Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Friday, November 18th, the start of MLG National Championships.
Well, before we get into all of the action over at MLG, we will start with the NASL Semi-Open action from today. The matches were Thorzain over Uhen 2-0, Gatored over LiveZerg 2-0, Catz over Skit 2-0, Lost over CrazyMoving 2-0, and in Loser's bracket play we had Major over LiveZerg 2-1.
Okay, now onto MLG. First we had the MLG Global Invitational. In the Semi-Finals we had Idra almost beating NesTea but falling to that cool drink 2-1. The other match was Naniwa taking down MVP 2-1 setting up a finals where Naniwa took the championships from NesTea 2-1.
Now, onto the Open Bracket play. I will not run down all the matches, but here are the semifinals matchups for each bracket in the Winner's Round which will be played tomorrow:
Major vs. Sheth, Hero vs. Keen, sC vs. Losira, MVP vs. Shew, Spanishiwa vs. TLO, Machine vs. NesTea, Leenock vs. Gatored, and State vs. HeavOnEarth. Now, down in the loser's bracket notable players include:
syckness, Artist, Spades, Jinro, Drewbie, Axslav, Violet, Ostojiy, DDE, Destiny, LzGamer, Vibe, ThisIsJimmy, PainUser, Attero, KawaiiRice, Gretorp, Catz, DarkCell, MarineKing, Ganzi, Oz, Puzzle, Tyler, InControl, wbc, and StrifeCro. Tomorrow we will see who makes it into the championship bracket.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
NewSCast for 2-Nov-11
Here we go again everyone. It is a new month and I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Wednesday, November 2nd.
Well, some good news and action over the weekend. I will start with the NASL Division 5 from Sunday night. We had HasuObs over QXC 2-0, Puma over TT1 2-0, and Dimaga over TLO 2-0. Next we had Division 1, week 7 play tonight with Hero over Vibe 2-1, White-Ra over Cruncher 2-1, Sheth over Lowely 2-1, and finally DeMuslim got the walk-over from Fenix due to Fenix resigning from the NASL.
We also had the first few groups in the GSL November Code S matches. In group A we had MMA and MC advancing with Ryung 3rd and YuGiHo 4th. In group B play we had SC and NesTea advancing with Losira 3rd and asd 4th. Next we had Group H play with MVP and aLive advancing, MarineKing 3rd and Curious 4th. Finally we had Group D play with Ganzi and Leenock advancing, Polt 3rd and Ensnare 4th. Remember, with the new format top 2 advance, 3rd goes to the ro32 Code A with 4th going o the ro48 Code A.
Well, in other news we had the announcement that FXOtgun has left FXO to pursue other options. TT1 has also announced that he has left his team FnaticMSI.
We also had the news that YoutTube with partnering with IPL to start a new all-gaming channel called START.IGN. This will feature shows and whatnot all centered around gaming. They are reporting that the idea is to make TV-Quality shows and programming. Good news and I hope it all works out.
Also announced is the GomTV Arena of Legends Ace Invitational. The idea with this tourney will be to pit two members from each team in a big tourney to see who comes out on top and a chance to win around 10,000 bucks. Speaking of this event, the first group played tonight. Group A featured MC, Line, Curious, Polt, and MVP with MVP and Curious advancing.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, some good news and action over the weekend. I will start with the NASL Division 5 from Sunday night. We had HasuObs over QXC 2-0, Puma over TT1 2-0, and Dimaga over TLO 2-0. Next we had Division 1, week 7 play tonight with Hero over Vibe 2-1, White-Ra over Cruncher 2-1, Sheth over Lowely 2-1, and finally DeMuslim got the walk-over from Fenix due to Fenix resigning from the NASL.
We also had the first few groups in the GSL November Code S matches. In group A we had MMA and MC advancing with Ryung 3rd and YuGiHo 4th. In group B play we had SC and NesTea advancing with Losira 3rd and asd 4th. Next we had Group H play with MVP and aLive advancing, MarineKing 3rd and Curious 4th. Finally we had Group D play with Ganzi and Leenock advancing, Polt 3rd and Ensnare 4th. Remember, with the new format top 2 advance, 3rd goes to the ro32 Code A with 4th going o the ro48 Code A.
Well, in other news we had the announcement that FXOtgun has left FXO to pursue other options. TT1 has also announced that he has left his team FnaticMSI.
We also had the news that YoutTube with partnering with IPL to start a new all-gaming channel called START.IGN. This will feature shows and whatnot all centered around gaming. They are reporting that the idea is to make TV-Quality shows and programming. Good news and I hope it all works out.
Also announced is the GomTV Arena of Legends Ace Invitational. The idea with this tourney will be to pit two members from each team in a big tourney to see who comes out on top and a chance to win around 10,000 bucks. Speaking of this event, the first group played tonight. Group A featured MC, Line, Curious, Polt, and MVP with MVP and Curious advancing.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
NewSCast for 22-Oct-11
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Saturday, October 22nd.
Well with BlizzCon ongoing, the only real matches of note for today were the final matches in the BlizzCon Invitational. First off, in the Winner's Bracket Finals we had NesTea finally taking down MVP in a 2-0 victory. Now, down in the lower bracket we had Naniwa take down Dimaga 2-0 and Sen beat Select 2-1. Then we had Sen beat Naniwa 2-1 to move on and face MVP.
