OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-05-22 00:51:57 #1



Communities StarCraft II Arcade maps would like to invite you to Swarm of Hearts, a StarCraft II Arcade charity event organised by the Community.



Swarm of Hearts is a collaborative effort of four Arcade games: Aeon of Storms, Night of the Dead, Star Battle and The Star Strikers. Those games are amongst the most polished and the most popular maps in the StarCraft II Arcade.



The four Communites decided to host this event to reach their common goals which are:

raise funds to a charity - Doctors Without Borders ,



, promote the best StarCraft II Arcade has to offer,



build better Arcade scene.

The main day of the event is April 23th 2013 (Saturday).



Thanks to our generous donors













Tournaments



Each Arcade game runs its own official open tournament in April. Tournaments are organised solely by map's Community. Tournament participants will be awarded in accordance with customs of given custom map. Be it a special model, unique in-game Swarm of Hearts achievement or elite decal. Everyone is free to enter! Register now, meet members of Arcade Community and enjoy the game!



Participation in tournaments is possible only through sign ups on official forums of given map. There is a reason for that: it will bring new players to Community hubs. Such players might stay after the event and help us build the scene even further.



Every Arcade game provides its own voice chat server (TeamSpeak, Mumble or Ventrilo).



Tournaments are played on April 13th-14th and 20th. Please check below for details.



Official live-stream



While each map might have its own streams for tournament, there will be one main stream running for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th. Every game will be featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast will feature maps in a form a showmatch including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience will follow each showmatch.



This is perfect opportunity to get a first look at the Arcade if you are not familiar with it yet. StarCraft II features an Arcade section where skilled developers publish their own games based on StarCraft II engine. Those games might be either modification of ladder gameplay or completely new games which have nothing in common with standard StarCraft gameplay (like soccer).



Stream will start at 17:00 GMT April 13th, will last approximately two-three hours and will be recorded to watch as VoD on YouTube. Stream link is







We are pleased to announce that Swarm of Hearts StarCraft 2 Arcade charity live stream is now uploaded to YouTube for your convenience.



Supported cause







During Swarm of Hearts StarCraft 2 Arcade charity event we raise funds for



MSF's (fr. Médecins Sans Frontières, MFS) work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people in crisis regardless of their race, religion, or political affiliation. MSF operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas. Ninety percent of MSF's overall funding comes from private, non-governmental sources. In 2009, MSF had 3.8 million individual donors and private funders worldwide.



In 2009, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria; treated 200,000 severely and moderately malnourished children; provided 165,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral therapy; vaccinated 7.9 million people against meningitis; and conducted 50,000 surgeries.







Aeon of Storms in one of the most popular maps in StarCraft II Arcade. Designed around the traditional MOBA architecture, AoS attempts to bring hero-based gameplay into the World of Starcraft, while maintaining the world-class visual presentation that Blizzard's Havok engine provides. From there, players are able to experience DotA first-hand with many popular SC2 characters like Nova, Raynor, Tosh, Tychus, Tauren Marine, Kerrigan, Queen, Zeratul, Tassadar, and much... much more!



Currently AoS has:

3 different set of Talents for Hero Customization. (Offense/Defense/Utility);



36+ playable heroes;



Over 100 items to use;



200+ unique-stylish abilities.

The game has been developed for over 2 years and built a strong Community around it. It enjoys its own free VoIP server (Mumble) and official tournaments. Developers and players make extensive use of social media tools. Numerous guides and wiki articles are available for every player.



Aeon of Storms participates in Swarm of Hearts by organizing BROKENTIER Swarm of Hearts NA tournament on April 20th.



Sign ups:

More about the game:







Night of the Dead is one of the most well developed and maintained custom maps in the Arcade. It is a cooperative survival game where players team up in up to 8 members parties to complete missions and stay alive. Most games last for up to 45 minutes. The game includes 3 full length storylines and a Survival Mode featuring 14 unique classes. It has a persistent rating system that saves locally, allowing players to maintain lifetime rank, karma, and rating throughout games. It has a large array of weapons, and an inventory and weight system. Users can further customize their weapons, characters, and other personal aspects.



The Community has very active forum, made exhaustive NOTD Wiki and is always eager to help newcomers. Map developers put up regular updates on social media sites.



Night of the Dead has a long history, quality content and excellent Community so is should be no surprise to see it invited to the Swarm of Hearts.



Night of the Dead participates in Swarm of Hearts by organizing Swarm of Hearts NOTD April Madness tournament on April 13th.



Sign ups:

More about the game:







Star Battle is a team-oriented custom game variant for StarCraft II by Blizzard Entertainment. Two teams consisting of up to six people engage in intense space fleet combat, with each player using one of the nine distinct capital ships, each wielding a formidable array of abilities and weapons.



Combat consists of each of the two teams spawning at a base ship, which they must protect while attempting to destroy either the opposing team or the enemy base ship. Each ship can be upgraded at the base ship with minerals gained from killing or farming enemy 'creeps'. Upgrades such as firepower, defense, speed, and energy increase a ship's power and reflects individual playstyle. If a ship is destroyed, it does not respawn.



Twenty-one Star Battle tournaments, two league seasons and two invitational events have been successfully concluded in first two years of game's existence. The biggest tournament so far attracted over 400 players from 40 teams, establishing a new record for StarCraft II custom maps scene.



