DC LAN one of each race in the winners podium: MygraiN 1st, EndOfLine 2nd, LuckyFool 3rd
Also in the tournament are our casuals: Freeedom, Freeden, BeefMaster and SirMalagant.
See bracket for details.
WCS SEA Challenger players: Pig, Iaguz, KingKong and our own EnDerr
Check out the bracket for the detailed results from today.
Next week, top 2 goes to Premier League with a trip to the US!
MygraiN Starcraft Season 3 Champ!
MygraiN meets Freeedom again in the Finals after a Semis, and wins 3-0, with the games were all fantastically close and fun, everyone was at the edge of their seats. Typical Terran vs Zerg lots of action.
Congratulations to MygraiN for winning it all! See you guys for season 4.
Starcraft League Season 3 Playoffs and Finals on Friday!
A few weeks ago we wrote an article on playoffs preview for our Casual Starcraft League Season 3. And now we are here, the bracket is set, and the games begin Friday January 9th, at 9:30pm Eastern.
Casting will be by Mothership, FilthyRake and guests!
Tune in to psistorm.com/main/stream.
OSC Global All Stars tournament
Jan 17 tune in to watch intense, EnDerr, Phog and sWs to represent the team in the OSC Global All Stars tournament! They are seeded for the Finals on the 17th, but there are 8 other spots during 2 qualifiers. Players shown are confirmed but may change*
For more detailed info, visit sc2sea.com.
Sign ups for the 2 qualifier rounds on the 15th and 16th will be announced next week.
We’ve branched out from North America and signed EnDerr
PSISTORM announces that they have signed Philippine Zerg player Caviar Napoleon Acampado aka “EnDerr”.
EnDerr is a veteran with many achievements and currently ranked 20th non-Korean according to Aligulac.
EnDerr qualified to 2014 WCS Oceania after he placed 3rd after beating Petraeus 2-1, but losing to eventual champion Pig. He went on to face Neeb winning game 1, but losing games 2 and 3.
Most recently he placed 10th place in MSI Beat IT tournament.
He also has had 16 tournament wins in OSC in 2014, the most of the region.
EnDerr was recently contemplating retiring after posting a Facebook post on Christmas.
He said, “I thought it was the end of the road for me but PSISTORM gave me a new desire to compete, and I will be playing full time for another year! It’s a foreign team and I’m so excited to be part of this… especially with a young roster that includes great players like intense, phog, sWs and more, and hopefully get some good practice partners”.
EnDerr vs SLeet and Intense VOD is up
showmatch PSISTORM vs EnDerr
we have a last minute showmatch for you all. It will be at least 2 players from PSISTORM Gaming vs one of the top players from SEA, EnDerr. If you haven’t heard about him, that’s ok, as we are focused on NA and KR players being here in the USA, but he’s someone to be reckoned with. According to sc2sea.com:
“If you had been asked who won the most tournaments in OSC this year, you might have suggested one of the Koreans or someone like PiG. Instead, the answer is EnDerr. A resident of the Philippines and often encountering connection issues in tournaments which led to unfortunate forfeits, EnDerr has kept at it and taken out sixteen wins this year, seven more than the next closest player PiG.“
He is 3rd in OSC points after ROOT.Petreaus and x5.PiG.
So what we’ll have for u confirmed are:
12 midnight Eastern, SLeet for 1 game
then
Come watch, http://psistorm.com/main/stream
Starcraft League Season 3 playoff preview
by Zelevin
playoff standings, click to view. For the latest, see the live page
The PSISTORM League is nearing completion as we approach week 13. Unlike the previous seasons, only the best half of players qualify for the playoffs. The league’s grandmaster representative, MygraiN, stands at the top with an impressive 12-0 record, and Freeedom is close behind him with only one loss – to MygraiN.
I asked a few of the top players about the league and the upcoming playoffs, and here are their thoughts.
MygraiN
When I played you in the PSISTORM League, I was intimidated by your league. Now while it may be hard to tell that I played significantly worse than usual, I feel like I did because of intimidation. How do feel about the presence of both extremes of skill in one league?
I don’t really think it’s fair at all. I wished we had a lot more people so we could have separate leagues. The league in general is really great though. It’s probably the most fun I have playing Starcraft 2 at the moment.
(I know what Freedom is giving him for Christmas… Next season’s format.)
You said the league is the most Starcraft related fun you’re having. Are you looking forward to the playoffs?
Yeah, big time. I might even try to study more and vary up my builds, because i think my terran is pretty predictable.
Do you think you’re going to win?
I’m not sure. I had some really close games with a few people, and I haven’t been playing terran much, lately. I would say that I’m probably the favorite.
Freeedom
How do you feel this season compares to the previous two?
More people, games seem to take longer, and as we know only 50% go to playoffs, so it’s more competitive. The best of the best shine here more.
Does the inclusion of a grandmaster player change the league much?
It makes it more challenging, but since most are diamonds, we require the GM player to play off race where he is masters level.
Do you expect to make it to the finals again?
Yes.
This season is nearing completion. What are the plans for next season?
Two separate leagues: code A for masters and under, code B for Pros and GMs, then winner of code A advances to further playoffs with code S players.
JDON (AKA Jerrdan)
I remember you once performed well in an online tournament for lower league players, in fact you came in second. Do you expect to have similar results with this tournament?
Yeah I think I can do as good, my only real obstacle is mygrant if that’s his name
(He doesn’t even know the name of his fiercest competition… What does it mean?)
All of the top players sound confident and ready for the playoffs, and I’m looking forward to when they meet in the playoffs.
first ever TIE game!
It happened tonight, the first ever TIE in a Starcraft game for PSISTORM Gaming’s Starcraft League Season 3 match between Kriminal and AGTOrange
Well… not really. It was just a disconnect (for one but gave a tie?). But still cool to see this.