eSports Weekly 04/04/16

The two quarterfinal matches between Cloud9 vs TSM and Liquid vs NRG Esports took place this weekend.

TSM

The first game between Cloud9 and TSM was a complete stomp by Cloud9. Their double teleport and multiple globals team composition continually caught TSM. However, TSM turned it on and won the next three games to take the whole series. Svenskeren looked better in this series than he did in the entire regular season and was one of the major reasons for their victory.

Team Liquid

Team Liquid swept NRG Esports 3-0 with an outstanding performance by Dardoch and Piglet. Liquid looked like they simply out classed NRG in both lane and macro play. While NRG's Impact made some impressively plays, Team Liquid's crisp play made them look like a serious contender for the championship.

In the semifinals next week, Immortals face TSM and Counter Logic Gaming face Team Liquid due to dynamic seeding. While TSM looked like the team everyone expected earlier in the split they face a difficult challenge in the Immortals. Team Liquid vs Counter Logic Gaming can go either way. Don't miss any of these match-ups taking place this upcoming weekend.

EU LCS Recap and Standings

The European quarterfinal matches featured Fnatic vs Team Vitality and Origen vs Unicorns of Love.

Fnatic

In Fnatic vs Team Vitality, Fnatic took the first two games with a particularly strong performance from Febivan. Vitality, however, threatened the reverse sweep with great Gangplank play from Nukeduck. Nevertheless, Fnatic would not be denied and took the fourth game to move on to the semifinals. While Fnatic has been in every EU LCS finals, they were not expected to beat Vitality due to their poor regular split performance. In their match against G2 Esports next week, Fnatic will need to raise their level of play to beat the likes of Trick and Perkz.

Origen

Origen vs Unicorns of Love was a clean sweep with a dominant performance by Zven. Despite Steeelback's strong performance, the Unicorns looked sloppy and lost. With this win, Origen face H2k Gaming next week. H2k is known for crisp macro play and great preparation, and will be a much tougher opponent than the Unicorns of Love.

LCK Recap and Standings

LCK is looking as fearsome as ever with the top eight teams playing high level, competitive League of Legends. SKT looks revitalized with the addition of Blank, their new aggressive jungler. KT Rolster also had a great week with an upset against the dominant ROX Tigers. Given how close these teams are to each other, the playoffs should be exciting with so much potential for upsets.

KT Rolster

Here are results of week 12:

Day 1:

1. ROX Tigers vs KT Rolster (1-2)
2. Longzhu Gaming vs Samsung Galaxy (2-0)

Day 2:

1. Jin Air Green Wings vs Afreeca Freecs (0-2)
2. Kongdoo Monster vs SKTelecom T1 (0-2)

Day 3:

1. SBENU SONICBOOM vs Longzhu Gaming (2-0)
2. CJ ENTUS vs KT Rolster (0-2)

Day 4:

1. SKTelecom T1 vs Samsung Galaxy (2-0)
2. ROX Tigers vs Afreeca Freecs (2-0)

The series to watch is ROX Tigers vs KT Rolster. This series alone went the full three games and demonstrated some flaws in the dominant ROX Tigers.

Here are the standings after twelve weeks of play:

1. ROX Tigers (15W-2L) 2. SKTelecom T1 (11W-5L) 2. KT Rolster (11W-5L) 4. Jin Air Green Wings (10W-6L) 5. Samsung Galaxy (9W-8L) 6. Afreeca Freecs (8W-8L) 7. CJ ENTUS (8W-9L) 8. Longzhu Gaming (7W-9L) 9. SBENU SONICBOOM (2W-15L) 10. Kongdoo Monster (1W-15L)

Week 13 Preview

This will be the last week of the regular split. Given how close the top eight teams are, this week will be critical in how the playoffs turn out. The key matches to watch are KT vs SKT in the battle for second place. Furthermore, Jin Air has two key matches against ROX Tigers and Longzhu.

LPL Recap and Standings

LGD continues their win streak and EDG look particularly strong this week.

Edward Gaming's Clearlove

Here are the results of week 9:

Day 1:

1. Energy Pace Maker vs Qiao Gu Reapers (2-1)
2. Master3 vs Snake Esports (0-2)

Day 2:

1. Royal Never Give Up vs Edward Gaming (1-2)
2. OMG vs Invictus Gaming(2-1)

Day 3:

1. Master3 vs Qiao Gu Reapers (1-2)
2. Energy Pace Maker vs Snake Esports (1-2)
3. Team World Elite vs LGD Gaming (0-2)

Day 4:

1. Vici Gaming vs Edward Gaming (0-2)
2. Hyper Youth Gaming vs Invictus Gaming (0-2)
3. Royal Never Give Up vs OMG (2-0)

The match-up to watch is Royal Never Give Up vs Edward Gaming. Going the full three games, this match gives hope for EDG that they can return to MSI to defend their title.

Due to the MLG Major Championship, the ESL Pro League is on break this week. The match to watch next week is Team Liquid vs Cloud9. With Team Liquid and CLG reaching Legend status from the MLG Major Championship: Colombus, Cloud9 will be looking to prove that they are a contending NA team. Watch the ESL Pro League match on Thursday, April 7, at 8 p.m. ET.

Luminosity win the MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016

As the first Brazilian Team to ever win a CS:GO major, Luminosity beat Natus Vincere 2-0 at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus Grand Finals to win $500,000. In the first map, Mirage, Na'Vi started strong with a 11-4 start on the CT-side. However, LG turned it on and forced an overtime and ended the map 19-17. The second map, Overpass, was a 16-2 blowout and the Brazilians won their first Major. Coldzera was awarded the MVP trophy for a insane performance during the entire tournament.

Here is how the tournament played out with Luminosity's thrilling run:

Hiko 1v4 Clutch

 S1mple's Knife

AdreN 1 Pixel Shot

Dota 2

ESL One Manila 2016 Qualifiers

The ESL One Manila Qualifiers have finished their regional qualifiers and the eight final teams have been finalized.

The teams are:

• EHOME (Direct Invite)
• Team Liquid (Direct Invite)
• Team Secret (Direct Invite)
• compLexity Gaming (American Qualifier)
• Wings Gaming (Chinese Qualifier)
• Team Empire (European Qualifier)
• Mineski (Philippines Qualifier)
• Fnatic (Southeast Asian Qualifier)

The actual tournament begins on April 22nd and finished April 24th.