Carbot Animation’s weekly vignettes on the trials and tribulations of life in the Koprulu Sector may only be a minute or two long, but they’ll keep you laughing for hours. Check out this week’s episode of “StarCrafts” below, and share it with your friends after you manage to catch your breath.

Are you interested in joining other eSports enthusiasts to watch a live stream of professional StarCraft II action? If you happen to be in Paris, France, head over to Meltdown any day of the week. Otherwise, check out the following list to see if there's an event being organized in your area.

We know more and more BarCrafts are happening, and we'd love to add them to this list. If you know of a StarCraft viewing event that isn't listed here, please email the following information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. :
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Following a full week of intense Challenger League matches, WCS America Premier League is returning this week with the round of 16 group stage. After making it through the round of 32, the remaining players have been split into four groups of four, and will travel to the Major League Gaming studios in New York City to compete face-to-face. The groups will once again be played out in dual tournament style, with MLG bringing you every minute of this top-level StarCraft II action.

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A different group will be showcased each day from Monday, May 20 to Thursday, May 23. MLG shoutcasters Nick ‘Axslav’ Ranish and Alex ‘Axeltoss’ Rodriguez will cast on the official WCS America stream every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT to see which players will advance to the eight-person WCS America Premier League Regional Finals. Pop some popcorn, get comfortable, and catch all of the WCS Premier action at the official WCS Twitch.tv stream.

In case you’re looking for more World Championship Series StarCraft II competition this week, WCS Korea Premier League rolls on with the semifinals, hosted by GOMTV, as well as the WCS Europe Challenger League, hosted by the Electronic Sports League. To stay up to date on exact show times for each region and the Blizzcon Finals point standings, plenty of details can be found here.

UPDATED AND CURRENT AS OF: MONDAY, MAY 20

Now that Season 1 of 2013 World Championship Series competition is well under way in Europe, Korea, and America, tons of epic StarCraft II games are being played. With three ongoing regional competitions, a variety of broadcast dates and times, and hundreds of players earning WCS Points at events around the world, we understand that keeping up with the WCS can seem overwhelming. To help you keep everything straight, we put together a broadcast schedule and WCS point leaderboard that will be updated on a weekly basis.

WCS 2013 Global Broadcast Schedule

Below, you'll find a detailed World Championship Series broadcast schedule that you can refer back to any time you need a quick refresher on which matches will be played in the days to come. Furthermore, we're very excited to share that starting on Tuesday, April 29, the World Championship Series will offer three days a week of ‘round the clock live StarCraft II eSports action for your viewing pleasure. Tune in here at any of the dates and times listed below to catch top StarCraft II players from around the world locking horns for points, prizes, and pride.

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(On Wednesday, May 22 GomTV will broadcast the WCS Korea Premier League Season Final consolation matches. During these matches, Shin ‘RorO’ No Yeol will take on Won ‘PartinG’ Lee Sak, and Hwang ‘KangHo’ Kang Ho will square off against Choi ‘Bomber’ Ji Sung to determine who among them will fill the two remaining seats for WCS Korea at the cross-region Season Finals held next month.)

Though we will be regularly updating the above schedule, feel free to stop by the GomTV, ESL, and MLG websites as well for broadcast dates and times even farther down the road for WCS Korea, Europe, and America, respectively.

WCS 2013 Point Leaderboard

The leaderboard below will help you keep tabs on all of the top WCS point earners throughout the year. Be sure to check in often to follow along with your favorite players as they compete to earn slots at the 2013 WCS Global Finals, to be held at BlizzCon this November.

For a comprehensive look at all the players who have earned WCS points this year, check out the awesome Liquipedia WCS Standings page put together by our friends at TeamLiquid.net. If you’d like more information on the format, prizing, or point structure for this year's World Championship Series, you can find all the details here.