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[–]Joki9121 141 points142 points ago

This is the first time I've ever gotten to a "when this post is blank old..." before the actual time of the event. Thank you and I look forward to watching this.

[–]Elijah0100 24 points25 points ago

Haha, me too, man. I'm also sick and have locked myself in the bathroom. :/

[–]DomeSmack 37 points38 points ago

if it makes you feel better, my asshole has been peeing shit for the past 24 hours straight. i love starcraft!

[–]Alsoghieri 18 points19 points ago

I don't know about him, but it makes me feel great.

[–]asstits 22 points23 points ago

Real men use a tampon and get their shit together.

[–]IAMnotBRAD 4 points5 points ago

Oh man.

[–]CIRCLE_JERK_LEGEND 9 points10 points ago

It's actually really effective. Just try it some time. Protip: use lube so it doesn't hurt at first.

[–]mindondrugs 4 points5 points ago

I really dont trust you with a name like that.

[–]LordOfTheAmish 0 points1 point ago

Whats not to trust? Seems completely legit

[–]zmansman17 2 points3 points ago

As long as you have Wi-Fi, you are set my friend.

[–]Joki9121 -4 points-3 points ago

...How did you lock yourself IN the bathroom?

[–]raptordrew 17 points18 points ago

...The way anyone else locks themselves in a bathroom?

[–]Joki9121 1 point2 points ago

oh, right...I was thinking you locked yourself in the way one locks his/herself out of their apartment or something.

[–]Lechife 16 points17 points ago

that is locking ... out

[–]AbeDrinkin 5 points6 points ago

I have locked myself out of the rest of my house and am stuck in the bathroom.

[–]zers 0 points1 point ago

Thank the technology gods for smart phones and tablets.

[–]IbidtheWriter 0 points1 point ago

:( I got here 6 hours late. Thanks for rubbing it in.

[–]Spitmode 0 points1 point ago

me too haha :D

[–]Flinkelinks 22 points23 points ago

BlinG's storms are so massive, massive, massive ... the massively massive storms.

[–]viscence 16 points17 points ago

HOLY STORMS

(game 3)

[–]GLHFnet 25 points26 points ago

Finally an event that uses my local timezone! In fact this event is entirely British, from the players and casters to the prize pool in pounds sterling.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

As a french neighbour, I totally enjoy this 100% UK event, it's gonna be awesome, both players are awesome, caster is awesome, and pounds sterling are awesome too

[–]gnomishmidgets 3 points4 points ago

'As a french neighbour' dammit man, now do i hate you for being french or love you for loving SC!

[–]Hallx 2 points3 points ago

Both!

[–]gnomishmidgets 1 point2 points ago

*twitch...i don't know if i can do that jonny

[–]EGiNcontroL 218 points219 points ago

yesssssssssssss going to be so sick :) Can't wait!

[–]Sirtubb 54 points55 points ago

Congratulations btw!

[–]mAgixWTF 0 points1 point ago

hey iNcontrol, whats your guess, wholl win? :D

[–]dankipz 89 points90 points ago

"Well thanks to monster energy drinks keeping him focused and his steel series gear i do believe my team mate demuslim will be able to take his opponent in this upcoming match"

[–]i4ybrid 59 points60 points ago

EG advertising partnerships are so good, the fans do the advertising for them.

[–]skopey 7 points8 points ago

Ask anyone who follows SC2 which companies sponsor eSports and the first ones they say will be:

Intel Steelseries Kingston Monster Inwin

[–]LivingReceiver 5 points6 points ago

You forgot LG Intel and GSkill, you make Tasteless cry :(

[–]spiffelight 4 points5 points ago

Hey, works for me in FPS-games.

[–]dohee 8 points9 points ago

DeMuslim of course.

[–]Keytarfriend 21 points22 points ago

Post is 19 minutes old, I have 41 minutes to go grocery shopping!

