Meet the Chilly Mountain - Heroes Hearth CCL team draft

[Ankis-2378]

Heroes Hearth CCL continued with player draft last weekend. For me an important part of esports is getting to know the players so I can choose a team to root for. This recut of the full draft should serve as an introduction to the new team through information about the player skill, playstyle and their video/photo (if available).

Here is link to the video

[Hoku-1399]

I am really looking forward to this season of CCL. All of the drafts looked pretty much spot on, and I am interested to see how the EU and NA play styles will mesh. I admit to having a fondness for Mascarade and Lauber, as I have learned a number of tanking tricks watching them, so those are the two teams I am most likely to cheer for.

[Ankis-2378]

Definitely it is hard to say who is going to be the strongest. I did not know what to expect from the draft but it looks like it will make the season really interesting. I will admit tha I used to be Misfits/MyInsanity/Liquid fan, so currently Chilly Mountain with Darkmok and 30K with Hasu look like they might be my favorite teams.

[Planar-11507]

I still don’t get moba esports.

But maybe that’s my elitist SC1 watching roots coming through

[Ankis-2378]

I would say give it a try. There are going to be icebreaker matches tomorrow. Or you can check my highlight video from the first exhibition weekend. For me it is about the combination of great plays and great casting.

[Hoku-1399]

I just played a match with Dynouh, leveling his NA account.

SL on NA is ... interesting these days

With CCL firing up, a whole bunch of GM/former Pro players from other regions have been spamming SL on NA to level their accounts and buy heroes for the upcoming season. This means that those of us also playing SL on NA have had very interesting team mates. I have had the (mis)fortune of going up against Rutzou and Tai from EU in the past, and I have to say, Rutzou’s Zeratul hurts. I have a friend I play with who swings between low Master and high Diamond who has been matched with Lauber a fe…

It was very educational!

[phaseshifter-1283]

Mascarade’s Diablo was taking names even before he was power spiked by reduced cd on his CC.

I can’t imagine what it’s like now.

[Planar-11507]

@Ankis-2378

the combination of great plays and great casting.

to anyone reading, please note, this is my PERSONAL EXPERIENCE/THOUGHTS. If you live watching Hots (or any other) esport, great! I am delighted for you that it brings you enjoyment/fun!

I guess that is part of it. Most of the big plays I see are coordination based, or knowledge/choice based in moba games.

There are few heroes where I can admire the mechanics, which is a large part of what makes SC1 (and SC2 to lesser degree) feel so epic to me.

Not saying mechanically amazing stuff doesn’t happen, just, well. I can pull off (MECHANICALLY) most things I’ve seen in HotS pro play. And teamwork is, well… that’s not impressive for me to watch personally. It doesn’t give me a “wow, I wish I could do that” or “I’m going to try to do that”. Because most of it is stuff I ‘know’ I can do it mechanically speaking.

Meanwhile, well, uh, Well… I’m not even going to try to micro against scourge in SC1.