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Why this map pool? Fighting Spirit: This map has been a staple of the multiplayer realm since 2009. Used in the Kespa professional map pool from 2009 to 2010 it has seen action in 19 different leagues. It's no question when it comes to balance it is the best, as the worst match up is ZvP which has a 53.4% win rate in favor of zerg. Over taking python and other notable maps, Fighting Spirit has become the standard for any multiplayer game on ICCUP.
Neo Electric Circuit and Neo Jade find themselves being played in the qualifiers as they are two of the most current maps played in the Late Kespa premier leagues. These maps show the perfect circle of life in BW. T>Z>P>T However below I'll show you what favors whom in detail.
Neo Electric Circuit: Below you can see Terran players generally have had the most success on this map and have a great advantage vZ. Protoss should also do there best to avoid this map vZ. TvZ: 22-9 (71%) ZvP: 15-7 (68.2%) PvT: 7-5 (58.3%)
Neo Jade : Below you can see Protoss has the advantage here in the matchups while Terran is less favored. This is also a map zerg would prefer to see if they are playing a Terran. TvZ: 2-2 (50%) ZvP: 5-6 (45.5%) PvT: 10-7 (58.8%)
Where can I learn more about strategy of the game? Whether new or a veteran Chill's Recommended Threads in the Brood War Strategy section can give you tons of information.
Where can I watch VODS of Brood War? The Small Vod Thread is a great resource on how to find the latest pro games on these maps. It also is a great place to add new VODs from Brood Wars finest foriegn tournaments if you find yourself with time to add any there.
Also, Sayle's youtube channel is full of VODS from our most recent foreign tournaments
Where can I find people that actively play Brood War? This whole tournament is being played through an active server called ICCUP. While there are other servers, such as FISH, this is the one the has had the best relationship with TL.
The Internation Cyber Cup also referred to as iCCup, was first launched in the year 2007. Beginning and majoring with StarCraft, iCCup continued to grow throughout the years. Eventually iCCup became so big that expansion into other areas of eSports was necessary. Thus the addition of Counter-Strike, DOTA, and WarCraft.
With the ever growing popularity of iCCup eventually it began to attract the Korean population, more so the Korean Progamers. In return, even more foreign players began to play on iCCup with the hopes of being matched up against a Progamer.
With around 3 to 4 seasons per year, a ton of money prize tournaments, Clan Leagues, and much more, iCCup became a huge success and what you see today is the result of the hard work put in by every single person that is involved in someway with iCCup.
Regards, iCCup Crew
Getting involved with Brood War on iCCup is great because it will prevent map hackers and give you the most friendly environment on earth. Learn how to start playing Starcraft on iCCup right now! Following this link will give you the proper programs and a map pack to all the maps that are being played today.
On January 12 2013 09:23 ne4aJIb wrote: bo1 is really cruel! ;D i wonder how many 5 pools, 8 barracks, 2 gates will happen. :D
yeah hate that, because maybe some better players could be eliminated by cheesers. and there is only one cheeser allowed to do it and not get mad with him, and that's Michael the cheeseking, because he's fucking good with or W/O cheese xD
On January 12 2013 13:03 endy wrote: I hope this doesn't turn into a "I can't host" fest
There should be dedicated game hosters in case of this.
Hype
Anyone who is having connection issues can contact a referee for help. Be warned though, if there is absolutely no way to get a person into a game without lag, then that person may be disqualified.
On January 13 2013 02:29 L3g3nd_ wrote: who are the favorites for this? also i dont see any old school BW names there =/ i was hoping for idra/nony/artosis etc
On January 13 2013 02:29 L3g3nd_ wrote: who are the favorites for this? also i dont see any old school BW names there =/ i was hoping for idra/nony/artosis etc
On January 13 2013 02:29 L3g3nd_ wrote: who are the favorites for this? also i dont see any old school BW names there =/ i was hoping for idra/nony/artosis etc
On January 13 2013 02:29 L3g3nd_ wrote: who are the favorites for this? also i dont see any old school BW names there =/ i was hoping for idra/nony/artosis etc
On January 13 2013 02:29 L3g3nd_ wrote: who are the favorites for this? also i dont see any old school BW names there =/ i was hoping for idra/nony/artosis etc
hahah that's hilarious, I have a tool that automatically parses them from the internal files but it must automatically rename them to sc2 replay files. Guess you will just have to rename them to BW reps manually.
On January 13 2013 04:22 heyoka wrote: hahah that's hilarious, I have a tool that automatically parses them from the internal files but it must automatically rename them to sc2 replay files. Guess you will just have to rename them to BW reps manually.
On January 13 2013 04:22 heyoka wrote: hahah that's hilarious, I have a tool that automatically parses them from the internal files but it must automatically rename them to sc2 replay files. Guess you will just have to rename them to BW reps manually.
I think you should upload them again, correctly, I cant get it to work.
On January 13 2013 04:31 SlowBullets wrote: How does Telecom get W/O for SouthPark and Djem5 when they clearly were there (their previous games indicate 1-0)
They decided to go and play their nation wars games instead
On January 13 2013 05:48 JonathanMerklin wrote: If the winner of this qualifier isn't TerrOr or TechnicS, I'll be really shocked.
EDIT: Oh, man - TechnicS is just so, so, so much better than LancerX right now, it looks like an A vs C game right now
except you are forgetting about eonzerg
eonzerg is very good as well, yeah. Bottom line is that over the course of the qualifier season, I'm pretty sure everyone who deserves to be in will get there, haha.
And TechnicS did not engage that last one very well, but he's too far ahead for it to matter.
Technics enlist manner reaver and pair of crack probe teams to ensure his victory. Now expanding and tries to do something with shuttle... GETS ONE OF THEM KILLED ON SUNKEN WTFWTF
Amazing first qualifier. The atmosphere was really great and sayle&elegant showed their normal self which makes them awesome. Can't wait for the next few qualifers.
edit: whoops forgot to change the extension, download it again if you get the wrong one
thanks again, its a shame I am not better to advance so people can see my games :D
Man I was cheering so hard for you to beat eOn in Ro8 so we would be guaranteed not to have a ZvZ finals and you let me down (sorry eOn <3). We need a protoss hero T_T
EPT
Neo Jade
[sc1f]eonzerg (Group Seed)
Terrorterran (65)
dRaW (41)
TheRealNeMu (11)
i'll try to tune in!
