Check out ZingerXPn High Masters Zerg NA,

Saw ZingerXPn play in the LXG SGT Masters tonight, really impressed with his play!

He used Nydus better than any Pro I have seen.  He is being cast live right now at the LXG SGT open here http://www.justin.tv/therealnanman

Also check out  ZingerXPn stream  http://www.twitch.tv/dpbrucelee

SC2 Job withTwitchTV

Tweeted by@justinkan Justin Kan (Verified Account):

Anyone want a job that is basically watching Starcraft all day? We're doing a test @TwitchTV of a new product -- message me!

Here is link for more info  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5LaTkxWHpzVXh5dmloZzh5b1pOSFE6MQ

Starcraft 2 News: SC2trans! Korean tweets translated!

https://twitter.com/#!/SC2trans

Big thank you to SC2trans!

Every SC2 nerd should follow them!

IPL Fight Club 3 Sheth vs Kiwikaki!

POWER is back!  They are starting!!
"Announcement: Power was out at IGN Headquarters at our scheduled start time, so we could not begin our broadcast. Check recent posts in this thread to see if and when we'll be broadcasting, or wait for our normal rebroadcast at 9:30 a.m. PST / 6:30 p.m. CEST on Sunday (tomorrow). Thank you and apologies for this unfortunate circumstance!" ~Teamliquid thread

So much more Starcraft 2 goodness than I was expecting this week!

Full details at http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=290459


Stream Link: http://www.ign.com/ipl

When: Dec 3rd, 2011 17:00 PST [European re-broadcast Dec 4th, 2011 @ 9:30 PST]

Casters:  CatsPajamas, HDStarCraft, and/or PainUser


Go Kiwikaki!

Fellow Kiwikaki fans please look here http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/petition-for-kiwikaki-to-stream.html

Z33K 2v2 Masters Weekly!

Come join the fun!

When: Thur, Dec 01 at 1700 PST/2000 EST
What:  Z33K 2v2 Masters Weekly
Stream: It's GoSu

z33k.com is proud to present the 2v2 Masters Weekly series! In partnership with Complexity Gaming and Origin PC we will be bringing you a $50 prize pool for Masters level 2v2 teams every week! With the new ladder maps in play prepare for some epic 2v2 games.


The tournament will be a single elimination bracket. Only the RO8 and beyond will be streamed.

First place wins $50 every week.

Tune in for some high level 2v2 action!

Site: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/4148-2v2-masters-weekly-16

Thread: z33k 2v2 Masters $50 Weekly

Starcraft 2 Skills: PvZ Defending 6 Pool

An elegant Six Pool Defense by WhiteRa, thank you WhiteRa for sharing your knowledge with us!

Note this Zerg player has seen this defense before, if you read comments at the end you will see that.  My comments and one picture for illustration are below the VOD. 




I don't have much to offer, WhiteRa is so good.

Only two points, one because I am not as good as WhiteRa I would be tempted to put a cannon behind the Proxy Gates and wall it in with the Pylons. Not sure that is good or bad idea, but would allow more room for error for lower skill players like myself.

Second point, this one I would like to talk to WhiteRa, Thundertoss, or Day9 about is the Pylon and Cannon placement for base defense.

WhiteRa blocks the hole in the mineral line that lings can run through with Pylon, then places the Cannon so that it will defend entire mineral line and Nexus when powered by that Pylon.

That forces a Mannered Cannon placement, which means it blocks his Probes from mining a little.

I think the placement in picture below is better, but I am not sure if blocking the mineral line hole is important because of GM level micro or some other factor I have not considered.

With the Pylon & Cannon placement illustrated below, the cannon doesn't block Probes, it will protect entire mineral line from lings, as well as the Nexus, and one Gas.  That is my standard Cannon placement for base defense vs Zerg, on some maps I will even put my first Pylon in that location, and put forge to wall/Sim City the Cannon.

Click to enlarge

LXG SGT Open Day 3 Masters

What:  LXG SGT Open Day 3 Masters  When:  Wed Nov 30, 2011 at 8:15 pm EST

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

LXG & SGT have recently partnered.   SGT site http://sgt.spruz.com  LXG (new)  http://team-lxg.tk/


Maps:
RO32... MLG Xel'Naga Caverns
RO16... MLG Metalopolis
RO8... MLG Shattered Temple
RO4... MLG Shakuras Plateau
Finals... MLG Antiga Shipyard

Map Pool
-MLG Metalopolis
-MLG Shakuras Plateau
-MLG Shattered Temple
-MLG Tal'darim Altar
-MLG Antiga Shipyard
-MLG Dual Sight
-MLG Xel'Naga Caverns

In Best of 3 or Best of 5 loser picks next map. You cannot play the same map twice in one series.
all MLG maps are authored by "MLG maps"

Darglein's Micro Trainer Map

Thanks to Thundertoss for suggesting this Trainer map.

I have only started to study it, but I am really impressed with it, Darglein's post about it http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=237869

Published:
EU: YES (Darglein)
NA: YES (SwordfishConspiracy)
KR: NO
SEA: NO
SC2Mapster: http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/dargleins-micro-trainer/

MSI Pro Cup Stephano vs Thorzain

MSI Pro Cup Finals Stephano vs Thorzain VOD cast by Khaldor

http://www.own3d.tv/KhaldorTV#/watch/309169

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/MSI_Pro_Cup

LXG SGT Open Day 2, Platinum and Diamond. Tues 11/30 11/29

When:  Nov 30, 2011 November 29, 2011@ 8:15 pm EST [Confirmed 8:15 start]

Full information: http://teamlxg.forumotion.com/t77-lxg-sgt-open-a-3-day-event

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

Sign up:  http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12960

Maps:
RO32... MLG Xel'Naga Caverns
RO16... MLG Metalopolis
RO8... MLG Shattered Temple
RO4... MLG Shakuras Plateau
Finals... MLG Antiga Shipyard

Map Pool
-MLG Metalopolis
-MLG Shakuras Plateau
-MLG Shattered Temple
-MLG Tal'darim Altar
-MLG Antiga Shipyard
-MLG Dual Sight
-MLG Xel'Naga Caverns

In Best of 3 or Best of 5 loser picks next map. You cannot play the same map twice in one series.
all MLG maps are authored by "MLG maps"

New School Mondays #3 StarCraft II Amateur Cup

Full info & registration details at http://cyber-sports.net/event/new-school-mondays-3-starcraft-ii-amateur-cup-1
Sponsored by http://blog.iheartesports.com/




New School Mondays #3 StarCraft II Amateur Cup

Open to Bronze to Gold leagues.  Matches will be played on the NA Bnet.

Casters: Favion and Barbarossa

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/cybersportsnetwork



Registration
Tue 11/29/11 11:00am EST - Mon 12/5/11 6:55pm EST
Check in
Mon 12/5/11 7:00pm EST - 7:55pm
Matches
Mon 12/5/11 8:00pm EST - 11:00pm

Map pool
NSM - SC2 1v1
Max players
32
Signups
0 players
Wait list
0/32 players
Status
Registration closes in 6 day

LXG SGT Open Day 1

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

LXG & SGT are now partnered http://sgt.spruz.com/partnership.htm

New LXG site http://team-lxg.tk/

Full information below or link 
Everyone knows that in October SGT and LXG formed a partnership. This is the first time both LXG and SGT will be hosting a tournament together!

