[Hazaro]

$100,000 prize pool.
Starcraft links:

• Primary Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_sc2/new
• Alt Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nathanias/new

Day 1 TL.net thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=401414
Day 2 TL.net thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=401603

• Wiki: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft...d_Championship
• Day 1 Preview: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=401366

VODS:
- http://sc2ratings.com/season-info.ph...Play&roundOf=C
- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...XvRytMO-hRlSym






$150,000 prize pool.

Streams:

• Main stream: http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_lol
• 2nd stream: http://www.twitch.tv/eslasia

LoL links: http://esportcalendar.com/index.php?...v433rngt7dv9pg



Group stage will be Bo1
Group leader to quarter finals
2nd and 3rd to semis

[Vaporak]

Yay Heart of the Swarm tournaments! Lets get this going.

[Hazaro]

[jersoc]

oh, is this why no games have started yet? blah.

[AdventureRacing]

So much SC2 tonight, think i'm going to stick with the HOTS. Could these commentators be anymore awkward?

[K.Sabot]

Let's goooooo HotS

[Hazaro]

So much SC2 tonight, think i'm going to stick with the HOTS. Could these commentators be anymore awkward?

Analyst desk.

IEM filler guy, QXC (Actual player and theory craft master), and some Protoss who won't talk.
Filling time is hard if you can't bounce off anyone.

A WhiteRa vs Hyun replay is on the alt stream (Nathanias)

[Vaporak]

Nathanias just got invited to a game lobby so hopefully we're about to start it up.

[StopMakingSense]

So glad to finally kick WoL to the curb.

[jersoc]

alright good music, the who! oh wait. shitty stupid remix. god damn

[SamuraiX-]

Yay!

Kudos to Hazaro for starting a thread. :D

This looks like one hell of a fun tournament. HotS play and a lot of high caliber progamers.

• Terran - Dream, YoDa, Mvp
• Zerg - Stephano, viOLet, Nerchio
• Protoss - PartinG, First, MC

Nice balance of talent among all the races.

[Hazaro]

Nerchio vs HasuObs on the alt stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nathanias/new

[Vaporak]

Nerchio vs HasuObs on the alt stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nathanias/new

Yay finally games.

edit: Thanks to BenQ for the free HD stream!

[bjaelke]

Think I'll catch a few SCII games today before the League tournament kicks off tomorrow.

[TokiDoki]

Aweesome , looking forward for this as well . Not very familiar with the Terran's participant yet , though it might change once I see their plays .

[Vaporak]

Hasu scouts the mutas late, hope he'll be okay.

[Hazaro]

Hasu scouts the mutas late, hope he'll be okay.

7 range phoenixes that shoot automatically. I'm sure he'll be fine.

[Vaporak]

Finally the storms that Hasu needs. 1aing those templar everywhere is too slow to keep up with muta harass.

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Nerchio vs HasuObs on the alt stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nathanias/new

Thanks I was sitting there watching them talk about hair dye. lol

[Aaron]

Mutas are insanely buffed. Not sure why Blizzard thought that was a great idea.

[Hazaro]

Mutas are insanely buffed. Not sure why Blizzard thought that was a great idea.

Looks awesome.

Holy shit at Tempests doing 80+ damage to massive.

[profit]

Yeah... I think muta health regen will be nerfed a bit (or so I hope)

[Vaporak]

Bad templar usage hurt Hasu so bad that game.

Mutas are insanely buffed. Not sure why Blizzard thought that was a great idea.

Because mutas are way more fun to watch than roaches. I approve the buff, that was a much more exciting PvZ than either roach maxing or turtle to infestor broodlord.

[Vaporak]

Holy shit is the main stream still not going?

[Hazaro]

The thing is you have to kill mutas now and Zerg can use fewer numbers to have effective harass.

I love it.

Build more than 1 turret per mineral line. Add mines. Or make like 2 phoenix + upgrade and micro them. So good.

[Aaron]

Never see a zerg ground unit save zerglings.

[trw]

It's not like Hasu couldn't have won that. He just had worse control than nerchio and played way too passive.

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

fail. smh

[Vaporak]

Resume from replay coming in handy already.

Never see a zerg ground unit save zerglings.

Ling/Bling/Swarmhost are the best zerg ground units anyways.

[AdventureRacing]

This tournament sucks. Work your shit out :/.

[Hazaro]

WHERE IS LAN BLIZZARD?

[Vaporak]

Well, hopefully we'll get Lan mode with LotV. :/

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Fix this shit Blizzard!

[Hazaro]

[Aaron]

Fix this shit Blizzard!

Too busy trying to come up with new type of destructible rocks.

[Vaporak]

Looks like the main stream is about to start up.

[evlcookie]

Looks like Nath can't even get back into the second game.

I haven't paid much attention to SC2 for a good while, Still can't believe how bad B.Net 2.0 is though.

[Hazaro]

http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_sc2/new

[Striek]

Kaelaris is one annoying caster. Why ESL, why.

[profit]

Kaelaris is one annoying caster. Why ESL, why.

I dont think he's too bad. He has Apollo leading him though <3

[Vaporak]

Slivko got wrecked pretty badly.

[Hazaro]

What a nice mech timing push. 2/2 upgrades, blue flame, good position, supporting rally production of widow mines.

*The physics on dead units are awesome too. A ling running into hellions had it's burning body slide across the creep. Drones actually explode into pieces.

[Vaporak]

Looks like Hasu won game 2 somehow.

[Aaron]

Once again Apollo doing his best to make the analyst desk pointless.

[StayDead]

Apollo/Kaelaris <33333

As an English guy they make me so proud. best casters in the scene <3

[Hazaro]

Nerchio making 40 mutas + support and taking 6 bases seems to be a good strat.

[profit]

Lucifron pretty good micro with reapers.

[universalmind]

Thanks for posting this.

[Hazaro]

As I expected Lucifron has actual builds. Love it. Love the HotS speed.

[Aaron]

He got greedy trying to go for the natural though. Should have checked the third first.