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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/ShowdownsSchedule/VODS+ Show Spoiler +Parting vs FanTaSy - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5RorO vs herO - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Innovation vs TY - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Soulkey vs Last - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Rain vs Flying - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Sase vs Snute - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Nerchio vs BabyKnight - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Stephano vs Titan - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Mana vs Bly - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Socke vs Thorzain - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5Friday, Feb 15 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Ret vs FeastMonday, Feb 18 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Creator vs Nestea Tuesday, Feb 19 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Mvp vs Curioust Wednesday, Feb 20 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Sniper vs Seed Thursday, Feb 21 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) MKP vs Gumiho Friday, Feb 22 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) DRG vs Jjakji Sunday, Feb 24 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) MC vs Alive Monday, Feb 25 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Taeja vs Violet Tuesday, Feb 26 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Hero vs Polt Wednesday, Feb 27 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Sen vs Moonglade Thursday, Feb 28 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Grubby vs. Dimaga
 Ret vs  Feast![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/MyE4nmt.png) www.majorleaguegaming.com Results+ Show Spoiler +Recommended Games+ Show Spoiler +Poll: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 1?Yes (2) 67% No (1) 33% 3 total votes Your vote: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 1? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Poll: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 2?No (2) 100% Yes (0) 0% 2 total votes Your vote: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 2? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Poll: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 3?Yes (1) 50% No (1) 50% 2 total votes Your vote: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 3? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Poll: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 4?Yes (1) 50% No (1) 50% 2 total votes Your vote: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 4? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Poll: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 5?Yes (2) 100% No (0) 0% 2 total votes Your vote: Recommend Ret vs Feast Game 5? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Ret vs Feast will be analyzed following the Creator vs Nestea match on Monday, Feb 18 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Akilon Wastes
Bifrost
Cloud Kingdom
Daybreak
Entombed Valley
Korhal City
Newkirk City
Ohana
Planet S
Star Station
Whirlwind
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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I so hope ret had practiced hots info eternity so that he'll crush feast and get out of huis slump.
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Wow! A benelux showdown, wonder how they both fare in HotS. Going to be tuning in for sure!
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Ret has been practicing, but just like in the past year he's not very good so I think Feast will take it.
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This is really hard to call. Whoever has practiced more HOTS probably takes it. In WOL I would give both a 50/50 chance to win.
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I don't know... Ret lost to Gretorp, so...
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This will be lopsided. Feast 3-0. Ret was a weird invite.
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On February 16 2013 04:21 Bunn wrote:
I don't know... Ret lost to Gretorp, so...
In a serious match or was it a showmatch and they were just joking around? If the former...wow...
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On February 16 2013 05:00 ACrow wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2013 04:21 Bunn wrote:
I don't know... Ret lost to Gretorp, so... In a serious match or was it a showmatch and they were just joking around? If the former...wow...
NASL caster bash. more showmatch than serious.
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Netherlands4520 Posts
edit : nvm 
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If this was last year, I would have said Feast win easily. Now he seemed so much below the radar that it's actually hard to predict. I'm not sure he practiced HotS a lot so I'll give this to Ret. It all depends on Feast willingness to go to a MLG in the end.
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opterown
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gogo Ret!
We need more Zergs through to make the race composition better rounded (just saying that feels awkward >.>), and Ret is Liquid so you can't help but cheer for him!
I've always liked Ret's personality as well.
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FEAST hell yeah !
I don't know if feast trained host but he was very solid (sometimes borderland crazy with his pvp strat i give you that) but in wol he should be able to take out ret.
He has my blessing.
also,do it for belgium ! they feel leftover i feel 
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Please Feast, win this one.
Poll: Who will win ?Ret (15) 52% Feast (14) 48% 29 total votes Your vote: Who will win ? (Vote): Ret
(Vote): Feast
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Let's go Feast, going to an MLG must be an amazing experience for an up and coming European player
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United States97276 Posts
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I really appreciate the free 1080p vods on your youtube channel! Great content MLG
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I think Ret will do it. He seems good in ZvP on his stream
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Nice Recall but not nice enough Ret too strong!
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
I can't believe people were counting Ret out. He played amazing there.
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There was a difference of 30 food around 8:30... Cute recall ain't gonna be enough against Ret's macro ^^
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On February 16 2013 05:16 Liquid`Ret wrote:edit : nvm
Ret posted here -> 3-0 win for sure.
e: I guess not
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yus! enduring locusts ^^
he's so good with roach/hydra/SH/Corruptor
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Wow Ret just botched that harddd. Swarm Hosts absolutely DOMINATE if used right..
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This overseer explosion animation is so cool ! GG Feast (and thank you Ret) !
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That second game was pretty anticlimatic.
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muahahaha die protoss die!
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On February 16 2013 07:54 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
muahahaha die protoss die!
What did Protoss ever do to you??
That being said, Go Go Ret!
