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League of Legends championship winner Samsung Galaxy acquired by KSV

Arpita Tewari
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League of Legends championship winner Samsung Galaxy acquired by KSV

KSV, the esports group organization began by Kabam fellow benefactor Kevin Chou, is reporting today it has obtained Samsung Galaxy, an esports group that as of late won the major League of Legends big showdown title.

The expansion of the South Korean group gives KSV control of four noteworthy esports groups crosswise over diversions, for example, League of Legends, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and PlayerUnknown’s Battleground. The consistent idea is that the greater part of the groups are situated in South Korea, where esports is a sort of religion.

KSV trusts that its attention on the Korean groups will enable it to wind up noticeably a contender in the worldwide esports showcase since the Koreans are so aggressive in esports, which is relied upon to end up plainly a $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion markets by 2020, as indicated by economic analyst Newzoo.

Chou, CEO of KSV in San Francisco, said in a meeting with GamesBeat that his group began mulling over how to get a League of Legends group when they framed their new esports startup, KSV.

“The Overwatch purchase was the beginning, but even at that point, we knew we should figure out how to get into League of Legends,” Chou said. “If we could get both, we knew that would be what is necessary to field a true esports team to compete on a global level.”

Samsung was the sole sponsor of the Samsung Galaxy team, which won the League of Legends World Championship in Beijing three weeks ago. Riot Games’ League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena game that is one of the most popular online games in the world. The Beijing finals drew more than 40,000 fans to the physical Olympic stadium, and it was watched by 60 million unique viewers online.

Samsung Galaxy swept the back to back world champions SK Telecom T1 in a 3-0 Finals series to win the finals and take home nearly $1.5 million in prize money.

The article originally appeared on VentureBeat

ESL One Cologne 2018 unveiled

Mayank Jain
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ESL One Cologne 2018 unveiled

The tale of CS:GO and Cologne will proceed again for the year from now, with ESL declaring ESL One Cologne 2018. The occasion will by and by occurring right on time in July, with three gathering stage days (July 3-5) trailed by three days of activity in the LANXESS field (July 6-8).

The main event will take place from July 6-8, preceded by the 16 team group stage from July 3-5. On top of the massive $300,000 prize pool, ESL One Cologne 2018 powered by Intel will be part of the Intel Grand Slam circuit, giving teams the chance to work towards that extra $1,000,000 reward.

Tickets sales will go live this Friday, December 1st, at 12:00 pm CET with a variety of choices, including the new look premium tickets. Early Bird prices will be valid until 31.12.2017.

Weekend Ticket – Early Bird – 49€

  • Access on all three day, July 6-8th
  • Free seating in the upper and lower ranks
  • Access to open signing sessions

Weekend Plus Ticket – Early Bird – 89€

  • Access on all three day, July 6-8th
  • Free seating in the upper and lower ranks
  • Access to open signing sessions
  • Exclusive plus goodie bag

Premium Ticket – Early Bird – 229€

  • Access on all three day, July 6-8th
  • Floor seating, right in front of stage
  • Seating in the middle of the player walk-in area
  • Free drinks including water, soft drinks and beer
  • Access to premium-only signing sessions
  • Exclusive premium goodie bag

Note on the Premium Tickets: We received lots of valuable feedback from the fans. Many of you wanted to be close to the stage and players, while still having free choice where to eat and how much they would like to spend on food. Therefore, in 2018, catering will be free drinks as catering for premium ticket holders, and no longer include food. Therefore, we also lowered the price of the Premium Ticket to make it more affordable.

Global Elite Experience – 3000€

  • Access on all three days, July 6-8th
  • Private lounge access for 5-10 guests (599€ per person)
  • High-quality catering and refreshments
  • Epic goodie bag with exclusive merchandise
  • Front of the line access to signing session
  • Behind the scenes and backstage tours

Rubino deputed as substitute for Astralis

Pranav Nalawade
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Rubino deputed as substitute for Astralis

Astralis has announced that they will be using Ruben “Rubino” Villaroel instead of Nicolai “device” Reedtz for the upcoming LAN finals of ESL Pro League.

Since dev1ce is on medical leave, it was not decided whether Astralis will skip ESL Pro league finals because the Danish organisation was not allowed to use Dennis “dennis” Edman who was their Blast Pro Series stand-in at the event, the Astralis have decided to go with Ruben “Rubino” Villaroel to attend the tournament on their home soil.

Danny “zonic” Sørensen said in his official statement through Facebook.

