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[TSL] Casters and Maps

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[TSL] Casters and Maps

Text byHeyoka
Graphics byHot_Bid
March 11th, 2011 01:20 GMT
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We are excited to finally announce our casting team! Each is a pillar of the community, and we are happy that they will be gathering under one virtual casting booth for TSL3. The four featured casters will each get an opportunity to cast with one another -- all main caster combinations will happen!


Featured Caster Introductions

Blake "Chill" Muzar is a long time face of the TSL. His casting roots started in making strategic commentaries three years ago, and from there moved on to hosting Team Liquid events TL Attack!, Liquibition, as well as the two previous TSLs. Known for dry Canadian humor, he has a no-nonsense style of casting that hits the critical issues of any game.

Sean "Day[9]" Plott is truly a man needing no introduction. For StarCraft: Brood War, Day9 casted the TSL2 and the WCG Grand Finals three times. He hosts Day[9] Daily and has done commentary for nearly every major StarCraft 2 event outside Korea, including MLG, IEM, Blizzcon, and Dreamhack. Day9 brings incredible energy, strategic analysis, and offbeat humor to every event he attends.

Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham is a long time commentator of many competitive video games. He has done casting for Blizzcon, MLG, and WCG World Finals. Wheat hosts the popular programs Live on 3, Weapon of Choice, and Kings of Tin, and brings professionalism and experience to any casting team. He is also currently training his son to be the future SC2 bonjwa.

Mike "Husky" Lamond started casting games of StarCraft: Brood War over YouTube. Since StarCraft 2's release, Husky has since grown his channel to not only one of the largest in the Starcraft world, but anywhere on the internet. With a passion for the game that few are able to rival, he is also making it big as a SC2 musical star. Known for upbeat, humorous casts he has the rare ability to make any game interesting and entertaining.


With special guest commentator:

Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski is best known for casting the GSL and denying high fives. Artosis was a top American Brood War Terran who moved into casting for events such as Blizzcon, the WCG Grand Finals, and the first two TSLs. In 2009, Artosis moved to Korea and gained years of experience covering events with IEG and the eSTRO progaming team. Since StarCraft 2's release, Artosis has become an important figure in the community. Currently a caster for GSL, he is known for his deep understanding of Starcraft 2 and ability to give strategic insight. Artosis will be taking a few days out of his busy GSL schedule to cast some TSL3 games.

TSL3 Day 1 has been announced, everything kicks off on Saturday, Mar 19 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00).

Get ready!




A month ago we announced the candidate map pool for the TSL3. Since then we've gathered opinions of players and fans and have finally reached a consensus. We are pleased to introduce the maps what will be used in the TSL3 main event.

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Each player will be allowed to thumbs down one map in best-of-three and best-of-five series. Maps will be randomly chosen and ordered of those remaining.


Map Modifications

Shakuras Plateau has been edited for diagonal position play only, and Metalopolis has been edited to remove close land positions. The bottom of ramps have been modified to prevent easy walling with buildings. Our Blizzard ladder maps are the same as those used in MLG, and the GSL specific maps are the same as those used in the GSL. Special thanks to MLG's Lee Chen, and to Xeph and superouman for helping out.

We have published results and build order hider versions of TSL3 maps on the NA and EU servers. To play on these maps, simply search for "TSL" on the NA or EU servers. If you see a bug or issue while playing on these maps please let us know immediately through PM on TL or email.




This TSL is sponsored by PokerStrategy.com, the world's largest poker school and community. With hundreds of Poker VODs and an assortment of learning material in 18 different languages, PokerStrategy.com offers the chance for aspiring Poker players to learn from a beginner to a professional level. Sign up using TL's referral link.

By signing up, you also enter the TSL3 Raffle, where you can win a 5-night trip to South Korea for 2 people to watch StarCraft live in person and tour the oGs-Liquid house.

Discuss with other fans in the TSL3 Forum
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@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
GoodRamen
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States713 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 01:24:10
March 11 2011 01:22 GMT
#2
omg so exicited!!!!!!!!1 day9!!!!!!!! this is gonna be the best tournament ever!!! lol at the artosis pop up
#1 Fantasy Fan!!!!
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50389 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 01:27:10
March 11 2011 01:23 GMT
#3
LETS GO!!!!

wait...husky?
actually nevermind hes been improving lately.
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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KarlPilkington
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States33 Posts
March 11 2011 01:23 GMT
#4
Hilarious Artosis gif. Well done. Super excited to see these games.
Weird innit?
NikNak
Profile Joined April 2010
United States28 Posts
March 11 2011 01:24 GMT
#5
Really glad to see Artosis commentating this one!
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
March 11 2011 01:24 GMT
#6
On March 11 2011 10:23 BLinD-RawR wrote:
LETS GO!!!!

wait...husky?

