By Jim Rossignol on June 5th, 2011 at 4:43 pm.
Major League Gaming‘s Pro Circuit Starcraft 2 matches are coming to a close in Columbus this weekend, and we’ve got the livestreams embedded below. You can watch what both players are doing at the same time. Both streams will play, so you’ll want to mute one of them, I should think! Head down there for top-level SC2 play with some decent commentary.
STARCRAFT RED:
STARCRAFT BLUE:
05/06/2011 at 16:46 Crescend says:
Oh cool, I almost forgot about this :D thanks.
05/06/2011 at 16:49 Boozebeard says:
“Please disable AdBlock in your browser or check your Internet connection.”
But I love my adblock D:
05/06/2011 at 16:50 Jim Rossignol says:
Awww.
05/06/2011 at 17:57 Heliosicle says:
It only did it for one of the streams for me, I have it disabled on rps anyway :/.
05/06/2011 at 16:52 Sweep says:
I only watch Koreans play starcraft. I’m just fucking hardcore like that.
05/06/2011 at 16:55 Serious J says:
Losira, MMA & July are participating in this, and are likely to at least make it to the last few rounds. They provided the Koreans for you :)
05/06/2011 at 16:59 Eightyseven says:
There are alot of koreans in this tourney too though :)
05/06/2011 at 17:06 MrMud says:
Dont forget MC, all of whom have placed very well.
05/06/2011 at 16:52 Serious J says:
Big <3's for posting this. I've been watching it since Friday, but I've always wanted to see RPS do a bit of esports
05/06/2011 at 17:02 Mechorpheus says:
Do any of the Hive-Mind even play SC2 anymore? If not, its a travesty!
05/06/2011 at 17:13 subedii says:
I play DoW 2, although I doubt that’s much consolation. :P
Although I have been watching Biscuits’ Starcraft matches recently (partly owing to the fact that CoH / DoW 2 commentator Harlequin’s off in China so nothing from him for a while), and I can certainly appreciate watching lower level matches. More relatable to the average scrub like myself.
05/06/2011 at 18:48 Vandelay says:
I know Quinns played the most at first, but I don’t think he stuck with it beyond a month or two. I don’t get the impression any of them are that into RTS games, particular not the competitive multiplayer side of it.
05/06/2011 at 17:04 Calneon says:
How dare you call Tastosis and Day[9]/DJWheat ‘decent’.
05/06/2011 at 23:50 Eraysor says:
seconded
06/06/2011 at 02:56 Stochastic says:
Day9′s casting qualified as fantastic in my book, and Tasteosis the casting archon put on a good show as always. Even DJWheat did a respectable job. I just wish there had been a Tasteless/Day9 combined cast at some point!
05/06/2011 at 17:06 Mike says:
When is this on? Been watching for five minutes now, and nothing game-y.
05/06/2011 at 17:08 MrMud says:
They just concluded the match between Thorzain (TSL 3 winner) and Select (3 top 3 MLG placements). Comming up soon will be upper bracket matches (Idra vs MMA and Naniwa vs Losira)
05/06/2011 at 17:08 Serious J says:
They’re inbetween matches atm. It’s a live event with unbroadcasted brackets etc… so there’s a bit of downtime. Some really good ones should be starting shortly
05/06/2011 at 17:07 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:
Oh help, the ads start automatically at pageLoad, both at the same time, and I can’t find a way to pause or stop them (besides adBlock), until after they’re finished.
05/06/2011 at 17:17 Rinox says:
This intermezzo music is…
05/06/2011 at 17:17 Srekel says:
Here’s a pretty neat url for viewing the streams:
http://warpprism.com/mlg
Also bunch of info on this post:
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/hri5m/mlgcol_mlg_columbus_survival_guide_second_edition/
05/06/2011 at 17:20 Flobulon says:
was just about to post this! excellent site
05/06/2011 at 17:29 Pinky G says:
But but but….Broodwar is so much better!
http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/50116_Fantasy_vs_Violet/vod
05/06/2011 at 17:45 sbs says:
oooh djwheat is on? i loved his q3 casting
06/06/2011 at 01:19 MD says:
I love him for his Warsow voice-acting.
“King of Bongo!”
(http://www.soundboard.com/sb/marine229002.aspx)
05/06/2011 at 17:48 KaL_YoshiKa says:
ARGHGHGHHH AUTO PLAY
05/06/2011 at 18:35 Dao Jones says:
Agreed. Here I am watching an episode of Six Feet Under and I see a new RPS article in my RSS feed so I click it to open in a new tab and BAM. Ear fucked by surround sound in an awful, awful way. :(
05/06/2011 at 18:42 Temple to Tei says:
Not a clue what is going on -but this is fun :)
05/06/2011 at 18:44 Nallen says:
What the hell did Idra just do?
