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week 1 March 2015
NUMBER
5
NEUROSCIENCE
50 SHADES OF RAGE
INTERVIEW
MYI KANE
GAME OF THE WEEK
LIFE VS INNO
QUIZ
PRO TEAM
TRIVIA
MAP HACKING
IN PROLEAGUE
MAP ANALYSIS
THE STARCRAFT II ESPORT community NEWSPAPER
VAANI RESEARCH
TYCHUS FINDLAY
THE LIFE AND TIMES
QUIck
NEWS
week 1 March 2015
By Mike “MikeySCE” Harrell
Reddit occasionally has a real problem with The Day9 tweets about SC2; appears to remember
Smurfs.
that’s still a thing.
The ladder redistribution happened this week!
Liquid Ret won the DSCL
Clan Wars to return with teams from TL, EG, and
more!
FilterSC launches new coaching show, “The Ground
Floor”.
A few days after the ladder redistribute, no one
can tell a difference.
NaNiwa replaced by MaNa in Fragbyte Masters
tournament.
Dustin Browder thinks the LotV campaign is going
to be awesome!
well
mannered
post
of
the
week
By: Jackson Hughes
[–]ZergPcaKestheaod 7 points 7 hours ago
ZergPcaKestheaod pointed out that one of the
“Bro for real though that was Weekly All In’s own, Lycan, demonstrated a
beautiful sabering technique for opening a smooth as fuck. How many bottles of
champagne bottle. I myself was a bartender
champagne did you go through in my younger years, but couldn’t perform the
before you got that little trick down?” technique to this level. What does this mean?
Well it of course means that in the near future
oes anyone know the hardest part about our lovely Lycan will dominate his group in
becoming a DreamHack Champion? DreamHack and bash his way through the
Well you’re wrong! Because it has bracket to the grand finals. Following a quick
nothing to do with game skill, challenging flick of his sword, we will see Lycan beat the “last
opponents or better tactics. The true way to boss” of DreamHack for his first championship!
become a DreamHack Champion is to be an Okay but really, someone has gotta give the
absolute bad ass at opening a champagne champ a demo before he walks on the stage.
bottle. Because, let’s be real friends, who cares Shout out to my friend Lycan looking handsome
if you beat many of the top players in the as all hell during his instructional video, here’s
world if you can’t complete the simple task of to life skills bud, cheers!
opening champagne, Kappa. Well in this light,
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most bm reddit coment of the week
By: Jackson Hughes
community, or comes from
Blizzard itself. For those that
are not in the know, earlier this
week Blizzard announced the
implemented changes to the
ladder system. Ideally it would
restructure the percentages of
league distribution and ideally
increase the amount of Masters [–]onksk 9 points 2 days ago
players globally - in some
“I would at least like cases by double. However, the
community is not terribly a cigarette…”
certain whether or not these
riends, I’m not entirely changes have done what was
sure if this weeks BM desired. To that end, our friend
post comes from the onksk pointed out what we are all
F
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By Jackson Hughes
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really thinking. Blizzard should
have at least taken us out to
dinner before being so… rough
with our sensitive nature. The
community is rather split in the
beliefs that either the updates did
not do what they were intended
to, or that results will take a
longer time than anticipated. It
looks like the community will have
to patiently wait and see if their
sweet intentioned advances was
taken for granted by Blizzard, or
if sugar daddy will in fact take
care of us.
I walked up to Zeratul’s secretary with a smile
on my face, following last weeks interaction I
knew that our relationship had been repaired.
She had already asked me to take a seat for a
moment before I had realized she was a new
secretary. She was a very beautiful redhead,
and I just had to strike up a conversation with
her. However, before I could even get her name,
my wife had given me a call on my cellphone.
The dutiful (whipped) husband I am, I always
have to answer the phone with “Hello my darling
dearest wife.” Needless to say, Zeratul’s secretary
proceeded to ignore me for the rest of my waiting
period. She mumbled something and waved me
in to Zeratul’s office. He was noticeably sick as
I entered the room, I immediately apologized
and assured him my visit would be short. He
attempted to tell me something, while indicating
to his mouth; Igathered he had lost his voice
from coughing. The mystic scribbled something
on a piece of paper, attempted to thank me and
motioned for me to leave. The paper merely
read: “Sweden, Protoss.” My mind flew to only
one answer as I passed by his glaring secretary,
I knew who Zeratul was mentioning! He had
given me a look into the future and parted the
shroud. Zeratul had so simply explained to me
that NaNiwa would advance through his group
in the Fragbite Masters Season 4!
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week 1 March 2015
the life and times of
tychus findlay
I N T E R V I E W
By Chad Abshire
recently got to sit down with a polarizing character in
the StarCraft II universe for a chat about his life since
the end of Wings of Liberty, his thoughts on Heart of
the Swarm, his hopes for Legacy of the Void and his appearance
in Heroes of the Storm.
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Chad Abshire:
Mr. Findlay? Hi. I’m Chad Abshire with the Weekly All In.
Thank you for taking the time to talk with me today. Sorry
I am a little late, you know how crazy traffic on Korhal can
get at this hour.
Tychus Findlay:
Hell, it’s about time.
I was starting to think you wasn’t gonna show up and that you
were wasting my time, boy. It was Chad, wasn’t it? I got a lot
of things in life – Chaddy. Women, money, fame. One thing I
don’t got though?
Time.
Yes, of course. My apologies, sir. Uh, can we still do the
interview?
I reckon. Get to it. Whadaya want to know?
Well, we’ve not seen you in StarCraft II since the ending of
Wings of Liberty ever since, well, you kn-Since Jimmy shot me? (laughing) Haha, that boy always was
such a kidder.
Oh, you two have patched things up?
Hell no we ain’t patched things up! That sunofabitch shot me!
And there I was, about to do my part of the contract and he
shot me. I woulda been a hero, Chaddy. Me! Tychus %*!#in
Findlay, killer of the Queen of Blades. But Jimmy let his dong
get in the way of that.