Check out the cast he did with Day9 of Jinro v Tyler.
They make a good combo.
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
Obmar
Profile Joined October 2010
United States16 Posts
March 11 2011 01:25 GMT
#7
This is going to be amazing! Artosis, Day9, and Chill casting is going to make this great.
Commander-Zerg
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Canada341 Posts
March 11 2011 01:26 GMT
#8
WHAT??? No Tasteless I are disappoint.
Anyway nice lineup I hope to see the commentators matched to the races being played like last time. That was enjoyable.
Char711
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 01:29:06
March 11 2011 01:26 GMT
#9
Love the Artosis pop-up.

I know this is going to be a broken record type of thing incredibly fast, but can we hear why Artosis is only a guest while Husky is a main caster? Unless I passed out during a TL Open the other four all have precedence by having casted the qualifiers. (Edit: I also say this because when I heard Artosis talk about applying for this he seemed to be saying that he was going for the main casting gig rather than a guest role. Do we not have all the facts? I don't want to be one of those guys who just spouts off random shit without actually knowing anything.)

Regardless, I'm SO excited for this! Great maps, great players and great casters. Oh hell yeah.
"If you can chill, chill." -Liquid`Tyler "Special tactics." -White-Ra
exarchrum
Profile Joined August 2010
United States491 Posts
March 11 2011 01:27 GMT
#10
Awesome!! Can't wait to see the matches. I applaud the decision to only use metalapolis & shakuras cross, it should make for some better matches on these maps.
justin.tv/exarch watch me play!
`Zapdos
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States935 Posts
March 11 2011 01:28 GMT
#11
Will enjoy this very much, great map pool.
www.twitch.tv/thezapdos come watch me :]
KristianJS
Profile Joined October 2009
2107 Posts
March 11 2011 01:28 GMT
#12
Artosis <3

This is an awesome lineup! Can't wait
You need to be 100% behind someone before you can stab them in the back
ffz
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States490 Posts
March 11 2011 01:28 GMT
#13
Love that you guys got rid of scrap station as a map. I also appreciate the no close positions on metal and cross for shakuras. We should see some beautiful macro games from these amazing players. Thanks for being awesome.
Meow.
SiguR
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada2039 Posts
March 11 2011 01:28 GMT
#14
EXCELLENT map pool decisions.

No major complaints about the commentators. It's not possible to have every great commentator for the TSL, so I think they made good enough choices under the restrictions at hand.

I wasn't expecting Husky, but I can understand it.
dusters
Profile Joined August 2010
United States57 Posts
March 11 2011 01:29 GMT
#15
Yay husky is casting! While Day9 is the man and great at analyzing, Husky has great passion and knows how to make even less interesting games fun.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36375 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-11 01:31:06
March 11 2011 01:29 GMT
#16
On March 11 2011 10:26 Char711 wrote:
Love the Artosis pop-up.

I know this is going to be a broken record type of thing incredibly fast, but can we hear why Artosis is only a guest while Husky is a main caster? Unless I passed out during a TL Open the other four all have precedence by having casted the qualifiers. (Note that I use that instead of the lovely arguments I'm sure you'll all going to hear.)

Regardless, I'm SO excited for this! Great maps, great players and great casters. Oh hell yeah.

Artosis has casted every TSL we've had and we'd love if he could cast every weekend. However, he has time commitments for GSL and simply cannot cast at 4am KST every weekend without impacting his schedule there. We mentioned in the post that Artosis is taking time out of his busy schedule to cast some TSL games.

As for Husky casting the qualifiers, we tried to have him cast one but the schedules didn't work out. However, he will be available for the TSL3 main.
@Hot_Bid on Twitter - ESPORTS life since 2010 - http://i.imgur.com/U2psw.png
probablywrong
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Philippines209 Posts
March 11 2011 01:30 GMT
#17
TSL3 is getting sexier and sexier by each announcement.
Anarith
Profile Joined April 2010
United States61 Posts
March 11 2011 01:30 GMT
#18
gotta love the edited blizzard maps and GSL maps! TSL3 go go go!
TheNessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4158 Posts
March 11 2011 01:33 GMT
#19
SUPER PUMPED OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry, i haven't been keeping up with bnet ladder maps but are the changes listed for Shakuras Plateau and Metalopolis changes that have happened online / in gsl too?
~~! youtube.com/xmungam1 !~~
LesPhoques
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada782 Posts
March 11 2011 01:33 GMT
#20
Husky and Day9 ... gonna be really really interesting.
GL with tournament and HUK FIGHTING !!!
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