[TheGentleman]

SC2SEA Wrap up Issue #6

+ [SC2SEA Updates] +

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SC2SEA!!

I havn't yet made a Terran cake... but I assure you that is next!

Happy birthday SC2SEA which turned 2 years old on the 14th of September 2012. I would prattle on about it for a bit but there's already a thread doing exactly that. Check it out!

To celebrate there will be a plethora for the fun and benefit of all! These include:

• SC2SEA store discounts!
  • 14 Sep - 16 Sep Starcraft 2 Korean Accounts 20% off
  • 17 Sep - 23 Sep TGM Starcraft 2 The Grandmaster Manual Starcraft 2 Strategy Guide 20% off
  • 24 Sep - 30 Sep Starcraft 2 SEA accounts 30% off
• Events!
  • 23 Sep 6-8PM AEST (Tentative Date) The SC2SEA Race Wars 2012, a competition to determine once and for all (again) which is the best race in the SEA.
  • Many Tee Shirt contests!

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Countdown added:

Thanks to paperclip for coding into SC2SEA a countdown timer. With this useful feature you can add a countdown to your important events... there will be no excuse now for people not knowing when your event is. For example, the second Race Wars competition will be held on the 29th September at 9PM AEST.

29th September 9PM AEST

To use this helpful feature simply type the following:

[countdown=29th September 9PM AEST][/countdown]

and replace the time with the desired end time.

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Achievement Merging:

Thanks to System for the suggestion, TheGentleman for the images and paperclip for the implementation of this wonderful new features. Now if you have more than one achievement of the same type it will have a number appear over it indicating the number of times you have earned this achievement.

As you can see above, mafia has earned the achievement "The Nightman Cometh" six times, "The People's Champion" 3 times as well as several other achievements just the once. All numbers are displayed below:

+ [Latest News] +

Winner: Closed Beta Begins!
Source: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=5852

Face it... there is nothing more exciting this month than the StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm beta.

More information about the beta can be found here:

• HotS Balance Changes 14/09/2012
• HotS Balance changes 10/09/2012
• List your HoTS Beta IDs here!
• Heart of the Swarm Beta: What to expect.
• Closed Beta Begins!

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Other News:
(21/09/2012) HotS - HotS Balance Changes: 20/09/2012
(20/09/2012) World News - Liquid`Haypro Retires
(20/09/2012) TGS - TGS Player Interview - iM.Mafia
(19/09/2012) PiG to live in Korea & IESF
(19/09/2012) World News - IEM China is cancelled.
(19/09/2012) HotS - 10 HoTS beta keys up for grabs!
(18/09/2012) Contest, HotS - 10 HoTS beta keys up for grabs!
(18/19/2012) SEA News - Nz eSports Happenings #3
(18/09/2012) Blizzard - Minor Patch 1.5.3 (18th September 2012)
(18/09/2012) sc2sea - Race Wars Update!
(16/09/2012) World News - WCS Europe Day 2 Finals
(15/09/2012) Feature - Birthday Month Contest #1!
(15/09/2012) HotS - HotS Balance Changes 14/09/2012
(14/09/2012) sc2sea - SC2SEA turns two! Happy Birthday!
(14/09/2012) SEA News - Hyding Breed announced
(13/09/2012) sc2sea - SEABet Season 2 Begins!!
(13/09/2012) Interview - Blizzard Interviews Tim "Mafia" He
(12/09/2012) MLG - iM goes to MLG
(12/09/2012) Tournament - OSL Ro16: Flash crushes MC
(12/09/2012) WCS - WCS European Continental Finals this Weekend.
(11/09/2012) SEA News - Melbourne LAN Recap
(11/09/2012) HotS - pHD Beta Invitational #1 ($2000)
(11/09/2012) WCS - Blizzard World Championship finals format announced
(10/09/2012) SEA News - Carnage reformed, merging with Teknicity!
(09/09/2012) SEA News - TargA moves into Polish gaming house Ministry of Win
(09/09/2012) SEA News - Frenetic Array Launches SC2 Team.
(09/09/2012) WCS - Oceania Finals Documentary by The Filming Archon
(07/09/2012) SEA News - Season 8 lock and big changes for next season.
(07/09/2012) Feature - Uncovering the World of eSports - By LiviBee
(06/09/2012) ACL - EB Expo E-Sports Announced
(06/09/2012) SEA News - tgun parts ways with team itsGosu
(05/09/2012) HotS - Closed Beta Begins!
(04/09/2012) HotS - Heart of the Swarm Beta: What to expect.
(03/09/2012) Tournament - IeSF Australian Finals - LAN and Barcraft details
(03/09/2012) Blizzard - 2012 Season 3 ladder lock (4/09/2012)
(03/09/2012) World News - Roster Review 3
(03/09/2012) World News - 2012 GSL Season 4 Code S Groups/Maps Announced
(31/08/2012) Interview - Blizzard Interviews Jared 'PiG' Krensel
(31/08/2012) World News - Jaedong and Rain Seeded into GSL4
(30/08/2012) Tournament - SEA @ NASL Season 4 Qualifier #4
(30/08/2012) ACL - ESWC Australian SC2 Qualifier at EB Expo by Plantronics GAMECOM!
(30/08/2012) World News - ROOT Releases Destiny after recent controversy.
(29/08/2012) xGTL - Grand Final - Gama Bears vs Gamecom NV
(29/08/2012) xGTL - Playoffs (Loser's Bracket Final) - Gamecom NV vs Wayi Spider
(29/08/2012) World News - Blizzard WCS European Finals
(28/08/2012) World News - MaNa Makes it through up and downs and into Code S
(28/08/2012) WCS - Scarlett wins back-to-back WCS Championships
(28/08/2012) SEA News - SEA Stars at FXOpen Invitational Series #6 - Update 2
(27/08/2012) xGTL - Playoffs - Xeria Gaming vs Wayi Spider
(27/08/2012) World News - KeSPA players to play in GSL Season 4
(27/08/2012) Tournament - MLG LoL Champions and Runners Up disqualified.
(27/08/2012) MLG - Leenock wins MLG Summer Championship
(27/07/2012) Global Gaming Alliance Cup - Qualifier 4 in 2 weeks!
(26/08/2012) BSG - FSCT Tournament Summary

