The opening cinematic for Heart of the Swarm is out. It has gone viral for the last 24 hours, and rightfully so.
GSL 2013 Season 1 Code S Race Distribution
The first season of 2013 is about to begin. KeSPA players are no longer surprises coming into the tournament, while the pride of the eSF players is at stake. However, the main discussion point is not KeSPA vs. eSF, it is the invasion of the swarm.
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Flash All-Kill EG-TL
I took a break from not just starcraft but the internet as a whole.
There are some news that caught my eyes when I visited TL. For example, PartinG leaves Startale. But I believe Flash’s godlike performance against EG-TL in SPL is worth a mention on TerranCraft.
TvP: 10:00 – 12:00
One barrack expand in TvP is the most commonly used build now. Although there are different variations (e.g. Bomber’s delay refinery build), they still generally converge back to three barracks, one starport and one engineering bay by 9:30. By 10:00, Terran should be outside of the Protoss’s natural with marines, marauders and two medivacs. However, this timing is so typical that both Terran and Protoss know what to expect from each other. Then, what is the objective of Terran at this time frame?
MLG, ESL and DH partnership
This is not exactly ‘new news’. Two weeks ago, the partnership of Major League Gaming (MLG), Electronic Sports League (ESL) and Dreamhack (DH) was announced. It was well received by the community overall. There is a consensus that this will help eSports development and the Starcraft 2 community will benefit from it. However, there are always tradeoffs when something as big as this happens.
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