Performance Preparation - THE WEEKLY ALL-IN

THE STARCRAFT II AND HOTS ESPORT NEWSPAPER - NEWS-INTERVIEWS-STRATEGY-DRAMA-COMICS
Week 3 January 2016
NUMBER
40
Neuroscience
Performance Preparation
Drama
How To Improve Your Stream
Heroes Of The Storm
Heroes Rising and Esport Arena
Reflection
A LOOK BACK AT 2015
brief news
By Mike “MikeySCE” Harrell
TotalBiscuit
TB has announced is definitely ahead in his match
against Cancer. We continue to wish him all the best!
MMA to Return to StarCraft
MMA announces that he has every intention of
returning to StarCraft once he has completed his
military service in October 2017. Mark your calendars!
Brood War on GSL
You read that right! Brood War competition is being
broadcasted on AfreecaTV and there was even an
English cast this week with Tastosis! There is another
cast coming this week as well!
DreamHack Open: Leipzig
DHO is this week from Friday to Sunday. Tune in to
see all of your favorite foreigner ballers!
disappointing. However, you can also just watch them
on YouTube after the fact.
Vortix Returns!
Vortix, the Zerg from Spain, is returning to
competitive StarCraft II player with Team Liquid!
GLHF to him and TL!
Team Apocalypse Is Formed!
A brand new StarCraft II team, Apocalypse eSports,
has been created with MajOr, desRow, Welmu, Teebul,
souL, and PandaBearMe.
Ryung to MVP
The Code S alum, Ryung, has transferred to MVP from
True.
Birthdays!
A very happy birthday this week to Hyun and Bomber!
2016 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1
The first season of SSL for 2016 has begun! It is also
streaming exclusively through DingIt, which is very
brief news
By Mike “MikeySCE” Harrell
Tyrande: OP
THIS WEEK
Tyrande has officially be confirmed as OP at high
levels of play. Fixes incoming!
FREE
HEROES
2016 Spring Championship
ROTATION
Blizzard confirms its plans for the Heroes of the
Storm 2016 Spring Championship! There are nine
events and a $4 million prize pool. Practice up!
New Patch
Gold Series Grand Finals
The Gold Series Heroes League 2015 - Grand
Finals continue this week in China. Tune in on
Friday to watch the Semifinals!
additional slots
The latest patch was released last week. Cho’Gall
is now purchasable in the store, along with some
new skins and items.
LEVEL 5
LEVEL 7
LEVEL 12
LEVEL 15
DRAMA
By MIike Harell
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR STREAM
How to Improve Your Stream Viewership And Start Making Money
A five Step Guide for Guaranteed Success
Twitch.tv, Azubu, DingIt, and
that YouTube thing, as time
goes on, more and more
streaming platforms are
launching and gaining viewers. There’s never been a
better time to start your very
own stream or to improve the
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stream that you already have!
As it’s the start of the new year,
The Weekly All In is pleased
to provide its readers with a
fool-proof guide to drastically
improving streaming viewership and monetary gains. The
guide is short and simple, but
you must follow it exactly. If
there is any deviation from the
guide, we cannot guarantee
results. Also, it’s worth noting
that the guide will work best
if you have no personal or financial responsibilities.
DRAMA
By MIike Harell
Step #1 Set A Schedule
During Prime Viewership
Hours.
Peak hours on Twitch.tv
are generally from 9am
to 2pm (Pacific), with the
middle of the week and
the weekend getting the
most views. Therefore,
your stream must be up
during those times. Set a
public, posted schedule
on your page.
Step #2 Interact With
Your Viewers.
This is where you really
get to shine as an entertainer. Provide commentary on your play, even if it
isn’t particularly insightful. Make jokes. Tell stories. Pit viewers against
each other or other
streamers. Be active on
social media. Whatever
you want. It doesn’t matter if your viewers are idiots; you just need to give
them a reason to watch.
Step #3: Monetize That
Sucker.
things in there. Put a donation link on your stream.
Have a robot read viewer messages attached to
donations. Make donation goals that conclude
in you dressing up sexy
(this works better for
women, but men have
done it too). Make a great
big list of people that donate, including hearts
and winky faces by their
names. ANYTHING that
you think may motivate
someone to send money
your way, do it.
Step #4: Win Games
The real bane of all streamers: It helps if you’re good.