MVP was not giving up easily though as he took down Sen 2-0 which set up a rematch with NesTea. MVP took the first bo3 2-0, which set up a second bo3 which MVP took 2-1 to take the championships. Congrats to MVP.
Other announcements and things to come out of BlizzCon today include some new visuals and graphics for HotS. One that looked really cool was that Zerg's Creep now latches onto the base of buildings. This has no game effect, just eye-candy. Also the physics engine has been redone to show bodies flying and whatnot. One of the other new features is destructible rock formations, which can be used to close off paths and areas. They also had the BlizzCon costume contest and the winner was a Terran Adjutant that looked amazing. Check out the vid over at youtube.
Other than that, there was not a ton of other news to talk about today. Please check out BlizzCon, threads about the new units and everything else that is associated with it. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well with BlizzCon ongoing, the only real matches of note for today were the final matches in the BlizzCon Invitational. First off, in the Winner's Bracket Finals we had NesTea finally taking down MVP in a 2-0 victory. Now, down in the lower bracket we had Naniwa take down Dimaga 2-0 and Sen beat Select 2-1. Then we had Sen beat Naniwa 2-1 to move on and face MVP.
MVP was not giving up easily though as he took down Sen 2-0 which set up a rematch with NesTea. MVP took the first bo3 2-0, which set up a second bo3 which MVP took 2-1 to take the championships. Congrats to MVP.
Other announcements and things to come out of BlizzCon today include some new visuals and graphics for HotS. One that looked really cool was that Zerg's Creep now latches onto the base of buildings. This has no game effect, just eye-candy. Also the physics engine has been redone to show bodies flying and whatnot. One of the other new features is destructible rock formations, which can be used to close off paths and areas. They also had the BlizzCon costume contest and the winner was a Terran Adjutant that looked amazing. Check out the vid over at youtube.
Other than that, there was not a ton of other news to talk about today. Please check out BlizzCon, threads about the new units and everything else that is associated with it. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
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.
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.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
NewSCast for 15-Oct-11 - No Cast Yet
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Friday, October 14th.
Well, a ton of action all over today. I will try to cover a lot, so I will go quickly. The big news was the start of MLG Orlando. In group play pool a we have Idra 3-0, Haypro 2-1, Boxer 2-1, TLO 0-2, and Drewbie 0-3. In group b we have Bomber 3-0, Sheth 2-1, Puma 1-1, Kiwikaki 1-2, and InControl 0-3. In pool C we had Ret 3-0, HongUn 2-1, Slush 1-2, Machine 1-2, and Rain at 0-2. Then in pool D we have Huk 3-0, July 2-1, Hero 1-1, MC 1-2, and Tyler at 0-3.
In open bracket notable players that are still in the winners side we have Vibe, Stephano, TheSTC, MarineKing, HwangSin, Inori, aLive, Sase, HasuObs, and Jinro. Top players that are in the lower bracket are TriMaster, Inka, PainUser, State, KawaiiRice, Agh, Polt, MasterAsia, wbc, White-Ra, Destiny, and Whiplash. Tune in tomorrow to see who gets into group play and who makes it to championship Sunday.
We also had Code S ro4 early Friday morning. The matches were MVP over Ganzi 3-1 and MMA over Happy 3-1. Will MMA finally win his championship or will we have our first 4-time champion in MVP?
We also had competing action over in IEM New York. In group C play today we had TOP 3-0, TT1 2-1, Mana 1-2, and PokeBunny at 0-3. In group D we had elfi 2-1, FruitDealer 2-1, Axslav 1-2, and Edge 1-2. In the championship bracket the only match played so far was FruitDealer over TSL.Killer 3-1 to advance. Tune in tomorrow for more action there.
Well, that's about all the news that we had for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, a ton of action all over today. I will try to cover a lot, so I will go quickly. The big news was the start of MLG Orlando. In group play pool a we have Idra 3-0, Haypro 2-1, Boxer 2-1, TLO 0-2, and Drewbie 0-3. In group b we have Bomber 3-0, Sheth 2-1, Puma 1-1, Kiwikaki 1-2, and InControl 0-3. In pool C we had Ret 3-0, HongUn 2-1, Slush 1-2, Machine 1-2, and Rain at 0-2. Then in pool D we have Huk 3-0, July 2-1, Hero 1-1, MC 1-2, and Tyler at 0-3.
In open bracket notable players that are still in the winners side we have Vibe, Stephano, TheSTC, MarineKing, HwangSin, Inori, aLive, Sase, HasuObs, and Jinro. Top players that are in the lower bracket are TriMaster, Inka, PainUser, State, KawaiiRice, Agh, Polt, MasterAsia, wbc, White-Ra, Destiny, and Whiplash. Tune in tomorrow to see who gets into group play and who makes it to championship Sunday.
We also had Code S ro4 early Friday morning. The matches were MVP over Ganzi 3-1 and MMA over Happy 3-1. Will MMA finally win his championship or will we have our first 4-time champion in MVP?
We also had competing action over in IEM New York. In group C play today we had TOP 3-0, TT1 2-1, Mana 1-2, and PokeBunny at 0-3. In group D we had elfi 2-1, FruitDealer 2-1, Axslav 1-2, and Edge 1-2. In the championship bracket the only match played so far was FruitDealer over TSL.Killer 3-1 to advance. Tune in tomorrow for more action there.
