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Katowice25012 Posts
This thread contains the list of current TeamLiquid featured streamers.
TeamLiquid will make large scale reviews of the featured stream list every few months, making additions and removals as necessary. Streams may also be featured or de-featured at any time, on a per case basis.
If you believe a certain stream should be featured, please state your case in this thread.
How to become featured?
We will be reviewing featured streams monthly, and will be adding and removing featured streams accordingly. Just because a player was removed at this time does not mean he will never be added again.
The best way to become featured is to gain viewers, win tournaments, or a combination of both. Again, we understand it is difficult to "gain viewers" without being featured, but we feel that featured status is something that recognizes popular and skilled players, not a vehicle to make players popular or skilled.
*Any players qualified for the current WCS seasons will be featured on request.
Updated Featured Stream Requirements:- Full time or part time progamer that has made a Premier League appearance
- Full time or part time progamer that is currently in Challenger League
- Full time or part time progamer that has reached the bracket stage of a premier tournament
- Full time or part time progamer that has won a major tournament
- Full time streamer on a professional team that has at least 100-150 constant viewers
- Content producer or community member that has contributed a lot to the scene, who has at least 100-150 viewers
- Full time or regular streamer that is considered insightful and informative who plays at a high level, with at least 100-150 viewers
- Full time streamer with at least 250 constant viewers
Grounds for De-Featuring:- On-stream conduct determined unacceptable to Team Liquid. This includes acts of racism, homophobia, hate speech, and general assholery
- Inactivity for more than a year
- Elimination from Challenger League if the streamer does not meet any other requirements
- Proof of viewbotting or artificially padding one's viewing numbers *
- Proof of stream cheating or hacking
- Being permanently banned on teamliquid.net for unacceptable posting
- Consistently low viewer count below 100
Current Featured Stream List
Players
+ Show Spoiler [List] +StarCraft 2:
92Sleep
AxMiya
Axslav
BRAT_OK
BabyKnight
Bakuryu
Bly
Cancella (SlayerS_Cella)
Check
ClarityShuttle
DarKFoRcE
Day[9]
DdoRo
DeMusliM
Dendi
Destiny
EG.Jaedong
EGMachine
EGOzRC
EGPuma
EGaLiveRC
ESCDaisy
Empire.Beastyqt
Empire.kas
EmpireBratOK
EmpireHappy
FXO.sC
FXOChoya
FXOGumiho
FXOLeenock
FXOLucky
FXONuclear
FXOTear
FXOTheBest
FXOTree
FXOjks
FXOpen
Fenix
FnaticMoon
Gatored
GoOdy
Grubby
HappyZergling
HongUn
HuK
HwangSin
IMHirai
IMYoda
IdrA
KIMSUNGJE (StarTale_Rainbow)
KawaiiRice
Kimgayoung (StarTale_Aphrodite)
LaLuSh
Liquid`HayprO
Liquid`HerO
Liquid`Jinro
Liquid`Ret
Liquid`Sheth
Liquid`TLO
Liquid`Tyler
Lz
MVPGuineapig
MaNa
Machine[USA]
MajOr
Maka
MaximusBlack
MoMaN-
Mondragon
MorroW
NSHS_Sage
NSHS_Sculp
NSHS_Seal
NSHS_Tassadar
Naniwa
NightEnD
NsHS.San
QuanticCenter
Quanticflo
R1CH
RGNartist
ROOTAxeltoss
ROOTPuck
ROOTfitzy
ROOTheognis
Reign.SLush
RoX.fraer
RoXKISPomi
ST_Sound
SaSe
SarenS
Satiiinifi
Sayle
Scarlett`
SeleCT
Sen
Siz)Beggar
SjoW
SlayerS_Alicia
SlayerS_Boxer
SlayerS_CoCa
SlayerS_Dragon
SlayerS_GanZi
SlayerS_Golden
SlayerS_Min
SlayerS_Puzzle
SlayerS_TaeJa
SlayerS_YugiOh
SortOf
Spanishiwa
State
Stephano
Sting1
Strelok
SuperiorWolf
TSLHeart
TSLJYP
TSLKiller
TSL_Polt
TSL_aLive
TSLaLive
TT1
TargA
Tarson
Thorzain
ToD
ViBE
VortiX
Welmu
White-Ra
XlorD
ZeNEXByuN
ZeNEXHack
aTnClouD
biGs.
