? "Consider switching races" or "never touch that race again"? This tournament would not be possible without our great sponsor Alienware Thursday, Jun 28 1:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)





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Not Terran:

- Carlo Giannacco

- Mihaylo Hayda

- Pedro Moreno Duran

- Sascha Lupp

- Tim Olsson





Not Protoss:

- Samayan Kay

- Giacomo Thüs

- Grzegorz Komincz

- Aleksey Krupnyk

- Samuli Sihvonen



Not Zerg:

- Artem Garavtsov

- Paul Whyte

- Jonas Larsson

- Svyatoslav Vlasyuk

- Ilyes Satouri

- Artur Bloch





1st place: 200£ (~248€)



(~248€) 2nd place: 100£ (~124€)



(~124€) 3rd/4th place: 50£ (~62€)

Exchange ratios according to Google on June 22nd.







(2) ESV Korhal Compound TE





(2) ESV Ohana LE





(4) ESV Vicious





(4) ESV Khaydaria





(4) MLG Entombed Valley (2) ESV Korhal Compound TE(2) ESV Ohana LE(4) ESV Vicious(4) ESV Khaydaria(4) MLG Entombed Valley





Four streams, coverage of all matches!

Main Stream: Martijn & JoRoSaR

http://www.twitch.tv/glhf



Stream 2: Leon

http://www.twitch.tv/leonstarcraft



Stream 3: IMBAtv

http://www.twitch.tv/imbalancedtv



Stream 4: GamerPowered

http://www.twitch.tv/gamerpowered





You just play each other's races, okay? Fine, here you have it in more detail:

+ Show Spoiler + Format: 16 player Single Elimination



Match format: All matches Bo3, Final Bo5



Reverse Race: In each match, players will choose the default race of their opponent.

- Example: (Terran) Grubby vs Kas (Protoss)



Mirror matches: The non-mirror matchups of the other two races will be played first. For a possible third map, the regular races will be played. The upper player in the bracket chooses his race for the first map BEFORE the map veto.

- Example: DarK.FoRcE vs Slivko – DarK.FoRcE chooses Protoss for the first map before the map veto

- - Map 1: (Protoss) DarK.FoRcE vs Slivko (Terran)

- - Map 2: (Terran) DarK.FoRcE vs Slivko (Protoss)

- - Map 3: (Zerg) DarK.FoRcE vs Slivko (Zerg)



Mirror match in Final: Again, non-mirror matchups of the other two races first. For maps 3 and 4, the mirror matchups of those races will be played. For a possible fifth map, the regular races will be played. The upper player chooses his race for the first map (which will also be the mirror race for map 3).

- Example: ClouD vs SjoW – ClouD chooses Zerg for the first and third map

- - Map 1: (Zerg) ClouD vs SjoW (Protoss)

- - Map 2: (Protoss) ClouD vs SjoW (Zerg)

- - Map 3: (Zerg) ClouD vs SjoW (Zerg)

- - Map 4: (Protoss) ClouD vs SjoW (Protoss)

- - Map 5: (Terran) ClouD vs SjoW (Terran) ClouD - Carlo Giannacco Kas - Mihaylo Hayda LucifroN - Pedro Moreno Duran GoOdy - Sascha Lupp meRz - Tim Olsson BlinG - Samayan Kay Socke - Giacomo Thüs MaNa - Grzegorz Komincz White-Ra - Aleksey Krupnyk elfi - Samuli Sihvonen sLivko - Artem Garavtsov JonnyREcco - Paul Whyte Cytoplasm - Jonas Larsson HappyZerG - Svyatoslav Vlasyuk Stephano - Ilyes Satouri Nerchio - Artur BlochExchange ratios according to Google on June 22nd.Four streams, coverage of all matches!You just play each other's races, okay? Fine, here you have it in more detail:

nath Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 1729 Posts #3 i dont understand the race picking rules for mirror matchups on your page. can you explain in a more clear way? thanks!



other than mirror MU, should be fun Founder of Flow Enterprises, LLC http://flow-enterprises.com/

MepHiii Profile Joined March 2011 Poland 191 Posts #4 On June 23 2012 03:33 nath wrote:

i dont understand the race picking rules for mirror matchups on your page. can you explain in a more clear way? thanks!



other than mirror MU, should be fun

basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual race

so in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)

mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)

is that clearer? basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual raceso in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)is that clearer?