05/06/2011 at 18:45 Fiatil says:
Idra is kind of bad for being so good. Wow.
05/06/2011 at 18:58 subedii says:
As it looks. He could have had that game after the marine push failed, but he GG’d because of the setback.
Too bad really. I suspect Idra’s going to get a lot of flack for that.
05/06/2011 at 18:45 Vandelay says:
Did he just swig from an energy drink and Sadouken his opponent as a celebration?
05/06/2011 at 18:56 Hunt0r says:
That was a big WTF moment there when he quit while winning!
05/06/2011 at 21:04 Crescend says:
Yeah my jaw just dropped when I was watching that :D Although I should’ve predicted something like this from Idra.. he just loves to quit.
05/06/2011 at 20:14 Kaira- says:
I got scared when those videos started automagically. Plus I can’t stop them and now they talk over each other and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh.
05/06/2011 at 20:43 Temple says:
Flashblock stops the autoplay -so install reaload page and choose your chaty one.
05/06/2011 at 20:51 Hunt0r says:
damn these streams are VERY buggy!
05/06/2011 at 21:08 Crescend says:
I love these streams, I can watch the upper stream and get insta-replay of every situation from the lower stream ^^
05/06/2011 at 21:10 vivlo says:
one red and one blue, like good ol’ pokemon
05/06/2011 at 22:11 rawtheory says:
Idra fucking himself again….*sigh*
06/06/2011 at 00:04 iHavePants says:
“I raged” Is way too spooky of an anagram for his name.
05/06/2011 at 23:18 markcocjin says:
Thank you for sharing this RPS. I don’t know much about Starcraft and Starcraft II except what I see from these replays. I’m trying to appreciate other games lately.
I would like to also share something from my favorite RTS game Company of Heroes. If any of you have the time, please watch this video of what I can say is the best match I’ve ever seen of the game. My friends wont this match but I won’t tell you which ones they are. It was a real nail biter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y37os8Jv_0U&feature=mh_lolz&list=LL46c5fUpBjYA
What I love most about Company of Heroes is that it’s not a simulation RTS and yet it’s small enough to make skirmishes intimate. They have things like terrain that affects mobility and cover. Yes cover. They also have directional vehicle armor. Many factors that old school RTS players don’t want since it does not turn into simple rock paper scissors or blob versus blog games.
Enjoy.
05/06/2011 at 23:35 Hunt0r says:
MMA ftw? i don’t know but he seems to have had an easy path so far!
05/06/2011 at 23:46 Hunt0r says:
OK I missed MMA go out anyone care to elaborate?
05/06/2011 at 23:51 Eraysor says:
MMA’s in the final!
06/06/2011 at 00:07 Hunt0r says:
Ah ha!
06/06/2011 at 00:36 Azradesh says:
Thanks for posting this.
06/06/2011 at 02:04 Blackberries says:
Good lord those last few matchups were astonishing. Going into this MMA was my favourite player, so I am totally thrilled he took the tournament, but many players showed some excellent games, especially the runner up, LosirA.
06/06/2011 at 02:07 Hatsworth says:
Dramatic improvement from the disaster that was the last event.
06/06/2011 at 02:09 Arathain says:
Oh goodness. That was a lot of fun, wasn’t it? I’d often heard that high level SC2 made for a great spectator sport even if you don’t play, and it really does.
The commentary was of a very high quality, which helps a lot.
06/06/2011 at 03:20 A-Scale says:
Why in the hell does it say it runs till June 6th when it is being recorded on EST and it actually ends on the 5th?
06/06/2011 at 05:58 Moraven says:
Great weekend, lots of good games to watch.
Was awesome to see Halo and Call of Duty end early, and basically the whole venue was all tuned to Starcraft 2. No chairs left, people sitting on the floor.
Expect more improvements to the stream come MLG anaheim. MLG staff and ceo are looking to keep improving everything for the fans.
06/06/2011 at 08:57 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Man, Tasteless seems to have some problems with his voice. Or maybe he’s just a chain-smoker.
06/06/2011 at 10:57 kael13 says:
Just adding my approval of this post. This MLG event has really put esports in the spotlight. Drama, action, fantastic commentary. Top notch all around!
06/06/2011 at 14:08 Kakrafoon says:
Why does Starcraft II want to be played on FASTEST speed so badly in multiplayer mode and in the campaign? Okay, you get faster matches, but it looks awful and the animations are clearly made for normal speed. Also, imagine what kind of crazy micro moves those guys could pull off if the game didn’t run on “my unit blob mashed your unit blob in 0,5 seconds”-speed.