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Nick "Axslav" Ranish - born on November 12th, 1985 - is a Grandmaster Protoss player from the United States who is currently playing for Infinity Seven and also fulltime-casting for MLG. He is known for his deep understanding and detailed analysis when it comes to strategies and RTS-games in general. Prior to Infinity Seven he was on Evil Geniuses, went on to Team ReIGN and finally stayed at iS. Oh, and before someone asks about it: Yes, Axslav actually uses Mind Control on that picture.
You can find/follow Axslav on:
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For personal coaching with Axslav just eMail nickranish@gmail.com to arrange lessons.
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Rules of Engagement
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Axslav will premiere a new show called Rules of Engagement on December 3rd at 5pm ET just prior to the "Tournament of Champions". The show is airing Monday through Thursday at 5pm ET.
Don't miss your chance to spend an hour with MLG’s top StarCraft II analyst Nick “Axslav” Ranish as he teaches and breaks down gameplay and mechanics geared at both new and advanced StarCraft II players.
Schedule
Monday ___________________ Talking Tactics
Tuesday __________ Developing Fundamentals
Wednesday ________ Mechanics of the Bizarre
Thursday ______________ Community Critique
You can submit your Replays for Thursdays at MajorLeagueGaming.com/replays
VODS
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Episode 1
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Part 1: Dealing with a Timing Attack
Part 2: How to play a Contain Game
Part 3: Playing Game Deciding Engagements
Part 4: Viewer Q&A
Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Heart of the Swarm Patchnote-Special (Balance Patch #8)
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Episode 4
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Q&A
If you have any kind of questions during the show just post them at Axslav's Twitter Account. At the end of every show he will answer community questions.
NOS Pro Performance Tips
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Axslav releases usefull tips and tricks in cooperation with MLG. It's a series called "NOS Pro Performance Tips". They were done by JP McDaniels in the past but since Axslav joined MLG as a caster it became his mission to make them even better. He tends to use specific terms to talk about certain situations. The definition of these terms can be seen below.
Definitions
"Space" - This is a term he often uses to define the time you have until your opponent can launch a major attack.
"Power" - It's when you optimize your builds around unit production instead of fast teching.
"Muscle" - The counterpart of power; it's when you go for higher tech and stronger units instead of quantity.
Videos
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!! INFO !! Episodes #1 -> #26 were done by JP McDaniels. From #27 on they are done by Axslav. !! INFO !!
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#27 - Creating Space
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#28 - Terran 2 Base Powering Build
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#29 - Countering Vortex in Late Game ZvP
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#30 - Late Game PvP
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Q&A
In general feel free to ask him stuff about any specific strategy in this fanthread, or in his reddit-post about the pro-tips.
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As mentioned before Axslav is also a fulltime caster for MLG. He just finished co-casting the WCS Global Finals in Shanghai. His next casting-gig is the recently announced "Tournament of Champions" by MLG. It will debut on Monday, December 3rd with a best of 5 series between Flash and DRG. The tournament is a three week series and will be free to watch in HD.
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Schedule
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Monday 12/3 = DongRaeGu vs Flash – Quarterfinal #1
Thursday 12/6 = soO vs. MarineKing – Quarterfinal #2
Friday 12/7 = Leenock vs. Rain – Quarterfinal #3
Monday 12/10 = Life vs. PartinG – Quarterfinal #4
Thursday 12/13 = Semifinal #1
Monday 12/17 = Semifinal #2
Thursday 12/20 = Final
All broadcasts start at 6pm ET with rebroadcasts immediately following!
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Full Casting List
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- Event already finished![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/MyU3n.jpg)
- Event still to be castedMLG Tournament of Champions (Monday 3rd - Thursday 20th, 12/2012) //
WCS Global Finals in Shanghai (Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th, 11/2012) //
MLG Dallas (Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th, 11/2012) //
MLG MvP Invitational (09/2012 - 10/2012) //
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- MLG just announced that Axslav and Axeltoss will cast the new "Tournament of Champions". Axslav also gets a new Show called "Rules of Engagement". Both will premiere at Monday, December 3rd 2012.
- Nick will cast the WCS Global Finals in Shanghai alongside MrBitter, Day[9], Artosis, Rotterdam, Axeltoss, Tasteless, Apollo, Khaldor and Kaelaris on November 17th-18th 2012 to finish the Starcraft year with style.
- Axslav will cast the MLG Fall Championchip alongside Day[9], Apollo, djWheat, TotalBiscuit, Mr Bitter and Axeltoss.
- MLG hires Axslav and Axeltoss. The pair will be doing full-time in-house game analysis and casting for Starcraft 2.
- Axslav joins Infinity Seven.
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At Lone Star Clash 2 (11/2012) with ESFI World
At MLG Dallas (11/2012) with Quantic
At MLG Raleigh (08/2012) with Quantic
At MLG Raleigh (08/2012) with VoltasStarcraftHD
At MLG Summer Arena (07/2012) with HotBid for TeamLiquid
At MLG Anaheim (06/2012) with HotBid for TeamLiquid
At MLG Winter Championchip (03/2012) with ESFI TV
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Due to the inactivity of the original Axslav Fanclub and it's founder Engore - who i contacted about 5-6 weeks ago because of some updates for the Fanclub and the new Frontpage that you now see here - i decided to recreate and refresh the Fanclub of Axslav on my own because i never got an answer (Engore seems to be inactive) and i really think Ax definitely deserves something better.
Another thing to add: I decided to carry over all Fanlist entrys from the old Fanclub, so if you were already on that old list please don't ask for another signup, you are already on the new list. BUT, because of the inactivity of the old founder i don't know how updated that old Fanlist was. Please check on your own if you was on that old list or not, if not just make a new request for a signup.
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