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[Boken]

Kespa going open structure: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=427174
-all south korean teams can join kespa free of charge
-broadcasting rights still paid

in korean: http://sports.news.naver.com/sports...36&article_id=0000091303&date=20130828&page=1

Chances are, this move is motivated by LoL's popularity in Korea. Kespa is intending to create a proleague for LoL next year, but many powerful LoL teams in Korea are independant (najin, MVP, IM, MiG). This move allows these teams to participate in the proleague while allowing Kespa to still charge over broadcasting rights.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Red Bull Battle Grounds New York City

Thanksgiving will come a bit early for StarCraft eSports fans this year. That’s because a brand new competition, Red Bull Battle Grounds New York, is coming to the historic Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan November 23-24.

Eight progamers will converge in the Big Apple to vie for $50,000 in prizes and the title of champion. Four of the contenders have already been named, earned by their performance at past Red Bull eSports events. The top two players from the inaugural Red Bull Battlegrounds tournament in 2012 – Jang Min ‘MC’ Chul and reigning WCS Season 2 champion Ji Sung ‘Bomber’ Choi – have already earned their spot in the lineup. They will be joined by Myeong Hwan ‘Golden’ Jo, the winner of this year’s Red Bull Training Grounds Santa Monica and Jens ‘Snute’ Aasgaard, winner of Red Bull Training Grounds Orlando.

Red Bull eSports ringmaster, Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott, will reprise his role as Master of Ceremonies, caster and commentator extraordinaire, joined by other prominent names from the professional gaming scene. Red Bull Battle Grounds will also unfold in front of a live audience at the Hammerstein Ballroom – as well as a livestream audience, tuning in from around the globe.

Stay tuned for news of upcoming qualifiers to select the final four competitors, details of the schedule and format for the weekend and how to attend the Red Bull Battle Grounds New York StarCraft II eSports showdown. The two-day tournament will also be broadcast live at Redbull.com/eSports, which uses the Twitch TV player for all LIVE eSports coverage.

Here's 4/8 competitors:

GET HYPED

 

[Yoshichan]

MC so godlike in that pic

 

[Mairu]

Red Bull Battle Grounds New York City



Here's 4/8 competitors:


GET HYPED

Excited for another StarTale Earning Grounds, look forward to watching!

 

[Aylinato]

It looks like SC2's NeoGAF group is international, so I should appear as online, when I am on the U.S. server.
Do we meet there or on the mumble server or is there a specific chat room?



Thank you, both of you

Neogaf the chat on NA, although pretty barren when I'm not around. Mumble for NA or EU
(I'm normally on both lol)

Skills like this?

Good times.

 

[Crimsonlink]

Will be hosting a


GAF night-Wednesday. Be there, or get nerfed.


9pm EST
NA Server
Beating up on n00bs and taking names.

Team games to start off with! If enough people we can do in-house, maybe more than one team in random 4v4s (depending on how many we get)

Reminder to the new page in case anyone missed it! Thats tonight BTW!

 

[profit]

Reminder to the new page in case anyone missed it! Thats tonight BTW!

Hm too late for me sadly enough, I want to participate

Edit:

Flash stream accounced
https://twitter.com/TeamRazer/status/372710360895483904

11am KST 29th/4am CET 29th/7pm PST 28th August @ktrolsterflash is scheduled to stream at http://www.twitch.tv/ktrolsterflash check it out.

 

[Yoshichan]

Someone please translate to Europppeee time!

 

[profit]

Someone please translate to Europppeee time!

4 am

 

[Yoshichan]

4 am

Great... vod it is then.

 

[Chris R]

Started again to see if I can't get to Gold one more time. I'm so rusty they placed me in Bronze

Almost out of it though, already top 10 so I should be Silver before the end of the month and Gold before the end of the Ladder season (easily I hope). I even made a few sentries today

 

[diffusionx]

Finally found someone worse than me in bronze. Played a terran that was only doing 13 apm and was probably his first time playing StarCraft 2 and I feel sad now. :/

I think I played that guy. 15 apm though so he might be regressing.

 

[Tashi]

Starting to play a lot more but I can't make it to the GAF night tonight because I'm making my way to Seattle for PAX. Any StarCraft events that I should be aware of?

 

[Corran Horn]

Starting to play a lot more but I can't make it to the GAF night tonight because I'm making my way to Seattle for PAX. Any StarCraft events that I should be aware of?

Sometimes evil geniuses sends people to pax. No idea if they are this year though.

 

[Chris R]

I think I played that guy. 15 apm though so he might be regressing.

My APM is ~0 for the first two minutes. Then it slowly climbs to 80ish as the game picks up.

Also, I've learned my lesson enough to prevent any in base cheese play Denied it a few times today. Feels great not losing to cannon rushers any more.

 

[Tashi]

Sometimes evil geniuses sends people to pax. No idea if they are this year though.

I don't think so. I would have seen something on Twitter.

