OgsTop the recent winner of GSl code A season 4, an upcoming top Terran player from one of the best Korean Clan, OGS (Old Generation Starcraft). Having qualified himself for code S season 5, do pay attention to oGsTop. We have for you today a replay cast of OgsTop being matched against Butterfly in a Terran vs Terran matchup. Butterfly is a lesser known player compared to ogsTop. However, Butterfly has shown impressive games from his previous replays. TvT is opt to be the best mirror match currently compared to PvP and ZvZ. Terran mirror match ups often involves strategic positioning to gain advantage while trying to gain economic advantage in between. Watch for you this interesting TvT game.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Star Tale ST ProGaming Clan House Tour
Artosis pays a visit to StarTale ST ProGaming House. Touring around the home to this runner up finalist in the recent GSTL Global Starcraft Team League, which came second to clan IM Incredible Miracles. ST clan has an incredible player line up from one of the best Terran currently in Korea STBomber to ex Starcraft 1 progamer STJuly and lots of other impressive players such such Squirtle, Ace and Hopetoture. ST has a number of code A and code S GSL players. Watch for yourself the life of being a pro gamer in Korea behind scene. Players such as Bomber, Ace, July, Squirtle had been interviewed by Artosis as well.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
LiquidHuk vs Socke
This is the previous Assembly Winter tournament held last week, where Huk went undefeated in this group qualifiers. Huk's semifinals match is being played against the pro Protoss, Socke a very talented European Protoss player. Will Huk manage to continue his winning streak or will Socke stops Huk cold? Watch for yourself the PvP current metagame.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
IMBALANCED! - EP 03 - VoidRay / Colo in PvZ
Zergs around the world are currently shouting IMBALANCE for the Zerg vs Protoss matchup. The new strategy by Protoss incorporating a two basing with 2 Stargates for Void Rays and 1 Robo for Colossus has been one of the most widely used PvZ strategy out there with insanely high winning percentage. The Protoss Deathball has evolved into the Imbalanced Ball. You rate it for yourself.
IMBALANCED! - EP 02 - TvP Openings
Today on IMBALANCED Episode 2 hosted by Idra and Artosis. They will be talking on the TvP openings from both side of the lens. Often times Terran has more variations in the TvP openings while the Protoss is kind of boxed into one or two types of openings. Listen to the views from these two high level and knowledgeable individuals.
IMBALANCED! - EP 01 - Introduction
A new video series called IMBALANCED hosted by Artosis and EGIdra. In this new series, both Artosis and EgIdra will discussed and give their views towards topics related to the Starcraft 2 Strategies. A very interesting and educational video series which will be released every week.
Day9 Daily No 254 Secrets of Hotkeys, APM and Mouse Movement
A Must Watch for everyone. Day9 takes on a topic that is not being discussed widely and often for you to find out yourself. Often times, you do not realize something or a mistake that you have done until someone pointed out to you. Day talks about on hotkeying, how to APM and micro properly as well as the mouse movement.
RootCatz vs LiquidJinro ZvT
Catz the craziest Zerg player from the Root gaming team is notorious for his weird and innovative Zerg play style such as Drone Rushing, Proxy Hatch at opponent's base and expanding instantly at the gold natural. Not an everyday Zerg you see out there. LiquidJinro needs no introduction. Two times GSL top 4 performer. Watch this interesting ZvT.
Boxer's Wings Ep 1- Return of the Emperor
Subs by TL. The Emperor Slayer Boxer's life after his Starcraft 1 career and deciding to begin a starting anew in Starcraft 2. Together with his gorgeous girlfriend and sidekick, who was a Korean actress, will the Emperor makes a comeback in Starcraft 2?
Monday, February 14, 2011
AtheneWins vs RazerServyoa TvP
AtheneWins is back with another crazy game. It seems to be confirmed that AtheneWins was a professional poker player and is currently trying out his hands on Starcraft 2. Do check his Youtube channel if your wondering who this magnificent Protoss is.
