Rescheduled May L19 SC2 Tournament (NA)

[yoyoma]

Ok let's try this again.
May 14, 2011 on NA Battle.net
Checkin: 7:42 PM CDT in "L19" room on bnet

Format: Leaning towards a standard double elim this time, seeding based on ladder league/points. Winners BO3, Losers BO1.

Stream: http://www.justin.tv/killerducky

Google spreadsheet I'm using for signups/pairing (First tab is new for this tourny):
http://tinyurl.com/25ota85

Maps:
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Tal’darim Altar
MLG Testbug
MLG Typhon Peaks
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns

[Solomon]

Just confirming I should be able to make it to this, good thing it got re-scheduled so we can play under 1.3.3 conditions yeahhhhhh.

[fwiffo]

There's a new GSL map, Bel'Shir Beach - might be a fun one to try.

[Solomon]

There's a new GSL map, Bel'Shir Beach - might be a fun one to try.

I just tried playing a few games on this map - and as cool as it looks, I find it quite terrible particularly in PvZ. For one, it's not easy to make the standard simcity at the choke because it's designed the same way as Tal'darim's choke - and any Protoss player who's played on that map in PvZ knows how awkward it is to place buildings at the choke on that map assuming you're not forge FEing. Secondly, the natural is hard to defend - there's two entrances to cover so it's hard to forge FE on this map, but also 3 gate expand can be tricky because you need to eye two chokes at once for some roach/ling bust shenanigans. At least Delta Quadrants allowed a protected expansion, although blocked by rocks. And lastly, no Xel'Naga towers .

So yeah, cool map visually, not so cool gameplay-wise for me.

[phillip1882]

sure sign me up.

[MountainGo]

I'll play, but yet again I may or may not be late depending on how well I do in a single elimination tournament I'm playing on Fri/Sat. Basically I'll be late if I win my next two bo3's, played against people near my skill level.

EDIT: No conflict for me, since I forgot my match tonight and got a forfeit.

[yoyoma]

My stream quality has gone seriously downhill grrrrrrr

[MountainGo]

Thanks for organizing another great tournament. My only request is if we could start them at least a couple hours earlier from now on. I don't like to stay up this late.

[NeoNemesis]

Big thanks to Killerducky for organizing this!

Congrats to Araban for getting first again.