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I see. So after that, what happened?
Well, I got out. Since Char happened and Kerrigan got unZerged or whatever ya call it, Mengsk pretty much said, “eh,
*!$# it, close enough” and let me go free anyway. So I did
what any self-respectin’, gun-totin’, badass does.
I went into business.
Business? What sort of?
Dammit, Chaddy. Ain’t you never heard of Findlay’s Fritters?
Wait, that’s you? You’re the guy behind Findlay’s Fritters? Is
that your face on the box?
This %&!#in generation. Who the hell else do you think it would
have been? And yes that’s my face is on the damn box!
Well, I’d never really seen you outside of that battlesuit so…
Findlay’s Fritters is only the biggest fried food distributor in
the Koprulu Sector. And I made sure of that. (laughing) We got
apple fritters, crab fritters, Zergling fritters, an acquired taste
but my favorite, and tons more.
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the life and times of
tychus findlay
I N T E R V I E W
You…fry Zerglings into a fritter?
I got other things goin on in my life, son. I got a business
to run and asses to kick in another ga-. No. Never mind
that.
I know. I was the same way at first, Chaddy. But I’ll be
damned if ain’t ta die for. And I do mean that. People
die for it. Lots of people. It’s hard to get them ingredients.
But you gotta spend money to make money.
Yeah. Understood. So let’s switch gears. What are your
thoughts about Heart of the Swarm?
I hate it. Next topic.
But. I mean. You don’t have anyth-Those &%!*in swarm hosts. God am I glad I ain’t in that
game. Now think back to earlier - What is the one thing
I told you I ain’t got?
Um, time?
Ding ding ding! And lemme tell you, I tried watching
them swarm host games. I really did. And they eat up so
much of my time that I just about wished I had died on
Char. It’d been better than havin to sit through them 3
hour long snoozefests.
Right then. So what about Legacy of the Void?
Still don’t care. I’m out of the StarCraft game. It’s dead. It’s
done. Ain’t nothing ever going to change that. StarCraft
died with me and that’s that.
Well, you didn’t die. And you seem to be doing pretty
well. Don’t you think StarCraft can do the same thing?
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I mean, I reckon so. Dammit, Chaddy, I don’t know. All I
know is that just ain’t me no more.
A lot of people seem excited about Legacy. Does that
surprise you?
Nah. It don’t surprise me. Sometimes it’s hard to break
old habits. I almost feel bad for the sorry sons of –
Right then. Well, I’ve got to say, I’m kind of surprised
at how much you don’t like StarCraft anymore.
By Chad Abshire
Were you going to say another game? Are you talking
about Heroes of the Storm? Great segue!
I didn’t say nothing.
I’m pretty sure you did. Anyway. So you’re saying
Heroes of the Storm is your new game? Kicking some
asses in your battlesuit for that one? I’ve heard some
things about it. So what’s it like teaming up with Raynor
and Kerrigan in that? Is that awkward at all?
Hell, it’d probably be awkward if they ever did anything!
All they do is run into the woods or jungle or whatever
you call em and say they’re “clearin” camps out but I
never see any of them mercs come out on our side! I don’t
know what Jimmy’s clearin in there, but I know it ain’t no
camps. It’s probably Kerrig- So Heroes of the Storm pulled Grubby, IdrA, Khaldor
and even Tychus Findlay away from StarCraft?
Listen, Chaddy. You gotta do what’s best for you, just like
they did for them and I did for me. Sure, they ain’t playin
the same game, but they’re still the same person. It’s OK
if they ain’t in the game no more. They’re still out there,
just like me, tryin to do the best they can in the crazy
world of ours.
And you always got memories. You always got the good
times to look back on, Chaddy.
That was remarkably touching, Mr. Findlay. Where did
that come from?
Well, I’ve been workin on bein a motivational speaker,
you know? Traveling to schools, talkin about my time in
the clink, bein thiiiis close to endin this war and makin
myself into what I am today. What do you think?
Uh. Yeah, that sounds great. I don’t think I have any
other questions, Mr. Findlay. Thanks for your time.
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week 1 March 2015
league distribution
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changes go live
The StarCraft II league distribution changes went live
March 5, a little more than a month after they were first
announced Feb. 3.
According to a Battle.net forum post from StarCraft
Communtiy Manager Psione, the changes “should allow
many more players to be in the correct league, and for
each league to have the correct percentage of players
based on the figures we announced for Heart of the
Swarm.”
“We’ve identified that the current league distribution
percentages aren’t in line with our target percentages,”
Psione said. “Once this adjustment is made, some players
will see a change in their current league placement.”
However, there haven’t been any noticeable impacts on
the global league distributions according to nios.kr, since
the changes went into effect.
When Heart of the Swarm was first announced, Blizzard
stated it was looking to place 800 players in Grandmaster
league and section each league with a percentage of
the player base. It had 753 players at the moment as of
Sunday night. Master league should have 2 percent of all
players, but currently only has .97. Diamond should have
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18 percent, but only has 8.37 percent. Platinum is set for
20 percent, but is still hovering at 12.9 percent. Gold,
Silver and Bronze should be at 32, 20 and 8 percent,
but are at 36.21, 32.02 and 9.25 percent, respectively.
Psione said other changes that went live included changing
where new players start on the ladder which “should
improve the new player experience as they’ll be initially
matched against lower league opponents once again.”
Some users on /r/starcraft questioned whether or not
the update actually did anything or if it was a placebo.
One thread from user stavor showed that the American
ladder hadn’t much at all.
While the number of players in each league increased by
a couple hundred, that only made small dents in league
distrbution of a few hundreds of a percentage.
The most upvoted comment in that thread belonged
to Xilogh, 114 points, who said what everyone was
apparently thinking:
“So, nothing really happened?”
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week 1 March 2015
maphacking woes get
aired on proleague
he issue of maphacking reached one of the biggest stages
in StarCraft II recently with the coaches of StarTale and
MVP calling on Blizzard to fix the problem.
