"...you can see stuff like invisible Marines protecting a Mothership so she can Vortex the hell out of the Zerg units while Carriers obliterate every remaining resistance; the power of the Vortex/Thor combo; and how to survive an unstopping double-Zerg aggression while mining your last mineral patches."To be honest, initially I had no idea what stream should I put my accent on for this week's edition because, you see, this is all new to me. Fortunately, a Twitter post mentioned something very streamspottable that averted my attention from all those Zerg streams that usually eat all my free time.

Thus I found myself browsing the stream channel of one of the best North American terrans and member of team Dignitas - Kyung Hyun "SeleCT" Ryoo, who, according to the aforementioned tweet was playing some sick 2v2s with FXOptikZero. For those of you who do not know who SeleCT actually is - and, for the record, I don't believe such people actually exist, Mr. Ryoo is a beastly master of the Terran metal and one of the most solid and accomplished players in North America. He holds many impressive achievements like two top-threes at MLG events (second at D.C. 2010 and third at Dallas 2011), another two top-threes at FXOpen Invitational #1 and FXOpen Shatter the Sky (taking silver medal at the latter) and a bronze medal at the recent IPL Season #1.

Now I am really grateful for whoever tweeted this event (I don't remember the name, you see, because I usually do my streamspotting around 3 a.m. so blank spots due to lack of sleep often occur), but I would be even more grateful if he had mentioned that the monstrous 2v2 marathon will be running for more than 8 hours! Fortunately, Nydra is here to highlight so you don't have to.

SeleCT and OptikZero start their 2v2 run with a beautiful game against one of the best teams in the world: Power + Protech. The long game places our T/P heroes against the unrelenting assault of the enemy Zerg/Terran combo. Struggling to survive and hold the defense, SeleCT utilizes his flawless mechanics to do blue flame harass and keep his opponents pinned down as much as possible. The big engagements in the center that start to pop up after the 20-minute mark are a pleasure to watch as Void Rays, Tank, Brood Lords and standard tier 1 units die fiery deaths.

But 2v2 is not all about massive macro clashes. Apparently. At the 45th minute of Part 1, Select and OptikZero face GosuGamers' own LastShadow who had teamed up with Major from team Sixjax. The two games that are played between those two teams are a nice example of how to execute a fast DT rush, how not to die while doing it and how does one transition out of it when it fails to do any damage.

Another nice game occurs at 1:20:00 of Part 1 and although you should probably check it out, it is just a prelude to what I really want to talk about. If you don't have much time to spare (and I guess 8 hours of stream VODs can indeed by classified as time consuming...), you should just check the first hour and a half of Part 3, as it is by that time that SeleCT and OptikZero truly go crazy. In several games they display some perfect team play and you can see stuff like invisible Marines protecting a Mothership so she can Vortex the hell out of the Zerg units while Carriers obliterate every remaining resistance; the power of the Vortex/Thor combo; and how to survive an unstopping double-Zerg aggression while mining your last mineral patches.



Yes, you guessed right: now is the time to check SeleCT's stream!

Feature spotlight: SeleCT's 2v2 marathon


Watch live video from dignitasselect on Justin.tv

I guess this is enough writing for today, after all my intention is for you to go watch this (and other) stuff, so next time you see something of interest you can recommend it to me. Because I want you to watch more StarCraft 2!

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Additional Links:
SeleCT's stream on Justin.tv

Streamspotting #1: IdrA's Q&A

"Streamspotting" is a weekly GosuGamers.net feature by Radoslav "Nydra" Kolev that is published every Monday.