Quick Facts about ASUS ROG Winter 2014

Prize distribution

1st: $10 000 + 750 WCS points



2nd: $5 000 + 500 WCS points



3rd-4th: $3 000 + 375 WCS points



5th-8th: $1 000 + 250 WCS points



9th-16th: 125 WCS points



The year 2013 has been a great year for StarCraft II. Since the launch of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm we have seen over 30 premier tournaments and numerous amount of other competitions being played in the global and local scale. To keep the pace up, ASUS ROG kicks off the year 2014 with another premier StarCraft II tournament in the Nordic, ASUS ROG Winter 2014!ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments return to Helsinki on January 31 with a two day event presenting a roster of 32 players and a $25 000 USD prize pool. The tournament is also part of the StarCraft II World Championship Series as a WCS Global Event, with 4000 WCS points to distribute. Naturally, a free HD stream is provided with professional English commentary. On-site audience can enjoy the action live in the ASUS ROG arena.

Players

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Invites

Ai.Patience

Alliance.SortOf *

Axiom.Alicia

EG.Jaedong

Empire.Happy

Ence.elfi

Ence.Serral

Fnatic.Naama *

IvD.Apocalypse

Liquid.HerO

Liquid.Ret

Liquid.Snute

Liquid.TaeJa

Millenium.BabyKnight

Millenium.ForGG

Menace.Protosser *

mouz.Dear

mYinsanity.Kane

mYinsanity.StarDust

NrS.KrasS

NrS.Welmu

Property.MorroW *

Samsung_Galaxy.Solar

StarTale.Life *

yoeFW.San



Qualified

Dignitas.Tefel

Core.JonnyREcco

Fnatic.Zanster

Fnatic.Harstem

PkDynamics.GunGFuBanda



* StarTale.Life replaces mouz.VortiX StarTale.Life replacesmouz.VortiX

* Alliance.SortOf replaces Acer.Nerchio Alliance.SortOf replacesAcer.Nerchio

* Menace.Protosser replaces Acer.Bly Menace.Protosser replacesAcer.Bly

* Property.MorroW replaces Empire.Kas Property.MorroW replacesEmpire.Kas

* Fnatic.Naama replaces Ai.Strelok Fnatic.Naama replacesAi.Strelok

Bischu had to cancel due to illness, no replacement will be added. Bischu had to cancel due to illness, no replacement will be added.

Alliance.NaNiwa also cancels due to illness, no replacement will be added. Alliance.NaNiwa also cancels due to illness, no replacement will be added.





Schedule

12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 1



Group Stage 1 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 2

12:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final A



Quarter Final A 13:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final B



Quarter Final B 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final C



Quarter Final C 16:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final D



Quarter Final D 18:00 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final A



Semi Final A 19:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final B



Semi Final B 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final

Streams

docs.google.com (updates on the go)



ROG Tournament



Thomas “ Khaldor ” Kilian - Caster



” Kilian - Caster Manuel “ Grubby ” Schenkhuizen - Commentator



” Schenkhuizen - Commentator Alexandre “ FunKaDeLiC ” Verrier - Observer



” Verrier - Observer Denni “ TaKe ” Gehlen - Host



” Gehlen - Host Hun "inuh" Park - Translator



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Format

Participation

Online qualifiers

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ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Online Qualifier #1

Date: Sun 29 December

Time: 15:00 CET

Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi

Server: Europe

Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament

Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region

Rules: pdf



ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Online Qualifier #2

Date: Mon 30 December

Time: 17:00 CET*

Sign-up: tournaments.peliliiga.fi

Server: Europe

Prizes: Top 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournament

Requirements: Master or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region

Rules: pdf



*Time fixed from 18:00 CET. Apologies for the mixup. Sun 29 December15:00 CETEuropeTop 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournamentMaster or Grandmaster on any Battle.net regionMon 30 December17:00 CET*EuropeTop 4 players receive a spot in the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 tournamentMaster or Grandmaster on any Battle.net region

Community streams

Updates

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ASUS ROG releases the all of the 237 replays and VODs of ASUS ROG Winter 2014.



ASUS ROG Winter 2014 was a blast. Two days full of high class StarCraft II action lead to a new champion,

yoeFW.San! Congratulations to him once more. Catching all the games from the first day especially was a challenge, if possible at all. Fortunately we will continue the tradition, and are now releasing all the replays from the tournament for you to enjoy and study. The VOD links are also available for those who prefer the matches with commentary. Have fun!