That’s what will really, really keep people coming
back: to see you win. Do
whatever you have to do.
It doesn’t matter if you’re
smurfing all day every day
at first, even for years, as
long as you’re winning,
people will watch. Once
you actually get good, it
won’t matter how long it
took to get there.
Step #5: Use Bots
Now for the easy part:
Use Bots. Hit up twitchviewbot.net, streambot.
com, or viewbot.net, pick
the package with the
most viewers, and get it
started. Don’t bother with
“free” bots. It’ll be a scam
and/or a huge pain the in
butt.
Step #5 Part B: Really.
Use Bots.
There are probably dozens, hundreds, or even
thousands of other channels exactly like yours.
How will you get more
visibility? You need viewer numbers. How do you
get that first big boost of
viewers? Easily! Just use
bots! No one on Twitch.tv
has ever gone down due
to botting. There is literally no downside. Sure,
people may make fun of
you, but you’ll be laughing
all the way to the bank.
Once you get that Twitch
partnership, who cares
what a bunch of freaks
on Reddit say, anyway?
Get allllllll the money
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reflection
By Chad Abshire
A look back at 2015
2015 was a hell of a year for
StarCraft II, with highs and
lows dotted throughout those
365 days. The following is a
look at what The Weekly All
In viewed as the biggest stories of 2015.
1. Legacy of the Void
On Nov. 10, 2015, StarCraft
II changed dramatically with
the release of its final expansion, Legacy of the Void.
Even though it’s the last
chapter in the narrative,
which got really Mass Effecty in places, changes to the
game are scheduled to still
take place, with David Kim
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saying patches and balance
changes would still exist going forward.
jwa, hung up his keyboard,
mouse and ruler on Dec. 1,
2015.
With new units, the promise
of a new and improved ladder system, a new campaign,
new portraits and, of course
everyone’s favorite, gobs and
gobs of balance whining, no
other single event changed
the landscape of the game
more than LotV.
2. Flash retires
Never living up to his Brood
War legend in SC2, Flash still
attracted loads of viewers
and hype. His first SC2 grand
finals, an MLG where he lost
4-3 against Life in Heart of
the Swarm, resulted in one
of the more memorable moments of that expansion,
with crowds booing him for
Widow Mine plays.
Except maybe Flash’s retirement. Maybe that changed
the game’s landscape more
than a new expansion.
Flash, the 23-year-old bon-
That tournament was one of
the few times Day[9] showed
a bit of anger, calling out
those people booers in the
crowd.
reflection
By Chad Abshire
Oct. 15, 2015, that he had
been diagnosed with inoperable cancer in his liver.
Although the average life
expectancy is two to three
years, TB said in a Twitter
statement he “fully intend(s)
to be the outlier.”
Flash’s retirement seemed
to open the floodgates for
other notable retirements as
the year was closing out, including Rain and FanTaSy.
3. TotalBiscuit’s cancer
TotalBiscuit, the man who
swore that SC2 would live
even if he had to support it on
his erect penis, announced
A black mark on the beautiful
game of StarCraft occurred
in October when Team Prime
was accused of match fixing.
But then the accusation became a conviction and Prime
disbanded Dec. 2.
YoDa, a previous IEM champion, and BboongBboong,
a perennial Ro16’er, along
with Prime’s coach, Gerrard,
all received a lifetime ban
from KeSPA, along with nine
other unnamed individuals
presumed to be bettors.
Flash only ever pulled down
one tournament victory during his SC2 tenure, IEM Toronto, but said he wasn’t finished with the game.
“I`ve been happy for the last
8 years as a progamer,” he
said in a retirement statement. “I’ll keep my fingers
crossed for this scene now
and forever.”
4. Matchfixing and Team
Prime
It was reported that BboongBboong made $5,000 by
throwing a Proleague match.
Just 31 years old, TB’s diagnosis sent shockwaves
through the scene and ultimately helped result in the
disbandment of his team,
Axiom.
Fortunately, TB announced in
January that his tumor markers were down 75 percent.
TB Fighting!
On the other hand, YoDa
and BboongBboong both
find themselves in the same
company as sAviOr.
5. The rise and fall of Lilbow
Lilbow tried his best to be
the next Stephano, but then
gave up. Literally.
Lilbow had an unprecedented run in WCS Season 3, becoming the first foreigner
to win the tournament and
earning a trip to BlizzCon.