[–]cydereal 14 points15 points ago

Beer and nail polish ahoy?

[–]Keytarfriend 12 points13 points ago

Stalking much?

[–]gnomishmidgets 14 points15 points ago

Dudes it's not stalking if you just leave stuff lieing in your rubbish bin, thats free game.

[–]YbsDembski 20 points21 points ago

Dat storms, holy shit. As a terran player i say this was some sick play by Bling in 1st game

[–]Mikelius 9 points10 points ago

Bling's storms are truly horrifying. So impressive and awe inspiring.

[–]Lagovsky 1 point2 points ago

storms in 3rd game, mother of god...

[–]Nealz 2 points3 points ago

My GOD the storms in the third game on shattered temple weren't pretty as well.... Nice usage of the warp prism to get those of. Pretty terrifiying.

[–]AaronSC2 12 points13 points ago

Whats the prize pool in Sterling?

Can't wait to see this. Thanks TB for making this happen.

[–]TotalBiscuit[S] 31 points32 points ago

£1000

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[–]Meatloathe 17 points18 points ago

TB himself

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[–]betamania -4 points-3 points ago

Nope, from his own pocket

[–]raaaargh_stompy 0 points1 point ago

What a boss^

[–]gnomishmidgets 2 points3 points ago

Holy crap, TB i love you.

[–]swagOre 10 points11 points ago

£1000

[–]khanon 11 points12 points ago

Jesus christ, these games are FANTASTIC! Game 3 is one of the best sc2 battles I've seen all january, including all GSL stuff.

[–]Korelle 0 points1 point ago

Yeah. Seems strange that Demuslim didn't switch out his marauder heavy army once he saw just how Zealot/Immortal heavy BlinG was.

BlinG really could have won that game 10-15 minutes earlier with better positioning on his engagements.

[–]Trippy_xD 5 points6 points ago

Going to be so sick :) Was planning to go to the London Barcraft, but I'm having to save money. In my room with a big mug of tea it is :) That's still nice and British enough though right?

[–]derekg1000 0 points1 point ago

is there a drink minimum for those things? why not just go there and enjoy the games with fellow fans?

[–]5HAK 17 points18 points ago

This is literally the first time I came a cross a "When this is x hours old..." post where x<4 and the post itself was only a few minutes old. I'm so happy... Q_Q

[–]a_unique_username 2 points3 points ago

Yeah some people do it too early so it's never relevant enough to reach the front page or falls off. 1hr is a good time.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

dude, you realize the sooner the post, the more people will see it, right ?

[–]a_unique_username 0 points1 point ago

Maybe, but who's going to upvote a post about an event in 10hours if you see what I mean.

[–]raaaargh_stompy 8 points9 points ago

My god game three was so amazing :D :D Come on DeMuslim, you can do it!!

[–]perae 2 points3 points ago

Not gonna lie, didnt know a lot about bling before this. Quite the player it seems :)

[–]Lokopopz 2 points3 points ago

Holy fuck DeMuslim, heart in mouth stuff with the 1 - 1 - 1, ballsy to go all-in, where if you lose, you lose the series. But it worked and managed to tie it up at 4 - 4. A sarcy "WP" from dBlinG. Time for game 9!

There've been some cracking series in the past few days.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

thanks i just tuned in and i could not figure out wtf was going on... gonna watch game 9 eagerly

[–]vander2580 4 points5 points ago

Game 3! Them drops and multitask from both! Dem storms at the end!

[–]Clbull 3 points4 points ago

Fucking.... hell.....

Dat game 3.

[–]titoFTW 7 points8 points ago

servers? change each game?

[–]TotalBiscuit[S] 20 points21 points ago

Yup

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[–]uziair 17 points18 points ago

so there wont be a circlejerk saying he lost because of lag

[–]TotalBiscuit[S] 27 points28 points ago

Basically this yes. Lag is a factor certainly but one that people blow WAAAAYYY out of proportion, using it as an excuse to disregard results left and right. We wanted to take that excuse away as much as possible.

