The final of the kickoff tournaments is here at least. 4 public tournaments with close to 400 participants in total ended with 12 qualified players. This news will be updated live as the tournament progresses
There was a ranking system in play in these tournaments to ensure that the final in each of them would have a little added thrill. The winner would face the 3rd place from another tournament and so on, while the runner up would have to play an invited player. The winners of the tournaments, in order, were: Play.Strelok, ToT)Testie(rS, mYm.SunCow and last but not least the Russia mYm.Advokate. The winner of this tournament will win a Razer Copperhead Sadly the runner up in tournament number four, ToT)DaZe( could not make it and was replaced by rS.Habit. That gives us the following single elimination brackets.
Round 1
Match 2: ToT)Testie(rS > CDS)BaB 2-0
Match 3: ACT-Dark_Caleb < iG.Arcneon 1-2
Match 4: BrEaKdOwN > mYm.StinGeR 2-0
Match 5: mYm.SunCow > oG)Alexa 2-1
Match 6: mYm.Advokate > Potrax[S2] 2-0
Match 7: ToT)MidiaN( < rS.Mireille 0-2
Match 8: rS.Habit< iG.KaaZ 0-2
Quarter Finals
Match 10: iG.Arcneon < BrEaKdOwN 0-2
Match 11: mYm.SunCow < mYm.Advokate 0-2
Match 12: rS.Mireille > iG.KaaZ 2-1
Semi Finals
Match 14: mYm.Advokate > rS.Mireille 2-0
3rd place match
Grand Final
The map pool and starting maps. Loser picks map after start map.
Round 1: Neo Forte
Round 2: Ride of Valkyries
Round 3: Enmity
Round 4: R-Point
Round 5: Gaia
Round 6: 815
Live updates
cYaN - 20:36
Draco could not play due to personal reasons. Sadly I was afk and did not see the message from him until now. Anyways, he has been replaced with rS.Mireille. As a side note, Habit and Mireille are playing a showmatch at Playz internetcafè in Stockholm tomorrow.
zoxxer - 21:10
"I always play 3 Zerg computers on Luna before TvZ games in tournaments." - mYm.StinGeR about taking some time before starting to play BrEaKdOwN.
zoxxer - 21:11
Most of the games has now started, and we all look forward to a great tournament.
zoxxer - 21:12
Dark_Caleb is the first one to win a game, as he has beat Clawson in their opening game.
zoxxer - 21:13
Strelok wasn't much later. He is 1-0 up against his fellow countryman ALF.
zoxxer - 21:15
Alexa took the first game against SunCow.
zoxxer - 21:15
StinGeR lost a very quick game against BrEaKdOwN. Game two being played now. Mireille, who was called in very late managed to woin the first game against MidiaN.
zoxxer - 21:26
KaaZ managed to win two straight games against Habit. Testie is 1-0 up against BaB. Strelok won game number two against ALF and gave himself a spot in round 2.
zoxxer - 21:37
Advokate advances after beating Potrax[a2] with a 2-0 score.
zoxxer - 21:41
Mireille also won the second game against MidiaN. He will play KaaZ in round 2.
zoxxer - 21:47
Clawson was the better player in game 2 against Dark_Caleb. The deciding game will start shortly.
zoxxer - 21:52
SunCow beat Alexa in their third and deciding game. That means he will face Advokate in round 2.
zoxxer - 21:58
Testie managed to beat BaB in two straight games. He will face the Ukranian Terran player Strelok in round 2.
zoxxer - 22:12
Clawson won the last game against Dark_Caleb and will play BrEaKdOwN in round number two.
zoxxer - 22:15
We are now finished with the first round. All of the games in round two are started, but still none of them are finished. GosuGamers will of course update as soon as something happens.
zoxxer - 22:21
KaaZ beat Mireille in the first game. Second game will start in just a moment.
zoxxer - 22:24
Testie is up one game against Strelok's zero in their match.
zoxxer - 22:31
Advokate won the first game against his clanmate SunCow.
Artanis - 22:35
Breakdown won the first game against finnish hope Clawson.
zoxxer - 22:43
Strelok countered Testie's win in the first game with winning game number two. Deciding game is being played.
zoxxer - 22:49
Mireille won game number two against KaaZ. Advokate won with 2-0 over SunCow. He is now in the semi finals.
zoxxer - 23:07
Testie is ready for the semi finals, just as BrEaKdOwN. The two of them will play each other for a spot in the Grand Final.
cYaN - 23:21
Mireille is ready for the semi finals, he will play Advokate for a spot in the final.
cYaN - 23:31
Testie won the first game against BrEaKdOwN. Could we be in for a rematch of the last KOTH?
cYaN - 00:00
BrEaKdOwN just won the second game against Testie. Exciting to the end. Also, according to my reports, Advokate has the upperhand in the first game against rS.Mireille.
cYaN - 00:17
BrEaKdOwN is the first finalist after beating Testie 2-1. The final will be bo5.
cYaN - 00:28
Advokate will face BrEaKdOwN in the final after beating rS.Mireille 2-0. Best of 5 TvZ goodness. Lets hope for some really good games. Good luck to Mireille tomorrow again Habit in their showmatch.
cYaN - 00:36
Advokate has just won the first game in the final versus BrEaKdOwN. And yes there was a bunker rush involved. Game 2 has started and Adokate is apparently going for a more standard build.
cYaN - 00:45
Advokate has fast expanded in game 2. BrEaKdOwN is harassing with mutas, he has his natural and another main. He also has a few lurkers, but seems to be going fast guardians. The queens nest is up.
cYaN - 00:54
Advokate took out the zerg expo and added a few more starports. BrEaKdOwN took two more expos, and now has defilers out. The expansions are being attacked by wraiths though.
cYaN - 01:00
Advokate just won game 2 versus BrEaKdOwN. That makes it 2-0 and if Advokate wins the next one it's over.
cYaN - 01:41
BrEaKdOwN has equalled the score. It's now 2-2 and it comes down to the final game. Can Advokate get his momentum back or is it set for a German victory?
cYaN - 02:22
And the winner is..... Advokate. After qualifying as the winner of kickoff tournament #4, Advokate went all the way. He has won himself a Razer Copperhead mouse and the title of winner of the GosuGamers Kickoff tournament 2006. Congratulations and I know I'm not the only one looking forward to the King of the Hill on wednesday. Replays will be gathered and released tomorrow.
Links
GosuGamers - Inital post about the kickoff tours
