The Winter SC2 Arena in NYC is just weeks away! From February 24-26, we'll be bringing you over 20 hours of top-level gameplay from the world's top talent. Who'll be casting all this action? Nobody but the best, of course.
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Casting the Arena will be none other than Nick Plott (Tasteless), Dan Stemkoski (Artosis), Marcus Graham (DJWheat) and Blizzard's Rob Simpson! These four headliners will be taking turns on the MLG Central stream all weekend long. We'd like to give them all a huge welcome back to the Pro Circuit.
Joining Nick, Dan, Marcus and Rob will be our own JP McDaniel and three of our best remote casters: Tumba, Robin and Adebisi. These three got their Pro Circuit start as Community Casters last season, and since then they've seen great–and well deserved–success in the scene. All four will be casting matches on the three Gameplay streams all weekend long.
The streams will be a new and completely improved experience this year: better quality, more interviews, more context, more analysis, and much less downtime. We'll have all 32 players live in the studio, as well as a variety of top names from the StarCraft 2 scene. You never know who we'll be bringing on camera: for analysis, for background, or just for fun. And you can watch it all at the same time, with this amazing thing. It's last year's Quad View, on steroids, with easier to find brackets and schedules, as well as live updates, scores, polls, and alerts.
Have any questions about how the Arena or PPV are going to work? Check out the full FAQ.
The Players
Spoilers follow.
MLG Providence '11 Top 8
Leenock
Naniwa
DongRaeGu
Mvp
Huk
MC
Haypro
Idra
European OQ Top 8
Violet
Ret
Thorzain
Pomi
Socke
Sjow
Grubby
Merz
Korea/Taiwan OQ Top 8
Nestea
Parting
Losira
MarineKing
Oz
STC
Ganzi
San
North American OQ Top 8
Drewbie
Ddoro
Sheth
SaSe
Axslav
Artist
Minigun
DDE
Broadcast Schedule (all times ET)
Friday, February 24
- 5:30pm: Dr Pepper Pregame Show
- 6:00pm—12:00am: Gameplay and Dr Pepper MLG Ultimate Access Coverage
Saturday, February 25
- 1:30pm: Dr Pepper Pregame Show
- 2:00pm—10:00pm: Gameplay and Dr Pepper MLG Ultimate Access Coverage
Sunday, February 26
- 1:30pm: Dr Pepper Pregame Show
- 2:00pm—8pm: Gameplay and Dr Pepper MLG Ultimate Access Coverage