 

[Aylinato]

team game time!!!!!


in one hour....better get on people

 

[unknownstranger]

I'm not that good but I'll go. real ID is Derek#1345 (US)

 

[Aylinato]

just come to the NeoGAF chat channel

=D

 

[unknownstranger]

just come to the NeoGAF chat channel

=D

I don't see anyone in it :/

 

[Aylinato]

I don't see anyone in it :/

EU? or NA? cause we r on NA


and I surely am in it

 

[unknownstranger]

EU? or NA? cause we r on NA


and I surely am in it

NA. What's the name of it?

 

[Aylinato]

NA. What's the name of it?

NeoGAF

 

[SamuraiX-]

So Flash is supposed to be streaming in 15 minutes?

lawd

 

[giri]

can someone confirm, has the team liquid site been an absolute shitfest for anyone else recently?

Like, due to the terrible ad's they're using, or the buggy flash that they're using, it only works 1 in 4 goes for me. The rest of the time it just locks up and i have to close/reload.

 

[Aylinato]

can someone confirm, has the team liquid site been an absolute shitfest for anyone else recently?

Like, due to the terrible ad's they're using, or the buggy flash that they're using, it only works 1 in 4 goes for me. The rest of the time it just locks up and i have to close/reload.

I only go there to see what streams are on. I find their discussions are....well...not helpful

 

[SamuraiX-]

In case anyone missed it...

KT Rolster Flash is streaming.

Like, right now.

 

[unknownstranger]

Holy shit at the zerg Flash just played on ladder. Almost actually beat him.

 

[giri]

I only go there to see what streams are on. I find their discussions are....well...not helpful

Yeah, i like to read their previews for the groups, and for general news about the e-sports teams.

Dont' really know of a better website for sc2 news. Are there any?

 

[Wunder]

Yeah, i like to read their previews for the groups, and for general news about the e-sports teams.

Dont' really know of a better website for sc2 news. Are there any?

Teamliquid previews are the bestest of the best! #1 Premier source for the best insight into the Korean scene.

 

[giri]

Teamliquid previews are the bestest of the best! #1 Premier source for the best insight into the Korean scene.

Shame that since TL+ it's turned into a buggy site then.

Sigh. oh well.

 

[Boken]

Teamliquid previews are the bestest of the best! #1 Premier source for the best insight into the Korean scene.

i agree. TL artciles have great attention to detail and one of the few english sites with a finger on the pulse of the korean scene.

the community is derp though

 

[Aylinato]

good GAF night everyone!


did some 3v3s, 4v4s, FFA, and a 2v2 to end the night! =D

 

[unknownstranger]

Was fun besides me handicapping the group.

 

[Crimsonlink]

Good games guys! Had a lot of fun and remember not to let me build up. ;b

Also SamuraiX, you should enjoy this interview.

Holy shit is Bomber's English good! nvm It was the translator.

Champion Bomber talks about his win!

 

[Aylinato]

Was fun besides me handicapping the group.

Actually I was. No units for 10 minutes

 

[SamuraiX-]

Also SamuraiX, you should enjoy this interview.

Holy shit is Bomber's English good! nvm It was the translator.

Champion Bomber talks about his win!

Awww yeeeah! Also, he was on Episode 171 of Live On Three!


In other news...

JangBi retires.

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I've been counting down the days to getting to watch him again in Code S. ;_;

 

[Yoshichan]

How is Flash stream?

 

[AdventureRacing]

Excited for another StarTale Earning Grounds, look forward to watching!

Yeah it's cool to see a tournament with such high prize money but being restricted to 8 players and half the roster invited kills the hype somewhat.

 

[profit]

How is Flash stream?

See for yourself

 

[Yoshichan]

See for yourself

Is it a vod or live stream? On the bus (omw to work) atm, will watch when I'm there!

 

[SamuraiX-]

Nobody cares that the JangBANG is no more. ;_;_;_;

Also, when the hell is Iron Squid III gonna be happening? After the megaton of success they had with Iron Squid II I'm really surprised news about the next event hasn't even been hinted at for 7 solid months.

 

[Aaron]

Not surprised by Jangbi. He seemed pretty uninterested while he was playing SC2. Expect Fantasy to retire next.

 

[profit]

Is it a vod or live stream? On the bus (omw to work) atm, will watch when I'm there!

VOD, 2:45 long!

Nobody cares that the JangBANG is no more. ;_;_;_

Good, one Protoss scum less....

 

[Crimsonlink]

New players are coming in while the old retire.

Mvp should retire soon since Nestea pretty much has done so already. Mvp has become the legend of SC2 like Flash is for BW and has won more tournaments than any other player as of now.

 

[Yoshichan]

JangBi was a BW legend and I respect him 100% for that. I didn't even know he played SC2 though... That must say something about his performance today though.

It's a pity nonetheless.

Edit: no, MVP is not the Flash of SC2. It's not all about winning tournaments.

 

[Corran Horn]

It's not all about winning tournaments.

Thats what DMC2 fans say

 

[Yoshichan]

Thats what DMC2 fans say

Not you too, Corran?!

 

[profit]

Thats what DMC2 fans say

 

[unknownstranger]

Ugh so fucking pissed right now. Faced a protoss on ladder that opened 3 gate and came at me with 6 zealots. I was able to spot it and hold it, but right before it I had no idea what I did and whenever I targeted one unit of mine it targeted every one of mine and I couldn't get it to stop, so I just left mid match. -_-'