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Why we <3 esports (lest we forget)

fur — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:21:38

Why I <3 e-sports (lest we forget)

�I had a dream that was Starcraft, and now that dream is gone from me�

A touch melodramatic, no? But it�s a melodramatic time in the Starcraft community.

You see, apparently, Starcraft is dying. At least that�s what I�ve learned at TeamLiquid and Reddit this past month. This came as something as a surprise to me, since I�ve been involved in the Starcraft community for over a decade, and I cannot remember there being more tournaments, coverage, and... [Read More]

Thoughts on Thorzain's TvT

fur — Fri, 6 Jan 2012 06:22:16

Day[9] has made an excellent 'daily' covering Thorzain's TvT fast expand opening. Basically it's an extremely efficient fast expand build that seems not only safe as houses, but extremely flexible.

While Day[9] has an amazing show, I sometimes find his stuff less than helpful. He covers theories, strategies and builds that play very well at the top level, but perhaps aren't super well suited to the lean, mean world of Battle.net or in the hands of someone who lacks godly micro and flawless... [Read More]

Starcraft History X

fur — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:33:28

There was never a tournament like it...

My friends, I would like to take you back into the mist of time. The year is 2001. The music sucks (doesn't it always?), the Essendon Football club was beginning it's tragic decline, and al-Qaeda did a little renovating of the Manhattan Skyline (too soon?). Myself, I was in high school, and my grades were suffering at the hands of a little game called Starcraft: Broodwar.

More significantly, I was playing Brood War in the year that the 1.08 patch... [Read More]

Meching it up on NA

fur — Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:09:18

Greetings and salutations my fellow SC2SEAers, I've been enjoying some of the blogs on here so thought I'd contribute something of my own, in the form of an oldskool battle report.

About myself, I'm an average Masters Terran that uses Mech primarily in all match ups. I mostly ladder these days on NA as Optus provides better latency there. Go figure.

At present I ranked 21 in Masters league with 59 wins and 51 losses, with a bonus pool of 197.
While I would one day like to reach GM,... [Read More]