Well, that's about all the news that we had for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
NewSCast for 12-Oct-11
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Wednesday, October 12th.
Well, over the weekend we had a ton of GSL action. The main matches were the Code A Finals where Curious just outclassed FXOz with a 4-0 victory. Congrats to him on his Code S status. We also had the ro8 in the Code S series. The matches were started off with an epic battle between the two best players in the world, MVP and NesTea. In the end, MVP took down the zerg hero 3-2 to advance to the semis. We also had Ganzi over SuperNova 3-2, MMA over Clide 3-2, and Happy over Coca 3-0.
We also had the start of Week 5 in the NASL with Division 1 play. The matches for tonight were DeMuslim over Vibe 2-1, Hero over White-Ra 2-0, Cruncher over Lowely 2-0, and Sheth over Fenix 2-0. The standings for the division after 5 weeks of play are:
Hero 5-0, DeMuslim 4-1, Cruncher 3-2, Sheth 2-2, Vibe 2-2, Fenix 1-3, Lowely 1-4, and White-Ra 0-4.
In player and team news over the weekend, popular streamer and player Destiny has signed with a new team in Quantic Gaming. Also announced today is that DjWheat has been hired as eSports manager for Twitch.tv. Also, with MLG coming up they have released the entire list of open bracket players. Some notable names are DeMuslim, TriMaster, Agh, White-Ra, Polt, MarineKing, Sase, Stephano, and TheSTC. Tune in this weekend for action over in Orlando.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, over the weekend we had a ton of GSL action. The main matches were the Code A Finals where Curious just outclassed FXOz with a 4-0 victory. Congrats to him on his Code S status. We also had the ro8 in the Code S series. The matches were started off with an epic battle between the two best players in the world, MVP and NesTea. In the end, MVP took down the zerg hero 3-2 to advance to the semis. We also had Ganzi over SuperNova 3-2, MMA over Clide 3-2, and Happy over Coca 3-0.
We also had the start of Week 5 in the NASL with Division 1 play. The matches for tonight were DeMuslim over Vibe 2-1, Hero over White-Ra 2-0, Cruncher over Lowely 2-0, and Sheth over Fenix 2-0. The standings for the division after 5 weeks of play are:
Hero 5-0, DeMuslim 4-1, Cruncher 3-2, Sheth 2-2, Vibe 2-2, Fenix 1-3, Lowely 1-4, and White-Ra 0-4.
In player and team news over the weekend, popular streamer and player Destiny has signed with a new team in Quantic Gaming. Also announced today is that DjWheat has been hired as eSports manager for Twitch.tv. Also, with MLG coming up they have released the entire list of open bracket players. Some notable names are DeMuslim, TriMaster, Agh, White-Ra, Polt, MarineKing, Sase, Stephano, and TheSTC. Tune in this weekend for action over in Orlando.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
NewSCast for 7-Oct-11
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Friday, October 7th.
Well, with some good action today, we will start with play over in the IPL3 in Atlantic City. In group play, we had groups C and D play. Group C did not finish all of their group stage games due to some technical difficulties, and group D did play, but most players were not really trying too hard. What we did get though was the finals in the open bracket leading into the championships. Instead of listing all games, I will list each of the championship matchups for the ro32:
We have aLive vs. Haypro, Artist vs. Idra, Huk vs. KawaiiRice, Slush vs. White-Ra, Stephano vs. Kiwikaki, Sheth vs. MMA, Boxer vs. Lucky, Catz vs. TheSTC, Sleep vs. Minigun, Violet vs. Strelok, Select vs. Machine, Socke vs. Ryung, Thorzain vs. Spanishiwa, Demuslim vs. Ret, Hero vs. Puma, and Inori vs. MC.
We also had the GSTL finals featuring Team MVP against the Prime Clan and here is the rundown:
Check over Vampire, then Noblesse over Check, Terious, and Creator. Then we had BboongBboong over Noblesse and Genius. This brought in Keen for the final 2 kills over BB and MarineKing to take the series 5-3 for MVP. Congrats to the new team Champions!
We also had NASL Division 3 play. The maps for today were Antiga, Terminus, and Dual Sight. The results were HwangSin over Morrow 2-0. Next we had Jinro falling to Kiwikaki 2-0, and the last match of the night was Idra falling to Socke 2-1. The standings for this division after 4 weeks of play are:
Idra 3-1, Morrow 3-1, Jinro 3-1, Socke 3-1, Kiwikaki 2-1, HwangSin 1-2, Sjow 0-3, and Softball 0-3.
With a 4-way tie for first, the next couple weeks are going to be crucial for these players.
In player news, the strong Terran player Byun formally of ZeNEX, has announced that he has joined the Prime clan. Also though, the ZeNEX player hack has joined a new team in StarTale. It seems that ZeNEX is on its way down.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, with some good action today, we will start with play over in the IPL3 in Atlantic City. In group play, we had groups C and D play. Group C did not finish all of their group stage games due to some technical difficulties, and group D did play, but most players were not really trying too hard. What we did get though was the finals in the open bracket leading into the championships. Instead of listing all games, I will list each of the championship matchups for the ro32:
We have aLive vs. Haypro, Artist vs. Idra, Huk vs. KawaiiRice, Slush vs. White-Ra, Stephano vs. Kiwikaki, Sheth vs. MMA, Boxer vs. Lucky, Catz vs. TheSTC, Sleep vs. Minigun, Violet vs. Strelok, Select vs. Machine, Socke vs. Ryung, Thorzain vs. Spanishiwa, Demuslim vs. Ret, Hero vs. Puma, and Inori vs. MC.