The Community makes extensive use of its VoIP server as main socialization tool.



Star Battle participates in Swarm of Hearts by organizing World Star Battle Tournament II: Swarm of Hearts on April 13th-14th.



Sign ups:

More about the game:







The Star Strikers is an excellent merger of StarCraft and football. Gameplay consists of two teams of up to five players each competing against one another in order to score as many goals as possible by kicking a soccer ball into their opponent's net within the given time limit. Each player selects one unit (amidst a selection of twenty-one possible units) to control and must utilize its abilities, combining them with adequate teamwork in order to outscore their opponent. The team with the most goals when the time runs out wins.



A match consists of two periods (or "halves") set to a predetermined clock that is decided upon by the players themselves. Players then choose units before the game begins and must rush to the center of the play area in order to be the first team to obtain possession of the ball. Play continues until the ball either goes out of bounds (in which case a throw-in must be made by the opposing team) or one team successfully scores on the other team, resulting in a change of possession after the point for the goal is awarded.



The game was featured in streams of many notable StarCraft personalities, including djWheat, HuskyStarcraft, PsyStarcraft, ChanmanV, EG.Machine, Livinpink, Temp0, Axeltoss and Axslav.



The Star Strikers participates in Swarm of Hearts by organizing Swarm of Hearts TSS tournament on April 13th.



Sign ups:

More about the game:







Swarm of Hearts is the biggest StarCraft II Arcade event which is possible to organise thanks to map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contribute in one way or another.



Please consider donation if you appreciate efforts of Swarm of Hearts team. More information about donations are available at



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Contact:

Swarm of Hearts host: OldEnt.728 EU / .600 NA / contact@swarmofhearts.org / Skype: oldent85 / (TeamLiquid PM)



Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER tournament host: RedHydra (AoS PM)



World Star Battle Tournament II host: WildFire.427 NA / .560 EU [Skype: schalljohn] / (SB PM)



Night of the Dead April Madness host: LilMissHumpz.702 NA (NotD PM)



The Star Strikers tournament host: JAW (TSS PM)





Where to find us:



Search for "group" of each map on Battle.net. For example "notd" is official group of Night of the Dead on all servers. Other maps use their names as main groups.



http://www.aeonofstorms.com/

http://www.notdstarcraft.com/

http://www.playstarbattle.com/

http://starstrikers.com/



News:



Updates and answers to frequent questions are posted in post below.



Join the Swarm!