“First of all, we look forward to playing and we will do our utmost to reach the playoffs in the arena in front of all the local fans. It was such a boost to have the home crowd behind us last weekend at BLAST, and for us it’s amazing to be able to play two big events on home soil.”

“The competition is fierce and I have to say that playing with our 4th line-up in the last 4 tournaments does not exactly increase our possibilities to prepare optimally and to find our rhythm on the team. That being said, I’ve had the chance to work with RUBINO before. He is an extremely skilled player, and it will be a great experience to have him on board for the coming events. We have had a great year, and we intend to finish the way we started!”

ESL came out with their official statement on the rules and rulings about certain cases, clarifying the difference between having dennis and Rubino play the ESL Pro League Finals for Astralis.

Although, since dennis played for GODSENT all the way until the end of the season, by playing his last match on November 12th, he was not allowed to be added to Astralis. The team was allowed to add a player that did not participate in the last match of ESL Pro League, and they decided for RUBINO. ( According to ESL’s Statement )

Current confirmed Lineup of Astralis for ESL Pro League Finals and ECS Season 4 Finals is –

  • Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen
  • Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth
  • Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander
  • Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye
  • Ruben “RUBINO” Villarroel
  • Danny “zonic” Sørensen (coach)
  • Nicolai “device” Reedtz (medical leave)

Astralis have also mentioned that Ruben “RUBINO” Villarroel will also play the upcoming ECS Season 4 Finals, that will be held in Cancun, Mexico, mid-December.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm with $250,000

Pranav Nalawade
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DreamHack Masters Stockholm with $250,000

DreamHack has announced its first Masters event of the year 2018, to take place in Stockholm, Capital of Sweden.
The event basically is a partnership between City of Stockholm and Stockholm Live terminate with the playoffs at Ericsson Globe on September 1-2, with a group stage due to being held from August 29-31.

Since, this will be the fourth Masters event in the history of DreamHack, following Malmo and Las Vegas one, this will continue to feature 16 teams and a $250,000 prize pool.

“We are tremendously excited to head to Stockholm with DreamHack Masters,” said Marcus Lindmark, DreamHack AB CEO and President.

“Stockholm is the home of the DreamHack headquarters, and Stockholm Live has some of the best facilities available globally, so we are going to have everything at our fingertips to produce the best esport event and experience possible, for both viewers onsite and online.”

The tickets due to go sale on February 28 at 14:30. More information will be updated in upcoming weeks!

Astralis’ dev1ce halts career for the year

Pranav Nalawade
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Astralis’ dev1ce halts career for the year

One of the Astralis key player and the man behind the success of Astralis in 2017, Nicolai “Dev1ce” Reedtz announced earlier today that he will be taking rest for the year.

Device announced the same on Twitter today that his medical leave has been extended to the end of this year. He will miss the ESL PRO League Season Six Finals as well as the ECS Season Four Finals which will be commencing later this year.According to Dev1ce he will be back for ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, considering Improvement in his medical Conditions.

It’s possible that the main reason behind Dev1ce’s extended leave may be due to his treatments on Hiatal Hernia that which was diagnosed in March.

According to Astralis Twitter “Dev1ce had a relapse and was taken to the hospital for a medical check-up,” after IEM Oakland earlier this month. “It was decided to send him home for further checking [and] to get some much-needed rest.”

During IEM Oakland, the team decided to fly back to their home ground ( Denmark ) considering Dev1ce and Peter “dupreeh” Rothmann’s health issues.

According to ESL, the other 3 players were fined for not following their rules and regulations.

Not to worry though, Astrails has Dennis from GODSENT and Jacob “Pimp” Winneche the former AWPer of team Liquid to fill the slot for Dev1ce as well as for the Danish organization.

Dennis played really well with Astralis in the Blast Open Series Copenhagen 2017 Denmark happened this weekend. while Pimp played for Astralis by qualifying for the ECS Season Four Finals in Cancun, Mexico in mid-December. Chances of PIMP attending he $750,000 Finals with Astralis are High because he helped them qualify by placing fourth in the European region.

Since it’s not clear yet whether Astralis will play the ESL Pro League Finals from Dec. 5 to 10 because of a pending claim to WESA, ESL’s team-governing body, regarding the use of Dennis at the league event according to HLTV’s Report.

SK beat Astralis at BLAST Pro Series finals

Pranav Nalawade
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SK beat Astralis at BLAST Pro Series finals

BLAST Pro Series, as marketed the best, worst, and smallest CS: GO tournament of the year 2017 attended by 12,000 people held at Copenhagen, Denmark, where SK gaming took home the lion’s share of the prize.

