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Official undercard match announced. Destiny vs Incontrol in a BO3 for 1BTC
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In 2013, foreign players have battled bravely against the onslaught of Korean competition in Starcraft 2. Most fell without much resistance but a few stood their ground and proved that you didn't need a Korean teamhouse to win games. Foremost amongst those players were the Canadian Zerg
Scarlett and the Swedish Protoss 
NaNiwa. Strangely, these players have not played against each other in competition in Heart of the Swarm at all, their last encounter was during Wings of Liberty, a result now considered irrelevant. Finally these players will face each other to claim both bragging rights as the dominant foreign player in Starcraft 2 and a huge prize.Spoiler-free VoDs
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The biggest showmatch in Starcraft 2 history
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Date and Time :- Saturday, Dec 21 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
Format :- Best of 7.
Map order announced
Map 1 - Star Station
Map 2 - Bel'shir
Map 3 - Frost
Map 4 - Yeonsu
Map 5 - Polar Night
**THE MAP POOL WILL THEN REFRESH**
The final two maps will be chosen in a loser picks format from a pool of 3. Scarlett vetoed Yeonsu while Naniwa vetoed Polar Night, leaving Star Station, Bel'shir and Frost to choose from.
Casters :- TotalBiscuit and Greg "IdrA" Fields
Stream :- http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit
We have invited the following casters to provide foreign language streams for this event.
* Italian Vasacast
* Polish ZeddTV
* Portuguese Pedroca
* German inStarcraft.de
* Russian Goodgame.ru
* Vietnamese tv.clansf.net
VoDs :- http://www.youtube.com/totalbiscuit
Would you like to be a foreign language caster for this event? We are taking applications for foreign language streams and will be selecting those that we believe can provide their audiences with exceptional coverage of this showmatch. Please contact TotalBiscuit via Teamliquid private message to register your interest with information of your stream and experience.
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Poll: Who takes it?
Naniwa (2920)
50%
Scarlett (2918)
50%
5838 total votes
Scarlett (2918)
5838 total votes
Your vote: Who takes it?
vs 
Scarlett Naniwa 4-2
