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Where StarCraft: Remastered comes from: Korean progaming, the first foreign stars, races and resources, Bulgarian pioneers and a 9-step competitive mindset.
- Brood War is asymmetric: three races and three resources, minerals, gas and time.
- Win by stacking small advantages, not by hunting for a quick knockout.
- Posture, calm and focus come first in a competitive mindset.
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What this episode covers
- Grast introduces StarKraftika, made with Psistorm.eu and ArxBG to promote StarCraft: Remastered.
- The history of StarCraft since 1998 and the Korean esports system built around KeSPAKeSPAThe Korean e-Sports Association, which ran Korean professional StarCraft., OGN and corporate sponsors.
- The first foreign progamers in Korea, including OSLOSLThe OnGameNet Starleague, the most prestigious individual league in Korean StarCraft. champion Grrrr_ and the French player ElKy.
- The core mechanics: the asymmetry of Protoss, Terran and Zerg, and the three resources, minerals, gas and time.
- A landmark Bulgarian game from the 2003 WCGWCGThe World Cyber Games, the international esports championship with national qualifiers. qualifiers on Lost Temple, with proxy buildings and flying bases.
- Bulgaria's Brood War pioneers, among them Insomnia, Didi8, MrX, Zeerax and Beast, bronze medallist at WCG 2004.
- A nine-step mental framework for competitive play: posture, calm, focus, intent, motivation, game face, confidence, stacking advantages and evolving.
- A glossary of key terms such as All-in, Cheese, Chokepoint, Cloning, Contain, Doom Drop, Manner Pylon, Proxy, Rush, Scouting and TurtlingTurtlingPlaying defensively behind static defence while you build up an army or tech..
- Hardware advice: a light mouse with acceleration turned off, a mechanical keyboard and a mouse bungee.
Test yourself
4 quick questions on this episode.
1. Who is the only foreigner to win an OSL title?
The Canadian Grrrr_ is the only foreign OnGameNet Starleague champion.
2. Which three resources does Grast say every player spends?
Besides minerals and gas, Grast counts time as a resource both players spend.
3. What did Beast achieve at WCG 2004?
Christian Drechsler (Beast) won bronze at WCG 2004, the best result by a Bulgarian player.
4. What is the first step of the nine-step mindset framework?
It starts with the body: both feet on the floor and a straight back, so your breathing stays free.
Questions this episode answers
Who is the only foreigner to win an OSL title in Korea?
The Canadian Protoss Grrrr_ is the first and only foreign progamer to win the OSL (OnGameNet Starleague). The best-known foreigner of the same era is the Frenchman ElKy, who later became a world-famous poker player.
What happened in the famous 2003 Bulgarian game on Lost Temple?
In a WCG qualifier, a Bulgarian Protoss built proxy Gateways right inside the base of the Terran Kirov. Kirov lifted his Command Center, flew it to the Protoss's empty base and blocked it with Marines.
What are Grast's nine steps to a competitive mindset?
Good posture, calm, focus, a clear intent, motivation, a game face, inner confidence, securing the win by stacking advantages, and constant evolution. The first steps are physical, the later ones are about how you play.
Why turn off mouse acceleration for StarCraft?
Acceleration changes how far the cursor moves depending on how fast you move your hand, which breaks the muscle memory microMicroControlling individual units in a fight: focus fire, pulling back hurt units, spreading out. relies on. Without it the cursor follows your hand 1:1 every time.
Full summary
Episode 1 opens the StarKraftika series. Host Borislav "Grast" made it together with the Bulgarian community portal Psistorm.eu and the stream ArxBG to bring new and returning players to StarCraft: Remastered. It is a starting point for anyone who wants the background before the strategy.
Grast tells the story of Brood War since 1998: how South Korea turned it into an esport with KeSPA, the OGN TV channel and corporate teams, and how the first foreigners went to play there, among them the Canadian Grrrr_ (the only foreign OSL champion) and the Frenchman ElKy. He then explains the basics: three asymmetric races, macroMacroRunning your economy and production: constant workers, supply, new bases and spending your money. versus micro, terrain, and the three resources a player spends, minerals, gas and time.
The Bulgarian scene gets its own chapter, with a famous 2003 WCG qualifier on Lost Temple in which the Protoss built proxy Gateways inside his opponent's base and the Terran answered by flying his Command Center away, and a roll call of Bulgarian pioneers led by Beast, bronze medallist at WCG 2004. The episode closes with Grast's nine-step competitive mindset, a glossary of common terms and advice on mouse, keyboard and setup.