AtheneWins(Kiwikaki?) vs Lucky Fish PvZ
Who is AtheneWins? Is he Kiwikaki? AtheneWins with a 65-9 record and 88% winning ratio from the EU server. No one knows who he is at the moment.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
NexSickness vssSsHello PvZ Korean
New Cannon Rush tactic in PvZ. Very well done by NexSickness. Very sick game and micro with crazy Immortal Warp Prism action.
LiquidHuk vs LiquidHaypro PvZ
Huk Huk, Incredible Huk, most famous for his Mothership rush in tournament final. Huk is currently staying in Korea trying to qualify for the GSL (Global Starcraft League), which is the largest SC2 tournament in Korea with the highest payout. Before the patch 1.20 which introduces the new Masters league, Huk was placed 2nd and 6th on the Korean Battle.net ladder. This is no easy feet for any foreigners. The Korean ladders are full of pros from top teams such as OGS, IM, TSL and Prime. Huk from team Liquid takes on his teammate LiquidHaypro in these PvZ matches in the American vs Europe tourney.
Huk vs IMNestea PvZ
A long game between our hero Canadian Protoss on the Korean ladder. Today he faces Nestea our GSL 2 Champion Super Zerg or otherwise known as Zergbong from Starcraft 1 on Lost Temple. Will Huk be able to take on the largest Starcraft 2 tournament champion? Watch for yourself.
LiquidHuk vs MinPrime PvZ
Another epic game by Huk. A must watch for every Protoss to learn how to forcefield properly. Forcefield defines a pro Protoss and an average joe. Forcefield wins and loses you the game. That's how important it is for the Protoss arsenal.
OgsMC vs LiquidRet PvZ Day9
The best commentator, gamer of the year 2010 by PCGamer, legendary caster oh and someone even claims Day9 is a Muppet!! Hmmm probably he is. I don't know. Here Day9 gives a very very in depth analysis of two games between OgsMC (the Kratos Protoss and Winner of GSL 2) King MC against Liquid Ret the superman Ret. Very very good insight given by Day9 for every moves that these pros make. Dive into the minds of the highest level of Starcraft 2 play and become one. All great minds think alike and enjoy.
LiquidHuK vs DongraeguProS PvZ
Once again, Huk shows us who is the boss. Today he takes on DongraeguPros which is relatively unknown player on the Korean ladder. Watch how Huk show you his impressive build. I've actually seen this build quite a lot of times by Huk on the Korean ladder. It isn't done much by other players for the PvZ matchup. It seems Huk prefer this strategy a lot and this has been working very nicely for him. Watch for yourself how the Canadian Pro Protoss do it and learn a new way to deal while those pesky little bug alien Zerg. Credit goes to Artosis for this awesome cast.
Beating one basing Terran in PvT
I guess most of you Protoss out there having troubles when facing an all in one base Terran. Even I have lost lots seriously lots of games to 1 base Terran all in pushes. Variations of Terran pushes such as Marines, Banshee, Raven (also known as Polt Timing Push) with a bunch of SCVs or sometimes with Tanks mix in are the hardest to hold from a Protoss player. Builds such as KCDC fast expand where you expand around the 30 food mark at the back of 1 Gateway and Cyber Core after a Zealot and two Stalkers doesn't seem to work anymore even on cross positions on maps such as Lost Temple.
I guess the best bet is a 2 gate Robo expand, 3 Gate expand or 2 Gate expand behind a pressure. I'm starting to think that Protoss players do not has the ability to expo safely if Terran stays one base. As a one base Terran push can kill your expo or even you at the 9 to 11 minute mark.
Here's a good and important cast by Artosis on how to hold a 1 base Terran all in push. He gives a very good insight on this problem. The main thing is you just need to survive to win the game when a Terran is allining. Do whatever means to survive such as pulling Probes from your expo or even your main. Good Luck!
