One of such things is ASUS Cup. One of the biggest Brood War tournament outside of Korea is barely covered by the english news portals, and besides an occasional news post here and there there is almost no information to be found. Did you know that today its ASUS time again? Probably not. But have no fear, all is not lost, you still have the time to catch up. So read up, and let your mind enjoy the world of ASUS.
The Money
Overall50000 RUR(~1850 USD)
1st16000 RUR(~600 USD)
2nd10000 RUR(~375 USD)
3rd8000 RUR(~300 USD)
4th6000 RUR(~225 USD)
5/6th3000 RUR(~110 USD)
7/8th2000 RUR(~75 USD)
The Rules
The Brackets:
64 people. Double Elimination. Winnerbrackets: BO3. Loserbrackets: BO1
The Maps:
WCG GaiaWCG AzaleaWCG Paranoid Android
Each player picks a map, and the order is determined by a coin toss. In case of a draw third game is played on the remaining map.
The Seeds:
fanatiC.eX
mYm.Advokate[S2]
Notforu[S2]
blank.White-Ra(LKI). The seeds are subject to change.
The Schedule
May 27th, 2006
Play sign in and draw 09:30-11:00
Tournament 11:00-19:00
Final 19:00-19:30
Award Ceremony 19:30
The Place
Where: Moscow, Russia. Gaming center «4GAME»
Disturbing banner pointing to the 4GAME website (which untill today had nothing but a flash intro) have recently appeared on cyberfight.ru, and informs us that the gaming center area is 800 square meters and will include a hundred "super-powerful" computers. Following the banner you could find out that the information wasn't quite right, and the gaming center is packing only 80 computers, but it defines "super-powerful" pretty well: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ / 1024 Mb DDR400 PC3200 / nVidia GeForce 7800 GT. Of course this specifications allow you to run about a hundred Starcraft: Brood War games flowlessly.
A couple of weeks ago one of our own, a Starcraft fan Ayumi[a2] has managed to free up her busy schedule and take a trip to the mysterious house #12 on Yaroslavskaya street.
Building on the right, red cross marks the entrance (by Ayumi_a2).
Unfortunately, fearing industrial espionage, the organizations prohibited Ayumi from taking photographs inside the building.
The History
When it comes to foreign e-sports scent, Brood War is hands down the most ignored discipline out of the big 4(Quake, Counter Strike, Warcraft, Starcraft). And with ASUS, the case holds just as well: out of 14 ASUS's held, only 4 included StarCraft: Brood War.
It started out so well in the gloomy Autumn of 2004. Back then the cyberfight news reporters, and great starcraft fans 3D.Overmind and Odd_Ulvar[S2](or maybe just one of them) after a lot of arguments managed to persuade the organizators of this event to add Starcraft as an official discipline. It turned out to be a marvelous tournament, one of the biggest and best Starcraft tournaments this world ever seen. The prizes were up to par with the likes of Quake and Warcraft, giving every Starcraft fan the hope for better future.
1st mYm|Yan[S2]250 USD + *
2nd Androide[3D]100 USD + *
3rd RoX-Pomi[S2]*
4th 3D.Escape80 USD
5/6th MCA[S2]60 USD
5/6th MiG.Scout60 USD*=video ASUS V9520 Home Theater/P 128Mb
But this wasnt enough to make the sponsors believe that Starcraft is a worthy investment. Starcraft skipped one ASUS and reappeared only half a year later, at ASUS Cup Spring 2005. The prize money this time was significantly behind the other disciplines, but still enough to make hungry for attention starcraft players happy. It is needed to be remind that this tournament was hosted differently then the rest, instead of at the door registration, several qualifications in Russia and Ukraine where held.
1st mYm|yAn[S2]6 000 RUR + *(~220 USD)
2nd ROX.Bruce5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
3rd MiG.Scout3 500 RUR(~130 USD)
4th PGC.Androide.3D2 500 RUR(~90 USD)
5/6th bLank.White-Ra(LKI)1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th fanatiC.EX1500 RUR(~55 USD)
*=unidentified ASUS graphic card
This seemed to be a great idea, as Starcraft was immidiately included in the next ASUS-Summer 2005, and sported a nice prizepool, comparable with the rest of the disciplines.