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reflection
By Chad Abshire
A look back at 2015
He later went on to lose his
first tournament appearance
in LotV.
6. Day[9] comes back! For a
little
During his tournament run,
Lilbow was a monster, stomping some Koreans (read Hydra) and garnering both fans
and accolades all over. But
then he seemingly threw it
all away.
Lilbow, paired against Life
in the BlizzCon Ro16, announced that he hadn’t been
practicing HotS and was instead focusing entirely on
LotV, a remark that didn’t sit
well with fans.
His announcement also drew
ire from fans and personalities alike, including ToD and
Nathanias.
Claiming he had no chance
against Life and no practice
partners, Lilbow was unceremoniously bopped back into
the “just another foreigner”
category.
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Sean Plott, the gilded calf of
StarCraft, returned for a moment during BlizzCon, hosting
the show much to the joy of
fans everywhere, even those
who shamefully mocked his
appearance each time he
appeared on stream.
Day[9]’s return was triumphant, showing that he hadn’t
forgotten about StarCraft, despite claims otherwise from
seemingly everywhere, and
that he still knew his stuff.
and /r/starcraft about returning content creators
coming back to StarCraft for
the sake of dollars.
How dare Husky, JP, DJWheat,
Day[9] or even HD think about
crawling back to StarCraft
when there’s a buck to be
made. And if they come
back, what happens to content creators like JaKaTaK,
Lycan or hell, even us? Fans
love the “Old Guard” more –
those who rose up from the
ashes will die!
Yeah, well, they didn’t come
back. Maybe a Let’s Play or
campaign stream here and
there, but no fulltime stuff
at all.
It turns out that growing up,
having a job developing an
RTS game and doing life
stuff leaves little time for
daily shows about the intricacies of a complex game
like StarCraft.
The idea that StarCraft
couldn’t support additional people making videos
or guides or whatever and
claiming that old creators
would snuff out newer ones
was an insult to both groups.
Who knew?
Ultimately, nothing really
changed.
7. The fear over returning
content creators (who didn’t
return)
The sky was falling when
Legacy’s beta and release
were announced, with loads
of negative comments plastered across social media
8. $o$ wins another $100k
tournament
sOs won’t stop winning
$100,000 tournaments.
He claimed his third big check
(literally) for that amount
reflection
By Chad Abshire
ther half as bad or
twice as good — the
2016 WCS Global
Finals are carrying
a $200,000 first
place check.
9. Goodbye Coach
Park
The man who cultivated CJ Entus into
a team to be feared
left the scene for
greener pastures
found in the MOBA
that leaves people
yelling “ded gaem”
more than anything
else: League of Legends.
with a win at BlizzCon 2015
over Life.
$O$, who graces the tail of
a Jin Air plane that pictures
the rest of the team, has won
three tournaments worth
$100,000. No other player
in StarCraft has won one.
They’ve not had the opportunity.
Along with BlizzCon 2015’s
$100k grand prize, $O$ won
BlizzCon 2013 and the IEM
Season VIII World Championship worth the same
amounts.
And the odds of $O$ repeating at BlizzCon 2016 are ei-
Coach Park, who had been
with CJ Entus since 2013,
reportedly left the team in
November to coach an LSPL
team, whatever that means.
I think it’s Little League of
Legends.
CJ had been a sleeper team
beforehand, but started getting results with Coach Park
at the helm. Keep in mind
that Coach Park headed the
EG-TL team, and made them
at least compete in Proleague.
During Coach Park’s tenure,
herO became the strongest
Protoss in the world, never fin-
ishing lower than 3rd or 4th
place in any tournament he
entered. In that same timeframe, herO won five tournaments, including an SSL.
Park wasn’t just responsible
for herO, but also turned ByuL
into a Zerg to be feared.
GG Coach Park!
10. WCS changes
Rumors were everywhere regarding WCS and whether or
not Blizzard would, for some
reason, do away with its biggest SC2 tournament series
just after releasing Legacy
and hosting its largest tournament to date.
Because that makes sense.
But WCS did change. Quite
a bit. More than we can list
right here, but highlights include a significantly larger
prize pool ($1.6 million to $2
million), a two tournament
system designed to let foreigners have a chance and
the Korean scene to self-destruct and more emphasis
on outside tournaments like
Dreamhack and so on.
