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Another brief interview. This time with the awesome Maynarde! Big thanks to him for taking the time to do the interview.


What a boss , Picture by Dot

Q: Hi, please introduce yourself for those who many not know who you are.

A: Hello there, I’m Maynarde and I have been casting Starcraft 2 for 3 glorious years of fun and adventure.


Q: How did you get into casting? Did you do any casting prior to Starcraft 2?

A: No I never cast anything before Starcraft 2, how I got into... [Read More]

Hey guys, as I write this, this is probably going to be a pretty big blog post as I am covering a lot in this. So I am going to put a heading in sections and split accordingly.

Inactivity on SEA

So for those of you wondering where the hell I am, particularly Nirvana. As I was asked to make a new introduction thread but I have never done it. There are a few factors as to why like fear of my post being completely scrapped as I cannot format a post for the life of me. But for the main... [Read More]

Hey all, this is something I've been thinking about for a long time and it feels good to finally get it off my chest, but I will be stepping down as a competitive player and moving into casting/management for SLCN.

Unfortunately I got quite sick this year after AVcon and found out I was unable to attend ACL sydney, this put a huge blow to my motivation as I need something to strive for. I tried to focus on online tournaments instead, but TPG really screwed me over in a lot of tournaments,... [Read More]

Just wanted to preface this with a thanks to PiG for even doing this interview. As a long time lurker of sc2sea, I noticed that there weren't many interviews with pro players or anything so I thought I would try and make one happen. It might just be that people aren't interested in reading interviews, but I hope you guys enjoy it, and Ill try and get some more interviews rolling for the future


Notorious PiG!!!!!! ^^

Q: Hi, Im sure most of the people who might read this will know who... [Read More]

Anyone who wants to randomly invite another player on SC2. Ask nicely AND STOP spamming or BM-ing AND recognise that every player has the right to say no and just accept it.

Sample of one such spam invite/request :


I know some of these guys have NO HOTS and just wants someone to invite into party to play the fuller version of the game. Does not give the right to demand it.

FYI, I don't know this guy, never talked/played with him ever/not even in our group chat. Makes me wonder... [Read More]

Many of you may know nerffy/thrasher on NA. Hes a hacker. today i played him twice today and he got either BO wins or BO advantage, or at least should have in game 2 if he wasnt awful. heres the reps

Game 1: http://drop.sc/365244 I go oracle at my third into expand, he opens gasless FE into 3 turrets (no scouting) i go into a 3base 2/2 charge archon timing and he cant micro so i win.



Game 2: http://drop.sc/365243 i told him i was going to blink all in, he went pure marauder after FE... [Read More]

I'll take it I guess...maybe I'll try to break for this season....maybe... [Read More]

Hi guys its x5_Doombie here from Breaking bronze. Recently I had the pleasure of upgrading my PC and getting a new 3d card. The card I chose was the GeForce GTX 770 4GB Windforce from our awesome sponsors over at NVidia.



I wanted a card to take my pc to the next level, I didn’t want to have to worry about my pc crashing while I’m streaming online, or getting a bad frame rate while recording footage. I want to be able to run the games I play on ultra-settings smoothly so I can enjoy... [Read More]

http://tinyurl.com/lavl359

http://youtu.be/XUzHrqabDtk

A different flavor this week!

I've been getting a few requests to commentate my arena runs, so here's a little something to make up for the lack it. Thought it would be a nice change of rhythm from the weekly overview segments.


Here's the full drafting thought process of my 9-2 Druid run-


Full run on youtube:
Decklist:
Mana curve: ... [Read More]

So, as the title basically explains, I get nerves during tournaments. REALLY bad nerves.

I've had this problem for a while, but recently i've been getting it worse and worse every tournament I enter.
I try drinking some tea, try getting fresh, try pre-game meditation, try everything! Nothing works!
I remember one time Light told me "it goes with tourney experience", well, i've seen my fair share of online tourneys and I still get the nerves, and it's gotten to the point where I need to... [Read More]

get in channel at 6:30pm thinking that's when the tournament began.

