StarCraft II: NASL Season 3

Over 40 of the world's best StarCraft II players are currently competing for $100,000 in prize money in NASL Season 3. This year's competition employs a revamped league format that, for the first time, incorporates a wildcard and playoff system and has prize money up for grabs in every match.

Also new for NASL Season 3 is live broadcasting, which is available at a resolution of 360p right here, 480p if you log in over at twitch.tv, and 720p or 1080p if you subscribe.

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Real Name: Lee Ho Joon
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Evil Geniuses
Twitter: @EGPuma
Streams at: twitch.tv/leehojoon
Notable Achievements: NASL Season 1 & 2 Champion. Placed in top 20 at IPL 4.
Fun Fact: PuMa has had several different hair colorings, including pink.

Real Name: Hwang Seung Hyuk
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: It's Gosu eSports
Twitter: @GoSuHwangSin
Streams at: twitch.tv/hwangsin
Notable Achievements: Third place in NASL Season 2, Division 3.
Fun Fact: HwangSin likes to sing Korean pop music on his stream.

Real Name: Carlo Giannacco
Nationality: Italian
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Team ALTERNATE
Twitter: @Cloudsc2
Streams at: twitch.tv/atncloud
Notable Achievements: First place at ESL Pro Series, Germany Spring Season 2012, Cup 1.
Fun Fact: ClouD was known as one of the best "foreign" Protoss players during the Starcraft: Brood War era.

Real Name: Choi Jung Min
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Team Liquid
Twitter: @LiquidZenio
Streams at: twitch.tv/liquidzenio
Notable Achievements: Fourth place at IEM Season IV Global Challenge, Kiev.
Fun Fact: Zenio played Orc in Warcraft III.

Real Name: Hayder Hussein
Nationality: Swedish
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Team Liquid
Twitter: @LiquidHayprO
Streams at: twitch.tv/LiquidHaypro
Notable Achievements: First place at the 2011 PAX East Team Liquid Showmatch Series.
Fun Fact: Often referred to as "Banjo"; a corruption of the word bonjwa, which is used to describe players who dominate the StarCraft scene for a long time.

Real Name: Silviu Lazar
Nationality: Romanian
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: Fnatic
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/100679/NightEnD_-_FnaticRaidCall
Notable Achievements: Fourth place at Winter 2011 DreamHack.
Fun Fact: Sometimes referred to as the Dracula Toss.

Real Name: Pavel Kuznetsov
Nationality: Russian
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: FXOpen e-Sports
Streams at: twitch.tv/fxobratok
Notable Achievements: Top eight finish at NASL Season 2.
Fun Fact: Sometimes known as the Monster Terran.

Real Name: Payam Toghyan
Nationality: Canadian
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: mTw
Twitter: @iamTT1
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/208830/mTw.tt1
Notable Achievements: Second place at MLG Dallas 2010.
Fun Fact: Used to live with other pro-gamers including CatZ, Drewbie, and Fenix.

Real Name: Ilyes Satouri
Nationality: French
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Millennium
Twitter: @MillStephano
Streams at: twitch.tv/mstephano
Notable Achievements: LoneStarClash and IPL 3 Champion.
Fun Fact: Stephano once forfeited a tournament semifinal because he was too tired to play.
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Real Name: Song Hyeon Deok
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: Team Liquid
Twitter: @Liquid_HerO
Streams at: twitch.tv/liquidhero
Notable Achievements: Third place at IPL Tournament of Champions 2012.
Fun Fact: HerO became the first Korean to join Team Liquid when he left oGs in August 2011.

Real Name: Han Ki Soo
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Infinity Seven
Twitter: @iSCrazyMoviNG
Streams at: twitch.tv/iscrazymoving
Notable Achievements: Finished 20th at MLG Winter Championship 2012.
Fun Fact: CrazymoviNG was one of the founders of Team MvP.

Real Name: Kim Dong Won
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: SlayerS
Twitter: @SlayerSRyung
Streams at: own3d.tv/SlayersRyung
Notable Achievements: Top eight in Global Starcraft II League August Code S.
Fun Fact: Ryung's excellent Terran vs Terran skills have seen him dubbed "The Terran Sniper".