SK Gaming defeated one of the best team in Denmark ( Astralis ), with thousands of FANS chanting in the favour of Astralis. After very stressful day of BO1 group matches which also include one of the worlds best team – FaZe Clan, Ninjas in Pyjamas, North, and G2 Esports. Both SK GAMING and Astralis stood at the top of the groups.

The finals began with a bo3 series in which Mirage, Inferno, and Cache were played.

Let’s go through the activities on each map:

Map one, Mirage, although being one of the SK’s pick, both teams did their best on both CT as well as T side, but Astralis showed that they were the better team, resulting the score of 11-4 in the First Half.

Even without their Primary AWPer Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz, Astralis outperformed a passive lineup of Brazilians, who showed his great AWPING skills with total of 14AWP kills along with a HUGE 1v4 AWP clutch.

Mirage ended in favor of Danish front, 16-11.

SK kept their place secured with a mind-blowing 10-5 Terrorist start and an even better Counter-Terrorist side Inferno. Despite loosing rounds Astralis tried their best to get back into the game after winning the second pistol round but guys, the brazilian defence were too strong for them to overcome. The amazing Plays from SK’s side overwhelming the Danes, inferno ended with a scorline of 16-11 with Ricardo “boltz” Prass from SK Gaming top fragging the server at 22 kills.

The final map of the tournament CACHE , began with an 9-0 lead from Astralis as nothing seemed to worked for brazilians. But, after a impressive tactical pause the Brazilian side started to show up on the Scoreboard by closing the first half with a scorline of 9-6. The second pistol round went to SK gaming and the match became interesting as both teams traded rounds in viable manner.

Although amzaing A site executes from the danish side put SK gaming ahead late in the game at 14-11, but the brazilian side outperformed the danes by giving away their Site holds and playing the RETAKE system, helping them to tie the game with a scorline of 15-15. The map then went into overtimem, SK showed some amazing Defensive side by leading 2-1 followed by winning the 2 rounds in a row as Terrorists by concluding the series 2-1 with a 19-16 final map score.

By taking home the $125,000 prize money SK Gaming became the first Counter-Strike Team to earn $3,099,638 from the tournaments.

BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017 Final Standings –

  1. SK Gaming – $125,000
  2. Astralis – $50,000
  3. FaZe – $45,000
  4. North – $15,000
  5. G2 – $10,000
  6. NIP – $5,000

SK Gaming captain Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo was named MVP of BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017 by HLTV.org & Betway consideing his consistent gameplay in the grand finals and throughout the tournament topping the scoreboard with a 1.67 rating.

This is the third MVP award scooped by FalleN, who also won the same at DreamHack Austin 2016 and ESL One Cologne 2017.

Australia’s first esports center unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground

Arpita Tewari
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Australia’s first esports center unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia’s first esports center has been propelled at the Sydney Cricket Ground, giving another home to League of Legends Oceania champions the LG Dire Wolves and female advancement group Supa-Stellar.

The men’s and blended sexual orientation Esports outfits will be inserted close by to the SCG Trust’s conventional games accomplices including the Sydney Swans, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Roosters, Sydney FC, Cricket NSW, Rugby Australia, AFL NSW, NRL and the NSW Waratahs.

Australia’s first esports center

The office has been built up to cultivate another period of competitors in the Esports field, driving development and improvement from the grassroots level to the expert stage.

The middle approaches the most recent innovation and game science including eye following innovation and execution investigation because of a progressive association with the University of Technology, Sydney.

Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust Chief Executive Jamie Barkley invited Esports to Sydney’s unique wearing area, with the best in class focus being announced open for business this month.

Stanislaw reveals why he was benched from Liquid

Mayank Jain
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Stanislaw reveals why he was benched from Liquid

Subsequent to being supplanted by Lucas “steel” Lopes on Team Liquid yesterday, Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz took Twitter today to give his variant of what happened to the group.

The most concerning issue confronting Liquid preceding Stanislaw’s turn to the seat needed to do with the group’s administration.

In February, he progressed toward becoming in-diversion pioneer essentially to settle Liquid’s issues, yet paying little heed to the group’s playstyles and separately evolving parts, despite everything they battled. In the meantime, Stanislaw’s greatest hindrance as a player and pioneer on Liquid appeared to be his steady conflicts with mentor Wilton “zews” Prado mix-ups.

Recently, stanislaw felt the team chemistry changing drastically, as his arguments with Zews continued to escalate. “[Zews] told me how I am unable to take criticism and how I am always negative. This did not sit well with me because one of my strong traits is the ability to always improve and take criticism,” he continued. “I truly believe Zews’ intentions are good, and he is a coach with great passion, but at the end of the day we are just fundamentally two different types of leaders.”

