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//: NeoGAF 2011 Starcraft II OPEN Tournament
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Procarbine
Forever Platinum
GRAND FINALS NOW BETTER THAN MLG
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Kawl_USC said:
This is way better than MLG's strean right now, no doubt.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Oh man, bracket reset inc.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Final game.
Amazing finals, if you guys haven't been watching you are missing out.
Amazing finals, if you guys haven't been watching you are missing out.
Procarbine
Forever Platinum
Tournament Ace Match inc, tune in!
Mister Wilhelm
Member
bbyybb said:
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Despite the mistakes these are some of the most entertaining PVPs I've ever seen.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Paz donating his prize money to Japan.
What a guy.
What a guy.
Mister Wilhelm
Member
ksan said:
Seriously, he played how many games in a row?
And dominant most of the time?
Damn.
zerodayPopbot
Member
Nice job Paz after playing all those back-to-back.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
gg all.
A huge congratulations to Paz. Amazing job tonight. Your persistence impressed, your determination never wavered and your play dazzled and amazed. A true gentleman, donating the money to red cross in support of Japan. Congratulations once again.
Chanstaa, a great run. I will admit at the beginning of the tournament I never thought you would be in the finals.Nevertheless, you should be extremely proud of how far you made it in the tournament. A huge congrats to you as well. Be proud.
To MrMister and Corran, you guys are amazing, an amazing tournament of surprises and upsets. You guys are the true GAF heroes.
Chanstaa, a great run. I will admit at the beginning of the tournament I never thought you would be in the finals.Nevertheless, you should be extremely proud of how far you made it in the tournament. A huge congrats to you as well. Be proud.
To MrMister and Corran, you guys are amazing, an amazing tournament of surprises and upsets. You guys are the true GAF heroes.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Remember, showmatch next week with FXOMoonglade v Paz 
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
They show up instantly
http://www.justin.tv/corran666/b/282794089
So my channel got ~1,500 views today. The stream itself got about 1,000 views. This isnt unique viewers, it includes refreshes/etc but still pretty good
http://www.justin.tv/corran666/b/282794089
So my channel got ~1,500 views today. The stream itself got about 1,000 views. This isnt unique viewers, it includes refreshes/etc but still pretty good
Thanks all.
Glad most are happy about how this turned out.
I'll have either audio clips or transcribed audio (Did not want 27 minutes of talk, but we kept going) for the finals stuff.
Real props to Corran for lugging through the VOD and links. It's awesome that we can just have a few people start up and manage a tournament like this. MrMr for putting it together with his graphics.
Small beginnings
Hope everyone enjoyed the casting, really got into it. Didn't expect that for PvP.
Glad most are happy about how this turned out.
I'll have either audio clips or transcribed audio (Did not want 27 minutes of talk, but we kept going) for the finals stuff.
Real props to Corran for lugging through the VOD and links. It's awesome that we can just have a few people start up and manage a tournament like this. MrMr for putting it together with his graphics.
Small beginnings
Hope everyone enjoyed the casting, really got into it. Didn't expect that for PvP.
perryfarrell
Member
Superb job to everybody involved. GGs!
GG to everybody in the tournament, that was a great Grand Final, final brackets posted in the OP! All in all I had a great time organizing this for you all and I hope the players, viewers, and staff alike all enjoyed this wonderful event in NeoGAF community history. Don't forget that next Friday, April 8th FXOMoonglade will be facing our winner Paz live in a show match! As for the prizes to our top three players, it is up to the donator to send the prize to the winner. I will be sending PMs to donators as a reminder.
Thanks for playing and see you in the next tournament, the Summer Invitational, in mid-May!
theshizzle
Member
Hey guys! Thanks for everything! Twas an amazing tournament, a few big upsets (Panda, I'm looking at you! =D) but everything was fantastic.
I just wanna say, for my first tournament experience ever, it was fun =D and I hope everyone enjoyed the games. I'm glad I placed top 3 and if I had to lose to anyone, I'm glad it was to Paz, a damn good player.
Hope to see you all ingame! =)
I just wanna say, for my first tournament experience ever, it was fun =D and I hope everyone enjoyed the games. I'm glad I placed top 3 and if I had to lose to anyone, I'm glad it was to Paz, a damn good player.
Hope to see you all ingame! =)
Liberally transcribed interviews, sorry it's a bit hard to read.
Hazard: Why did you choose Protoss over Zerg? I saw you were a Masters Zerg on SEA.
Paz: During the beta I played a lot of Protoss, but I felt that they were a bit one dimensional in the beta. It was really boring, so when it came out and I picked up the AUS version (no NA available at launch), since most of the SEA server is not that great, I played a more macro style with Zerg and got into the top 200.
