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DreamHack Open: Valencia 2012 Preview
Valencia is the third stop on the 2012 DreamHack Open series of tournaments with a prize pool of 150,000 SEK (~$21,500). Once again the event will feature a free HD (720p) stream with a great pool players and casters.
By Ivan 'mmdollar' Batakov
Sep 20, 2012 17:47
Valencia is the third stop on the 2012 DreamHack Open series of tournaments with a prize pool of 150,000 SEK (~$21,500). Once again the event will feature a free HD (720p) stream with a great pool players and casters.DreamHack's main stream will be available here and will be broadcasted in High-definition for free. On Saturday it will feature highlighted matches from the group stage. On Sunday we continue with the playoffs. The main show with the last 7 matches (Round of 8, Semifinals and Grand Final) will start 15.45 CEST and the first game is 16.00 CEST. Grand Final is played 22.00 CEST.
Official Valencia casters:
Shaun 'Apollo' Clark (Caster)
Kevin Knocke (Caster)
Rachel "SeltzerPlease" Quirico (Host)
Mike "Adebisi" Van Driel (Observer)
In addition to that, DreamHack will have multiple community-streams broadcasting various matches from the groupstage. All streams will be avaiable here.
Format
List of notable competitors that will participate in the event
(14 Protoss, 11 Terran & 15 Zerg players)
A total of 8 players will be direct qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012.
Marcus 'ThorZaIN' Eklöf
Seong Hun 'Polt' Choi
Grzegorz 'MaNa' Komincz
Dmytro 'DIMAGA' Filipchuk
'TBD'
'TBD'
'TBD'
'TBD'
Qualified to grand finals by points
Joseph 'Ret' de Kroon 25 pts
Arthur 'Nerchio' Bloch 24 pts
Taek-Hyun 'Monster' Seung 20 pts
Igor 'Fraer' Turchin 20 pts
Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri 20 pts
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar 17 pts
Song Hyun 'HerO' Deok 12 pts
Johan 'NaNiwa' Lucchesi 12 pts
Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi 12 pts
Min-Soo 'Genius' Jung 12 pts
Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs 12 pts
Jonne 'Protosser' Sotala 10 pts
Jonas 'Cytoplasm' Larsson 10 pts
Andrey 'LiveZerg' Guldiashov 5 pts
John 'Seiplo' Seipel 5 pts
Seok Hyun 'HyuN' Ko 5 pts
Carl Stefan 'MorroW' Andersson 5 pts
Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen 5 pts
Kyo-Seok 'Keen' Hwang 5 pts
Pavel 'BratOK' Kuznetsov 5 pts
Young Seo 'TaeJa' Yoon 5 pts
Artem 'sLivko' Garavtsov 5 pts
Kevin 'Harstem' de koning 5 pts
A total of 12 players will be qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012. Final 12 players will be determined after the last DreamHack Open-stop in Bucharest 20-21st October. Players will be determined according to following:
1) Ranking points
2) Best placement
3) Match score
4) Map score
If tied, DreamHack will arrange tie-breaker match.
Prize money at the Grand Finals will be a total of 550 000 SEK ~ 76 149 USD.
1st Place - 250 000 SEK ~ 38 074 USD
2nd Place - 100 000 SEK ~ 15 229 USD
3-4th Place - 50 000 SEK ~ 7 614 USD
5-8th Place - 25 000 SEK ~ 3 807 USD
Each player will have one blind vetos. The played maps and order will be random generated.
The groups can be found here.
Schedule (GMT+2)
Day 1 - Saturday - 22 September
09:30 - Player setup (Group 1-8)
11:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 1 (BO3)
12:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 2 (BO3)
13:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 3 (BO3)
14:00 - Player setup (Group 9-16)
15:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 1 (BO3)
16:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 2 (BO3)
17:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 3 (BO3)
18:30 - Player setup (Group A-H) Second Group Stage
20:00 - Group A-H – Round 1 (BO3)
21:00 - Group A-H – Round 2 (BO3)
22:00 - Group A-H – Round 3 (BO3)
23:00 - END -
Day 2 - Sunday - 22 September
09:00 - Setup time
10:00 - Eight Finals 1-2 (BO3)
11:00 - Eight Finals 3-4 (BO3)
12:00 - Eight Finals 5-6 (BO3)
13:00 - Eight Finals 7-8 (BO3)
15:30 - Show begins
16:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 1 (BO3)
17:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 2 (BO3)
18:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 3 (BO3)
19:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 4 (BO3)
20:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 1 (BO3)
21:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 2 (BO3)
22:00 - Grand Final (BO5)
23:30 - END -
Unfortunately Namutin, Origine have had to cancel and have been replaced.
