I hope everyone is actually happily Starcrafting this weekend, I wish I was! I might jump in and try get a bit of the singleplayer campaign done a bit later, who knows! But I thought I would throw a few updates on the site first. There’s ZOTAC and Go4SC2 later today, I will get some updates on what happened there later. Stay tuned!
StarCraft II Top-Ranked Players – Lists Updated
Blizzard are sticking with it, below you can find the top players from Europe, Korea, Latin America , North America , Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is really cool how easily and fast they can get these lists up. Ah the benefits of Battle.net 2.0. I hope to see some South Africans on those lists soon!
This week’s rankings are in! Below you’ll find the top-ranked players from each region and the race they play.
I was actually not aware that there were this many regions!
GOMTV Global Starcraft League Updates
With $170,000 up for grabs, the excitement surrounding the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League in South Korea has been off the hook. The first day of qualifications’ results are in and we have our first 32 players. Waiting patiently for day 2 results… It’s pretty amazing to me, the efficiency at which the guys handled all those players and culled the ones that were not worthy. Impressive! There are a couple of known names thus far, to us at least, that are still competing. The three biggest ones would be TLO, Artosis and IdrA. The rest of the players are all Koreans and I guess we have yet to see how our EU or US players will fare against them.
Guided By Peers #3 Is Up!
I know I didn’t cover this last time but I guess I will start now. Every week Blizzard put a post up with various Tutorial and Help posts for all three the races in Starcraft II, although this week is mostly focussed on Zerg. These are made by players in the community and will definitely be useful if you are just starting off or want to perfect those strategies you’ve been working on! See the official post here or just read below.
Welcome to the third edition of Guided By Peers. Let’s take a look at the latest player guides posted on the official StarCraft II forums. You can find the previous installments here.
General Tutorials
Step-By-Step Strategy & Tutorial Videos (by Force) – If you caught the Force team’s guide to zerg in our previous installment, be sure to check out the protoss and terran tutorials as well.
Get Your Zerg On
Zile’s Guide to Zerg (by Zile) – This is a refined examination of the strengths and weaknesses of playing zerg, featuring key strategies for excelling in any matchup.
[Zerg vs. Zerg] Strategy Write-up (by ZerkerZerg) – Looking for the best ways to defeat your kin? Check out this thorough breakdown.
[Zerg vs. Terran] Strategy Write-up (by ZerkerZerg) – It’s the dreaded rivalry. Take a look at the information ZerkerZerg has compiled to refine your game and put the hurt on those pesky humans.
Guide: Zerg vs. Protoss Late Game (by JaM) – This is a helpful collection of tips to keep zerg players motivated to conquer the followers of Zeratul.
If you have created or read any guides you feel would help your fellow peers, be sure to Like them and share a link by leaving a comment below.
You can find the full list of the day 1 qualifications over at GosuGamers.net. I will try to stay up to date with the GOMTV GSL so keep checking back here for more!
New Kerrigan Fan Art
Blizzard’s Official Fan Art section has been updated with 6 new Starcraft II, more specifically Kerrigan, themed pieces of fan art. Some of them are really, really cool and definitely worth checking out if you are, well, a fan! 😀
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