Hazard: And so you were a 5-0 plat in our tournament...
Paz: Yea... I should have let the organizers know where I stood. Sorry for knocking you out.
Hazard: You got a bit upset at Chanstaa at the end of the first set, why was that?
Paz: It wasn't directed at Chanstaa, I just get really into the flow of the game and having a pause like that is really distracting. In the Winners bracket I was far past the time for my lunch break and felt under pressure that way.
Hazard: In the Game 3 base trade, you mentioned your boss came over, which was when you walked 5 stalkers down the ramp.
Paz: Yeah, he came over to check since we had a meeting scheduled after lunch, where I sort of gave him eye contact, "I am still on my lunch break".
Hazard: How comfortable were you going into the Bo3 after taking the Bo7 4-1?
Paz: I was completely uncomfortable, PvP is by far my worst matchup, if I could I would have switched to Zerg to play a ZvP.
Hazard: Have you played or entered any other tournaments other than this one?
Paz: No, I'm not a big tournament player. I am a long time lurker on NeoGAF and I played with them on NA in the beta. Bunch of guys who just play for fun.
Hazard: Like people who go 1 base BC and beat you
Paz: Haha, yeah. That was back in beta when all I did was go 3 gate robo. That's why I switched from Protoss.
Hazard: Chanstaa, you felt hyper aggressive in most of your games, why is that?
Chanstaa: That's just how I play, I feel that if the other player messes up, that is it for them.
Hazard: Chanstaa, in the last game you mentioned you like PvP. Is this true? Are you sane?
Chanstaa: I actually like PvP, there's non stop action and it is never boring.
Hazard: Paz, what is your relationship with mOOnGLaDe?
Paz: He's an old friend of mine, when he was competing in Warcraft III events and I... wasn't really competing in anything. Actually ended up working with him for about 2 years.
Hazard: Looking forward to the April 8th match between you two
Paz: I messaged him on MSN and he says he is going to crush me.
Hazard: Chanstaa, how do you feel about the results?
Chanstaa: I'm still a bit salty
Paz: You played a great match though
Hazard: When you guys have some time, I think you should look back at the VODs we have. Feep and I really got into the casting for the Finals.
Paz: I actually watched all the VODs with me in them, or my opponents. I thought it was really helpful to see where you guys picked out mistakes that I might have missed. It's a lot better than watching a replay I think.
Chanstaa: Same here, it really helps to get a different perspective that we might not think of.
Hazard: You know I just try to fill time right?
Paz/Chanstaa: Heh
Hazard: You better crush mOOnGLaDe Paz!
Paz: I'll try, I've got some ideas.
Hazard: Last words?
Paz: I'm sending the winnings to Japan, so if anyone out there has the ability to send, please send.
Chanstaa: Thank you for the tournament. It was really fun, good vibes, good everything. I'm really looking forward to the next one.
Paz: And I want to give a couple shoutouts
Hazard: Sure, go ahead
Paz: This tournament has been really well run, everyone was asked to be there on time, on days, etc. The VOD links and all the posts, replays are being put up. There's some pretty good commentary as well.
Chanstaa: And props to Corran man, he always has the stream up and is posting all the VOD links and everything.
Hazard: I'm not sure what tournament you guys played in. See you in a week Paz!
Hazard: Why did you choose Protoss over Zerg? I saw you were a Masters Zerg on SEA.
Paz: During the beta I played a lot of Protoss, but I felt that they were a bit one dimensional in the beta. It was really boring, so when it came out and I picked up the AUS version (no NA available at launch), since most of the SEA server is not that great, I played a more macro style with Zerg and got into the top 200.
Hazard: And so you were a 5-0 plat in our tournament...
Paz: Yea... I should have let the organizers know where I stood. Sorry for knocking you out.
Hazard: You got a bit upset at Chanstaa at the end of the first set, why was that?
Paz: It wasn't directed at Chanstaa, I just get really into the flow of the game and having a pause like that is really distracting. In the Winners bracket I was far past the time for my lunch break and felt under pressure that way.
Hazard: In the Game 3 base trade, you mentioned your boss came over, which was when you walked 5 stalkers down the ramp.
Paz: Yeah, he came over to check since we had a meeting scheduled after lunch, where I sort of gave him eye contact, "I am still on my lunch break".
Hazard: How comfortable were you going into the Bo3 after taking the Bo7 4-1?
Paz: I was completely uncomfortable, PvP is by far my worst matchup, if I could I would have switched to Zerg to play a ZvP.
Hazard: Have you played or entered any other tournaments other than this one?