In the months following the August player break, Liquid started off well at ESG Mykonos (top-four) and ESL One New York (second place), but their placings declined at the ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier and EPICENTER, where they came in last at both events.

Under stanislaw’s leadership, the team’s best performances were at the ESL Pro League season five finals in June and at ESL One New York in September.

IESF agree on partnership with Bahçeşehir University

Arpita Tewari
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IESF agree on partnership with Bahçeşehir University

IESF and BAU have agreed on a partnership to expand ecosystem of esports.

The purpose of this agreement is to build friendship and foster a relationship that will promote intellectual exchanges and growth of academic resources in the field of esports between students, faculty members and administrators of Bahçeşehir University and the International Esports Federation.

In detail, to facilitate a mutually beneficial program for this partnership, both parties are prepared to participate in a formal program that seeks to promote an academic and educational collaboration.

This MOU is the second partnership that International Esports Federation has proceeded, following by the partnership with UNH at August, 2017. The International Esports Federation will continue their efforts to sign more agreements with other academic facilities to revitalize and develop esports.

Eternal Esports’ Astarr quits due to unknown reasons, former manager claims legal action

Deepak Ojha
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Eternal Esports’ Astarr quits due to unknown reasons, former manager claims legal action

Looks like the dust has not been settled yet at the Esports fraternity of India as Eternal Esport’s Astarr quits his team for undisclosed reasons. Early reports by AFK Gaming suggests that Sid Joshi, manager of Entity Gaming, pursued legal actions against their players for quitting the team on such a short notice. The report also suggests that more players will be under the scanner of the legal battle.

UPDATED: We’ve reports which suggest that there is little or no connection between Astarr choosing to quit professional gaming and the legal action by Entity Gaming. We took the extract from the statements given by the parties to AFKGaming. This could just be a smart social media gimmick by the claimant to gain some mileage in the ongoing battle.

UPDATE 2: To bring the truth out of the nuisance, we tried to contact the parties involved and got to know more about this ongoing fuss. Other than being shocked, I was perplexed to know the other side of the story.

The truth remains, Astarr indeed have quit Eternal Gaming, in fact, he has temporarily quit gaming for good. And he is also apologetic about leaving Entity abruptly in the middle of the night without proper permission. The two statements are true but in different contexts.

We reached out to Gautam Mengi for more information on this, where he quoted:

“There’s no legal action taken yet, though I’ve heard another party is trying very hard to gain media attention by spreading false news, I understand they are hurt but this is just beyond funny, only a person with such petty brains can come up with this.”

When you thought Luminosity and SK Gaming were having the craziest courtroom battle, Eternal and Entity knocked the door. The Indian forces have made their way to a not so pleasant ending as legal actions are being proposed by the management of Entity Gaming.

Even when everyone saw this coming, it still trembles the community by a shocker.

The report further claims that this is not the end and that Astarr was the first one to receive the flak and there are “more to come.” Ironically, it was reported just a couple of days ago that things were settled and Entity Gaming have their own lineup now ready to compete with Eternal Esports. It is still yet unknown what the intensity of the legal action is, but it is quite evident that it is not just a game anymore.

The fact of the matter remains that the introduction of new rosters and organizations also invites professionalism, which our beloved individuals take extraordinarily causal.

It is also to note that Astarr had to apologize his former employer to make sure things are settled. His statement, “I would like to officially apologize to Entity Gaming” reveals how seriously Entity Gaming took the matter in their hands when their roster departed overnight to their rivals.

Sid Joshi reclaimed his version on the organization’s take, “We will continue to pursue legal recourse against the remaining players and management of Eternal Esports.” which includes:

  • Tejas ‘ace’ Sawant
  • Karan ‘Excali’ Mhaswadkar
  • Bharat Kiran ‘Ribbi’ Reddy
  • Gautam Mengi (owner/manager)

So what unfolded this melodramatic move?

It was when Eternal Esport’s Gautam Mengi went to on buying spree, and astoundingly bought the Entity Gaming CSGOs quad overnight. The news spread like wildfire when it was reported that Entity Gaming now has no players to workout with their CSGO roster. Entity Gaming, then, went on to threaten legal actions against the players and the management for not following the right way for exiting their team mid-way.

Ofcourse, the warnings were taken very lightly, and as days progressed, Entity Gaming eventually found the perfect replacement (ex-Eternal players) for their organization.

Today, as we see, Entity Gaming has finally managed to persuade Astarr into believing that a legal action is not what he will be glad about, and hence, the best option remains to quit.

 

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