HDStarcraft

HDStarcraft
HDStarcraft
Born	Alex Do
Known for	Electronic sports commentator

Alex Do,

e-sports commentator for StarCraft II, a video game published by Blizzard Entertainment. He appears as a commentator at StarCraft tournaments worldwide, and his commentary is viewable through YouTube channels.^[2]

Career

During the beta of StarCraft II, HD collaborated with fellow commentator

Husky to host the "HDH Invitational", a StarCraft II tournament consisting of sixteen of the top professional StarCraft II gamers from around the world.^[3] The tournament was played in an entirely virtual environment over the Battle.net server, and the games were later broadcast on YouTube. The tournament was sponsored, and cash prizes were awarded.^[3] Neither HD nor Husky actually have a background in casting sports commentary, despite the pair's popularity.^[3]

HD has been both a commentator and a player in

Sean "Day9" Plott, JP McDaniel, and Husky for the Pro Circuit at Raleigh in August 2010.^[1] Later in the year, HD was a StarCraft II player at the national championships at Dallas in November 2010.^[4]

HD and StarCraft II professional gamer Taylor "PainUser" Parsons presented a Google Tech Talk in September 2010.^[5] The talk itself covered StarCraft II and electronic sports, while including a commentary by HD and Parsons on the StarCraft II tournament finals played amongst Google employees.

References

^ ^a ^b "StarCraft 2 Will be Broadcast Live in Raleigh in HD: Full Player List Released". Major League Gaming. 2010-08-12.
^ "HDStarcraft - StarCraft 2". YouTube.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pennycook, Jeremy (2010-07-29). "Video Games And Their Evolution Into A New Breed Of Spectator Sport". NPR.
^ "MLG Dallas StarCraft 2 National Championship Preview". 2010-11-05.
^ Lingle, Samuel (2010-09-18). "eSports Weekly: 9/18/2010". Cyberathlete Professional League. Archived from the original on 2010-09-23.

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[mlg-raleigh-1] "StarCraft 2 Will be Broadcast Live in Raleigh in HD: Full Player List Released". Major League Gaming. 2010-08-12.

[2] "HDStarcraft - StarCraft 2". YouTube.

[npr-esports-3] Pennycook, Jeremy (2010-07-29). "Video Games And Their Evolution Into A New Breed Of Spectator Sport". NPR.

[4] "MLG Dallas StarCraft 2 National Championship Preview". 2010-11-05.

[5] Lingle, Samuel (2010-09-18). "eSports Weekly: 9/18/2010". Cyberathlete Professional League. Archived from the original on 2010-09-23.

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