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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.
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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.
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.
Is this a full winner-takes all? :O That is a pretty sick prize for the victory, in Nani's case especially though having the top foreigner bragging rights might be the bigger deal!
So hard to predict who I think will win. I'm thinking Naniwa's vZ is a lot stronger than Scarlett's vP. Then again, Scarlett has been playing some of her best games ever recently.
Although, gonna have to give it to Naniwa. Hoping for a close 4-3 so we see plenty of games!
On December 16 2013 08:49 Squat wrote: I've got the perfect solution to avoid any potential balance complaints; both of them play terran!
This way, we are guaranteed good games, it will be completely fair since both players off-race and no one will be able to make excuses.
you mean besides "I am much better at my main race than terran and I would have won in a ZvP"? They should switch races, naniwa zerg vs scarlett protoss Assuming normal Naniwa vs Scarlett Naniwa 4-2
On December 16 2013 08:49 Squat wrote: I've got the perfect solution to avoid any potential balance complaints; both of them play terran!
This way, we are guaranteed good games, it will be completely fair since both players off-race and no one will be able to make excuses.
you mean besides "I am much better at my main race than terran and I would have won in a ZvP"? They should switch races, naniwa zerg vs scarlett protoss Assuming normal Naniwa vs Scarlett Naniwa 4-2
Amendment: No one will be able to make passable excuses.
We could just throw a complete curveball and announce that they will be playing Halo on Xbox live with a random group.
On December 16 2013 09:10 Ace Frehley wrote: They should take advantage that Scarlett is in Europe and do the showmatch while both are in Europe. Cross server = lag whinning
On December 16 2013 08:27 Wombat_NI wrote: Is this a full winner-takes all? :O That is a pretty sick prize for the victory, in Nani's case especially though having the top foreigner bragging rights might be the bigger deal!
Any chance this can be Bo9?
I heard something in the line of 80/20 or 70/30 iirc
But yeah cant wait for that, thank again Sir Biscuit !!