Communities StarCraft II Arcade maps would like to invite you to, a StarCraft II Arcade charity event organised by the Community.is a collaborative effort of four Arcade games:. Those games are amongst the most polished and the most popular maps in the StarCraft II Arcade.The four Communites decided to host this event to reach their common goals which are:The main day of the event is April 23th 2013 (Saturday).Thanks to our generous donors we have raised $1,535.77 / 1.195,85 € / £1,011.23 (202% of £500.00 target) for the charity!Each Arcade game runs its own official open tournament in April. Tournaments are organised solely by map's Community. Tournament participants will be awarded in accordance with customs of given custom map. Be it a special model, unique in-game Swarm of Hearts achievement or elite decal. Everyone is free to enter! Register now, meet members of Arcade Community and enjoy the game!Participation in tournaments is possible only through sign ups on official forums of given map. There is a reason for that: it will bring new players to Community hubs. Such players might stay after the event and help us build the scene even further.Every Arcade game provides its own voice chat server (TeamSpeak, Mumble or Ventrilo).Tournaments are played on April 13th-14th and 20th. Please check below for details.While each map might have its own streams for tournament, there will be one main stream running for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th. Every game will be featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast will feature maps in a form a showmatch including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience will follow each showmatch.This is perfect opportunity to get a first look at the Arcade if you are not familiar with it yet. StarCraft II features an Arcade section where skilled developers publish their own games based on StarCraft II engine. Those games might be either modification of ladder gameplay or completely new games which have nothing in common with standard StarCraft gameplay (like soccer).Stream will start at 17:00 GMT April 13th, will last approximately two-three hours and will be recorded to watch as VoD on YouTube. Stream link is http://twitch.tv/artemissb During Swarm of Hearts StarCraft 2 Arcade charity event we raise funds for Doctors Without Borders , an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. In 1999, Doctors Without Borders received the Nobel Peace Prize.MSF's (fr. Médecins Sans Frontières, MFS) work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people in crisis regardless of their race, religion, or political affiliation. MSF operates independently of any political, military, or religious agendas. Ninety percent of MSF's overall funding comes from private, non-governmental sources. In 2009, MSF had 3.8 million individual donors and private funders worldwide.In 2009, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria; treated 200,000 severely and moderately malnourished children; provided 165,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral therapy; vaccinated 7.9 million people against meningitis; and conducted 50,000 surgeries.in one of the most popular maps in StarCraft II Arcade. Designed around the traditional MOBA architecture, AoS attempts to bring hero-based gameplay into the World of Starcraft, while maintaining the world-class visual presentation that Blizzard's Havok engine provides. From there, players are able to experience DotA first-hand with many popular SC2 characters like Nova, Raynor, Tosh, Tychus, Tauren Marine, Kerrigan, Queen, Zeratul, Tassadar, and much... much more!Currently AoS has:The game has been developed for over 2 years and built a strong Community around it. It enjoys its own free VoIP server (Mumble) and official tournaments. Developers and players make extensive use of social media tools. Numerous guides and wiki articles are available for every player.Aeon of Storms participates inby organizingon April 20th.Sign ups: http://www.aeonofstorms.com/index.php?/topic/3188-free-na-tournament-brokentier/ More about the game: http://www.aeonofstorms.com/ is one of the most well developed and maintained custom maps in the Arcade. It is a cooperative survival game where players team up in up to 8 members parties to complete missions and stay alive. Most games last for up to 45 minutes. The game includes 3 full length storylines and a Survival Mode featuring 14 unique classes. It has a persistent rating system that saves locally, allowing players to maintain lifetime rank, karma, and rating throughout games. It has a large array of weapons, and an inventory and weight system. Users can further customize their weapons, characters, and other personal aspects.The Community has very active forum, made exhaustive NOTD Wiki and is always eager to help newcomers. Map developers put up regular updates on social media sites.Night of the Dead has a long history, quality content and excellent Community so is should be no surprise to see it invited to the Swarm of Hearts.Night of the Dead participates inby organizingon April 13th.Sign ups: http://www.notdstarcraft.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=18 More about the game: http://notdstarcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Night_of_the_Dead_Wiki is a team-oriented custom game variant for StarCraft II by Blizzard Entertainment. Two teams consisting of up to six people engage in intense space fleet combat, with each player using one of the nine distinct capital ships, each wielding a formidable array of abilities and weapons.Combat consists of each of the two teams spawning at a base ship, which they must protect while attempting to destroy either the opposing team or the enemy base ship. Each ship can be upgraded at the base ship with minerals gained from killing or farming enemy 'creeps'. Upgrades such as firepower, defense, speed, and energy increase a ship's power and reflects individual playstyle. If a ship is destroyed, it does not respawn.Twenty-one Star Battle tournaments, two league seasons and two invitational events have been successfully concluded in first two years of game's existence. The biggest tournament so far attracted over 400 players from 40 teams, establishing a new record for StarCraft II custom maps scene.The Community makes extensive use of its VoIP server as main socialization tool.Star Battle participates inby organizingon April 13th-14th.Sign ups: http://www.playstarbattle.com/forum/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=54 More about the game: http://www.playstarbattle.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2888 is an excellent merger of StarCraft and football. Gameplay consists of two teams of up to five players each competing against one another in order to score as many goals as possible by kicking a soccer ball into their opponent's net within the given time limit. Each player selects one unit (amidst a selection of twenty-one possible units) to control and must utilize its abilities, combining them with adequate teamwork in order to outscore their opponent. The team with the most goals when the time runs out wins.A match consists of two periods (or "halves") set to a predetermined clock that is decided upon by the players themselves. Players then choose units before the game begins and must rush to the center of the play area in order to be the first team to obtain possession of the ball. Play continues until the ball either goes out of bounds (in which case a throw-in must be made by the opposing team) or one team successfully scores on the other team, resulting in a change of possession after the point for the goal is awarded.The game was featured in streams of many notable StarCraft personalities, including djWheat, HuskyStarcraft, PsyStarcraft, ChanmanV, EG.Machine, Livinpink, Temp0, Axeltoss and Axslav.The Star Strikers participates inby organizingon April 13th.Sign ups: http://starstrikers.com/index.php?board=8.0 More about the game: http://star-strikers.wikidot.com/start which is possible to organise thanks to map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contribute in one way or another.More information about donations are available at justgiving.com/swarmofhearts (powered by JustGiving).-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Search for "group" of each map on Battle.net. For example "" is official group of Night of the Dead on all servers. Other maps use their names as main groups.Updates and answers to frequent questions are posted in post below.

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-24 01:38:38 #2

April 18th 10:15 GMT



We are pleased to announce that



The official event stream ran for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.



Notable moments include Aeon of Storms and The Star Strikers tournaments invitations as well as new versions of Star Battle and Night of the Dead announcements.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



[TSS] The Star Strikers

[SB] Star Battle

[AoS] Aeon of Storms

[NotD] Night of the Dead



Live-stream credits:

[SB] Artemis - stream host

[TSS] RuffRidah / JinAndJuice - map developer

[TSS] JAW - tournament host

[SB] OmegaStar - representative

[SB] Iaijutsu - TeamSpeak server host

[SB] OldEnt - Swarm of Hearts host

[SB] Luigi - representative

[AoS] EKCO / RNG - map creator

[AoS] RedHydra - map developer

[AoS] tukeykramer - representative

[AoS] turtleER - representative

[NotD] ArcanePariah - map developer

[NotD] Mirage - map developer / web administrator

[NotD] LilMissHumpz - tournament host

[NotD] Shooz - moderator



Special thanks to [SB] Terminus [SB] Kerberus for stream graphics.



TSS showmatch crew:

[TSS] RuffRidah, [TSS] JAW, [TSS] losefast, [TSS] Kaioken

vs

[TSS] Escaho, [TSS] Mitts, [TSS] Titanium, [TSS] abraxas



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April 23th 11:11 GMT







The Swarm of Hearts StarCraft II Arcade charity event has concluded!



