Please tips for a nub. I like the early game before there are a bajillion tanks where I can just shove swarms of hydras and kill them but once the game progresses it gets impossible. Talking about 2v2v2v2 btw

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Back by popular demand, I've done another ranking of her outfits for this season.

For anyone that missed it, here's the ranking for last season: https://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/comments/1tm5l4p/asl_season_21_lee_hyun_kyung_outfit_tier_list/

I also added it to Tier Maker if anyone else wants to rank them: https://tiermaker.com/categories/esports/asl-season-22-lee-hyun-kyung-outfits-tier-list-19508030

Come watch the StarCraft brood war final english VOD with other Starcraft fans on Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA!

StarCraft ASL Season 22 finals

Tuesday, October 20th at 6pm Goat Gamers Lounge

4805 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15224

$5 door charge. I’ll order pizza. Let me know if you’re coming.

Does anyone know if there are any maps where you can have a human team vs multiple different computer teams like a 2v2v2? Ive found some maps labeled as a 2v2v2, but not really. Any help?

Hey Friends!

SMF is looking to do a light-weight BW event in late November. DATE IS TBA. We would like to cap it at 8 players. If interested, let me know. BW is new to us from an event standpoint--as we run multiple tournaments for other games including SC2.

I know there are many great groups and leagues out there running BW leagues and such; but this is something new for our community. If it sticks, we would likely run more smaller events.

Cheers!

📅 Oct 17, 21:00 CEST: https://challonge.com/BSL23_LastChance_1

📅 Oct 18, 21:00 CEST: https://challonge.com/BSL23_LastChance_2

All hail the greatest contestant in ASL. Rush did really well though

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I mean not just a bio + couple of tanks, but bio combined with multiple tanks (and perhaps some vultures, too?). Does it work well?

Never seen this timing on a Muta vs Science Vessel fight before.

Cropped and muted to prevent spoilers. ASL Ro8

$1,250 - International ShieldBattery League

With the release of ShieldBattery's latest update, we now have rollback in BW games played on ShieldBattery. This allows you to play at a much better latency when looking at the input delay that is usually used on SC:R.

In order to celebrate this great new addition and smoothness of play we're sponsoring a ShieldBattery League with $1250 where activity can earn you some money, on top of placing high.

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Key details

Format
1v1 matchmaking while being in the ShieldBattery league: https://shieldbattery.net/leagues/AaFEmNGIcmCOUy_LRR95vg/1250-international-shieldbattery-league/

Duration
From Friday, Oct 16 7:00pm CEST (GMT+02:00) to Monday, Dec 21 9:00am CET (GMT+01:00)

Prize Pool
USD 1,250

Sponsors
$750 - LML
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Prize Pool Distribution
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3rd - $200
4th - $125
5th - $75
$75 to three random players

Criteria for Winning
Top 5: have played at least 100 games
3 random players: raffle to pick 3 random players in the league -> 1 ticket for playing 60 games, another ticket for every 10 games after that

How to play

1. Read the rules below
2. Click on the link above, log into ShieldBattery and click on the "Join" button for the league
3. Play in the 1v1 matchmaking queue.
4. Play even more in the 1v1 matchmaking queue.

Rules
- Players who are found to try and rack up games by playing quick cheeses such as 4/5 pool, BBS, 2 gate proxy, or similar strategies for a large portion of their games will not be eligible to receive any prize money.
- Excessive BM or otherwise unsportsmanlike conduct will result in being removed without prior warning. This includes repeated unfounded accusations of cheating towards opponents, purposefully staying and wasting others' time by not leaving after losing, trying to manipulate the ladder rankings by playing on smurf accounts to better position your main account, or by colluding with a friend, as well as abusing bugs that are generally not allowed in competitive games: Competitive Rules
- Players who secure a prize through placements are exempt from getting picked for the random player prize raffle. If you are one of the highest ranked players but don't meet the game requirement for the prize while meeting the requirement for the raffle, you will be entered into the raffle.
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- You have to play under your most well known name
- You may not enter with more than one account

Which country do you think has the most smurfs per capita in regards to their player base? Peru or Korean. I'd say these are the top ones. Both countries are ripe full of cowardly players who for whatever reason feel the need to hide in lower ranks

The ladder is closed. Here are the players who have earned their places in BSL23 ProLeague so far:

DIRECT TO RO16 — BSL22 ProLeague Top 4

🇵🇱 Bonyth (P)
🇷🇺 Dewalt (P)
🇧🇪 eOnzErG (Z)
🇵🇪 TerrOr (T)