coL.CatZ
coL.Minigun
coL.TriMaster
coL.drewbie
d.Apollo
desRow
dignitas.merz
dignitasBlinG
dignitasKiLLeR
dignitasTan
goswser
iG.Jim
iG.MacSed
iNcontroL
iNkA
iS.Insur
itmeJP
jEcho
mOOnGLaDe
mTwDIMAGA
mTw|NarutO
meRz
mouzMarine
naama-
oGsMC
oGsNaDa
oGsSK
oGsTheWind
oGsVINES
optikzero
qxc
sLivko
sYz
socke
viOLet
vileYong
Brood War:
aegyo
Agavond
andreyyisbestandrey
Assault_1
bizzyT
CaucasianAsian
Deus
djwp0531
dOTY
dr.shrinker
dRaW
dwalt
Endinglife
fold
hacklebeast
hirosue2
ilovejesus
ilovev
ImbaTosS
iNfeRnaL
Jungtao1998
Kiante
kjwcj
konadora
KwarK
larva[s.g]
LRM)nOoNe
LRM)TechnicS
L_Master
Metal[x]
Michael(OD)
Minus)eagle
Naugrim
nb.gOgO
nkgold
npnl.fedOr
NrG.GoD-
Oystein
Pogi
Pro7ecT
remag
reps)Defi
reps)Largo
reps)Plumbum
Sayle
Shauni
Siz)Beggar
snipealot
supernovamaniac
PiKe
TopStar
trix
trutaCz
vTv.Marine
XsebT
yosul
ZaRaki_
Zergneedsfood
[sc1f]eonzerg
Dota 2
AdmiralBulldog
Akke
ArtStyletheslayer
Bdiz
BlitzDotA
ComeWithMe_
Dignitas.Aui_2000
DreadiSbaCk
EG.DeMoN
EG.Jeyo
EG.Maelk
EG.Universe
EGM
Empire.blowyourbrain
FearDotA
FnaticEra
funn1k
iceiceice
iG.ChuaN
KuroKy-
LINKDotA
Liquid`BuLba
Liquid`FLUFF
Liquid`ixmike88
Liquid`KoroK
Liquid`TC
Loda
MaNia-
Merlini
Mikey
MiSeRyTheSLAYER
mTw syndereN
MYMhyhy
n0tail
nska
Na`Vi.Dendi
Na`Vi.LighTofHeaveN
plzgogame
Rexi
ROOTKoReYa-
RyzeDotA
s4
SexyBamboe
SingSing
Sneyking
Trixi
Vigoss
Wagamama
WinteRwtr
XBOCT
League of Legends
LoCicero
Other
+ Show Spoiler [List] +Chill
Day[9]
d.Apollo
djWHEAT
Engine141
FXOpen
GordonHayward
HDStarCraft
gisado
Gretorp
Hot_Bid
Husky
IGNProleague
itmeJP
Khaldor
Liquipedia
MLG_Live
MrBitter
-orb-
PainUser
Plexa
PsyStarcraft
Sc2 Proleague
RuN
TaKeTV
TastelessKingofNerds
TheGDStudio
TotalBiscuit
Trump
Wolf
Ayesee
BeyondTheSummitTV
Cyborgmatt
Draskyl
LDDota
LGD.cn
LGD.int
LuminousInverse
NEODota
PurgeGamers
Sheever
Tobi Wan Kenobi
November 2011
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +Axslav
Gatored
HappyZergling
NightEnD
RGNArtist
92Sleep
TSLHeart
TSLJYP
TSL_aLive
TSL_Killer
TSL_Polt
viOLet
ZeNEXYong
d.Apollo AhhBoxxah
albert402
athalus
Attero
cArn-
Corinthos
Cruncher (retiring)
Cytoplasm
DeathAngel[ro]
decemberTV
Delphi
dignitas.ToH1o
Draco
Fargo
FuRy`
Fuzer
gisado
goatrope
GoSuNamhciR
HasHe201
iamxeph
Ipp
iSTime
jimpo
Jonanin
Kolll
link0
Louder
Lycaeus
Maker
MeyerA
mouz.MaX
mouzSyck
Naugrim
Ng5
nongminzerg
optikzero
PredY
ProTech
rANDY
RaNgeD
RenieHour
Response
Roffles
RyanRushia
Skew
Skruf
sksyen
Snute
Spades
stalife
StarEagle
Sterling
sYz
TheGunrun
ThisIsJimmy
Titan107
ToT)MidiaN(
TypePhoeNix
ViBE
CheckSix Gaming
compLexityGaming
dreamhackTV
GG.net_Stream
GGTV
GosuCoachingTV
ItsGosu eSports
Millenium
mouzTV
mTwLive
MVPteam
NASL.tv
OneMoreGame
Team Reign
ToT Livestream
vVv Gaming
December 2011
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- ViBE
- Attero
- sYz
- OpTiKzErO
- CrazymoviNG
- ST_Bomber
- ST_July
- oGsForGG
- MVPTails
- FXOasd
- ST_Virus
- NSHS_Tassadar
- NSHS_Seal
- NSHS_Sculp
- NSHS_Sage
- SlayerSMin
- oGsVINES
- MvPNobklesse
- MvPKeeN
- GL_Snute
- vileIllusion
January 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- Kimgayoung (ST_Aphrodite)