Replays



(zip, ~29MB)





VODs



The main stream VODs can be found at



For the rest of the VOD links we point you to



ASUS ROG Winter 2014 at SpoilerFreeSC





Map popularity



With the replay package you can do much more than just watch the games. Analyzing the replay pack with tools such as

Frost LE, 52, ~22%



Habitation Station LE, 41, ~17%



Heavy Rain LE, 40, ~17%



Polar Night LE, 40, ~17%



Yeonsu LE, 39, ~17%



Alterzim Stronghold TE, 17, ~7%



Daedalus Point, 8, ~3%

Replays in total: 237.

ASUS ROG Winter 2014 was a blast. Two days full of high class StarCraft II action lead to a new champion,! Congratulations to him once more. Catching all the games from the first day especially was a challenge, if possible at all. Fortunately we will continue the tradition, and are now releasing all the replays from the tournament for you to enjoy and study. The VOD links are also available for those who prefer the matches with commentary. Have fun! ASUS ROG Winter 2014 Replays (zip, ~29MB)The main stream VODs can be found at AssemblyTV's YouTube channel For the rest of the VOD links we point you to SpoilerFreeSC that has done a wonderful job collecting all the VODs from different streams to the same page.With the replay package you can do much more than just watch the games. Analyzing the replay pack with tools such as SC2Gears you can find interesting data such as the map popularity ranking below.Replays in total: 237.

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ASUS ROG Winter 2014 announces the stream schedule featuring the main English stream with Khaldor & Grubby and 16 community streams in nine different languages to cover the busy event.



ASUS ROG Winter 2014 launches this Friday January 31st at 12:00 GMT (+00:00) with the 16 simultaneous bo5 matches of the first round of the first group stage. In an effort to cover every single game of the event, each group will have at least two streams following the action taking place in Helsinki. To accomplish this, we have invited a total of 16 community streams with nine different languages to broadcast the first, and busiest day, of the tournament. On the second day the playoffs are played one by one with seven streams, all in different languages.



Stream schedule

In order to easily keep track on which group comes from which channel, we have crafted a stream schedule for each tournament stage. The schedule will update on the go as the tournament progresses.

Group Stage 1



Group Stage 2



Playoffs



Streams



Main stream

ROG Tournament (Khaldor & Grubby)



Community streams

ROG Offstage Stream

Pughy

PoisonTV

CheeseHeadLogic

TakeTV

Mori

inStarCraft TV

Millenium TV

Anoss.tv

Empire TV

GoodGame.ru

EmSc TV

VasaCast

ColterTV

UniSL

ESL Taiwan



ASUS ROG Winter 2014 launches this Friday January 31st atwith the 16 simultaneous bo5 matches of the first round of the first group stage. In an effort to cover every single game of the event, each group will have at least two streams following the action taking place in Helsinki. To accomplish this, we have invited a total of 16 community streams with nine different languages to broadcast the first, and busiest day, of the tournament. On the second day the playoffs are played one by one with seven streams, all in different languages.In order to easily keep track on which group comes from which channel, we have crafted a stream schedule for each tournament stage. The schedule will update on the go as the tournament progresses.

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ASUS ROG announces the initial groups for ASUS ROG Winter 2014 with 32 top tier players duking it out for the prize pool of $25 000 USD and 4000 WCS points.



The first group stage of ASUS ROG Winter 2014 starts off on January 31th 2014 at 14:00 EET. It includes 32 high caliber players divided into eight groups of four which are played in WCS style double elimination format with all matches being best-of-5. Only the top 16 players continue to the second group stage which is played in a similar fashion right after the initial groups. The playoffs are played on the second day of the tournament on February 1st starting at 14:00 EET.



Roster changes

The first groups have now finally been drawn and we apologise for the delay which is due to late roster changes. Unfortunately Ai.Strelok, Empire.Kas, and have cancelled their participation to the event. They have been replaced by Alliance.SortOf, Fnatic.Naama, and whom we thank for being available in such a short notice.





Group Stage 1 - January 31, 13:00 CET

The first matches are player 1 vs player 4 and player 2 vs player 3.

