[TheGentleman]

Warning - Information NOT repeated: In order to make the SC2SEA Wrap Up a monthly newsletter line up properly with each month this issue will cover the 11th of November through to the 30th of November 2012.

+ [SC2SEA Updates] +

Old Post Warnings:

As in the image above... on the bottom left corner of old posts is the words in big red text... "OLD POST". This is to help people know if they're about to resurrect an old thread from the dead via necromancy.

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November Donors: TACeeSerps: $50, freaky_beeky: $100.

+ [Latest News] +

Highlight: Heart of the Swarm coming March 12th
Source: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=6374

The release date for StarCraft 2's first expansion Heart of the Swarm has been released. Quote un-quote... the next evolution begins on March the 12th 2013.

Like the D3 release, SC2SEA will be taking pre-orders (digital version) at the standard price so do wait for our announcement! Members who buy from us get a special HoTS achievement icon.

Four versions of the game are available in various currencies. These are:

• Digital - Standard Edition: $39.99 USD or $49.90 SGD
• Physical - Standard Edition: $49.00 AUD*
• Digital - Deluxe Edition: $59.99 USD or $73.90 SGD
• Physical - Collectors Edition: $89.00 AUD*

* Prices based on JB Hi-Fi in Australia.

Exclusive In Game Content found in both the Deluxe and Collectors editions:

• StarCraft II Torrasque Ultralisk and three swarm-infested portraits
• Exclusive Zerg baneling pet for World of Warcraft
• Diablo III Queen of Blades hero wings and Zerg banner sigils

Additionally as part of the Collectors edition:

• Collectors Edition Soundtrack
• Heart of the Swarm Art Book
• Behind the Scenes DVD & Blu-Ray
• Zerg Rush Mouse Pad

All versions include the StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm Game.

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Other News:
(30/11/2012) Tournament - World Cyber Games 2012 Has already commenced.
(30/11/2012) ESL - Interview with Grubby at IEM Singapore 2012
(30/11/2012) Tournament - Mini interview with Moon at WCG Kunshan 2012
(29/11/2012) World News - Roster Review 6: November 17th - November 29th
(29/11/2012) Tournament - IPL 5 This weekend!
(28/11/2012) Interview - IEM Singapore (Ft. Carmac, Blysk, PiG)
(27/11/2012) Barcraft - BarCraft Round Up - GSL Season 5
(25/11/2012) SEA News - Beast of the Week - KotH series introduction
(25/11/2012) Tournament - Dreamhack Winter Concludes
(23/11/2012) Tournament - Dreamhack Winter this Weekend!
(22/11/2012) ESL - IEM Singapore begins!
(21/11/2012) World News - MMA and Cella Confirmed for Acer.
(21/11/2012) Blizzard - 1.5.3 Balance Test Map
(20/11/2012) ESL - SEA @ IEM Singapore
(20/11/2012) Interview - Chris Sigaty on Heart of the Swarm & eSports
(19/11/2012) Interview - GameSpot Meet The Pros - tgun, Rossi and Light
(19/11/2012) SEA News - fray`Ninja to IEM Singapore
(19/11/2012) HotS - Gamespot interview with Browder about Heart of the Swarm.
(18/11/2012) SEA News - Carnage eSports closes SC2 Division
(17/11/2012) WCS - Battle.net World Championship 2012
(16/11/2012) SEA News - KingKong joins Xeria Gaming
(16/11/2012) World News - Roster Review 5 (October 3rd - November 16th)
(16/11/2012) Tournament - IEM Casters Lineups
(16/11/2012) World News - MLG, ESL and DreamHack Partnership Announced
(15/11/2012) ESL - IEM Singapore: Schedule Released
(15/11/2012) Barcraft - WCS Global Finals Shanghai
(15/11/2012) World News - Iron Squid II - Groups Announced
(14/11/2012) Tournament - IEM Singapore Open Brackets Info
(14/11/2012) Tournament - IEM Singapore Groups Released
(14/11/2012) Tournament - DreamHack Eizo Open Grand Finals Trailer
(13/11/2012) HotS - Heart of the Swarm coming March 12th
(13/11/2012) [SEA News] - ESWC Wrap Up - fray`Petraeus in France
(13/11/2012) SEA News - MLG Dallas Recap by Team Nv
(11/11/2012) Blizzard - Global Play Coming to StarCraft II

+ [Member Achievements] +

Hero of the Day Award:

BaKaiNu. A man of action... it's a thankless job but one we all thank him for doing. BaKaiNu will be receiving the reward Hero of the Day... or indeed many a day for his countless neutral and timely moderation. Congratulations!

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Quality Member Award:

This month there will be two recipients of the Quality Member of the Month award. They are:

grumpy1377 may be new to the site but he has already shown an extremely high level of initiative contributing quality interview threads to the SC2SEA community providing a perfect example of what a quality thread looks like on a forum. Their interview posts include: Grubby at IEM Singapore 2012, a mini interview with Moon at WCG Kunshan 2012 and an interview with Mafia, LordByrnsy & deathdoG at IEM Singapore 2012. From Sydney, Australia please welcome our new and quality member of the month.

Savior.777. He only has 257 posts so you may have heard of him. The GM Zerg player from New Zealand will be receiving the Quality Member of the Month Award for his tutorial thread Breaking 80 Supply at 8 mins - A ZvP Guide.

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New Member Award:

Phnx Duxxie is a Bronze Terran from Melbourne, Australia. They recently joined the site and been actively posting on the forums. They are the founder of the new clan Phoenix e-sports and enjoy surfing, gaming, cricket and footy. Welcome!!

Zakattack is a Terran player from Wales in the United Kingdom. They have recently joined our little community. Please make welcome our new overseas friend.

Psykerpath a.k.a. Nathan Starkey will be the final recipient of the New Member of the Month award. They had a little bit of a rocky start to the community but have pulled through with the offer of a new SC2 team "Drop Bear Gaming". More information about this can be found here: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=6487

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If you believe I have missed someone or would like to recommend someone for the New Member or Quality Member awards please feel free to send me a PM for the next SC2SEA Wrap up.

+ [Scene Coverage and Videos] +

StarCrafts Episode 15 Attention Seeker

+ [Hottest Threads] +

Highlight: Breaking 80 Supply at 8 mins - A ZvP Guide
Source: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=6449

Savior writes us a guide on how to beat Protoss as Zerg. The guide is incredibly detailed including a build order, situation analysis and FAQ plus many replays for analysis.

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More hot topics:

General:
(30/11/2012) The THQ Humble Bundle (great game deal)
(29/11/2012) Google Ingress
(26/11/2012) Ladder Anxiety
(20/11/2012) Sea fight club
(19/11/2012) Happy Birthday JazBas

StarCraft 2:
(30/11/2012) Interview - Mafia, LordByrnsy & deathdoG at IEM Singapore 2012
(20/11/2012) Tutorial - Breaking 80 Supply at 8 mins - A ZvP Guide
(19/11/2012) Defending 6 pool
(19/11/2012) General - 5 Months to hit Masters?
(18/11/2012) We be hyping Melb Lan
(18/11/2012) ACL - 2013 Feedback and Ideas
(13/11/2012) PvZ - This is how you play protoss
(04/11/2012) Interview - Nv & iM MLG Interviews

+ [Tournament News] +

Major Tournaments

World Cyber Games 2012
When: 29th of November til the 2nd of December 2012
Results: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...s_2012#Bracket

1st: PartinG
2nd: Adelscott
3rd: MacSed

IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Singapore
When: 22nd until 25th of November 2012
Results: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...gapore#Results

1st: Sting
2nd: Grubby
3rd: VortiX
3rd: sLivko

With 3 Australians (PiG, MaFia and Ninja) and 3 Singaporeans (Yekke, Blysk and ProAnnn) in the Group Stages of IEM hopes were high for a SEA victory. Whilst SEA didn't take the tournament Ninja made it to the play-off brackets proving that SEA has what it takes on the international stage.

2012 DreamHack Open: Winter
When: 22nd until 24th of November 2012
Results: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...ck_Open/Winter

1st: HerO (250000 kr)
2nd: TaeJa (100000 kr)
3rd: monchi (50000 kr)
3rd: Nerchio (50000 kr)

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SC2SEA Tournaments

Masters Cup 24:
When: 18th of November 2012
Results: http://challonge.com/mc24

1st: xGKingKong
2nd: iaguz
3rd: fray`ninja

Masters Cup 23: (I missed this one in the last wrap up)
When: 21th of October 2012
Results: http://challonge.com/mc23

1st: cRKingKong
2nd: NvRossi
3rd: iMMafia

GPD Open:

#69: Chuckles (results)
#70: ToRGunz (results)

BSG Open:

#73: Khein (results) <-- double check details.
#74: coktator (results)

The BSG Open has ended for the year and will resume on the 12th of January 2013.

wT Weekly:

39: Shieldz (KwonYuri) (results)
40: yChSPR (results)
41: MVP (results)

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