Real Name: Tyler Wasieleski
Nationality: American
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: Team Liquid
Twitter: @TylerWasieleski
Streams at: twitch.tv/liquidtyler
Notable Achievements: Fourth place at MLG Dallas 2010.
Fun Fact: NonY is also a host for the StarCraft II show "State of the Game".

Real Name: Jonathan Belke
Nationality: German
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Team ALTERNATE
Twitter: @aTnDarKFoRcE
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/330/DarKFoRcE
Notable Achievements: Top eight finish at IEM Global Challenge, Sao Paulo 2012.
Fun Fact: DarKFoRcE started his caming career playing Warcraft III at the age of 15.

Real Name: Benjamin Baker
Nationality: British
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Evil Geniuses
Twitter: @DeMusliM
Streams at: twitch.tv/demuslim
Notable Achievements: Third place finish at IEM Season V European Championships.
Fun Fact: DeMusliM is not actually Muslim, but chose his name because of Muhammad Ali.

Real Name: Jeffrey Brusi
Nationality: Swedish
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Team Dignitas
Twitter: @dignitassjow
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/8002/SjoW
Notable Achievements: Champion at IEM V European Champions in 2010. Eighth place at MLG Raleigh 2011.
Fun Fact: SjoW used to be a full-time poker player.

Real Name: Dennis Schneider
Nationality: German
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: mousesports
Twitter: @mouzHasuObs
Notable Achievements: Fourth place at IEM Season IV Global Challenge Guangzhou.
Fun Fact: HasuObs is a host of the German podcast, Szencast.

Real Name: Dmytro Filipchuk
Nationality: Ukranian
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: mTw
Twitter: @mTwDIMAGA
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/52094/mTw.DIMAGA
Notable Achievements: Champion of the ASUS ROG Assembly 2011 Tournament.
Fun Fact: DIMAGA was the first person to beat NesTea in a televised Zerg vs Zerg match.

Real Name: Yang Chia Cheng
Nationality: Taiwanese
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: Gama Bears
Twitter: @GamaniaSen
Streams at: twitch.tv/rrb115
Notable Achievements: Third place at NASL Season 2.
Fun Fact: Word is that Sen always finishes in third place because he was cursed by player/commentator Sean "Day[9]" Plott.

Real Name: Park Seo Yong
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Fnatic
Twitter: @FnaticRain
Streams at: own3d.tv/live/134602/FnaticRain_SC2_stream
Notable Achievements: Sixth place at MLG Anaheim 2011.
Fun Fact: Rain lives in the United States with his father.

Real Name: Kim Dong Ju
Nationality: South Korean
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: Gama Bears
Twitter: @coLGanZi
Streams at: twitch.tv/ganzi
Notable Achievements: Champion of 2011 GSL August Code A.
Fun Fact: Ganzi is actually pronounced GanJi in Korean.

Real Name: Chris Loranger
Nationality: Canadian
Preferred Race: Protoss
Team Name: Evil Geniuses
Twitter: @LorangerChris
Streams at: twitch.tv/eghuk
Notable Achievements: Champion of MLG Orlando 2011. Fourth place at MLG Columbus 2012.
Fun Fact: HuK was the first player to win two MLG Major Tournaments.

Real Name: Eugin Oparyshev
Nationality: Ukrainian
Preferred Race: Terran
Team Name: FXOpen e-Sports
Twitter: @AmbitiousTerran
Notable Achievements: First place at the Sennheiser Hear To Win Cup 6.
Fun Fact: Strelok also played Terran in Brood War.

Real Name: Dan Scherlong
Nationality: American
Preferred Race: Zerg
Team Name: It's Gosu eSports
Twitter: @Vibelol
Streams at: own3d.tv/ViBEtv
Notable Achievements: Third place at the Tactic 3D Online Tourney.
Fun Fact: ViBe has great APM, frequently averaging over 300.