- Maka
- IMHirai
- ST_Sound
- Quanticflo
February 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- AiReaL
- SlayerS_Boxer
- SlayerS_Alicia
- SlayerS_CranK
- SlayerS_Puzzle
- SlayerS_GanZi
- SlayerS_MMA
- FnaticaLive
- Protech
- oGsLuvsic
- oGsTheStC
- oGsTOP
- oGsCezanne
- oGsIllusion
- fOrGG
- SingSing
- Rexi
- MiSeRyTheSLAYER
March 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- supernovamaniac
- BizzyT
- kjwcj
- KwarK
- hacklebeast
- L_Master
- dwalt
- reps)Defi
- Trixi
- PurgeGamers
- EG.Maelk
- QuanticApocalypse
- SirScoots
- MVPteam
- StarTaleTV
- PrimeTV
April 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- supernovamaniac
- bizzyT
- CaucasianAsian
- FnaticMoon
- Jeyo
- ixmike88
- FLUFFNSTUFF
- RyzeDotA
May 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- djwp0531
- reps)Plumbum
- socke
- IMYoda
- biGs.
- MaximusBlack
- BuLba
- TC
- Blitz
June 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- sLivko
- RoXKISPomi
- BabyKnight
- ROOTfitzy
- ESCDaisy
- jEcho
- Minus)eagle
- larva[s.g]
- aaf.Cat
- StarTale_TV
- MVPteam
- Incredible Miracle
- aaf.Cat
July 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- dOTY
- VortiX
- SuperiorWolf
- Sting1
- KoroK
- LighTofHeaveN
- Mikey
August 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- SortOf
- Welmu
- EmpireBratOK
- FXOTree
- FXOjks
- FXOTear
- FXOLucky
- iS.Insur
- EG.Universe
- Sneyking
- Aui_2000
September 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- Shauni
- snipealot
- ilovejesus
- LRM)nOoNe
- dr.shrinker
- Metal[x]
- reps)Largo
- ImbaTosS
- State
- Scarlett`
- TargA
- ArtStyletheslayer
- iceiceice
- Cyborgmatt
October 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- Bly
- Wagamama
- Vigoss
- Empire.blowyourbrain
- Merlini
- ROOTKoReYa-
- Draskyl
- LuminousInverse
- Sheever
- LDDota
November 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- FXOSirius
- FXOTheBest.
- StarDustLighT
- plzgogame
December 2012
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- AdmiralBulldog
- Liquidd`Korok
- Liquid`TC
- Ayesee
- Liquid`Bulba
- goswser
- ROOTPuck
- RoX.fraer
- ROOTAxeltoss
- EG.Jaedong
- EGOzRC
- XlorD
- BeyondTheSummitTV
- gisado
- TheGDStudio
January 2013
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- Naugrim
- funn1k
- WinteRwtr
- Akke
- n0tail
- FnaticEra
- iG.ChuaN
- DreadiSbaCk
- XBOCT
February 2013
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- andreyyisbestandrey
- PiKe
- AxMiya
- QuanticCenter
- SexyBamboe
- NEODota
- Engine141
March 2013
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- trutaCz
- mouzMarine
- LGD.int
- Sc2 Proleague
April 2013
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] +- LRM)TechnicS
- EGaLiveRC
- ClarityShuttle
- ROOTheognis
- iG.MacSed
- iG.Jim
- EmpireHappy
- Liquid`FLUFF
- LGD.cn
- Bdiz
- s4
- EGM
- TastelessKingofNerds
May 2013
Added + Show Spoiler [Streams] + Removed+ Show Spoiler [Streams] +
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I cant believe cruncher is retiring, wtf when did this happen?
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As a place to discuss featured and, I presume, de-featured players it would be helpful if you would include the list of recently de-featured players in the op.
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Why is Attero defeatured? He's been a driving member and great player since the beta (from random to Protoss). He's not "known", but he was just on complexity's "The V" for 4 weeks straight (still the current winner until next week is a new opponent against him), he's been on Kings of Tin, he attends all the MLG's (championship bracket back in Anaheim beating Jinro for instance), qualified for IEM NY (and just got invited to a tournament I can't mention yet), in NASL's Semi-Open, etc.
He was both popular and skilled (consistent high results, 200 to 300 viewers), has a Q&A after each streaming session and participates heavily in weekly tournaments and commentates MSI tournaments and WCG Canada with Chill. His GM ranking ranged from 20 to 50 (for 2 seasons, tomorrow he will be GM again) and he still offers coaching to many players while being a recognizable person amongst many of the professionals (unfortunately his public fame isn't the same as iNcontrol or idra for some odd reason, despite playing both of EG's crew regularly on ladder [and winning]).
He uploads all his replays from his ladder matches in his topic: Road to Rank 1 Grandmaster: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=222609.
So we have: interactivity (he talks during his games, give the viewers what's going on in the mindset of the opponent and himself), popularity (200-300 is still pretty good for someone most people don't recognize right off the bat), consistent tournament plays (almost always losing to only Koreans) and defeating high-level professionals, participant in major LAN tournaments (MLG, IEM, WCG), offers reasonable coaching, active in his topic and easy resource for great Protoss replays against the many pros you hear casted a lot. Great community member with casting, guest appearances on various shows and entertaining showmatches.
Did I mention he's been doing this since the beta? Same team as HuK (VT Gaming), he recruited him, jeez. He got second, only losing to Kiwikaki (a good friend and practice partner for him) in WCG of Canada (2011)
He's probably the few streamers I watch in addition to HuK, HerO and Snute. He streams nearly everyday.
+ Show Spoiler [Tournament Results] + * Winner of Go4SC2 #37, #44, #48, #70 & Monthly Final #06 [7]
* Second place of Go4SC2 #15, #16, #20 [8]
* Second place in Justin.tv Invitational #2 [9]
* Winner of 2 US Craft Cups [10]
* Winner of N'fusion LAN June 2011 [11]
* Qualified for IEM Americas Cup (Defeated EG's iNcontroL, Col's Cruncher, FXO's Drewbie and Fnatic's Kawaiirice)
* Top 16 Seed for Qualifications at the Intel Extreme Masters NA/SA Qualifier (2011) [12]
* Shared Third place with ROOTSlush at LAN ETS 2011 [13]
* Ranked 20th Grandmaster with 1644 points and 468 wins out of 713 games (65.64%)
* Ranked 37th Grandmaster with 1335 points and 306 wins out of 456 games (67.11%)
* Semi-Finals in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #1 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [14]
* Championship Bracket (2-1) at MLG Anaheim 2011 (defeating players such as Complexity's Stalife, RSVP, GGLastshadow, Liquid Jinro and InkA!), defeated by ThisIsJimmy [15]
* Participation at It's Gosu Invitational #1 (defeating Empire Beastyqt, FXO Optikzero) [16]
* Third place in Skyzo Cup #4 [17]
* Participation at MLG Raleigh 2011 [18]
* Third place in the TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #22 (defeated by Zenex's Yong) [19]
* First place in Complexity's Week #25 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Reign's Spades (score: 4-3) [20]
* First place in Complexity's Week #26 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Complexity's Trimaster (score: 4-1) [21]
* First place in Complexity's Week #27 Showmatch: "The V" vs. It's Gosu's Ostojiy (score: 4-3) [22]
* First place in Complexity's Week #28 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Lizzuma(score: 4-1) [23]
* Second place in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #2 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [24] [25]
* Qualified for the Intel Extreme Master's New York Comic Con event(defeating Fnatic's TT1) [26]
* Second place in the Xilence Cup #11 [27]
* Participation at Intel Extreme Master's - New-York [28]
* Participation in the FXOpen International KOTH #10 [29]
Really don't know why he isn't featured besides his namesake not ringing maybe a few bells to some.