We also had the GSTL finals featuring Team MVP against the Prime Clan and here is the rundown:
Check over Vampire, then Noblesse over Check, Terious, and Creator. Then we had BboongBboong over Noblesse and Genius. This brought in Keen for the final 2 kills over BB and MarineKing to take the series 5-3 for MVP. Congrats to the new team Champions!
We also had NASL Division 3 play. The maps for today were Antiga, Terminus, and Dual Sight. The results were HwangSin over Morrow 2-0. Next we had Jinro falling to Kiwikaki 2-0, and the last match of the night was Idra falling to Socke 2-1. The standings for this division after 4 weeks of play are:
Idra 3-1, Morrow 3-1, Jinro 3-1, Socke 3-1, Kiwikaki 2-1, HwangSin 1-2, Sjow 0-3, and Softball 0-3.
With a 4-way tie for first, the next couple weeks are going to be crucial for these players.
In player news, the strong Terran player Byun formally of ZeNEX, has announced that he has joined the Prime clan. Also though, the ZeNEX player hack has joined a new team in StarTale. It seems that ZeNEX is on its way down.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
NewSCast for 5-Oct-11
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Wednesday, October 5th.
Well, it is that calm before the storm that will be IPL3 starting up tomorrow. We did have some action though over in the GSL with Code S ro16 playing. The first match was Clide over Ryung 2-1. Next we had MMA over asd 2-1. Following that up was Happy over Losira 2-0, Coca over SangHo 2-0, MVP over Bomber 2-0, NesTea over Virus 2-1, Ganzi over Leenock 2-1, and SuperNova over DRG 2-1. This has been described as the best ro16 in GSL ever, so check out all of those matches over at GomTV.net.
Next we had NASL action with Division 1, Week 4 play. The matches for today were Vibe over Lowely 2-0, Hero got the 2-0 walkover from DeMuslim 2-0, and finally we had Cruncher over Fenix 2-1. This means the division standings after 4 weeks of play are:
Hero 4-0, DeMuslim 3-1, Vibe 2-1, Cruncher 2-2, Sheth 1-2, Fenix 1-2, Lowely 1-3, and White-Ra at 0-3.
Well, that is about all the news that we had for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, it is that calm before the storm that will be IPL3 starting up tomorrow. We did have some action though over in the GSL with Code S ro16 playing. The first match was Clide over Ryung 2-1. Next we had MMA over asd 2-1. Following that up was Happy over Losira 2-0, Coca over SangHo 2-0, MVP over Bomber 2-0, NesTea over Virus 2-1, Ganzi over Leenock 2-1, and SuperNova over DRG 2-1. This has been described as the best ro16 in GSL ever, so check out all of those matches over at GomTV.net.
Next we had NASL action with Division 1, Week 4 play. The matches for today were Vibe over Lowely 2-0, Hero got the 2-0 walkover from DeMuslim 2-0, and finally we had Cruncher over Fenix 2-1. This means the division standings after 4 weeks of play are:
Hero 4-0, DeMuslim 3-1, Vibe 2-1, Cruncher 2-2, Sheth 1-2, Fenix 1-2, Lowely 1-3, and White-Ra at 0-3.
Well, that is about all the news that we had for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
NewSCast for 30-Sept-11
Here we go again everyone, I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Friday, September 30th.
Well, some good action to go over today. We will start with the GSTL Playoffs from early Friday morning. The teams were MVP taking on NSHosea and here is the rundown:
Tassadar over Tails, Keen over Tassadar, Seal over Keen, but then the man himself, MVPGenius came in and cleaned house taking down Seal, Sculp, Jjakji, and Sage to take the victory for his team 5-2. This means that MVP will advance to the finals to face Prime.
We also had NASL Division 3 Week 3 play today. The maps were on Terminus, Dual Sight, and Bel'Shir Beach. The first match of the night was Socke over HwangSin 2-0. Next we had Morrow looking very strong as he dominated SoftBall 2-0. Following that up was Sjow and Jinro duking it out in a match that ended in a 2-0 victory for Jinro. In the final match of the night Idra tore through Kiwikaki 2-0. The current standings for division 3 are:
Idra 3-0, Morrow 3-0, Jinro 2-1, Socke 2-1, Kiwikaki 1-1, HwangSin 0-2, Sjow 0-3, and SoftBall at 0-3.
Also played today was Day 1 in IEM Global Challenge in China. The top 2 from each group advance to the finals bracket. The first two groups played today with Puma taking Group A 3-0, HasuObs 2-1, YHY 1-2, and Pig coming in last at 0-3. In Group B we had Dimaga take the group 3-0 followed by JYP 2-1, Rain 1-2, and XiGua 0-3.
We also had the semifinals in the GSL Arena of Legends. The first match was MMA getting torn apart by MarineKing 3-0. The other match was DRG taking down July 3-2.
