Before launching first serious SC2 tournament (still awaiting Blizzard’s approval for SC2 Baltic Cup) we decided to organize a quick Friendly Baltic SC2 match – LT vs LV vs EE. Lithuanian participants were picked from our last SC2 Pre-Launch Tourney. Latvians and Estonians hand-picked their own teams.
Lithuanian team
SystemKMP.262
Yuk.871
Cavab.439
mcC.601
Latvian team
Fanglon.278
Cannibal.906
TheSwarm.693
JudicatorG.498
Estonian team
cranx.696
Inori.700
Mikami.419
Vayeate.753
VODs:
Cavab.439 vs Inori.700
Fanglon.278 vs Inori.700
Our main meeting place is SCLT WebChat, here we will arrange games and discuss all the details. For any other questions you are more than welcome to visit our forum.
You can check individual players’ rankings at SC2 Baltic Rankings.
Step 1: Starting maps are selected in random order
1v1 map pool (all standard 1v1 maps): Lost Temple, Kulas Ravine, Metalopolis, Delta Quadrant, Blistering Sands, Desert Oasis, Scrap Station, Steppes of War, Xel’Naga Caverns.
2v2 map pool (all standard 2v2 maps): Arid Wastes, Discord IV, Monlyth Ridge, Scorched Haven, Twilight Fortress, Tarsonis Assault, Tempest, High Orbit, War Zone.
Step 2: Teams decide which players will play on each map
How do we calculate points: Win = +1 pt; Lose = -1 pt.
Lithuania vs Estonia
1v1 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
2v2 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
mcC.601
Inori.700
Final score
Points: LT: +2, EE: -2
Voted down 1v1 maps:
SystemKMP.262: Desert Oasis, Steppes of War
Yuk.871: Desert Oasis, Kulas Ravine
Cavab.439: Scrap Station, Kulas Ravine
mcC.601: Steppes of War, Kulas Ravine
cranx.696: Desert Oasis, Scrap Station
Inori.700: Desert Oasis, Scrap Station
Mikami.419: Desert Oasis, Steppes of War
Vayeate.753: Desert Oasis, Kulas Ravine
Voted down 2v2 maps:
SystemKMP.262 mcC.601: Discord IV, War Zone
cranx.696 Inori.700: Scorched Haven, Twilight Fortress
Lithuania vs Latvia
1v1 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
2v2 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
mcC.601
JudicatorG.498
Final score
Points: LT: 0, LV: 0
Voted down 1v1 maps:
SystemKMP.262: Blistering Sands, Steppes of War
Yuk.871: Delta Quadrant, Steppes of War
Cavab.439: Lost Temple, Blistering Sands
mcC.601: Desert Oasis, Delta Quadrant
Fanglon.278: Delta Quadrant, Xel’Naga Caverns
Cannibal.906: Blistering Sands, Metalopolis
TheSwarm.693: Desert Oasis, Delta Quadrant
JudicatorG.498: Desert Oasis, Blistering Sands
Voted down 2v2 maps:
SystemKMP.262 mcC.601: Discord IV, War Zone
Fanglon.278 JudicatorG.498: High Orbit, War Zone
Latvia vs Estonia
1v1 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
2v2 maps (1st map of BO3 series)
JudicatorG.498
Inori.700
Final score
Points: LV: 0, EE: 0
Voted down 1v1 maps:
Fanglon.278: Delta Quadrant, Xel’Naga Caverns
Cannibal.906: Blistering Sands, Metalopolis
TheSwarm.693: Lost Temple, Xel’Naga Caverns
JudicatorG.498: Desert Oasis, Xel’Naga Caverns
cranx.696: Desert Oasis, Steppes of War
Inori.700: Desert Oasis, Scrap Station
Mikami.419: Xel’Naga Caverns, Kulas Ravine
Vayeate.753: Desert Oasis, Kulas Ravine
Voted down 2v2 maps:
Fanglon.278 JudicatorG.498: High Orbit, War Zone
cranx.696 Inori.700: Arid Wastes, Scorched Heaven
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LITHUANIA!
Sekmes lietuvaiciams!!! ^^ Tik kodel Arew nedalyvauja? Speju gerai jis ten papawnintu
mcC gogogo !!! Londonas su tavim !
Latvia got this!
cranx wins though.
we’ll see about that hehehe
Could we get the replays somewhere?
In a day or two I will post 3 VODs from LT vs EE match and later a pack of replays
I hope that the vods will be in english
Indeed they are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7mt0_iKk0&feature=related
Good Luck, have fun all!
not the best players for Latvia though
Somehow I managed to get some tears while watching that music video
Regarding the composition of Latvian team, it looks that there is only one Latvian website dedicated to StarCraft II – Zergiem.lv. This is the only way for us to reach Latvian SC2 community. All Latvian SC2 players should contact them in order to participate in future Baltic Friendly tournaments. Everyone will be able to register into Baltic Cup on individual basis though.
A skilled Latvian SC2 player said in zergiem.lv forums
[translated]
“TBH I don’t see anyone from the top 10 LV players here”
And when some1 asked where are the best Latvian players he answered
http://www.goodgame.ru/index.php?sc2tv.ru
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2
So yeah.. Zergiem.lv is very unpopular among Latvian SC2 gamers. Those players who are there are mainly just a “group of friends”.
This answer will be from the perspective of a tournament organizer and Lithuanian SC2 community manager.
First of all, there is only 1 (max. 2) Lithuanian Top 10 player in this match, so I think match is mostly even
It is so, because it’s kind of test match and there was not enough time for the qualifiers and etc. It’s a friendly match so who cares 
Anyway I consider it as a small success, because we created some good connections with Latvian and Estonian players, learned new tournament system.
Regarding where good LV players reside. I checked both websites:
http://www.gosugamers.net/starcraft2/database.php?sokord=&country=Latvia&race=&cat=
Lists only one Latvian player and there is no option to search members by their country.
Same with goodgame.ru. So being tourney organizer I don’t have time nor ability to hunt down best players on the internet. Even if I would be able to identify couple of them, there would be always question – are they best? I’m not so familiar with Latvian or Estonian SC2 communities, so I could organize qualifiers… Best deal for me is to have one point of contact – one person or one site, which will take care of all the national peculiarities
Talking about Zergiem.lv, I really support what these guys are doing, because at the end of the day, there should be separate Latvian and Estonian communities with their own websites. Many Lithuanian players are members of Team Liquid, Gosu Gamers and other communities, where they discuss general questions about StarCraft II, but we have our own “home”, where we can discuss our national and personal matters
Zergiem.lv is not very popular, because it’s very young project, but the fact that it’s being created by the bunch of friends is really encouraging – I started this site alone
So they should be really OK.
For the closing, I think it is in best interest of every country to have place where players can meet, make contacts and discuss questions. So just join those guys and make the site popular, it will be good for you and convenient for us: win-win
Well it’s not like Estonians have too their tip-top pros out. It’s basically 2 friends and then 2 more people we’ve found on a local tech pricing website (yep, not even SC related).