Written by News Writer | 20 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The guys behind  RedBull have announced the return of the  Battle Grounds events. 

The first event under the RedBull flag will be the Battle Grounds from  Washington.

The announcement was posted by one of the guys behind the events,  Ben 'MrBitter' Nichol via a post over at his official socialization page where he stated:

Written by News Writer | 18 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The guys behind  BliZZard have announced that they will enter the close beta stage for the next Starcraft 2 expansion, Legacy of the Void starting 31'st of March 2015.

The developers posted an announcement on their official website where they stated:

"The StarCraft II Legacy of the Void Beta is on the way, and with only two weeks left until its launch we wanted to take a look at the goals and expectations around the multiplayer beta.

As you are likely aware, we’ve been trying to be as open as possible with the status of our development, and strongly believe that the increased cooperation between developers and players is beneficial to StarCraft II.

To be clear, our goal for this expansion is to work together with all of you to make Legacy of the Void as awesome as possible. For this reason, we decided to start the beta sooner than we normally would have in the past.

This should provide ample time for feedback and iteration. However, this naturally results in a few things: Some things at the start of the beta will feel more rough than usual.

We will be missing some units, improvements, features, etc. The beta will run for a longer period of time than usual. We will need your play-testing support, as well as the feedback about your experiences in the beta, in order to really work together on this expansion."

Written by News Writer | 16 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The  KT Rolster protoss player,  Zest has managed to secure the win of the first big event in the Starcraft 2 scene.

The  Intel Extreme Masters World Championship Katowice saw a PvP final game between  Trap and Zest.

The latter one managed to secure an easy win with a [4-1] scoreline.

With this win, Zest managed to secure a total of 1.500 WCS Points and a total of $68.707 in cash prize.

First Round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final		Champion
herO
[3-1]		herO
Cure
		[1-3]		Bbyong
Bbyong
[3-1]		Bbyong
Solar
				[1-3]		Zest
Zest
[3-2]		Zest
Hydra
		[3-2]		Zest
INnoVation
[3-2]		INnoVation
Life						[4-1]		Zest
Flash
[2-3]		Trap
Trap
		[3-2]		Trap
FanTaSy
[3-0]		FanTaSy
Rain
				[3-1]		Trap
Maru
[3-0]		Maru
Patience
		[0-3]		Dark
Dark
[3-1]		Dark
TaeJa

Final prize distribution:

1'st.  KT Rolster Zest - $68.707 + 1.500 WCS Points

2'nd.  Jin Air Green Wings Trap - $15.000 + 800 WCS Points

3'rd/4'th.  CJ Entus Bbyong,  SK TelecomT1.Dark - $7.000 + 550 WCS Points each

5'th/8'th.  CJ Entus herO,  SK TelecomT1.INnoVation,  Dead Pixels FanTaSy,  Jin Air Green Wings Maru - $3.000 + 400 WCS Points each

9'th/12'th.  Jin Air Green Wings Cure,  ROOT Gaming Hydra,  Dead Pixels Patience - $1.000 + 250 WCS Points each

13'th/16'th.  Samsung Galaxy Khan Solar,  KT Rolster Life,  KT Rolster Flash,  mYinsanity!Rain,  Liquid`TaeJa - $1.000 each (players must advance at least one round in a WCS affiliated event in order to receive WCS Points)

Written by News Writer | 15 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The former  Imaginary eSport player, whom left the french based team in the late December 2014 has announced that he will retire.

The announcement was made by the player via his official socialization page, where he stated:

"Starcraft 2 was a lot of fun sorry to those who gave cheer for me....

Bye i'm retired"

Written by News Writer | 15 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The 2015 edition of the  Copenhagen Games was announced.

The event this time around will be considered to be a WCS affiliated tournament meaning that out along side the cash prize it will hand out some WCS Points.

The prizes are set at a total of $10.000 in cash prize and a total of 1.800 in WCS Points.

The prize distribution and players are yet to be revealed for the time being.

With the event taking place in April 2015, these informations will be made public soon.

Remind you that the event will run from 1'st of April 2015 till 3'rd of April 2015, at the  Oksnehallen in  Copenhagen.

An online qualifier will be starting 21'st of March 2015.

Written by News Writer | 15 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

The mexican zerg player,  JimRising has found a new team, this new team is another mexican based team that features many european players.

 BrawL eSports is the new home for JimRising.

The announcement was made by the new team via a picture posted on their official socialization page.

The line-up of  BrawL eSports is:

 CPU (C)

 Primelot

 TeebuL

 PrimalMoon

 Gemini

 KiToO

 PandaBearMe

 Honeybear

 JimRising

 Pokiray

Written by News Writer | 09 March 2015
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The french casting channel known as  O'Gaming has announced a nice partnership.

The frenchmen have managed to secure a contract with the guys behind  KeSpa and the guys that bring the  ProLeague action,  SPOTV Games in order to be able to stream ProLeague in french for the 2015 Season.

The guys behind the french casting team will start streaming from Round 2 of ProLeague 2015.

The casting team will feature the likes of  Alexandre 'Pomf' Noci,  Hadrien 'Thud' Noci,  Alexandre 'FunKa' Verier,  Emanuel 'MoMaN' Marquez,  Anoss and  Imre.

The guys behind  KeSpa stated:

"We are excited that through O’Gaming our French fans will have an opportunity to watch the 2015 SK Telecom StarCraft II Proleague in their native language. We are ecstatic to work with O’Gaming to deliver high quality StarCraft II content to our dedicated French audience. We hope the French community will continue to support Proleague and cheer on your favorite teams."

 O'Gaming guys stated:

"When the Pomf & Thud duo was created on Starcraft II, our first inspiration was the dynamism and the passion of Korean shoutcasters. 4 years later, we never felt that close from what gave us the will to cast Starcraft II games. We are really excited about this collaboration, allowing us to deliver to the French-speaking community one of the best content in the world."

 SPOTV Games points of view:

Written by News Writer | 09 March 2015
Posted in News - Starcraft

With the event three days from now, the guys behind  Intel Extreme Masters have released the Bracket for the next  IEM stop,  IEM Season 9 Katowice 2015.

The event will run from 12'th of March 2015 till 15'th of March 2015 and will feature a total of $117.707 for the Starcraft 2 event.

The players that made it for the main event are:  Zest,  herO,  Rain,  Trap,  Patience,  TaeJa,  Flash,  Maru,  Bbyong,  INnoVation,  FanTaSy,  Cure,  Solar,  Life,  Dark,  Hydra.

The bracket is as follows:

Bracket:

First Round		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final		Champion
herO
12'th of March 2015
Cure
		14'th of March 2015
Bbyong
13'th of March 2015
Solar
				14'th of March 2015
Zest
12'th of March 2015
Hydra
		14'th of March 2015
INnoVation
13'th of March 2015
Life						15'th of March 2015
Flash
15'th of March 2015
Trap
		14'th of March 2015
FanTaSy
12'th of March 2015
Rain
				14'th of March 2015
Maru
13'th of March 2015
Patience
		14'th of March 2015
Dark
13'th of March 2015
TaeJa

Prize distribution: