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eSports Weekly 05/23/16
League Championship Series Summer Split 2016
All of the leagues are currently on break. However, one of the biggest format overhauls in LCS history is about to take place. With the introduction of best of threes in North America and best of twos in Europe, the scheduling of the two leagues will be completely different.
Here's the details for NA:
As you can see, Saturday and Sunday will features two consecutive streams in order to accommodate for all of the additional games. With this format, you can be assured that the LCS will be drastically different league.
G2's Summer Split Hype Video
Vacation is over.
Bjergsen on Azir in Korean Solo Queue
Two nice Azir plays by Bjergsen - Korean SoloQ
Team Fight Breakdown with Jatt: CLG vs SKT (MSI 2016 Finals)
Team Fight Breakdown with Jatt: CLG vs SKT (MSI 2016 Finals)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Virtus.pro win SL i-League Invitational
Organized by SLTV in Kiev, Ukraine, the StarLadder i-League Invitational #1 went from May 5th to May 22nd. Featuring a $100,000 prize pool, there were eight participating teams:
- GODSENT
- Dobry&Gaming
- Natus Vincere
- Virtus.pro
- Worst Players
- FlipSid3 Tactics
- HellRaisers
- SK Gaming
Here's how the tournament went down:
In the finals, Virtus.pro faced Natus Vincere in a tense best of three series. Virtus.pro took Na'Vi's strong map, Inferno, 16-11 while Na'Vi took Virtus.pro's map, Train, in a dominating 16-8 victory. In the final decisive map, Cobblestone, Virtus.pro took off after a 9-9 tie to win 16-10. As the champions, Virtus.pro won $50,000 and won their first premier tournament since CEVO Season 8 in November 2015.
Esports Championship Series Season 1
The eSports Championship Series, organized by FACEIT and Twitch, boasts an aggregate $3.5 million prize pool. The tournament features two leagues: European and North American, with ten teams in each league. The League is formatted with a round robin in best of threes.
Here are the results for this week:
North America:
Europe:
ELEAGUE Season 1
ELEAGUE, organized by Turner Sports and WME/IMG, is a new premier CS:GO tournament that features a outstanding $1,200,00 prize pool. Running from May 24th to July 30th, the tournament will be broadcast on TBS and is geared towards appealing to a broad audience. Here are the participating teams:
- Astralis
- Cloud9
- compLexity Gaming
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Team Dignitas
- Echo Fox
- Team EnVyUs
- FaZe Clan
- FlipSid3 Tactics
- Fnatic
- Gambit Gaming
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- Luminosity Gaming
- mousesports
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- NRG eSports
- Renegades
- SK Gaming
- Team SoloMid
- TyLoo
- Virtus.pro
- OpTic Gaming
With 24 teams and top-notch broadcasting talent, this tournament will surely be a thrilling event to follow.
ELEAGUE: Shq Goes Deep Into CS:GO
ELEAGUE Season 1 is HERE!
ELEAGUE Season 1 is HERE!
Shahzam Scream Tap 4k
Shahzam Scream Tap 4k
Shox Crazy Entry Frags
shox crazy entryfrags
Insane S1mple Pistol Ace
Insane S1mple All HS Ace with USP-S vs SK @ Starladder i-League Invitational #1
Dota 2
OG win DreamLeague Season 5
DreamLeague Season 5 is a major tournament organized by DreamHack faturing a $156,000 prize pool. Taking place from May 21st to May 22nd, OG, Natus Vincere, No Diggity, and Virtus.Pro battled against each other in a double elimination best-of-three bracket.
Here's how the tournament went:
In the Grand Finals, OG swept Natus Vincere 3-0 giving them their second consecutive DreamLeague title. With this win, OG has won their first tournament since the last DreamLeague tournament.
NaVi vs OG DreamLeague Game 3 Highlights
NaVi vs OG Dream League s5 Grand Final Game 3 Dota 2
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James Hwang
My first MMOs included Ragnarok Online, Gunbound, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft. Nowadays, my wife (also a writer on MMOs) and I play League of Legends and any other MMOs we can get our hands on. I also love following eSports and attending eSports events.