[–]LinkBalls 5 points6 points ago

Well, NA to EU and EU to NA lag isn't too bad.

KR to EU is awful and absolutely the worst, though.

[–]TotalBiscuit[S] 6 points7 points ago

Yup, that's why all EU vs KR matches are played on US.

[–]makrillr 2 points3 points ago

I think its because DeMusliM is in the US, and BlinG is in EU. Its unfair for one of them if they play all the matches on the same server.

[–]Spammish 4 points5 points ago

Everyone to KR for fairness!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

that wouldn't be fair, actually, you can play from NA on KR with much less lag than from EU

[–]rahtin 0 points1 point ago

Still better than playing on EU or US.

[–]nonamenononumber 2 points3 points ago

I believe even this isn't fair, iirc us has a better connection (lower pings) to kr than the eu does. Please correct me if i'm wrong though

[–]BUfels 1 point2 points ago

Equal playing field. If there's lag for one player on X server and the other on Y server, then they both experience equal amounts of lag.

[–]AiKitsune 3 points4 points ago

Holy storms batman!

[–]Shor7aaY 1 point2 points ago

Brilliant series so far, games have been very good and the quality is there in abundance.

[–]iStarr 2 points3 points ago

What was the final score? O.o

[–]PostPostModernism 4 points5 points ago

5-4 Bling

[–]iStarr 0 points1 point ago

Oh wow, looks like being in a gaming house is paying off for him. I like bling, he seems to have a jolly personality yet knows when to get down to business.

[–]suby 2 points3 points ago

Who won?

[–]xenzor 1 point2 points ago

BlinG, It went to 3 - 0 in favor if Bling, Demusilm came back pretty strong and it ended up being a 4 - 4 Tie breaking epic game.

[–]Hiflon 6 points7 points ago

I hope you know how awesome you are TB

[–]xenzor 4 points5 points ago

at london barcraft getting ready to watch the epicness

[–]odif 3 points4 points ago

if this were a trampoline battle d.BlinG would win!

[–]Oreally71 -1 points0 points ago

But it's SC2 so DeMuslim will probably win. ;)

[–]ctangent 2 points3 points ago

Totalbiscuit is an awesome caster! I love listening to these events

[–]haXmb 1 point2 points ago

Awesome. I recon it's going to be 5 - 3 for DeMusliM!

[–]decadentist 0 points1 point ago

Well, there's still a chance that might work out..doesn't look like it though:D

[–]fiction8 3 points4 points ago

Not a TotalBiscuit vs. Demuslim showmatch?

Clearly not definitive.

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[–]fiction8 2 points3 points ago

I know. It was just a joke.

[–]daetirion 2 points3 points ago

Thinking a new nickname for Bling is needed. As master of the Storm, i nominate "The Thunder God". Anyone approve/have something more catchy?

[–]Clbull 6 points7 points ago*

I propose Chavtoss. I mean he spams Zealots a lot, and they already look like an army of British youths chavved up to the nines and armed with knives ready to charge in and stab anyone in their way for their iPod.

And I also propose that because of his name.... I mean come on, BLING? That has to be the chavviest name for a progamer ever. Just from the name, it sounds like the sort of player Burberry would sponsor if they were to invest in e-sports.

[–]cattonia6 1 point2 points ago

I like this, i like this a lot! :D

[–]dfkvj 0 points1 point ago

The Stormer of Worlds?

[–]therealOGZ24 0 points1 point ago

Didn't realize you were casting this TB..... might have to put my gym trip off for a few.

[–]sockey7317 1 point2 points ago

demuslim got this

[–]Jono72 1 point2 points ago

Can't wait! Don't know who to root for though, never had this problem of Brit vs Brit before..

[–]DarthCuddles 1 point2 points ago

Super pumped. GOGO, BlinG fighting!

