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BLOGS
Mousesports win EM Dubai and take home $25,000
mousesports needed to win two maps while MYM only would have needed a single map. They played de_dust2 two times in the Grand Final and also once in the Winnerbracket Final before.
Mousesports played an impressive tournament so far and just took the Grand Final against MYM on two maps, winning the $25,000 for the first place. They got knocked out earlier by MYM on de_dust2 with 12-16 and again the map was de_dust2 in the Grand Final.
Being a Double Elimination tournament, MYM would have needed only one map to win the whole event while mousesports needed two. Starting on the Counter-Terrorist side mousesports played a great half getting 9 rounds which is extraordinary. They continued on the second half with great play by Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski throughout the whole game. Also two timeouts were called by both, mousesports and MYM in order to talk about mistakes and cool down a bit.
The second map was de_dust2 again which worked great for mousesports before as they certainly knew what MYM was playing almost all of the time. Again cyx played an important role taking many AWP shots leading his team to victory. Mousesports won the first half with 12-3 this time starting on the Terrorist side until MYM could pick up a few rounds at the end of the first half.
In the second half, MYM made the comeback but it didn't last long until Navid 'Kapio' Javadi finished MYM off with a knife frag, winning the Global Challenge Dubai.
Global Challenge Dubai
1st - mousesports ($25,000)
2nd - MYM ($10,000)
3rd - GamePlay ($6,000)
4th - mTw ($4,000)
5th-6th - Made in Brazil ($2,500)
5th-6th - SK Gaming ($2,500)
gore: "MYM will be just another game"
Mousesports' Austrian star player Franz "gore" Burghardt talks about the semi final against SK gaming and the upcoming upper bracket final versus MYM.
walle: Teams that skipped Montreal did the right thing
SK Gaming's captain Dennis "walle" Wallenberg talks about the team's perfromance at the EM event in Dubai, after SK finished fifth.
SK Sweden came to the United Arab Emirates straight from Canada where they took second place at the Extreme Masters Global Challenge. They were among the favourites here and played very convincingly on the first day of the event but lost their playoff matches against Mousesports in the semi final and GamePlay in the lower bracket.
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg talks about the defeats to the German and Finnish teams as well as SK's upcoming tournaments, the World eSports Masters and the World Cyber Games
SK beat Lanklan, win IOL Season 1
SK Sweden already qualified for the IOL Season 1 Final yesterday and they met Lanklan today. SK were able to beat them on two maps with de_train going into the overtime again and therefore got the spot for the Final Four.
Lanklan and Begrip were the only teams getting dangerous for SK Sweden during the whole tournament but SK did not lose a single map. A total of 32 teams qualified for the first season of the Inferno Online League and three more seasons are to come.
Two tournaments were played splitting the 32 teams up on two days. Saturday was the first tournament with a groupstage followed by the Single Elimination. SK Sweden were able to beat everyone in their group and also beat Begrip in the Grand Final.
The second tournament was on Sunday with a strong Lanklan and AndThenSome Finland but a struggling MiBr. In the end, Lanklan were able to take down AndThenSome in the Grand Final qualifying for the Season 1 Final where they had to play SK.
Again de_train was going into overtime but SK managed to win that yet again with a total of 19-15 in the end. The second map was de_nuke but not as close as the first one winning with 16-6 and therefor winning the first season of the Inferno Online League.
Three more seasons are to come and teams from all around the world can participate. You will find more information about it on the Inferno Online homepage.
Inferno Online League Season 1
1st - SK Sweden (30.000 SEK being ~3.100€)
2nd - Lanklan (SteelSeries products worth ~1.240€)
3rd - AndThenSome.Fi (DreamHack Winter Tickets)
Play SK Sweden at ESEA on Monday and Wednesday
Apart from all the events going on, SK Sweden is also playing on the ESEA Premium Servers to keep their individual skills in top shape. On Monday you will be able to play with and against the whole team in gathers as well as play CSDM with Marcus "zet" Sundström on Wednesday.
The team just returned from the Los Angles event where they placed first and are also currently playing the IOL Season 1 Final. Between the events, you can meet the players at the ESEA Premium Servers to play with and against them.
