During the MLG Winter Season Showdowns, 56 of the world's best StarCraft II players will compete in Heart of the Swarm. Each player will compete in 1 best-of-5 Showdown Match, with each winner receiving a paid trip to compete in the MLG Winter Championship. Tune in and watch every match in FREE 1080p HD at www.majorleaguegaming.com and on Twitch.TV.

2013 MLG Winter Championship/Showdowns

Schedule/VODS
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Parting vs FanTaSy - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
RorO vs herO - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Innovation vs TY - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Soulkey vs Last - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Rain vs Flying - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sase vs Snute - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Nerchio vs BabyKnight - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Stephano vs Titan - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Mana vs Bly - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Socke vs Thorzain - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Ret vs Feast - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Creator vs Nestea - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Mvp vs Curious - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sniper vs Seed - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
MKP vs Gumiho - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
DRG vs Jjakji - Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sunday, Feb 24 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) MC vs Alive
Monday, Feb 25 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Taeja vs Violet
Tuesday, Feb 26 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Hero vs Polt
Wednesday, Feb 27 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Sen vs Moonglade
Thursday, Feb 28 10:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) Grubby vs. Dimaga

Tonight's match:
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MC vs

aLive

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Results
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Game 1
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Map: Cloud Kingdom
Winner: Alive

Game 2
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Map: Entombed Valley
Winner: MC

Game 3
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Map: Ohana
Winner: MC

Game 4 (if necessary)
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Map: Korhal City
Winner: MC

Game 5 (if necessary)
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Map: Not needed
Winner:

Recommended Games
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Poll: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 1?

Yes (2)

50%

No (2)

50%

4 total votes

Your vote: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 1?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Poll: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 2?

Yes (11)

100%

No (0)

0%

11 total votes

Your vote: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 2?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Poll: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 3?

Yes (5)

71%

No (2)

29%

7 total votes

Your vote: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 3?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Poll: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 4?

Yes (7)

78%

No (2)

22%

9 total votes

Your vote: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 4?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Poll: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 5?

No (4)

57%

Yes (3)

43%

7 total votes

Your vote: Recommend MC vs Alive Game 5?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No

Map Pool
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Akilon Wastes
Bifrost
Cloud Kingdom
Daybreak
Entombed Valley
Korhal City
Newkirk City
Ohana
Planet S
Star Station
Whirlwind

Note: In each Winter Season Showdown match, both Players will veto three Maps.

Format
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Invite-Only online matches; Winner takes all, Best of five games

Prize
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The 28 winners will receive placement at the Winter Championship in Dallas from March 15-17 where they will compete with Life, Leenock, Flash and Bomber.

Currently Qualified
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Flash - Top 4 2012 MLG Fall Championship
Leenock - Top 4 2012 MLG Fall Championship
Life - Top 4 2012 MLG Fall Championship
Bomber - Top 4 2012 MLG Fall Championship
PartinG - Defeated (T)

FanTaSy
herO[jOin] - Defeated (Z)

RorO
INnoVation - Defeated (T)

TY
Last - Defeated (Z)

Soulkey
Rain - Defeated (P)

Flying
SaSe - Defeated (Z)

Snute
BabyKnight - Defeated (Z)

Nerchio
Stephano - Defeated (P)

TitaN
Bly - Defeated (P)

MaNa
ThorZaIN - Defeated (P)

Socke
Ret - Defeated (P)

Feast
Creator - Defeated (Z)

NesTea
Mvp - Defeated (Z)

Curious
Seed - Defeated (Z)

Sniper
MKP - Defeated (T)

GuMiho
jjakji - Defeated (Z)

DRG

alvadr

135 Posts

February 24 2013 19:55 GMT

Can't wait ;D

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 24 2013 19:59 GMT

Very surprised if MC didn't win this, aLive didn't look good at all in today's RSL.

Ace Frehley

2030 Posts

February 24 2013 20:05 GMT

On February 25 2013 04:59 StarVe wrote:
Very surprised if MC didn't win this, aLive didn't look good at all in today's RSL.

Maybe he looked bad because he is full time HotS? (Yeah, not even I believe that...)

priestnoob

243 Posts

February 24 2013 20:20 GMT

MC practiced like no HotS and thinks he's bad. Doubt he won this.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45261 Posts

February 24 2013 20:24 GMT

On February 25 2013 05:20 priestnoob wrote:
MC practiced like no HotS and thinks he's bad. Doubt he won this.

On the other hand... he's MC

I hope he pulls out the win

BrassMonkey27

Canada616 Posts

February 24 2013 20:38 GMT

Hope MC advances to the Winter Championship. I've never been a huge fan of aLive.

StarVe

Germany13591 Posts

February 24 2013 21:13 GMT

On February 25 2013 05:20 priestnoob wrote:
MC practiced like no HotS and thinks he's bad. Doubt he won this.

GSTL spoilers:
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From today's interview:

You wanted to play jjakji. Was this because you were confident that you would win?

MC: I almost never lose against Terran. I felt I would be able to win, so it's a shame that I couldn't face him. Tomorrow, my goal is to face SuperNova-hyung.

If he thinks he can beat Jjakji, he should be able to beat an unremarkable aLive.

priestnoob

243 Posts

February 24 2013 21:19 GMT

On February 25 2013 06:13 StarVe wrote:

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GSTL spoilers:
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From today's interview:

If he thinks he can beat Jjakji, he should be able to beat an unremarkable aLive.

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Lol, somehow missed that :/
Also, the games were already played so...

sitromit

7051 Posts

February 24 2013 21:31 GMT

#10

Looks like the games were played 3 weeks ago.

PhoenixVoid

Canada32746 Posts

February 24 2013 21:37 GMT

#11

I can't see MC dropping this easily, he has been playing more HotS and is in better form.

MC 3-1 aLive

sitromit

7051 Posts

February 24 2013 21:40 GMT

#12

On February 25 2013 06:37 PhoenixVoid wrote:
I can't see MC dropping this easily, he has been playing more HotS and is in better form.

MC 3-1 aLive

They've both played about the same amount actually, it looks like.

Mesha

Bosnia-Herzegovina439 Posts

February 24 2013 21:42 GMT

#13

This is from replays, right?