Ret announced on Twitter a couple of minutes ago that he wont be able to attend DreamHack, because his flight was overbooked.
According to Robert Ohlén's twitter, Dustin Browder himself will attend DreamHack.
Tune in on the 22th for our DreamHack Coverage, here at SK-Gaming.com.
All images are courtesy of DreamHack
Source: DreamHack, Twitter1, 2
Official Valencia casters:
Shaun 'Apollo' Clark (Caster) Kevin Knocke (Caster) Rachel "SeltzerPlease" Quirico (Host) Mike "Adebisi" Van Driel (Observer)In addition to that, DreamHack will have multiple community-streams broadcasting various matches from the groupstage. All streams will be avaiable here.
Format
Ro64: Group Stage format.
* Round-robin.
* Best of 3.
* Top 2 advance to Ro32.
Ro32: Group Stage format.
* Round-robin.
* Best of 3.
* Top 2 advance to Single Elimination playoffs..
Single Elimination playoffs are Best of 3 till Finals.
* Finals: Best of 5.
* Round-robin.
* Best of 3.
* Top 2 advance to Ro32.
Ro32: Group Stage format.
* Round-robin.
* Best of 3.
* Top 2 advance to Single Elimination playoffs..
Single Elimination playoffs are Best of 3 till Finals.
* Finals: Best of 5.
List of notable competitors that will participate in the event
(14 Protoss, 11 Terran & 15 Zerg players)
Protoss:
Oleksii 'White-Ra' Krupnyk
Song Hyun 'HerO' Deok
Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen
Silviu 'NightEnD' Lazar
Diego 'JeaL' Sapienza
Kevin 'Harstem' de koning
Kyung Chul 'Sage' Woo
Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs
Jérémy 'Feast' Vansnick
Kim 'SaSe' Hammar
Benoît 'adelscott' Strypsteen
Samayan 'BlinG' Kay
Terran:
Young Seo 'TaeJa' Yoon
Pedro 'LucifroN' Moreno Durán
Aurélien 'AureS' Sannier
Santeri 'Naama' Lahtinen
Ji Soo 'ForGG' Park
Tom 'PoYo' Brekelmans
Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco
Pavel 'BratOK' Kuznetsov
Choi Yun 'TheStC' Sik
Benjamin 'DeMusliM' Baker
Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi
Zerg:
Joseph 'Ret' de Kroon
Dario 'TLO' Wünsch
Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri
Ondřej 'DeViL' Balušek
Juan 'VortiX' Moreno Durán
Kristoffer 'TargA' Marthinsen
Rubén 'LoLvsxD' Pons Serrano
Enrique 'AlaStOr' Marcias
Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang
Kim 'viOlet' Dong Hwan
Jonne 'Protosser' Sotala
Rickard 'SortOf' Bergman
Andrei 'DeathAngel' Nodea
Christophe 'Eeel' Boucardey
Aleksandr 'Bly' Svusuyk
Oleksii 'White-Ra' Krupnyk Song Hyun 'HerO' Deok Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen Silviu 'NightEnD' Lazar Diego 'JeaL' Sapienza Kevin 'Harstem' de koning Kyung Chul 'Sage' Woo Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs Jérémy 'Feast' Vansnick Kim 'SaSe' Hammar Benoît 'adelscott' Strypsteen Samayan 'BlinG' KayTerran:
Young Seo 'TaeJa' Yoon Pedro 'LucifroN' Moreno Durán Aurélien 'AureS' Sannier Santeri 'Naama' Lahtinen Ji Soo 'ForGG' Park Tom 'PoYo' Brekelmans Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco Pavel 'BratOK' Kuznetsov Choi Yun 'TheStC' Sik Benjamin 'DeMusliM' Baker Jeffrey 'SjoW' BrusiZerg:
Joseph 'Ret' de Kroon Dario 'TLO' Wünsch Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri Ondřej 'DeViL' Balušek Juan 'VortiX' Moreno Durán Kristoffer 'TargA' Marthinsen Rubén 'LoLvsxD' Pons Serrano Enrique 'AlaStOr' Marcias Jae Ho 'Moon' Jang Kim 'viOlet' Dong Hwan Jonne 'Protosser' Sotala Rickard 'SortOf' Bergman Andrei 'DeathAngel' Nodea Christophe 'Eeel' Boucardey Aleksandr 'Bly' SvusuykA total of 8 players will be direct qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012.