In some other news, there was a tweet by Sundance, the CEO of MLG, today that stated:
Twitter and Reddit nation. StarCraft on ESPN2... Would you tune in? I am sitting with a TV exec who wants to know. You've got an hour.
Sounds like there might be some big news abrewing over in MLG Land.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, some good action to go over today. We will start with the GSTL Playoffs from early Friday morning. The teams were MVP taking on NSHosea and here is the rundown:
Tassadar over Tails, Keen over Tassadar, Seal over Keen, but then the man himself, MVPGenius came in and cleaned house taking down Seal, Sculp, Jjakji, and Sage to take the victory for his team 5-2. This means that MVP will advance to the finals to face Prime.
We also had NASL Division 3 Week 3 play today. The maps were on Terminus, Dual Sight, and Bel'Shir Beach. The first match of the night was Socke over HwangSin 2-0. Next we had Morrow looking very strong as he dominated SoftBall 2-0. Following that up was Sjow and Jinro duking it out in a match that ended in a 2-0 victory for Jinro. In the final match of the night Idra tore through Kiwikaki 2-0. The current standings for division 3 are:
Idra 3-0, Morrow 3-0, Jinro 2-1, Socke 2-1, Kiwikaki 1-1, HwangSin 0-2, Sjow 0-3, and SoftBall at 0-3.
Also played today was Day 1 in IEM Global Challenge in China. The top 2 from each group advance to the finals bracket. The first two groups played today with Puma taking Group A 3-0, HasuObs 2-1, YHY 1-2, and Pig coming in last at 0-3. In Group B we had Dimaga take the group 3-0 followed by JYP 2-1, Rain 1-2, and XiGua 0-3.
We also had the semifinals in the GSL Arena of Legends. The first match was MMA getting torn apart by MarineKing 3-0. The other match was DRG taking down July 3-2.
In some other news, there was a tweet by Sundance, the CEO of MLG, today that stated:
Twitter and Reddit nation. StarCraft on ESPN2... Would you tune in? I am sitting with a TV exec who wants to know. You've got an hour.
Sounds like there might be some big news abrewing over in MLG Land.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Weekly Edit #14
Weekly Edit #14
-Interview with Justin Agnew of Starnationmovie.com.
-Code S Finals coming up!
-Interview with Justin Agnew of Starnationmovie.com.
-Code S Finals coming up!
Friday, September 2, 2011
StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Thursday, September 1st
Hello again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Thursday, September 1st.
Well, the main chunk of action from Thursday was over in Korea at the GSTL where we had two matches. The first was F. United taking on oGs and here is the run down: Cezanne over Moon, Soccer over Cezanne, LuvSic over Soccer, then the newest member of IM hit the stage, the Peruvian Fenix to tear through Luvsic, TheSTC, and MC to take the series for F. United 4-2.
The second match was MVP taking on TSL and in a much less competitive showing TSL got the All-Kill on MVP as Clide came in to take down Monster, DongRaeGu, Vampire, and Guinea Pig.
In other news, DreamHack Valencia has released the names of the next 2 invites. This time we have Mouz.Thorzain and MVP.DongRaeGu. Add them to the previously announced players Infi, Idra, Huk, and Naniwa.
Also announced was gomtv giving away all GSL vods for free for 48 hours. This is in honor of the 1 year anniversary of the GSL, so head over to gomtv.net to check out awesome match ups from the past year. Also, coming up on September 3rd and 4th are the October Code A Prelims featuring players like Boxer, Yellow, Slog, Sase, and Hero, so be sure to tune in to see who will make it to Code A this season.
And finally, in player news we have the announcement that the Korean player Violet, formally of MVP has joined a Filipino progaming team called "AZK." Good luck to both of them.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do, you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, the main chunk of action from Thursday was over in Korea at the GSTL where we had two matches. The first was F. United taking on oGs and here is the run down: Cezanne over Moon, Soccer over Cezanne, LuvSic over Soccer, then the newest member of IM hit the stage, the Peruvian Fenix to tear through Luvsic, TheSTC, and MC to take the series for F. United 4-2.
The second match was MVP taking on TSL and in a much less competitive showing TSL got the All-Kill on MVP as Clide came in to take down Monster, DongRaeGu, Vampire, and Guinea Pig.
In other news, DreamHack Valencia has released the names of the next 2 invites. This time we have Mouz.Thorzain and MVP.DongRaeGu. Add them to the previously announced players Infi, Idra, Huk, and Naniwa.
Also announced was gomtv giving away all GSL vods for free for 48 hours. This is in honor of the 1 year anniversary of the GSL, so head over to gomtv.net to check out awesome match ups from the past year. Also, coming up on September 3rd and 4th are the October Code A Prelims featuring players like Boxer, Yellow, Slog, Sase, and Hero, so be sure to tune in to see who will make it to Code A this season.
And finally, in player news we have the announcement that the Korean player Violet, formally of MVP has joined a Filipino progaming team called "AZK." Good luck to both of them.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do, you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Wednesday, August 31st
Welcome everyone to your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast. I am TheAmazombie and this is the cast covering Wednesday, August 31st.
