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OVERVIEW
Every other Wednesday, D-eSports brings you the inter-team HotS discussion show “Heart of the Beta.” Each show, we bring together professional players to talk about the state of beta.
This week it's all about Protoss with FXO.BabyKnight and Wilko. BabyKnight certainly needs no introduction but Wilko is an upcoming player at the Ministry of Win (see below for a full bio). We'll go over the last two patches and talk about the some of the changes, big and small, that Protoss has experienced. We'll also touch on Terran/Zerg changes and get a sense of how the PvZ/PvT matchups have shifted (if at all).
THIS WEEK'S LINEUP
Host: Drool (@drooLsc)
Simon 'drooL' Koschel is known as one of the few Germans to consistently provide english coverage of international events, most notably Black Dragon League 2011, Dreamhack Summer 2011 as well as collaboration with TakeTV and others at CeBIT and gamescom 2011. Most recently drooL was back on stage for the WCG Samsung European Encounter at gamescom 2012.
Guest: FXO.BabyKnight (@FXOBabyKnight)
BabyKnight is no stranger to the community eye. He's been #1 on the EU GM ladder, won WCS Denmark and took 5th/6th place at the WCS European Finals.
Guest: Wilko (@WilkoSC2)
While Wilko might not have the name recognition of BabyKnight, he's an incredibly promising Protoss player currently training at the Ministry of Win. Wilko had a short introduction for people who might be unfamiliar with him:
I'm Christoph 'Wilko' Wilkowiecki and i'm a former Command & Conquer player who played Wings of Liberty on grandmaster level. I transitioned completely to HotS and i recently started playing fulltime. I'm living in the Ministry of Win gaming house togehter with Targa, LiveZerg, Titan, Desrow, Morrow, Sage and Destiny. I stream every day and i have currently the most games in HotS in this season. I play mainly solid macro style, but i try to implement the new units into my strategies. I'm currently Top 10 Grandmaster in HotS and some of my games got casted by for example huskystarcraft. I'm training very hard and i hope i can improve fast enough to make an appearance in the pro-scene with Heart of the Swarm
EPISODE ARCHIVE
Timestamps are included in the description for each video as well as below each description in the thread
Episode 1: QXC, DIMAGA, ToD
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Protoss
2:34 - ToD, what do you think of the Oracle and it's new spell?
9:54 - Tempest changes, ToD do you ever transition to mass Tempest to counter Brood Lord?
16:37 - Do you feel like Carriers are more useful in HotS?
18:13 - Changes to Mothership Core, what do you think of the changes ToD?
Zerg
31:32 - The Viper, although it was the most exciting unit going into HotS it doesn't seem to be being used much, what do you think of it Dimaga?
32:05 - Swarm Hosts, Dimaga you're a big fan.
47:42 - Free unit discussion (Very interesting).
55:47 - How do you feel about Zergs dependency on Gas.
Terran
58:31 - Do you think Mech is viable?
1:02:47 - The concept of Widow Mines changed to act like Creep Tumours where they spread every time increment.
1:11:23 - Changes to the reapers and what qxc thinks of them.
1:17:18 - Match-ups
Episode 2:Wilko, FXO.BabyKnight
MORE INFORMATION
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