Two special events have been scheduled for Monday, 13th October 2008 and Wednesday, 15th October from 20:00 to 21:00 CET. On Monday you will have the chance to play with all of the players on the servers while on Wednesday you will be able to play Marcus 'zet' Sundström on the Counter-Strike DeathMatch servers.
You are also able to compare your stats with the stats of the SK players in your profile at ESEA and many more features are available. Also you can see if an SK Player is playing if you check on the right side just below the matches in the "ESEA Premium Europe" box as they will of course also be playing during the whole week.
If you sign up now, you receive one week of ESEA Premium to try out the features and servers.
DreamHack Winter adds DotA
It has been announced today, in the second listings of games along with Warcraft 3 ladder.
In the past couple of years Meet Your Makers have won the event each time. Except DreamHack Summer 08, there SK-Gaming was able to defeat in the final the American squad of Evil Geniuses.
DreamHack Winter 2008 takes place on November 27th through 30th like always in the swedish town called Jönköping.
Information:
* Open tournament
* BYOC
* Unlimited slots
* Tournament structure: Bracket
* Signup on site to Game Crew
Prize Pool:
1. SEK 27,000 = $3,764.75 USD
2. SEK 11,000 = $1,533.79 USD
3. SEK 5,000 = $697.18 USD
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sAviOr wins Blizzcon: I will destroy everyone in 2k9
In a final between two legends, Ma "sAviOr" Jae Yoon defeated Lee "NaDa" Yoon Yeol 2-0 to win the BlizzCon 2008 Invitational.
Once again, the fans have seen an immaculate Ma 'sAviOr' Jae Yoon. The player who was once the most feared zerg player in Korea has been in a slump for a long time. When he beat everyone at BlizzCon without dropping a map he looked like his old self again.
"I will destroy everyone in 2009," he promised after the final game against Lee 'NaDa' Yoon Yeol to a rapturous applause of the crowd. Not only was it a bold statement but also one made in English.
If he keeps it up, he may as well deliver on his promise. sAviOr's game against the legendary Golden Mouse winner NaDa was one-sided enough so that the commentators could not make it sound exciting. It was a clean and quick 2-0 with zerg beating the Terran.
On his way through the bracket, sAviOr beat Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco, Park 'fOrGG' Ji Soo and Heo Yeong 'JangBi' Moo who took third place.
The final standings were:
1. sAviOr - $25,000
2. NaDa - $10,000
3. JangBi - $5,000
Firegamers has confirmed important roster changes in the Counter
The Brazilian team announced yesterday the departure of Norberto "Lance" Lage, who had joined its ranks last month, due to his lack of motivation, which, according to him, has increased since leaving Made in Brazil.\r\n\r\nFiregamers has now confirmed that two players - Arthur “prd” Resende and Henrique “rikz” Waku - have been shown the exit door at the team, allegedly for personal reasons.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Firegamers has revealed the addition of three players, Bruno “bruno” Ono, Olavo “cky” Napoleão and Guilherme “spacca” Spacca, the last of whom had left the team in September to make room for Lage.\r\n\r\n"Our expectations with this line-up are really high, the additions of cky and bruno, who are very experienced, will really help the team, we will train to win," Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira told Teamplay.com.br\r\n\r\nFiregamers has now the following team:\r\n\r\nBrazil Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira\r\nBrazil Clemente “leon” Tegazzini\r\nBrazil Guilherme “spacca” Spacca\r\nBrazil Olavo “cky” Napoleão\r\nBrazil Bruno “bruno” Ono
SK Sweden playing IOL with MiBr
SK Sweden managed to qualify for the Inferno Online League Season 1 Finals which take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Inferno Online in Stockholm. Made in Brazil is currently bootcamping and received a Wildcard to attend the tournament.
SK Sweden qualified earlier in an Online Qualifier together with 30 other teams which will be participating at the offline event. Made in Brazil received a wildcard a few days ago as they are bootcamping at Inferno Online too.
This makes it a total of 32 teams which are split into two separate tournaments with 16 teams each. A groupstage will be played at first with four groups and the top two advancing to the Single Elimination Playoffs where the Grand Final will be a Best-of-Three.
