Over a million rupees got traded at the MountainDew’s DewArena festival at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon on 25th of September in the groundbreaking new event which set a benchmark for the gaming events in India. Dew Arena 2016 Aftermovie presented by TalkEsport.
Team Secret and The MongolZ stood triumphantly on Sunday, the first ROG MASTERS title holders ever having overcome teams from every corner of Asia and Oceania at the Grand Finals in Kuala Lumpur.
The two champion teams take home the lion’s share of the 200,000 USD prize pool on top of the glory of having won such a spectacular event. ROG MASTERS’ debut year saw 590 teams participate in five Regional Qualifiers spanning the UAE to Japan, Mongolia to China; just getting to the Grand Finals is a fantastic achievement, and Team Secret and The MongolZ have risen to be the best of the best.
CS:GO victors The MongolZ were ecstatic at their win, with newest team member Bat-Enkh ‘cabal’ Batbayar beaming as he exclaimed “I feel very excited, this is my first time being champion.” They have been on a truly epic journey since they entered the East Asia Qualifier in September, beating the top CS:GO teams from Japan and South Korea to win their ticket to Kuala Lumpur.
The offline event held special significance for The MongolZ: asked about the state of Mongolian CS:GO, Gan-Erdene ‘dobu’ Batbold said “[the country] has many talented players,” but he and his teammates agreed about the barrier to competing for that ping presents.
Throughout the ROG MASTERS LAN group stages and Grand Finals, The MongolZ faced respected teams from Australia, the UAE, and Singapore – and defeated all of them without losing a single match in an astonishing display of skill. Returning home with the first ever ROG MASTERS CS:GO trophy, the team, can hold their heads high: they have shown the world that, when it comes to pure skill, they are unbeatable.
Team Secret’s MidOne was undoubtedly the darling of the Malaysian crowd, who enthusiastically cheered his team’s win in the Dota 2 final against Execration. But the key ingredient of Team Secret’s success at ROG MASTERS appears to be their integration of different players into a tight-knit unit.
Asked about his experience as the most recent addition to the team, KheZu – a German joining the squad comprising Korean, Malaysian, Estonian and Swedish players – emphasized the warm welcome he had received from his teammates. “We’re trying to figure out what is best… but right now it feels like I fit in well, and that it’s easy for me to play because they are helping me to improve… they’re magnificent, and they know a lot. I’m enjoying myself!”
The harmony among Team Secret’s players was evident at ROG MASTERS. After losing one round to Mineski, KheZu and MP came together to form a strong core and ward off defeat. By the time they played Execration in the final, all were perfectly composed. The five players moved in perfect coordination; no mistakes and no aggressive pushes meant no opportunities for their opponents. Team Secret finished the best-of-five 3-0 and felt on top of the world.
The ROG MASTERS mission is to shine a spotlight on the eSports scenes all across Asia and Oceania. The best of both continents were assembled at the Grand Finals this weekend. Before that, the online Qualifiers shone a spotlight on hundreds of hardworking young teams; some in Kuala Lumpur were at an international competition for the first time.
The greatest players tested each other face to face at the Grand Finals as thousands of fans looked on. There is no doubt about the skill witnessed this year. As the curtain closes on a successful ROG MASTERS debut, only one question remains: who will rise to challenge the champions in 2017?
Las Vegas is a frequent destination among youths, and obviously not just because of competitive gaming. The Nevada Gaming Policy Committee (NGPC), keeping in mind the attraction and entertainment the city holds, is planning to add Esports into its list of the prime entertainment center.
Joining the force to include Esports as a medium of entertainment will be CEO’s and leaders of distinguished Esports organizations. Rahul Sood, CEO of Unikrn will be the attendee to the meeting alongside Fifth Street Gaming’s CEO Seth Schorr. They will be joined by the integrity commissioner for the UK Esports Ethics Commission, Ian Smith. And another among several influential members participating will be Sam McMullen Jr., CEO of FiveGen LLC.
The major host of events at Vegas for years has been MLG. The other prominent and renowned event organizers have also considered Las Vegas as their host for several international events with DreamHack hosting their set of an annual festival named ‘Masters’ for CS: GO, which will be held in February next year.
The meeting is scheduled to be on 16th of November which will primarily focus on Vegas being the capital of Esports in near future. As Esports Observer reports, this meeting isn’t the first of its kind. Las Vegas has already invested amounts to host conferences.
Dare2Dream have won the ESL Challenger #2 by defeating tMg 2-0 (16-10 on Mirage, 16-9 on dust2) in the best of three grand finals.
Dare2Dream started off their first game of the finals in Mirage, where they managed to quickly dominate the first set of the match by winning the first four rounds and the following few. SpawnN, however, did manage to extend their lead by clutching 1v1 against Marzil even though he was on 5 HP. Kav1sh showed extra ordinance while getting kills.