In pregame interviews before the teams faced eachother in
Proleague March 2, StarTale Coach Yi “Legend” Seong Jeon and
MVP Coach Lee “Choya” Hyung Seop addressed the issue while
casters Brendan Valdes and Wolf “Wolf” Schröder translated.
Valdes said Legend “has something to say to the Blizzard staff”
during his interview, saying “the fans are getting a lot of stress
because of maphacking recently.”
“And (Legend) wants the blizzard staff to in fact take care of
(maphacking) as soon as possible,” Valdes translated for the StarTale
coach. “It’s even more important to get rid of the maphacking than
considering even the balance right now. You’ve got to get rid of the
maphacking right now instead.”
Valdes said Legend ended his interview by addressing maphackers
directly by saying “do not use maphacks; let’s play manner games.”
Wolf said maphacking was “a really big issue in korea, more even
than you guys see on reddit for example.” He even said it was
“causing people to stop laddering.”
Choya, with Wolf translating, said he felt “the same way as Legend.”
“He said what I wanted to say,” Wolf translated. “And (Choya)
doesnt understand why people are hacking. A lot of people who
are using the maphacks are using a lot of curse words in the game
and (Choya is) really hoping the Blizzard staff responds to the
problem very soon.”
Valdes said it seemed like the two coaches got together under
the guise of “we need to actually make a statement” regarding
maphacking.
The two casters agreed with the coaches, with Wolf saying maphacking
“needs to go,” but that he didn’t know “what the response needs to
be.”
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Valdes said Blizzard needs “get a system in as soon as possible” to
handle maphacking.
The /r/starcraft community also agreed with the coaches and casters
in a thread discussing their comments.
“To be at the point where it’s mentioned in a Proleague broadcast is
awful,” User Xaeldaren posted. “Psione, please take this incredibly
seriously.”
Psione, the StarCraft II community manager, did not tweet nor
respond on /r/starcraft in regards to the Proleague broadcast.
Maphacking has been around the game for a long time and has
been picking up even more notoriety as of late.
Juan Carlos “MajOr” Tena Lopez posted on reddit Feb. 8 about
maphackers, saying one out of 10 games was a “blatant maphacker.”
“I reported all of them to Psione,” MajOr posted. “But they (are)
still running around. It’s very annoying.”
In a Feb. 7 tweet from John “TotalBiscuit” Bain, he said “watching
the amount of obvious maphackers CranK is running into on KR is
disgusting. If anything’s gonna bury Starcraft 2 it’ll be that.”
Mun “MMA” Seong Won tweeted Dec. 22: “I really don’t understand
why nothing is done about maphackers!!”
And nearly a year ago to the day, David Kim, the game’s balance
designer, answered a maphacking question in a reddit AMA March
6, 2013, prior to Heart of the Swarm’s release.
In response to the question “is anything being done to prevent hacks
in HotS? If so, what?” Kim said Blizzard’s hacks team “has always
been working hard to eliminate maphackers from the ladder.”
“On our end, we think the maphackers that cause the biggest problems
by far are the players who use it to climb the ladders quickly and
disrupt pros, streamers, and just the highest level ladder players,”
Kim said in the 2013 post. “We think our community actually does a
really good job of alerting us to these players, and we will continue
doing our best to keep looped in in order to act on the maphackers
as quickly as possible.”
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week 1 March 2015
Roasty Toasty Zerg Feast
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V
Z
G U I D E
By Lycan
What’s more satisfying than the smell of burnt Zerglings? Washing down
your victory with a tall glass of your opponent’s tears. It’s time to get
down and dirty with another Terran build.
Build Overview
Mines, Marauders w/ CC, Hellbats. Self-explanatory.
The Goal
To hit hard and fast, supply block your opponent, and deal game ending
damage before the Zerg knows what hit them.
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The Build
The Execution
With your widow mines, take out any overlord stupid enough to stick
around the edge of your base. Beware of splash damage if he’s sitting
over your units or mineral line.
Once you have your two hellions and marauder, you can push out. Use
the widow mines to snipe every overlord you see on your way to your
opponent’s base. Take the towers and kill Zerglings to make them panic.
Keep rallying your units across the map.
You should arrive at your opponent’s side of the map NLT 7:00 game time.
The sooner the better. Transform hellbats before hitting their natural. DO
NOT engage their third base if they have one.
If engaging roaches, queens, spines - be sure to focus fire and quickly
reduce the Zerg’s DPS.
9 Supply
If engaging queens/spines and Zerglings, do not focus fire your hellbats.
12 Gas
13 Rax
If engaging banelings - split, damn you! Split!
15 Orbital
Continue to rally reinforcements from the other side of the map. Attempt
@100 Gas - Factory
to force engagements in the mineral line to kill drones with hellbat AOE.
@50 Gas, Ractor on Barracks
Continue SCV production until you have 18 on minerals Follow Up
and 3 in gas.
This build is pretty damn all in. If you don’t win and don’t kill workers,
Swap Rax w/ Factory - Start Tech Lab on Rax
you’re going to have one hell of an uphill battle. If you DO manage to
wipe out a drone line and a few waves of enemy units, but lose most
Two widow mines
of your army, build your command center and transition into another
After widow mines, constant hellion production.
aggressive mid-game push.
@100% Tech Lab, Marauder
@100 Gas (after 1st Marauder), start Armory
@50 gas, concussive shell
Continue producing marauders, mines, hellions.
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myinsanity kane
the interview
week 1 March 2015
by Nicolas Chaussois
Today we have the chance to interview the awesome and handsome kane. He’s one of the best foreigner in
the world and everybody think he’s a nice guy. Let’s scratch the surface to get to see if all of this is true...
Nicolas Chaussois : A lot of
people, professionals and
viewers, consider you to be a
“nice” guy. Is that something
you consider true? If yes, did
you work on it or you can’t help
it?
mYi Kane : I’ve just always had
a really upbeat personality and I
would consider myself pretty nice
in real life yeah so when I stream I
think that definitely comes across.
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Would you prefer to be considered
badass rather than nice if you
had a choice?
