32 top notch players



Six familiar casters and hosts



Two free HD streams



Three days of action



$30 000 of prize money

Thursday, 2 August

First group stage (32 players, 8 groups, bo5, GSL style)



Friday, 3 August

Second group stage (16 players, 4 groups, bo5, GSL style)



Saturday, 4 August

Playoffs (8 players, bo5)

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The second group stage has finished here at ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament. Eight players managed to go through the bo5 groups again and have secured a $1000 USD prize for themselves. The playoffs are played in single elimination format with bo5 matches and a bo7 finals.



Playoffs



RO8 A

SK.MC

mouz.MaNa



RO8 B

Fnatic.Moon

WW.SortOf



RO8 C

TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa

TLAF-Liquid.HerO



RO8 D

Quantic.TheStC

Mill.fOrGG

The second group stage has finished here at ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament. Eight players managed to go through the bo5 groups again and have secured a $1000 USD prize for themselves. The playoffs are played in single elimination format with bo5 matches and a bo7 finals.

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The first group stage is over at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament going on at Helsinki, Finland this weekend. On Friday tomorrow we will see another group stage where the remaining 16 players are put in new groups and again, only half will advance to the next stage, the 8 player single elimination playoffs played on Saturday.



Second group stage



In the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.



Group A

SK.MC

TLAF-Liquid.HerO

EG.SuppyRC

FnaticRC.Naama

Group B

TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa

EG.DeMusliMRC

FnaticRC.NightEnD

mouz.MaNa

Group C

Mill.fOrGG

EG.PuMaRC

Fnatic.Moon

EG.IdrARC

Group D

Quantic.TheStC

Empire.Kas

WW.SortOf

RoX.KiS.TitaN



The first group stage is over at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament going on at Helsinki, Finland this weekend. On Friday tomorrow we will see another group stage where the remaining 16 players are put in new groups and again, only half will advance to the next stage, the 8 player single elimination playoffs played on Saturday.In the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.

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One week to go and the fourth ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is getting ready to start the battle for the $30 000 USD.

32 players have been announced and now it’s time to put them in their starting positions in the first group stage.



Remember the groups are being played out GSL style: four players and double elimination until the best two players have been determined and they advance to the next stage. Also, all the games in the group stages are best-of-5.



Change in the roster: has cancelled his participation to the tournament. He has been replaced by BRAT_OK.





First group stage



In the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.



Group 1 *

TLAF-Liquid.HerO

aTn.Socke

ROG.elfi

WW.SortOf

Group 2

viOLet

EG.DeMusliM

FnaticRC.Moon

EC.Welmu

Group 3 *

Quantic.StC

Ai.Seiplo

EG.HuK

FnaticRC.Naama

Group 4

TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa

ROX.KiS.Pomi

EG.IdrA

mouz.Protosser

Group 5 *

SK.MC

FXO.BabyKnight

ROX.KIS.Titan

ROX.KiS.LiveZerg

Group 6 *

Mill.fOrGG

inf.JonnyREcco

mouz.MaNa

RoX.KIS.fraer

Group 7

TLAF-Liquid.Ret

Ai.Cytoplasm

Empire.Kas

EG.Suppy

Group 8

Quantic.SaSe

FnaticRC.NightEnD

EG.PuMa

Empire.BRAT_OK



* Group 1 has been switched with Group 5, and Group 3 has been switched with Group 6 (same players, only name and order changes) for scheduling reasons. Apologies for the mix up.



Maps

GSL_Atlantis Spaceship - TeamClash (Building blockers at ramps)



GSL_Daybreak - TeamClash (Building blockers at ramps)



TSL4 Antiga Shipyard - TSLAdmin (Cross spawns only, gold bases removed, building blockers at ramps)



TSL4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin (Horizontal spawns disabled)



TSL4 ESV Cloud Kingdom - TSLAdmin (Building blockers at ramps)



TSL4 ESV Ohana - TSLAdmin (Building blockers at ramps)



TSL4 Metropolis - TSLAdmin (Creep tumors on islands, building blockers at ramps)



The maps and their order will be selected by player vetoes.





Schedule

Thursday 2. August 2012

11:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 1



Groups 1-4 Round 1 12:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 2



Groups 1-4 Round 2 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 1-4 Round 3



Groups 1-4 Round 3 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 1



Groups 5-8 Round 1 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 2



Groups 5-8 Round 2 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups 5-8 Round 3



Friday 3. August 2012



Groups 5-8 Round 3 11:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 1



Groups A-B Round 1 12:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 2



Groups A-B Round 2 14:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups A-B Round 3



