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We invited Ryan Schutter, the creator of the popular GameHeart overlay, to come and collaborate with the StarCraft development team here at Blizzard’s headquarters. For years, Ryan has been on the forefront of making the StarCraft spectating experience as good as possible for viewers, and we wanted to both recognize his hard work and join forces as we improve the World Championship Series.



Previously, GameHeart has been used at non-WCS events, and viewers let us know that they really want to see some of the GameHeart features when they tune into the WCS. In response to that feedback, we are pleased to announce an official WCS GameHeart overlay, the product of our collaboration is a new version of GameHeart that will be used for WCS events. The overlay will also be available to anyone who wants to use it for any other StarCraft broadcast. This original GameHeart overlay is still available and Ryan is welcome to keep developing new features for the non-WCS version.



Ryan has been diligently working on updating the existing mod while our Blizzard engineers have been providing support through minor coding changes to help improve how GameHeart functions. Stay tuned for a rundown of features as we get nearer to the completion of our partnership.



As we continue to explore ways to bring more eSports support and functionality into the StarCraft II game client, we believe that it’s vital to focus on what players and viewers want and expect from the game. Our thanks go out to the passionate StarCraft community for their feedback and support of the scene.

Aeromi Profile Blog Joined August 2012 France 14178 Posts #2 Finally. https://twitter.com/DrAeromi | Updates on live tournaments: @StarCrafteSport

BathTubNZ Profile Joined December 2011 New Zealand 2556 Posts Last Edited: 2014-06-19 23:19:29 #3 Finally. It's been a long time coming. Be interesting to see the difference between the standard version and WCS certified.

TuKa Profile Joined June 2012 Brazil 8 Posts #4 "Hell... it's about time"

NovemberstOrm Profile Blog Joined September 2011 Canada 15958 Posts #5 Yay ^^ Moderator lickypiddy

Tobblish Profile Joined August 2011 Sweden 6313 Posts Last Edited: 2014-06-19 23:30:10 #6 Finally and I hope this means that we'll have stronger team colors as well! The curse is real

TimKim0713 Profile Joined June 2012 Korea (South) 221 Posts #7 nice

Noocta Profile Joined June 2010 France 12095 Posts #8 It wasn't already ? damn. " I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "

Ctone23 Profile Blog Joined December 2012 United States 1819 Posts #9 Sweet! Gauntlet Esports

Drake Profile Joined October 2010 Germany 6134 Posts #10

no i mean its super nice to see, ofc blizzard has skilled programmer, but he sees whats GOOD and not whats possible ^^

his work is amazing and this will be so nice xD about timeno i mean its super nice to see, ofc blizzard has skilled programmer, but he sees whats GOOD and not whats possible ^^his work is amazing and this will be so nice xD Nb.Drake / CoL_Drake / Original Joined TL.net Tuesday, 15th of March 2005

Liquid`Nazgul Profile Blog Joined September 2002 22102 Posts #11 yay (and yes finally) Administrator

y0su Profile Blog Joined September 2011 Finland 7871 Posts #12 yay!!!

Musicus Profile Joined August 2011 Germany 23392 Posts #13 congrats Ryan, this is awesome finally, yescongrats Ryan, this is awesome Maru and Serral are probably top 5.

ZombieGrub Profile Blog Joined May 2011 United States 627 Posts #14 Well deserved for sure. :D Commentator "Defeat is the acceptance of my own laziness." Masters terran: twitch.tv/zombiegrub Caster: @ZGGaming

FueledUpAndReadyToGo Profile Blog Joined March 2013 Netherlands 25797 Posts Last Edited: 2014-06-19 23:27:19 #15 Hurray! And grats to Ryan Schutter finally getting recognition from Blizzard.



Imagine guys, watchable ZvZ's with stronger colors! Neosteel Enthusiast

Shield Profile Blog Joined August 2009 Bulgaria 4822 Posts #16 On June 20 2014 08:23 Drake wrote:

about time

no i mean its super nice to see, ofc blizzard has skilled programmer, but he sees whats GOOD and not whats possible ^^

his work is amazing and this will be so nice xD about timeno i mean its super nice to see, ofc blizzard has skilled programmer, but he sees whats GOOD and not whats possible ^^his work is amazing and this will be so nice xD



I don't think the creator of Gameheart can be compared to Blizzard's programmers. To put it simply, they probably use different tools. Blizzard's programmers are concerned with internals not so much with maps/mods. I don't think the creator of Gameheart can be compared to Blizzard's programmers. To put it simply, they probably use different tools. Blizzard's programmers are concerned with internals not so much with maps/mods.

Boucot Profile Blog Joined October 2011 France 15997 Posts #17 On June 20 2014 08:20 TuKa wrote:

"Hell... it's about time"

My thoughts exactly. My thoughts exactly. Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot

Holdenintherye Profile Joined December 2012 Canada 1437 Posts #18 Wow about damn time.

Gameheart should be used by every tournament

Plansix Profile Blog Joined April 2011 United States 15207 Posts #19 As god intended. Glad he is getting the support he needs to make sure its used in every single game. I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6

Metak Profile Joined August 2011 296 Posts #20 !! Finally.

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