Category: Starcraft 2
In the wake of MLG Orlando 2011, we caught up with community caster Robintivo to talk about his experiences behind the scenes. This is his story. Tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you do in the eSports scene? Well, Im fairly new. As of now I cast whatever games I can get my hands on. Currently I cast over at playhem.tv and I was lucky enough to get a chance to cast at the latest MLG. It was such… Read More »
News appeared on Wednesday that the Korean eSports Players Association (KeSPA) may consider adding StarCraft II to the existing Brood War Proleague. According to Osen, KeSPA is considering having both Starcraft 1 and Starcraft 2 played in the 2011-2012 Season of the Proleague.* The article states that KeSPA underwent some internal restructuring earlier this month, and though they have not talked to Blizzard or Gretech about the details, they are considering an option to play both Starcraft 1 and 2… Read More »
The IEM III Event is Underway!!!…after a two hour delay… The Intel Extreme Masters Event III in New York began yesterday (October 13th) and needless to say it was an extremely impressive showing of all the teams involved. Upsets and shattered dreams were most certainly a large part of every match of the day. Many victories and defeats were decided, as they usually are, by the victors of the team fight at baron buff. All in all it was an… Read More »
MLG Orlando has kicked off, tune in when there is a break to catch up on all the content! The format has changed slightly, to reduce clutter just use the drop downs to view the category of your choosing. For more coverage during the event, live tweets and content coverage follow me at @SQSing. If you’d like to submit content as well, that I might have missed tweet me!
Hello there, Starcrafters! This coming monday, we’ll be doing a spotlight on Barcrafts all over the world as MLG Orlando rolls around. As a part of this, we want to hear your Barcraft memories – the best, the worst or the craziest. The best ones will be featured in our main article on Monday October 17th! Want your story featured? Tweet @iKill_eu or send them to ikill.eu@gmail.com (Max 140 characters either way). Who knows – it could be your story… Read More »
Contains spoilers regarding IPL3, continue at your own discretion. Anything that can go wrong… There exists an universally accepted law that states that in every possible situation, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Absolutely any possible problem that could arise, will arise. This law, known as Murphy’s Law for those not familiar with it, poses a problem and a challenge. The challenge is not, as some might expect, a challenge to withstand “anything that can go wrong”; rather,… Read More »
An Uneven Start IGN’s first foray into live-show ESPORTS had a bumpy launch. Battle.net 2.0 once again managed to get into the way of competition, unintentionally delaying the tournament’s launch by almost three hours as the tournament site at Caesar’s & Bally’s in Atlantic City was blacklisted by Blizzard. Dozens of players and admins were unable to connect to Blizzard’s network. The hiccup raised considerable ire from viewers all over the world, but IGN’s very professional handling of the issues… Read More »
This will be updating as new content rolls out, stay tuned! IPL Statement about Day 2 (Teamliquid) IGN Pro League Information: Official IPL Website (Schedule and Stream lists on front page) IPL Stream Viewer (Multiple Stream Access) IPL Justin.tv Stream 1 IPL Justin.tv Stream 2 IGN Pro League Twitter IGN Pro League ‘Scores’ Twitter IPL3 Day 2 Live Report Thread on TeamLiquid IPL 3 Information Thread on TeamLiquid IPL3 Coverage by Liquipedia IPL3 Bracket Challenge #IPL3 Twitter Search IPL3 Coverage Hub by ESFI… Read More »
Shorter SC2 Ladder Seasons Per Blizzard Nethaera Community Manager Since introducing the ladder season lock and roll process we’ve continued to monitor the length of the seasons and our previous desire to see seasons last around 3-4 months. After gathering data for several seasons now we’ve come to the conclusion that shortening the seasons will better match how most people are playing the game, and support a more dynamic, rewarding, and vibrant ladder experience. Beginning with season 4, we’re looking… Read More »
ZvZ: A GSL History of the Blind 15 Hatch From michaelhasanalias on TL ZvZ: A GSL History of the Blind 15 Hatch Introduction I labeled this as [D] because I felt it should go in the strategy forum, although I guess this may read more as a blog. I hope for this to turn into a discussion on the nature of blind 15 hatchery opener and its true viability in the mirror matchup. Anyway, over the GSL free weekend I decided… Read More »
