ASSEMBLY Winter: SteelSeries Challenge

ASSEMBLY Winter: SteelSeries Challenge

Starcraft II is going to hit the northern wonderland of Finland in the beginning of the year 2011 as Assembly Winter and Steelseries organize one of the biggest SC2-tournaments in Europe.

EVENT STARTED http://nl.justin.tv/glhf#/w/853288528 - Martijn and Maven [ENGLISH]

http://www.justin.tv/totalbiscuit/ - TotalBiscuit [ENGLISH]

http://www.own3d.tv/live/25 - Khaldor [GERMAN]

http://www.justin.tv/glhf2 - GLHF Stream #2 [ENGLISH]

http://www.millenium.org/home/webtv/ - Millennium TV [FRENCH]

http://starcraft2tv.pl/odtwarzacz.html - ItsMorglum [POLISH]

http://www.goodgame.ru/news.php?ocd=view&id=8664 - Good Game [RUSSIAN]

http://www.sett.fi/tv - Sett [FINNISH]


Date: 11th - 13th February 2011
Player limit: 64
Tournament type: NON BYOC(Bring-your-own-computer), Groups + Single-elimination
Prize Pool: € 5000
Video Interviews:
Liquid'TLO - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32153-TLO_no_problem_at_all_to_switch_race

Liquid'HuK - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32151-HuK_pretty_sure_Im_the_best_player_here

SKJimpo - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32150-jimpo_can_play_better_if_I_want_to

aTnSocke - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32172-Socke_I_dont_wanna_play_Ret

M.DieStar - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32174-DieStar_dont_think_I_will_kill_adelscott

Liquid'Ret - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32165-Ret_Naniwa_possibly_hardest_match_till_final

Liquid'Tyler - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32166-Tyler_no_one_here_I_cant_beat_in_a_Bo3Bo5

mouzMorroW - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32159-MorroW_in_SC1_I_was_close_to_going_to_Korea

mouzNaama - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32158-Naama_SeiN_studied_a_lot_of_replays_from_Sjow

M.Tarson - http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/32157-Tarson_didnt_practice_at_all_before_IEM


Prizes:
€ 3000
€ 1350
€ 500
[4th] € 150 + Complete Steelseries Gaming Gear
[5th-8th] Complete Steelseries Gaming Gear

Groups:

Group A#1 Liquid`TLO
#2 Menace.Fuzer
#3 RoX.KIS.Livezerg
#4 Mayhemia

Group B#1 Empire.Kas
#2 aTn.DarKFoRcE
#3 Lions.StyGGeN
#4 gL.Mudis

Group C#1 mouz.Naama
#2 SK.jimpo
#3 Empire.Forsen
#4 Konna

Group D#1 M.Tarson
#2 myR.eNvious
#3 RAGE.Welmu
#4 Multani

Group E#1 Liquid`Huk
#2 RoX.KIS.Abver
#3 MYM.SaSe
#4 kiljardi

Group F#1 ROOT.qxc
#2 dignitas.merz
#3 Ouga
#4 gL.torecito

Group G#1 aTn.Socke
#2 RoX.KIS.Pomi
#3 RAGE.ActionJesuz
#4 Tuomio

Group H#1 mouz.Strelok
#2 M.LaLush
#3 dwish.cast
#4 Protosser

Group I#1 dignitas.SjoW
#2 Virus.Seinis
#3 inF.RunA
#4 Which

Group J#1 mouz.MorroW
#2 M.Adelscott
#3 RAGE.Seala
#4 TrueRandom

Group K#1 RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK
#2 M.DieStar
#3 Imakki
#4 ZhuGeLiang

Group L#1 Virus.Satiini
#2 PwR.elfi
#3 Gruang
#4 Lions.Skruffy

Group M#1 Liquid`Ret
#2 srs.iNSoLeNCE
#3 GG.Naugrim
#4 Aktivisti

Group N#1 dignitas.Naniwa
#2 mouz.HasuObs
#3 nD.Tripal
#4 h4u.Drafter

Group O #1 EG.DeMusliM
#2 dignitas.Bischu
#3 M.ToD
#4 barian

Group P#1 Liquid`Tyler
#2 aAa.SarenS
#3 EG.Grubby
#4 Virus.Magik


Results Groupsfase:
Spoiler Group ALiquid´TLO <2-0> RoX.KIS.LiveZerg
Menace.Fuzer <2-0> Mayhemia
Liquid´TLO <2-0> Menace.Fuzer
RoX.KIS.LiveZerg <2-0> Mayhemia
Mayhemia <0-2> Liquid´TLO
Menace.Fuzer <0-2> RoX.KIS.LiveZerg

1. Liquid`TLO
2. RoX.KIS.Livezerg
3. Menace.Fuzer
4. Mayhemia

Spoiler Group BLions.StyGGeN <2-1> aTn.DarKFoRcE
gL.Mudis <0-2> Empire.Kas
aTn.DarKFoRcE <2-0> gL.Mudis
Empire.Kas <2-0> Lions.StyGGeN
Lions.StyGGeN <2-0> gL.Mudis
Empire.Kas <2-1> aTn.DarKFoRcE

1. Empire.Kas
2. Lions.StyGGeN
3. aTn.DarKFoRcE
4. gL.Mudis

Spoiler Group CEmpire.Forsen <0-2> SK.jimpo
Konna <0-2> mouzNaama
Empire.Forsen <0-2> mouzNaama
SK.jimpo <2-0> Konna
mouzNaama <0-2> SK.jimpo
Konna <2-0> Empire.Forsen

1. SK.jimpo
2. mouz.Naama
3. Empire.Forsen
4. Konna

Spoiler Group DM.Tarson <2-0> RAGE.Welmu
Multani <2-0> myR.eNvious
M.Tarson <2-0> myR.eNvious
RAGE.Welmu <1-2> Multani
RAGE.Welmu <2-0> myR.eNvious
Multani <0-2> M.Tarson

1. M.Tarson
2. Multani
3. RAGE.Welmu
4. myR.eNvious

Spoiler Group ELiquid`HuK <2-0> MYM.SaSe
kiljardi <2-0> RoX.KIS.Abver*
Liquid`HuK <2-0> RoX.KIS.Abver
MYM.SaSe <2-0> kiljardi
kiljardi <0-2> Liquid`HuK
RoX.KIS.Abver <0-2> MYM.SaSe

1. Liquid`HuK
2. MYM.SaSe
3. kiljardi
4. RoX.KIS.Abver[/b]

Spoiler Group Fdignitas.meRz <0-2> ROOT.qxc
gL.torecito <2-0> Ouga
Ouga <0-2> dignitas.meRz
ROOT.qxc <2-0> gL.torecito
dignitas.meRz <2-0> gL.torecito
ROOT.qxc <2-0> Ouga

1. ROOT.qxc
2. dignitas.merz
3. gL.torecito
4. Ouga

Spoiler Group GaTn.Socke <2-0> Tuomio
RAGE.ActionJesuz <0-2> RoX.KIS.Pomi
aTn.Socke <2-0> RoX.KIS.Pomi
RAGE.ActionJesuz <2-0> Tuomio
aTn.Socke <2-1> RAGE.ActionJesuz
RoX.KIS.Pomi <2-0> Tuomio

1. aTn.Socke
2. RoX.KIS.Pomi
3. RAGE.ActionJesuz
4. Tuomio

Spoiler Group Hdwish.cast <0-2> Protosser
M.LaLuSh <0-2> mouz.Strelok
dwish.cast <0-2> mouz.Strelok
M.LaLuSh <2-1> Protosser
dwish.cast <0-2> M.LaLuSh
mouz.Strelok <2-0> Protosser

1. mouz.Strelok
2. M.LaLuSh
3. Protosser
4. dwish.cast

Spoiler Group Idignitas.SjoW <2-0> Which
inF.RunA <1-2> Virus.Seinis
dignitas.SjoW <1-2> Virus.Seinis
inF.RunA <2-0> Which
dignitas.SjoW <0-2> inF.RunA
Virus.Seinis <2-0>Which

1. Virus.Seinis
2. inF.RunA
3. dignitas.SjoW
4. Which

Spoiler Group JM.Adelscott <2-0> TrueRandom
mouz.MorroW <2-0> RAGE.Seala
M.Adelscott <2-0> RAGE.Seala
mouz.MorroW <2-0> TrueRandom
M.Adelscott <2-0> mouz.MorroW
RAGE.Seala <2-0> TrueRandom

1. M.Adelscott
2. mouz.MorroW
3. RAGE.Seala
4. TrueRandom

Spoiler Group Kmakki <2-0> ZhuGeLiang
M.DieStar <2-0> RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK
imakki <2-0> RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK
M.DieStar <2-0> ZhuGeLiang
imakki <1-2> M.DieStar
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK <0-2> ZhuGeLiang

