I am trying to find time to play the campaign games of Starcraft II that I purchased at a sale price last time and just recently I did. That maybe because of the semester break of two weeks after finishing our DURP summer classes. I think my last gameplay was last month of June wherein I decided to finish one or two missions on a weeknight. That was the still the Zerg campaign and it was just yesterday afternoon that I was able to complete it. I set the game on a normal mode which I enjoyed without getting pressured nor facing defeat.

I am happy to recall the storyline of Sarah Kerrigan on her return to command the Zerg swarm and this time having acquired the power of the Primal Zerg. She had finally rescued Jim Raynor and took her revenge on Mengsk on the home planet of the Terrans, Korhal.

This time I had started the campaign of the Protoss, the least favorite race that I am piloting for 1 versus 1 battles. The first part started with the Battle in Aiur with the Templars plan to retake their home planet from the Zerg. Even though the race is very powerful, I am still getting used to the shortcut keys for their building and units and also being familiar with the Gateway warping tech. I am recently on their mission aboard the Spear of Adun, figuring out the way to defeat the ancient God Amon before he ends up messing with their heads. That is with the help of Jim Raynor and his Raiders. I am just somewhat sad though that Zeratul died at the hands of his mind-controlled friend Artanis.

Anyhow, I am still enjoying the storyline so far and hopefully on the next missions I get to master the Protoss’ battle strategy.

That is a wrap. Until the next post.

In between extra time during weekends, I get to check tournament schedules of Starcraft II on Twitch TV and last weekend was no exception. Even though I was in Manila that time, I got some notifications via email of the on-going event and that was the WCS Europe Season 3. Missing the live stream of the final day (the top 8 matchups which they streamed in the wee hours in the morning), I have the option to check them on Youtube wherein they have uploaded the replay videos.

The final match was between MC playing Protoss vs. MMA playing Terran. Of course I will be biased to go with the Terran as it is my current race of choice in the game.

See the Youtube video of the best-of-seven matchup below.

I have been a fan of Starcraft since it the first was released about a decade ago, and even now after Starcraft II goes in the gaming scene. I play with friends at Masyong’s shop via Starfriend, at times when I got extra between work and playing Magic or building my Gunpla kits.

We slightly stopped when HOTS expansion was released and are still waiting for the update patch for the Starfriend software which we uses for LAN gaming (and because we can’t afford to buy the original one with the current internet connection scenario in the Philippines).

Anyhow, enough of those historical background of the game. I published this blog post because one of my favorite Terran pro players has just won the first season of the 2013 StarCraft II World Champion Series. He is Innovation (real name Lee Shin Hyung) from the team STX SouL. He defeated in the finals a formidable Protoss player sOs of the team Woongjin Stars.

It was not an easy matchup as both players had to undergo into the deciding Game 5 in the semis to get the shot to the final round. They faced GSL champions SoulKey (vs sOs) and MVP (vs Innovation). The finals proved the skill advantage of the Terran player against Protoss as it was a sweep 4-0.

Congratulations to INnoVation for winning the 2013 WCS Season 1!

Tournament recap can be found here.