2v2 Prime vs Team Liquid
Heres a game between clan wars for clan Prime a very top team from Korea, with a lot of representatives in the code A and S of GSL. Both JunwiPrime and JULYZERG (the legendary Zerg player from SC1 takes on Team Liquid's very own Jinro and TLO. Jinro having two consecutive top 4 appearances in GSL 2 and GSL 3 is no small feet for any foreigner or even for a Korean. Together with TLO the GSL player who was Terran and currently playing the random race. This is a very high level and unseen replays of top players battling it out on a 2v2 game. Watch for yourself.
EgIdra vs LiquidTLO PvZ
Idra the Gracken a super macro zerg and a strong GSL performance player is up against Liquid TLO who is currently playing the Random Race. This is a game for the Machanima Realm Series clan Invitational between EG and Liquid. Will the Gracken be released? or will the innovative TLO be having an Octopus sushi for dinner tonight?
Grubby vs Ulysses PvZ
And a bonus for you exWarcraft 3 players out there. Grubby is playing SC2. Yup, you didnt hear wrong. It's the one and only legendary Warcraft 3 orc player, that has won countless tournaments and the very best player.
PvT Incontrol vs Fenix on Jungle Basin
Here I have another PvT match for you. This is a PvT match between Incontrol the Protoss player up against Fenix the Terran. The map is on Jungle Basin. If you didn't know, Blizzard has currently implemented a new version for this map by adding a gold mineral patch outside your mainbase for your second expansion. Whats wierd is that Blizzard only implement this change on the SEA server. However, it seems that this changes has been removed and Jungle Basin has once again been reverted into its original version.
Lets come back to this game. Lately, I have been facing a lot of Terrans and majority of them are going for the Mech build. I mean seriously there's like 80% of the Terrans I face doing some sort of Marines, Tanks, Banshee, Raven with or without Thors/Hellions build either with 1 base or 2 bases. Terran will normally turtle up and push you around the 11 minute mark. Until now, I will say that I have only won like 10 to 20% of these matches. Its crazily hard to play against.
These mech build has gained a lot i mean seriously a lot of popularity after LiquidJinro defeated OgsMC(The GSL 2 champion)on the recent top 8 matches of GSL. OgsMC is deemed the favourite and eventually beaten two games in a row by Jinro's mech build. Mech build was very famous in the early parts since the release of SC2. However, bio builds in the form of MMMG, Marines, Marauders, Medivacs and Ghost is often the prefered choice currently.
This is a very good PvT match and very very close till the last minute of the game. Watch it for yourself!!
LiquidHuk vs IMNestea by Day9 PvZ
LiquidHuk takes on GSL Season 2 champion IMNestea on this ladder match. A very in depth analysis done by Day9 in his Day9 Daily series No 239. First person view from both players are used to understand their specific reasoning behind each strategies used by these two players. Generally, a very high level Starcraft 2 video cast which should be watched and learn by everyone; whether are you a Protoss or a Zerg wishing to improve their PvZ matchup.
The Legendary LiquidHuk PvZ
Huk was invited as a special guest to play in the TA Invitational Tournament; which is a tournament hosted by TA clan members. TA is one of the top clans from SEA. The tournament was played on the South East Asian Server. Huk managed to steamroll through the tournament without losing a match until the Grand Finals where he is matched up against MoonGlade; SEA best hope and most promising player. MoonGlade will be competing alongside Huk in their GSL Season 5 Code A matches. Watch these two players battle it up in this SEA Grand Finals matches.
Day 9 Daily Special
Today I have something special for you in my Starcraft 2 Replay Cast session. Day9 video replay casts on Starcraft 2 strategy and tips will be featured here. For those of you who are not familiar with who Day9 is, you will not be forgiven for calling yourself a fan of Starcraft. Sean Day9 Plot is the world most famous and best casters around the world. Gathering millions of fans in this Day9 daily; an hour long casts where he would take on analysis of games played by both professional gamers and pointing out the reasons and comparisons of strategy utilized. A serious must watch casters by every Starcraft 2 fans.
Day9 Daily No248 Dealing with Whitera PvT
Day9 Daily No249 Kiwikaki vs Xlord PvZ
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