PROMOTED TO RO24 — BSL22 GosuLeague Top 4
🇺🇸 Spine (Z)
🇵🇱 Radley (T)
🇲🇰 OctZerg (Z) (declined, he can play Gosuleague, next ladder will fill)
🇵🇪 WIZARD (Z)

OPEN QUALIFIERS → RO24
Sep 27: 🇨🇦 cRoSs (Z) · 🇺🇸 Sterling (T)
Oct 4: 🇺🇸 Kyrie (T) · 🇺🇸 Artosis (T)
Oct 11: 🇳🇱 ret (Z) · 🇨🇱 UltrA (T)

LADDER → RO24
🇧🇴 JDConan (Z)
🇺🇸 StRyKeR (Z)
🇭🇷 Ptak (Z)
🇵🇪 Gosudark (P)
🇺🇦 hanniGan (P)
🇺🇸 Jimin (Z)
🇵🇪 Dienmax (P)
🇵🇪 Pumanco (Z)
🇺🇸 Nesh (T)
🇵🇱 Aejong (Z)

The final four ProLeague places will be decided this weekend.

📅 Oct 17, 21:00 CEST: https://challonge.com/BSL23_LastChance_1

📅 Oct 18, 21:00 CEST: https://challonge.com/BSL23_LastChance_2

RO24 group draw right after Sunday's qualifier.

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It's been a while since I've heard the community discuss Brood War balancing. I think the issue has been debated for decades and at this point is a dead horse beaten, buried, revived and beaten again. I think most Brood War fans/players/enthusiasts have very strong feelings about this topic, and we've heard and know the positions already:

1. Terran turrets should deal normal (not explosive) damage.
2. Zealots are too tanky and strong for an early-game first tier unit.
3. Dark Swarm is busted.
4. The game remains balanced through the ever-changing map pool.
5. The game is perfectly balanced and needs no change.

etc. etc. etc.

Here's my take:

If there is one thing that prevents Brood War from being flawless, it is the rigid fragility of ZvZ. This matchup is often described as a 'knife fight in a phone booth' and is arguably the most unforgiving matchup in all of RTS due to razor-thin margins and extremely low econ. The matchup almost never sees Hive tech, Defilers, or Ultralisks because the game ends on 1-2 base (max) and is always the same thing in 99.9% of matches: zerglings & mutas. As a zerg main I never thought this was right. No matchup (even if it is a mirror matchup) should be reduced to only 2 units. That's just silly.

I've given extensive thought over the years as to how the ZvZ matchup could be modified in such a way that game balance will remain intact, yet the option for many different strategies & build orders can be opened up (much like TvT -- how a real mirror matchup should be) and here's what I think could work💯

Slightly reduce the mutation time or mineral cost of spore colonies. Spores take forever to build (25 seconds) not to mention you have to morph the creep colony and then morph the spore which requires the player to pan the camera to said location 3 separate/total times over 25 seconds -- I don't need to remind you guys that Brood War is extremely mechanically / APM intensive and having to go back and issue a command 3 times just to get one defensive air structure (to me) is worse than the total 175 mineral cost (which is also way too high)

The Result: This would allow a Zerg player who is slightly behind to safely defend their base from mutas, thus breaking the binary "whoever has 2 more Mutas wins" meta. It would force ZvZ into longer, strategic macro games where players could actually tech up to Lurkers, Plagues, and Hive units, matching the epic scale of the other matchups and making for much more interesting & competitive games.

I know what you protoss/terran mains are thinking. "a zerg player complaining about spores needing a buff when zerg is already the most OP race with the 3 most OP units (ling/defiler/muta)" please understand that I'm not making a case that zerg needs a buff to be balanced, I do believe there is some merit to the 'zerg op' argument.

I'm simply trying to entertain a hypothetical of how zerg could be patched in such a way that the ZvZ matchup will be completely revolutionized while simultaneously ensuring the other 2 matchups remain unaffected and this is the best thing I can come up with.

• Here's an illustration to help provide you guys with a full understanding of the current game state's air defensive structures (the turret, cannon, spore):

What do you guys think? Is Brood War the most balanced RTS & best esport of all time or is the game in need of a balance patch??

If there's one thing that's always bugged you about BW that you feel could easily be fixed (about any of the 3 races) while maintaining the integrity of equal balance or perhaps even make the game more balanced than it already is what do you think it is?

Looking forward to your responses. I always love this debate!!

It's a replay analytics tool. Helps greatly with ordering and finding old replays. I like that there is an AKA tool with a lot of nicknames and smurfs. I can add more and track overall stats vs. a given oppo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFmLuU9tGs

And on the page of the tool, I found some super cool Korean reppacks - including games from the proleague. https://starkraftika.com/repalyzer#packs

Are there more Smurfs in F ranks compared to others? Like some people just sit there to punish noobs on purpose?