1. M.DieStar
2. Imakki
3. ZhuGeLiang
4. RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK

Spoiler Group LGruang <1-2> PwR.elfi
Lions.Skruffy <0-2> Virus.Satiini
Lions.Skruffy <0-2> PwR.elfi
Gruang <1-2> Virus.Satiini
Lions.Skruffy <2-1> Gruang
PwR.elfi <2-1> Virus.Satiini

1. PwR.elfi
2. Virus.Satiini
3. Lions.Skruffy
4. Gruang

Spoiler Group MAktivisti <0-2> srs.iNSoLeNCE
GG.Naugrim <0-2> Liquid`Ret
Aktivisti <0-2> Liquid`Ret
GG.Naugrim <1-2> srs.iNSoLeNCE
Aktivisti <0-2> GG.Naugrim
Liquid`Ret <2-0> srs.iNSoLeNCE

1. Liquid`Ret
2. srs.iNSoLeNCE
3. GG.Naugrim
4. Aktivisti

Spoiler Group N
nD.Tripal <0-2> mouz.HasuObs
dignitas.Naniwa <2-0> h4u.Drafter
nD.Tripal <1-2> h4u.Drafter
dignitas.Naniwa <2-0> mouz.HasuObs
nD.Tripal <0-2> dignitas.Naniwa
h4u.Drafter <0-2> mouz.HasuObs

1. dignitas.Naniwa
2. mouz.HasuObs
3. h4u.Drafter
4. nD.Tripal

Spoiler Group O
dignitas.Bischu <2-0> barian
EG.DeMusliM <0-2> M.ToD
dignitas.Bischu <2-0> M.ToD
EG.DeMusliM <0-2> barian
dignitas.Bischu <2-0> EG.DeMusliM
M.ToD <2-0> barian

1. dignitas.Bischu
2. M.ToD
3. barian
4. EG.DeMusliM

Spoiler Group PaAa.SarenS <2-0> Virus.Magik
EG.Grubby <0-2> Liquid`Tyler
aAa.SarenS <2-1> Liquid`Tyler
EG.Grubby <2-0> Virus.Magik
aAa.SarenS <2-1> EG.Grubby
Liquid`Tyler <2-0> Virus.Magik

1. aAa.SarenS
2. Liquid`Tyler
3. EG.Grubby
4. Virus.Magik


Rounds:
Round of 32 games
Liquid´TLO vs inF.RunA
Empire.Kas vs mouz.MorroW
SK.jimpo vs imakki
M.Tarson vs Virus.Satiini
Liquid`HuK vs srs.iNSoLeNCE
ROOT.qxc vs mouz.HasuObs
aTn.Socke vs M.ToD
mouz.Strelok vs Liquid`Tyler
Virus.Seinis vs RoX.KIS.LiveZerg
M.Adelscott vs Lions.StyGGeN
M.DieStar vs mouzNaama
PwR.elfi vs Multani
Liquid`Ret vs MYM.SaSe
dignitas.Naniwa vs dignitas.meRz
]dignitas.Bischu vs RoX.KIS.Pomi
aAa.SarenS vs M.LaLuSh

Results Round of 32
Liquid´TLO 2:1 inF.RunA
Empire.Kas 0:2 mouz.MorroW
SK.jimpo 0:2 imakki
M.Tarson 2:1 Virus.Satiini
Liquid`HuK 2:0 srs.iNSoLeNCE
ROOT.qxc 2:1 mouz.HasuObs
aTn.Socke 2:0 M.ToD
mouz.Strelok 1:2 Liquid`Tyler
Virus.Seinis 2:1 RoX.KIS.LiveZerg
M.Adelscott 2:0 Lions.StyGGeN
M.DieStar 2:0 mouzNaama
PwR.elfi 2:0 Multani
Liquid`Ret 2:1 MYM.SaSe
dignitas.Naniwa 2:0 dignitas.meRz
dignitas.Bischu 0:2 RoX.KIS.Pomi
aAa.SarenS 2:1 M.LaLuSh


