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eSports Weekly 07/04/16
NA LCS Recap and Standings
The fifth week of the NA LCS has finished!
Day 1:
- Cloud9 vs Liquid (1-2)
- Echo Fox vs Team Envy (1-2)
Day 2:
- NRG Esports vs Counter Logic Gaming (0-2)
- Phoenix1 vs TSM (0-2)
- Immortals vs Apex (2-0)
- Liquid vs Team Envy (2-0)
Day 3:
- Counter Logic Gaming vs TSM (0-2)
- Echo Fox vs NRG Esports (0-2)
- Apex vs Phoenix1 (1-2)
- Immortals vs Cloud9 (2-0)
In the fifth week of the NA LCS, TSM and Immortals solidify themselves as the two world contending teams in NA with perfect weeks against solid opponents. Phoenix1 got their first win and Liquid was able to enter into contention for the top three with a solid week against Cloud9 and Team Envy.
| 1. TSM (10W-0L) (Game Record: 20-3)
2. Immortals (9W-1L) (Game Record: 19-5) 3. Cloud9 (6W-4L) (Game Record: 15-11) 4. Liquid (6W-4L) (Game Record: 13-10) 5. Team Envy (6W-4L) (Game Record: 12-12) 6. Counter Logic Gaming (4W-6L) (Game Record: 11-13) 7. Apex (4W-6L) (Game Record: 11-14) 8. NRG Esports (3W-7L) (Game Record: 9-15) 9. Echo Fox (1W-9L) (Game Record: 5-18) 10. Phoenix1 (1W-9L) (Game Record: 5-19) |
Week 6 Preview
Next week both TSM and Immortals will be challenged by Cloud9 and Liquid. After a tough two losses Cloud9 will be looking to bounce back with a win.
EU LCS Recap and Standings
Unlike the NA LCS, the EU LCS uses best of twos which leads to a point system. A 2-0 win gives 3 points. A tie gives 1 point per team. A loss gives no points.
Here's how the matches went:
Day 1:
- Splyce vs Unicorns of Love (1-1)
- ROCCAT vs Giants (0-2)
- Team Vitality vs FC Schalke 04 (1-1)
- H2K vs Origen (1-1)
- Fnatic vs G2 Esports (0-2)
Day 2:
- ROCCAT vs H2K (1-1)
- Unicorns of Love vs FC Schalke 04 (1-1)
- Team Vitality vs Splyce (0-2)
- G2 Esports vs Origen (1-1)
- Giants vs Fnatic (2-0)
In the fifth week of play, G2 Esports was able to take the first spot again after Fnatic's week of two losses against G2 and Giants. The recommended series to watch are Fnatic vs G2 and G2 vs Origen.
Here are the standings after five weeks of play:
| 1. G2 Esports (20 PTS) (5W-5T-0L)
2. Fnatic (17 PTS) (5W-2T-3L) 3. H2K (15 PTS) (3W-6T-1L) 4. Splyce (14 PTS) (3W-5T-2L) 4. FC Schalke 04 (14 PTS) (3W-5T-2L) 6. Giants (13 PTS) (4W-1T-5L) 7. Unicorns of Love (9 PTS) (2W-3T-5L) 8. Team Vitality (9 PTS) (1W-6T-3L) 8. Origen (9 PTS) (1W-6T-3L) 10. ROCCAT (8 PTS) (1W-5T-4L) |
Week 6 Preview
The series to watch will be FC Schalke 04 vs Splyce. Given they are tied for fourth place, this match is important to how the upcoming playoffs will shape up.
LCK Recap and Standings
Week 6 Results:
Day 1:
- MVP vs Longzhu Gaming (2-0)
Day 2:
- Jin Air Green Wings vs KT Rolster (1-2)
Day 3:
- Afreeca Freecs vs MVP (2-1)
- SKTelecom T1 vs ESC Ever (1-2)
This week as a short one with only four different series. Notably, SKT lost to ESC Ever dropping them down the standings.
Here are the standings after six weeks of play:
| 1. ROX Tigers (7W-2L)
2. KT Rolster (7W-2L) 3. Samsung Galaxy (6W-3L) 3. SKTelecom T1 (6W-3L) 5. Jin Air Green Wings (5W-4L) 6. Afreeca Freecs (4W-5L) 6. MVP (3W-5L) 8. ESC Ever (3W-6L) 9. Longzhu Gaming (2W-7L) 10. CJ ENTUS (1W-8L) |
Week 7 Preview
Next week is a full week with six days of matches. Some must see matches will be SKT vs ROX on Thursday and SKT vs KT on Friday.
There were no games in China this week due to the Demacia Cup. The Tournament involves sixteen teams divided into four groups. Twelve of these teams are from the LPL and four of them are from the LSPL (China's lower league). RNG is against EDG in the Semifnals and Snake will play IMAY in the other side of the bracket.
Group A
| 1. Edward Gaming (8W-0L)
2. Game Talents (5W-3L) 2. Snake Esports (5W-3L) 4. NewBee (3W-5L) 5. Invictus Gaming (2W-6L) 6. Saint Gaming (0W-8L) |
Group B
| 1. Royal Never Give Up (7W-1L)
2. I MAY (5W-3L) 2. Team World Elite (5W-3L) 3. Vici Gaming (4W-4L) 3. LGD Gaming (3W-5L) 6. OMG (1W-7L) |
TSM vs CLG - Bard Play
Bjergsen Plays
Insane Clearlove 2v5 Pentakill in the Demacia Cup
Insane Clearlove 2v5 Graves Pentakill in the Demacia Cup
Aphromoo Godlike Ultimate
Steve Makes a Giant Play with the Gnar Ult
METEOS Clutch Baron Steal
ELEAGUE Season 1
ELEAGUE, organized by Turner Sports and WME/IMG, is a new premier CS:GO tournament that features an outstanding $1,200,00 prize pool. The tournament will be broadcast on TBS, running from May 24th to July 30th, and is geared towards a broad audience.
In Group F's Round Robin, Team EnVyUs came out on top with a 5-1 score with Virtus.pro behind them at 4-2. In the Group Playoffs, Team EnVyUs swept both compLexity Gaming and Virtus.pro 2-0 to qualify for the main playoffs and end up as the second highest ranked team in the entire tournament. For placing second, Virtus.pro now will play in the Last Chance Bracket to play for two open spots in the final playoffs.
Here is all of the results for Group F:
There aren't any matches this week but the Last Chance Bracket begins the week after.
ESL One: Cologne 2016
With a $1,000,000 USD prize pool, sixteen teams will be competing in this Premier tournament that involves a group stage and a single elimination playoff. Going from July 5-10, the top teams of the world will be competing for this lucrative prize.
Here are the participants and their groups:
Group A
- Astralis
- Counter Logic Gaming
- Gambit Gaming
- Team Dignitas
Group B
- Natus Vincere
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- OpTic Gaming
- FlipSid3 Tactics
Group C
- Team Liquid
- Virtus.pro
- mouseports
- Team EnVyUs
Group D
- SK Gaming
- Fnatic
- FaZe Clan
- G2 Esports
apEX Hit byali with a Jumping m4 Shot
Hooch Wins With 1 Bullet
KennyS Back in Form
Kenny Back to Hitting Nutty Flicks
Insane Quickscope by KennyS
Dota 2
The International 2016: Main Qualifiers
The International is the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year and its qualifiers have finished. The format is divided into two phases. Phase one features a round robin with all the teams in the group. Each team plays against the other teams of their region in a best of one series. The winner of the group secures a spot in the main tournament and the second to fifth place teams advance to phase two. Phase two features a double elimination bracket of these four teams from phase one. These are best of threes and the winner of the bracket secures a spot in the main tournament. The runner up goes to The International 2016 Wild Card tournament in Seattle to play other third place teams for the final two slots at the Main Event.
Here are the main results of the qualifiers for each region:
Americas Qualifier: Evil Geniuses tied with compLexity Gaming and eventually won the tiebreaker to win the ticket to the main tournament. compLexity Gaming, Digital Chaos, Void Boys, and FDL played in the playoffs for a chance to go to Phase two. Digital Chaos was able to win against compLexity 3-2 to get a chance to qualify for the main tournament.
Chinese Qualifier: Wings Gaming is the first seed and Invictus Gaming, Vici Gaming Reborn, EHOME.cn, and iG Vitality played in the playoffs where Vici Gaming Reborn was able to beat EHOME.cn in both the Winners' Finals and Grand Finals to go to the Wild Card tournament.
European Qualifier: With a three-way tie for first place, Team Secret came out on top against Escape Gaming and Fantastic Five. As a result the remaining seeds of Escape Gaming, Fantastic Five, Ad Finem, and Alliance played in the playoffs where Alliance was able to win the ticket to Seattle.
Southeast Asian Qualifier: SEA had a three-way tie as well with TNC Gaming, Fnatic, and Execration. TNC came out on top with Fnatic, Excration, WarriorsGaming.Unity, and White Fries Gaming behind them. In the playoffs, Fnatic nearly swept the competition winning the Grand Finals and advanced to the Wild Card tournament in Seattle.
Ending Alliance Escape Game 1
S4 TP Escape
Loda Wombo Combo Ultra Kill
That F5 ESC Game 2 Ending!
Complexity Insane Teamfight Initiation
Overwatch
BEAT Invitational - Season 1
Beat Gaming has started on June 27th with the top eight teams competing for $7,500 USD in their inaugural tournament. The format involves a Group Stage and a double elimination playoff.
In the group stage, Team EnVyUs swept their group 2-0 with Northern Gaming Red behind them at 2-1. In Group B, Cloud9 also swept their group 2-0 with Gale Force eSports behind them at 2-1.
The Playoffs begin in a few days. Catch all of the action here.
Tremendous combo from Gale Force to make a Team Kill
EnVyUs Taimou as Hanzo POTG
Highlights | Team Liquid vs Gale Force eSports
iddqd Quad Kill vs Gale Force eSports.OW
Highlights | Gale Force vs Rogue
Liquipedia Bracket Images used under CC-BY-SA
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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.