Groups A-B Round 3 16:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 1



Groups C-D Round 1 17:30 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 2



Groups C-D Round 2 19:00 GMT (+00:00) Groups C-D Round 3



Saturday 4. August 2012



Groups C-D Round 3 09:00 GMT (+00:00) RO8 A & B



RO8 A & B 10:30 GMT (+00:00) RO8 C & D



RO8 C & D 12:00 GMT (+00:00) RO4 A



RO4 A 13:30 GMT (+00:00) RO4 B



RO4 B 15:00 GMT (+00:00) Bronze match



Bronze match 17:00 GMT (+00:00) Final





Results and rules

Official tournament results page at

For the full rule set, please refer to

One week to go and the fourth ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is getting ready to start the battle for the $30 000 USD.32 players have been announced and now it’s time to put them in their starting positions in the first group stage.Remember the groups are being played out GSL style: four players and double elimination until the best two players have been determined and they advance to the next stage. Also, all the games in the group stages are best-of-5.Change in the roster: Bly has cancelled his participation to the tournament. He has been replaced byIn the first round of a group, the player 1 plays against player 2, and the player 3 plays against player 4.Group 1 *Group 2Group 3 *Group 4Group 5 *Group 6 *Group 7Group 8The maps and their order will be selected by player vetoes.Official tournament results page at tournaments.peliliiga.fi For the full rule set, please refer to asus_rog_summer_2012_starcraft_ii_rules.pdf

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With less than a month to go until the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament starts at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 on August 2, it’s time to play the two online qualifiers that we promised. As previously announced, the qualifiers will include players selected among those who have requested an invite to the ASUS ROG Tournament, and the top four of each qualifier will earn a spot to the main tournament.



Online qualifiers



Saturday, July 14, 15:00 CEST:

Single elimination, best-of-3

Max 32 players selected among the applicants

Top 4 qualifies



Sunday, July 15, 15:00 CEST:

Single elimination, best-of-3

Max 32 players selected among the applicants

Top 4 qualifies



The first two rounds of the qualifiers will be streamed and casted by community streams, with the last four matches and the round-of-8 which decides the top four players, will be streamed by



Qualifier map pool

Dreamhack ESV Cloud Kingdom - hugge (building blockers at ramps)



GSL_Metropolis - TeamClash (creep tumors on islands)



GSL_Daybreak - TeamClash



MLG Antiga Shipyards - MLGMaps



TSL4 Antiga Shipyard - TSLAdmin (cross spawns only, gold bases removed)



TSL4 Entombed Valley - TSLAdmin (vertical spawns only)





ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Casters



This time at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament we are doing something different with the free HD streams. Instead of a stage or stadium feel we have previously aimed for, we are giving the lead to The GD Studio which will produce the ASUS ROGs stream, meaning a more entertaining and somewhat unpredictable stream is expected.



The caster pairs for the event are

Shaun 'Apollo' Clark & Dario 'TLO' Wünsch

Thomas 'Khaldor' Kilian & Wolf 'Wolf' Schröder



The hosts at the event will be

James '2GD' Harding & Geoff 'iNcontrol' Robinson

Auguste'Semmler' Massonnat & Salome 'Soe' Gschwind



Executive Ingame camera director & Editor and Chief of screen locations

Michael 'Adebisi' Van Driel



The GD Studio Founder James '2GD' Harding statement about the production



We're extremely happy and not prepared to do a live show for ASUS ROG, Which is why we've invited as many good looking casters as possible in hopes to overwhelm viewers senses, which will distract them from any mistakes we make. Casters and hosts will also interchange rolls, so you will most likely see Incontrol commentate or TLO Host along side myself sometime during the event. Despite a very entertaining lineup of casters and hosts, We will of course be focusing our efforts to help tell the story throughout the tournament about the players themselves, so most of the production efforts this event will focus on this, as it should always be.

With less than a month to go until the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament starts at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 on August 2, it’s time to play the two online qualifiers that we promised. As previously announced, the qualifiers will include players selected among those who have requested an invite to the ASUS ROG Tournament, and the top four of each qualifier will earn a spot to the main tournament.Saturday, July 14, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #1 Single elimination, best-of-3Max 32 players selected among the applicantsTop 4 qualifiesSunday, July 15, 15:00 CEST: ASUS ROG Summer 2012 Online Qualifier #2 Single elimination, best-of-3Max 32 players selected among the applicantsTop 4 qualifiesThe first two rounds of the qualifiers will be streamed and casted by community streams, with the last four matches and the round-of-8 which decides the top four players, will be streamed by The GD Studio . The broadcast will start at 18:00 CEST on Saturday and Sunday.Qualifier map poolThis time at the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament we are doing something different with the free HD streams. Instead of a stage or stadium feel we have previously aimed for, we are giving the lead to The GD Studio which will produce the ASUS ROGs stream, meaning a more entertaining and somewhat unpredictable stream is expected.The caster pairs for the event areShaun '' Clark & Dario '' WünschThomas '' Kilian & Wolf '' SchröderThe hosts at the event will beJames '' Harding & Geoff '' RobinsonAuguste'' Massonnat & Salome '' GschwindExecutive Ingame camera director & Editor and Chief of screen locationsMichael '' Van DrielWe're extremely happy and not prepared to do a live show for ASUS ROG, Which is why we've invited as many good looking casters as possible in hopes to overwhelm viewers senses, which will distract them from any mistakes we make. Casters and hosts will also interchange rolls, so you will most likely see Incontrol commentate or TLO Host along side myself sometime during the event. Despite a very entertaining lineup of casters and hosts, We will of course be focusing our efforts to help tell the story throughout the tournament about the players themselves, so most of the production efforts this event will focus on this, as it should always be.