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I really believe Rainbow should still be featured. Great player, ex BW pro (reaver god on top of that), streams all the time in very good quality, etc. Also very funny and interacts a lot with the community. Guy can play so many different styles so well it's always a treat to watch.
I believe he just qualified for Code A too? (not sure)
TSL.Plot and Choya should definitely be there too. These guys are sick good.
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(Edit: There was an error in the stream. Everything is okay as usual! Thanks teamliquid!)
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Katowice25012 Posts
On November 01 2011 18:24 firehand101 wrote:
I cant believe cruncher is retiring, wtf when did this happen?
About a month ago
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I'm pretty much the only 2v2 stream that TL had. 2v2 isn't nearly as popular as 1v1, so gaining the viewership required to become featured again is nearly impossible, however the whole reason I got featured in the first place as per whoever featured me was because of the diversity.
But, if it's an absolute must to meet those requirements then i'll do my best!
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I believe that Trump and ProTech should both be re-featured. Those are two of three people that I come and watch as much as I can. Trump is a very interesting watch as he talks mostly about his play choices and he, as a player, is very well mannered, and honestly I can think of no one better to have a spot in the featured list for 1v1 terran play than him.
ProTech is the ONLY person that I see that does 2v2 in a professional level of gaming. Just for this I believe he should be re-featured. He is a very talented player who dedicates a lot of his day to playing the game and streaming to the viewers while taking time after games to explain what happened, rage at his allies and the opponents, and how it could have gone better. I'm sure if more tournaments made themselves available in the 2v2 world, he would be entering them.
Take both as a consideration, I believe they are worthy of the list, and I'm not really sure I understand the reasoning why the list was truncated in the first place.
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I also agrees that Protech should be featured. I know most hardcore SC2 fans only care for 1v1 skill etc, but there is alot of us who mainly play and care for teamgames. See protech coach others in 2v2 or rip trough master team after master team is just pure joy to watch. He also won the PTSL season 2. He is also communicationg alot with his vewiers and often plays with them.
Hope this will be taken into consideration for the next review of the featured list.
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I also agree with Trump being re-featured. He may not be ( yet ) at the level of some of the other featured Terrans, but I learn more from his stream then all the others together, I find myself turning down streamers from Polt, Jinro, Demuslim, and TLO every time that his stream is online.
Its really easy to find replays or VoDs of "pros", there is the GSL, MLG and a lot of other sources of "first hand" gameplay footage, but none of them bring the friendly-insightful-learning from your own mistakes type of thing that Trump does, and the fact that he is the only Terran players that REALLY interacts with his viewers.
I reached Diamond a few weeks ago as Terran, and watching Trump had a HUGE impact on it. Please consider featuring him again.
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I would honestly like to see the Featured section be a rotating list of people every couple weeks to get everyone some more exposure.