This was the biggest StarCraft II Arcade event so far, with four tournaments running simultaneously, over 400 participants combined, dozens of organizers, multiple streams including the main show with map developers directly involved and over 1.5 thousand dollars raised for charity. We have set new records and standards for the Arcade.



The event was possible to organise thanks to collaborative effort of four Arcade Communities: Aeon of Storms, Night of the Dead, Star Battle and The Star Strikers. It took several months of a voluntary non-paid work of map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contributed in one way or another to make all this work.



Fundraising



During the event we were raising money for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. MSF volunteers go unarmed into warzones to provide medical assistance to those in need, often risking their lives. In 2009 alone, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria and treated 200,000 malnourished children.



As of April 23th we have raised $1,525.22 ( 1.168,14 € or £1,001.54 ) which is 200% of £500.00 fundraising target. This is way above any expectations and we would like wholeheartedly to thank all donors who showed their appreciation of our efforts by donating to MSF!



Donation amounts varied from three dollars to as much as 200 dollars! 1.5 thousand dollars raised might not seem much compared to world-wide needs but investing that money in resources means as many as 500 malaria jabs for MSF. For one person, three dollars is a price of a takeaway sandwich, for another, the life-saving injection for a child.



"It is an impressive sum raised that will go really far. Long after any player here has forgotten about their donation, the good it has bought will continue in countless lives all over the world."



More information about fundraising and donations at







Official live stream



The official event stream ran for a few hours during the main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked, high level players who guided newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.



Watch recorded stream as Video on Demand at -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------April 18th 10:15 GMTWe are pleased to announce that Swarm of Hearts StarCraft 2 Arcade charity live stream is now uploaded to YouTube for your convenience.The official event stream ran for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.Notable moments include Aeon of Storms and The Star Strikers tournaments invitations as well as new versions of Star Battle and Night of the Dead announcements.[TSS] The Star Strikers[SB] Star Battle[AoS] Aeon of Storms[NotD] Night of the DeadLive-stream credits:[SB] Artemis - stream host[TSS] RuffRidah / JinAndJuice - map developer[TSS] JAW - tournament host[SB] OmegaStar - representative[SB] Iaijutsu - TeamSpeak server host[SB] OldEnt - Swarm of Hearts host[SB] Luigi - representative[AoS] EKCO / RNG - map creator[AoS] RedHydra - map developer[AoS] tukeykramer - representative[AoS] turtleER - representative[NotD] ArcanePariah - map developer[NotD] Mirage - map developer / web administrator[NotD] LilMissHumpz - tournament host[NotD] Shooz - moderatorSpecial thanks to [SB] Terminus [SB] Kerberus for stream graphics.TSS showmatch crew:[TSS] RuffRidah, [TSS] JAW, [TSS] losefast, [TSS] Kaiokenvs[TSS] Escaho, [TSS] Mitts, [TSS] Titanium, [TSS] abraxas-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------April 23th 11:11 GMTTheStarCraft II Arcade charity event has concluded!This was the biggestevent so far, with four tournaments running simultaneously, over 400 participants combined, dozens of organizers, multiple streams including the main show with map developers directly involved and over 1.5 thousand dollars raised for charity. We have set new records and standards for the Arcade.The event was possible to organise thanks to collaborative effort of four Arcade Communities: Aeon of Storms, Night of the Dead, Star Battle and The Star Strikers. It took several months of a voluntary non-paid work of map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contributed in one way or another to make all this work.During the event we were raising money for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. MSF volunteers go unarmed into warzones to provide medical assistance to those in need, often risking their lives. In 2009 alone, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria and treated 200,000 malnourished children.As of April 23th we have raised( 1.168,14 € or £1,001.54 ) which is 200% of £500.00 fundraising target. This is way above any expectations and we would like wholeheartedly to thank all donors who showed their appreciation of our efforts by donating to MSF!Donation amounts varied from three dollars to as much as 200 dollars! 1.5 thousand dollars raised might not seem much compared to world-wide needs but investing that money in resources means as many as 500 malaria jabs for MSF. For one person, three dollars is a price of a takeaway sandwich, for another, the life-saving injection for a child.More information about fundraising and donations at https://www.justgiving.com/swarmofhearts The official event stream ran for a few hours during the main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked, high level players who guided newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.Watch recorded stream as Video on Demand at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



Tournaments



Four Arcade tournaments under the banner Swarm of Hearts were hosted in April. Each featured the highest level of play and sportsmanship in their discipline.



Congratulations to the winners of Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Gryffindor.



Congratulations to the winners of World Star Battle Tournament II: Swarm of Hearts - clan Cyberdyne Systems.



Congratulations to the winners of The Star Strikers Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Pants Without Borders. Kudos for the name!



Congratulations to clan Unit and clan Prestige for surviving horrors of zombie apocalypse in Swarm of Hearts Night of the Dead April Madness!



Over 400 players participated in those tournaments which means a lot of GGs!



More information about tournaments at:

http://www.aeonofstorms.com/



http://notdstarcraft.com/



http://www.playstarbattle.com/



http://starstrikers.com/



Wrap up



We hope Swarm of Hearts will contribute greatly to the promotion of our wonderful Arcade Communities and will tighten cooperation between StarCraft II Arcade members to allow even greater projects in the future.



We would like to congratulate to all our Arcade Community members who made this event possible.



