LCK: SKT, Afreeca Freecs, and Samsung go up the standings.
LPL: LGD have their best week of the season.
NA LCS Recap and Standings
The Spring Split's regular season is done and the league is taking a break. The NA LCS has the quarterfinals for the playoffs this upcoming weekend.
Here are the final spring split standings after nine weeks of play:
1. Immortals (17W-1L)
2. Counter Logic Gaming (13W-5L)
3. Cloud9 (12W-6L)
4. Liquid (10W-8L)
5. NRG Esports (9W-9L)
6. TSM (9W-9L)
7. Echo Fox (6W-12L)
10. Renegades (6W-13L)
8. Team Impulse (5W-14L)
8. Team Dignitas (4W-14L)
Playoffs Preview
Here's what the schedule looks like:
After the Quarterfinals, the Promotion Tournament will take place. The tournament features the three lowest NA LCS teams (Renegades, Team Impulse, and Team Dignitas) and the two highest challenger teams (Team Dragon Knights and Apex) as they fight for three LCS spots. The tournament is from April 6-8 and wil give an opportunity for exciting new teams to join the league.
EU LCS Recap and Standings
Like the NA LCS, the EU LCS had no regular season games with the end of the Spring Split. Unlike the NA LCS, the EU LCS Promotion Tournament already took place with Splyce, ROCCAT, and Giants beating the Copenhagen Wolves and Huma to secure their LCS spots.
Splyce
Here are final standings of the Spring Split:
1. G2 Esports (15W-3L)
1. H2k (14W-4L)
3. Team Vitality (13W-5L)
4. Origen (11W-7L)
5. Unicorns of Love (10W-8L)
6. Fnatic (9W-9L)
7. Elements (6W-12L)
8. Splyce (5W-13L)
9. ROCCAT (4W-14L)
10. Giants (3W-15L)
Playoffs Preview
The regular season is officially over!
Here's what the playoffs look like:
LCK Recap and Standings
SKT, Afreeca Freecs, and Samsung Galaxy all have a big week while Jin Air, CJ ENTUS, and Longzhu falter. Afreeca Freecs continue a strong run towards the playoffs. Their match against Jin Air Green Wings and CJ ENTUS' match against KT Rolster have the potential to make a major shift in the standings.
Afreeca Freecs
Here are results of week 11:
Day 1:
Samsung Galaxy vs SBENU SONICBOOM (2-0)
CJ ENTUS vs ROX Tigers (0-2)
Day 2:
KT Rolster vs Afreeca Freecs (1-2)
Longzhu Gaming vs SKTelecom T1 (0-2)
Day 3:
Kongdoo Monsters vs ROX Tigers (0-2)
Samsung Galaxy vs Jin Air Green Wings(2-1)
Day 4:
SKTelecom T1 vs CJ ENTUS (2-0)
SBENU SONICBOOM vs Afreeca Freecs (1-2)
The matches to watch are SKT vs CJ ENTUS and Samsung Galaxy vs Jin Air.
Here are the standings after eleven weeks of play:
1. ROX Tigers (14W-1L)
2. Jin Air Green Wings (10W-5L)
3. SKTelecom T1 (9W-5L)
3. KT Rolster (9W-5L)
5. Samsung Galaxy (9W-6L)
6. CJ ENTUS (8W-8L)
7. Afreeca Freecs (7W-7L)
8. Longzhu Gaming (6W-8L)
9. Kongdoo Monster (1W-14L)
10. SBENU SONICBOOM (1W-15L)
Week 12 Preview
Only two weeks remain of the regular season. The series to watch in week 12 is going to be ROX Tigers vs KT Rolster, Jin Air Green Wings vs Afreeca Freecs, and SKT vs Sam Sung Galaxy. These teams need to secure these wins in order to have a place in the upcoming playoffs.
LPL Recap and Standings
LGD won both of their games this week. It's not an April Fools' joke and one of the wins was against Group A's first seed Qiao Gu Reapers.
LGD Gaming
Here are the results of week 8:
Day 1:
Hyper Youth Gaming vs Edward Gaming (0-2)
Vici Gamingvs Invictus Gaming (1-2)
Day 2:
Qiao Gu Reapers vs LGD Gaming (0-2)
Energy Pace Maker vs Team World Elite (1-2)
Day 3:
Invictus Gamingvs Edward Gaming (0-2)
Hyper Youth Gaming vs OMG (0-2)
Royal Never Give Up vs Vici Gaming (2-1)
Day 4:
Energy Pace Maker vs LGD Gaming (1-2)
Snake Esports vs Qiao Gu Reapers (2-0)
Team World Elite vs Master3 (2-0)
The series to watch is QG vs LGD as it is definitely the biggest upset of the week.
Group A
1. Qiao Gu Reapers (10W-3L)
2. Team World Elite (9W-4L)
3. Snake Esports (7W-5L)
4. LGD Gaming (5W-8L)
4. Master3 (3W-9L)
6. Energy Pace Maker (2W-11L)
Group B
1. Royal Never Give Up (10W-2L)
2. Edward Gaming (9W-4L)
3. OMG (7W-5L)
3. Invictus Gaming (7W-6L)
3. Vici Gaming (6W-7L)
6. Hyper Youth Gaming (1W-12L)
Week 8 Preview
Next week the series to watch is Royal Never Give Up vs Edward Gaming. These are most likely the best two teams in the league and this head to head match is likely to have a significant effect on the upcoming playoffs.
Fakers reaction after dying
Faker brings out the Fizz, but gets a little greedy.
Fakers reaction after dying
Mickey TF vs Score Kindred Awesome 1v1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ESL Pro League Season 3 Week 5
In the fifth week of the ESL Pro League teams played a total of 48 total matches for both EU and NA regions.
Here are the week 6 results for EU:
Week 6 NA Results:
After week 6, these are the standings:
In the anticipated match between Astralis vs NiP, NiP was victorious in both Mirage and Cache allowing them to take the first seed in the EU Division. In NA, the tiebreaker between OpTic and Selfless ended with Selfless taking both Inferno and Mirage in two close games.
For week 7, the games do not start until April 6th for both regions.
MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016
The MLG Major Championship: Columbus takes place from March 29th to April 3rd in Columbus, Ohio. The tournament has the biggest prize pool in CS:GO history of $1,000,000 with sixteen of the best teams in the world. The group stage is already on its way until the playoffs on April 1st.
Top 5 Plays from Week 5 of the ESL Pro League's North American Division
Top 5 Plays from Week 5 EU ESL Pro League
Top 5 Plays from Week 5 of the ESL Pro League's European Division
Dota 2
DreamLeague Season 5 League Play
Eight invited teams are competing online in a best-of-two round robin. Each game won award the team $1,000, totaling $56,000 for the League Play. So far, Vega Squadron has won all of their games making them the current first seed.
These are the results so far:
The main tournament begins on May 21st and features a double elimination best-of-three bracket with a Best-of-five Grand Final.
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