The winners of both tournaments will then play the big final in the evening of Sunday, 12th October 2008 and the winner receives a total of 3.100€ prize money (30.000 SEK) and is qualified for the Final Four event at a later date.
This is the Final of the first Inferno Online Season and three more will be played. Each season winner will then meet up for the Final Four tournament with a bigger prize money.
SK Sweden on Saturday
09:00 vs eSu (de_dust2)
10:15 vs Playland (de_nuke)
11:30 vs GGPC (de_inferno)
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final (de_dust2)
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final (de_nuke)
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final (Bo3)
Schedule for IOL Season 1 Final
Saturday:
09:00 CET - First groupstage match
10:15 CET - Second groupstage match
11:30 CET - Third groupstage match
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final
Sunday:
09:00 CET - First groupstage match
10:15 CET - Second groupstage match
11:30 CET - Third groupstage match
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final
19:00 CET - Season Grand Final
Spirit of Amiga brings in zeeth
The Danish Spirit of Amiga team is known for its many roster changes. Yet another change has been made as the team bring in Morten "zeeth " Ottosen from Playzone. Spirit of Amiga brought in a fresh and young team after the departure of ArcadioN & co., the team was set to fight their way up in the Danish ranks. The team saw Christian "stagep " stage leave the team this week, leaving one spot open. To fill the will be former Playzone member Morten "zeeth " Ottosen. Leaving Playzone with just four players, the team has decided to call gameover and close down. Spirit of Amiga now consists of: Baljit "zE-" Lal Martin "woodi" Holm Emil "soga" Buchwald Troels "Zoop" Magnussen Morten "zeeth" Ottosen The team will be present at the BWS Challenge taking place this weekend and is also playing in Extreme Masters III along with SK Gaming, n!faculty, Alternate, countrymen wooSai and more in group A.
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 25, 2008 08:38
mousesports needed to win two maps while MYM only would have needed a single map. They played de_dust2 two times in the Grand Final and also once in the Winnerbracket Final before.
Mousesports played an impressive tournament so far and just took the Grand Final against MYM on two maps, winning the $25,000 for the first place. They got knocked out earlier by MYM on de_dust2 with 12-16 and again the map was de_dust2 in the Grand Final.
Being a Double Elimination tournament, MYM would have needed only one map to win the whole event while mousesports needed two. Starting on the Counter-Terrorist side mousesports played a great half getting 9 rounds which is extraordinary. They continued on the second half with great play by Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski throughout the whole game. Also two timeouts were called by both, mousesports and MYM in order to talk about mistakes and cool down a bit.
The second map was de_dust2 again which worked great for mousesports before as they certainly knew what MYM was playing almost all of the time. Again cyx played an important role taking many AWP shots leading his team to victory. Mousesports won the first half with 12-3 this time starting on the Terrorist side until MYM could pick up a few rounds at the end of the first half.
In the second half, MYM made the comeback but it didn't last long until Navid 'Kapio' Javadi finished MYM off with a knife frag, winning the Global Challenge Dubai.
Global Challenge Dubai
1st - mousesports ($25,000)
2nd - MYM ($10,000)
3rd - GamePlay ($6,000)
4th - mTw ($4,000)
5th-6th - Made in Brazil ($2,500)
5th-6th - SK Gaming ($2,500)
gore: "MYM will be just another game"
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 24, 2008 07:52
Mousesports' Austrian star player Franz "gore" Burghardt talks about the semi final against SK gaming and the upcoming upper bracket final versus MYM.
walle: Teams that skipped Montreal did the right thing
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 24, 2008 07:51
SK Gaming's captain Dennis "walle" Wallenberg talks about the team's perfromance at the EM event in Dubai, after SK finished fifth.
SK Sweden came to the United Arab Emirates straight from Canada where they took second place at the Extreme Masters Global Challenge. They were among the favourites here and played very convincingly on the first day of the event but lost their playoff matches against Mousesports in the semi final and GamePlay in the lower bracket.