OldEnt, LilMissHumpz, RedHydra, JAW, WildFire and Artemis - Swarm of Hearts hosts*





[i]* due to vast numbers a list of all contributors will be posted soon-ish



Four Arcade tournaments under the bannerwere hosted in April. Each featured the highest level of play and sportsmanship in their discipline.Congratulations to the winners of Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Gryffindor.Congratulations to the winners of World Star Battle Tournament II: Swarm of Hearts - clan Cyberdyne Systems.Congratulations to the winners of The Star Strikers Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Pants Without Borders. Kudos for the name!Congratulations to clan Unit and clan Prestige for surviving horrors of zombie apocalypse in Swarm of Hearts Night of the Dead April Madness!Over 400 players participated in those tournaments which means a lot of GGs!More information about tournaments at:We hopewill contribute greatly to the promotion of our wonderful Arcade Communities and will tighten cooperation between StarCraft II Arcade members to allow even greater projects in the future.We would like to congratulate to all our Arcade Community members who made this event possible.- Swarm of Hearts hosts*[i]* due to vast numbers a list of all contributors will be posted soon-ish

BlAcK[RoSe] Profile Joined May 2010 United States 10 Posts #3 Wow, these guys are pretty serious about raising some money, already over 477$ and the event hasn't even started. I can't wait to see how much they get when the event goes live!



Good Luck OldEnt and GG's!

ArtemisSB Profile Joined April 2013 2 Posts #4



People really like the Guardian's ability to infest a ship:

Members of the Star Battle community are setting up their objectives in the donation campaign right now, and they're getting creative! (link) I'll donate 25$ for each infested ship (150$ max)



Will donate 10$ for every riker infestation to the charity. [Side note: Riker allegedly will not be playing any ships which are able to be infested, since it's a long-running joke in the community and he's infest target #1]



Will donate 5$ per infested ship to the Doctors without Boarders Charity for SOH(20$ max)



Some of the objectives are meant to encourage uncommon strategies:

Will donate 1$ for every game won with no Levi's in the teams composition up to 25$



Will double his donation if a team goes to the finals without useing a Levi (50$)



And others reward the underdogs:

Under-used Compositions:$10 per win with 3 or more light ships in the composition. (light ships are: OARV). $20 per win with all light ships.



Will donate 2.5$ for any team winning after being down at least 1 ship for more then 5 minutes (this is so trades don't count). Max of 20$.



25 GBP for any Freelancer team that makes it to Day 2



I am one of the Star Battle casters, and I've offered some donation rewards:

Creative Mastermind Level:

If you donate $25/£16 or more I will sketch the image of your choice (SFW) for my away screen (1/10 claimed)



10-Minutes-of-Fame Level:

If you donate $50/£32 or more prior to the tournament I will display your name on my away screen as a super Swarm of Hearts sponsor and do a shout-out (I may add names during the tournament, time permitting)



OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts #5



Known players and/or developers from each game will play every map and introduce it to the audience.



We will use Twitch chat and Swarm of Hearts group chat on NA Battle.net to communicate with the audience.



http://twitch.tv/artemissb Swarm of Hearts stream starts in one hour, 17:00 GMT (London time). Four game blocks will follow introduction: The Star Strikers, Star Battle, Aeon of Storms and Night of the Dead. The stream should last no longer than 3 hours (hopefully) and will be uploaded to YouTube for your convenience.Known players and/or developers from each game will play every map and introduce it to the audience.We will use Twitch chat andgroup chat on NA Battle.net to communicate with the audience.

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts #6 http://www.twitch.tv/artemissb



Info about the event The stream is half-way through and we have already raised £367.56 Info about the event http://swarmofhearts.org/

1shadowwolf Profile Joined November 2011 United States 11 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-13 19:06:36 #7



I hope Evo-Frenzy a quickly growing map, is popular enough to recieve the honor of a tournament like this if there are any in the future



I really like the idea though, just not the map selection most polished? :/ not really, the majority of these maps are terrible who organized this?I hope Evo-Frenzy a quickly growing map, is popular enough to recieve the honor of a tournament like this if there are any in the futureI really like the idea though, just not the map selection Trolling makes me stronger.

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-18 08:49:28 #8 On April 14 2013 04:02 1shadowwolf wrote:

most polished? :/ not really, the majority of these maps are terrible who organized this?

Me? It says so in the description.



Maps pick was based on several factors:

- quality (attention to detail)

- complete and bug-free (well maintained),

- functional and moderated Community forum,

- high enough organisational level of the Community to host a tournament *and* delegate representatives to live stream.



I hope this answered your question. Thank you for your support. :') Me? It says so in the description.Maps pick was based on several factors:- quality (attention to detail)- complete and bug-free (well maintained),- functional and moderated Community forum,- high enough organisational level of the Community to host a tournament *and* delegate representatives to live stream.I hope this answered your question. Thank you for your support. :')

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-23 10:14:46 #9



The official event stream ran for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.



