Hello folks, it's me. Sublyme. I'm still alive! Anyhow, I noticed we've been slacking on eSports for awhile now, so I hope to step back in and get you guys in the know. But before we get started, I want to ask if there is anybody in the Florida, Georgia or Alabama area who is planning on going to the CPL and wouldn't mind letting me carpool with them. I could also use a place to stay in Dallas to save money on a hotel and all that jazz. I already have my press pass and BYOC spot, but I'm still having difficult arranging a ride. Alternatively, if anyone can arrange a flight from Jacksonville, Florida to Dallas, Texas roundtrip at an affordable price, hit me up. If you can help me with either of these, drop me an email at sublyme@gmail.com[break="click me to continue"]In case you didn't know, the eSports World Cup is currently in session over in France. This event is one I'd liken to the CPL and World Cyber Games, as it's got the top teams in the world competing. Today the counter-strike quarter-finals were played, with the following results:
Titans over Mouz :: 13-5
TSG over Ownage :: 13-4
spiXel over Adrenaline :: 13-3
Virtus.Pro over SK.swe :: 13-9
Yes, you read that correctly, as notable teams such as Mouz, Adrenaline and Schroet Kommando were all eliminated from the tournament today, along with American-team TSG knocking out NoA earlier. The tournament currently only has one American team left in TSG, but looking at their performance thus far in the tournament I'm going to go out on a line and say they could make the finals. Virtus.Pro is a relatively unknown team to the eSports community as they're from Russia. The last time a russian team made a splash in the Counter-Strike competitive world was in the 2002 World Cyber Games when M19 won the championship. Virtus.Pro is one of the few teams to be able to defeat SK, let alone eliminate them from a tournament before they even reached the finals.
I think many people expected Adrenaline not to perform as well given the loss of Vesslan to retirement. The NoA loss was quite a shock as well, given not a lot of faith has been put in TSG to represent America on the international scene, but it looks to me like they're doing just fine so far.
Please leave comments regarding eSports coverage and how you feel about it; if I get some decent feedback I may start covering CAL-i nights and other assorted tournaments again.
Titans over Mouz :: 13-5
TSG over Ownage :: 13-4
spiXel over Adrenaline :: 13-3
Virtus.Pro over SK.swe :: 13-9
Yes, you read that correctly, as notable teams such as Mouz, Adrenaline and Schroet Kommando were all eliminated from the tournament today, along with American-team TSG knocking out NoA earlier. The tournament currently only has one American team left in TSG, but looking at their performance thus far in the tournament I'm going to go out on a line and say they could make the finals. Virtus.Pro is a relatively unknown team to the eSports community as they're from Russia. The last time a russian team made a splash in the Counter-Strike competitive world was in the 2002 World Cyber Games when M19 won the championship. Virtus.Pro is one of the few teams to be able to defeat SK, let alone eliminate them from a tournament before they even reached the finals.
I think many people expected Adrenaline not to perform as well given the loss of Vesslan to retirement. The NoA loss was quite a shock as well, given not a lot of faith has been put in TSG to represent America on the international scene, but it looks to me like they're doing just fine so far.
Please leave comments regarding eSports coverage and how you feel about it; if I get some decent feedback I may start covering CAL-i nights and other assorted tournaments again.
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