1st fanatiC.EX 10 000 RUR(~370 USD)
2nd bLank.White-Ra(LKI) 7 000 RUR(~260 USD)
3rd mYm|Advokate[S2] 5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
4th MiG.Scout 3 000 RUR(~110 USD)
5/6th Enemy1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th mYm|yAn[S2]1500 RUR(~55 USD)
Three ASUS's in a row Starcraft was on the list. This time the organizators dicided to spice it up by changing the format from duel to teamplay. A dire mistake it was, the turn out was much less then expected and the sponsors pulled the plug on Starcraft.
1st mYm|yAn[S2] & mYm|A2[S2] 15 000 RUR (~455 USD)
2nd blank.White-Ra(LKI) & 3D.Escape[TD] 10 000 RUR (~370 USD)
3rd Bonza[a2] & Stalker[a2] 7 000 RUR(~260 USD)
4th Crafter & Crazy 5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
5/6th Potrax[S2] & Woody[S2] 1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th 3D.u3 & 3D.Smoke 1500 RUR(~55 USD)
A lot of strong words were thrown around after Autumn 2005. "Starcraft will never appear on ASUS again." Furious the community strongly protested this grave injustice, and it seems like the efforts were worth it. Starcraft is back in ASUS, even though only as "unnoficial" discipline. This ASUS is a test, knowledgable people have informed me, to see how many people will come. And so far, it is looking good, 90 people have registered , only 2 less then(suprise!) FIFA, and 8 less the Warcraft.
The PlayersAt the moment there are 90 registered users for this event. But keep an mind that is a rule only somewhere between a half and two thirds of those who register actually attend the event.
01. avva.
02. Notforu[S2].
03. MiG.Sup.
04. HsePlayer1.
05. RoX.Bruce.
06. RAge[3d]zakard.
07. MiG.Silver.
08. cF.Pro7ecT_kr[es4x].
09. shmiga.
10. fAke.xt3rNaL.
11. --v.ProFy.
12. --v.Tristania.
13. Tuban.
14. Sudden[a2].
15. [SR]DyPeMaP.
16. Antonio[a2].
17. Nt.Executer.
18. pAq.PireS.
19. ny]City.
20. hemuri[a2].
21. mamontenok.
22. fAke.Mamon.
23. pAq.Monster12.
24. FD.Plumbum.
25. Chekanog[3D].
26. burn.
27. oFF.a2.
28. W1ldF1re.
29. RoX-Pomi[S2].
30. --v.PallMall.
31. mYm.Advokate[S2]
32. Fanatic.eX.
33. Lammerman[S2]. (aka MCA)
34. meFi[a2].
35. Mister-X.
36. 4p)Burger.
37. blank.White-Ra[LKI].
38. ZERGUT.
39. ExeR[CO!].
40. fAke.poPPleR.
41. esA)Izixhidi(a2.
42. Drive.T34.
43. esC.Listen.tQ.
44. OBOLLI.
45. --v.damaGe.
46. MiG.Scout.
47. SS[a2].
48. liuHinyo.
49. pAq.The.
50. Akella.
51. [N0t4u]Casper.
52. Tioko.
53. esA.Leprosy.v.
54. aZy[a2].
55. (sit)noname.
56. [3D]$m0ke.
57. fAke.Chaki_bzzz.
58. 3D.u3.
59. 3D. Escape.
60. MiG.NoGood.
61. fAke.Kapa6ac.
62. AntEnt
63. hse.John
64. ~Arctica.Human~.
65. cF.aRty[es4x].
66. fAke.VirGo.oO.
67. m1pt.aSbO
68. LaunCher[a2]
69. Potrax[S2]
70. aFz)ho8ad
71. ZerGgBoY
72. G_bAsus.GLEN
73. afz)arsenal.
74. Kazuya[S2].
75. hYdro)Gamer
76. qG.E2.
77. BARTLEBY[S2].
78. Crusader-Z.
79. With_Love.
80. Logic.
81. SeNsera.
82. cF.si1veR[es4x].
83. True7ove.
84. Notifi.
85. Dieaxilus.
86. aFz.e.6a6eno.
87. pAq.dead.
88. gR.Djem5.
