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Out with the old, and in with the new - WCS 2014.
 

2012 ended a great year of StarCraft for our scene. After an excellent WCS final where we saw Australian and New Zealand champions, PiG and JazBas, fall in the Oceanic finals allowing Mafia and mOOnGLaDe to step onto the world stage. 2012 ended with the SC2SEA power ranking placing the players in this order:

1. mOOnGLaDe
2. PiG
3. Mafia
4. tgun
5. Light
6. Ninja
7. Rossi
8. Petraeus
9. Iaguz
10. Jazbas

Since then 2013 has been a year full of ups and downs, whether it be the brutal times for WCS qualifiers or mOOnGLaDe's dream run through WCS America Season 1. However, most importantly, 2013 was a time of change. Slowly, we saw many of our players step back from competing. To name a few of the 10 above, we saw the iM superstars Light, tgun and Mafia retire. We saw Jazbas, Ninja and Rossi starting to take steps out of the competitive scene. And with 6 of our top ten players taking a back seat from competition, 2013 became an opportunity. Who could practice the hardest, who was hungry enough to reach the top. We saw Pezz, Megafonzie, Blysk and others step up to fill the protoss void left by Light. We saw countless zergs working to take their play to the next level and take a spot amongst the best in our region. We saw Petraeus continue his rampaging path to the elite of the SEA region and the return of the Gimli Terran, Iaguz, with the release of HotS.

However, it is clear that an era has ended. The kings of old have set the standards high and certainly they are no easy shoes to fill. Yet, as we look into a new year in 2014, we look to those who improved so much in 2013, to step forward and take our region to a new level in the new year. 2012 was a year of SEA beginning to make a mark on the world stage. 2013 was a changing of the guard. And now, 2014 will be the year of new uprisings, exciting prospects and massive upsets. As we look forward to the second stage of the WCS qualifier tomorrow. We look to see who will take on the burden left behind by our greatest players, to take our region to even greater heights and broader horizons.

Good luck.