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Meet the World's Highest Paid SC2 Pro Gamer in Australia: ASRock M8 Sydney Showdown (featuring IM.Mvp)

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TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 5, 2013 – Don't you wish that you could see your favorite Australian StarCraft 2 pros battle against the best in the world live in person? This is your chance!

ASRock IM-MVP Gaming Party

To celebrate the launch of ASRock's new all-in-one gaming system M8, ASRock is partnering up with Intel, Antec, Kingston, Genius and Oceanic eSports to bring you the rare opportunity to watch your favorite local players go head-to-head against one of the best players in the StarCraft 2. On the 15th of September, some of Australia's best will gather at University of New South Wale's RoundHouse for the ultimate showdown.
ASRock's IM-MVP Gaming Party at Sydney will play host to a special guest whom some know him as the "King of Wings", while others know him as "Jürgen". He's best known for the 4 time GSL Code S Champion, 2013 European WCS Season 1 Champion, the leading Terran player from the South Korean powerhouse, Team Incredible Miracle… Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun!

Business Insider Screenshot
(MVP, the World's third highest-paid professional gamer. Source from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-highest-paid-professional-gamers-2013-7)

According to a recent report from Business Insider, MVP is one of the World's Top 3 highest-paid professional gamers. However, if we base on specific game, MVP is the World's highest-paid professional StarCraft 2 gamer. In 2012, CNN made a TV documentary interview on IM MVP, the legendary MVP spoke about the specific skills that makes him a world class gamer.

MVP - Pro-gamer
(2012/08/06, IM team MVP documentary interview on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/08/06/exp-korea-pro-gamer-mvp-life.cnn)

MVP is heading down under from South Korea and will be playing a number of show matches with Australian local pros to see what they are made of. But just who will be representing the home team? The Australian StarCraft 2 players who have accepted the challenge and will face the King of Wings are…

Gamers - PiG, iaguz, Rossi

Regardless of whether you're cheering for MVP or our local players, you should make your way down to the University of New South Wale's RoundHouse to catch the action live! We've also got a bunch of awesome prizes to give away on that day, thanks to ASRock, Kingston Hyper X, Antec, Intel, Genius and Team Incredible Miracle! If you're outside of Sydney or unable to make it to the event, we will be streaming the event for you to tune into the action as well. The event will be casted by Oceanic eSport's casters, Duckville and Zepph! You'll be able to find the event stream at http://www.twitch.tv/oceanicesports.

Fight with ASRock

(ASRock, the only designated motherboard for Incredible Miracle)
Let's have an "incredible miracle" gaming party on Sep 15th in Sydney!

Event

ASRock's M8 Sydney Showdown
Showmatches between Mvp, PiG, Iaguz and Rossi – Casted by Duckville and Zepph – MC'ed by Livi Bee
Meet and Greet with Mvp
Onsite Sydney BarCraft

Entry is free!

https://www.facebook.com/events/557086034327896
Please note: Due to the onsite BarCraft, this will be an 18+ event.

Time & Date

15th of September, 2013
Doors open at 12:00PM
Event starts at 12:15PM

Venue

University of New South Wales RoundHouse
Cnr High Street & Anzac Parade
Kensington, Sydney, 2052

Getting to the Venue

Buses
There are many bus services running from the city to UNSW.
Any buses stopping at UNSW (Anzac Parade) or Kensington (High Street) will drop you off within 100m of the venue.
Car
There is a lot of parking around UNSW, but be wary of where you park as many areas are conditional and may require a permit.
Street parking can be found along High Street and Barker Street.

Food and Drinks

The Uni Bar will be open for drink purchases during the event. This also includes alcoholic drinks.
The Uni Bistro will be open for food purchases.