Notable moments include Aeon of Storms and The Star Strikers tournaments invitations as well as new versions of Star Battle and Night of the Dead announcements.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



[TSS] The Star Strikers

[SB] Star Battle

[AoS] Aeon of Storms

[NotD] Night of the Dead



Live-stream credits:

[SB] Artemis - stream host

[TSS] RuffRidah / JinAndJuice - map developer

[TSS] JAW - tournament host

[SB] OmegaStar - representative

[SB] Iaijutsu - TeamSpeak server host

[SB] OldEnt - Swarm of Hearts host

[SB] Luigi - representative

[AoS] EKCO / RNG - map creator

[AoS] RedHydra - map developer

[AoS] tukeykramer - representative

[AoS] turtleER - representative

[NotD] ArcanePariah - map developer

[NotD] Mirage - map developer / web administrator

[NotD] LilMissHumpz - tournament host

[NotD] Shooz - moderator



Special thanks to [SB] Terminus [SB] Kerberus for stream graphics.



TSS showmatch crew:

[TSS] RuffRidah, [TSS] JAW, [TSS] losefast, [TSS] Kaioken

vs

[TSS] Escaho, [TSS] Mitts, [TSS] Titanium, [TSS] abraxas















We are pleased to announce that Swarm of Hearts StarCraft 2 Arcade charity live stream is now uploaded to YouTube for your convenience.The official event stream ran for a couple of hours during main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked high level players who guide newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.Notable moments include Aeon of Storms and The Star Strikers tournaments invitations as well as new versions of Star Battle and Night of the Dead announcements.[TSS] The Star Strikers[SB] Star Battle[AoS] Aeon of Storms[NotD] Night of the DeadLive-stream credits:[SB] Artemis - stream host[TSS] RuffRidah / JinAndJuice - map developer[TSS] JAW - tournament host[SB] OmegaStar - representative[SB] Iaijutsu - TeamSpeak server host[SB] OldEnt - Swarm of Hearts host[SB] Luigi - representative[AoS] EKCO / RNG - map creator[AoS] RedHydra - map developer[AoS] tukeykramer - representative[AoS] turtleER - representative[NotD] ArcanePariah - map developer[NotD] Mirage - map developer / web administrator[NotD] LilMissHumpz - tournament host[NotD] Shooz - moderatorSpecial thanks to [SB] Terminus [SB] Kerberus for stream graphics.TSS showmatch crew:[TSS] RuffRidah, [TSS] JAW, [TSS] losefast, [TSS] Kaiokenvs[TSS] Escaho, [TSS] Mitts, [TSS] Titanium, [TSS] abraxas

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-19 01:26:34 #10



Registrations for Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER NA tournament closing soon! Do not miss chance to win some cool prizes!



Registrations forBROKENTIER NA tournament closing soon! Do not miss chance to win some cool prizes! To help build a strong & competitive AoS community, I am here to announce that the BROKENTIER Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 20 @ 2:30PM EASTERN TIME! There are no brackets to show; every match will be randomized so you won't know which team you'll play against until the day of the event. This will be Single-Elimination, also known as Sudden Death! Yes this means if you lose one game, you are immediately eliminated from winning the championship. However, you only need to win 3 games to reach the Final, which will then become a best out of 3 matches for the next day.



More information and sign ups at More information and sign ups at http://www.aeonofstorms.com/index.php?/topic/3188-free-na-tournament-brokentier/

1shadowwolf Profile Joined November 2011 United States 11 Posts #11 On April 18 2013 17:46 OldEnt wrote:

Show nested quote +

On April 14 2013 04:02 1shadowwolf wrote:

most polished? :/ not really, the majority of these maps are terrible who organized this?

Me? It says so in the description.



Maps pick was based on several factors:

- quality (attention to detail)

- complete and bug-free (well maintained),

- functional and moderated Community forum,

- high enough organisational level of the Community to host a tournament *and* delegate representatives to live stream.



I hope this answered your question. Thank you for your support. :') Me? It says so in the description.Maps pick was based on several factors:- quality (attention to detail)- complete and bug-free (well maintained),- functional and moderated Community forum,- high enough organisational level of the Community to host a tournament *and* delegate representatives to live stream.I hope this answered your question. Thank you for your support. :')



Well I didnt put what I ment in the best ways



i was meaning to ask 1. Who organized this, to say thank you I think its really awesome you guys are doing this.



BUT 2. most of these maps suck haha.





if you guys need any help in the future either PM Taintedwisp at sc2mapster.com or email james.e.mitchell92@Gmail.com





I would love to do something like this once I have my map fully polished and get a good community going . yeah I wasnt trying to insult the guy who organized it. just bad punctuation. Well I didnt put what I ment in the best waysi was meaning to ask 1. Who organized this, to say thank you I think its really awesome you guys are doing this.BUT 2. most of these maps suck haha.if you guys need any help in the future either PM Taintedwisp at sc2mapster.com or email james.e.mitchell92@Gmail.comI would love to do something like this once I have my map fully polished and get a good community going. yeah I wasnt trying to insult the guy who organized it. just bad punctuation. Trolling makes me stronger.

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-19 21:51:54 #12



A detailed list of credits will be published when I, the host, close the event officially on this Sunday/Monday. The event staff from all four maps was about 40 people (I'd have to check). Number of participants (players) for all four tournaments passed 400 for sure. I cannot say if and what would be done in the future. Too tired to think about it!



