First local StarCraft II leagues get underway

4 May 2010

Sven “shadowthief” Paulsen, creator of local SCII e-sports site http://mitarn.wordpress.com  was the first to set up a local StarCraft II beta league. Every Sunday, challengers will take on the reigning “Fist” for the title. 

Only gamers in possession of a legitimate StarCraft II beta key are able to take part in the league. 

Challengers List

 Krauser

 Szarko

 Sillicur

 Kalekin

 Rubilac

 miNt-Str|pe

 Molecule

 Numb

 Zord

 draken

 Fluke

 Vetoll

 Neet

 Curious

 Gaijin

 miNt-zchce

 Leg0las

 Sixis

 Totoro

 Ferris_Wheel_Junkie

 skillbill

 ZeeOne

 Mowse

Kreeflewer 

Shout casting will apparently be supplied by Jonathan ‘ZeeOne’ Attwell, and players can connect using Winamp or VLC with the following address, http://196.24.33.37:8000/

You can get more information here. 

Ultralisk league

Then there is the Ultralisk League, which is a little more serious. Also shout casted by Jonathan ‘ZeeOne’ Attwell and Sven “shadowthief” Paulsen, the Ultralisk league features 8 of SA’s best players competing t for the Ultralisk crown. The following players have been invited to play:  

Krauser

Shase

m0wse

Szarko (Azul)

Silva (Numb)

Rubilac

Kalekin

Gaijin (Link)

Shase takes on Gaijin at 20:00 tonight, so be sure to tune in via Winamp or VLC using the above address. These are some of SA’s best SCII players, and the match should be well worth watching.  For more info visit 4pooled. 

Thanks Pantheon. 

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