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Braavos36374 Posts
On November 01 2011 18:26 Torte de Lini wrote:Why is Attero defeatured? He's been a driving member and great player since the beta (from random to Protoss). He's not "known", but he was just on complexity's "The V" for 4 weeks straight (still the current winner until next week is a new opponent against him), he's been on Kings of Tin, he attends all the MLG's (championship bracket back in Anaheim beating Jinro for instance), qualified for IEM NY (and just got invited to a tournament I can't mention yet), in NASL's Semi-Open, etc. He was both popular and skilled (consistent high results, 200 to 300 viewers), has a Q&A after each streaming session and participates heavily in weekly tournaments and commentates MSI tournaments and WCG Canada with Chill. His GM ranking ranged from 20 to 50 (for 2 seasons, tomorrow he will be GM again) and he still offers coaching to many players while being a recognizable person amongst many of the professionals (unfortunately his public fame isn't the same as iNcontrol or idra for some odd reason, despite playing both of EG's crew regularly on ladder [and winning]). He uploads all his replays from his ladder matches in his topic: Road to Rank 1 Grandmaster: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=222609. So we have: interactivity (he talks during his games, give the viewers what's going on in the mindset of the opponent and himself), popularity (200-300 is still pretty good for someone most people don't recognize right off the bat), consistent tournament plays (almost always losing to only Koreans) and defeating high-level professionals, participant in major LAN tournaments (MLG, IEM, WCG), offers reasonable coaching, active in his topic and easy resource for great Protoss replays against the many pros you hear casted a lot. Great community member with casting, guest appearances on various shows and entertaining showmatches. Did I mention he's been doing this since the beta? Same team as HuK (VT Gaming), he recruited him, jeez. He got second, only losing to Kiwikaki (a good friend and practice partner for him) in WCG of Canada (2011) He's probably the few streamers I watch in addition to HuK, HerO and Snute. He streams nearly everyday. + Show Spoiler [Tournament Results] + * Winner of Go4SC2 #37, #44, #48, #70 & Monthly Final #06 [7]
* Second place of Go4SC2 #15, #16, #20 [8]
* Second place in Justin.tv Invitational #2 [9]
* Winner of 2 US Craft Cups [10]
* Winner of N'fusion LAN June 2011 [11]
* Qualified for IEM Americas Cup (Defeated EG's iNcontroL, Col's Cruncher, FXO's Drewbie and Fnatic's Kawaiirice)
* Top 16 Seed for Qualifications at the Intel Extreme Masters NA/SA Qualifier (2011) [12]
* Shared Third place with ROOTSlush at LAN ETS 2011 [13]
* Ranked 20th Grandmaster with 1644 points and 468 wins out of 713 games (65.64%)
* Ranked 37th Grandmaster with 1335 points and 306 wins out of 456 games (67.11%)
* Semi-Finals in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #1 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [14]
* Championship Bracket (2-1) at MLG Anaheim 2011 (defeating players such as Complexity's Stalife, RSVP, GGLastshadow, Liquid Jinro and InkA!), defeated by ThisIsJimmy [15]
* Participation at It's Gosu Invitational #1 (defeating Empire Beastyqt, FXO Optikzero) [16]
* Third place in Skyzo Cup #4 [17]
* Participation at MLG Raleigh 2011 [18]
* Third place in the TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #22 (defeated by Zenex's Yong) [19]
* First place in Complexity's Week #25 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Reign's Spades (score: 4-3) [20]
* First place in Complexity's Week #26 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Complexity's Trimaster (score: 4-1) [21]
* First place in Complexity's Week #27 Showmatch: "The V" vs. It's Gosu's Ostojiy (score: 4-3) [22]
* First place in Complexity's Week #28 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Lizzuma(score: 4-1) [23]
* Second place in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #2 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [24] [25]
* Qualified for the Intel Extreme Master's New York Comic Con event(defeating Fnatic's TT1) [26]
* Second place in the Xilence Cup #11 [27]
* Participation at Intel Extreme Master's - New-York [28]
* Participation in the FXOpen International KOTH #10 [29] Really don't know why he isn't featured besides his namesake not ringing maybe a few bells to some.
Attero was defeatured due to low viewer count. He averaged 150 viewers over 96 hours in the last two months. Had he averaged 300 like you said, he would not have been defeatured.
