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We’re starting what we’d term a ‘community team league,’ a free competition to encourage SC2 gamers to bond together over awesomeness. This is a league that will encompass multiple skill levels – and in fact, we believe that our structure allows teams without a full roster of high masters players to compete with at least some equity. Most importantly, though, this is a league with a focus on fun, community, and the magic of friendship, and we’ve got a lot of good things planned to help with that.

I've gone about creating the video version of the comprehensive guide to SC2. I'll include each video here, along with a link to the written guide, and other resources.

Chapter 1:

Chapter 2 part 1:

We're proud to announce that we at Crafting Stars are introducing our new coaching program. (Check out this article on why you should pay for coaching). While we understand that such e-celebrities as incontrol and Destiny are offering their services as well, we offer much cheaper ($15 / hr) and yet still excellent sessions with informative, patient teachers upon your request.

When you're being "cured" of doing something you enjoy, you know something is wrong.

South Korean psychiatrists claim to have successfully reduced video game addiction by plying the addicts with antidepressant drug Bupropion.

The study was conducted by Han, Hwang and Renshaw from the Department of Psychiatry at Chung Ang University, College of Medicine.

Eleven participants had been categorised as having "Internet Game Addiction", because they played Starcraft on average for at least four hours per day, which actually seems quite modest. However, six of them had been absent from school for more than two months because of their dirty little habit, while two of them had actually been divorced because they played so much.

The group was given Bupropion, an antidepressant and smoking cessation aid for six weeks. After the trial period, their group’s cravings to play Starcraft apparently decreased by 23.6 percent and total playing time decreased by 35.5 percent.

They also performed some MRI scans and discovered that the addicts’ brains responded to pictures of Zerglings – the six-limbed raptor popular in Starcraft -- less strongly after taking the drug.

Buddhist and I played 2's for several hours today. After much deliberation, frustration, experimentation, and innovation, we are proud to offer you the following advice:

don't both 1 gate fast expand into carriers it's not a good idea.

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NaDa vs. TLO showmatch later today, to be casted by Day[9]. For those of you who don't know, within SC BW:

"Statistically, Nada is the best player in history, having achieved the highest Top-1 KeSPA score of any player after it was re-scaled. He also holds the record for lo...ngest stay in the Top 30 KeSPA Rankings, a streak that started in March, 2002. He was the first player ever to win 3 OSLs, thus earning a Golden Mouse (other Golden Mouse recipients are July and Jaedong). NaDa’s reported earnings in 2005 was $200,000 USD. In terms of achievements, periods of dominance, and staying power, Nada is easily the most accomplished Starcraft player of all time."

Considering he hasn't been seen on the SC2 scene, I think TheLittleOne might actually destroy him. Then again, TLO isn't exactly the best SC2 player atm, so the matches should be extremely interesting. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE CASTED BY DAY[9] FUCK YEAH.