If you feel ready you can contact ChanmanV and ask to have your map featured in



The last of four tournaments -



As of April 18th we have raised $1,511.50 / 1.148,19 € / £989.73 (197% of £500.00 target). This is well above any expectations! 0_o



Thanks to



Special thanks to Blizzard for it's cool np. :')A detailed list of credits will be published when I, the host, close the event officially on this Sunday/Monday. The event staff from all four maps was about 40 people (I'd have to check). Number of participants (players) for all four tournaments passed 400 for sure. I cannot say if and what would be done in the future. Too tired to think about it!If you feel ready you can contact ChanmanV and ask to have your map featured in Wednesday Night Sprites . This is the most organised and the only regular live show about StarCraft 2 Arcade which runs every week, AFAIK.The last of four tournaments - Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER tournament - is due tomorrow. Good luck to all participants!As of April 18th we have raised $1,511.50 / 1.148,19 € / £989.73 (197% of £500.00 target). This is well above any expectations! 0_oThanks to SC2Mapster team for posting announcement about the event and stream VoD!Special thanks to Blizzard for mentioning the even t on official #StarCraft Twitter!

1shadowwolf Profile Joined November 2011 United States 11 Posts #13 On April 20 2013 06:44 OldEnt wrote:

it's cool np. :')



A detailed list of credits will be published when I, the host, close the event officially on this Sunday/Monday. The event staff from all four maps was about 40 people (I'd have to check). Number of participants (players) for all four tournaments passed 400 for sure. I cannot say if and what would be done in the future. Too tired to think about it!



If you feel ready you can contact ChanmanV and ask to have your map featured in



The last of four tournaments -



As of April 18th we have raised $1,511.50 / 1.148,19 € / £989.73 (197% of £500.00 target). This is well above any expectations! 0_o



Thanks to



Special thanks to Blizzard for it's cool np. :')A detailed list of credits will be published when I, the host, close the event officially on this Sunday/Monday. The event staff from all four maps was about 40 people (I'd have to check). Number of participants (players) for all four tournaments passed 400 for sure. I cannot say if and what would be done in the future. Too tired to think about it!If you feel ready you can contact ChanmanV and ask to have your map featured in Wednesday Night Sprites . This is the most organised and the only regular live show about StarCraft 2 Arcade which runs every week, AFAIK.The last of four tournaments - Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER tournament - is due tomorrow. Good luck to all participants!As of April 18th we have raised $1,511.50 / 1.148,19 € / £989.73 (197% of £500.00 target). This is well above any expectations! 0_oThanks to SC2Mapster team for posting announcement about the event and stream VoD!Special thanks to Blizzard for mentioning the even t on official #StarCraft Twitter!





Thats AWESOME congrats guys I hope this continues and grows over the years. Yeah I will try contacting them, I didnt know WNS took in suggestions through Team Liquid Thats AWESOME congrats guys I hope this continues and grows over the years. Yeah I will try contacting them, I didnt know WNS took in suggestions through Team Liquid Trolling makes me stronger.

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-24 01:38:00 #14



The Swarm of Hearts StarCraft II Arcade charity event has concluded!



This was the biggest StarCraft II Arcade event so far, with four tournaments running simultaneously, over 400 participants combined, dozens of organizers, multiple streams including the main show with map developers directly involved and over 1.5 thousand dollars raised for charity. We have set new records and standards for the Arcade.



The event was possible to organise thanks to collaborative effort of four Arcade Communities: Aeon of Storms, Night of the Dead, Star Battle and The Star Strikers. It took several months of a voluntary non-paid work of map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contributed in one way or another to make all this work.



Fundraising



During the event we were raising money for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. MSF volunteers go unarmed into warzones to provide medical assistance to those in need, often risking their lives. In 2009 alone, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria and treated 200,000 malnourished children.



As of April 23th we have raised $1,525.22 ( 1.168,14 € or £1,001.54 ) which is 200% of £500.00 fundraising target. This is way above any expectations and we would like wholeheartedly to thank all donors who showed their appreciation of our efforts by donating to MSF!



Donation amounts varied from three dollars to as much as 200 dollars! 1.5 thousand dollars raised might not seem much compared to world-wide needs but investing that money in resources means as many as 500 malaria jabs for MSF. For one person, three dollars is a price of a takeaway sandwich, for another, the life-saving injection for a child.



"It is an impressive sum raised that will go really far. Long after any player here has forgotten about their donation, the good it has bought will continue in countless lives all over the world."



More information about fundraising and donations at







Official live stream



The official event stream ran for a few hours during the main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked, high level players who guided newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.



