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This just in from SC2 Armory: Some huge updates from Blizzard are coming along with Heart of the Swarm! Greetings fellow StarCraft II players! The past couple weeks have been amazing for the StarCraft II community. At the Dreamhack Open we saw the Swedish "Spoon Terran," Thorzain, triumph...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Blizzard has released a statement in regards to the balance testing they have been doing with current situations in the Pro-Level scene. Some of it focuses on scouting purposes. The rest is up to you to read in the official thread. Here are some of the things...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Blizzard has been showing much of their passion and love for eSports since the release of Starcraft 2. For those who don't know or do not follow the competitive scene, Blizzard recently launched The StarCraft II World Championship Series which will be...

This just in from SC2 Armory: April 27, 2012 — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it will offer a beta sneak peek of StarCraft® II: Heart of the Swarm™ to attendees of Major League Gaming's (MLG) Pro Circuit Spring Championship event, June 8-10, at the Anaheim Convention...

This just in from SC2 Armory: It has been revealed by David Kim that he believes Starcraft 2 is in 'good place' with internal data, tournament results, as well as the feedback he has received from pro-players and the community at large. It's a long read, but I've done the honors of highlighting...

This just in from SC2 Armory: The Starcraft 2 team has been extremely hard at work trying to get Heart Of the Swarm out in the near future. There have been several changes on all three races for multiplayers. I have done the honors of summing up everything Dustin has wrote. Consider this a...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Season 7 has arived and with brand new maps. Remember to veto the maps you do not wish to play. Grandmaster will be starting next week. Like always, you only need to play one placement match if you were already placed last season. Be sure to let everyone...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Blizzard is just plain lulzy. Games can be incredibly useful tools to teach players valuable skills and life lessons. To help young gamers take learning “to the max™,” we’re launching Blizzard Kidzz: a suite of educational games set in the Blizzard game...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Season 7 will be featuring three new maps in the season 7 pool, increasing the pool from 8 maps to 10. Blizzard also has released a poll at which map you think should be retired from the season 7 map pool. Your vote will make a difference, so go log in and vote on...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Dustin Browder opens up with the up coming updates and developments for WoL as well as HotS. He reveals information regarding the next big Patch 1.5, improved UI/selection on Battle.net for custom games, and many other things to come in the future of Starcraft 2. ...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Feel like putting your micro skills to the test? Is being stuck in bronze a nerve racking effort to justify the size of your e-peen? Well search no more. Blizzard has released a brand new custom map (much like they did for Left 2 Die). This will no doubt prove...

This just in from SC2 Armory: In the recent events regarding SOPA, it has come to the communities attention that GoDaddy is a huge supporter. Since the Armory hosts its domains at GoDaddy, and with the recent boycott, I have decided to move my domains away from GoDaddy. More information about...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Yay, a potentially game changing patch 1 day before Assembly and MLG! StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty patch 1.4.3 is now live! This patch features several bug fixes, as well as balance changes for the protoss and terran races. Be sure to check out the full patch...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Beginning with Season 4, we’ve been experimenting with prioritizing tournament-style maps on the StarCraft II ladder. Now, in Season 6, we’re giving player-created maps the spotlight! TeamLiquid.net recently hosted the TeamLiquid map contest to offer enthusiasts...

This just in from SC2 Armory: This year for Blizzard & eSports will be of epic proportions as they will be providing major competitive events for World of Warcraft and Starcraft 2. This of course means that there will be no BlizzCon 2012. This will allow Blizzard have more time squeezing out...

This just in from SC2 Armory: David Kim recently spent some time answering some gameplay and balance questions after the G-Star event in Korea. Some of the Q&A pertains to HOTS while others are current balance problems. The following questions were answered: Mass Mutalisks vs. Protoss...

This just in from SC2 Armory: In response to the two bills in congress, H.R.3261 "Stop Online Piracy Act" and S.968 "PROTECT IP", we here at the Armory would like to raise awareness. These bills would destroy the internet as we know it, allowing ISPs to blacklist domains, enforce copyright that...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Spent a little time this weekend implementing a IRC chat system into the website. The chat is currently hooked up to the QuakeNet IRC servers and will auto-join the #armory and #teamliquid channels. As of now, the chat is using an embedded QuakeNet iframe chat but...

This just in from SC2 Armory: We all know 2011 was a record breaking year for eSports but how much money was actually paid out in prizes? Over 5 million USD from the top 3 best paying eSports of 2011. #1 StarCraft 2 – $2,525,775 The best paying eSport of 2011 goes to StarCraft 2 with over...

This just in from SC2 Armory: It has been almost 5 years (yes 5) since I launched this site, so I decided to do some cleanup. For both SC2A and D3A, I deleted all topics, posts and polls older than 1.5 years. There were no exceptions to the deletion as it would of been so granular and...