89. Jedi_One.
90. ShT)Pro_toss.
The Brackets
The Brackets
Comprehensive brackets(missing games starting with loser quarterfinals) thx to 3D.Overmind
The Results
1st fanatiC.eX16000 RUR(~600 USD)
2nd Notforu[S2]10000 RUR(~375 USD)
3rd MiG.Scout8000 RUR(~300 USD)
4th mYm.Advokate[S2]6000 RUR(~225 USD)
5/6th blank.White-Ra(LKI)3000 RUR(~110 USD)
5/6th --v.Profy3000 RUR(~110 USD)
7/8th cF.Pro7ect_kr[es4x]2000 RUR(~75 USD)
7/8th 3D.Escape2000 RUR(~75 USD)
Its official: 2006 is the year of the Zerg. Zergs dominate OSL, Zergs are pushing Terrans back in Russian tournaments. Zergs are on the doorsteps of the new era of domination.
ASUS has brought us quite a few suprises, with another oldschool zerg MiG.Scout following the example of Lammerman and coming back, with a whopping 3rd place. Profy was another unexpected name in top 6, while always being one of the best, he never was able to make it into the top tier. Pro7ect_kr- a completely new name in the prize zone, a Korean terran residing in Russia, who's ancestry spirit is waking up, boosting his APM and skills to an incredible hights.
The Gallery
A picture is worth a thousand words. And this ASUS, we have thousand of pictures!
Here are some of the galleries our gaming fans took:
LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 1(CS) LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 2(CS, BW, FIFA) LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 3(WC3, Q4, NFSMW)
a2team gallery 1
a2team gallery 2
a2team gallery 3
cannon Fodder gallery
Because cyberfight galleries are consisted mainly of Counter Strike photographs I took the liberty to select the few that would intrest a BW fan:
The spy: Ayumi[a2]Ayumi[a2] and unidentified femalea2clan moviemaker: Bampera2clan designer: ilovetill
The winner: NotForU[S2]unidentified Broodwar gamerThe Gaming Stage4Game employee
Award Ceremony StageThe Spectator AreacF.Pro7ect, fake.Virgi, back of cF.s1lver
And last but not least is a suprise guest appearence of the one:
courtecy of a2team
The Money
Overall50000 RUR(~1850 USD)
1st16000 RUR(~600 USD)
2nd10000 RUR(~375 USD)
3rd8000 RUR(~300 USD)
4th6000 RUR(~225 USD)
5/6th3000 RUR(~110 USD)
7/8th2000 RUR(~75 USD)
The Rules
The Brackets:
64 people. Double Elimination. Winnerbrackets: BO3. Loserbrackets: BO1
The Maps:
WCG GaiaWCG AzaleaWCG Paranoid Android
Each player picks a map, and the order is determined by a coin toss. In case of a draw third game is played on the remaining map.
The Seeds:
fanatiC.eX
mYm.Advokate[S2]
Notforu[S2]
blank.White-Ra(LKI). The seeds are subject to change.
The Schedule
May 27th, 2006
Play sign in and draw 09:30-11:00
Tournament 11:00-19:00
Final 19:00-19:30
Award Ceremony 19:30
The Place
Where: Moscow, Russia. Gaming center «4GAME»
«4GAME» –The first and the only gaming center dedicated to the needs of professional gamers in Russia. A two-story building complex conveniently located next to the AEC (All-Russian Exhibit Center) is the ideal setting for a high-scale e-sports tournament.
Disturbing banner pointing to the 4GAME website (which untill today had nothing but a flash intro) have recently appeared on cyberfight.ru, and informs us that the gaming center area is 800 square meters and will include a hundred "super-powerful" computers. Following the banner you could find out that the information wasn't quite right, and the gaming center is packing only 80 computers, but it defines "super-powerful" pretty well: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ / 1024 Mb DDR400 PC3200 / nVidia GeForce 7800 GT. Of course this specifications allow you to run about a hundred Starcraft: Brood War games flowlessly.
A couple of weeks ago one of our own, a Starcraft fan Ayumi[a2] has managed to free up her busy schedule and take a trip to the mysterious house #12 on Yaroslavskaya street.
Ayumi_a2:
Surprise! The 4GAME gaming center is still under construction! The two-story building is renovated from the outside, but inside there is still rubbish from the construction everywhere. But the set up of the gaming equipment is already in progress. The area is small, but cozy. The lightning is and all the windows are camouflaged (maybe just until the construction is over?) A little park and a stadium can be found nearby. There is no cafés in the proximity, however it’s not a problem if you’re willing to take a little walk –AEC is really close, and the trip from the subway station was just a bit over five minutes. We were informed that the gaming center will be fully functional on May 25th, the day before ASUS launch.
