StarCraft

(SHIN aka Ragnarok)

watch on Afreeca: https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

watch on Youtube (restricted): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdhrCtlcDw

Liquipedia https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_1

Same time every Thursday.

TL discussion thread https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/624855-gsl-2024-code-sseason-2-group-a

The highest prize pool ever for an SC2 tournament

Liquipedia here https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Esports_World_Cup/2024

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/World_Team_League/2024/Summer

https://www.scboy.cc/?thread-631531.htm

qualifier results: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/624115-code-s-season-2-2024-qualifier-results-ro16-groups

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_2#Group_Stage_1

Starting 5 hours from this post

Afeeeca steam: https://play.afreecatv.com/gslenglish/262025972

YouTube stream (limited screen size): https://www.youtube.com/live/r5SE70sYCVk

Preview: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/623656-code-s-ro4-and-finals-preview-stats-hero-maru-cure

TL discussion thread: https://tl.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/623663-gsl-2024-code-ss1-grand-finals-day

Liquipedia: https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_1#Playoffs

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I'll put the actual names in a comment to try to avoid spoilers

Reminder because of daylight savings, GSL Group C tonight and on might be starting at a different local time for you than before. Group C is starting in about 9 hours from this post. Set your alarms accordingly!

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Global_StarCraft_II_League/2024/Season_1#Group_Stage_1

Tonight is Gumiho, Nightmare, Byun, and Creator. Next week is Group D with Solar, Ryung, Cure, and herO.

https://bj.afreecatv.com/gslenglish

https://www.youtube.com/live/HskOYw2X_Zw

Sourced from the Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition DVD

Main stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

Main stream YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0G2qz-hoaCswQNgoWU_LTw

B stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b

C stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2c

Preview article for Groups A&B https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/620715-iem-katowice-2024-ro24-group-a-and-b-preview

Preview article for Groups C&D https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/620747-iem-katowice-2024-ro24-group-c-and-d-preview

Results on Liquipedia https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/IEM_Katowice/2024

IEM Katowice is starting 21 hours from this post. It's not the official world championship anymore, but it's still a huge $500,000 SC2 tournament!

Main stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

Main stream YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0G2qz-hoaCswQNgoWU_LTw

B stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b

C stream: https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2c

https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/2013_WCS_Season_1_Korea_GSL/Code_S

at 19:23 Life vs Parting game 1, they didn't really show it but Parting saves his pylon with forcefields, you can see it afterwards a little bit

Only 2 seasons instead of 3, and reduced prize pool but with increased maximum crowd funding to maybe counteract that

Previously only a Valorant team, Dark has now joined too as the first SC2 player.

Full interview video here https://youtu.be/pQYY2_2Je6o

And additional streams (C stream is high-tier!):

I was going to link to his Youtube page, but it seems these videos are unlisted! Here are the 2 I have so far:

Harstem - Reynor, Byun, Oliveira, Clem in $42000 StarCraft II Tournament

Harstem - Serral, maru, Dark, Cure and more in $42000 StarCraft II Tournament

https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

https://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2b

https://www.twitch.tv/cranky_ducklings

Frost Giant Studios have launched a Kickstarter for their upcoming RTS.

Even though it is fully funded for release and would have launched regardless of the campaign's success (it already shattered the target), they have decided to launch a Kickstarter anyway both to offer a way to purchase a digital collector's edition and to allow people to financially contribute for the opportunity to beta test.

From the page:

Why Kickstarter?

Stormgate is fully funded to release. This Kickstarter is in part a response to fan requests for a way to purchase a physical Collector's Edition of Stormgate. We think we've put together a truly special collectible for our most dedicated supporters, but producing the Stormgate Collector's Edition will require a commitment from our players to cover our manufacturing costs. We have also received countless requests for beta access. Scaling online multiplayer testing for a massive audience can get very expensive--beyond what we can support without additional funding. This campaign will allow us to welcome many more players to playtest Stormgate as a reward for directly supporting the studio.

I don't understand how these 2 always have such bangers of games. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't Special a lot better than Cham? Special competes in the GSL, I hadn't even heard of Cham until this or last year.

Just a dumb meme, here is more context: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952878/microsoft-onedrive-windows-close-app-notification