[–]vtbarrera 2 points3 points ago

This is going to be ridiculously sick. Demuslim was the obvious best player in the UK back when he was living in Europe but since moving to the US Bling has clearly taken that crown.

This will definitely show us who is currently the best UK player in the Starcraft 2 world.

[–]DrollaUK 0 points1 point ago

I wouldn't say that BlinG has surpassed DeMuslim just yet, but i think they are very very even now and its amazing to see how much BlinG has improved in the past few months. I remember him and Lau being the two best players residing in the UK but BlinG has just reached a completely different level.

Nevertheless, this is going to be so sick!

[–]vtbarrera 6 points7 points ago

I think given that Bling has actually attended major LANs in Europe that he gets the de facto "king of the UK" crown. I know Ben is really good but the guy has shit for luck when it comes time to actually hop on a plane and go to an event.

[–]wastergoleor 0 points1 point ago

Plus all the bad luck which stops him practising, I really wish he could just stay in top form, he'd really dominate.

[–]DaleyT -2 points-1 points ago

Bling started his rise when he became friends with sideshow bob..

[–]Crowned -1 points0 points ago

DeMusliM gave that game away, why the hell would he keep replenishing his army so marauder heavy vs zealots and immortals? Makes no sense at all.

[–]Shamaz 1 point2 points ago

This is quite a nice prizepool, we can be sure the players will play at their best. I will make sure to tune in. :)

Also, this game needs more British players !

[–]deluded99 1 point2 points ago

to the top with ye!

[–]zers 0 points1 point ago

When an hour old: Posted 48 minutes ago?! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE <333

[–]WoodchxcK 0 points1 point ago

Samayan's got this ;)

[–]pilesWoolierwand 0 points1 point ago

Can't decide who to root for! British and play Zerg. Met both and they're super nice!

[–]derekg1000 0 points1 point ago

oh shit, this is the first time i have caught one of these "in X time this happens" before the time had long past. score!

[–]Nicator 1 point2 points ago

Celebrating this all-British event with a steak and ale pie with cheddar mash :D

[–]evilzergling 0 points1 point ago

I love how nothing in the chat has ANYTHING to do with Starcraft....

[–]PhillehC 0 points1 point ago

Is it me?

[–]Olome 1 point2 points ago

Really liking this new phase of SC2 e-sports, more face-offs, for example HuK vs Idra, would be amazing, I would donate good money to the prize pool to see that.

[–]betamania 1 point2 points ago

So Idra can whine about how OP toss is against zerg some more?

[–]27131006231262 1 point2 points ago

"SO RESILIENCE"-dApollo

[–]Mrducktape 0 points1 point ago

DeMuslim.-

[–]Gr8namepicker 0 points1 point ago

But Apollo didn't even play??

[–]playwithfire05 0 points1 point ago

its a shame this stream keeps dropping and has choppy audio.

[–]AtlasCF 1 point2 points ago

The vehicle of Esports is technology......

[–]dollarww25 0 points1 point ago

16k viewers. i like i like

[–]Olome 1 point2 points ago

wow TB. you.. no, you didnt... that was such a lame metaphor...

[–]Joerc7 0 points1 point ago

The comeback is on, go captain devil

[–]passivecrimes 1 point2 points ago

This has been a great series. Can't wait for the last match

[–]kingtut11 0 points1 point ago

if demuslim wins this.. holy balls.. what a comeback

[–]psybeam 1 point2 points ago

Haha such a sick series. Amazing macro games and allins. Two amazing players

[–]ebiya 0 points1 point ago

GG

[–]hackettlp 0 points1 point ago

This kills the DeMuslim.

[–]Acurus_Cow 0 points1 point ago

Despite the problems, it was a great tournament. Think you guys handled the problems just fine. And the games where awsome! :D

GG

[–]n4kke -1 points0 points ago

and demuslim loses because of nerves again zzzz

[–]BUfels 0 points1 point ago

Damn, I left when it was like 4-1 to Bling and just came back. Wp Demu, hard luck.