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On November 01 2011 19:16 Hot_Bid wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 18:26 Torte de Lini wrote:Why is Attero defeatured? He's been a driving member and great player since the beta (from random to Protoss). He's not "known", but he was just on complexity's "The V" for 4 weeks straight (still the current winner until next week is a new opponent against him), he's been on Kings of Tin, he attends all the MLG's (championship bracket back in Anaheim beating Jinro for instance), qualified for IEM NY (and just got invited to a tournament I can't mention yet), in NASL's Semi-Open, etc. He was both popular and skilled (consistent high results, 200 to 300 viewers), has a Q&A after each streaming session and participates heavily in weekly tournaments and commentates MSI tournaments and WCG Canada with Chill. His GM ranking ranged from 20 to 50 (for 2 seasons, tomorrow he will be GM again) and he still offers coaching to many players while being a recognizable person amongst many of the professionals (unfortunately his public fame isn't the same as iNcontrol or idra for some odd reason, despite playing both of EG's crew regularly on ladder [and winning]). He uploads all his replays from his ladder matches in his topic: Road to Rank 1 Grandmaster: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=222609. So we have: interactivity (he talks during his games, give the viewers what's going on in the mindset of the opponent and himself), popularity (200-300 is still pretty good for someone most people don't recognize right off the bat), consistent tournament plays (almost always losing to only Koreans) and defeating high-level professionals, participant in major LAN tournaments (MLG, IEM, WCG), offers reasonable coaching, active in his topic and easy resource for great Protoss replays against the many pros you hear casted a lot. Great community member with casting, guest appearances on various shows and entertaining showmatches. Did I mention he's been doing this since the beta? Same team as HuK (VT Gaming), he recruited him, jeez. He got second, only losing to Kiwikaki (a good friend and practice partner for him) in WCG of Canada (2011) He's probably the few streamers I watch in addition to HuK, HerO and Snute. He streams nearly everyday. + Show Spoiler [Tournament Results] + * Winner of Go4SC2 #37, #44, #48, #70 & Monthly Final #06 [7]
* Second place of Go4SC2 #15, #16, #20 [8]
* Second place in Justin.tv Invitational #2 [9]
* Winner of 2 US Craft Cups [10]
* Winner of N'fusion LAN June 2011 [11]
* Qualified for IEM Americas Cup (Defeated EG's iNcontroL, Col's Cruncher, FXO's Drewbie and Fnatic's Kawaiirice)
* Top 16 Seed for Qualifications at the Intel Extreme Masters NA/SA Qualifier (2011) [12]
* Shared Third place with ROOTSlush at LAN ETS 2011 [13]
* Ranked 20th Grandmaster with 1644 points and 468 wins out of 713 games (65.64%)
* Ranked 37th Grandmaster with 1335 points and 306 wins out of 456 games (67.11%)
* Semi-Finals in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #1 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [14]
* Championship Bracket (2-1) at MLG Anaheim 2011 (defeating players such as Complexity's Stalife, RSVP, GGLastshadow, Liquid Jinro and InkA!), defeated by ThisIsJimmy [15]
* Participation at It's Gosu Invitational #1 (defeating Empire Beastyqt, FXO Optikzero) [16]
* Third place in Skyzo Cup #4 [17]
* Participation at MLG Raleigh 2011 [18]
* Third place in the TeamSpeak TL SC2 Open #22 (defeated by Zenex's Yong) [19]
* First place in Complexity's Week #25 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Reign's Spades (score: 4-3) [20]
* First place in Complexity's Week #26 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Complexity's Trimaster (score: 4-1) [21]
* First place in Complexity's Week #27 Showmatch: "The V" vs. It's Gosu's Ostojiy (score: 4-3) [22]
* First place in Complexity's Week #28 Showmatch: "The V" vs. Lizzuma(score: 4-1) [23]
* Second place in the StarCraft II Go4SC2 IEM NYC Qualifier #2 (defeating Fnatic's TT1) [24] [25]
* Qualified for the Intel Extreme Master's New York Comic Con event(defeating Fnatic's TT1) [26]
* Second place in the Xilence Cup #11 [27]
* Participation at Intel Extreme Master's - New-York [28]
* Participation in the FXOpen International KOTH #10 [29] Really don't know why he isn't featured besides his namesake not ringing maybe a few bells to some. Attero was defeatured due to low viewer count. He averaged 150 viewers over 96 hours in the last two months. Had he averaged 300 like you said, he would not have been defeatured.
In another example, a player like dignitas.Killer may not average many viewers but his skill level and notability (good tournament performances in recent months, Dignitas member) justifies a position as well.
There's a bit of irony here: he's beaten d.Killer before several times [and vice-versa to be fair]
Regardless of potentially low viewer-count (sometimes he'd stream early in the morning, so there may be less viewers on average at that time, I don't know. TL and him have the numbers of course).
After all that I named, why was he defeatured? He has above-average results, good participation, in offline and online tournaments, been a member of previously famed teams (VT Gaming).
Just lacks the viewer count apparently (Whenever I check, it's 200 to 300 at least, I think he had 900 recently at one point). But everything else seems to be in check overall. Everything else minus the viewer count seems to be rather good.