Building on the right, red cross marks the entrance (by Ayumi_a2).
Unfortunately, fearing industrial espionage, the organizations prohibited Ayumi from taking photographs inside the building.
The History
When it comes to foreign e-sports scent, Brood War is hands down the most ignored discipline out of the big 4(Quake, Counter Strike, Warcraft, Starcraft). And with ASUS, the case holds just as well: out of 14 ASUS's held, only 4 included StarCraft: Brood War.
It started out so well in the gloomy Autumn of 2004. Back then the cyberfight news reporters, and great starcraft fans 3D.Overmind and Odd_Ulvar[S2](or maybe just one of them) after a lot of arguments managed to persuade the organizators of this event to add Starcraft as an official discipline. It turned out to be a marvelous tournament, one of the biggest and best Starcraft tournaments this world ever seen. The prizes were up to par with the likes of Quake and Warcraft, giving every Starcraft fan the hope for better future.
1st mYm|Yan[S2]250 USD + *
2nd Androide[3D]100 USD + *
3rd RoX-Pomi[S2]*
4th 3D.Escape80 USD
5/6th MCA[S2]60 USD
5/6th MiG.Scout60 USD*=video ASUS V9520 Home Theater/P 128Mb
But this wasnt enough to make the sponsors believe that Starcraft is a worthy investment. Starcraft skipped one ASUS and reappeared only half a year later, at ASUS Cup Spring 2005. The prize money this time was significantly behind the other disciplines, but still enough to make hungry for attention starcraft players happy. It is needed to be remind that this tournament was hosted differently then the rest, instead of at the door registration, several qualifications in Russia and Ukraine where held.
1st mYm|yAn[S2]6 000 RUR + *(~220 USD)
2nd ROX.Bruce5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
3rd MiG.Scout3 500 RUR(~130 USD)
4th PGC.Androide.3D2 500 RUR(~90 USD)
5/6th bLank.White-Ra(LKI)1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th fanatiC.EX1500 RUR(~55 USD)
*=unidentified ASUS graphic card
This seemed to be a great idea, as Starcraft was immidiately included in the next ASUS-Summer 2005, and sported a nice prizepool, comparable with the rest of the disciplines.
1st fanatiC.EX 10 000 RUR(~370 USD)
2nd bLank.White-Ra(LKI) 7 000 RUR(~260 USD)
3rd mYm|Advokate[S2] 5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
4th MiG.Scout 3 000 RUR(~110 USD)
5/6th Enemy1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th mYm|yAn[S2]1500 RUR(~55 USD)
Three ASUS's in a row Starcraft was on the list. This time the organizators dicided to spice it up by changing the format from duel to teamplay. A dire mistake it was, the turn out was much less then expected and the sponsors pulled the plug on Starcraft.
1st mYm|yAn[S2] & mYm|A2[S2] 15 000 RUR (~455 USD)
2nd blank.White-Ra(LKI) & 3D.Escape[TD] 10 000 RUR (~370 USD)
3rd Bonza[a2] & Stalker[a2] 7 000 RUR(~260 USD)
4th Crafter & Crazy 5 000 RUR(~185 USD)
5/6th Potrax[S2] & Woody[S2] 1500 RUR(~55 USD)
5/6th 3D.u3 & 3D.Smoke 1500 RUR(~55 USD)
A lot of strong words were thrown around after Autumn 2005. "Starcraft will never appear on ASUS again." Furious the community strongly protested this grave injustice, and it seems like the efforts were worth it. Starcraft is back in ASUS, even though only as "unnoficial" discipline. This ASUS is a test, knowledgable people have informed me, to see how many people will come. And so far, it is looking good, 90 people have registered , only 2 less then(suprise!) FIFA, and 8 less the Warcraft.
The PlayersAt the moment there are 90 registered users for this event. But keep an mind that is a rule only somewhere between a half and two thirds of those who register actually attend the event.
01. avva.
02. Notforu[S2].
03. MiG.Sup.
04. HsePlayer1.
05. RoX.Bruce.
06. RAge[3d]zakard.
07. MiG.Silver.
08. cF.Pro7ecT_kr[es4x].
09. shmiga.
10. fAke.xt3rNaL.
11. --v.ProFy.
12. --v.Tristania.
13. Tuban.
14. Sudden[a2].
15. [SR]DyPeMaP.