I’d rather be considered badass
since I’m considered really nice in
real life; I like my online persona
to be different than my real life
persona because it’s almost like
acting like an entirely different
person
We all have something we dream
of, that we fantasize about and
that calms us before we fall
asleep. Would you mind sharing
with us what’s yours?
I fantasize about winning a big
tournament but I’m pretty sure
every pro does that; I don’t know if that calms me down. I’m usually good at just turning my brain off so
I don’t know if I need anything to clam me down.
You recently had a twitter fight with Naniwa. What is your relationship with him now? Is it forgiven?
I actually don’t mind Naniwa at all, more than anything I enjoy the tweets that people send at me in
response or the posts on reddit. They’re definitely good for a chuckle.
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myinsanity kane
the interview
week 1 March 2015
by Nicolas Chaussois
Some players, casters and viewers complain about the lack of good players in the North American scene,
saying that it’ not like it was in the good old days of Starcraft 2. You’re playing all sorts of tournaments,
laddering all day in GM, and should be well placed to see if new talents will emerge in time for Legacy of the
Void. Are you optimistic about the North American scene this year?
I’m not sure what the NA scene will be like this year; I spend a lot of my time in Europe / Asia anyways so it doesn’t
affect me THAT much. It’d be nice if when I was home there were some tournaments around Canada/USA that I
could attend though! I’m hopeful.
If you’re not motivated or in a losing streak during your training session, what do you do to clear your mind?
Recently I’ve become really good at avoiding losing streaks, and I just don’t play when I don’t feel like it. I used to
force myself to play even when I didn’t feel like it, but these days I”m a lot happier to just lie down and watch or
even just think about SC2 instead of actualy practice.
You said that when you will retire you would get your degree and go into the “real world”. ESports and video
games in general grow each year, why not be a part of that even if you’re not a SC2 pro anymore?
I don’t think I could stand to be a part of esports/SC2 if I’m not relevant anymore. I would hate to fade off and
stay in mediocrity rather than just cut all ties with the game completely. I don’t know if I’d have time to get a job in
esports or be a part of the scene even.
The mYinsanity team has grown a lot recently, in my opinion because you and PengWin have done a lot
to popularize the team, appearing in a lot of talk shows, casting for free and also by picking up very good
players at the right time. Where will this success story will lead? Can you share what’s the next big step for
mYinsanity?
mYinsanity is actually a really cool team because we have a lot of really solid up and coming players like Serral and
Arium. I expect and think that big results will continue to come in 2015 or 2016. As for our next steps, I’m not certain
since I’m not living in the teamhouse right now. When I was in the teamhouse I was usually a part of those discussions
but now that I”m at home it’s a bit harder to keep in contact with the management (unless I need something!).
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Next month you will come to my country for the WCS finals in Poitiers. Do you intend to enjoy the good French
food, the good alcohol and the beautiful girls or do you prefer focusing on the finals?
My brother was in France and said the food and wine was amazing, so I’ll try to get as much enjoyment as I have
time for. I really don’t intend to focus at all on the finals, I have absolutely no expectations to advance so I don’t
really care what happens in the finals. I know some people will be upset to hear that, but there’s no point in focusing
on this tournament with the extremely limited amount of practice and large amount of jetlag I will have leading
up to the tournament. I’ll just try my best, which should be nowhere good enough to advance if my opponents are
somewhat capable at playing SC2 at a professional level.
If you were forced to switch race, which one would you choose and why?
I would switch race to Protoss so I’d have to practice even less than I do now! It would be quite relaxing.
If you had to pick 2 Protoss, 1 Zerg and 2 Terrans to compete with you in a fantasy team for an imaginary
epic proleague final, who would they be?
I’ll pick foreigners to make it more interesting. Zerg: Serral, Terran: Major, Bunny, Protoss: Puck, Harstem I guess. I
dunno there’s not a lot of really strong foreign protosses right now I think haha
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COGNITIVE STRATEGIES
50 SHADES OF RAGE : FROM QUIET AWARENESS TO FULL TILT
Mammals experience emotion. Some things bring joy, others terror. Whether a
situation is joyful or terrifying depends upon the release of [neurotransmitters]:
objects which dock into brain cell terminals and deliver chemical signals which
influence circuit patterns of electrical signals. The intensification of focus from an
adrenaline rush is not a willed transition, it is an emotional boost of awareness to
motivate rapid serious action.
Scenario A
You’re walking across the road and see an object
moving in peripheral vision. A vehicle approaches
much faster than the speed limit and flow of
traffic. You accelerate to maximum speed to cross
the road, but don’t experience a stepwise process
of verbalizing the situation, like: ‘That vehicle is
moving quickly! I should start breathing quickly
and elevate heart rate to prepare for increased
velocity! Let’s accelerate to maximum sprint!’
Primates who pondered this slowly when faced with
peril probably died before they could reproduce.
Rapid action is paramount to survival.
to focus on the game. The opponent has a very
fast stalker and kills your favorite overlord. Now
a second stalker shooting your second favorite
overlord. You spawn more and more overlords
and brace for attack--but the attack never comes.
It’s quiet. The opponent types: ‘u should leave now
and save us time’. Jackal, the noisy rude type
trying to get inside your head. *The sound of scythe
rending flesh* *Intensifies* Your 90% progress
Lair technology Hatchery dies. Your units run to
defend, but cannot see the threat. Workers killed:
20, Lair research progress: 0%, +2 attack charge
zealot count: 50. Opponent types ‘out’. You misclick
In this scenario, emotional activation for the pause on your way to the surrender button and the
motivation for flight behavior is incredibly useful. opponent mocks you about it after the game. You
click securely into full tilt mode and karate chop
your keyboard in half.
Scenario B
You slept 4 hours last night and feel groggy. Traffic
is terrible on the drive to work and 2 motorists cut
you off in a row. You arrive at work 20 minutes
late and your manager gives you a lecture. Work
sucks, drive home, reddit. You decide to play a few
games of Starcraft. There wasn’t an opportunity
to play over the past couple weeks and you’re a
bit rusty. The opponent is Protoss. You have a plan
against Protoss, but usually die to Gateway units.