Round of 16Liquid´TLO vs mouz.MorroW
imakki vsM.Tarson
Liquid`HuK vs ROOT.qxc
aTn.Socke vs Liquid`Tyler
Virus.SeiN vs M.Adelscott
M.DieStar vs PwR.elfi
Liquid`Ret vs dignitas.Naniwa
RoX.KIS.Pomi vs aAa.SarenS
Results of RO16
Liquid´TLO 0:2 mouz.MorroW
imakki 0:2 M.Tarson
Liquid`HuK 2:0 ROOT.qxc
aTn.Socke 2:1 Liquid`Tyler
Virus.SeiN 1:2 M.Adelscott
M.DieStar 2:1 PwR.elfi
Liquid`Ret 2:0 dignitas.Naniwa
RoX.KIS.Pomi 2:0aAa.SarenS

Round of 8mouz.MorroW vs M.Tarson
Liquid`HuK vs aTn.Socke
M.Adelscott vs M.DieStar
Liquid`Ret vs RoX.KIS.Pomi
Round of 8 Results mouz.MorroW 2:0 M.Tarson
Liquid`HuK 1:2 aTn.Socke
M.Adelscott 2:1 M.DieStar
Liquid`Ret 2:1 RoX.KIS.Pomi

[bSemi Finals[/b]]aTn.Socke vs mouz.MorroW

Liquid`Ret vs M.Adelscott

Road to the Semi Finals : aTn.Socke topped his group winning 2:0 against Rox.KIS.Pomi and Tuomio and 2:1 against ActionJesuz, he then went on to beat M.ToD in the Round of 32 2:0, then in the Round of 16 he beat Liquid'Tyler 2:1, in the round of 8 he beat one of the favorites HuK 2:1 placing him in the semis

Liquid'Ret also topped his group winning 2:0 against srs.iNSoLeNCE, GG.Naugrim and Aktivisti and then breezed through the round of 32 with a 2:1 win against MYM.SaSe, then there was the round of 16 where Ret also won 2:0 against dignitas'Naniwa, then in the round of 8 Ret won 2:1 against RoX.KIS.Pomi securing his place in the semi finals.

mouzMorrow came second in his group losing 2:0 to M.Adelscott but winning 2:0 Truerandom and RAGE.Seala, in the Round of 32 Morrow took on Empire.Kas and won 2:0 but then in the Round of 16 Morrow was to face to one the only TLO, this would be tough for Morrow as TLO is one of the favorites having lived in Korea and competed in the top level for a long time, but Morrow managed to pull a 2:0 win against TLO moving him onto the round of 8 where he would face M.Tarson, which ended 2:0 to Morrow meaning he was to move onto the semis

M.Adelscott finished first in his group beating mouzMorrow, Truerandom, and RAGE.Seala 2:0, he would then go and take on Lions.StyGGeN in the round of 32 where he won 2:0 without much problem, however in the round of 16 he would take on Naamas brother Virus.SeiN who beat Sjow another favorite, but Adelscott went on to win this 2:1, in the round of 8 he was facing M.Diestar his teammate, who after 3 games, Adelscott would win earning himself a well deserved place in the semi finals

Best of Luck to all the Players

[bSemi Final Game Spoilers][/b]mouzMorrow vs aTn.Socke

Game 1 - Shakuras Plateau, Morrow spawns bottom left and Socke spawns bottom right, Morrow with a gas and pool before expand whereas Socke goes Voidrays forcing Morrow to go hydras but then Socke counters his Hydras with Collussus, Morrow trys to do some drops with his overlords but Sockes army just eats ups his hydra roach combo, Socke then counters through the destructible rocks, Morrows units just cant beat Sockes and after some nice forcefields, Morrow calls the GG

Game 2 - Xel Naga Caverns, Morrow spawns on the bottom as the green Zerg where as Socke spawns top as the teal Protoss, Socke attempts to 4 gateway but Morrow held it off and went for a quick 3rd base placing him even further in the lead, finally Morrow pushes with a Roach, Speedling, and some Hydras into Sockes small mainly gateway units army, even with the forcefields morrows units are just too many and finally Socke calls GG

Game 3 - Lost Temple Socke spawns top right where as Morrow spawns bottom left meaning cross poisitions, Socke goes Nexus first where as Morrow goes spawning pool and then expansion, he sends in a few speedlings to and causes mining to stop then he runs past into the main to kill off a few probes, Socke is on the backfoot as his tech is low in comparison to Morrow, the zerg then goes on to take 2 more expansions and masses on Roaches, Lings and Hydras, he attacks Sockes army of stalkers, sentries and 1 Collussus, Morrows army takes out the small opposing army and Socke calls the GG,Morrow is the First Finalist, Congratulations