16. Antonio[a2].
17. Nt.Executer.
18. pAq.PireS.
19. ny]City.
20. hemuri[a2].
21. mamontenok.
22. fAke.Mamon.
23. pAq.Monster12.
24. FD.Plumbum.
25. Chekanog[3D].
26. burn.
27. oFF.a2.
28. W1ldF1re.
29. RoX-Pomi[S2].
30. --v.PallMall.
31. mYm.Advokate[S2]
32. Fanatic.eX.
33. Lammerman[S2]. (aka MCA)
34. meFi[a2].
35. Mister-X.
36. 4p)Burger.
37. blank.White-Ra[LKI].
38. ZERGUT.
39. ExeR[CO!].
40. fAke.poPPleR.
41. esA)Izixhidi(a2.
42. Drive.T34.
43. esC.Listen.tQ.
44. OBOLLI.
45. --v.damaGe.
46. MiG.Scout.
47. SS[a2].
48. liuHinyo.
49. pAq.The.
50. Akella.
51. [N0t4u]Casper.
52. Tioko.
53. esA.Leprosy.v.
54. aZy[a2].
55. (sit)noname.
56. [3D]$m0ke.
57. fAke.Chaki_bzzz.
58. 3D.u3.
59. 3D. Escape.
60. MiG.NoGood.
61. fAke.Kapa6ac.
62. AntEnt
63. hse.John
64. ~Arctica.Human~.
65. cF.aRty[es4x].
66. fAke.VirGo.oO.
67. m1pt.aSbO
68. LaunCher[a2]
69. Potrax[S2]
70. aFz)ho8ad
71. ZerGgBoY
72. G_bAsus.GLEN
73. afz)arsenal.
74. Kazuya[S2].
75. hYdro)Gamer
76. qG.E2.
77. BARTLEBY[S2].
78. Crusader-Z.
79. With_Love.
80. Logic.
81. SeNsera.
82. cF.si1veR[es4x].
83. True7ove.
84. Notifi.
85. Dieaxilus.
86. aFz.e.6a6eno.
87. pAq.dead.
88. gR.Djem5.
89. Jedi_One.
90. ShT)Pro_toss.
The Brackets
The Brackets
Comprehensive brackets(missing games starting with loser quarterfinals) thx to 3D.Overmind
The Results
1st fanatiC.eX16000 RUR(~600 USD)
2nd Notforu[S2]10000 RUR(~375 USD)
3rd MiG.Scout8000 RUR(~300 USD)
4th mYm.Advokate[S2]6000 RUR(~225 USD)
5/6th blank.White-Ra(LKI)3000 RUR(~110 USD)
5/6th --v.Profy3000 RUR(~110 USD)
7/8th cF.Pro7ect_kr[es4x]2000 RUR(~75 USD)
7/8th 3D.Escape2000 RUR(~75 USD)
Its official: 2006 is the year of the Zerg. Zergs dominate OSL, Zergs are pushing Terrans back in Russian tournaments. Zergs are on the doorsteps of the new era of domination.
ASUS has brought us quite a few suprises, with another oldschool zerg MiG.Scout following the example of Lammerman and coming back, with a whopping 3rd place. Profy was another unexpected name in top 6, while always being one of the best, he never was able to make it into the top tier. Pro7ect_kr- a completely new name in the prize zone, a Korean terran residing in Russia, who's ancestry spirit is waking up, boosting his APM and skills to an incredible hights.
The Gallery
A picture is worth a thousand words. And this ASUS, we have thousand of pictures!
Here are some of the galleries our gaming fans took:
LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 1(CS) LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 2(CS, BW, FIFA) LEETE's(of cyberfight) gallery- Day 3(WC3, Q4, NFSMW)
a2team gallery 1
a2team gallery 2
a2team gallery 3
cannon Fodder gallery
Because cyberfight galleries are consisted mainly of Counter Strike photographs I took the liberty to select the few that would intrest a BW fan:
The spy: Ayumi[a2]Ayumi[a2] and unidentified femalea2clan moviemaker: Bampera2clan designer: ilovetill
The winner: NotForU[S2]unidentified Broodwar gamerThe Gaming Stage4Game employee
Award Ceremony StageThe Spectator AreacF.Pro7ect, fake.Virgi, back of cF.s1lver
And last but not least is a suprise guest appearence of the one:
courtecy of a2team
