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During the MLG Winter Season Showdowns, 56 of the world's best StarCraft II players will compete in Heart of the Swarm. Each player will compete in 1 best-of-5 Showdown Match, with each winner receiving a paid trip to compete in the MLG Winter Championship. Tune in and watch every match in FREE 1080p HD at www.majorleaguegaming.com and on Twitch.TV.
 2013 MLG Winter Championship/ShowdownsWeek 1/2 Schedule/VODS+ Show Spoiler +Tonight's match:
 Socke vs  ThorZaIN![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3DZoWQq.png) www.majorleaguegaming.com Results+ Show Spoiler +Recommended Games+ Show Spoiler +Poll: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 1?Yes (0) 0% No (0) 0% 0 total votes Your vote: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 1? (Vote): Yes
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Poll: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 2?Yes (5) 100% No (0) 0% 5 total votes Your vote: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 2? (Vote): Yes
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Poll: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 3?Yes (0) 0% No (0) 0% 0 total votes Your vote: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 3? (Vote): Yes
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Poll: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 4?Yes (0) 0% No (0) 0% 0 total votes Your vote: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 4? (Vote): Yes
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Poll: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 5?Yes (0) 0% No (0) 0% 0 total votes Your vote: Recommend Socke vs Thorzain Game 5? (Vote): Yes
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Socke vs Thorzain will be analyzed following the Ret vs Feast match on Friday, Feb 15 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Ohana
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Note: In each Winter Season Showdown match, both Players will veto three Maps. Invite-Only online matches; Winner takes all, Best of five games The 28 winners will receive placement at the Winter Championship in Dallas from March 15-17 where they will compete with Life, Leenock, Flash and Bomber.
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thats kinda unfair, cuz Socke almost always loses vs Thorzain...but that was in WoL, now Socke can show some new Protoss Power!
GoGo Socke!
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I feel like thorzain has been practicing alot. If socke has been practicing hots he'll stand a chance maybe. If not he's going to get crushed by some widowmine mech
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
TFunk surely takes this? Guy has been playing HOTS for ages now xD
All though i do not know how long Socke has been playing.
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i doubt socke played as much of hots as thorzain has.
or is he one of those barcode tosses high up there in gm?
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
Does thorzain ever play mech in HoTS against Toss? I rarely watch his stream, but I hope he goes mech atleast once. ;_;
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I don't think he's gonna fool around playing mech TvP in such an important match.
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United States97276 Posts
Thorzain is playing HoTS exclusively at this point right? I assume because he's never in the proleague roster and streams a lot of HoTS and has a ton of games played
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On February 15 2013 07:30 Shellshock1122 wrote:
Thorzain is playing HoTS exclusively at this point right? I assume because he's never in the proleague roster and streams a lot of HoTS and has a ton of games played
I would assume so, he's not in this week's proleague roster for EG-TL, and hasn't been for quite awhile. With his abundant HOTS streams, I think he's basically just switched over to HOTS completely.
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Wow, great game 2 from Thorzain, awesome stuff !
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Socke's getting spooned :O
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thorzain improviiiiiing!!! So good
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tempest seem to be super weak wow
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TLO may have abandoned terran, but it's good to see that his legacy still lives through Thorzain.
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How... how as a protoss do you beat that composition O.o fucking deadly o.O
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Nothing at all died for Thorzain...
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damn, Thorzain on super beast mode!!!!!!
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
On February 15 2013 07:50 tenacity wrote:
tempest seem to be super weak wow
Against bio it is yes, it's not a vs bio unit.
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damn Thorzain lookin goooood
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On February 15 2013 07:51 Qikz wrote:Against bio it is yes, it's not a vs bio unit.
especially against PDD where all the shots are blocked
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Best game in the showmatch series so far, imo.
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Nukes everywhere... That game was great. Thorzain is so good.
After watching all week, I find the casting really nice also.
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On February 15 2013 07:50 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
How... how as a protoss do you beat that composition O.o fucking deadly o.O
Same way Socke did in TSL4.
With better army control and harassment.
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On February 15 2013 07:50 tenacity wrote:
tempest seem to be super weak wow
tempest is another niche unit, designed to take down broodlords, colossi and bc's. Not really sure what socke tried to accomplish with them against mmmvg
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hm PDD snacks tempest attack :-/
I do not approve. Thorzain however played excellently, his control was so much better.
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On February 15 2013 07:53 Doublemint wrote:
hm PDD snacks tempest attack :-/
I do not approve. Thorzain however played excellently, his control was so much better.
Yeah they only snack two shots or something.
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
On February 15 2013 07:53 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:tempest is another niche unit, designed to take down broodlords, colossi and bc's. Not really sure what socke tried to accomplish with them against mmmvg
They're also really good against mech, despite the low damage they really do start to hurt at decent numbers.
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On February 15 2013 07:52 pmp10 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 07:50 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
How... how as a protoss do you beat that composition O.o fucking deadly o.O Same way Socke did in TSL4. With better army control and harassment.
That was HasuObs.
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On February 15 2013 07:55 Musicus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 07:53 Doublemint wrote:
hm PDD snacks tempest attack :-/
I do not approve. Thorzain however played excellently, his control was so much better. Yeah they only snack two shots or something.
more like 10, each tempest shot takes up as much energy as a stalker shot, it's not modified by damage or anything.
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On February 15 2013 07:57 StarVe wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 07:52 pmp10 wrote:On February 15 2013 07:50 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
How... how as a protoss do you beat that composition O.o fucking deadly o.O Same way Socke did in TSL4. With better army control and harassment. That was HasuObs.
My bad.
Still I would think Socke more capable.
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dat mistakes 37/42 when his wg is ready >.<
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dallas is about to get funkified.
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Turns out Socke is not Parting, who knew...
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
He doesn't have the soul to pull off the new parting build.
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Gj Thorzain. Game 2 was entertaining. Medivacs sure can look silly.
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These showdowns are so short. I keep wanting to check them out but I managed to come just in time for the Rules of Engagement like three days in a row.  They should have done two series per night, to be honest.
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I've watched 4 of these showdowns now, and they have all been super 1-sided t_t
TFunk is awesome though and I'm happy he made it through!
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On February 15 2013 08:09 Grumbels wrote:These showdowns are so short. I keep wanting to check them out but I managed to come just in time for the Rules of Engagement like three days in a row. They should have done two series per night, to be honest.
All the VODs are up within 1-2 hours at www.youtube.com/officialmlgsc2
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On February 15 2013 08:11 iS.Axslav wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 08:09 Grumbels wrote:These showdowns are so short. I keep wanting to check them out but I managed to come just in time for the Rules of Engagement like three days in a row. They should have done two series per night, to be honest. All the VODs are up within 1-2 hours at www.youtube.com/officialmlgsc2
Oh cool. Anyone wants to recommend a game to me?
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CJHero vs Roro was probably the best series so far
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On February 15 2013 08:17 Grumbels wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 08:11 iS.Axslav wrote:On February 15 2013 08:09 Grumbels wrote:These showdowns are so short. I keep wanting to check them out but I managed to come just in time for the Rules of Engagement like three days in a row. They should have done two series per night, to be honest. All the VODs are up within 1-2 hours at www.youtube.com/officialmlgsc2 Oh cool. Anyone wants to recommend a game to me?
game 2 of this series.
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On February 15 2013 08:17 Grumbels wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2013 08:11 iS.Axslav wrote:On February 15 2013 08:09 Grumbels wrote:These showdowns are so short. I keep wanting to check them out but I managed to come just in time for the Rules of Engagement like three days in a row. They should have done two series per night, to be honest. All the VODs are up within 1-2 hours at www.youtube.com/officialmlgsc2 Oh cool. Anyone wants to recommend a game to me?
Stephano's match man
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
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Holy crap game 2 was fantastic.
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crazy multi prong nuke + drop harass while controlling army in mid...very nice TFunk! ^^
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Seems like more players are finally using avilo lategame nuke style™ 
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
oh man poor socke could have taken the second game, some key mistakes
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EPT
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