Watch recorded stream as Video on Demand at TheStarCraft II Arcade charity event has concluded!This was the biggestevent so far, with four tournaments running simultaneously, over 400 participants combined, dozens of organizers, multiple streams including the main show with map developers directly involved and over 1.5 thousand dollars raised for charity. We have set new records and standards for the Arcade.The event was possible to organise thanks to collaborative effort of four Arcade Communities: Aeon of Storms, Night of the Dead, Star Battle and The Star Strikers. It took several months of a voluntary non-paid work of map developers, tournament hosts, casters, graphics designers, web and VoIP servers administrators, clan and team leaders, tournament participants and other people who contributed in one way or another to make all this work.During the event we were raising money for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. MSF volunteers go unarmed into warzones to provide medical assistance to those in need, often risking their lives. In 2009 alone, MSF medical teams carried out more than 7.5 million outpatient consultations; delivered 110,000 babies; treated 1.1 million people for malaria and treated 200,000 malnourished children.As of April 23th we have raised( 1.168,14 € or £1,001.54 ) which is 200% of £500.00 fundraising target. This is way above any expectations and we would like wholeheartedly to thank all donors who showed their appreciation of our efforts by donating to MSF!Donation amounts varied from three dollars to as much as 200 dollars! 1.5 thousand dollars raised might not seem much compared to world-wide needs but investing that money in resources means as many as 500 malaria jabs for MSF. For one person, three dollars is a price of a takeaway sandwich, for another, the life-saving injection for a child.More information about fundraising and donations at https://www.justgiving.com/swarmofhearts The official event stream ran for a few hours during the main day of the Event - on April 13th (17:00 GMT). Every game was featured by appointed caster, representatives of each map and map developers. The cast featured maps in a form a showmatches including handpicked, high level players who guided newcomers (representatives of other Arcade maps) though gameplay. A Q&A session with map developers and audience followed each showmatch.Watch recorded stream as Video on Demand at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDqdFqt1MA



Tournaments



Four Arcade tournaments under the banner Swarm of Hearts were hosted in April. Each featured the highest level of play and sportsmanship in their discipline.



Congratulations to the winners of Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Gryffindor.



Congratulations to the winners of World Star Battle Tournament II: Swarm of Hearts - clan Cyberdyne Systems.



Congratulations to the winners of The Star Strikers Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Pants Without Borders. Kudos for the name!



Congratulations to clan Unit and clan Prestige for surviving horrors of zombie apocalypse in Swarm of Hearts Night of the Dead April Madness!



Over 400 players participated in those tournaments which means a lot of GGs!



More information about tournaments at:

http://www.aeonofstorms.com/



http://notdstarcraft.com/



http://www.playstarbattle.com/



http://starstrikers.com/



Wrap up



We hope Swarm of Hearts will contribute greatly to the promotion of our wonderful Arcade Communities and will tighten cooperation between StarCraft II Arcade members to allow even greater projects in the future.



We would like to congratulate to all our Arcade Community members who made this event possible.



OldEnt, LilMissHumpz, RedHydra, JAW, WildFire and Artemis - Swarm of Hearts hosts*





[i]* due to vast numbers a list of all contributors will be posted soon-ish



Four Arcade tournaments under the bannerwere hosted in April. Each featured the highest level of play and sportsmanship in their discipline.Congratulations to the winners of Aeon of Storms BROKENTIER Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Gryffindor.Congratulations to the winners of World Star Battle Tournament II: Swarm of Hearts - clan Cyberdyne Systems.Congratulations to the winners of The Star Strikers Swarm of Hearts tournament - team Pants Without Borders. Kudos for the name!Congratulations to clan Unit and clan Prestige for surviving horrors of zombie apocalypse in Swarm of Hearts Night of the Dead April Madness!Over 400 players participated in those tournaments which means a lot of GGs!More information about tournaments at:We hopewill contribute greatly to the promotion of our wonderful Arcade Communities and will tighten cooperation between StarCraft II Arcade members to allow even greater projects in the future.We would like to congratulate to all our Arcade Community members who made this event possible.- Swarm of Hearts hosts*[i]* due to vast numbers a list of all contributors will be posted soon-ish

OldEnt Profile Joined July 2010 Poland 90 Posts Last Edited: 2013-04-28 11:22:56 #15 This is a brief list of Swarm of Hearts staff. An expansion is likely. Please PM me for suggestions or if i missed someone.



Event hosts



OldEnt

LilMissHumpz

Artemis

RedHydra

JAW

WildFire



Tournaments' co-hosts



abraxas

shooz

Dusk

Kerberus

KrakenDomes

SonGoku

ArcanePariah

Mirage

LilMissHumpz

Shooz



Tournaments' staff



Loko

Artemis

akaFuel

Kira

tUff

Iaijutsu

Lullard

Zer0

Maw

SeMoWett

gster

Ultimatheory

BozoCat

LaptopPanda

Libeer

Skywalker

OmegaStar



SoH stream cast



Artemis (host)

RuffRidah

JAW

OmegaStar

Iaijutsu

OldEnt

EKCO / RNG

RedHydra

tukeykramer

turtleER

ArcanePariah

Mirage

LilMissHumpz

Shooz



SoH stream support



RuffRidah

JAW

losefast

Kaioken

Escaho

Mitts

Titanium

abraxas

Luigi



Translation

Eryo

Omega_Death

ParsProToto



Graphics



Terminus

Kerberus

D+Hyōrinmaru

SeMoWett



Community TeamSpeak and Mumble server hosts



losefast

Shooz

Iaijutsu

Zer0



Thanks to over tournament 400 participants



We wholeheartedly thank all donors for their support



Special thanks to map developers



Ability

EKCO

Chirus

zedu



Very special thanks to Doctors Without Borders for their hard work

Rageypoo Profile Joined February 2014 United States 109 Posts #16



http://www.twitch.tv/scmothership/

http://www.twitch.tv/temp0_sc

http://www.twitch.tv/sbwildfire

http://www.twitch.tv/rageypoo Swarm of Hearts Marine Arena tomorrow @ 6pm please tune in! Set your opponents to EZmode!! Livestream! www.twitch.tv/Rageypoo