Tuesday, May 26, 2015   |   HotScast Episode #54   |   Hosts:  Vincent (Rilandune), Mike (Fimlys), & Kali (NerdiChar) Special Guest:  Jaycie (Gillyweed)

HotSCast Episode 54 - Gillymite! - HotSCast is YOUR source for all the Heroes of the Storm coverage you can handle! Find us online at HotSCast.com, on Twitter @HotSCast, on Twitch.tv/HotSCast, YouTube.com/HotSCast, on Google+ and Facebook as HotSCast. Email the show HotSCast@gmail.com! This week we have special guest Jaycie aka Gillyweed! We discuss some awesome tactics and an all around epic show ensues! Enjoy! And if you do, please leave us a review on iTunes, or Stitcher, or whatever podcast catcher of your choosing! That is the best help you can provide in growing the show, Thanks!!
This week we were joined by special guest Gillyweed SC2!
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E-SPORTS & TOURNAMENTS
Ril:  In some hilarious e-Sports news, as the pros battled it out in the latest “Road to Blizzcon†tournament matches, one team found themselves bested by a bot.
Mike:  Cloud9 Maelstrom and compLexity were battling when one of the C9 players DC’d. A bot E.T.C. took over and compLexity thought they had the win.
Kali:  Instead, the bot decided to Moshpit at the perfect time, stunning 3 of compLexity’s players and allowing C9 to kill them all.
Jaycie:  In the end, the C9 player that DC’d had to take a lashing from some fans on Twitter. He took it all in stride, tweeting, “ETC Bot showed me up manâ€.
Links:
http://kotaku.com/heroes-of-the-storm-pro-team-loses-to-a-computer-1706308937
FAVORITE PLAY OF THE WEEK
Jaycie:  Enter the Storm 2 qualifiers 10 - I had the pleasure of casting these and witnessed the crazy game everyone’s been talking about on Reddit. Diablo Snores did a crazy backdoor comp with Zeratul, ETC, Zagara, Falstad and Brightwing. They apparently had been using it all the way through the bracket, but we didn’t see it until the semis. In a ridiculous hold, Neptun Gaming were able to save their core at 8 percent and then won the game. nV Gaming tried this strat in the HH Amateur Series last night but Kappa Wolves held it off easily, one of the team members even saying “I read Reddit†in all chat at the end.
Links:  http://www.gosugamers.net/heroesofthestorm/news/31113-the-most-insane-strategy-was-just-attempted-during-ets-cup-2-qualifier-10
EPIC WINS
Mike:  Not all that spectacular but another example of people on your team saying things were over way before they needed to be. Dragonshire. Not doing so well. NEITHER team had any healing support. they got a couple free dragons near the end but failed to capitalize. We got one late game (turned out to be the  last) and pushed core for the win. couple ppl being toxic on our team the whole game but we got it done.
Jaycie:  Just today we played a game on Haunted Mines. We knew we had to all-in, so we went for core and all died with it at around 8%. Two of our members tried again and got it down to 2%, still while our opponents were trying to kill the golem to get the rest of the skulls. I was right by their base, but they had all backed as the golem was about to spawn. As they left the base, I bolted into it from their giants and, with abathur’s help, was able to take down the last bit of the core.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT & OTHER NEWS
Ril:  #NexusCalling video contest - Earning first place in the video contest, and winning a free trip to the Heroes of the Storm launch event in London, is @Mushanga! You can watch his hilarious video via the link in the show notes. Also winning a trip to London for the launch event is the Facebook cover photo contest winner, Christian Albrecht. Fantastic work by both.
Mike:  Why Tychus lost his cigar - Heroes of the Storm is published in multiple regions with a teen rating, so there are a number guidelines Blizzard has to adhere to. There are are regions where he couldn't smoke and keep the teen rating,