This just in from SC2 Armory: In preparation for the HOTS release next year, I want to ship out the new design of the website. The new design will be more wowhead-ish in that I will fit more content into the page with the removal of specific design elements. The outer frame of the site will be...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/4103100/Season_5_Ladder_Map_Pool_Update-12_14_2011#blog Beginning with Season 4, we experimented with prioritizing tournament-style maps on the StarCraft II ladder. This has been working out very well not only because...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Season 4 is coming to a close soon, and Season 5 will be coming in a few weeks. It's time for everyone to get their MMRs up. Season 4 is drawing to a close, and that means that all ladders will be locked soon. Season 4 Lock What does this mean for you?...

This just in from SC2 Armory: This years holiday contest is out form blizzard for those who are both insane fans of their games, and creative culinary mad scientists. Not sure how many of you guys care, but might as well post the upcoming contest. If you guys are interested I can post...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Present by DarkLord Interested in showing off your skills? Sc2armory is now hosting its second King of the Armory tournament that will be featuring MLG and GSL maps. The tournament will last several weeks and will test your strategies and passion against...

This just in from SC2 Armory: The 1.4.2 patch has finally been released and with it comes a wide range of Protoss buffs. How will these changes affect the e-sports scene? Should be exciting. General - “Alert Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Reddit member XenoX101 has used the SC2 Editor to build a pre-beta edition of Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. Play this expansion even before most of Blizzard can. Includes all new units with current metagame. Still a work in progress though. 4 Maps...

This just in from SC2 Armory: The fourth ladder season is upon us, featuring the return of Metalopolis, the removal of close spawn locations and reduced season lengths. Season 4 has arrived! Season 3 milestone rewards will be locked in at this time and bonus pools will reset. Hidden skill...

This just in from SC2 Armory: This PTR patch doesn't have a ton of changes, but none the less they are significant. Protoss is getting a few buffs that will effect the whole race and the radius of EMP is reduced to the same radius as Psi Storm. Most of these changes were discussed at the...

This just in from SC2 Armory: These maps will be removed: Backwater Gulch Searing Crater Typhon Peaks These maps will form the new 1v1 map pool:

This just in from SC2 Armory: A new StarCraft II Heart of the Swarm trailer was shown at Blizzcon 2011 which showcase many of the new units and campaign footage. Lets also not forget about Blizzard DOTA and all its glory.

This just in from SC2 Armory: I am sure everyone is extremely excited that Blizzcon will be starting tomorrow. What does Blizzcon have in store for us? Nothing is certain yet, but I am sure everyone can agree with me when I say, that we want some juicy Heart of the Swarm campaign...

This just in from SC2 Armory: 1 week agoQuote by Gemini_19 I expect some sort of air unit since our air force is kind of lacking at this point. Both phoenix and void rays are extremely situational and are easily "hard countered". Am I good? Or am I good?

This just in from SC2 Armory: This was recently posted on the Blizzard Battle.net community site. Season 3 is coming to an end soon, and Season 4 is on the horizon. At the end of each ladder season, leagues are “locked” which means players can no longer be promoted or demoted out of their...

This just in from SC2 Armory: Ok so the Foo Fighters will be performing at this years BlizzCon. I'm not sure if people actually listen to this band or why Blizzard decided to hire them instead of an actual good band. Despite this, look forward to hearing their few good songs they have that...

This just in from SC2 Armory: KASL Grand Finals September 26th to October 2nd We are finally at the last stage of the tournament! Players in the loser bracket will be competing to take on Funky, the winner bracket champion. We will be crowning the King of the Armory this week! Also,...

This just in from SC2 Armory: The long awaited patch is finally live, mostly featuring the highly controversial Infestor changes, as well as other balance changes and slight UI improvements. General A new Career page displaying placement in past seasons has been added to the League &...

This just in from SC2 Armory: KASL Finals: Round of 2 September 12th to September 18th We're now on to the Final two players in the Winner's Bracket. However, we have many Loser Bracket games still to be played. We will be doing two Loser Bracket rotations this week. After this we...

This just in from SC2 Armory: KASL Finals: Round of 4 September 5th to September 11th The semi-finals are upon us! However, there are still many strong players in the loser brackets that will be squaring off for a slot in the grand finals. Remember, the final match will be the...

This just in from SC2 Armory: KASL Finals: Round of 8 August 29th to September 4th The winners from the previous round square off against each other this week to see who will advance to the semi-finals. Losers of the previous round fight for the hopes of a second chance. Competitors...

This just in from SC2 Armory: The patch notes for the upcoming PTR patch 1.4.0 have been revealed. A ton of bugs have been fixed as well as some very interesting balancing. Here's a sneak peek at the upcoming PTR patch notes. We're currently working to make the PTR available as soon as...

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