Liquid'Ret vs Adelscott

Game 1 - Xel Naga Caverns Adelscott spawns bottom where as Ret spawns top, starts normal with a pool going down for Ret and a gateway for Adelscott, Ret follows this up with a expand where wasAdelscott trys a 3 gate expand getting his expansion much later then Ret, a small attack starts up leaving Adelscott behind, he failed to take out the 3rd expansion so Ret can just produce as many roaches as he can he counter pushes breaking Adelscotts 3rd andkilling off his army while constantly producing 6-7 roaches, Ret continues with his push and Adelscotts army just cant handle it and he calls to GG

Game 2 - Metalopolis The players spawn cross positions, and similar to last map they start exactly the same, Ret's 3rd base is underthreat from Adelscotts army but meanwhile there are zerglings in his base killing all of Adelscotts probes, he cant reproduce his army like Ret can so Adelscott calls the GG and Ret gets his well deserved spot in the Finals vs Morrow, a Zerg vs Zerg Final

[bFinal Spoilers[/b]] Liquid'Ret 3:1 mouzMorrow

Game 1 - Blistering Sands Ret and Morrow start with the same build however when Ret expands Morrow techs to banelings however its not enough, Ret manages to hold off the banelings with roaches, Ret breaks down the back rocks and rushes in with his roaches, it is 24 roaches against 24 roaches however Morrows roaches dont have +1 weapons like Ret so he loses his roaches and calls to GG first map goes to Ret

Game 2 - MetalopolisRet spawns below Morrow and this time it was a zergling vs zergling fight on 2 bases, it was an action packed micro fight with both Ret and Morrow going Banelings however Ret gets a roach warren up first but its not enough and Morrow rolls in with his zerglings and banelings killing off Rets army which he reproduces but Morrow runs in again with a ton of more lings and kills it off again, Ret calls the GG, and the second map goes to Morrow

Game 3 - Scrap Station Ret starts with a fast expand whereas Morrow goes for pool and baneling nest, however Ret counters this with fast roaches taking him into the lead, Morrow finally gets his expansion up but its so late compared to Rets, finally the Ret breaks down the rocks and rushes into Morrow army, Morrow gets a nice arch but Rets numbers of roaches and hydras and there upgrade comparisons means Rets army stomps over his opponent Morrow calls the GG and it is 2:1 to Ret

Game 4 - Xel Naga Caverns Morrow has to win this map in order to have a shot at winning but its not going to be easy, Ret will fight for this and it starts off with an expansion from Ret however Morrow goes with pool and baneling nest like last map however Ret goes with roaches again and fights off the attack, when Morrow trys to expand Ret attacks his natural and takes it down meaning its an all or nothing push for Morrow but he just cant take on the numbers and calls to GG meaning Liquid'Ret is the Winter Aseembly 2011 winner


[bFinal Results[/b]] Liquid'Ret
mousMorrow
M.Adelscott
[4th] aTn.Socke

Notes
* Abver dropped out
** DeMusliM dropped out
*** BRAT_OK dropped out
****EG Grubby vs aAaSarens turns into a 1hour 20 minute long game of sitting waiting for the other to attack

[iSuprises[/i]] Sjow loses to Virus Sein and inF.Runa meaning hes out of this tournament
Liquid'TLO loses to mouzMorrow in round of 16 knocking TLO out of the tournament
Liquid Tyler loses out to aTn Socke leaving only HuK and Ret to represent Team Liquid
HuK loses to proxy gateway from aTn Socke meaning HuK is out of the tournament!


Number of Players : 23 20 17 4 = 64

Playoff schedule:

RO32 (bo3): 12-2. 11:00 & 13:00 GMT+1
RO16 (bo3): 12-2. 15:00 GMT+1
RO8 (bo3): 12-2. 17:00 GMT+1
RO4 (bo3): 12-2. 19:00 GMT+1
Bronze match (bo5): 12-2. 21:00 GMT+1
Grand Finals (bo5): 12-2. 23:00 GMT+1


Good Luck to all the players and be sure to tune in some awesome matches to come and i will do my best to keep this up-to-date during the event :)



special thanks to Mizzi for helping me out with writing, and thanks to the preview button which doesn't really show the end-look

Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed the coverage, we will hope to continue with Starcraft 2 LAN events coverage, Thanks[/i]