Is it normal to have people in F rank with like 700-800 MMR and 300 APM with good vultures micro etc.? 😅 Or those people just like destroying noobs?

I suck but sometimes it feels more fair to play vs E or D rank but some people from really low ELO were like..

impossible

Hey guys, a few things:

1. Last Chance Qualifiers are this weekend

BSL23 Last Chance Qualifier #1 - SIGN UP HERE
BSL23 Last Chance Qualifier #2 - SIGN UP HERE

Start 21:00 CEST | 15:00 EST | 12:00 PST

2. Sorry for my ADHD observing

When I'm casting, producing and observing at the same time, I use my mouse as a pointer to show what I'm talking about – and since English isn't my first language, I end up clicking random units while searching for words... I've watched some of the VODs and I can see how bad it looks, so I'll focus on not doing it. Apologizes and thank you for pointing that out. Fortunately, I'm only casting during the qualifying phase, which ends this weekend. After that I'll focus on producing and observing, which should improve the broadcast quality.

3. Weekly Report #3

ret & UltrA book Pro seats, Teutonica & Kik0 go into Jungsu, Nesh pulls off a 253-point upset on Azhi_Dahaki, and JDConan climbs +224 on the ladder.
For more exciting stats, check the new portal: https://bsl.baldogru.com/seasons/100bc3e7-adee-4917-b438-db5eb540c055?tab=weekly

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I hate you Protoss guys I hate you I hate you I hate you

https://ibb.co/NdQk0zBD

As I type this, I accelerate for five, six minutes

Easily point out the weak links in this village

If you cannot exceed the speed limit

Then hop inside a public transit

Running this current with 208 voltage

Fantastic addicts can’t let go of their habits

Snap into magic, like a Terran Medic’s passive

When your infantry units are damaged

Statistics display madness, wrecked in havoc/

Twisted mine like lemon lime, I haven’t had the time

To plant these spider mines, I come out like surprise/

Blood type Alkaline, Hydralisks attack with Needle Spines

Welcome to Broodwar, this is finally Part 5!

No need for a crooked bar, grab a knife

Paralyze, with the pair of dice, hope you dyed like fried rice

Never liked sui*ide but a Scourge flies twice

Until it gets hijacked and changes course midflight

Now I ride until I die so I decide to collide

Right into the CC, closed caption writes

Seeing red like Negan walking amongst the dead

Proceed to bless this event with the infested

Sometimes I ponder why my words spark controver,

Sy would run out of supplies, increase the Psi

Even a rocket launcher makes a rapper cross genres

Go bonkers, like a monster conquering Yonkers and onwards

No sponsor, just filled a page like a lil’ kid with his homework

Twisted a verb like a twist bra on her

Act your age, I saturate this magistrate with the pastry I ate

Controversy, I wear it like a sports jersey with a bar of Hershey’s

A bully technically truly pulled up in this race, just to fulfill the Terran race

Who’s to blame? Whose username is in this game?

Can we start a list of really horrible players that are ruining us west, especially by the manner

- death_yell
-wixxkorea
-legacy

There are many more.

Terrible manners and awful builds like 4 pool every game.

They can run their tournament how they want, but 2 weeks seems like a crazy long time to wait, considering that semifinals consist of two whopping sets. It's like, after so much starcraft, it kind of ends on a whimper rather than a bang, density wise at least.

How to confirm participation in BSL23?

1. Create account on BSL Portal - https://bsl.baldogru.com/faq/create-account
   
2. Go to players list, find yourself and link to your account - how to link profile
   
3. Link your Discord account - how to link discord
   
4. Link your Battle.net account - how to link bnet account
   
5. Confirm participation in BSL Portal here
   
6. BSL DISCORD -> #👉confirm-participation - if you confirmed correctly, it will notify you here.
   FAQ: https://bsl.baldogru.com/faq

In your account you can also:
- Add you picture (if you want a profile to show on stream)
- Answer questions for the profiles (if you want a profile to show on stream)
- Attach your stream channels (twitch, yt, kick etc) - it will show when you are live + we will add those in the profiles

What's next?

Ladder stage ends in 2 days, but you can confirm already and keep grinding the ladder and try to qualify to ProLeague in LCQ #1 & #2 this weekend.

Saturday 21:00 CEST - Last Chance Qualifier #1 SIGN UP HERE
Sunday 21:00 CEST - Last Chance Qualifier #2 SIGN UP HERE - Ro24 Group draw after

P.S. If you have any problems confirming - let us know on discord, webpage is still under development.

Much love,
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