Krallman Profile Joined February 2011 Sweden 712 Posts #5 If you're both zergs 1 player gets toss and the other gets terran. Then the next game the first player gets terran and the second gets protoss. If its 1-1 by that point you'll just play the mirror match up (zvz). And then this: The upper player in the bracket chooses his race for the first map BEFORE the map veto.

to decide who picks the first race. Im better than Stefan

nath Profile Blog Joined May 2010 United States 1729 Posts #6 On June 23 2012 03:38 MepHiii wrote:

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On June 23 2012 03:33 nath wrote:

i dont understand the race picking rules for mirror matchups on your page. can you explain in a more clear way? thanks!



other than mirror MU, should be fun

basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual race

so in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)

mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)

is that clearer? basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual raceso in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)is that clearer?

that is clear, but in the page it says for a TvT, first map one player gets to pick P or Z, and the other gets the other race. Who gets to pick? that is clear, but in the page it says for a TvT, first map one player gets to pick P or Z, and the other gets the other race. Who gets to pick? Founder of Flow Enterprises, LLC http://flow-enterprises.com/

Avicularia Profile Joined February 2012 538 Posts #7 Good luck! I really love the ideaGood luck!

MepHiii Profile Joined March 2011 Poland 191 Posts #8 On June 23 2012 03:41 nath wrote:

Show nested quote +

On June 23 2012 03:38 MepHiii wrote:

On June 23 2012 03:33 nath wrote:

i dont understand the race picking rules for mirror matchups on your page. can you explain in a more clear way? thanks!



other than mirror MU, should be fun

basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual race

so in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)

mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)

is that clearer? basically we don't want standard and we don't want one of them to have an advantage by playing their actual raceso in a TvT mirror we want them to play ZvP and PvZ (and TvT as decider)mirror match in final (Best of 5), we would want them to play ZvP, PvZ, ZvZ, PvP (and TvT as 5th decider map)is that clearer?

that is clear, but in the page it says for a TvT, first map one player gets to pick P or Z, and the other gets the other race. Who gets to pick? that is clear, but in the page it says for a TvT, first map one player gets to pick P or Z, and the other gets the other race. Who gets to pick?

Ah, ok. So two Terrans meet and they are yet to do the map veto. Before knowing what the first map will be, the "upper" player (in the bracket) has to decide which race he will play in the first map (P or Z). Say he picks Zerg, they do the veto, now knowing the first map will be ZvP and the 2nd map PvZ.

Basically we don't want them to veto and THEN let one player pick his race, both players should know the matchup before vetoing. Ah, ok. So two Terrans meet and they are yet to do the map veto. Before knowing what the first map will be, the "upper" player (in the bracket) has to decide which race he will play in the first map (P or Z). Say he picks Zerg, they do the veto, now knowing the first map will be ZvP and the 2nd map PvZ.Basically we don't want them to veto and THEN let one player pick his race, both players should know the matchup before vetoing.

quannguyen Profile Joined January 2012 Vietnam 1160 Posts #9 I love this idea. Hope this tourney will be a sucess so that we'll have more tourneys like this in the future Unlimited Warcraft Works and Super Starcraft Taisen ^^

HoboJoe20 Profile Joined June 2012 Canada 63 Posts #10 This is a fantastic idea. I'm excited to tune in!

IronManSC Profile Blog Joined November 2010 United States 2119 Posts Last Edited: 2012-06-22 18:56:04 #11 Really, really excited to watch this! Although i'm not waking up at 6:00am lol SC2 Mapmaker || twitter: @ironmansc || Ohana & Mech Depot || 3x TLMC finalist || www.twitch.tv/sc2mapstream

MepHiii Profile Joined March 2011 Poland 191 Posts #12 ClouD, Kas, and as the first four players! Announcing BlinG and sLivko as the first four players!

Champloo Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 1731 Posts #13 Cool idea! Socke and Grubby need to be in this, their bo3 TvT they played in a weekly cup once was pretty cool.

Garnet Profile Blog Joined February 2006 Vietnam 8331 Posts #14 Finally. Hope more tournaments like this happen.

hellokittySC2 Profile Joined September 2009 United States 394 Posts #15 Bling imbA off race Zerg!! twitter.com/hellokittyhots facebook.com/hellokittysc2 hellokitty.278, http://twitch.tv/noobeater5 为中国人在星际上争气！

Mithriel Profile Joined November 2010 Netherlands 2949 Posts #16 This should be fun!! Ill definitely tune in There is no shame in defeat so long as the spirit is unconquered. | Cheering for Maru, Innovation and MMA!

lorestarcraft Profile Joined April 2011 United States 1018 Posts #17 That map pool is.... fun? SC2 Mapmaker

ibo422 Profile Joined April 2012 Belgium 2844 Posts #18 Should be fun!

y0su Profile Blog Joined September 2011 Finland 7871 Posts #19 I've thought this would be really cool for a while!! Awesome.

IronManSC Profile Blog Joined November 2010 United States 2119 Posts #20 Just a heads up



Khaydaria is sorta broken in terms of the game variants switching modes and not allowing 1v1 to occur properly, but it should be resolved this monday. Khaydaria is sorta broken in terms of the game variants switching modes and not allowing 1v1 to occur properly, but it should be resolved this monday. SC2 Mapmaker || twitter: @ironmansc || Ohana & Mech Depot || 3x TLMC finalist || www.twitch.tv/sc2mapstream

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