http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/primecoverage en-us Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:46:46 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=342243 Primadog Division I Outside of the GSL, NASL is the only Major with a proper league format. The regular / post season league design mirrors how most traditional sports operate, which can be a lot of fun analyzing, if anyone bothers. How the league stand after week 8 Note: the black bars represent remaining matchups; source http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/North_American_Star_League_Seas... Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:38:24 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=342243 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313524 Primadog Heritage is a strange thing. Everyone of us alive right now are descendants of a thousand, thousand generations, but how many of us can trace our lineage beyond our grandparents? Or even beyond our immediate family? For a long time, a shabby looking booklet sits on the family book shelf. It was a genealogy book that my dad and a Canadian granduncle painstakingly put together in '96. 湖... Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:32:52 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=313524 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=311070 Primadog Ever since the English-speaking StarCraft 2 scene stabilized around July of last year, I been collecting whatever tournament viewership data available to the public. I was curious - can we make a reasonable model to predicting concurrent peaks? The theory was simple: with the fan base of static size Y, only Y/X number of fans would watch a tournament at any given time, with X varies based on ... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:40:22 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=311070 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305435 Primadog Consider this as a complement to the SC2 Korean/Foreigner Transfer List. This flow chart shows transfer relationship between the existing professional StarCraft 2 teams located in Korea: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:24:29 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305435 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305028 Primadog We evaluate how fast can the GSL absorb a mass BW transition, as proposed by "The Elephant in the Room." I. Introduction One of the most controversial editorial published on TeamLiquid.net, "The Elephant" hit a sore spot within the StarCraft fanbase. "The competition in SC2 thus far has been a farce" instantly become a galvanizing meme and divisive force... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:33:46 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=305028 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290015 Primadog All player trades between a Korean and an International StarCraft 2 teams: for Our Utopia Acquired by FXOpen eSports details Incredible Miracle Quantic Gaming partnership - details (Ended Dec 2, 2011: team house; financial; travel; co-branding) [tlpd#players#1169#T#sc2-korean]Fenix[/tlpd] from [tlpd#teams#62]FnaticMSI[/tlpd] Most Valuable Player Complexi... Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:39:46 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290015 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=284123 Primadog In the Fall of 2011, the BarCraft movement became a phenomenon. Starting with four BarCrafts tuning in to the inaugural NASL Finals in early July, "eSports in a bar" quickly blossomed into a a metropolis with over 100 cities mere four months later. BarCraft is now a mainstay of StarCraft 2 viewing experience. Multitude of factors coincided to sweep the StarCraft eSports comm... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:50:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=284123 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=283483 Primadog Looks like some TLers finally start to build our own relocalizer. As 178.com has ceased updating SC2 BigFoot for some time, I recommend everyone to try this relocalizer instead http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=270876 Recently there has been some interest in the Chinese software SC2 BigFoot Launcher, most prominently used by [tlpd#players#1314#T#sc2-international]L... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:23:07 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=283483 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=271749 Primadog Now hangover from energy drink binges had mostly passed, here are some thoughts from one of the lucky fools that attend Red Bull LAN. It was fun and I look forward to what Sam has planned for us. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:46:33 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=271749 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=253383 Primadog I usually put together a team results summary for each MLG, but due to some real-life obligations, that did not happen (but hopefully will eventually). For now, here's an aggregate of almost all video / photo / news / blog pieces regarding MLG Anaheim 2011. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWN6AmkQ56k Media Coverage Photography Blog special thanks to aNDRoM for d... Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:39:00 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=253383 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=248160 Primadog Sorry, that's a joke, kidda. Just my photos from tagging along as [tlpd#players#1148#P#sc2-international]White-Ra[/tlpd]'s driver for his showmatch agains Sheth at the Tt eSPORTS USA headquarters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umhceL28cUg White-Ra's Hands White-Ra has the eye of the tiger Winner's interview with ThunderToss Banter among the super stars: Wombat, White-R... Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:23:52 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=248160 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=246958 Primadog LiveBlogging. Little words. Big pictures. 9:00 6:00 4:30 4:00pm 3:00pm 2:00pm 12:00pm ... Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:38:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=246958 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=246799 Primadog I will be spending time with [tlpd#players#1176#Z#sc2-international]Sen[/tlpd] and [tlpd#players#1148#P#sc2-international]White-Ra[/tlpd] this weekend (\o/ third weekend in a row). This is a last push to get questions ready for them. Last chance: what does TeamLiquid want to know about these fine nerd-ballers? Of course, White-Ra's interview will be filmed, hopefully with a better camer... Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:47:18 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=246799 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=245574 Primadog White-Ra enjoyed the TeamLiquid reception of his video interview so much, that he agreed to make a follow-up TeamLiquid video interview again on his return to SoCal! Well, ask away, TeamLiquid. Now is your chance to ask White-Ra about anything and everything! TL Interviews White-Ra #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqMoxEuZv6c&feature=player_embedded And yes, I'll try to get ... Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:56:44 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=245574 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=243280 Primadog I'm making a note here: It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:59:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=243280 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242863 Primadog EDIT: Well done WarpPrism and Justin.tv for resolving this issue! Pioneered by WarpPrism, serious contenders for alternative stream browsing client/aggregate have popped out from the likes of www.Twitch.TV and www.WellPlayed.tv to streamline and add value to the viewer experience. Although almost every option serves Justin.tv streams, each client have built their own unique sets of feature... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:48:44 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242863 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242779 Primadog Hello TeamLiquid, I'll like to thank TeamLiquid and especially Waxangel for allowing me to represent our community at the NASL season 1 finals. With the access this "cred" gives me, I have had the greatest time of my life during this weekend. My writing is bad, my photos are bad, and my videos are horrid, but I hope in some small way I had conveyed a small part of what is the l... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:25:50 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242779 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=241575 Primadog Hello TL, As some of you may know, I have been all over the NASL venue this week. What many may not know is that I am also a new TeamLiquid writer, and one of the few TL staff that will be on-site at the finals. For an TL exclusive, I have full access to the NASL staff and plan to put together some extensive interviews over the weekend with the likes of Russ (boss), Gretorp, and Xeris. ... Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:37:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=241575 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=236096 Primadog Several important assumptions made in the initial draft of this guide, specifically trade rules (tradevalue calculation) and playoff scoring, are proven invalid. This leads to the guide being possibly misleading without major revisions, which are planned but cannot be completed immediately. Please proceed forward with reservation. Fantasy GSTL A fantasy league based on the revamped Gom... Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:23:14 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=236096 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=234547 Primadog Working on a new version of the E-sports Prospectus. In any case, here's a run of the Dreamhack group stage: Changes made to the Prospectus algorithm Since NASL week 9, I have been testing out several different iterations of the Prospectus algorithm with race Elos as additional variables. The solution is non-trivial, since the standard expected value of the Elo formulas only accepts tw... Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:51:22 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=234547