Assembly Winter line-up nears completion

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The player pool for Assembly Winter hits the number 23, as seven more invites were announced today, featuring the names of JYP, Puma, Bratok, Adel and more.

The third batch of additions sees the Russian trio of BratOK, Happy and Titan, all being among the strongest SC2 player in their homeland and Europe in general. The imba.FXO terran BratOK is looking to hit his first major tournament for 2012 and is hailing from a top four finish at Assembly Summer.

Happy has been on the low profile since his appearance at WCG 2011 where he barely could not make it out of the group, finishing third to eventual runner-up Xigua and bronze medalist Kas. BratOK and Happy will be accompanied by WCG 2011 top four finisher Titan to form the very strong line-up for Russia at Assembly Winter.

ASUS ROG administration have also invited the EG Korean powerhouses Puma (gold medalist at NASL 1, NASL 2 and IEM Cologne as well as DreamHack Winter runner-up) and JYP. Although Puma has rich experience in competing on foreign ground, this will be the terran's first appearance at an Assembly event. His teammate JYP has also been on the rise starting with a top eight finish at IEM Guangzhou, followed by a bronze at HomeStory Cup and is also a strong candidate for the top spots in Helsinki.

Finally, more European players are added as Portuguese zerg sYz (Sehnheiser Cup Season 2 champion) and Millenium's protoss Adel (Gamers Assembly winner and top three at Aseembly Winter 2011) step in to put the current player count at twenty-three. And while sYz is the sole representative of his country so far, Adelscott further strengthens up the very formidable French line-up of Stephano and ToD.

ASUS ROG Assembly Winter - The invites thus far
BlinG	HerO	Jinro	TLO
Kas	Polt	Satiini	Seiplo
Stephano	ToD	elfi	Select
Strelok	Mana	NightEnd	Moon
BratOK	Happy	Titan	JYP
Puma	sYz	Adelscott

Eight of the final spots for Assembly Winter will be revealed after the qualifications for the MLG Winter Arena and the ninth invite will be handed to the winner of the ESV.tv Korean Weekly Grand Prix 1. Assembly Winter itself is to kick off February 24-25 with a prize purse of $20,000.