Group 1

1. Liquid.TaeJa

2. Empire.Happy

3. Alliance.SortOf

4. Ence.Serral



Group 2

1. EG.Jaedong

2. Ence.elfi

3. IvD.Apocalypse

4. PkDynamics.GunGFuBanDa



Group 3

1. StarTale.Life

2. NrS.Welmu

3. mYi.Kane

4. Bischu



Group 4

1. mouz.Dear

2. Liquid.Snute

3. Fnatic.Harstem

4. Core.JonnyREcco



Group 5

1. yoeFW.San

2. mYi.StarDust

3. dignitas.Tefel

4. Menace.Protosser



Group 6

1. Liquid.HerO

2. Ai.Patience

3. Property.MorroW

4. Fnatic.Zanster



Group 7

1. Samsung_Galaxy.Solar

2. Axiom.Alicia

3. Millenium.BabyKnight

4. Fnatic.Naama



Group 8

1. Alliance.NaNiwa

2. Millenium.ForGG

3. Liquid.Ret

4. NrS.KrasS



Group Stage 2 - January 31, 18:30 CET

Group A: 1.1 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 5.2

Group B: 2.1 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 6.2

Group C: 3.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 7.2

Group D: 4.1 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 8.2



Playoffs - February 1, 13:00 CET

Ro8 A: A.1 vs B.2

Ro8 B: C.1 vs D.2

Ro8 C: B.1 vs A.2

Ro8 D: D.1 vs C.2



This time we have decided to announce the full tournament layout beforehand and not do any sort of random draw during the tournament. This way we hope to compensate the fact that the group stages are played on the same day, and thus leave little to no time for players to prepare for their individual opponents. With the double elimination groups there should be no real risk of intentional losing for the sometimes more attractive second place, especially when the groups are all played at the same time.

The first group stage of ASUS ROG Winter 2014 starts off on January 31th 2014 at 14:00 EET. It includes 32 high caliber players divided into eight groups of four which are played in WCS style double elimination format with all matches being best-of-5. Only the top 16 players continue to the second group stage which is played in a similar fashion right after the initial groups. The playoffs are played on the second day of the tournament on February 1st starting at 14:00 EET.The first groups have now finally been drawn and we apologise for the delay which is due to late roster changes. Unfortunately Acer.Nerchio and Acer.Bly have cancelled their participation to the event. They have been replaced by Property.MorroW and Menace.Protosser whom we thank for being available in such a short notice.- January 31, 13:00 CETThe first matches are player 1 vs player 4 and player 2 vs player 3.- January 31, 18:30 CET- February 1, 13:00 CETThis time we have decided to announce the full tournament layout beforehand and not do any sort of random draw during the tournament. This way we hope to compensate the fact that the group stages are played on the same day, and thus leave little to no time for players to prepare for their individual opponents. With the double elimination groups there should be no real risk of intentional losing for the sometimes more attractive second place, especially when the groups are all played at the same time.

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ASUS ROG reveals the full player list of 32 players and the casters for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014 StarCraft II tournament coming up on January 31th with a $25 000 USD prize pool on the line.



kicks off in less than three weeks on January 31th in Helsinki, Finland. It is time to reveal the full roster of the tournament. With 24 invites and 8 qualified players we have an outstanding line-up of some of the top players from Europe, America and Korea. The players will be divided into eight groups of four in the first group stage which will be announced closer to the event.



New invites

Ai.Strelok

IvD.Apocalypse

mouz.Dear

mYinsanity.Kane

mYinsanity.StarDust

NrS.KrasS

NrS.Welmu

yoeFW.San



Full line-up

Invites (24)

Ai.Patience

Ai.Strelok

Alliance.NaNiwa

Axiom.Alicia

EG.Jaedong

Empire.Happy

Empire.Kas

Ence.elfi

Ence.Serral

IvD.Apocalypse

Liquid.HerO

Liquid.Ret

Liquid.Snute

Liquid.TaeJa

Millenium.BabyKnight

Millenium.ForGG

mouz.Dear

mYinsanity.Kane

mYinsanity.StarDust

NrS.KrasS

NrS.Welmu

Samsung_Galaxy.Solar

StarTale.Life*

yoeFW.San



Qualified (8)

Acer.Bly

Acer.Nerchio

Dignitas.Tefel

Core.JonnyREcco

Fnatic.Zanster

Fnatic.Harstem

PkDynamics.GunGFuBanda

Bischu



* StarTale.Life replaces mouz.VortiX who had to StarTale.Life replacesmouz.VortiX who had to cancel



Stream staff



The main English broadcast at ASUS ROG Winter 2014 will feature the veteran caster Khaldor accompanied by the experienced player-commentator Grubby. The in-game camera is at the steady hands of FunKaDeLiC while the German esports powerhouse TaKe will host the event. His interviews with our Korean quests shall go smoothly with the help of the translator inuh.