Will it pan out? Idk. It’s a waiting game at this point.
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Performance Preparation
Building A Focus-Enhancing Routine
Crucial performances carry greater opportunities. The extent to which we
leverage our potential is enhanced by preparation. Awaken the body, clear the
mind, and set your intention for the task at hand. Make the routine your own by
adding elements which help you channel readiness.
Body
The machinery of the body supports
the brain. Rest, nutrients, hydration, and
movement energize its functioning. When
preparing, start with the foundation of
homeostasis.
Rest : Emphasize adequate rest the
night(s) before
Nutrients : Eat well, and plan ahead for
the next meal to avoid hunger crashes
Hydration : Drink water upon waking
and keep water accessible
Movement : Light exercise and/or
stretching to engage muscles and joints
the running line of verbal thoughts, and
listen. Notice the thoughts that come to
the surface, and let them pass on. Remind
yourself of your intention for the upcoming
task.
Oxygenation : Fill the lungs with 20-30
full, controlled breath cycles
Meditation : Find a comfortable seated
position and listen to your surroundings.
Notice the temperature, your heartbeat,
and how your body feels.
Intention : Recall the nature of your
performance endeavor and what you
seek to gain and learn from the coming
experience
Personalization
Mind
Consciousness manifests as a series of
layered thoughts, many of which we
can influence and control. For clarity in
performance, find clarity in preparation.
Connect with your breathing and create
a place of mental peace that you can
bring with you into performance. Quiet
If you’re already riled up, some soothing
music can calm your nerves. If you’re
feeling lethargic, find what gets you
hyped. Recalling a mantra or useful phrase
can summon courage to overcome worries.
Your ultimate guide to readiness is the
one which accounts for yourself and your
experience.
reflection
By Jackson Hughes
HOW TO SURVIVE TYRANDE META
Stun-Lock Meta Survival Kit
How to Survive Tyrande Meta
Where we Are
Following the post-Blizzcon scaling changes and the increased
fighting in the earlier portions of
the game, a larger focus has been
placed on stun and burst combat. At the same time as this very
drastic change, Tyrande’s ability
to solo heal has been incredibly
buffed due to the healing changes
of Shadowstalk. This highlights the
strength of her Hunter’s Mark and
Lunar Flare (stun) because she no
longer needs a secondary healer
with her. Pairing this stun with a
stun based tank like Diablo or Muradin and two or three carries can
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blow up a particular target before
any thought or action can be taken.
Community Response
It’s bad. The community has been
somewhat justified in their intense
response to this current meta, from
streamers like Chu8 calling for reform, to random 1.5k MMR scrubs
thinking they know game design,
to people like me staring an over
the top situation. At any rate, people are really not happy about the
current state of the game from
a meta and competitive thought
process. In fact, it’s become so in-
tense that people have temporarily forgotten their former grips of
bans and Hero League being boring, etc. Through all this, many
people have come up with ways for
Blizzard to “fix” the situation - well
I am proposing a guide to survive
it, rather than fix.
The How to
The first part of this guide is very
simple, but may be somewhat
hard to get used to. This step is to
NOT go onto Reddit, TeamLiquid,
B.net Forums or any such forum
based site that hosts any information or comments about Heroes of
reflection
By Jackson Hughes
I played The Lost Vikings to insane
success when their death timers
were overly over powered. We have
all sinned, be it Over Powered Leoric abuse, or level 16 Kael’Thas
game turn arounds.
Parting Words
the Storm whatsoever. Like I said,
simple in practice, but when you
think about it, you are going to cut
yourself off from every other person in the community completely
and utterly - maybe /leave general and other chat rooms in game
while you are at it.
If you can successful pick up the
practice of the first step, you will
begin to naturally develop the second step in this guide. The second
step being the removal of self-indulgence. The theory here is that
if you accept inevitably ending up
in purgatory or hell, you will no
longer care if the church grants or
doesn’t grant indulgences. What
this means is that if you can ac-
cept your fate as stunned, you will
no longer desire the beauty of the
pearly gates.
The final step is more than likely
the hardest one that you can possibly get a grasp of. To this point you
have utterly cut yourself off from
the Heroes of the Storm community, and accepted your fate within this ‘great’ meat. Now there is
nothing left to do but admit and absolve yourself from your sins. Forgive me friends, for I have sinned -
The Great Blizzard taketh and
the Great Blizzard giveth. Us plebeians of the mortal realm must
simply bide our time and quietly
pray to the forces out of our hand.
