Team Razer is proud to announce, in conjunction with TwitchTV and EmpireTV, a clash of the titans as two teams, comprised of the best StarCraft II players in each respective country, go head to head for $1000 USD in a winner takes all GSTL style match up.
The players competing won’t be the only ones with a chance to win, as one lucky winner from both the Russian and English stream will walk away with a full suite of Razer peripherals, featuring peripherals used by some of the professional gamers competing, comprised of the following items:
To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is follow the twitch.tv channel for the stream you are watching, we will announce a winner at the end of the stream and we will then contact that winner to arrange shipping.
The team line ups competing in the show match are as follows:
Team Russia: Empire.Happy Empire.Brat_OK Empire.Siw RoX.KIS.TITAN VP.BENQ.Slivko
Team Ukraine: Empire.Kas NaVi.Strelok Acer.Bly Tt.White-Ra DIMAGA
The match will take place 7th May 18:00 CEST and will be cast in multiple languages:
On May 08 2013 01:47 Rescawen wrote: SICCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK
Sick City.
As underrated as the Russians are, Kas, Strelok and Bly have been doing fantastically recently and DIMAGA is pretty damn strong as well. I honestly can't see team Ukraine losing this. :/
2) Kas > Slivko Very macro heavy game. Kas went for 1 reaper hellion 3 cc. There was basicly no action before 12 minutes. After that constant pressure and drops from Kas. Slivko defended with hydra + bane. Slivko later got infestors and broodlords and went for big push while suffering big losses due to drops and small pushes. Eventually Slivko's push got shut down while Kas was doing too much damage as Slivko could not cope with multiproned aggression.
On May 08 2013 04:00 Ettick wrote: I'm sure Russia is pretty happy about this result
I'm sure some are, however all the players on the Ukraine team are very loved and respected on the Russian scene that this was pretty much an in house game. for some reason people ranked Ukraine over Russia in early Wol but I never thought there was much of a gap ever since bw days even.
The invasion of the Ukraine by Russia is sending a ripple effect through out Eastern Europe. With the prospects now for possible cold war starting all over again investors brace for sanctions against Russia. And with the already falling economy of the Ukraine, investors and business are bailing out as fast as they can.
During the next few years, the Ukraine economy will be pushed to its limits. Currently, the Ukraine desperately needs 30 billion in loans to survive, and with ousted former president Viktor Yanukovich having already pulled the country out from the European Union, and the new government wanting nothing to do with Russia, the government will be in dire straits.
The US State department has issued a travel warning urging Americans not to travel to the Ukraine. Tourism is a huge part of Ukraine economy. with hotels, airlines and restaurants depending on tourism. As these businesses cut back, the ripple effect in cities like Kiev, Odessa and Yalta will have devastating consequences on the economy. Just as when the housing market died in the US, the effects were felt world wide. Not only will Ukraine's economy continue to decline, but most of Western Europe's fragile economy will also feel the effects.
One industry that seems to thrive on the situation is the foreign bride market, A Foreign Affair operates four office in the Ukraine. Kenneth Agee the marketing director says, "In the last few weeks we have seen the biggest surge ever on women signing up. Not only have we seen the biggest surge, but we have seen the highest quality of women signing up; doctors, engineers, even some of Ukraine's most beautiful models, With the possibility of war looming over the horizon, American men are looking very desirable." A Foreign Affair 's new member Irina of Kiev says, "America is stable, American men have very good family values. These are important to Ukraine women; we want a good environment to raise our families. With Russian tanks rolling down our streets, I do not see a bright future here for starting a family.
The future does not look good for the Ukraine. Russia has no intention of letting Ukraine have complete independence. Most western Ukrainians have had a strong dislike for Russia for many generations, and will do what ever it takes to resist Russian influence or occupation. This being said, the country will have a long battle and many lines drawn in the sand, from serious economic sanctions to full out war. At this time, it looks like this struggle could go on for a decade or more.
EPT
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