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Half of the slots in the 32 player tournament have now been filled as eight new players have been invited to the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament from the teams Evil Geniuses (EG), Fnatic (FnaticRC), MouseSports (mouz) and Radical Online X-tremists (RoX.KiS).



New invites: EG.IdrA



EG.IdrA EG.DeMusliM



EG.DeMusliM FnaticRC.aLive



FnaticRC.aLive FnaticRC.NightEnD



FnaticRC.NightEnD mouz.Protosser



mouz.Protosser mouz.MaNa



mouz.MaNa RoX.KIS.fraer



RoX.KIS.fraer ROX.KIS.Titan

Half of the slots in the 32 player tournament have now been filled as eight new players have been invited to the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament from the teams Evil Geniuses (EG), Fnatic (FnaticRC), MouseSports (mouz) and Radical Online X-tremists (RoX.KiS).

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Last week we announced the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is going to be held at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 at August 2.-4. with 32 players and $ 30 000 prize pool. We also started accepting invite request from players, and have since received a number of contacts from players and organizations. Here are the first eight players that have been granted a slot at the tournament.



First invited players

Ai.Cytoplasm



Ai.Cytoplasm aL.Naama (Qualified through Vectorama)



aL.Naama (Qualified through Vectorama) aTn.Socke



aTn.Socke ROG.elfi



ROG.elfi Empire.Kas



Empire.Kas TLAF-Liquid.Ret



TLAF-Liquid.Ret TLAF-Liquid.HerO



TLAF-Liquid.HerO TLAF-Liquid.TaeJa AL.Naama is an exception in the group, since he didn’t request an invite but earned his slot by winning

Last week we announced the next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament is going to be held at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012 at August 2.-4. with 32 players and $ 30 000 prize pool. We also started accepting invite request from players, and have since received a number of contacts from players and organizations. Here are the first eight players that have been granted a slot at the tournament.AL.Naama is an exception in the group, since he didn’t request an invite but earned his slot by winning Vectorama 2012 LAN tournament at Oulu, Finland earlier this June.

ASUS ROG has one again choosen the biggest Finnish LAN party, ASSEMBLY Summer, as the battlegrounds for the 4th installement of the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament.Last year this digital festival was the start of the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament series which have since taken the place as one of the major StarCraft II tournaments in Europe.The tournament has 32 player slots. A number of the slots will be given as invites to notable and successful players whoby email at info@peliliiga.fi. We are accepting invite requests from now on until the 20th of July.The remaining slots will be given through two qualifier tournaments which will be played at the EU battle.net server. More information about the qualifiers will be given later.The tournament format has been totally changed since the last ASUS ROG Tournament. We have talked to the players and asked feedback and suggestions on how to improve our system. One of the things that came up was the problem with round robin group stages (all vs all), where sometimes the success of a player depended too much on the other players in the group. Another thing we noticed was that players actually would prefer best-of-five matches in a group stage rather than the now popular best-of-three matches. One more issue was raised especially by the Koreans, which was that a two day tournament is too fast to properly prepare for each match.We appreciate the feedback and have modified our tournament format accordingly. The next ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament will be played in three days, there will be two group stages with GSL style double elimination groups with best-of-five matches and finally single elimination playoffs with best-of-five matches and a best-of-seven finals.The total prize money in the tournament is $30 000 USD which will be distributed among the top eight players as follows:1. $13 0002. $6 5003. $4 0004. $2 5005.-8. $1 000Stay tuned for more info about the ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament at ASSEMBLY Summer 2012. We will be announcing info about the qualification tournaments, invited players, casters, map pool and tournament details later.: Playoffs: Second Groups: Groups, Maps and Schedule: Qualifier Results and Final Eight Invites: Qualifiers and Casters: Second wave of invites: First invitesHead on over to the ASUS ROG Nordic facebook page and like it to not miss any behind the scenes info. Or if you just want to show the sponsors of the tournament some love.Finally, to remind you all of the company who makes this tournament possible, ROG -- Republic of Gamers, 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. The ASUS ROG Tournament will be solely powered by ASUS and ROG hardware.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, Eee Box and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, 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, the company's revenue for 2011 was US$13 billion.