You see, our constant complaints
to the church may eventually drop
upon deaf ears if spoken too loud.
I believe in the almighty Fathers
and Mothers, and their Sons and
Daughters… This Christian faith
motif is kind of derailing here…
Friends, we must accept that the
apocalypse is upon us (and I’m
back at it) and patiently wait for a
savior to come one day to remove
the wicked from this world.
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training
By Neuro
teamhouse training journal
These writings chronicle Neuro as he takes the next great leap forward in
performance to train with Violet, Polt, and JaKaTaK. Let’s discover the secret
recipes of deliberate practice and competitive success!
Entering a Growing Scene
Day 30 : Visible Gains
Excellent
bo3
practice
through the tournament--got
to watch Violet’s games after
I was eliminated. Seeing HuK
and JonSnow get swarmed
from Violet’s POV really highlighted the difference in fundamental speed of action sequences. It wasn’t a series of
strategies to trick opponents.
Each match was fought with
raw mechanical muscle.
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‘Agitate him, and ascertain
the pattern of his movement.’
-Art of War
At nearly all times, Violet
would apply multiple points
of pressure--not huge attacks,
but small strikes with heavy
macro behind them. The small
strikes doubled as scouting
squads, informing him about
the opponent’s economy size
and tech choices.
‘It is rarely a mysterious technique which drives us to the
top, but rather a profound
mastery of what may well be
a basic skill set.’ -Art of Learning
My fundamentals have improved drastically over the
first month at the teamhouse.
Finding leaks on this front is a
very straightforward process,
simple replay analysis to identify hiccups in worker produc-
training
tion, spending, tech choices,
engagements, scout timings.
Once a leak is found, put in
large volume of games with
plugging that leak as the primary focus of the session.
I’m currently sitting at rank 35
in GM with 55% winrate overall (56% zvp, 55% zvt, 55%
zvz) over 1501 games (the
largest volume of any player
in GM). This is by great margin the highest I’ve ever been
on ladder, but there is still so
much to work on.
ZvP training vs violet
-maintain overlord vision at
protoss 3rd base location
-threaten drop cliff with overlord
-overlord vision outside protoss move-out lane
-drone heavy up to 100 to
make spine/spore in main
attack lanes to defend vs big
attacks ( 3 spine 2 spore )
-1 lurker per base to defend
zealot harass
-watchtower vision to spot
yolo adept harass
-4 lurker + some lings in nydus harassment moves
-emphasize taking safer
5th/6th bases for the gas,
mineral less important for defensive lurker style
ZvP study of GSL Departure
vs Stats
-vs 1 gate, stargate, fast 3rd
nexus, zerg can flood lings to
overwhelm 3rd
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By Chad Abshire
quiz
The 2015 Quiz
a. April
b. March
c. July
d. August
Answers :
2. Who won the final
premier tournament of
the year?
a. Solar
b. INnoVation
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. d
7. a 8. b 9. d 10. b
1. Who won the first
premier tournament of
2015?
a. Life
b. PartinG
c. Polt
d. Zest
8. A day after Flash retired,
this Korean Protoss also
called it quits. Name him.
a. PartinG
b. Rain
5. Of the 22 premier c. JYP
tournamnets held in 2015, d. HuK
how many were won by a
foreigner?
9. How many premier
a. 0
tournaments in 2015 were
b. 1
won by Protoss players?
c. 2
a. 5
d. lol
b. 7
c. 10
6. DIMAGA and what other d. 11
European player retired in
2015?
10. Polt won a tournament
a. ThorZaIN
in April. What month did
c. $O$
b. Ret
the next Terran player win
d. MMA
c. Stephano
a premier tournament?
a. July
3. Flash retired in what d. HasuObs
b. August
month?
7. This player who retired c. October
a. October
in 2015 is known for his d. No other Terran players
b. November
GG timing. Name him.
won.
c. December
a. FanTaSy
d. March
b. Keen
4. Which month had c. BboongBboong
the most premier d. Grubby
tournaments?
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Chad Abshire
Nicolas Chaussois
Mike Harrell
JunO
Neuro
Jackson Hughes
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