You type ‘gl hf’, opponent types ‘stfu noob’. You
keep up with your worker production and try
Scenario B is based on 50 true stories of
compounding frustration resulting in destruction of
personal property. Unlike Scenario A, Scenario B’s
motivation for rapid action net loss.
Emotion is a modifier on behavior. Scenario A
modifices movement speed. Scenario B destroys an
input device. Both share a basis in human emotion,
but only one is productive.
COGNITIVE STRATEGIES
Consider a few questions to expand evaluation of noticeable through the noise of 21st century living.
emotion
Additional obstacles or adverity will add fuel to
the fires of frustration, up to 5, 6, 7...sometimes
Which emotions are useful?
all the way to 10 (maximum). Humans experience
Which emotions are counter-productive?
emotion differently, so let 10 be your most angriest
Which emotions are sometimes useful, sometimes experience in memory. Try to notice when your
counter-productive?
anger level rises above 0 and take a mental break
Which emotions are useful in Strategy games to calm down. Quantify elements of experience:
but counter-productive in personal life?
estimate key values, probabilities, and frequencies.
How can we be more mindful of emotional Consider whether data from memory is useful to
activation?
keep in conscious awareness. ‘What is the benefit
How can we predict the arrival of impulses?
of [emotion] in this scenario?’
What are effective emotional management
techniques?
Exercise for Venting Aggression
Emotional Management Techniques
Quantification for Dissolving Frustration
Anger is not just ‘on’ or ‘off’, there is a spectrum.
Moments spent at maximum anger are usually
preceded by lower levels of anger activation.
Say an unfortunate even transpires and bumps
anger level from 0 to 2. Such a small shift is barely
If you suddenly arrive upon 7+ anger, have a
predetermined physical outlet. Step outside and
breathe fresh air. Take a walk. Lift. Run. Humans
make less proficient conversationalists on full tilt,
so prioritize dealing with tilt before engaging
in communication. Bend anger into courage and
perseverence. Use emotion as a tool and do not
be used by emotion or blinded by it.
RAGE-O-METER
0-3
4-7
8-10
life vs innovation
week 1 March 2015
g a m e
o f
t h e
w e e k
By Andrew Park
GSL S1 Code S Ro8 game 5
Life completely off guard, and kills nearly half
of Life’s drones. It looks really bad for the Zerg
player but he barely manages to hold. Luckily Life
has gone for a 2 base play with early Spire. But
he’s still very far behind. Life sends his 5 Mutas
across the map to try and claw his way back into
the game. He hits just before turrets come up and
ep, it’s time for another ZvT: the best matchup
in Starcraft 2. Life and INnoVation played
the series to match point on Merry Go Round.
Life had been up 2-0 showcasing his excellent
macro play, but when the robotic Terran player
ramped up the early aggression Life showed his
weakness. So instead of leaving it to chance, Life
decides to open up with a pool first and put on
some aggression of his own. Unfortunately for him,
INnoVation doesn’t open up CC first, which would
have resulted in almost an instant victory for the
Zerg. So Life does some initial damage and then
falls back to an expansion with quick gases.
INnoVation on the other hand has started off with
what looks like standard macro. He is forced to
THE weekly all in n°5
y
scores some economic damage. It’s not nearly
enough. He needs to do more. To make matters
worse, he gets hit by a widow mine shot reducing
the time he can stay in INnoVation’s base before
losing more.
Life manages to prevent the Terran from mining
at his natural, but he needs to get better economy
to catch up. Once both players have stabilized
they go into the mid game with Life pulling the
Terran’s force back and preventing the rally push,
while INnoVation is pushing his presence out into
the map. Finally INnoVation is able to get across
to the Zerg Natural. The Terran player goes for
a big push onto creep, but Life’s Baneling splits
force it back. Both players overextend, but then
pull back to regroup.
All the while, Life has been slowly crawling back
into the game with Mutalisk efficiency. Life has a
third base up, and INnoVation has been going for
cancel his natural by Life’s early lings, but he then too early of a kill attempt. INnoVation is forced to
makes a new one in the main and is no worse off. lift off his main base to the third since the game
His build deviates when he goes for early drop has been so scrappy and with so many trades.
play with hellions and marines. This move catches
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life vs innovation
week 1 March 2015
g a m e
o f
t h e
w e e k
By Andrew Park
GSL S1 Code S Ro8 game 5
headache, but it’s not enough. Life demolishes the
paltry force with his Lings and Banes gathered at
the natural and INnoVation is forced to tap out
‘GG’.
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Life eventually loses a big chunk of his Mutas
due to a miss click, and this sends INnoVation
across the map once more. But it backfires. Life
counterattacks and crushes the Terran natural and
main. INnoVation likewise kills off the Zerg third
base and starts pushing for the natural. He still
has his original army that was sent out to attack
the Zerg, but no reinforcements streaming in. The
rally push has been cut off by Life’s counterattack.
This is it, if INnoVation’s remaining army dies, Life
wins. The Terran splits stronger than your worst
Pro or Throw: This game was a throw by
INnoVation. He had the game in the bag when
he got all the drone kills early on, but he made
the wrong choice to attack off of only two
bases. He should have done what he normally
does and play with the lead, and win with
3-3 bio. It’s likely he was thinking “I can just
push and win now right?” considering how
much damage he did to Life’s economy early.
But Life’s continuous Muta pressure, as sloppy
as it was at times, was in the right spots to
pull the Terran back. This game showcases
one of the few times where someone who is
significantly behind can still manage to come
back in a game and win.
