@DreyfusFrost: You can view those here: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Patches#Beta
But yeah, I'd be neat if they added them here!
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In StarCraft II league play, 2013 Season 4 has begun! Bonus pools and standings have been reset, and 2013 Season 3 milestones have been awarded. You can take a look at your 2013 Season 3 results by visiting the Leagues and Ladders section of your character profile.
Furthermore, Season 4 brings a host of new maps to the 1v1 and 4v4 ladder map pools. Take just a moment to get familiar with all of the new maps by checking them out here before you hit that "Find Match" button in the game.
As always, the hidden skill ratings used for matchmaking and league placement carry over from one season to the next, so if you were already placed in a league prior to the 2013 Season 3 lock, you'll only need to play one placement match to kick off the new season.
Additionally, with the start of 2013 Ladder Season 4, we changed Grandmaster League for the North America, Europe, Korea, and Southeast Asia Battle.net regions. Going forward, Grandmaster League will only be available for the latest expansion of StarCraft II, and you can find more details here.
Good luck, and have fun!
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UPDATED AND CURRENT AS OF: MONDAY, JUNE 10
Now that Season 1 of 2013 World Championship Series competition is well under way in Europe, Korea, and America, tons of epic StarCraft II games are being played. With three ongoing regional competitions, a variety of broadcast dates and times, and hundreds of players earning WCS Points at events around the world, we understand that keeping up with the WCS can seem overwhelming. To help you keep everything straight, we put together a broadcast schedule and WCS point leaderboard that will be updated on a weekly basis.
WCS 2013 Global Broadcast Schedule
Below, you'll find a detailed World Championship Series broadcast schedule that you can refer back to any time you need a quick refresher on which matches will be played in the days to come. Furthermore, we're very excited to share that starting on Tuesday, April 29, the World Championship Series will offer three days a week of ‘round the clock live StarCraft II eSports action for your viewing pleasure. Tune in here at any of the dates and times listed below to catch top StarCraft II players from around the world locking horns for points, prizes, and pride.
Though we will be regularly updating the above schedule, feel free to stop by the GomTV, ESL, and MLG websites as well for broadcast dates and times even farther down the road for WCS Korea, Europe, and America, respectively.
WCS 2013 Point Leaderboard
The leaderboard below will help you keep tabs on all of the top WCS point earners throughout the year. Be sure to check in often to follow along with your favorite players as they compete to earn slots at the 2013 WCS Global Finals, to be held at BlizzCon this November.
For a comprehensive look at all the players who have earned WCS points this year, check out the awesome Liquipedia WCS Standings page put together by our friends at TeamLiquid.net. If you’d like more information on the format, prizing, or point structure for this year's World Championship Series, you can find all the details here.
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Sixteen of the world's top StarCraft II players will meet this week in Seoul, South Korea, for the cross-region 2013 World Championship Series Season 1 Finals, where they’ll battle for the title of WCS Season 1 Champion. Players from around the globe climbed to the top of their WCS regions with the gleam of the $150,000 prize pool and 17,000 WCS points in their eyes. Regional Champions Jung 'Mvp' Jong Hyun and Song 'HerO' Hyeon Deok have many tournament victories in their past results, while Kim 'Soulkey' Min Chul is looking to add to his trophy case after his astonishing WCS Korea comeback. The rest of the field will have to bring their best builds and keep their nerves cool to make it past these heavyweights.
You can watch all the WCS Season 1 Finals matches, produced by OnGameNet, starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT each night from June 6–8 at starcraft2.com/wcs, featuring shoutcasters Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott, Shaun ‘Apollo’ Clark, Christopher ‘MonteCristo’ Mykles, and Erik ‘DoA’ Lonnquist. All streams will be presented in free 720p and accessible from mobile devices. If you would like to attend in person, entry into the event is free all weekend long, and you can find venue details here.
We have a special two-part Season Finals preview episode of WCS Today to share with you. In part 1, Andrew Dunne and Kevin Knocke highlight everything you need to know about Round of 16 Groups A and B. In part 2, Andrew Dunne and Tim Frazier will help catch you up to speed with Groups C and D.
WCS Today: Global Finals Part 1 - June 5, 2013
WCS Today: Global Finals Part 2 - June 6, 2013
If you want to peek ahead to see which players are in each group, check out the images below:
As Group A is one of two Zerg heavy groups, WCS Korea Champion Soulkey will have to stay on his toes to make it out with the fickle ZvZ matchup. This group also features the rivalry between two popular European players, Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch and Ilyes ‘Stephano’ Satouri. The only Terran in the group, Han ‘aLive’ Lee Seok may find this group to be quite challenging. With a 44% win rate versus Zerg in WCS Matches thus far, aLive will need to prepare heavily for his opponents this weekend.
Mvp is often favored to get out of any group he joins, but he will find formidable opposition in Group B, which features a set of consistent and powerful players. Kim ‘Ryung’ Dong Won earned himself the nickname The Terran Sniper in Wings of Liberty, and Yang ‘Alicia’ Joon Sik’s best matchup so far in WCS is versus Terran. Hwang ‘KangHo’ Kang Ho is not a player to be underestimated either, as he swept an excellent Terran player, Choi ‘Bomber’ Ji Sung, 3-0, to reach the Season Finals.