I'm also now confused on what the featured section is for. What is its intent? Is it a reward or a way to promote? The system is a bit odd as it continues to keep people afloat and push down those up and coming. It's like the MLG bracket where those who did well once or a few times remain in pool play while really great players are stuck fighting the herd in the open brackets.
edit: I get there is a discrepancy and personal selection sort of way. Where one person could be defeatured for one reason and another remains featured for the same reason despite the other components not even close to being on par, but I just feel the system is too rewarding to those who are already comfortably at the top or, in essence, paid for their professional contribution. The big-named pros already get plenty of exposure with featured articles, showmatches, casted games during major tournaments, invites to those very same major tournaments. Why give them even more exposure and advertising when they can do that with their 1,000+ followers or Facebook status or whatever. Why give them another outlet to shine when they're already given so much attention.
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I desagree with mostly 4 of your defeatured streamers : sYz, Snute, Deathangel and Phoenyx.
I don't understand since deathangel and sYz are verry good and achieved a lot in online cups, they are easily top10 zerg EU at the moment. Also deathangel is verry funny and always complaining about someone else who streams, who has 1k viewers, saying "i never loose to him and i got 5 times less viewers wtf ?"
Today you show that he is right, the system is biased, how do you want they have viewers if they are not featured.
Also i really don't understand why you defeatures snute since he's verry good, he teaches verry well while he's playing. He streams almost everyday with quite a lot of success, he's between 200 and 500 viewers most of the time (at the beginning he was 100 and he had success with the time because he was a regular good teching zerg featured streamer.)
So please re feature those 3 guys at least cause i'm a sad zergling now. (why do have i to watch destiny only wtf !)
At least for sYz who is really really good (i don't see som1 better in the ban list), just behind Stephano, Nerchio, Ret, Morrow, Dimaga, Lalush... Yeah he is top7. And also he has a verry good music taste, even better than stephano's one (i dont think it matters but i mention it cause it's prety rare among the progamers who mostly listen to kpop  )
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I also think this is way to strict. How will a player like Protech or Attero, who does not win big tournaments ever have a chance to become featured again? Their viewer numbers will only dwindle if they are not featured. Protech is just streaming now with 400+ viewers while GSL is running. How will he keep these numbers or even improve them if he is defeatured? Where is the advantage of having only 1 featured stream up atm?
Also, where is TB/Shoutcraft? I neither find him on the featured not on the defeatured list.
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yay thanks for adding me! I am moving to Sweden in January so ill be streaming constantly from there!! As most of you know, I am currently living at home in Wales, United Kingdom with a 2down 0.3upload internet, maxed out!
+ I do, do some events from dignitas office on my account also, so thank you!
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On November 01 2011 19:06 akaMadMike wrote:
I also agrees that Protech should be featured. I know most hardcore SC2 fans only care for 1v1 skill etc, but there is alot of us who mainly play and care for teamgames. See protech coach others in 2v2 or rip trough master team after master team is just pure joy to watch. He also won the PTSL season 2. He is also communicationg alot with his vewiers and often plays with them.
Hope this will be taken into consideration for the next review of the featured list.
But at the same time, if you really want to watch ProTech, Trump, etc you can always go find them and watch them
You also have to consider there are other people (such as myself) that dislike seeing Protech (or other streamers) on the featured list. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose
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On November 01 2011 19:32 JerKy wrote:Show nested quote +On November 01 2011 19:06 akaMadMike wrote:
I also agrees that Protech should be featured. I know most hardcore SC2 fans only care for 1v1 skill etc, but there is alot of us who mainly play and care for teamgames. See protech coach others in 2v2 or rip trough master team after master team is just pure joy to watch. He also won the PTSL season 2. He is also communicationg alot with his vewiers and often plays with them.
Hope this will be taken into consideration for the next review of the featured list. But at the same time, if you really want to watch ProTech, Trump, etc you can always go find them and watch them You also have to consider there are other people (such as myself) that dislike seeing Protech (or other streamers) on the featured list. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose
Not watching someone is easy, regardless if they're featured or not.
Finding out if someone is streaming isn't as easy as avoiding their stream. It does put the obligation to advertise your stream more onto the streamer, but it also inconveniences viewers who aren't active online as much as they would like to be (And thus aren't monitoring stream threads, facebook, twitter, etc.).
Whether you think someone deserves or doesn't deserve to be featured is obviously up for debate :B
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On November 01 2011 18:57 lozertuser wrote:
I believe that Trump and ProTech should both be re-featured.
trump is still featured in the "other" list. yay <3
edit: i love the race icon in the stream list shown directly in the sidebar. finally you don't have to guess anymore. i suggest a random dice icon for the random players tho instead of showing the 3 race icons.
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