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Go Go Ret
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
I'm really confused as to why feast retreated that far back. He let ret, with pretty much a few ling/hydra and swarmhost just run across the map unhinged. he could have atleast forced a few burrows and taken a more forward position.
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On February 16 2013 07:56 Necro)Phagist( wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2013 07:54 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
muahahaha die protoss die! What did Protoss ever do to you?? That being said, Go Go Ret!
Kick my ass on the ladder, eliminate almost all the zergs already, 4-gate and cannon rush my ass back in the WoL beta.
:p
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On February 16 2013 07:57 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2013 07:56 Necro)Phagist( wrote:On February 16 2013 07:54 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
muahahaha die protoss die! What did Protoss ever do to you?? That being said, Go Go Ret! Kick my ass on the ladder, eliminate almost all the zergs already, 4-gate and cannon rush my ass back in the WoL beta. :p
Haha fair enough  muahahahaha good ol Cannon rushes!
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
Damn that was a sick move by feast was ret unaware of the sentries though he could have picked up an absurd amount of gas from those sentries.
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United Kingdom12032 Posts
Ret's really wasting locust waves by not burrowing/unburrowing a lot.
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yus! Knew Ret could do it
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God damnit Ret now more zergs are going to be using swarm hosts on the ladder T.T
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Damn, swarm hosts are good...
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Swarm host have a lot of potential.
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Very convincing performance from Ret. GG!
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United States97276 Posts
Congrats Ret! Good luck at MLG!
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This is how players react to swarm hosts: try and see if you can fight the swarm hosts --> discover you can't --> lose because you already suicided your army on swarm hosts.
If you see swarm hosts you have to ask yourself: can I fight this cost-effectively? And if not, then don't engage.
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On February 16 2013 08:14 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
God damnit Ret now more zergs are going to be using swarm hosts on the ladder T.T
I kinda feel that Swarm Host is a hard unit to use properly so I guess a lot of players would not be able to do really well with Swarm Host.
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Well played Ret!
Nice to see SH in action in a pro match. I feel they have a lot of potential but are quite hard to use correctly (both in positioning them correctly, providing the correct cover and to transition into them).
Well done Ret!!
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they look so strong but i will say that if zergs just tech to them and mass produce then a patch will have to come in to make the game more balance
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Uhm ... If that's HotS I'll refrain from watching in the next few months until people learn to play it. Because if all you need to win a ZvP nowadays is to make drones and burrow swarm hosts, it's just sad. Well as predicted Feast didn't practice HotS while Ret did.
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On February 16 2013 08:15 Veldril wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2013 08:14 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
God damnit Ret now more zergs are going to be using swarm hosts on the ladder T.T I kinda feel that Swarm Host is a hard unit to use properly so I guess a lot of players would not be able to do really well with Swarm Host.
Well so far I've lost 100% of my PvZ's when my opponent went for swarmhosts, granted not a large sample size maybe 10 games at most... but still even poorly controlled swarms are a bitch to deal with.
I'm not saying they are OP because I really don't think they are at all. They are just the most frustrating unit to deal with, I love HotS has a unit like this in it. Makes me want to pull my god damn hair out playing against Swarm host/Overseer/Corruptor but at the same time I think the Pro's will use them and counter them in very fun and entertaining ways.
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Good thing Gretorp gave Ret good practice for ZvP. Did just as well as Feast did too.
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On February 16 2013 08:26 Necro)Phagist( wrote:Show nested quote +On February 16 2013 08:15 Veldril wrote:On February 16 2013 08:14 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
God damnit Ret now more zergs are going to be using swarm hosts on the ladder T.T I kinda feel that Swarm Host is a hard unit to use properly so I guess a lot of players would not be able to do really well with Swarm Host. Well so far I've lost 100% of my PvZ's when my opponent went for swarmhosts, granted not a large sample size maybe 10 games at most... but still even poorly controlled swarms are a bitch to deal with. I'm not saying they are OP because I really don't think they are at all. They are just the most frustrating unit to deal with, I love HotS has a unit like this in it. Makes me want to pull my god damn hair out playing against Swarm host/Overseer/Corruptor but at the same time I think the Pro's will use them and counter them in very fun and entertaining ways.
Yep, it's hard to deal with, if they use hydras or corruptors to cover them properly. They are very immobile though and don't push fast, so backstabbing is very strong vs Z who use a lot of swarm hosts. I'm really excited how the pros are goind to handle them. Interesting weeks/months ahead of us
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On February 16 2013 08:14 Necro)Phagist( wrote:
God damnit Ret now more zergs are going to be using swarm hosts on the ladder T.T
But isn't everyone already? I at least do nothing else since he showed it against Rotterdam^^.
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Swarm hosts are strong but I don't think Feast handled them as well as he could have this series.
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The return to form for Ret? Let's hope so.
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lol broodlings that can shoot haha.
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