Next Round Of J!NX Competition
The first round of the J!NX War Reporter Contest is over and the winners have been announced! With the first round down we have now been presented with the theme of our second round. So if you’ve got a clever idea for the new theme “Power Overwhelming” you had better get cracking on it! See the official post and entry page below!
J!NX War Reporter Contest: winners and new theme
J!NX War Reporter Contest: Entry Page
Merz takes Craft Cup #7
The Terran player Merz faced off against another Terran player Fuzer in the finals of this past Friday’s Craft Cup #7. Fuzer was apparently no match for Merz and lost with a score of 0 to 3.
Naama Wins Viking Cup #12
The Terran player Naama took the Zerg lalush down in the finals of the 12th Viking Cup this past week with a comfortable 3 to 1.
Terran dominates yet another edition of the Viking Cup
SjoW Takes HuK Down To Become New KOTH
After 3 weeks on top HuK has finally been dethroned by none other than the Terran SjoW. He managed to make it look easy with by racking up a score of 4 to 0 against the Protoss player. Below you can find a full interview with SjoW along with VOD’s of the games.
NVIDIA GosuGamers KOTH #3: Winner Interview
NVIDIA GosuGamers KOTH: HuK vs. SjoW – VODs
SK Gaming – Starcraft II Champions Trophy
SK Gaming is bringing us the ‘Champions Trophy’ in Starcraft II, a monthly tournament series with both cash and hardware prizes. The very first event is scheduled for Saturday, 2nd of October, 14:00 CET, and will feature 16 players chosen from the list of sign ups. With only 16 slots this is obviously a slightly more exclusive event but it sounds good nonetheless. You can read more about all of that below!
Starcraft II ‘Champions Trophy’ 2nd of October – SK Gaming
IEM American At ComicCon New York
In just under two weeks, on the 8th of October, the American Championships for IEM will take place at the ComicCon Expo in New York. ESL have released the official groups for the event and the top two from each group will move through to a single elimination bracket. See the groups and read more about the event below!
Group A
MurDeR
HuK
drewbie
suggy
Group B
qxc
CauthonLuck
KiWiKaKi
Fenix
Apparently there will also be a live stream by ESL TV all weekend!
SC2 Groups set for NY ComicCon IEM – TeamLiquid
Recent (1.1) Replay Packs
StarCraft II CraftCup #7 Replaypack
StarCraft II Viking Cup #12 Replaypack
StarCraft II Go4SC2 Cup #40 Replaypack
Player And Clan News
As usual there is no shortage of drama in the international Starcraft II Community. There are transfers, rants and interviews. Read about everything that’s been happening right here!
Idra Talks About Patch 1.1
The Zerg Starcraft II Pro IdrA shared his feelings on the state of Starcraft II before and after Patch 1.1. He mentions how he thinks the patch won’t change enough in terms of balance and that Blizzard are overlooking too many obvious problems. See the full interview below.
IdrA Speaks On: Patch 1.1 – MyEG
HuK To Liquid – HuK To Korea
The highly successful big name Protoss player HuK has left the clan of Millenium and moved to Liquid. Not just for any reason though, he is also, like so many others, making the move to Korea to pursue his Starcraft II Pro Gaming Carreer. There is obviously a lot to be learnt there for Starcraft II players or any gamers for that matter. That much is evident after seeing all the foreigners being knocked out of the GS2L. You can read an interview with HuK about the matter and see the full details below or over at TeamLiquid.
HuK to Liquid – TeamLiquid
Fruitseller Drama
Cool, (aka Fruiseller, aka Fruitdealer) has been causing quite a stir. He was caught totally out of character, totally uncool, recently when asked about Starcraft II’s first balance patch, 1.1. He said quite a few incredibly hateful things and seemed on the verge of a breakdown. Luckily, a couple of hours later he changed his tune and said that he was alright with the new changes and was definitely coping. You should all do yourselves the favour of reading the translated quotes in the link below. Enjoy!
Fruitdealer not sold on new patch – SK Gaming
Fruitdealer happier with 1.1.0 Idra not so much – SK Gaming
More Transfers via MyM
There were, obviously, a lot more transfers and players recruited over the past week and MyM has us totally covered with their latest summary post. You can read more about all the slightly less ‘famous’ transfers below.
mitarn 