EPTWho: qxc, Terran terror from the United States, beloved streamer and long-time member of Root Gaming! He's got tournament credentials out the wazoo and will be competing at Winter Assembly in Helsinki this coming weekend!
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Steven Bonnell II, as he is known on the featured streams right here on TeamLiquid.net, or 'Destiny' if you meet him on the ladder. Destiny is a Master league Zerg player with an army of fans that hang on his every "YEEAAAAHHHH!!" and "NOOOOOO!" as he streams essentially every single day, not hiding his enthusiasm and/or disgust with the balance of StarCraft 2's three unique races.
Where: AskJoshy on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/AskJoshy
When: Tuesday, February 8th, at 4 p.m. EST, Game 1 will go live on AskJoshy. The rest of the games will be accessed one by one by clicking on the annotations at the end of each game. This way, viewers can begin watching whenever they like and still have the seamlessness of going from one game to the next. (Every game after Game 1 will be set to unlisted.)
Sponsors: Some of the prize money for this showmatch was provided by @Alex on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Alex - He is a tech blogger and writes for the Huffington Post! Alex sent me a message on YouTube saying that he wanted to throw some money at some of his favorite players! He's not trying to sell a product or advertise anything, he just wanted some great games from some great players, so if you have a Twitter account, go say hello to Alex. If you have some extra money you'd like to get in the hands of some of your favorite players, contact me here on Team Liquid or on YouTube and I'll see if I can help you out. =)
The rest of the prize money for this showmatch was provided by Clicky! http://www.getclicky.com - Clicky is a real-time web analytics service that can provide you with nearly-live traffic reports for your website, blog, or other online property. It's better than Google Analytics, which can provide you with reports from the previous day! If you have a promotion or a link on Digg or Reddit and you need to know how your traffic is fluctuating in minutes, and not hours, Clicky is just the service for you! Go show them some support by visiting the site and perhaps they'll be interested in sponsoring more showmatches in the future!
Note from Josh: This is the first exclusive showmatch that I've ever been lucky enough to have, so I want to thank everyone for watching! I've been casting games since the beta and would appreciate any feedback you may have for me. I hope you enjoy the picture-in-picture that I've included where appropriate, the 1080p quality, and the annotations linking you from one game to the next! In a sea of commentators, I try to use video editing to make the StarCraft 2 viewing experience better for my audience, so if you like what you see I urge you to subscribe so you'll be the first to see future showmatches, interviews from live events, giveaways, casts, and other videos as they're put up. =)
Also, this is my 1,000th post on TeamLiquid.net, so of course I want to thank Team Liquid for all they have done for the StarCraft community, and for me personally. You guys and gals rock my socks off, please don't ever change. =)
Warning! As these games have already been played, it has come to my attention that the results of this showmatch have already been uncovered by match history snoops, so be very careful when reading anything beyond this point! If you don't want to know who wins in advance, be sure to just check http://www.youtube.com/AskJoshy at 4 p.m. EST (21:00 GMT (+00:00)) on Tuesday, February 8th!
Feel free to leave predictions or love below until the games go live!
Game 1 is now LIVE! Right here! To get to Game 2 and onward, you must click on the annotations at the end of each game. This is done to prevent spoilers and to help you transition from one game to the next easily in one sitting.
Results:+ Show Spoiler +
qxc < Metalopolis > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
qxc < ? > Destiny
