Peliliiga’s statement about the NorthCon ASUS ROG Tournament

Friday, December 6, 2013 - 23:39
The NorthCon ASUS ROG StarCraft II Tournament started today on December 6th 2013. The tournament has faced many problems right from the start which have been apparent to every party involved including the players and the audience. Some of the problems have been out of the hands of the organizers, such as the bad weather in Germany affecting the travel schedules of the players and the staff, but no doubt a portion of the problems can be attributed to the lack of experience in running a high caliber offline tournament.
 
We at Peliliiga, which is the organizer behind the ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments held in the past, have been following the event closely. After the troublesome first day at NorthCon, we saw it necessary to inform the esports community that the ASUS ROG Tournament at NorthCon 2013 is independent from Peliliiga and the events organized by Peliliiga. 
 
Peliliiga wishes NorthCon the best of luck for tomorrow. Apparently at least the stream issues are being taken care of. Let us hope the second day at the NorthCon ASUS ROG Tournament redeems the first by offering an entertaining tournament at the quality the community has been accustomed to.
 
Peliliiga CEO
Petri Hämälä

Replays & VODs

Monday, August 5, 2013 - 23:22
The tournament is finished and we have a new, returning ASUS ROG StarCraft II Champion   Liquid Taeja! But as always here at ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournaments, the fun doesn’t end at the prize ceremony. We are now releasing all the replays of the tournament for you to enjoy and study. In the unfortunate case that you missed the event, this is your chance to see all the action that happened during the three days of ASUS ROG. Watch the replays or enjoy the VODs with professional casting provided by Khaldor & Idra.
 

Replays

 

VODs

For VOD links we point you to SpoilerFreeSC that has done a wonderful job collecting all the VODs from different streams to the same page.
 
 

Map popularity

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.
 
  1. Bel’Shir Vestige LE, 57, ~21%
  2. Nerkiwk Precinct TE, 44, ~16%
  3. Star Station, 42, ~16%
  4. Whirlwind LE, 37, ~15%
  5. Neo Planet S LE, 34, ~13%
  6. Akilon Wastes, 30, ~11%
  7. Derelict Watcer TE, 22, ~8%

Playoffs

Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 10:41

The final day of the tournament is here and it is time for the playoffs. The eight players, who managed to get through the two group stages and have already secured themselves a $1000 USD prize, have been set to the playoffs bracket seen below.

RO8
Happy
Alicia
 
 
TaeJa
Goswser
StarDust
HyuN
 
 
DongRaeGu
San
Semifinals
tba
tba
 
 
tba
tba
Finals
tba
tba
 

Schedule

13:00   Empire Happy vs   Axiom Alicia
14:30   Liquid Taejavs   Millenium Goswser
16:00   mYinsanity Stardust vs   Quantic HyuN
17:30   MVP DRG vs   Azubu San
19:00 Semi-final A
20:30 Semi-final B
22:00 Final

Conflict in the bracket draw

At the end of the Group Stage 2 broadcast the playoffs bracket was drawn. First the players who finished first in their groups were put in, and then the players who came second in their groups. The way a tournament bracket is usually formed forces the players who were in the same group in the opposite sides of the bracket, meaning that they can not meet again until the finals. Unfortunately, this fact was overlooked in the bracket draw. As a result, TaeJa/HyuN and DRG/Alicia were put in the same sides of the bracket even though they had been in the same groups.
 
The conflict was soon discovered after the broadcast ended and the necessary measures were taken to solve the situation. It was decided that HyuN and Alicia will switch places so that Happy will play Alicia, Not HyuN, and StarDust plays HyuN instead of Alicia. Luckily the players or their managers could be contacted right away and the new bracket brought to their attention.
 
We apologise for the mistake which caused misinformation to spread and inconvenience to the players as well as the audience.

Pictures

Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 01:34

For all of you fans out there who want to find out what it is like at the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 and Assembly Summer 2013, here are some photos taken by the finnish eSports site SETT.fi and their awesome photographers.

You can check them out here, at Flickr.com

Starting Groups

Friday, July 26, 2013 - 20:17
It is less than a week until the first matches of ASUS ROG Summer 2013 go live. The players have now been placed in the groups for the first group stage which will be played on the first day of the tournament, Thursday 1st August 13:00--22:30 CEST. The 32 players are divided into groups of four, which will be played in dual tournament format with best-of-5 matches. The top two players of each group advance to the second group stage, which is played in a similar fashion on Friday 2nd August.
 

Replacements

It is very unfortunate, but there have been more cancellations this week as   EG.Jaedong,   EG.Suppy,   Mill.ForGG,   Alliance.NaNiwa and   Fnatic.NightEnD are unable to attend the event. However, despite the proximity of the event, we were able to get noteworthy replacements:   Dignitas.TargA,   NaVi.BabyKnight,   prOperty.RunA,   Fnatic.Naama and   Bischu will take the vacant spots. We are very grateful to these players and teams who heeded our call and made the arrangements in a short time so that the tournament could retain its high standards.
 

Group Stage 1

In the first round the topmost player plays against the player second from the top, and the third player from the top plays against the player at the bottom.