Park ‘ForGG’ Ji Soo has built his WCS season on his ability to excel in Terran versus Terran, but he won't have the opportunity to showcase his mirror skills in Group C. Kim ‘sOs’ Yoo Jin and Kang ‘Symbol’ Dong Hyun each pose a significant threat within the group, and , HerO seems to be riding momentum from his WCS America championship and his strong performance at DreamHack.
The only group without a regional champion, Group D features Lee ‘INnoVation’ Shin Hyung, who some might say is the most fearsome player in the Season 1 Finals. INnoVation demonstrated ruthless Terran versus Zerg prowess during his run through WCS Korea, only coming up short in the final match against Soulkey. If that signified the start of a slump, Zerg versus Zerg could very well decide the group, with Kim ‘Revival’ Dong Hyun and Shin ‘RorO’ No Yeol demonstrating incredible talent with the ZvZ matchup in the past. Dmytro ‘DIMAGA’ Filipchuk is a European wildcard who has taken down Koreans in international competition before, but can he do it again?
Click here for a prediction bracket that you can print out, fill out, and score as you watch the Season Finals.
All photos courtesy of GomTV, Ina Veiser and Richard Stanway.
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Sixteen of the world's top StarCraft II players will meet this week in Seoul, South Korea, for the cross-region 2013 World Championship Series Season 1 Finals, where they’ll battle for the title of WCS Season 1 Champion. Players from around the globe climbed to the top of their WCS regions with the gleam of the $150,000 prize pool and 17,000 WCS points in their eyes. Regional Champions Jung 'Mvp' Jong Hyun and Song 'HerO' Hyeon Deok have many tournament victories in their past results, while Kim 'Soulkey' Min Chul is looking to add to his trophy case after his astonishing WCS Korea comeback. The rest of the field will have to bring their best builds and keep their nerves cool to make it past these heavyweights.
You can watch all the WCS Season 1 Finals matches, produced by OnGameNet, starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT each night from June 6–8 at starcraft2.com/wcs, featuring shoutcasters Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott, Shaun ‘Apollo’ Clark, Christopher ‘MonteCristo’ Mykles, and Erik ‘DoA’ Lonnquist. All streams will be presented in free 720p and accessible from mobile devices. If you would like to attend in person, entry into the event is free all weekend long, and you can find venue details here.
We have a special two-part Season Finals preview episode of WCS Today to share with you. In part 1, Andrew Dunne and Kevin Knocke highlight everything you need to know about Round of 16 Groups A and B. In part 2, Andrew Dunne and Tim Frazier will help catch you up to speed with Groups C and D.
WCS Today: Global Finals Part 1 - June 5, 2013
WCS Today: Global Finals Part 2 - June 6, 2013
If you want to peek ahead to see which players are in each group, check out the images below:
As Group A is one of two Zerg heavy groups, WCS Korea Champion Soulkey will have to stay on his toes to make it out with the fickle ZvZ matchup. This group also features the rivalry between two popular European players, Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch and Ilyes ‘Stephano’ Satouri. The only Terran in the group, Han ‘aLive’ Lee Seok may find this group to be quite challenging. With a 44% win rate versus Zerg in WCS Matches thus far, aLive will need to prepare heavily for his opponents this weekend.
Mvp is often favored to get out of any group he joins, but he will find formidable opposition in Group B, which features a set of consistent and powerful players. Kim ‘Ryung’ Dong Won earned himself the nickname The Terran Sniper in Wings of Liberty, and Yang ‘Alicia’ Joon Sik’s best matchup so far in WCS is versus Terran. Hwang ‘KangHo’ Kang Ho is not a player to be underestimated either, as he swept an excellent Terran player, Choi ‘Bomber’ Ji Sung, 3-0, to reach the Season Finals.
Park ‘ForGG’ Ji Soo has built his WCS season on his ability to excel in Terran versus Terran, but he won't have the opportunity to showcase his mirror skills in Group C. Kim ‘sOs’ Yoo Jin and Kang ‘Symbol’ Dong Hyun each pose a significant threat within the group, and , HerO seems to be riding momentum from his WCS America championship and his strong performance at DreamHack.
The only group without a regional champion, Group D features Lee ‘INnoVation’ Shin Hyung, who some might say is the most fearsome player in the Season 1 Finals. INnoVation demonstrated ruthless Terran versus Zerg prowess during his run through WCS Korea, only coming up short in the final match against Soulkey. If that signified the start of a slump, Zerg versus Zerg could very well decide the group, with Kim ‘Revival’ Dong Hyun and Shin ‘RorO’ No Yeol demonstrating incredible talent with the ZvZ matchup in the past. Dmytro ‘DIMAGA’ Filipchuk is a European wildcard who has taken down Koreans in international competition before, but can he do it again?
Click here for a prediction bracket that you can print out, fill out, and score as you watch the Season Finals.
All photos courtesy of GomTV, Ina Veiser and Richard Stanway.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/