MLG Raleigh and MLG Anaheim Replays Released From MLG After MLG Columbus, we made the decision to stop releasing replays because the files contained information that could be used maliciously by third parties. We have been working with Blizzard to resolve the issue, and we are pleased to announce that, with the release of patch 1.4, full replay packs from both MLG Anaheim and MLG Raleigh are now available. Going forward, full replay packs will be made available roughly two… Read More »
Neural Parasite Changes Patch 1.4 From Battle.net We thank those of you who participated in the 1.4 PTR and appreciate your feedback regarding changes to the Infestor unit. In response to that feedback, we have chosen a different course of action regarding adjustment of Neural Parasite. Rather than preventing this ability from targeting Massive Units, the range of Neural Parasite will instead be reduced from 9 to 7. We believe that this change will make choices regarding positioning and unit… Read More »
The Western TR1BE Gaming RSO is a competitive gaming RSO and welcomes all gamers both casual and competitive. When you attend on Friday events please plan on bringing your own setup if you play on PC/laptop. If you play COD/HALO or any of the fighting games, please contact Freddie Audio at freddieaudio@gmail.com for any information and questions concerning console games and set-ups. If you are interested in playing Starcraft 2, LoL, HoN or any other PC games please contact John… Read More »
Introducing the MLG Global StarCraft 2 Invitational If you haven’t already heard about it, now’s your chance to get in on the scoop. MLG is starting a new type of tournament for SC2. Why exactly is Incontrol in the line-up despite losing every single match since the first MLG in SC2…we will never know. His spot would best be served if given to lalush or someone who has won more than 1 match in the past 3 MLGs. Here… Read More »
Join Alienware Arena – StarCraft II North American Challenge #3 Wombat will be shoutcasting weekend matches! Alienware Arena is proud to announce the next StarCraft II – North American Challenge Tournament. Demonstrate your skills, as you compete for a share of $2,000+ in cash and prizes including an MLG StarCraft 2 Competitor’s Pass to MLG Orlando for the tournament champion. Play begins Thursday, September 15th with an MLG broadcasted finals. Play to earn your place in the spotlight, as… Read More »
SlayerS_Jessica is YellOw’s new agent UPDATE: On August 09 2011 21:30 Milkis wrote: DES talked with Yellow, and they are reporting that this article is grossly exaggerated. You can find that article here http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=48543 Per thisisgame.com article and TL thread Henceforth, Jessica will be in charge of YellOw’s professional life with team relations/establishment, broadcast participation and all other activities under her management. YellOw will be concentrating on improving his Starcraft 2 skills with Jessica and SlayerS… Read More »
Yellow to Train for GSL Code A Yellow Starts Project A, the surprise that Artosis was hinting at would happen during the show match between Yellow and SlayerS_BoxeR. From TL “Gom TV will broadcast every Friday starting august 12 the training of Yellow after the GSTL Venus League. This program will be called Project A.” Shin Sung Ho, Program Director said this of Yellow and his quest to begin training for the GSL Code A: Yellow took a lot of… Read More »
WT Gaming’s SQS caught up with Mary Ratliff, film director of upcoming SC2 documentary ‘GG Movie’, and was able to ask her a few questions to fill the community in on what to expect from another great contribution to the ESPORTS community. Could you give the SC2 community a quick preview of what GG Movie is? Good Game is a feature length documentary currently in production. We’re following Team Evil Geniuses Starcraft 2 division as they compete throughout this… Read More »
Dustin Browder Interview “Balance, Game play and Heart of The Swarm” Here is another collection of Dustin Browder interviews GameSpot Asia managed to land a tour around the hallowed halls of Blizzard Entertainment’s Irvine campus recently. In addition to checking out one of Blizzard’s other long-awaited title (stay tuned next week, by the by), we had a chat with StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm’s lead designer Dustin Browder about the expansion’s progress and the changes it may bring to the multiplayer… Read More »
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