Group 1 - 14:00 EEST
  Quantic HyuN
  Complexity viPro
  Newrosoft Welmu
  Dignitas TargA
Group 2 - 14:00 EEST
  SK MC
  Bischu
  Empire Happy
  prOperty SjoW
Group 3 - 14:00 EEST
  MVP DRG
  Fnatic Naama
  RoX.KiS TitaN
  Millenium Goswser
Group 4 - 14:00 EEST
​  mYinsanity Stardust
  RoX.KIS Pro7ect
  NaVi BabyKnight
  exile5 PiG
Group 5 - 19:00 EEST
  Liquid TLO
  prOperty RunA
  mousesports VortiX
  CPHW Bunny
Group 6 - 19:00 EEST
  Liquid Taeja
  RoX.KIS LiveZerg
  Millenium Dayshi
  Fnatic Harstem
Group 7 - 19:00 EEST
  Azubu San
  Revolver
  ALTERNATE Socke
  ENCE elfi
Group 8 - 19:00 EEST
  Axiom Alicia
  Millenium DieStar
  mousesports LucifroN
  Alliance SortOf
 

Maps

  • Akilon Wastes (Blizzard)
  • Bel'Shir Vestige LE (Blizzard)
  • Derelict Watcher TE (Blizzard)
  • Neo Planet S LE (Blizzard)
  • Newkirk Precinct TE (Blizzard)
  • Star Station (Blizzard)
  • Whirlwind LE (Blizzard)
 
Read the details of the map picks and the rest of the rules from the Tournament Rules (pdf).

Full Player List

Thursday, July 18, 2013 - 21:01
The qualifiers have been played and the eight qualified players have been determined. The 24 invites have been sent out and the players confirmed. It is now time to reveal the last eight invites and thus all the competitors that we are going to see at ASUS ROG Summer 2013 in two weeks time. The list is truly impressive despite the tournament field being really busy at the moment. The event is no doubt going to be a blast.
 

Final invites

  Alliance NaNiwa
  Fnatic NightEnD
  Fnatic Harstem
  RoX.KiS TitaN
  CPHW Bunny
  MVP DRG
  Quantic HyuN
  exile5 PiG
 

Replacements

Unfortunately   Empire.Kas, who earned a spot through the 2nd online qualifier, and one of the invitees,   mouz.MaNa, have cancelled their participation to the event.   coL.viPro will replace Kas as the second in line from the qualifier, and   Alliance.SortOf, who placed top eight in the last ASUS ROG, will fill the last remaining spot.
 

Full player list

  SK MC
  Axiom Alicia
​  mYinsanity Stardust
  Azubu San
  Newrosoft Welmu
  ENCE elfi
  Alliance NaNiwa
  Complexity viPro
  Fnatic NightEnD
  Fnatic Harstem
  RoX.KiS TitaN
  ALTERNATE Socke

  Millenium ForGG
  Liquid Taeja
  Empire Happy
  mousesports LucifroN
  Millenium Dayshi
  prOperty SjoW
  CPHW Bunny
  Millenium DieStar

  prOperty SortOf
  Evil Geniuses Jaedong
  MVP DRG
  Quantic HyuN
  Liquid TLO
  mousesports VortiX
  Evil Geniuses Suppy
  exile5 PiG
  RoX.KIS Pro7ect
  RoX.KIS LiveZerg
  Revolver
  Millenium Goswser

There you have it. More updates will be announced next week. The first group stage will be announced one week before the event along with the map pool and the full set of rules. Stay on top of the latest news by following @ROGtournament on Twitter.

Qualifier results and invites

Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 23:23

The next ASUS ROG StarCraft II tournament is less than a month away. All of the 24 invitations to the tournament have now been sent out for players who were selected among the almost 200 applicants interested in participating in the event. We are very proud of the attention the upcoming tournament has received in the player community. The quality of the applicants is also excellent and has got us really excited. With the qualifiers now over we are looking forward to the main event starting off on August 1st.

Qualifier results

The two online qualifiers were played this week, 4-5 July, and we now have the total of eight qualified players to add to the lineup. More than 170 people tried to qualify to ASUS ROG Summer 2013 which surpassed our expectations. The top four finishers in both tournaments were determined with all best-of-3 matches and the final rounds played in double elimination format. More details can be found at the qualifier topic.

Qualification tournament #1

  Azubu San
  RoX.KIS Pro7ect
  RoX.KIS LiveZerg 
  Millenium Goswser

Qualification tournament #2

  ALTERNATE Socke
  Empire Kas
  Millenium DieStar
  Revolver

Next invites

It is time to reveal eight more players who have been invited to compete at the ASUS ROG Summer 2013 tournament. The new invites are:

  mYminsanity Stardust
  mousesports MaNa
  ENCE elfi
  Millenium ForGG
  Liquid Taeja
  prOperty SjoW
  mousesports VortiX
  Evil Geniuses Suppy

Update to broadcast crew

As we have already announced, the main event will feature a free HD stream with Thomas “Khaldor” Kilian and Greg “IdrA” Fields providing the commentary. In addition, we are now happy to announce that Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat and Alexandre “FunKaDeLiC” Verrier will be joining the show as a host & interviewer and an in-game observer respectively. With three days of action and 32 skilled players around, we hope to get the most out of the atmosphere in the venue.