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14 years ago

Were you not entertained? - The stories of WCS Europe

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The grand competition of Europe is over. The most motley and possibly the best StarCraft continent on the planet crowned its champion, a curly entity with happy-go-lucky demeanor. And if winning a tournament was something uncharacteristic of Stephano that could've been the story of the weekend but as it was there were a plenty of other people that stole the show.

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Is this not why you watched WCS?

We know for a fact that you were. If one Spaniard can entertain millions of people than surely two Spaniards playing StarCraft against enemy hordes and each other are surely able to please 60,000 or so nerds. ”Panem et circenses” is what eSports crowds want and the Duran brothers came along to deliver.

Lucifron’s and Vortix’s stories are worthy a chapter of their own, considering the duo was essentially comprised of a long forgotten Wings of Liberty beta star and an up-and-comer who needed to prove that IEM Gamescom was not a lucky break. What makes it cool was not that they won a lot, however, but rather the way they did it.