vineri, 22 aprilie 2011

Global Starcraft 2 League tournament review

There are a few tournaments right now where the cream of the crop of Starcraft 2 players are participating. I'm talking about the really huge tournaments.
For a list of day to day tournaments the best source is teamliquid.At the right side of the site there is a list with upcoming events where you can see all tournaments.
The biggest tournaments are the following:
1) The Global Starcraft 2 League: hosted by south koreans is the heart of Starcraft 2 at right now. Featuring the best south korean players but also non-koreans that managed to qualify to the tournament, this is an example of professionalism. A season ticket with adds costs 10 dollars while one without costs 20 dollars. You also get the vods(videos on demand) of the games played which means that you can re-watch them whenever you like. You can pay with credit card or through paypal and I assure you this is a safe site. If you do not wish to pay or do not have money to do so you can watch the live-stream but at lower quality and you will not have access to the vods.
What I like most about is the english casters.Artosis and Tasteless, together forming the casting archon Tastosis. From guinea-pig random facts to in-depth analysis they do it all and they do it good. Fun fact Tasteless is actually Day9's brother.
To watch the games you should create an account on the site or login with your facebook account. If you are on linux there are some people re-streaming but this is not really legal so I won't give you any advice on finding them. You could try searching on ustream, justin.tv or livestream with some keywords. There is also a tutorial to make the free stream work on linux but it relies on a program made in python and honestly I could not make it work for me. GSL on linux/. In conclusion if you weigh the pros and cons - this tournament is definitely worth to watch. They will never be late, any technical difficulties are fixed very fast and the quality of the games is top notch because some of the best players in the world are here.
There's nothing better than grabbing a beer/cola putting some popcorn in the oven and chilling while watching some Starcraft 2 tournaments. Well at least this is what works for me. If you have any better suggestions or healthier food/drinks while watching I'm willing to hear some suggestions.
I hope this helped.

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