+ [Member Achievements] +

Nazmus's Prophecy:

ChadMann - is the winner of the sc2sea seabet season one. But of course he already knew this, just like he knew what 90 out of 138 of his bets were. And of course he also knows that he is therefore the winner of the "Nazmus's Prophecy" achievement. And even though he knew I was about to congratulate him, I will do so anyway... just cause I'm a nice chap. Congratulations Chadmann!

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Quality Member Award:

Dingobloo - Since joining the sc2sea news team last month he hit the ground running... and he hasn't stopped. With continuous contributions to sc2sea's news and features page and a knack for setting the bar just that little bit higher, it is my honor to present him with this achievement. Keep up the good work mate.

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New Member Award:

ChaynesOre: is a from Brisbane. They're a Mechanical Engineering student who's hobbies include soccer and guitar. Welcome back!

Chrisau: is a from Queensland. He has been a member of our community since May this year but this month did something rather unexpected for a newish member with just shy of 10 posts. He donated money to the site.

FaDePetrify: is a from Melbourne, Australia he has already been quite active on the tournament scene since joining the site. Maybe the next one to win the Masters Cup? We will see.

Stargazer: is a from Sheffield in the UK. They have decided to join our community after deciding we are the most user friendly . They are still new to the game and quote un-quote "hungry to learn".

FaDeSyN: is a from Singapore already jumping right into the action and joining the clan FaDe.

Welcome to these new active members of the sc2sea community.

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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:

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SEA News Podcast - Episode 9:

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BW and SC2 Carrier Mechanics:

+ [Tournament News] +

Major Tournaments

IeSF Australia Finals
Results: http://challonge.com/iesfausfinal

Winner: TtPiG
Runner-Up: NvRossi

TtPiG Qualifies for the IeSF 2012 World Championship to be held from the 2nd til the 6th of October 2012.

IEM GZ Qualifiers
Source 1: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=5856
Source 2: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=5969

iMMafia and NvmOOnGLaDe qualified for IEM GZ however this qualifier was cancelled due to the recent conflict between Japan and China over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands.

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SC2SEA Tournaments

Masters Cup #21: 1st: iMMaFia, 2nd: Lobo, 3rd: eehanProAnnn (results)

wT Weekly Open #28: iM Light (results)

wT Weekly Open #29: KwonYuri (results)

wT Weekly Open #30: Mvp (results)

wT Weekly Open #31: sRStalkeR (results)

BSG #62: zack12027 (results)

BSG #63: mGGDrGooSe (results)

BSG #64: SlushieS (results)

BSG #65: ToRSmotPokingFish (results)

BSG Cup #7: Tiger (results)

GPD #61: FsDronesInJail (results)

GPD #62: sRLiveR (results)

GPD #63: pja (results)

Arnor's HotS Beta Tournament: AcerNerchio (results)

PD State of Origin: 1st: ACT/Tas/NT, 2nd: NSW, 3rd: VIC. (results)

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Replay Packs

PiG: http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=5773
Liquid`TLO: http://www.teamliquidpro.com/news/20...k-45-liquidtlo

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Have I missed something you think should have been included? Please send me a PM and I will resolve the issue.

[[TOG]Chrisau]

Cool writeup, was first time reading the SC2SEA wrap-up and stumbled across my name being mentioned in it - cheers! I'm becoming more and more surprised at how well SC2SEA is setup, organizational structure and such - quite a community, looking forward to getting into it a bit more. Keep up the good work.

[TCPLemminks]

Quick Comments

TheGentleman:

Haha, Your donation was spectacular Lemminks, but I can't give you the new member of the month achievement.

[inFeZa]

In other news - 90% of members suicide over nirvana's cryptic clue thread.

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	hahaha wait till you see Dingo and PCs LOL
	TCPKerO:	HAHA, while not quite suicide it did harm my ladder ranking ;)