[–]DarthCuddles 0 points1 point ago

BlinG FIGHTING!!

[–]rakantae 0 points1 point ago

What were the results? Who is the best British SC2 player?

[–]Rambo_11 -1 points0 points ago

BlinG should have won when it was 4-2, can't believe he let it slip all the way to 4-4.

The last game was insane, however. I still don't understand how Demuslim lost after that brilliant scan and 3 bunkers. Force Fields were too good I guess.

[–]gotembro 0 points1 point ago

Ben making EZ money for his main boo Abey

[–]nahaqu 1 point2 points ago

Those storms.

Mother of God.

[–]LinuxUser4Life 0 points1 point ago

Ugh, I really want to watch but need I gotta sleep. 1:37 EST :(

[–]cleanworkaccount 0 points1 point ago

watched it in the bath with laptop on my bog!

[–]ThirdEyedea 2 points3 points ago

Never heard of this BlinG guy...but I'm rooting for DeMusliM!

[–]Olome 0 points1 point ago

:/ come on demuslim!

[–]Zyhlian 1 point2 points ago

Awesome!

[–]Twobitz 1 point2 points ago

Best of 9? Nice.

[–]swoshromp 1 point2 points ago

So excited, I wish I could watch from class. I might even try it.

[–]NorthHame -1 points0 points ago

Dat game threeeee!!!

[–]Ataraxia60 -1 points0 points ago

DeMusliM got thoroughly outplayed.

[–]Swampsteel -1 points0 points ago

IMO 5-4 and the way the games played out does not definitively decide who the best British SC2 player is, we see who won in TvP in a long series, but overall it is difficult to judge. One thing for certain is that an interesting story line has been advanced and if they run into each other again, it will be even more exciting!

[–]4Aiur 0 points1 point ago

Bling 3 Demuslim 0

[–]Lowelll -1 points0 points ago

When i see "no gold" i have to think of the turnkey in the eyrie

[–]scrub96 -1 points0 points ago

Why am I at work?

[–]NopeSlept 0 points1 point ago

because you have a job that requires you to be

[–]niklaswayney -2 points-1 points ago

Idea.. have a friend follow the cast and be ready to send a text message when something goes wrong...

this could fix o Skype stuttering o Wrong screen up o and all the other stuff that the casters does not realize.

after all , you got 15k viewers

[–]llortrm -4 points-3 points ago

TIL: Lategame TvP is even more ridiculous than i thought it was.

[–]Sweep04 -5 points-4 points ago

I'll save you all that of that trouble right now TB. Moves imaginary tie

Just send the money to me.

EDIT: Also rooting for BlinG cus Hydra and British team.

[–]Neast -2 points-1 points ago

I guess PvT would be his weakest match up, training vs iNcontrol probably made him worse

[–]NorthHame 1 point2 points ago

Yeah because he never plays against JYP, didn't play against HuK at all when he was in the EG house

[–]whiteguycash 0 points1 point ago

Thanks, Total Biscuit! Also, now I have an excuse to go eat lunch somewhere with wifi.

[–]Acurus_Cow 0 points1 point ago

See When this post is an hour old post. Posted one hour ago.

This could use a sucess kid image!

[–]Holy__Check -1 points0 points ago

Shit you didn't tell me I had a match to play..

[–]Sohkamal -2 points-1 points ago

We found out who the best British all-inner was..

[–]Treskol 1 point2 points ago

After two successful 1-1-1's, that title is in dispute :P

[–]kingtut11 0 points1 point ago

2 1-1-1's and a 5 gate all in...

[–]jdwag101 -1 points0 points ago

WORST GAMES EVER, DEMUSLIM SHOULD HAVE FUCKING PWND THAT FUCK.

[–]n4kke -5 points-4 points ago

fix the god damn freaking sound