First series i vs a noname from Singapore

turns out hes not bad
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turns out hes most likely hacking and i lose 1-2
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turns out hes Korean
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turns out hes born in 1969 and thinks hes 49 years old.

Edit: He was DQed and i offered to still play the lower bracket to not f over spud who has been waiting all this time at the quarter finals for the delays.
so now i have to play from the losers... [Read More]

Aloha everyone!

I decided to use technology and make a video blog for once! I just explain what eSports stuff I've been up to over the last month and then dive into analysing a see-saw ZvT vs Iaguz from ACL Sydney.




Hopefully the analysis gives some good insights into how you should structure muta-ling runbys, counters and harass when behind against a terran opponent and unable to afford a Hive-transition.

I'll be aiming for another vlog in the week or two before IEM... [Read More]

Okay guys, with majority of the stuff sorted out here, yes I still get treated like a slave, but they finally show appreciation when I clean 3/4 of the house and then cook and clean after dinner.

So now that the bad bit is over onto the good stuff. I am looking to get back into sc2, currently just playing 6 games a day to get used to the feel of it again, im already starting to get a decent amount of improvement, so what I need at the moment i feel is a coach/mentor that can do some 1 on 1... [Read More]

rglrhlhlgrhglrglhrglhrglglrhgrlgh.

the 6pool; the 4gate; the 2rax.

Murloc decks are the early cheese, the all-in of Hearthstone. Like Starcraft, it's a b*tch to play against, but fun to execute. There's all kinds of murloc decks out there today, but personally I feel Warlock is the most efficient fit. With a murloc aggro deck, the mentality is to draw and play as many cards as possible to end the game as quickly as possible.


Arena playstyle:

None.

The randomness of arena cards... [Read More]

hey guys,

I am running a 24 hour stream to help raise for ur boi bangz. he is an inspirational rapper however is unfortunately limited to what he can do as his studio is in the need of a desperate upgrade as seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S-oLlaYbSU

he came here from juba, sudan to flee from terror and pursue his musical dreams, now he makes great tracks that we can all enjoy, such as:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHXDZsVTYA

my stream can be found at... [Read More]

enjoy professional content and editing right here


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3GRcKOmDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amOnKNv607E... [Read More]

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Howdy friends, I figured I'd post up a little recap of my time at ACL Sydney last weekend! The LANs I've attended this year have been some of the highlights of my year, so I was incredibly excited in the weeks prior to enjoy another great event and also get a chance to visit Sydney, somewhere I haven’t been in years but always loved. Being the penultimate event of the year, I practiced hard in the lead up looking for a good finish to round out the year in solid fashion.


After a late... [Read More]

Because humans are my opponents

So my 2 zealots come in early to poke at Alan's 3rd. Hmmm WHAT?!!! This is why I hate playing people I know... who on earth gets an early spore! Never mind kill that queen first.



Time to kill some drones... hmm they run! That spore could ruin my plans for later... wait stop running away!



And this goes on for like 20s or longer >.<



Yes... literally running around in circles... I nearly died laughing cos it looked so funny. I swear he's... [Read More]

Hope all the protoss players in SEA will check it out.

Basically looking at recording my games and uploading them to youtube, with some nice build tutorials included.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7BT...ature=youtu.be

There's my first video, Dear's blink all in against Puck!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiLu...ature=youtu.be

http://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/commen..._aegis_snatch/

#selfpromotion

This was my fourth time on a fully expense paid trip to Seoul. Yay!!

The first three times were for representing Singapore as the Starcraft 1 / 2 champion. This time it was for my travel portal along with some of the top bloggers from S.E.A and it was wayyyyyyyy better because they took us all around Seoul for 5 days shopping, sight seeing and nom noming our way to nirvana.

We had an amazing time, always love visiting Korea. If you'd like a sneak peek into the culture have a look at this... [Read More]