Who: Any NA Players

What: a 1v1 Single elimination tournament

When: This is a 3 day event!
-Monday 11/29 Gold and Below
-Tuesday 11/30 Platinum and Diamond
-Wednesday 12/1 Masters

Where: Playhem
Monday: http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12959
Tuesday: http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12960
Wednesday: http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12962

Maps:
RO32... MLG Xel'Naga Caverns
RO16... MLG Metalopolis
RO8... MLG Shattered Temple
RO4... MLG Shakuras Plateau
Finals... MLG Antiga Shipyard

Map Pool
-MLG Metalopolis
-MLG Shakuras Plateau
-MLG Shattered Temple
-MLG Tal'darim Altar
-MLG Antiga Shipyard
-MLG Dual Sight
-MLG Xel'Naga Caverns

In Best of 3 or Best of 5 loser picks next map. You cannot play the same map twice in one series.
all MLG maps are authored by "MLG maps"

Rules:
- All players MUST check-in: check in always starts 30 mins before tourney start time. please click the check in button on the tourney page at that time.
- No spectators allowed in your match (except for casters)
- there is a 15 min "no show" policy, after that, your opponent forfeits.
- All score reporting MUST be reported to the tourny Admin by chatting them (PfreshLXG 480 If you can't get in touch with Pfresh contact NanManLXG 818)
- Players must remain respectful to their opponent. If there is a complaint a decision will be made by the tournament Admins on whether or not prosecution of the offender will be needed.
-you may not repeat maps in the same series BO3 or higher
-You must be in the "LXG Open" Chat channel

Stream:
Every Night NanMan will be live casting the tournament at Twitch.tv/TheRealNanMan

Boyo Streaming! GM Protoss

http://www.twitch.tv/boyostarcraft

Gogogogogogo!

drewbie streaming!

http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

Gogogogogogogogogogo!

Khaldor is casting a new weekly Korean Tournament

http://www.own3d.tv/live/130010/KhaldorTV

I believed this just started today, at least the English language stream by Khaldor of it.

From what he has said it will run after GSL twice a week Monday-Thursday.

Every or most of the the Korean Pro Teams will be sending a single player to compete, total of 8 players.

Winner (each day?) gets $100 and 2nd place gets $50 if I understod correctly.

I will update this post or add a new post once the details are a bit clearer (to me).

Starcraft 2 Skills: Mindset

Mindset is your viewpoint or attitude.  Another way to think about it, is how much confidence you have in yourself.  There are several components to mindset.  I will not cover all of them in this single post, I do plan to talk more about mindset in the future.

Believe & You Can!

The most important point to remember, this applies to anything in life, is that the limiting factor for people is generally what they believe they can accomplished.

This is true both Mentally and Physically.  This can affect Starcraft 2 performance both ways, since Starcraft involves the "physical skill of a musician, and the mental skill of chess" (Day9 paraphrase).

I worked a lot of Security in college, and a bit after college, since I could frequently get studying done while getting paid with that kind of work, if it was slow.  I have also taken classes related to Security and Disaster Preparation after I finished college, since one of my plans for work late in my life, is to work at the City or County level in Disaster Management.

One of the most valuable things I have learned from this, was during an emergency, if you needed someone to get help to tell them "get Police, get Ambulance, or get Fire Department", not to say "call 911".

The reason for this, as the instructor explained, was that people tend to rise to the level of the expectations placed on them.  If you tell them to call 911 and they don't have a cell phone, or they don't have signal or something, then they tend to sit there and do nothing or ask you to solve the problem.

But if you tell them to "get Ambulance" and they have a phone problem, they are a lot more likely to find a solution on their own.

I have also personally seen belief limit people's physical strength.  I started lifting weights in College, I had wanted to lift weights in HS, but I was a skinny nerd and thought the jocks would laugh me out of the weight room.

In one of my college classes their was a bodybuilder, I asked him if he would help me learn to lift weights, and he said sure.  I felt safe going to the gym with him, he was only 5'6" (1.68 Meters) tall, but he could bench press 400+ lbs (182+ kilos), it was like having a Big Brother (think Incontrol taking Idra to the gym).

If you read this Rick, thanks! 

After I had been lifting for a while, Rick started telling me that sometimes, when I was doing benchpress, when I signaled for him to grab the bar, that I would finish the rep myself, as soon as his hands went under the bar, but before he actually touched the bar.

I would actually move the bar because I thought he was helping!  I didn't really believe him at first, thought he was just trying to encourage me, even though he said it happens to everyone.

Then one day when I was spotting for him on bench press, he was stuck about 2/3 the way up for last rep and signaled me to help, and the minute I got my hands under the bar it shot up.  I wasn't even touching the bar.  Then I realized what he had told me was true.


A good Coach will be able to tell, at least some of the time, when you need to push harder at something.  This is one of the most important things a Coach can do for you, since you really can't do it yourself.  They will push you past your mental block!  Or they will figure some way of tricking your brain for a moment, so you exceed what you thought was your potential!

Fear, the Internal Enemy

Fear is a natural safety mechanism to keep us from being eaten by Lions, Tigers, Bears, or whatever.  But that part of our brain is very simple, it can't tell the the difference from imagined fear and  a real Bear.  So if we think something can hurt us, that part of our brain believes it.

Humans are social animals, which means among other things, that we care about our image because it affects our rank in the pack.  So we tend to feel that losing hurts our image, just like wearing the wrong clothes or no clothes in certain situations.  You can get stressed/afraid with SC2 either because you have told your brain that you get hurt when you lose or because you think it will affect your status.  Or because of both.

To improve your Mindset you have to show your brain the opposite is true, because that part of the brain is simple, like a child.  It will take lots of checking under the bed, for monster that hides there, before that part of your brain believes it.  Start with controlling breathing, which is first aid for Stress/Fear when it is happening, like I mentioned on in an earlier post.  If you need more detail on breathing google Zen (meditation) or Yoga breathing.  I have more of a background in Zen, from martial arts & stress management for school & work.

Yoga breathing techniques quickly become very advanced, but if your even halfway good at most Yoga breathing techniques you will have far more breath control skill than you need for most SC2 pressure.  Yoga would be a good component of practice for a Pro Gamer, not only do you learn superb Breath Control, you also learn a lot about flexibility and posture. 

Other than breath control, you need to teach yourself that you can succeed & that losing can't hurt you.  That will take LOTS of repetition. Start with schooling.  Schooling, in the psychological sense, is providing a reward for any positive result no matter how small.  But then as time goes by, requiring closer to the ideal action/performance to earn the award.

Example of schooling, that actual psychology students did to a prof, one day every time the prof moved towards one side of the room during a lecture they would pay attention and focus on the Professor.  Whenever he went in the other direction they would look away or start playing with their pencils or whatever.  They managed to get him crammed in the corner in response to this, then they told him what they had done.

Now if they had only rewarded or punished him when he was in one corner or the other it would never have worked.  Lectures don't normally stand in the corners.  But by schooling him, they were able to get him moving in the direction they wanted.

So work on telling yourself in game that your doing good, and that everything is okay.  Reward yourself whenever you feel yourself relaxing when things are going bad in game.  The reward can just be a mental, or even verbal to yourself, "good job".

Use Schooling by rewarding yourself for any progress at the beginning, but slowly make yourself work harder to earn that "good job".  Ideally you want to get to the point were you can lose or win and not feel big difference either way, in game, this means your more relaxed and less stressed.  So you will be able to perform better.

Note, I am not saying you can't still feel good or bad over winning or losing, more that keeping calm enough to stay focused in game will improve your performance.

One of the reasons that watching replays is so important, besides understanding why you lost, is to teach yourself that losing doesn't hurt you.  You want to watch the replays calmly and relaxed, it is fine to watch them hour or two after your done playing for the day.  Or to have a day of watching replays between days of playing.