Well, the heat of August is coming on strong in the GSL. Over my weekend we had both days of action in the Ro8. On day 1 we had Optimus tearing through Keen 3-1 and TOP over Genius 3-1. On day 2 we had the premier match as MVP took on Huk. In a completely 1-sided match, MVP tore through the foreign hope 3-0. The other match as the toss up as July took on Ryung. Ryung, while amazingly strong is known for his TvT and could not hold to the hyper-aggression of JulyZerg as July took the series 3-2. All players are advancing to the bo5 semifinals next week.
In other news, the NASL has announced all of their players and groups for season 2. They have limited it to 40 players, 5 8-player groups instead of the 50, 5/10 of last season. The groups are as follows:
Division 1: Vibe, Hero, White-Ra, DeMuslim, Lowely, Fenix, Cruncher, and Sheth.
Division 2: Huk, Rain, Darkforce, BratOK, Haypro, Moonan, Axslav, and Mana.
Division 3: HwangSin, Softball, Jinro, Sjow, Morrow, Socke, Idra, and Kiwikaki.
Division 4: Inka, Sen, Strelok, NightEnd, Moonglade, Incontrol, Select, and Ret.
Division 5: QXC, HasuObs, Dimaga, TLO, Moman, Tyler, TT1, and Puma.
Week 1 play starts September 14th.
In players news, the Peruvian Terran Fenix, formally of Fnatic, appears to have joined the Korean team Incredible Miracles. Congrats to him and his new team on the signing.
Also announced over at Teamliquid.net is TL TeamSpeak Open #22 coming up this weekend. They are taking sign up now and those games will happen this Saturday.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, the heat of August is coming on strong in the GSL. Over my weekend we had both days of action in the Ro8. On day 1 we had Optimus tearing through Keen 3-1 and TOP over Genius 3-1. On day 2 we had the premier match as MVP took on Huk. In a completely 1-sided match, MVP tore through the foreign hope 3-0. The other match as the toss up as July took on Ryung. Ryung, while amazingly strong is known for his TvT and could not hold to the hyper-aggression of JulyZerg as July took the series 3-2. All players are advancing to the bo5 semifinals next week.
In other news, the NASL has announced all of their players and groups for season 2. They have limited it to 40 players, 5 8-player groups instead of the 50, 5/10 of last season. The groups are as follows:
Division 1: Vibe, Hero, White-Ra, DeMuslim, Lowely, Fenix, Cruncher, and Sheth.
Division 2: Huk, Rain, Darkforce, BratOK, Haypro, Moonan, Axslav, and Mana.
Division 3: HwangSin, Softball, Jinro, Sjow, Morrow, Socke, Idra, and Kiwikaki.
Division 4: Inka, Sen, Strelok, NightEnd, Moonglade, Incontrol, Select, and Ret.
Division 5: QXC, HasuObs, Dimaga, TLO, Moman, Tyler, TT1, and Puma.
Week 1 play starts September 14th.
In players news, the Peruvian Terran Fenix, formally of Fnatic, appears to have joined the Korean team Incredible Miracles. Congrats to him and his new team on the signing.
Also announced over at Teamliquid.net is TL TeamSpeak Open #22 coming up this weekend. They are taking sign up now and those games will happen this Saturday.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Wednesday, August 24th
Here we go again everyone. I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Wednesday, August 24th.
Well, welcome back to everyone from the weekend. We are in the "Calm before the Storm" that is MLG Raleigh coming up this weekend so there has not been a ton of action, but we did have some epic match ups early Wednesday morning in the GSL Code S ro16. The first match to open up the night was the challenge of champions as team mates MVP and NesTea squared off. The results could have gone either way, but in the we will not see a 3-peat as NesTea was eliminated by MVP 2-0. The second match of the night was EG.Huk, the foreign hope, taking on his old team mate oGs.Nada, a Korean fan favorite. In some exciting games, Nada fell to the might of the Canadian Huk 2-1. The third match of the night pitted Slayers.Ryung against ZeNEX.Puzzle and Ryung showed why he is one of the best up-and-coming Terran players in the world as he dominated Puzzle 2-0. The final match was ST.July taking on HongUn and with some ultra-aggression from July, HongUn could not keep up falling 2-0.
We have also finished the second week of play in the EG Master's Cup series. Here are the results from week 2: Mouz over Sixjax 4-0, FnaticMSI over Dignitas 3-1, EG over Empire 3-1, and Gosu over Complexity 3-2.
In other news, the NASL has announced the Season 2 start date of September 14th and has been releasing some of the players over the last few days. Here is the complete released list as of Wednesday:
Huk, Jinro, qxc, Lowely, NightEnd, Softball, Sen, Inka, Fenix, KiwiKaki, White-Ra, Strelok, DiMaga, Tyler, and Mana. The will be releasing another 5 players each day until all names are announced. Once that is done, I assume that they will release the groups as well.
In other news, it appears that the European team Alternate Attax has signed the player Cloud, a strong European player formally of MyM. Good luck to them.