Thomas “ Khaldor ” Kilian - Caster



” Kilian - Caster Manuel “ Grubby ” Schenkhuizen - Commentator



” Schenkhuizen - Commentator Alexandre “ FunKaDeLiC ” Verrier - Observer



” Verrier - Observer Denni “ TaKe ” Gehlen - Host



” Gehlen - Host Hun "inuh" Park - Translator



Schedule

The schedule for the event has been finalized and it looks as follows.



Friday, January 31st, 2014 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 1



Group Stage 1 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Group Stage 2 Saturday, February 1st, 2014 12:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final A



Quarter Final A 13:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final B



Quarter Final B 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final C



Quarter Final C 16:30 GMT (+00:00) Quarter Final D



Quarter Final D 18:00 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final A



Semi Final A 19:30 GMT (+00:00) Semi Final B



Semi Final B 21:00 GMT (+00:00) Final

More info

For more info about the event please visit ASUS ROG Winter 2014 kicks off in less than three weeks on January 31th in Helsinki, Finland. It is time to reveal the full roster of the tournament. With 24 invites and 8 qualified players we have an outstanding line-up of some of the top players from Europe, America and Korea. The players will be divided into eight groups of four in the first group stage which will be announced closer to the event.The main English broadcast at ASUS ROG Winter 2014 will feature the veteran casteraccompanied by the experienced player-commentator. The in-game camera is at the steady hands ofwhile the German esports powerhousewill host the event. His interviews with our Korean quests shall go smoothly with the help of the translatorThe schedule for the event has been finalized and it looks as follows.For more info about the event please visit www.asusrogtournament.com or read the announcement thread here on TeamLiquid.net. For recent updates please follow @ROGtournament on Twitter.

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Here are the first eight invites for the ASUS ROG Winter 2014:

Liquid.Snute

Liquid.Ret

Liquid.TaeJa

mousesports.VortiX

Empire.Happy

Axiom.Alicia

Ai.Patience

Ence.elfi



We are still accepting applications for invites for ASUS ROG Winter 2014. If you are interested and prepared to enter the tournament, please fill out the

The tournament was released just a couple of days ago but it seems to have catched the players' attention. Dozens of applications for invites have already been received with many familiar names on the list. We are very excited about the applicants and want to give you an early look at what the next new year will hold.We are still accepting applications for invites for ASUS ROG Winter 2014. If you are interested and prepared to enter the tournament, please fill out the application form . Note that the deadline for applications is quite soon, December 27, so that the invites can be handled before the online qualifiers.

ASUS ROG

About ASUS

The tournament format is the same that has been used in the ASUS ROG Summer tournaments. The players go through two WCS style group stages and the top eight advances to the single elimination playoffs. All the matches are best-of-five except for the final which is a best-of-seven match. Since the tournament is a two day event, as opposed to the three days in the summer, both of the group stages are played on the first day of the tournament while the second day is reserved for the playoffs.There are two ways to gain one of the 32 spots in the tournament, by a direct invite or by an online qualification tournament. In order to receive an invite, players must firstby filling out an application form (deadline December 29th). Everyone is encouraged to request an invite first, and participate in the qualifiers second if need be.There are two online qualifiers which each give out four spots for the main tournament. Please note that the qualifier tournaments will only grant the right to participate to the main tournament. Travel and accommodation expenses are not covered.Like many other organizers, ASUS ROG relies on the StarCraft II community to provide commentary on languages other than English. If you are interested in casting ASUS ROG Winter 2014 or the online qualifiers, please send an application before January 9th.Republic of Gamers is a gaming sub brand of ASUS that is comprised of cutting edge hardware tailored for serious gamers. The product branches include; Motherboards, Graphics Cards, LCD Monitors, Gaming Peripherals, Desktops and Notebooks. This ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.ASUS ROG Nordic on Twitter: @ROGNordic ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best-selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktops, SFF PCs and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, hybrid devices, tablet devices, servers, multimedia and wireless solutions, networking devices, and mobile phones. With a global staff of more than 10,000 and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers.