OP updated with sponsor names - if you're in the area or can make it down to Santa Clara on Sunday, you don't wanna miss a chance to improve your Starcraft 2 game and win free swags from these sponsors including memory, cpu fans, and more. Free entry!

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0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

February 29 2012 18:28 GMT

#22

Just one more day left for our ONLINE scrimmage contest - winner will be posted tomorrow (March 1 PST).

TheFlock

United States389 Posts

February 29 2012 20:09 GMT

#23

I can't believe I haven't seen this until today!! I got the email you sent out but I didn't know there was a contest for scrim.

Anyway I am a Silver Terran player who has gone to your last 2 SC2 LANs which were so much fun! I got rolled by VPSuppy on stream round 1 at Zerg Christmas

I am somehow stuck in Silver even though I know my skills are above that level. Even Trump and CatsPajamas said I play better than my league suggests. Since then I've been in a top 8 Diamond 2v2 league with my platinum friend, going up (and sometimes beating) Master's players.
Since the new season started, I have been playing 95% random and ironically think my Zerg has gotten to a high gold level... But Terran is still my main race.

I have a lot of passion for SC2 and it's really discouraging getting stuck in Silver even though I know I'm better than that. I think I just need some coaching to help me break through this wall and become a better player! I was planning on stopping by this weekend as I live in Sunnyvale so if I'm not in the scrim I will still most likely attend

Keep up the awesome HWG events Rommel!

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

March 01 2012 01:38 GMT

#24

Thanks! And great post! Hope to see you this weekend

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

March 02 2012 01:04 GMT

#25

Allright! We've read your posts as well as the ones on our Facebook page, and we've randomly chosen a winner:

Ashkon Honardoost - YOU ARE OUR FIRST ONLINE WINNER FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH!

For those who entered, you still have a chance for April and we will already include your name into our next month's contest, so don't worry, everyone will still have a chance to win.

Start posting your app here or at our Facebook page for April's contest!

Mike17

United States3 Posts

March 02 2012 02:29 GMT

#26

Is this located in the microsoft store in Valley Fair?

I can't believe that something like this is happening so close to where i live, fremont. I am a gold zerg but i rarely get the oppurtunity to play sc2 because of school, family, and i don't realy have a good computer to play sc on. I've been pretty much playing sc2 on an old macbook pro and the fps is unbearable. Even though i can't play as much im always watching VODS, trying to learn as much as possible, so i can make up for not actually physically playing the game. I'm obviously not that good but i really want to get better and maybe become competitive one day. If i get selected i would be really excited but at the same time work hard to not let this experience go to waste.

I am honestly quite impressed at how fast e-sports is expanding.

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

March 02 2012 03:02 GMT

#27

The LIVE Scrimmage is at the Microsoft Store in the Valley Fair Mall this Sunday at 4:00pm - so you have two chances to win if you live in the SF Bay and South Bay Area.

So it doesn't get confusing - HWG has two contests going 1) Online 2) Live Event (Microsoft Store).

We choose 1 winner a month for Online and you could post here or at our Facebook page.

When we hold a live in-person event at the Microsoft Store, we choose one winner each hour for free coaching. We have one this Sunday at 4:00 pm.

@Mike17 am glad you found out about us and nice post - hope you can make it this Sunday!

Mike17

United States3 Posts

March 02 2012 03:06 GMT

#28

ohh kk so the live event is instore and the tl app is for online.
got it thanks

NexG

United States2 Posts

March 04 2012 02:33 GMT

#29

Hi. My name is Kevin and I live in Fremont, CA. I'm 18 and a senior in high school. I'm a silver Terran player that really enjoys playing this game. Although I'm not dedicated to playing this game, I've been looking for motivation and may have found them in this. I'm really looking forward to being there tomorrow, and to see some competitive, big-screen action. I hope I'll get a chance to play and be able to show my potential!

TheFlock

United States389 Posts

March 06 2012 20:27 GMT

#30

So I am quite bummed because the earliest I could make it was 7pm (as it said it would go til 9pm), and the store was already closed... What happened? Were there not enough people to warrant keeping it going til 9?

LlamaNamedOsama

United States1900 Posts

March 08 2012 05:30 GMT

#31

I think I left around 6:30, from what I heard the store was closing but the event was supposed to go on beyond the store's close time.

Thanks to hardwired, microsoft store, and patriot for supporting such a cool event! :D And I hadn't been up to date with the stores recently, only just from this did I hear about microsoft stores, they're pretty awesome haha.

Doomblaze

United States1292 Posts

March 08 2012 05:44 GMT

#32

i though it said スロトス　but it said 2012

this is a great idea, i wish we had this stuff in michigan.

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

March 11 2012 17:36 GMT

#33

Sorry for the confusion - the Microsoft Store closes at 7:00 on Sundays but we weren't made aware of it until the very day, LMAO - so that's my bad.

I'll post our next LIVE scrimmage here tomorrow.

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

March 30 2012 23:58 GMT

#34

Next Live Scrimmage is on April 22 with Axslav - more info to come!

PM me if you have questions!

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

April 03 2012 23:45 GMT

#35

Just as we're getting closer to our next Live Scrimmage with Axslav (April 22), HWG will be holding ONLY the Live version of Scrimmage effective immediately instead of having both online and live events. This way, we could focus on our monthly scrimmage at the Microsoft Store for the local Starcraft 2 fans - sponsored by SteelSeries, thanks.

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0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

April 04 2012 05:57 GMT

#36

OP Updated with new info, thanks.

0ceangam3r

United States203 Posts

April 07 2012 03:35 GMT

#37

This is open to bronze and up and everyone has a chance to learn new skills and participate in a live forum with other local SC2 players.

RSVP today.