SK MC and his Girlfriend

SK MC and his Girlfriend. Taken during his stream.

Three Championships Three Winners: Polt, MKP and DRG

The past week has been full of incredible world recognized tournaments being held across the globe. First there was the ASUS Rog, MLG Winter Arena and GSL 2012 Season 1 Finals. Incredible games and the fiercest matches were being played by some the world best Starcraft 2 players over the past week. The Korean travel across to new lands in hopes of claiming another championship under their flag. The foreigners fought fiercely defending their pride within their homelands. Players such as Stephano, Huk, Idra, Ret, Whitera and all the foreign champions fought bravely against the invading Koreans. In the end, only one shall remain. When the dust clears, only one champion will be crowned.

TSLPolt wins ASUS ROG

Polt from TSL claims the championship besting Stephano in the grand finals 4 to 1. The Korean had an incredible weekend taking out players such as Taeja, Hero, Lucky and finally Stephano. The Frenchman on the other hand performed very well before falling in the finals to the Korean. Stephano is the favourite to win this tournament and stopping the Korean domination. Do take note, this is only a few days after the Ghost nerf. Terrans are having a huge problem against the Zergs endgame might. However in the end, the GSL Super Tournament winner managed to add another gold medal carrying the Korean flag behind him.





MarineKingPrime wins MLG Winter Arena

MLG Winter Arena will definitely be remembered as the day where Sundance threw down a huge bomb at the Starcraft 2 community. MLG Winter Arena will be the first to be Pay Per View (PPV) format where $20 are being charged and no free streams are being offered. Fans around the world were caught surprise by this announcement. Rage are being heard all across the forums and puppies are being killed (lol). However, in the end, the tournament had been a success.

MarineKing wins his first international major tournament. The Prime ace had finally managed to grab the frontpage after having multiple silver medals under his belt. The curse of King of Kong has finally been broken. A very impressive performance taking down DRG 4-2 in the final record. MKP seems so godly throughout the weekend keeping himself all the way through the Grandfinals without losing a single set in the upper bracket. DongRaeGu the ace from MVP on the other hand may be considered as the best Zerg in the world currently overtaking the Professor, IMNestea.

MLG features some of the most impressive performance by the foreigners. First, Naniwa took down his rivals, both Nestea and Leenock in an epic cheese fest series. You will definitely remember the infamous 6 Probe rush and the Forge Fast Expo or die Trying mentality against Leenock. This prove that how good the Swedish had became since traveling across to the Korea, the Mecca of Starcraft for his training. LiquidRet bested three time GSL champion IMMvP in an epic series. However, this is not the last time we see DRG and after a week....

MVPDongRaeGu wins GSL 2012 Season 1

DongRaeGu clings his first GSL title after defeating teammate and buddy MVPGenius. Heading to the finals, both players were extremely confident on taking down the other. During the previous rounds, Genius 2-0 DRG showcasing some of the most impressive performance proving that he understands his teammate in and out. Both of the players are incredibly serious during the finals. In the end, DongRaeGu was crowned the GSL 2012 Season 1 champion taking down his Protoss opponent in an entertaining series 4 to 2. Genius play were shaky and his indecisiveness cost him the crown. This march another GSL Zerg champion showcasing the straight of the Zerg race once again in Korea.

How to Unselect Workers from your Control Group

I have been asked this question before. Some of you may be wondering how do you Unselect workers from your control group with ease. This works as well for unselecting specific units in your control group. For example, removing High Templars, Ghost, Siege Tanks or any other units. The best known way is to Hold down both CTRL + SHIFT keys and Click on the unit icon within the unit box found below of your screen. This is useful when you have your units on the mineral line next to your workers. Here's some screen shots.

1. Drag and select everything.

2. Hold down SHIFT + CTRL and Left click on the Probes in the units selection.

In the events you have more than 24 units, press 2 and repeat using Ctrl and Shift.

Small Tips against Dark Templar DT

We all know the feeling when one or two infamous Dark Templars managed to sneak into our defenseless base during our games. This is the worst feeling in the world, being caught with your pants down without a detection. Everyone had definitely experience this before losing the game entirely being killed by only one Dark Templar. In fact, DT is one of the most used strategies in team games where having your allies to pressure while the Protoss player teching happily behind with an extremely greedy build without a single unit. DTs can come out as early as 6:30 in game time.

Let's get to the main point. This is just some small tips for everyone the next time you have a Dark Templar sneaking between your mineral lines. The main objective is to buy as much time for you or your allies Detection whether in the form of Scan, Obs, Overseers or even Cannons.

If the Dark Templar is not being microed, the unit AI will give priority to units instead of workers. For example, if the DT being assigned SHIFT+Right click on the workers, the DT will always attack the Queen
first. Thus, the next time against a DT in your mineral line, send some units there whether Zerglings or even Zealots. Every second against a DT counts. Good players will definitely target down workers by Queing the attack command. However, things can get messy when he is sending DTs to 3 or 4 different locations. If there is no detectors coming its time to get a new base. The best move is still to move all your workers away after they are being targeted down.

You can do this using the recent discovered worker micro, where you select all your workers and right click on the worker at the middle. Then press hold position. Without moving your mouse, click on the middle worker and attack move somewhere with it. This trick was created against Zerglings and it works against unmicroed DT as well.

Another small tips is to target down your own units with Splash damage, such as Archons or Colossus. I have seen this being done by if I've not mistaken the legendary and currently GSL Code S LiquidHero in his PvP match. See where the Dark Templar blur is at and target your own unit with the splash unit.

You can even surround the DT with your units just to buy time using the Hold command. Best done using Zerglings or even Protoss units to buy as much time. Another way is to hold your position at the ramp to buy as much time waiting for your Observer to get back or building one.

Thus, heres some tips to fight against DT if you do not have Detectors at the point and trying to buy time.

1. Run your workers of course.
2. Hold position at your ramp
3. Surround using your units and the HOLD button
4. Use some units to soak up damage eg Zerglings, Zealots
5. Force Field them. Try to trap them between buildings.
6. Using splash units such as Archons, Colossus, Siege Tanks.

Good luck and pray hard not to get caught with your pants down without a detection against the fearsome Dark Assassins from Aiur.