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week 1 March 2015
maphackers on the ladder
...and what should be done.
r e f l e c t i o n
aphacking is a problem. It seems just about
every day now there’s a new thread on
TeamLiquid or Reddit discussing the problem
of maphacks on the ladder. Sometimes folks even
provide evidence against specific hackers, linking
replays and pointing out where the transgression
occurs. But for every hacker caught by the
community there are a lot still out there who remain
undetected. This is because most of those caught
are only identified by either A) their stupidity,
or B) their blatant use of hacks. What scares me
way more than seeing nothing done about obvious
hackers is knowing how many others there are out
there on the ladder who are smart enough to hide
the fact that they’re hacking.
accusations and develop bad reputations for no
reason.
THE weekly all in n°5
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By Andrew Park
Most of the hacking occurs between Diamond
league and GM league (across all regions). This
is because hacking gives a player enough of an
advantage that they’ll win easily against players
in lower leagues and they’ll get bumped up into
leagues they don’t belong in. But there is a caveat:
hackers almost always have horrible mechanics
since they haven’t had to practice mechanics as
much to get to those leagues without the crutch.
This is most notable when you look at a hacker’s
macro. Usually the player can’t keep up, and relies
on his magical map vision to win instead. This is
why hacking from players who, on their own, are
To start with, it’s important to know why hacking is Masters and above is a much more significant
such a problem right now in StarCraft. There are problem than it is for lower leagues.
obvious reasons of course, like the fact that cheating
is intrinsically bad. But more important than that, Believe it or not there is actually a macro cap in
if you go into a match thinking there is a good that if all you were doing is macroing, you’d only
chance your opponent isn’t legit, it affects your be able to achieve tech or supply benchmarks
attitude towards the game. It’s already extremely by the maximum speed possible given game rule
easy to get discouraged when you lose, but now constraints. Most legitimate players around Masters
add to this the knowledge that anyone you face MMR are going to be capable of getting close to
on ladder could be a hacker. Are you motivated to this. So now take 25% of those players with similar
hit the “find match” button? Certainly not as much macro play and give them vision of the entire map.
as you are if you believe you’ll find an opponent It’s only natural that they would win against others
is playing fairly. Further, why play at all when the with far superior decision making in most standard
rest of the playing field has the potential for such games. Yeah, sure, it’s possible to win with all-ins
an unfair advantage? It seems counter-productive. and cheeses, but at a certain point, consistency
is more important than coin flipping, and that’s
The rampant hacking not only ruins the competitive why we generally see trends in the metagame.
experience, it also breeds a negative climate of Winning in lower leagues on the other hand has
illegitimacy into the game. No longer do we assume a lot more variance to it. You could win because
our opponents are legit, and only when something you have really good decision making but really
extremely blatant comes our way do we check poor macro, or vice versa. You can rely on a much
the replay for map vision, pre-spreading and so wider variety of strengths to win you the game,
on. Instead we’re getting closer to assuming our since generally folks are all over the place when
opponent is a cheater, and only if the game runs it comes to their mechanics. Moreover, luck plays
its course without any randomness or luck do we a larger role in these leagues.
concede legitimacy. And that’s a big problem, since
those who do play legit are targeted with baseless
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THE weekly all in n°5
week 1 March 2015
maphackers on the ladder
...and what should be done.
r e f l e c t i o n
Now consider the trickle-down effect of hackers
in the higher leagues. If you watch your favorite
streamer, and he’s in Masters or GM, and he’s
consistently hitting hackers and calling them out
on it, how are you going to feel when you go into
your game in Silver, Gold or platinum league?
If there’s even a chance that you think your
opponent is cheating you’ll damn well call him out
on it. This contributes to the hostile and accusatory
environment of “guilty until proven innocent”. We
need to be careful of this, especially in the lower
leagues. Chances are you didn’t hit a hacker, the
guy just got lucky. Watch replays before accusing
anyone.
does) to detect potential hacks. Even Steam has
a more robust anti-cheat system in place. So why
can’t we have this? There are actually good reasons
this time, and it’s not because ‘the technology isn’t
there’. When EA launched Origin it received an
unrivaled amount of hatred for the fact that the
game launcher spied on its users. Similarly, Steam
has been widely criticized as “DRM”, and don’t
even get me started on Uplay. This is not to say
that those tools were specifically designed to get
rid of cheaters, only that their EULA allows too
much of our private information to be accessed
by the publisher than is desirable. While using
the launcher for benevolent purposes instead
like rooting out the bad apples is completely
warranted, the client still provides the publisher
with more information. Broadening the scope of
the EULA gives them more freedoms to spy on their
users, and this isn’t something that’s generally gone
over well in the past, regardless of their intentions.
I can only imagine this factors into the decision not
to switch anti-cheat philosophy.
What is actually worrisome is the hacking that takes
place in the higher leagues, and that’s because
the good ones disguise it. For example, if they
see an army coming in, they won’t pre-spread or
change their vision, instead they’ll magically scan
its position, or send a ling out to ‘scout’. This makes
them appear to be legit since they technically did
see the army coming at them. You’d never know that
they had full map vision and knew where check to
‘get lucky’. They might even seem suspicious during
the game, but when you go over the replay from
their point of view, you’ll find nothing that any
legitimate player couldn’t do. THIS is the number
one problem we face as a community. The ladder
is tainted due to the high amount of these types
of players, and without a major overhaul from
Blizzard’s anti-cheat team, we will simply have to
rest with the uneasy knowledge that these guys
are out there getting wins undeservedly. You’ve
likely lost points to them many times before.
By Andrew Park
So what can we do? Luckily there is hope. After
the release of the recent WCS handbook, there
was some talk of competitors being required to
download programs that would scan for potential
violations. This would make sense considering the
extensive problems WCS has had in the past with
cheaters in its online portion. Yay Blizzard. But this
has no bearing on the ladder… Yet. We can only
hope that with the release of LoTV, they introduce
a similar requirement for ladder play and make
everyone agree to a more invasive EULA. That’s
right I said it, we should actually want Blizzard to
spy on us.