Dennis 'walle' Wallenberg talks about the defeats to the German and Finnish teams as well as SK's upcoming tournaments, the World eSports Masters and the World Cyber Games
SK beat Lanklan, win IOL Season 1
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 13, 2008 09:31
SK Sweden already qualified for the IOL Season 1 Final yesterday and they met Lanklan today. SK were able to beat them on two maps with de_train going into the overtime again and therefore got the spot for the Final Four.
Lanklan and Begrip were the only teams getting dangerous for SK Sweden during the whole tournament but SK did not lose a single map. A total of 32 teams qualified for the first season of the Inferno Online League and three more seasons are to come.
Two tournaments were played splitting the 32 teams up on two days. Saturday was the first tournament with a groupstage followed by the Single Elimination. SK Sweden were able to beat everyone in their group and also beat Begrip in the Grand Final.
The second tournament was on Sunday with a strong Lanklan and AndThenSome Finland but a struggling MiBr. In the end, Lanklan were able to take down AndThenSome in the Grand Final qualifying for the Season 1 Final where they had to play SK.
Again de_train was going into overtime but SK managed to win that yet again with a total of 19-15 in the end. The second map was de_nuke but not as close as the first one winning with 16-6 and therefor winning the first season of the Inferno Online League.
Three more seasons are to come and teams from all around the world can participate. You will find more information about it on the Inferno Online homepage.
Inferno Online League Season 1
1st - SK Sweden (30.000 SEK being ~3.100€)
2nd - Lanklan (SteelSeries products worth ~1.240€)
3rd - AndThenSome.Fi (DreamHack Winter Tickets)
Play SK Sweden at ESEA on Monday and Wednesday
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 12, 2008 10:50
Apart from all the events going on, SK Sweden is also playing on the ESEA Premium Servers to keep their individual skills in top shape. On Monday you will be able to play with and against the whole team in gathers as well as play CSDM with Marcus "zet" Sundström on Wednesday.
The team just returned from the Los Angles event where they placed first and are also currently playing the IOL Season 1 Final. Between the events, you can meet the players at the ESEA Premium Servers to play with and against them.
Two special events have been scheduled for Monday, 13th October 2008 and Wednesday, 15th October from 20:00 to 21:00 CET. On Monday you will have the chance to play with all of the players on the servers while on Wednesday you will be able to play Marcus 'zet' Sundström on the Counter-Strike DeathMatch servers.
You are also able to compare your stats with the stats of the SK players in your profile at ESEA and many more features are available. Also you can see if an SK Player is playing if you check on the right side just below the matches in the "ESEA Premium Europe" box as they will of course also be playing during the whole week.
If you sign up now, you receive one week of ESEA Premium to try out the features and servers.
DreamHack Winter adds DotA
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 12, 2008 10:26
It has been announced today, in the second listings of games along with Warcraft 3 ladder.
In the past couple of years Meet Your Makers have won the event each time. Except DreamHack Summer 08, there SK-Gaming was able to defeat in the final the American squad of Evil Geniuses.
DreamHack Winter 2008 takes place on November 27th through 30th like always in the swedish town called Jönköping.
Information:
* Open tournament
* BYOC
* Unlimited slots
* Tournament structure: Bracket
* Signup on site to Game Crew
Prize Pool:
1. SEK 27,000 = $3,764.75 USD
2. SEK 11,000 = $1,533.79 USD
3. SEK 5,000 = $697.18 USD
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sAviOr wins Blizzcon: I will destroy everyone in 2k9
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 12, 2008 10:25
In a final between two legends, Ma "sAviOr" Jae Yoon defeated Lee "NaDa" Yoon Yeol 2-0 to win the BlizzCon 2008 Invitational.
Once again, the fans have seen an immaculate Ma 'sAviOr' Jae Yoon. The player who was once the most feared zerg player in Korea has been in a slump for a long time. When he beat everyone at BlizzCon without dropping a map he looked like his old self again.
"I will destroy everyone in 2009," he promised after the final game against Lee 'NaDa' Yoon Yeol to a rapturous applause of the crowd. Not only was it a bold statement but also one made in English.
If he keeps it up, he may as well deliver on his promise. sAviOr's game against the legendary Golden Mouse winner NaDa was one-sided enough so that the commentators could not make it sound exciting. It was a clean and quick 2-0 with zerg beating the Terran.