Paz: No, I'm not a big tournament player. I am a long time lurker on NeoGAF and I played with them on NA in the beta. Bunch of guys who just play for fun.
Hazard: Like people who go 1 base BC and beat you
Paz: Haha, yeah. That was back in beta when all I did was go 3 gate robo. That's why I switched from Protoss.
Hazard: Chanstaa, you felt hyper aggressive in most of your games, why is that?
Chanstaa: That's just how I play, I feel that if the other player messes up, that is it for them.
Hazard: Chanstaa, in the last game you mentioned you like PvP. Is this true? Are you sane?
Chanstaa: I actually like PvP, there's non stop action and it is never boring.
Hazard: Paz, what is your relationship with mOOnGLaDe?
Paz: He's an old friend of mine, when he was competing in Warcraft III events and I... wasn't really competing in anything. Actually ended up working with him for about 2 years.
Hazard: Looking forward to the April 8th match between you two
Paz: I messaged him on MSN and he says he is going to crush me.
Hazard: Chanstaa, how do you feel about the results?
Chanstaa: I'm still a bit salty
Paz: You played a great match though
Hazard: When you guys have some time, I think you should look back at the VODs we have. Feep and I really got into the casting for the Finals.
Paz: I actually watched all the VODs with me in them, or my opponents. I thought it was really helpful to see where you guys picked out mistakes that I might have missed. It's a lot better than watching a replay I think.
Chanstaa: Same here, it really helps to get a different perspective that we might not think of.
Hazard: You know I just try to fill time right?
Paz/Chanstaa: Heh
Hazard: You better crush mOOnGLaDe Paz!
Paz: I'll try, I've got some ideas.
Hazard: Last words?
Paz: I'm sending the winnings to Japan, so if anyone out there has the ability to send, please send.
Chanstaa: Thank you for the tournament. It was really fun, good vibes, good everything. I'm really looking forward to the next one.
Paz: And I want to give a couple shoutouts
Hazard: Sure, go ahead
Paz: This tournament has been really well run, everyone was asked to be there on time, on days, etc. The VOD links and all the posts, replays are being put up. There's some pretty good commentary as well.
Chanstaa: And props to Corran man, he always has the stream up and is posting all the VOD links and everything.
Hazard: I'm not sure what tournament you guys played in. See you in a week Paz!
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
//: NeoGAF 2011 Starcraft II OPEN Tournament - The Final Countdown! Bracket Finals, Survivor Match, & Grand Finals!
Blip.tv: http://corran.blip.tv/
Justin.tv Videos: http://www.justin.tv/corran666/videos
Justin.tv Stream: http://www.justin.tv/corran666
Neogaf Replays: http://www.askcorran.com/replays/
-Have replays that are not here and want them to be? Just send them my way and I will upload.
Winners Bracket Final - Chanstaa(P) v Paz(P)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Losers Bracket Final - Ezrarh(P) v Twosocks(Z)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Survivor Match - Ezrarh(P) v Paz(P)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Grand Finals - Chanstaa(P) v Paz(P)
Best of 7 + Best of 3
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
Replays:
Best of 7
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Best of 3
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Full Stream
3-31-11 - Winners & Losers Bracket Finals
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
4-01-11 - Survivor Match & Grand Finals
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
Complete Tournament Replay Pack:
Dropbox Link - Askcorran Link
Showmatch with FXOMoonglade next week!
Blip.tv: http://corran.blip.tv/
Justin.tv Videos: http://www.justin.tv/corran666/videos
Justin.tv Stream: http://www.justin.tv/corran666
Neogaf Replays: http://www.askcorran.com/replays/
-Have replays that are not here and want them to be? Just send them my way and I will upload.
Winners Bracket Final - Chanstaa(P) v Paz(P)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Losers Bracket Final - Ezrarh(P) v Twosocks(Z)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Survivor Match - Ezrarh(P) v Paz(P)
Blip.tv - Justin.tv
Replays
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Grand Finals - Chanstaa(P) v Paz(P)
Best of 7 + Best of 3
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
Replays:
Best of 7
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Best of 3
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Full Stream
3-31-11 - Winners & Losers Bracket Finals
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
4-01-11 - Survivor Match & Grand Finals
Blip.tv Part 1 - Blip.tv Part 2
Justin.tv Part 1 - Justin.tv Part 2
Complete Tournament Replay Pack:
Dropbox Link - Askcorran Link
Showmatch with FXOMoonglade next week!
PhoenixDark
Banned
Pandaman said:
Welcome to the club. I lost to the eventual winner last time (you). Feels good man
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Updated with all vods. Hope to make some post soon with a all the VODs together, or at least all the vod post links.