Sadly, Blizzard’s anti-cheat currently doesn’t catch
the majority of hacks out there. This is because it’s
simply not designed to scan the appropriate areas
for violations. The terms of service in the EULA do
not allow Blizzard to spy on your PC (like Origin
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MAP ANALYSIS
season1 new maps 2015
week 4 February 2015
By Neuro
Vaani Research Station
Scientists, explorers, warriors, and bramblebushes alike
find space to flourish at the Vaani Research Station. Players
command a wide main with a tight exit ramp and a low
pocket natural. Large area dead space surrounds the
edges of the map resulting in numerous air attack and
drop angles. Be wary of drops and other forms of indirect
harassment! With medium-long rush distance and a tight
defending ramp (2 queens, 1 forcefield), attacks breaking
into a 2 base player will be weak. 2 base Protoss timings
with high sentry count can shut out reinforcements from 2/3
of the opponent’s bases and snipe the 3rd. Be prepared!
The 3rd base is wide open to the center and east attack
lanes and has a western grass path to a potential 4th.
Despite its surface area exposure to attack, it is a relatively
easy location to defend because of its distance from the
main and natural. Be sure to fill vision on the far side of
your grassy path or seal the opening with structures!
vaani research station
map is a landscape. Upon release, maps seem unfamiliar,
treacherous, dark. Only with practice and study and
continued practice can a strategist endeavor upon the
path of exploiting its geography. Rather than distract ourselves with
oversimplified questions like ‘Is this a Terran or Zerg favored map?’,
let us endeavor to quantify details of the mapflow. How long is the
rush distance from your natural to the opponent natural? What are the
blind spots of the main? What are common proxy locations? What is the
width of the natural ramp? Which timings will be especially dangerous
when defending a natural? What are the most effective ways to deal
damage to a player with 3 bases? Which army compositions and
playstyles are particularly successful? What are the main cheeses to
look out for? What is the volume and distribution of dead space? How
many bases total? How many high yield bases are there and what are
the circumstances under which you should seize a gold base? Let’s take
an investigative approach to understanding the maps as a general
scrutinizes the battlefield.
THE weekly all in n°4
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Get dat gold $_$! Each commander has 1 high ground gold
base at a long rush from their main. Hold the Xel’Naga
Watchtower to for warning of incoming attacks and add
some static defense to defend attacks from the dead space.
Moving into the 3-4-5 base phase means developing either
a slow siege force and expanding toward your opponent
or navigating the wide lanes with fast, fragile units and
setting up counters or even a full-on base race. Be mindful
of attacks established from the high ground plateau behind
the mid-map high yield base, counter attacks can navigate
around armies in the wide low-ground lanes. The plateau
is an excellent platform for proxy pylons to establish a
forward assault and is crucial to control when mining from
the high yield base.
The major themes presented on the Station are:
-Wide open spaces without many obstructions
-Large area dead space
-Small travel distance between main/natural/3rd
-Watchtower vision for map control on the East side
-Gold base deciding forward/backward lean in the late game
tl;dr: 1-2 base cheese weak, 3-4-5-6 base macro strong, opt
for slow siege army or counter/base race when opponent is
out of position. Think of commanding two blades of different
sizes, a small dagger to harass the natural with indirect
aggression and a larger sword for direct engagements. If the
opponent’s army is stronger, run around them and attack. If
weaker, crush them underfoot and hear the lamentations of
their citizenry.
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THE weekly all in n°5
pilipili
week 1 March 2015
s t r e a m e r
o f
t h e
w e e k
By Mike “MikeySCE” Harrell
www.twitch.tv/pilipili96
n the great firmament of Starcraft 2, there is a
new and shimmering star. A star that was raised
on White-Ra’s Special Tactics. A star inspired by
the likes of NaNiwa, PartinG, and Lilbow. A star that
went 3-2 last week against an MLG champion. That star
is Pavel “PiLiPiLi” Pilipenko.
i
if he could cast any spell in Starcraft in real life, what
would he chose and what would he use it for, he let his
age show and responded that he would choose cloaking
so he could get better looks at girls. But when I asked
what it was like to get some real tournament winnings, he
said that he would rather win $100 in a tournament than
get $1,000 from stream donations.
Tuning into PiLi’s Twitch stream, it is obvious that this is
a player bound for competitive greatness. In just two
years, PiLi has already accomplished more in competitive
gaming than the vast majority of us ever will: reaching
Grandmaster on the NA, EU, and KR servers. Also, while
he now lives in California, he hails from Kazakhstan,
meaning that that he can make truly superior “In Soviet
Russia…” jokes (“In Soviet Russia, Stalkers get You!”).
Also, this isn’t an “edutainment” stream full of excuses and
smurf accounts. This is a stream devoted to perfecting a
craft, providing commentary, and getting that deliciously
dirty esports money by winning games.
That last statement stuck with me. This isn’t a streamer
that’s just looking to cash in on his hobby. This is a new
professional-grade player rising up right before our eyes.
He is an example of the fresh blood that strengthens the
scene and enriches the game. He brings with him new
ideas and new energy, and he hasn’t even hit is prime.
Sure, his victory over HuK was a showmatch on a test map,
but the victory was real. If he wasn’t much of anyone six
months ago and can beat HuK today, who will he be
able to beat in another six months? In a year?
PiLi plays the all in game, 100% all ins and cheese, all the
time. As a casual viewer, this makes for shorter, funnier,
and more varied games. A little less casually, this is a
playstyle that PiLi has begun to wield at a truly world
class level. Six months ago, he was just a streamer with
a couple thousand followers. Today he is winning weekly
tournaments and prepping for the second season of
WCS. What’s more, he provides coaching for only $20/
hr. That’s right, you can get coaching from a guy that’s
been #1 GM for only 20 bucks!
In preparation for this article, I spoke with PiLi to discuss
the pressing matters of the day. He responded to all of
my questions with respect and candor. I asked him why
Twitch viewers should watch his stream, he responded,
“Commentary, high level play and knees.” When I inquired
I didn’t think to ask if Beshbarmak was actually any good
or if his mother makes the best Borsch. But I do know that
PiLi is exactly the kind of player that we can expect to
accomplish great things. He has passion for the game and
his sights are set solely upon improvement and victory.