On his way through the bracket, sAviOr beat Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco, Park 'fOrGG' Ji Soo and Heo Yeong 'JangBi' Moo who took third place.
The final standings were:
1. sAviOr - $25,000
2. NaDa - $10,000
3. JangBi - $5,000
Firegamers has confirmed important roster changes in the Counter
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 12, 2008 10:24
The Brazilian team announced yesterday the departure of Norberto "Lance" Lage, who had joined its ranks last month, due to his lack of motivation, which, according to him, has increased since leaving Made in Brazil.\r\n\r\nFiregamers has now confirmed that two players - Arthur “prd” Resende and Henrique “rikz” Waku - have been shown the exit door at the team, allegedly for personal reasons.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Firegamers has revealed the addition of three players, Bruno “bruno” Ono, Olavo “cky” Napoleão and Guilherme “spacca” Spacca, the last of whom had left the team in September to make room for Lage.\r\n\r\n"Our expectations with this line-up are really high, the additions of cky and bruno, who are very experienced, will really help the team, we will train to win," Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira told Teamplay.com.br\r\n\r\nFiregamers has now the following team:\r\n\r\nBrazil Nicholas “guerri” Nogueira\r\nBrazil Clemente “leon” Tegazzini\r\nBrazil Guilherme “spacca” Spacca\r\nBrazil Olavo “cky” Napoleão\r\nBrazil Bruno “bruno” Ono
SK Sweden playing IOL with MiBr
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 11, 2008 10:29
SK Sweden managed to qualify for the Inferno Online League Season 1 Finals which take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Inferno Online in Stockholm. Made in Brazil is currently bootcamping and received a Wildcard to attend the tournament.
SK Sweden qualified earlier in an Online Qualifier together with 30 other teams which will be participating at the offline event. Made in Brazil received a wildcard a few days ago as they are bootcamping at Inferno Online too.
This makes it a total of 32 teams which are split into two separate tournaments with 16 teams each. A groupstage will be played at first with four groups and the top two advancing to the Single Elimination Playoffs where the Grand Final will be a Best-of-Three.
The winners of both tournaments will then play the big final in the evening of Sunday, 12th October 2008 and the winner receives a total of 3.100€ prize money (30.000 SEK) and is qualified for the Final Four event at a later date.
This is the Final of the first Inferno Online Season and three more will be played. Each season winner will then meet up for the Final Four tournament with a bigger prize money.
SK Sweden on Saturday
09:00 vs eSu (de_dust2)
10:15 vs Playland (de_nuke)
11:30 vs GGPC (de_inferno)
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final (de_dust2)
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final (de_nuke)
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final (Bo3)
Schedule for IOL Season 1 Final
Saturday:
09:00 CET - First groupstage match
10:15 CET - Second groupstage match
11:30 CET - Third groupstage match
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final
Sunday:
09:00 CET - First groupstage match
10:15 CET - Second groupstage match
11:30 CET - Third groupstage match
14:30 CET - Single Elimination Quarter Final
15:30 CET - Single Elimination Semi Final
16:30 CET - Single Elimination Grand Final
19:00 CET - Season Grand Final
Spirit of Amiga brings in zeeth
By Epure 'DEiu' Andrei
Oct 11, 2008 07:15
The Danish Spirit of Amiga team is known for its many roster changes. Yet another change has been made as the team bring in Morten "zeeth " Ottosen from Playzone. Spirit of Amiga brought in a fresh and young team after the departure of ArcadioN & co., the team was set to fight their way up in the Danish ranks. The team saw Christian "stagep " stage leave the team this week, leaving one spot open. To fill the will be former Playzone member Morten "zeeth " Ottosen. Leaving Playzone with just four players, the team has decided to call gameover and close down. Spirit of Amiga now consists of: Baljit "zE-" Lal Martin "woodi" Holm Emil "soga" Buchwald Troels "Zoop" Magnussen Morten "zeeth" Ottosen The team will be present at the BWS Challenge taking place this weekend and is also playing in Extreme Masters III along with SK Gaming, n!faculty, Alternate, countrymen wooSai and more in group A.
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