Also released today was a new patch on the PTR server. This patch makes a number of balance changes as well as bug fixes. As this is on the PTR, we will not know what changes they decide to make permanent and what they decide to change back, but quite often it is a good indication of things to come down the line. Head over to battle.net for a complete list.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you today. Please take the time to like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and all that other jazz. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, welcome back to everyone from the weekend. We are in the "Calm before the Storm" that is MLG Raleigh coming up this weekend so there has not been a ton of action, but we did have some epic match ups early Wednesday morning in the GSL Code S ro16. The first match to open up the night was the challenge of champions as team mates MVP and NesTea squared off. The results could have gone either way, but in the we will not see a 3-peat as NesTea was eliminated by MVP 2-0. The second match of the night was EG.Huk, the foreign hope, taking on his old team mate oGs.Nada, a Korean fan favorite. In some exciting games, Nada fell to the might of the Canadian Huk 2-1. The third match of the night pitted Slayers.Ryung against ZeNEX.Puzzle and Ryung showed why he is one of the best up-and-coming Terran players in the world as he dominated Puzzle 2-0. The final match was ST.July taking on HongUn and with some ultra-aggression from July, HongUn could not keep up falling 2-0.
We have also finished the second week of play in the EG Master's Cup series. Here are the results from week 2: Mouz over Sixjax 4-0, FnaticMSI over Dignitas 3-1, EG over Empire 3-1, and Gosu over Complexity 3-2.
In other news, the NASL has announced the Season 2 start date of September 14th and has been releasing some of the players over the last few days. Here is the complete released list as of Wednesday:
Huk, Jinro, qxc, Lowely, NightEnd, Softball, Sen, Inka, Fenix, KiwiKaki, White-Ra, Strelok, DiMaga, Tyler, and Mana. The will be releasing another 5 players each day until all names are announced. Once that is done, I assume that they will release the groups as well.
In other news, it appears that the European team Alternate Attax has signed the player Cloud, a strong European player formally of MyM. Good luck to them.
Also released today was a new patch on the PTR server. This patch makes a number of balance changes as well as bug fixes. As this is on the PTR, we will not know what changes they decide to make permanent and what they decide to change back, but quite often it is a good indication of things to come down the line. Head over to battle.net for a complete list.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you today. Please take the time to like us on Facebook, follow us on twitter, and all that other jazz. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Friday, August 12, 2011
StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Thursday, August 11th
Hello everyone, I am TheAmazombie and this is your StarCraft 2 NewS Cast for Thursday, August 11th.
Well, yesterday I talked about F. United scoring huge in the team leagues with a win over MVP, but also taking place after that was oGs taking on TSL and here is the rundown from that:
JYP over Vines, TheSTC over JYP, and then Revival took down TheSTC, Nada, and MC to take the series for TSL 4-1.
We also had IPL season 2 action with some Winner's and Loser's bracket play. The matches in the lower bracket for today were Thorzain taking down Moonan 3-1 on the bo5, and the EU Blizzard Champ Ret falling to Nerchio 3-0. In the upper bracket action we had Idra fall to the recently resurgent Mana 3-2. The final match was White-Ra looking all but dominating in his 3-0 victory over Strelok.
Also today was the final day in Week 1 of the new season in the EG Master's Cup. The week of results were:
Mouz 4-0 over Complexity, Empire 3-2 over FnaticMSI, Gosu 3-1 over Sixjax, and in the final match we had EG take the series over Dignitas 3-1.
In other news the big announcement today is that the Korean teams have withdrawn at the minute from Season 2 of the NASL. They were making some last minute monetary demands which NASL attempted to work with, but due to constraints they could not reach and agreement. I am not sure what this means for season 2 in term of players, if they will replace or just go without for season 2, but I do know that Korean players on Foreign teams were not affected so Rain, Puma, and Hero will be there.
Also announced today were a few things about MLG Raleigh. First of all, there will still be two streams, one featuring Day9 and Husky, the other with the casting archon themselves, Tastosis. DJWheat has other obligations that weekend so will not be able to make it. Also released were the pools for the event. The four Koreans coming on invites are Bomber, Coco, Tester, and Nada. Other Koreans in pool play include DongRaeGu and Rain. I thought that MMA and MVP were confirmed, but it appears that MVP has declined his invite and we have not heard from MMA yet that I know of. Also it has been announced that Complexity is sending Noblesse along with DRG to this event. Can't wait to see these players in action.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Well, yesterday I talked about F. United scoring huge in the team leagues with a win over MVP, but also taking place after that was oGs taking on TSL and here is the rundown from that:
JYP over Vines, TheSTC over JYP, and then Revival took down TheSTC, Nada, and MC to take the series for TSL 4-1.
We also had IPL season 2 action with some Winner's and Loser's bracket play. The matches in the lower bracket for today were Thorzain taking down Moonan 3-1 on the bo5, and the EU Blizzard Champ Ret falling to Nerchio 3-0. In the upper bracket action we had Idra fall to the recently resurgent Mana 3-2. The final match was White-Ra looking all but dominating in his 3-0 victory over Strelok.
Also today was the final day in Week 1 of the new season in the EG Master's Cup. The week of results were:
Mouz 4-0 over Complexity, Empire 3-2 over FnaticMSI, Gosu 3-1 over Sixjax, and in the final match we had EG take the series over Dignitas 3-1.
In other news the big announcement today is that the Korean teams have withdrawn at the minute from Season 2 of the NASL. They were making some last minute monetary demands which NASL attempted to work with, but due to constraints they could not reach and agreement. I am not sure what this means for season 2 in term of players, if they will replace or just go without for season 2, but I do know that Korean players on Foreign teams were not affected so Rain, Puma, and Hero will be there.
