NewSCast for 21-Oct-11

Here we go with a huge day in SC2 News.  I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Friday, October 21st.

We will start with the BlizzCon Invitational.  In the Winner's ro16 we had NesTea over BratOK 2-1, Sheth over Loner 2-1, Sen over JazBaz 2-1, Naniwa over Major 2-1, TooDMing over Ret 2-0, MVP over Moonglade 2-0, Dimaga over Killer 2-1, and Select over Nifi 2-1.  In the ro8 we had NesTea over Sheth 2-0, Naniwa over Sen 2-0, MVP over TooDMing 2-1, and Select over Dimaga 2-0.  In the ro4 we had NesTea over Naniwa 2-1 and MVP over Select 2-1 setting up an MVP vs. NesTea epic matchup for the Winner's bracket finals to face the winner of the loser's bracket.  The players still in the loser's bracket are Naniwa vs. Dimaga and Select vs. Sen.

Also at BlizzCon we had the GSL Code S finals tonight.  The run down was, well, not what we were expecting.  MMA took the first two games, then MVP took the third.  This led right into MMA taking the last two games for a quick 4-1 victory to dethrone the champion.  Congrats to MMA!

Also the big announcement today did come from EG and the rumors were true.  EG and Slayers have teamed up with Idra and DeMuslim going over to fight in Code A next season.  Also announced though was a partnership between Quantic Gaming and Incredible Miracles team featuring MVP and NesTea.

Now, onto the other set of big announcements today which were of course changes coming for Heart of the Swarm.  I will not run down everything and nothing is set in stone, but here we go: Zerg has 2 new units, the Viper and the Swarm Host.  The Viper can cast spells and physically lift units from one location to another while the Swarm host is similar to a Lurker.

Terran has a few new things in the Battle Hellion transform mode, the WarHound which is similar to a Goliath, and something called a Shedder which has a vague description so far, but also the Thor becomes a massive Hero unit similar to the Mothership.

Protoss have lost a couple things like the Mothership and the Carrier but gained a few units such as The Replicant which can morph into other units, Oracle which is a scouting spellcaster, and the Tempest which is a capital ship that does AOE damage against air.

There are a ton of other changes including burrowed charge attack for Ultralisk, Protoss Nexus can mass recall for energy, reapers heal themselves, hydra speed increase, and baneling burrow movement.

Well, I think I will cut it off there for tonight.  Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.