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RSL II host sc2tv announces new regular Heart of the Swarm cup, where the most successful pros in beta will be involved.
Bracket here.
Participants:
   White-Ra
 DIMAGA
 BabyKnight
![[image loading]](http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/images2/b/b9/Pl.png)  Nerchio
ForGG   HeroMarine.
 Morrow
Bly
Famous russian-speaking caster Adolf[RA]
First games:
Dimaga vs ForGG
BabyKnight vs Adolf
Bly vs White-Ra
Morrow vs Nerchio
When:
29th of September, 1400 CET.
Prize pool:
1st — $3oo
2nd — $2oo
3rd — $1oo
Format:
Double elimination.
Bo3 in winners bracket, Bo1 in losers bracket, Bo5 in finals.
Stay tuned for further players and casters announcements.
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fraer should be invited! ;]
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nice. thats a good sum of money for a small pool of players 
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Can't wait to see some pros do cool things in Hots!
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Who are the last 3 players?
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The last participants are:
Morrow
Bly
Famous russian-speaking caster Adolf[RA]
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United Kingdom20319 Posts
so few toss on beta - Morrow is playing Zerg? He seems to be one of the strongest terrans on the server.
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ForGG cann't attend. He is replaced by HeroMarine.
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Awesome players but no english casting 
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Haha, silly mothership core. Rush it to do great harass and re-call for instant defense. I saw one that got 18 kills against Kas who tried to defend his mineral line with a turret but msc outranged it. Not a bad unit for 50m50g, I must say.
Edit: Oh, it's 100/100 now.
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Speaking of cost-efficiency; brood lords, swarm hosts and infestors does fairly well in that regard. gg Dimaga. 
Edit: Oh c'mon guys, it's so lonely here.
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Watching Babyknight vs Dimaga with lots of Swarm Hosts and Broodlords and Spines made it look like it takes zero skill and just a lot of turtling behind that wall. At least the usual Protoss deathball strategy didnt work ....
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On September 30 2012 00:52 AlternativeEgo wrote:Speaking of cost-efficiency; brood lords, swarm hosts and infestors does fairly well in that regard. gg Dimaga. Edit: Oh c'mon guys, it's so lonely here.
Of course it's lonely, I have TaKe's stream on in a different tab and do something else in the meantime, but every time I tab over to see if there are some games on, all I ever catch is TaKe and the little guy on the couch. I'm not chasing the games, but it seems like there's a lot of downtime.
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On September 30 2012 01:04 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2012 00:52 AlternativeEgo wrote:Speaking of cost-efficiency; brood lords, swarm hosts and infestors does fairly well in that regard. gg Dimaga. Edit: Oh c'mon guys, it's so lonely here. Of course it's lonely, I have TaKe's stream on in a different tab and do something else in the meantime, but every time I tab over to see if there are some games on, all I ever catch is TaKe and the little guy on the couch. I'm not chasing the games, but it seems like there's a lot of downtime.
Yes it seems to take some time to get the games rolling. I was watching both hots tournaments earlier when the other one was on so that wasn't an issue then. But that thread was also dead so I don't know if it's just a slow day or if it's just not that interesting for the TL'ers. The viewer number looks good.
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why didnt whitera recall out
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On September 30 2012 01:15 AlternativeEgo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2012 01:04 StarVe wrote:On September 30 2012 00:52 AlternativeEgo wrote:Speaking of cost-efficiency; brood lords, swarm hosts and infestors does fairly well in that regard. gg Dimaga. Edit: Oh c'mon guys, it's so lonely here. Of course it's lonely, I have TaKe's stream on in a different tab and do something else in the meantime, but every time I tab over to see if there are some games on, all I ever catch is TaKe and the little guy on the couch. I'm not chasing the games, but it seems like there's a lot of downtime. Yes it seems to take some time to get the games rolling. I was watching both hots tournaments earlier when the other one was on so that wasn't an issue then. But that thread was also dead so I don't know if it's just a slow day or if it's just not that interesting for the TL'ers. The viewer number looks good.
Maybe it has to do with how boring it looks. That Babyknight vs Dimaga game had zero excitement and it was due to the unit composition with its ton of free units (and Fungal Growth) being unbeatable by the standard Protoss army. Swarm Host (and Broodlord) = zero micro = zero excitement. At least in WoL you had to use your Zergling / Roach support units in the correct way and micro a bit back and forth, but Swarm Host just produces free units you can lose without that being a problem. Terribly boring unit.
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wb semis - Dimaga takes g1 against WhiteRa after a good ol' base-race and muta vs stalker.
On September 30 2012 01:22 Rabiator wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2012 01:15 AlternativeEgo wrote:On September 30 2012 01:04 StarVe wrote:On September 30 2012 00:52 AlternativeEgo wrote:Speaking of cost-efficiency; brood lords, swarm hosts and infestors does fairly well in that regard. gg Dimaga. Edit: Oh c'mon guys, it's so lonely here. Of course it's lonely, I have TaKe's stream on in a different tab and do something else in the meantime, but every time I tab over to see if there are some games on, all I ever catch is TaKe and the little guy on the couch. I'm not chasing the games, but it seems like there's a lot of downtime. Yes it seems to take some time to get the games rolling. I was watching both hots tournaments earlier when the other one was on so that wasn't an issue then. But that thread was also dead so I don't know if it's just a slow day or if it's just not that interesting for the TL'ers. The viewer number looks good. Maybe it has to do with how boring it looks. That Babyknight vs Dimaga game had zero excitement and it was due to the unit composition with its ton of free units (and Fungal Growth) being unbeatable by the standard Protoss army. Swarm Host (and Broodlord) = zero micro = zero excitement. At least in WoL you had to use your Zergling / Roach support units in the correct way and micro a bit back and forth, but Swarm Host just produces free units you can lose without that being a problem. Terribly boring unit.
I haven't seen many swarm host games but the ones I've seen have been slow and boring, yes. Funny though that it has always been Dimaga on the Z side. He sitts behind them and just wear P down until he has got to tap out. I'm not feeling it. :/
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Nice job by nerchio switching to Terran and then not building any antiair vs mothership core. These games are pretty fun!
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But what can he do? Blindly rush vikings?
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On September 30 2012 01:31 AlternativeEgo wrote:
But what can he do? Blindly rush vikings?
make some marines perhaps.
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I agree with the sentiment of Swarm Hosts being boring. I've yet to see an actually exciting game when a bunch of those were in play.
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On September 30 2012 01:39 Raygun wrote:
I agree with the sentiment of Swarm Hosts being boring. I've yet to see an actually exciting game when a bunch of those were in play.
Well, nowadays we are spoiled by incredible high level WoL games, so seeing players figuring out the game but still wanting to win can be a bit boring. Especially because they most likely will not take huge risks with new units when there is money on the line.
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On September 30 2012 01:37 -TesteR- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 30 2012 01:31 AlternativeEgo wrote:
But what can he do? Blindly rush vikings? make some marines perhaps.
But they can't do anything with their 5 vs 10 range if the msc is placed right, and the same goes for turrets.
Edit: Same range? Alrighty then. *10 with purify.
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On September 30 2012 01:31 AlternativeEgo wrote:
But what can he do? Blindly rush vikings?
Day9 quote: "Just press that 'a' button" =).
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Where can I find the bracket?
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HeroMarine needed gas so badly but had only 1/6 on one expansion. :/
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Nerchio dominating the tournament while playing random. Impressive.
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Belgium2844 Posts
GG.. he was the favorite anyways!
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Great games today.
Shame that ther was such a big lag for WhiteRa and Dimaga.
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internet was down in ministry of win house entire yesterday
thats why i couldnt show up T.T
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On September 30 2012 22:43 MorroW wrote:
internet was down in ministry of win house entire yesterday
thats why i couldnt show up T.T
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Russian Federation10 Posts
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EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JPjSs.jpg)