Also announced today were a few things about MLG Raleigh. First of all, there will still be two streams, one featuring Day9 and Husky, the other with the casting archon themselves, Tastosis. DJWheat has other obligations that weekend so will not be able to make it. Also released were the pools for the event. The four Koreans coming on invites are Bomber, Coco, Tester, and Nada. Other Koreans in pool play include DongRaeGu and Rain. I thought that MMA and MVP were confirmed, but it appears that MVP has declined his invite and we have not heard from MMA yet that I know of. Also it has been announced that Complexity is sending Noblesse along with DRG to this event. Can't wait to see these players in action.
Well, that's about all the news that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
StarCraft 2 NewSCast for Wednesday, July 13th
NOTE: On the cast I started off saying July 11th I think. Sorry. It is for today, so don't let my slip up confuse you. =)
Here we go everyone, I am TheAmazombie and I am back for your StarCraft 2 News Cast for Wednesday, July 13th.
Well, first as a quick note, in case you missed the NASL finals this past weekend, The winner was TSL.Puma with oGs.MC coming in second and Fnatic.Sen taking third. Congrats to Puma for taking the 50 thousand buck prize.
We had a ton of GSL action over the past few days, so I will cover it quickly: In GSL Code A semifinals we had Tassadar take down Leenock 3-1 and Puzzle dominate IM.Happy 3-0. The finals in Code A will be Puzzle vs. Tassadar. In GSL Code S play we had the ro16 play with NesTea over Ensnare 2-0, Coco over Genius 2-0, Trickster over Clide 2-1, Losira over TOP 2-1, HongUn beat Zenio 2-0, MC over Huk 2-0, Byun over Nada 2-0, and Bomber over Polt 2-0. Tonight we have Team play with Slayers taking on TSL. Find those over at gomtv.net.
We had the iCCup Korean weekly. This week's winner was GuMiho over Taeja 4-1 to take the win.
In other news, Blizzard has announced that they are "linking" some of the Battle.net regions. LA and NA will now be connected, EU and RU are now connected, and Korea will be connected with Taiwan. Also announced is that the GSL October finals will not be played in Korea. Where will it be you ask? Well, at Blizzcon in Anaheim! That is right, GSL will be holding a huge event at Blizzcon. That is a special treat for everyone who has tickets to that event. Speaking of GSL, we had the announcement that they are sending MVP and DongRaeGu to MLG Anaheim to join MMA and SlayersBoxer. Speaking of Slayers though, they have introduced their new team member, SlayersEve, the first female programer on the Slayers Team, hand picked by SlayersJessica. Good luck to her on the future.
TeamLiquid has announced another TL Open this weekend, #19, to be played on Saturday. Sign up at teamliquid.net if you are interested.
One last thing, GSL has also announced that for MLG Anaheim they are also sending MVP and DongRaeGu to accompany MMA and Slayers Boxer. I cannot wait to see our foreign heroes taking on such high-end players as MVP and DRG.
That's about all that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
Here we go everyone, I am TheAmazombie and I am back for your StarCraft 2 News Cast for Wednesday, July 13th.
Well, first as a quick note, in case you missed the NASL finals this past weekend, The winner was TSL.Puma with oGs.MC coming in second and Fnatic.Sen taking third. Congrats to Puma for taking the 50 thousand buck prize.
We had a ton of GSL action over the past few days, so I will cover it quickly: In GSL Code A semifinals we had Tassadar take down Leenock 3-1 and Puzzle dominate IM.Happy 3-0. The finals in Code A will be Puzzle vs. Tassadar. In GSL Code S play we had the ro16 play with NesTea over Ensnare 2-0, Coco over Genius 2-0, Trickster over Clide 2-1, Losira over TOP 2-1, HongUn beat Zenio 2-0, MC over Huk 2-0, Byun over Nada 2-0, and Bomber over Polt 2-0. Tonight we have Team play with Slayers taking on TSL. Find those over at gomtv.net.
We had the iCCup Korean weekly. This week's winner was GuMiho over Taeja 4-1 to take the win.
In other news, Blizzard has announced that they are "linking" some of the Battle.net regions. LA and NA will now be connected, EU and RU are now connected, and Korea will be connected with Taiwan. Also announced is that the GSL October finals will not be played in Korea. Where will it be you ask? Well, at Blizzcon in Anaheim! That is right, GSL will be holding a huge event at Blizzcon. That is a special treat for everyone who has tickets to that event. Speaking of GSL, we had the announcement that they are sending MVP and DongRaeGu to MLG Anaheim to join MMA and SlayersBoxer. Speaking of Slayers though, they have introduced their new team member, SlayersEve, the first female programer on the Slayers Team, hand picked by SlayersJessica. Good luck to her on the future.
TeamLiquid has announced another TL Open this weekend, #19, to be played on Saturday. Sign up at teamliquid.net if you are interested.
One last thing, GSL has also announced that for MLG Anaheim they are also sending MVP and DongRaeGu to accompany MMA and Slayers Boxer. I cannot wait to see our foreign heroes taking on such high-end players as MVP and DRG.
That's about all that we have for you tonight. Don't miss any of the action, but if you do you can find it here the next morning at SC2NewSCast.com.
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