When you watch PiLi’s stream, it’s your chance to get in
early on the next big thing in Starcraft.
PiLiPiLi streams almost every day and provides ongoing
high level commentary. Tune in at twitch.tv/pilipili96.
Also, you really can’t beat that bang for your buck on
coaching.
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readers letter
“My question is directed to the author so called ‘Chad’.
Reading through your High on the Psi article from the
previous week, you seem to have an incredible amount of
first hand information. This might be forward of me, but
have you or a loved one also suffered from Vespene, Psi,
or otherwise addiction?” - Anonymous
THE weekly all in n°5
“At the risk of sounding rude, I have a lot of
firsthand information about Vespene abuse because I
interviewed a former addict. I mean, James was the
focal point of the story and he was a High Templar for
years. I talked with him for a matter of weeks while
putting the story together. That’s sort of how reporters
get their information.”
- Chad
week 1 March 2015
deep into the ground. The Baguette tree was born, and
since then, a lot of variety of Baguettes can be grown
on those wonderful trees, supplying the good French
people with delicious Baguettes to this day.
As for the Cigarettes, it’s another story. As
you know, French people are better and
stronger
than others. At least they think they are. But it doesn’t
matter if it’s true or not, because it affects their bodies,
scientifically building barriers against
dangerous
things, like Cigarette smoke that allow them to smoke
from the morning to the evening without giving a single
fuck.”
- Nicolas
“Hi there Andrew, I have been a big supporter of Winter
“Neurooo! I love you! OMG you’re liek… my fav for a long time now. I do recognize the polarization of
personality!! Ummm.. right, a question.. how did you get so the community between supporting or disliking him. I was
handsome, my BF just… ugh he isn’t at your level. He never wondering if you could comment on why you think people
seems to be there for me, or surprises me with something seem to dislike him. Thank you friend.” - GoLdAlLdAy12
romantic. Is it something wrong with me? Am I not attractive enough? Please give me some advise!” - Gamegurl227
“Some people dislike Winter for two main reasons.
First, there are those who hit him on ladder when he’s
“Reader,
‘smurfing’. Obviously he’s better than the league he’s
Handsomeness (more generally Attractiveness) is playing in, so the game turns into a stomp. They don’t
an attribute which can be increased over time with like that he’s playing in their league, and they think it’s an
deliberate effort. A given person has some fitness unfair. Add to this the fact that the smurfing contributes
level, complexion, bone structure, charisma. They have to his streaming presence and the stage is properly set
some level of mastery over their body. They have some for rustled jimmies. The second reason some folks might
awareness of technique and understand refinement dislike Winter is that he seems to care too much about
of technique. Consider ways in which a given couple mass appeal. I would even put myself into this category.
can endeavor upon improving on some of these fronts. I appreciate the kind of personality that doesn’t change
Remember--a relationship is a 2 way street but often 1 depending on who is listening. You do get a sense with
person will take initiative. In your case, consider creating Winter that there’s some pandering taking place. But
opportunities to endeavor upon new experiences. it might be argued that this is something any popular
Spontaneity starts with you! Try new things and create streamer has to do. So you can’t necessarily fault the guy
habits which are long-term beneficial.”
for sticking to what works. However there are also a lot
-A human being
of gimmicks and hooks on Winter’s stream, ranging from
production value quirks to the dog loop. This is the nerd
“Nicolas, do French people survive on cigarettes and equivalent of female streamers displaying their bodies
baguettes?” - BritToss
to gain popularity. Part of the dislike for Winter on Reddit
also comes from the idea that “he’s just a kid who plays
“Yes we do. We came from a long tradition about video games”, or ”he’s barely GM, why should I watch
it. For many centuries the French were hard working him?”. There is some truth to this sentiment, and again
peasants surviving only on eating bread. They didn’t I often found myself having this attitude towards him.
have a pleasant life, but it was enough for them. But one But Winter is the perfect example of how accessibility
day, a peasant named Jean Baguette realized he could trumps skill. You can’t deny that the production quirks/
make life much more easier for his fellow people. It green screen and overall high quality stream contribute
was so simple and pure that he wondered how nobody to his success.”
hadn’t thought about this before. He just mixed the three - Andrew
main ingredients, wheat, salt, and water and buried them
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quiz
pro team trivial pursuit
By Chad Abshire
7. Which European team has a random
player on its roster?
a. ROOT
b. Team Liquid
c. mYinsanity
d. Trig esports
8. Which team did Choi “Polt” Seong
Hun play for when he won his GSL
championship?
a. TSL
b. MVP
c. CM Storm
d. Prime
9. Which team did KeeN leave after joining
about six weeks earlier?
a. MVP
b. Im
c. Prime
d. Invasion eSport
10. Which of these European team doesn’t
have a Protoss on its roster?
1. Which team has the most GSL champions
on its current roster?
4. Name the former GSL observer who is
now the coach for StarTale.
a. SK Telecom T1
b. KT Rolster
c. MVP
d. Mvp
a. Yi “Legend” Seong Jeon
b. Jungmin “HeavenDom” Yoon
c. Phil “inFeZa” Bertino
d. Florence “flo” Yao
2. Who founded SK Telecom T1 and when?
5. Before it was called Jin Air Green Wings,
what was the team called?
3. Before KT Rolster, the team had a series
of names. Which of these is not one of
them?
a. olleh KT
b. KTF MagicNs
c. KT WinWiN
d. KT Fingerboom
a. Team Eight
b. 8th team
c. 8ight
d. The Ocho
6. Which team had a foreigner reach the
semifinals in a GSL?
a. Evil Geniuses
b. Team Liquid
c. ROOT
d. A foreigner hasn’t gone that far
Answers :
1. b 2. A 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. B 7. c 8. d 9. d 10. b
a. BoxeR – 2002
b. firebathero – 2001
c. sAviOr – 2000
d. iloveoov – 2003
a. Millenium
b. Team Acer
c. Dead Pixels
d. Team Dignitas
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