That interval of time will help you to calm down and focus on the actual game play, without telling yourself that losing means your going to die.  Additionally, if you and training partners both or all do this, then you will also have a social group to talk to about losing in a productive fashion, so you will be teaching yourself that you don't lose status because you lose a game.

Fact is you can gain status from losing a game, if you can learn how to become a stronger player by analyzing that replay.

Visualization, Closing the Circle

One of the best training tools in world only takes time and effort to use.  It is called Visualization.  It is used by Professional and Olympic Athletes among many many others.  Breath Control and Meditation techniques from Zen or Yoga tie in very well with Visualization.  Basically you imagine, or pretend, in your mind specific situation.  Say that your being Six Pooled and you play Protoss.

You would imagine, with as much detail and precision as you can, what you would see and feel when you spot that.  Then you would imagine the correct response.  Getting pylon down in mineral line, microing Probes, etc.  It is like using a simulator.  Remember this part of the brain is very simple, like a child.  It can not tell pretend, or imagination, from reality.

This type of practice has pretty much the same effect as "real" practice.  Skilled people tend to use Visualization, whether they know it by that name or not, a lot.  They may just call it "thinking about the game" or something else.  One of the reasons Visualization is so important, is that you can use it anywhere & anytime as long as you can mentally focus on what you want to imagine.

It is a easy way to get in more practice without much risk of over training.  You can also use Visualization as way to "replay" a game you lost.  Or even a game you won, but were you made some mistake.  You can just imagine the game as you played it, till you get to the mistake you made, then visualize the different game play and what responses the enemy would be likely to use.

If you really want to get good at this, start playing Chess as practice for SC2.  Many/Most Chess Masters can play Blindfold Chess.  While all Grand Master Chess players can play blindfolded.  Because Chess is a TBS (Turn Based Strategy) game, you have to be able to visualize the game to be able to play well.

Further reading http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/819/1/Gobet_Campitelli_Minds%20eye.pdf

GL HF

~Cliff

Beastyqt streaming

Well since Turkey Weekend messed up my gamer sleep schedule, spent time with all those non gamers over the Holiday here, I am up about my normal bedtime ie 4 AM local.

Thankfully Beastyqt is streaming!  http://www.twitch.tv/beastyqt

Publish Post

Kings of Tin featuring desRow Nov 28, 2011

Kings of Tin update from WackStevens, via Twitter:

"Tomorrow we'll be having @desRowfighting on @KingsOfTin at 7pm EST!"

Kings of Tin stream http://www.twitch.tv/onemoregametv

Kings of Tin is just full of awesome!

Starcraft 2 Thoughts: PvZ dealing with Mutas with Gateways units

This post is about Protoss dealing with Mutas, specifically with Gateway units, since to effectively use Stargate counters to Mutas you need to Metagame, blind counter, or open with a Stargate build in order to have enough Phoenix to be effective.

Or you need a solid plan to transition to Stargate if a Muta switch catches you unprepared.  One of the best instructors I ever had would frequently state that you need to have a Planned, Practiced, Proper Response in place ahead if time, if you wanted a real chance of succeeding.

Active use of Robo vs Muta

If Zerg times it well, you might have Robo Support Bay done or almost done, when they show Mutas or you scout the Spire, maybe even have 2 Robo's up for Colossus production.  Don't be afraid to make a couple, or even a few Warp Prism, as well as extra Observers.

Warp Prism speed and Observer speed upgrades will help maintain map vision despite the Mutas.  You can also apply pressure with drops, send Warp Prisms to 2 or more bases at the same time and just warp in Zealots at any Zerg base that the Warp Prism makes it to, killing Queens, drones, Extractors, or even tech structures can only help.  And your only risking minerals.

You can even try to be tricky and put a Probe in a Warp Prism, with Prism in Warp mode Probe can start cannon building in the energy field, along with a Pylon to power the cannons, and then fly off in the Prism once they are started.  You only need field to start and run a building, not to finish warp in once started.

Again your only risking minerals and you can always cancel warp in if it is attacked before it is finished.  You can use this offensively to control a choke or future enemy expo (ie set it up ahead of time to deny or slow Zerg getting 3rd or 4th), or as a defensive technique to get another expo up.

Gateway Units vs Mutas

Stalkers and Sentries are the key first response to Mutas if you have a Gateway army when Mutas appear.  You can also counter attack if you have Zealots and/or Immortals, as Mutas in low numbers can't kill them fast.

Generally if your going Gateway or deathball, you should be getting Attack and Shield upgrades maxed ASAP, followed by Armor upgrades.  Ideally with early 2nd Forge and near constant Chronoboost, since fast upgrades is a key advantage Protoss has over Zerg or Terran.

Despite what many people think, Shield upgrades are a far better than Armor upgrades, that is why they cost more.  This is true for at least two reasons.  First, as a general rule Protoss try to avoid  taking "hull" damage, damage to HP that is, so Armor upgrade will do you no good if your doing that.  Second, even in situations were your units do take hull damage, there will be fewer enemy units attacking by the time the shields are gone, because you will have killed some (so the Shield upgrade is protecting you from damage when armies first fight and neither side has lost any units).

Additionally, it is the only upgrade in the entire game AFAIK, that affects all units and structures!  All Protoss Buildings, Gateway, Robo, & Stargate units/structures get the shield upgrade.  So it helps a lot in base race situations and to lesser extent for defending drops or Air Attacks/Harass at mineral line.

Most people, including me until I looked at the numbers, thought Sentry's were very low DPS units.  I am not saying they are high DPS units, but with +3 Attack Sentries & Stalkers have the same DPS of 9 vs light units like Mutas!

Stalkers still have twice the HP & Shields, but the key point to realize is that you can add a LOT of Sentries without hurting your DPS when dealing with Muta or Muta/Ling.  So you can have a lot of Guardian shield for dealing with Mutas.  Or to defend a Ling or Roach push behind the Mutas.

Actually it lets you have surplus Guardian Shield so the Mutas can't focus down the one or two Sentries protecting their brothers with Guardian Shield.

I am not sure what best ratio of Sentry to Stalkers would be, but even at 1 Sentry to 1 Stalker (175 mineral 150 gas 4 food per pair) that unit comp would be cheaper than Mutas (200 minerals 200 gas 4 food per pair).  I think something close to 1 Sentry to 3 Stalkers would be close, not sure, but anything less than 1 Sentry to 1 Stalker is an even bigger economic advantage in gas savings.

Nice change for Protoss to be able to counter an expensive unit with cheaper unit comp, don't you think?  ^-^

Since the Sentry/Stalker unit comp will be far cheaper than Mutas, and Protoss has Chronoboost; Protoss really should have an upgrade advantage for a while vs Mutas.  The plan is to have Stargate, or HT + Storm out, or larger economy before you lose the upgrade advantage.

This unit mix could lead to some fun pushes, remember Hallucination gives you 2 Zealots or Stalkers,or 4 Probes per spell , that can be used as meat shield in addition to Guardian Shield & Force Field if your pushing against Spinecrawlers with a mainly Sentry/Stalker army.

As the game progresses, if Zerg is smart they will get Armor upgrades for air, which will shift the DPS balance slightly in favor of the Stalkers over the Sentries.  But current state of the game still has most Zerg totally mixed up about upgrades.  Almost always they should be getting Air Armor upgrades, but Zerg mostly get Attack upgrades for Air and no armor.

In any case this isn't intended as a complete solution to Mutas, rather these ideas are just my thoughts on how to deal with sudden Muta transition from Zerg, with solid play if all you have is Gateway units to fight them because you were going for Colossus based deathball or Gateway only Army.

Obviously if Zerg is going hard Mutas you will want to add HT + Storm, or Stargate to get Phoenix and/or Carriers.
 

Carriers are actually good against Mutas, if you have critical mass of them, or enough support.  It takes 1.5 Carriers to one shot Muta, ie 3 Carriers will one shot 2 Mutas.  As long as Air attack upgrades matches Zerg Air Armor upgrade.

If you using Carriers get Air armor upgrades ahead of air attack upgrades.  Because not only does the that make the Carrier with it's base 2 Armor harder for Mutas to kill, it also helps every single little interceptor last longer.

GL HF

~Cliff

Thundertoss Top 200 King of the Hill

http://www.twitch.tv/thundertoss

http://www.ascendtv.com/ is normally primary stream for the KOTH, but Ascend has been having some Net problems so whichever stream works better for you.

Watch some of the best SC2 players fight in Thundertoss' Top 200 KOTH!  They usually stream for around 8 hours.

Replay packs available after the game at http://top200koth.blogspot.com/
at top left of Thundertoss' blog.

Dreamhack Winter 2011 Stream guide

http://www.twitch.tv/team/dreamhack

Lot easier to navigate the Dreamhack Stream Channels from that linkIMO, though many of you were probably way ahead of me on that.

Thanksgiving food was probably impairing my thinking  ^-^

Geek Stuff: Analyzing Angry Birds projectile motion

I thought this was interesting.  Perhaps very interesting for people thinking about being Game Developer or other hard science Nerds.


The link below with the details is from Open Source Physics,  a cool site that recently won the SPORE award.

http://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11562&DocID=2481


 I blogged about that on one of my other Corners.

2011 DreamHack Winter Stracraft 2 Bischu vs Stephano VOD

http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2b/b/300833061

If you want to see the first couple minutes of Game 1 it is at the very end of this VOD http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2b/b/300827476

Really impressive Game 1

Happy Meleagris gallopavo Day to everyone from USA

Just felt the need to be nerdy ^-^


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meleagris_gallopavo

Catz's "Inside My Head", Catz vs Destiny game

EDIT:  VOD below had to be pulled, but good news there is a newer episode from catz here http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/catz-analyzes-stephanos-zvp.html



Catz's new  "Inside My Head" show, this one features game against Destiny, this show is Catz sharing his thoughts about the game live while it is happening.
Inside My Head - ZvZ with Destiny on Metalopolis (Nov 15, 2011)

Dreamhack Winter 2011

Updated 11/24/11 14:15 CST

Official site: http://dreamhack.binarybeast.com/

Streams:  http://www.twitch.tv/day9tv [Day9 & mr. Bitter]

http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2 [Tasteless & Artoss]

http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacksc2b [Totalbiscuit & Apollo]

http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhacktv [Supposed to be main channel but haven't seen any streams on it yet]


DreamHack Winter 2011 StarCraft II Main Group stage #1

• Start Date Thursday November 24th, 2011
• Type Groups to Single Elim

• Players 64
• Views 1,161

• Status Active-Groups
• Stage Groups 

DreamHack Winter 2011 StarCraft II Main Group stage #2 & Playoff

• Start Date Friday November 25th, 2011
• Type Groups to Single Elim 

DreamHack Winter 2011 StarCraft II BYOC #1

• Start Date Thursday November 24th, 2011
• Type Single Elim 

DreamHack Winter 2011 StarCraft II BYOC #2

• Start Date Friday November 25th, 2011
• Type Single Elim 

Z33k 2v2 Masters Weekly tonight 11/23/11 @ 20:00 EST

Z33k 2v2 Masters Weekly tonight 11/23/11 @ 8:00 pm EST

This is one of my favorite SC2 events, I'll be there tonigh, so stop by and say hi!

z33k.com is proud to present the 2v2 Masters Weekly series! In partnership with Complexity Gaming and Origin PC we will be bringing you a $50 prize pool for Masters level 2v2 teams every week! With the new ladder maps in play prepare for some epic 2v2 games.

Stream: Z33K TV

Broadcast starts - Wed, Nov 23 at 1700 PST/2000 EST

The tournament will be a single elimination bracket. Only the RO8 and beyond will be streamed.

First place wins $50 every week.

Tune in for some high level 2v2 action!

Site: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/4146-2v2-masters-weekly-15

Thread: z33k 2v2 Masters $50 Weekly

Computers: Origin PC, Offical Gaming PC of compLexity & more

You can see the full specs of the machines compLexity uses here http://www.originpc.com/landing/teamcomplexity.asp

Also if your looking for a gaming machine,and like me your not a do it yourself (DIY) computer nerd.  Or you don't have the time to spec the parts and assemble it, Origin has a new ready to use machine http://www.anandtech.com/show/5146/origin-pc-offers-readytoship-system

Origin PC also supports Esports, including one of my favorite events the Z33K 2v2 Masters Weekly, which they sponsor with compLexity and recently SC2casts.

Official Z33K 2v2 Weekly Masters link 

boyo is streaming

http://www.twitch.tv/boyostarcraft

GM NA Protoss if you haven't heard of him yet.

Gogogogogogogo

Showmatch qxc vs desRow sponsored by MaxFrag.net

Updated 11/23/11

Note will be 3 Streams, a cast stream, plus each player will be streaming.

Streams:  Cast stream  or desrow's  or qxc's

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=287672#1

MaxFrag is hosting a showmatch this Friday, November 25, at 22:00 CET/ 4:00 pm EST/ 1:00 pm PDT. The matches will be casted by Rotterdam. The showmatch will be in a best of 5 format. The map pool is composed of MLG map poole played as follows:

Game 1 - MLG Shakuras Plateau
Game 2 - MLG Shattered Temple
Game 3 - MLG Tal’darim Altar
Game 4 - MLG Antiga Shipyard
Game 5 - MLG Xel’Naga Caverns

LXG Open 22 tomorrow 11/22/11

Just got the newsflash from NanMan.

What:  LXG Open #22, http://teamlxg.forumotion.com/t75-lxg-open-22#275

When:  Nov 22 at 8:00pm EST / 7:00 p.m. CST

Signup:  This is the first week we are using Playhem http://playhem.com/#!/tourney/12805

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

desRow is streaming ladder

http://www.twitch.tv/desrowfighting

Gogogogogogogogogo!

IPL4 UK Regional Qualifier

Cast by Totalbiscuit & Apollo 

Go Stephano!


http://www.twitch.tv/multiplay

http://www.twitch.tv/multiplay2

2011 MLG Providence Jinro vs Violet

On Beta Stream 2  http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2
5:08 pm EST Sat

Cast by @Robintivo

2011 MLG Providence QxGDestiny vs DynamicDoctor

On Beta 2 Stream http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2
@ 16:53 EST Sat

2011 MLG Providence EGAxslav vs Violet

On Beta 2 stream http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2
@ 16:08 EST Sat

Cast by @Robintivo became a fan of his at the first MLG he cast.

2011 MLG Providence ColCatz interview by AskJoshy

AskJoshy interviewing Catz for compLexityINSIDER

2011 MLG Providence Coldrewbie interview by AskJoshy

From compLexityINSIDER


GO drewbie  <3

2011 MLG Providence QxGDestiny vs Ailuj

Sat 15:20 EST on Beta 1 Stream

Destiny vs Ailuj  http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2

Destiny is looking lot better at this MLG than every before IMHO.

2011 MLG Machine vs Destiny

Should be coming up shortly on Beta 2 Stream, Robin is casting.

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2

2011 MLG Providence Colcatz vs dGsonnyb

On Beta Stream 2
 
 http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2

2011 MLG Providence SC2 Scores

https://twitter.com/#%21/MLGSC2Scores

Fastest and most complete source I know of for scores from MLG Providence

MLG Providence Catz vs Newborn is being streamed on Beta 1

MLG Providence Beta 1 Stream ColCatz vs revNewborn

Stream here but you need membership to see Beta Streams http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/live/starcraft_2

MLG Hotpockets link to redeem your code

[updated 19:25 EST]

http://store.majorleaguegaming.com/hotpockets

If you got a code from the eat play win for free month of Silver MLG membership this is link used to redeem code.  It should be in the email they send you with it.

Note if your having problems the code may not be active until a day or so after you get it.  Or you may have to log in  and out. Or log in and then manually go back to above link to enter your code for free month.

From what I have heard it can be a little annoying, after the above you will still have to go to your Membership area https://accounts.majorleaguegaming.com/account/membership
after getting the free silver membership activated to get your event/stream Voucher code.

Then enter that in stream when you select high video quality settings (selecting high video just gets the window to popup so you can enter voucher number).

Lot of steps.

I know lot of people have difficulty with navigation on MLG's website.  It isn't user friendly at all, I find googling for page I want on MLG website works far better than trying to navigate in the site itself.

Note sure I have covered it fully, but did what I could.  Hope this helps.

Feel free to post questions or help in the comments section.  You don't have to have Blogger account to post on my blog.  Actually unless I have problems with spam I will continue to allow people to post anonymously.

KiwiKaki vs Sjow Epic!

Showcasing some Kiwikaki awesomeness from http://www.youtube.com/user/NAStarLeague

Don't stop watching the game when you think it is done, that is all I am going to say.



If you would like Kiwikaki to stream see this http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2011/11/petition-for-kiwikaki-to-stream.html

Edited to add:  as Gretorp says this shows how to beat the 1-1-1 in PvT :D

Catz is streaming since he missed MLG flight

http://www.twitch.tv/colcatz

I am bummed Catz!

Catz :(

Catz via Twitter  "missed my flight T_T, about to stream in a bit"

SC2 Streams, couple of observations.

I got to see some great practice games between desRow and various practice partners today.

I saw him practice with Pokebunny & boyo today.

I encourage everyone to check out their streams.

I was really impressed with the practice and being able to hear the GM's talk to each other about the game and builds.

Was really cool that Pokebunny and boyo were streaming as well as desRow during the practice games so you could see what both players were doing during the practice games.

Like desRow said, that is very good & useful, I wished more pros did that.

I also think it was really impressive that desRow gave shoutout to boyo, a fairly new to the SC2 scene GM,  boyo really appreciated it.

IMO that level of Manner or Courtesy is truly impressive.   Big part of what draws me to Starcraft 2, is seeing things like that.

GG WP!

Boyo streaming PvP pracrtice vs desRow

boyo Grandmaster Protoss North America

http://www.twitch.tv/boyostarcraft

desRow fighting!

http://www.twitch.tv/desrowfighting

gogogogogo!

WhiteRa youtube

From WhiteRa, one of his games with commentary by WhiteRa himself.

HappyBirthday WhiteRa <3

For those that didn't know, WhiteRa just had his birthday yesterday Nov. 15

TwitchTV is hiring

In case you haven't seen or heard the news yet http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=285778

Clan eP Open Tourney Nov 19 @ 6:00 pm EST

Who: open to all leagues - NA region

What: a 1v1 tournament - single elimination - traditional format.

when: Saturday - 11/19/11 - 6:00 pm eastern - 5:30 pm is check in !!!


CHAT CHANNEL: eP open

30 minute Check-in Prior to Tourny !!!


Where: CLICK HERE TO ENTER !!
---you must first register on the Eternal Plague site, then join the tourny.
---log into SC2 and join chat channel: eP open (yes with space)
---this is very important and helps with running a smooth tourny.


you can also find out more information via these media sources...
http://twitch.tv/clanep

LXG Open 21 8:00 PM EST

Today(11/15/11) we will be hosting LXG Open #21!
Sign ups start at 8:00pm EST and we hope to get things started by 8:45pm EST.
We're going to have a Bo1 double elimination.
The map pool will remain MLG maps.
We will post up a finalized set of rules tonight on the tournament bracket.
As always Good Luck and Have Fun!

Edited to add:  "this is the last week using the LXG Open chat channel for sign ups. After this week we'll be using playhem only"

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman

More Information: http://teamlxg.forumotion.com/t73-lxg-open-21

SoCal eSports Circuit 2011 – Irvine Recap

Check out the link for details, supposed to be a regular event, they had a lot of REALLY good games & good casters, big Prize Pool as well for the size of the event. 

If I lived close enough I would be there in person, instead of just watching their stream.

http://socalesports.com/scec2011-irvine-recap/

Michael "goswser" Dobler joins compLexity!

Gratz!  Goswer made me a fan with his Thundertoss Top 200 KOTH performance!

For full story click the link below.

compLexity news:

Today compLexity is excited to announce the official signing of Michael "goswser" Dobler. This marks the first "graduation" we have had from the compLexity Academy. Michael had an outstanding run at MLG Orlando defeating some big names and since Orlando his online play has been nothing short of excellent.

Computer Tech: Server based gaming?

I wonder if gaming will move to high performance SuperServers, played from consoles that are used as "dumb" terminals?

Would be one way for Blizzard and others to deal with DRM & Piracy issues.

This quote from Amazon really got me thinking about it, if they can get latency low enough:

On a somewhat smaller scale, you can launch your own array of 290 CC2 instances and create a Top500 supercomputer (63.7 teraFLOPS) at a cost of less than $1000 per hour (perhaps a lot less, depending on conditions in the Spot Market).

Epic Stephano vs Grubby

Stephano vs Grubby Game 1 Battle in Berlin
Cast by Darnoc with TGN

SlayersCoca forfeits his Code S spot

Check out this story on Teamliquid:  SlayersCoca forfeits his Code S spot

2011 MLG Providence

[updated 11/19/2011]

November 18-20, 2011 MLG Providence

Brackets:  http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Providence#Championship_Bracket
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Providence/Open_Bracket#Bracket_1
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Providence/Open_Bracket_Losers#Bracket_1


Scores:  https://twitter.com/#!/MLGSC2Scores

Broadcast Schedule


http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/what-awaits-you-at-mlg-providence/

2011 MLG Pro Circuit Providence format

http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2011_MLG_Pro_Circuit/Providence

Casters:  Tasteless, Artosis, djWheat, Husky, Mr Bitter, and JP McDaniel

drewbie is streaming!

http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

gogogogogogogogo!

WhiteRa displaying Awesomeness!

Watching WhiteRa streaming ladder http://www.twitch.tv/whitera

And he just did something that really impressed me.  WhiteRa is good at doing that!

This particular game was vs Zerg on Shattered Temple, and WhiteRa is doing his normal Warp Prism Zealot drops.  Was going Colossus but Zerg went heavy Muta so Colossus production was dropped off in favor of Stalkers, with Blink, and Archons.

Now the part that I think was Awesome, so good I am going to use it myself, is once Blink was done and he had his first two Archons done he loaded the Archons in the Prism (think had speed upgrade for Prism as well) and attacked Zerg main with 2 Archons & Blink Stalkers!

Was really cool, far faster than using Obs for the blink, plus added the power of the Archons to the attack, with option to reinforce with warp if wanted.

Don't think I have seen that before, is simple but elegant attack.  Should be much harder to defend because of the speed of the attack vs using Obs for vision, and Obs can be scouted if opponent is good on defense.

This was almost like a Zerg drop with Nydus support!

Most brilliant SC2 concept I have seen this month hands down!

Stephano is Streaming vs Sheth

http://fr.justin.tv/mstephano#/w/2069743776

 Not sure if this is for fun, practice, or event.

Kings of Tin! Mon 19:00 EST/ 16:00 PST

Kings of Tin - Snute

Snute

I am sad, won't be able to watch KOT live tonight, so go keep @twelfthdoc company, he really shouldn't drink alone!

I will be watching the VOD though.

Progamers keep getting younger!

From LaG.TT.LizarD

Starcraft 2 Skills: Planned Structured Practice

One of the things I suggest for serious gamers is they break their practice up into different segments or parts.

Here is an example that I might give to a player I was coaching.

Day 1 Ladder play, using builds that you have practiced, and saving replays.

Day 2 Watch the replays from ladder games & take notes on what was done wrong and what was done right.

Day 3 Practice games with Training partner, or Micro practice on Training map. Focus on the things you learned from the ladder replays. Ideally watch replays of practice games, with you focusing on your partner's play, and your partner focusing on your play. Far easier to be object of someone else than of yourself.

Day 4 Watch Pro games, ideally replays, but VODs can help as well, ideally you would have one or two pros of the race you play, that you focus on. Good idea to watch game through once without much, or any rewinding, to get a feel for it. Day9 does this at x8, I tend to use x4 and x2 mostly. Then start over going slower and rewinding, while taking notes.

Day 5 Rest from SC2, do something fun or productive. Try not to sit in front of computer or TV, you want to give your body a break to recover. Eyes & hands are not up to being on computer all the time!

Now this is just an EXAMPLE, to illustrate the idea of a Planned Structured Practice routine. It is not cast in stone.

This is a Five day plan, a semi serious player might take weekend off or do whatever for fun.

While a Pro, or someone who is striving to to be a pro, might just loop back to Day 1 when day 6 comes around, or make a Seven day plan. Or even a ten day plan, you don't have to have plans that line up with the calendar.

You can also do what is called double splits, which means you break day into 2 parts, usually morning and evening.  Do one workout in the morning, then go work, play, or rest till the evening when you do your second workout.

Note that every day of gaming is followed by a day of Watching.

That is because Recovery is a critical component of improving as much as practice. Many Athletics have a hard time giving their body and mind enough recovery time, because they feel like they are being lazy then.

You actually improve during the Recovery phase of training, not during the exertion phase. When you lift weights, if you don't give your muscles adequate time to recover before the next workout, you actually limit your gains, it is called over training.


Muscles need, for most people, 2-3 days of recovery. To deal with this problem serious weight lifters work different muscles on different days. That way they can work out more often, yet still give their muscles plenty of time to recover.

To fully development and retain skills you also require Sleep. When you sleep your brain sort of filters out a lot of the little things from the day, leaving the events or actions that you spent a lot of time or a lot of focus on.

Sleep actually helps you get what you worked on during the day into long term memory.

Another important point for gamers is that lack or sleep or fatigue, basically lowers your IQ and reaction speed. It also affects your judgment. Just like being drunk impairs you, so does fatigue.

Stress causes fatigue, so anything that causes a lot of stress, say a real intense close game, can lead to fatigue, and thus impaired performance quickly. Even if you started well rested and focused. This is part of the reason why Tournaments are harder, or why driving your car in a blizzard can be completely exhausting.

If you catch yourself doing something really stupid, and you don't know why, there is a really good chance it is because your fatigued.

As a Coach and Trainer, I want to point out it is much harder to break a bad habit, than it is to learn it correct the first time.

If you practice when your fatigued you will be playing incorrectly, so you will actually be practicing poor play, or in simple terms you will be practicing how to LOSE!

Which means you will have to spend more time unlearning your bad habits you drilled in while to fatigued to play well.

So Stop playing when that happens and do something else.

Try taking a break, get up from the computer. Walk around a little bit, eat a healthy snack, & hydrate! You will be surprised how much that can help. You can use this at tournaments as well. A five or ten minute break can really improve your performance.

The more Tournaments you play in the less it will get to you.  The more familiar you with something the less it will stress you out.

Physical Conditioning also helps a lot. Cardio/Aerobic exercise is more important for this than strength training. Thought they both help.

Being fit helps in at least two ways, one because a fit body is stronger, stress causes less fatigue.  The other is that you will have more energy and endurance, so while you will get fatigued it will have a smaller effect.

Thundertoss vs DerMeister PvP

I have been waiting for NanMan to cast this game, thanks to Thundertoss <3 for the replay!  This is an exciting PvP, not your typical boring 4 Gate vs 4 Gate.

Thundertoss Coaches pros, but he also Coaches non Pros, if your interested in coaching from Thundertoss click here.

Thundertoss' Top 200 King of the Hill! Tonight 21:30 EST/ 18:30 PST

Watch Thundertoss and Ascend stream KOTH from top level SC2 players!

Stream: http://twitch.tv/ascendtv

Thundertoss' weekly Top 200 King of the Hill continues, showing the top players duking it out in a King of the Hill format.

Top 200 Players (Grandmaster priority, top Masters permitted)
$20 for each 5 wins.
$10 for dethroning a 5+ win player.
$10 for "Match of the Night"

To play, join the chat channel "top200koth" on the NA server, and send a message to Thundertoss.


Thread: Top 200 KOTH (with prize $$!)

Axslav streaming EU Playhem

http://www.twitch.tv/Axslav

I have not seen a lot of Axslav's games yet, a friend suggested his games because I am interested in Phoenix play.  [Note: for me lots means more than a 100 games]

Real impressed with Axslav's stream so far, he does a lot of answering chat questions.

drewbie is streaming Playhem

http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

GOGOGOGOGOGO!

PSA: Steam Accounts Hacked, watch your CC transactions!

I don't like posting stuff without primary sources, but I can't find a link to direct post from Valve CEO Gabe Newell that the links below are citing.  If anyone has that please post it or tweet me.

Short version is Forums on Steam were hacked, and the Hackers also had Access to email, credit card data, and etc.  But they don't know if the file was taken, or if it was if the Hackers would be able to break the encryption.

I have ars link because I know them, and they are pretty good news source for stuff.  Kotaku is new to me, but they look legit.  Just not 100% positive yet about Kotaku.

Kotaku spells out how to change Steam Passwork and such if you have questions.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/11/valve-confirms-steam-hack-credit-cards-personal-info-may-be-stolen.ars

This seems to be most detailed information I can find http://kotaku.com/5858497/what-we-know-about-the-steam-hack-and-what-you-should-do

Platinum Battlefield cocast Pyromancer & Kavik Sat, 11/12/11 at 4:15 PM / 16:15 EST

[Edited 11/12/11]

Kavik will be joining Pyromancer as co caster for this event, this will be Kavik's debut cast I believe.

Check out my friends cast this coming Saturday.

These Casters are just getting started with casting, but they have been involved in Esports for some time.

Kavik on ColCatz's stream and Pyromancer has been part of  Z33K.

You may have seen either or both of them working as Mods.

They are casting the Platinum Battlefield at http://www.twitch.tv/z33k_pyromancer 4:15 PM EST!!

More information here http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/3994-platinum-battlefield-16
[link fixed]

GL HF guys!

Shoutout to kyphosis for Playing thru Earthquake

Competing in Z33K weekly Masters 2v2, kyphosis played at least one game of the event during an Earthquake!

Drewbie Streaming Cheese day!

drewbie is cheesing ladder today go watch


http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

z33k 2v2 Masters Weekly Wed 8:00pm/20:00 EST

Come join the awesomest Stream Chat in SC2!  With good games and good Casters!  Ayesee & Redmagejr are the main casters, unless they are on the road for events like MLG.

Ayesee makes sure you know they appreciate every single one of their viewers.

Ayesee does shoutout for every single viewer.

So stop by say "Hi", tell them Cliff said to check them out! 

I am there in Chat every time, unless my Net provider Trolls me or something like that. 


Info below from Z33k/It's Gosu:

z33k.com is proud to present the 2v2 Masters Weekly series! In partnership with Complexity Gaming and Origin PC we will be bringing you a $50 prize pool for Masters level 2v2 teams every week! With the new ladder maps in play prepare for some epic 2v2 games.

Stream: It's GoSu

Broadcast starts - Wed, Nov 09 at 1700 PST/2000 EST

The tournament will be a single elimination bracket. Only the RO8 and beyond will be streamed.

First place wins $50 every week.

Tune in for some high level 2v2 action!

Site: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/3810-2v2-masters-weekly-13

Thread: z33k 2v2 Masters $50 Weekly

LXG Open Tonight, & News

Supposed to be big Announcement from LXG Tonight!

"Today(11/08/11) we will be hosting LXG Open #20! Sign ups start at 6:30pm EST and we hope to get things started by 7:15pm EST. 
We're going to have a Bo1 double elimination. The map pool will remain MLG maps. We will post up a finalized set of rules tonight on the tournament bracket. As always Good Luck and Have Fun!"

Forum:  LXG Forum

Stream & afterwords the VOD will be here http://www.justin.tv/therealnanman

Brackets:  http://challonge.com/lxgopen19 

Teamliquid thread http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=274380

Thundertoss Streaming!

I always learn something from watching Thundertoss!


http://www.twitch.tv/thundertoss

https://twitter.com/#!/thundertoss

drewbie streaming Playhem

Watch drewbie!

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

Kings of Tin! 7:00pm EST Tonight!

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/onemoregametv

See my clocks for accurate time without worrying about daylight savings.

From One More Game:

After a week-long hiatus, Kings of Tin returns tonight! Broadcasting from Twitch.TV's headquarters in sunny San Francisco, djWHEAT will be joined by Wacksteven and this week's special guest: Team GosuGamers' own LastShadow! Make sure to join us, and note for our international audience that Daylight Savings Time is over here in the U.S. - so depending on what your country observes the show time may be later than usual!
Kings of Tin goes live at 12AM UTC / 7PM EST / 4PM PST and is brought to you by SteelSeries, Bigfoot Networks, and GUNNAR Optiks.

ASUS ROG Tournament Replay Pack

http://t.co/xdm5T6Gh


Replay pack from the Asus ROG tournament - @Totalbiscuit

drewbie's playlist

http://grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Rgfghvjthjdghj/61303699

Was hanging out in Coldrewbie's stream the other day and he posted his playlist, so I figured I would post it here, easier for fans to find and less work for drewbie.

I also have Catz's playlist here.

To see other playlists on my Blog just click playlist you can also find that link in the label cloud at left side of the blog.

PSA: A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EDT via TV and radio stations

Public Service Announcement (PSA):

A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST/EDT via TV and radio stations.

Source:  http://www.fema.gov/


Detailed Information:  http://www.fema.gov/eastest/

***

From what I understand this will be on every USA station at the same time. Just a test, figured I might as well post notice here.  So a few more people will know it is happening, and can plan on getting a refill during this.  Not sure if it will affect the net directly or not.


~Cliff

Drewbie streaming Playhem tournament!

drewbie is "Playing in the daily Playhem tournament, come watch !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie

ASUS ROG VOD up

http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalBiscuit#g/c/870C1E014D0425B4

Totalbiscuit and Apollo are casting this event, I like Totalbiscuit & Apollo a lot as a casting Team, I like them better even than Artosis & Tasteless.

I like Ayesee & Redmage, Ascend & Thundertoss (those two casting teams are excellent, Ayesee & Redmage are funnier most of the time, while Thundertoss and Ascend have a bit deeper understanding of the game IMO), Totalbiscuit & Apollo, then Artosis & Tastless.

Now this is just my personal preference, I prefer knowledge Casters over shoutcasters, but I like funny as well.  I think Apollo and Totalbicuit balance Shoutcasting and knowledge casting very well. 

I think my sense of humor is closer to Ayesee & Redmage though.  While Tastosis try to hard to be funny for my tastes at times.  Though from what Day9 and others have said they are even funnier in person.  Maybe they are trying to hard to be respectable on camera?



All of those Casting Teams are good though, if your not familiar with one of them check them out.  All of them  can be found on my blog either on right for Stream & VOD links or on the left for Twitter.

For Tasteless and Artosis stream check out http://www.gomtv.net/

Sheth vs Time Bo5 Showmatch

Day 4 Game 1 Sheth vs Time in NanMan's Anniversary Special Showmatch series
Rest of VODS

WhiteRa vs Sheth Bo9 Showmatch! at 20:00 EDT tonight

IPL Fight Club 1 - WhiteRa vs. Sheth

When:  Sat 20:00 EDT/ 17:00 PDT
Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/ignproleague

IPL Fight Club is a weekly best of 9 showmatch series where each week a player can earn $500 and have a $100 bounty placed on their head. Our first ever showdown is between Liquid`Sheth, the Manner Zerg, and WhiteRa, the Special Tactics Master of Manner. It will be a manner duel for the ages, and the winner will return to face a new challenger next week! Cast by our IGN eSports in-house casting team of HDStarCraft, PainUser, and CatsPajamas!

Site: http://www.ign.com/ipl

Thread: [IPL] Fight Club 1: WhiteRa vs. Sheth

Trimaster vs Goswser VOD

Goswser was looking good in Thundertoss Top 200 KOTH (King of the Hill) last night so looked for some VODs with him in, this game looks pretty good.  Everyone know who TriMaster is now, so that should give you an idea of skill level here.

Goswser playing like a boss tonight on Thundertoss Top 200 KOTH

He is part of compLexity Academy if my information is current.

Follow Goswser  at

Goswser's Stream http://www.twitch.tv/goswser/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/#!/goswser  or @goswser


Shoutout to erisenyo for finding Goswser's stream for me!  Thanks Bro!

Thundertoss King of the Hill Top 200 @ 9:30PM/ 21:30 EDT

Check out Thundertoss & Ascend's High level King of the Hill weekly event.  Great SC2 all Friday night!

Stream: http://twitch.tv/ascendtv 

Thread: Top 200 KOTH (with prize $$!)



Thundertoss' weekly Top 200 King of the Hill continues, showing the top players duking it out in a King of the Hill format.

Top 200 Players (Grandmaster priority, top Masters permitted)
$20 for each 5 wins.
$10 for dethroning a 5+ win player.
$10 for "Match of the Night"

To play, join the chat channel "top200koth" on the NA server, and send a message to Thundertoss.

drewbie is streaming

drewbie is back from Korea and is streaming ladder http://www.twitch.tv/coldrewbie/

GOGOGOGOGO!

<3 drewbie

LXG house information

Forum:  LXG Forum

Stream & afterwords the VOD will be here http://www.justin.tv/therealnanman

Brackets:  http://challonge.com/lxgopen19 

Teamliquid thread http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=274380

Petition for Kiwikaki to stream

I like many of his other Fans would like to see Kiwikaki stream.  Even if he could only do so a couple times a month, it would be appreciated.

I know Kiwikaki was talking to Destiny about how much money could be made from streaming, so if enough people say they would like to see him stream and would watch it maybe we can persuade him to do so!

So if you would like to see Kiwikaki stream please post a comment below.

Keep it Mannered & Polite.

I will edit or delete BM!

Minigun vs QXC Bo5 Showmatch

This is Game 2 Day 3 of Nanman's Anniversary Special. My favorite game of the series.

Nanman's Youtube Channel.

Vibe vs Gimix Bo5 Show match

Game 1 Day 2 from Nanman's Anniversary Showmatch Special.

Nanman's Youtube Channel.

Shoutout to z33k & It's Gosu

You are part of what makes Esports Awesome!  <3

http://www.itsgosu.com/game/sc2          http://www.z33k.com/

drewbie vs pokebunny Bo5 Showmatch Friday 11/4/11 @ 20:00 EDT

compLexity drewbie vs Its Gosu Pokebunny  Friday at 8:00 PM/ 20:00 EDT

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman
 
More Information

z33k Weekly Masters 2v2 rescheduled to today.

z33k.com is proud to present the 2v2 Masters Weekly series! In partnership with Complexity Gaming and Origin PC we will be bringing you a $50 prize pool for Masters level 2v2 teams every week! With the new ladder maps in play prepare for some epic 2v2 games.

Stream: It's GoSu

Broadcast starts - Wed, Nov 02 at 1700 PST/2000 EST

The tournament will be a single elimination bracket. Only the RO8 and beyond will be streamed.

First place wins $50 every week.

Tune in for some high level 2v2 action!

Site: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/3781-2v2-masters-weekly-12

Thread: z33k 2v2 Masters $50 Weekly

Thundertoss Interview!

I am a big fan of Thundertoss, he has coached Pro Players Destiny and Minigun.

I think he has best strategic understanding of Starcraft 2 of anyone out there.  Anyone that wants to get better at SC2 should listen to him!

Link here for coaching from Thundertoss.  Or follow his Blog link.  Stream link.  Twitter @thundertoss

Let him know you found him from Cliff's blog.  He doesn't get the attention he deserves yet.

Sheth vs Time Bo5 Showmatch 20:00 (8:00 PM) EDT Thursday

This match was originally scheduled for Wed rescheduled to Thursday, because of scheduling conflicts for players.

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman

VOD:  http://www.youtube.com/NanMan

Info

colMinigun vs FXOqxc Live Showmatch NOW!

Stream:  http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman

z33k Weekly 2v2 Masters

z33k.com is proud to present the 2v2 Masters Weekly series! In partnership with Complexity Gaming and Origin PC we will be bringing you a $50 prize pool for Masters level 2v2 teams every week! With the new ladder maps in play prepare for some epic 2v2 games.

Stream: It's GoSu

Broadcast starts - Wed, Nov 02 at 1700 PST/2000 EST

The tournament will be a single elimination bracket. Only the RO8 and beyond will be streamed.

First place wins $50 every week.

Tune in for some high level 2v2 action!

Site: http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tournaments/3781-2v2-masters-weekly-12

Thread: z33k 2v2 Masters $50 Weekly

VileIllusion vs DesRow TvP, Game 1 of Nanman's Showmatch Anniversary Special

Game 1 from Day 1 of Nanman's Anniversary Special
Nanman's Youtube Channel

Catz Replay Pack! YES!

http://www.complexitygaming.com/downloads/view/1354/

Catz just released a replay pack!  Link above, you have to register with compLexity to access download.

These are Replays, not VOD, supposed to be over 80 replays, is RAR compressed, haven't looked them yet, have work to do.

Thanks Catz!

WhiteRa vs Stephano MLG Orlando

From 2011 Orlando ttWhiteRA vs MilStephano



Game 2   Game 3

2011 MLG Orlando Replays are out

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/mlg-orlando-sc2-replays-get-them-now

Day 3 Nanman's Anniversary Special Time vs Sheth at 8:00 pm/ 20:00 EDT Wed night!

Day 3 Of Nanman's Anniversary Special Showmatch Wednesday, 11/2 8pm EST: Time vs Sheth

Some great games already in this week long series of showmatches check out the VODs http://www.youtube.com/user/NanMan
http://www.youtube.com/user/NanMan

Everything below this is NanMan's words from his TL post!

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=280311

As some of you may know, I am the founder of the LXG clan, as well as an up-and-coming Starcraft II caster. I began casting in November 2010 and in honor of the one-year anniversary of my start of casting, I am hosting a series of show matches to take place the first week of November.

Dates and Times:
October 31st-November 4th 8pm EST
This is a 5 day event with 1 show match taking place each night.

Stream:
I will be live casting each show match on my twitch.tv channel.
http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman


Prize Pool:
Each show match will be played for $50 in a winner takes all format. The total prize pool is $250 for the week.

Format and Map Pool:
Each show match will be a best of five series.
The map pool will be MLG maps with the loser picking the next map.
Game 1 will start on Metalopolis
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Tal’darim Altar
MLG Antiga Shipyard
MLG Dual Sight
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns

Players:
desRow
ePGimix
Vile Illusion
Its Gosu Pokebunny
Its Gosu ViBE
Infinity Seven Time
Complexity Minigun
Complexity Drewbie
FXO qxc
Liquid Sheth

Day 1 October 31 2011 EST Monday, 10/31 8pm EST: VileIllusion vs desRow

Day 2 Tuesday, 11/1 8pm EST: Gimix vs ViBE

Day 3 Wednesday, 11/2 8pm EST: Time vs Sheth

Day 4 Thursday, 11/3 8pm EST: Minigun vs qxc

Day 5 Friday, 11/4 8pm EST: Drewbie vs Pokebunny

Streaming: JustinTV Wiki

http://community.justin.tv/mediawiki/index.php/Category:Tutorial

Lots of information.  I didn't even know they had wiki till today.

Streaming: Tips & Tricks

http://community.justin.tv/mediawiki/index.php/Moobot

Real helpful bot for Twitch Tv Chat rooms.

Day 2 Nanman's Anniversary Special 8:00pm /20:00 EDT (T)Gimix vs (Z)ViBE

Day 2 Tuesday, 11/1 8pm EST: Gimix vs ViBE

Everything below this is NanMan's words from his TL post!

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=280311

As some of you may know, I am the founder of the LXG clan, as well as an up-and-coming Starcraft II caster. I began casting in November 2010 and in honor of the one-year anniversary of my start of casting, I am hosting a series of show matches to take place the first week of November.

Dates and Times:
October 31st-November 4th 8pm EST
This is a 5 day event with 1 show match taking place each night.

Stream:
I will be live casting each show match on my twitch.tv channel.
http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman


Prize Pool:
Each show match will be played for $50 in a winner takes all format. The total prize pool is $250 for the week.

Format and Map Pool:
Each show match will be a best of five series.
The map pool will be MLG maps with the loser picking the next map.
Game 1 will start on Metalopolis
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Tal’darim Altar
MLG Antiga Shipyard
MLG Dual Sight
MLG Metalopolis
MLG Xel’Naga Caverns

Players:
desRow
ePGimix
Vile Illusion
Its Gosu Pokebunny
Its Gosu ViBE
Infinity Seven Time
Complexity Minigun
Complexity Drewbie
FXO qxc
Liquid Sheth

Day 1 October 31 2011 EST Monday, 10/31 8pm EST: VileIllusion vs desRow

Day 2 Tuesday, 11/1 8pm EST: Gimix vs ViBE

Day 3 Wednesday, 11/2 8pm EST: Time vs Sheth

Day 4 Thursday, 11/3 8pm EST: Minigun vs qxc

Day 5 Friday, 11/4 8pm EST: Drewbie vs Pokebunny