Marcus 'ThorZaIN' Eklöf Seong Hun 'Polt' Choi Grzegorz 'MaNa' Komincz Dmytro 'DIMAGA' Filipchuk'TBD'
'TBD'
'TBD'
'TBD'
Qualified to grand finals by points
Joseph 'Ret' de Kroon 25 pts Arthur 'Nerchio' Bloch 24 pts Taek-Hyun 'Monster' Seung 20 pts Igor 'Fraer' Turchin 20 pts Ilyes 'Stephano' Satouri 20 pts Kim 'SaSe' Hammar 17 pts Song Hyun 'HerO' Deok 12 pts Johan 'NaNiwa' Lucchesi 12 pts Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi 12 pts Min-Soo 'Genius' Jung 12 pts Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs 12 pts Jonne 'Protosser' Sotala 10 pts Jonas 'Cytoplasm' Larsson 10 pts Andrey 'LiveZerg' Guldiashov 5 pts John 'Seiplo' Seipel 5 pts Seok Hyun 'HyuN' Ko 5 pts Carl Stefan 'MorroW' Andersson 5 pts Samuli 'elfi' Sihvonen 5 pts Kyo-Seok 'Keen' Hwang 5 pts Pavel 'BratOK' Kuznetsov 5 pts Young Seo 'TaeJa' Yoon 5 pts Artem 'sLivko' Garavtsov 5 pts Kevin 'Harstem' de koning 5 ptsA total of 12 players will be qualified for the Grand Finals held at DreamHack Winter 2012. Final 12 players will be determined after the last DreamHack Open-stop in Bucharest 20-21st October. Players will be determined according to following:
1) Ranking points
2) Best placement
3) Match score
4) Map score
If tied, DreamHack will arrange tie-breaker match.
Prize money at the Grand Finals will be a total of 550 000 SEK ~ 76 149 USD.
1st Place - 250 000 SEK ~ 38 074 USD
2nd Place - 100 000 SEK ~ 15 229 USD
3-4th Place - 50 000 SEK ~ 7 614 USD
5-8th Place - 25 000 SEK ~ 3 807 USD
Each player will have one blind vetos. The played maps and order will be random generated.
DreamHack Antiga Shipyard - cross spawn only -gold bases exchanged to neutral - fixed lower right base so pylon power cant reach.
DreamHack GSL Daybreak - GSL version with the limited forward third base - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
DreamHack ESV Cloud Kingdom - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
DreamHack ESV Ohana - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
TSL 4 Metropolis LE
DreamHack GSL Daybreak - GSL version with the limited forward third base - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
DreamHack ESV Cloud Kingdom - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
DreamHack ESV Ohana - building blockers at mainbase ramp.
TSL 4 Metropolis LE
The groups can be found here.
Schedule (GMT+2)
Day 1 - Saturday - 22 September
09:30 - Player setup (Group 1-8)
11:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 1 (BO3)
12:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 2 (BO3)
13:00 - Group 1-8 – Round 3 (BO3)
14:00 - Player setup (Group 9-16)
15:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 1 (BO3)
16:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 2 (BO3)
17:30 - Group 9-16 – Round 3 (BO3)
18:30 - Player setup (Group A-H) Second Group Stage
20:00 - Group A-H – Round 1 (BO3)
21:00 - Group A-H – Round 2 (BO3)
22:00 - Group A-H – Round 3 (BO3)
23:00 - END -
Day 2 - Sunday - 22 September
09:00 - Setup time
10:00 - Eight Finals 1-2 (BO3)
11:00 - Eight Finals 3-4 (BO3)
12:00 - Eight Finals 5-6 (BO3)
13:00 - Eight Finals 7-8 (BO3)
15:30 - Show begins
16:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 1 (BO3)
17:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 2 (BO3)
18:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 3 (BO3)
19:00 - Quarter Final RO8 Set 4 (BO3)
20:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 1 (BO3)
21:00 - Semi Final RO4 Set 2 (BO3)
22:00 - Grand Final (BO5)
23:30 - END -
Unfortunately Namutin, Origine have had to cancel and have been replaced.
Ret announced on Twitter a couple of minutes ago that he wont be able to attend DreamHack, because his flight was overbooked.
"Alternative gets me to dh tomorrow after my games start. I cant go :( Im sad. I trained hard for this and wcs was shitty. Life sucks atm."
According to Robert Ohlén's twitter, Dustin Browder himself will attend DreamHack.
"Ben Goldhaber @FishStix
Rumor has it that Dustin Browder was added to the Valencia #eSports Congress lineup last minute. Confirm/deny? #VEC #DHVLC
Robert Ohlén
@robertohlen
@FishStix correct, he’s already here."
Rumor has it that Dustin Browder was added to the Valencia #eSports Congress lineup last minute. Confirm/deny? #VEC #DHVLC
Robert Ohlén
@robertohlen
@FishStix correct, he’s already here."
Tune in on the 22th for our DreamHack Coverage, here at SK-Gaming.com.
All images are courtesy of DreamHack
Source: DreamHack, Twitter1, 2
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