The new addition made a notable difference to the team. Antidote, as usual eliminating the opponents in sheer confidence which helped D2d secure a great first half. Haku, however, on the other side of the charts, denied any further superiority and got his team back on track with scores leveled 9-9. HellRanger, on the other hand, joined the party of putting tMg down one by one alongside the star of the match, Antidote.
Dar2Dream finished off the first map convincingly by leaving tMg six rounds short, they ended mirage 16-10. Dare2Dream attended ESL Challenger with:
The second map Dust2, which relentlessly relies on aim-duels started pretty well with Antidote once again starting things off with a double kill at long. Kav1sh was joining in the celebration, clutching a comfortable anti-eco. Antidote, apparently had no chill as he had the ball in his court most of the times, confident enough to take aim-duels with the top players in different circumstances. BlackHawk clinched a triple kill in the buy round by sneaking into the t-spawn and getting long-range impact kills.
It was good to see HellRanger and SpawN back in form.
The score went ahead to comfort D2d as they led the first half by eight clean rounds. Marzil, though, did his best in getting tMg first round on the board through his AWP skills. D2d were forced to take a tactical timeout as they lost a couple of rounds. The first half made a halt at 10-5 after SpawN massively clutched a 1v3 post-plant scenario.
It was all a one-sided affair from there onwards. Although AKS, took charge of the anti-eco round after losing the second pistol. The scores were 11-6. After that, D2d marginally allowed tMg to win only three rounds as they closed the second map 16-9. Dare2Dream is the second winner of the Challenger title after Entity Esports – Blue won the Challenger #1. Follow Dare2Dream on facebook.
Remarkable shoutouts to the production, server and the casters at SoStronk for their precedented non-stop show!
Team Brutality, India’s all time favorite and most consistent CS:GO squad have once again clinched victory in what is supposedly India’s biggest eSports event with the largest prize pool till date, IeSc. They defeated d5 16-13 in dust2 to win the finals with a map advantage coming from the winners bracket.
Brutality, which is considered to be India’s only consistent team is associated with only a handful of players. They remained undefeated throughout the tournament. Astarrrr and V3nom performed extraordinarily in all the matches despite being stressed out. D5, on the other hand, qualified for the finals by defeating JmD in the loser bracket finals.
Marking this win to be the biggest ever in terms of the massive prize distributed at the venue. Brutality takes home 3,00,000 INR as the first prize followed by D5 which gets 2,00,000 INR. Brutality looked pretty calm and composed from their first matchup. The amount of practice they put in to be the best in the country, yet again has surely not been a bread-butter job.
From the time when they lost to Entity Blue at MountainDew – DewArena, the team didn’t stay back in the loss. Instead, they corrected themselves from the core and performed at IESC with excursion.
IeSC deliberately chose to prioritize all the teams who were in foreign cities and supported them with air travels and accommodations. The difference it made to the results is purely evident. The teams which traveled all the way from Kolkata proved they are no less relatively in the professional scene.
Team Goutfits and JMD, both from Kolkata, who had a minimum presence in the online qualifiers at different events in the past six months came from nowhere to beat India’s best teams. Goutfits beat Team Overcome 16-3. Whereas, JMD beat Entity Esports 16-8.
The final standings of IESC:
Putting things in perspective, Goutfits defeated a team which beat Entity Esports to win the spot to represent India at ESWC 2016, Paris. On the other hand, JMD beat the winners of MountainDew’s DewArena. Incredible performance from the Kolkata guys!
Team Goutfits, one of the two underdog squads from Kolkata have made their way to the top 4 in IESC – Proving Grounds. They progressed in the tournament with the following scores, Overcome 16-3, GunPoint 16-9 and D5 19-15. On the other hand, JmDA2G have even qualified to the top four, eliminating Entity Gold – Blue.
Goutfits, who are in the lower brackets right have successfully eliminated Overcome out of the tournament. They beat Overcome 16-3 in overpass. Goutfits will now progress to the top four team standings and will have to win two consecutive matches to enter into the finals.
Alongside Brutality, D5 and JmDA2G, Goutfits now secures a spot in the top four teams of Indian Esports Championship – Proving Grounds.
Team Brutality, however, have already made into the grand finals of Indian Esports Championship – Proving Grounds by being undefeated all through their journey.
Brutality beat A3 16-6 on mirage, Entity Blue 16-13 on train and 16-6 again on mirage. The loser bracket finals will determine a team out of Goutfits, D5 and JmDA2G. The grand finals are scheduled tomorrow afternoon.
The organizers behind LA Olympics in 2024 are likely to add Esports as a standard sport to compete in this historical move as ever. Los Angeles has already been the host for the esports mighty, BlizzCon.
Although, International Esports Federation were the first one to initiate the thought process of introducing Esports in Olympics. This ambitious rising impromptu sport being projected at the Olympics could potentially be true. Videogames, apparently transformed into Esports has been the talking points in the past few years. The increase in events, exposures, and the interest companies are showing in to invest millions of dollars has attracted eyes of the masses.
“The 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles–a city always imagining what’s next, where sport, entertainment and technology mix like nowhere else–would enable the IOC to stay at the cutting-edge of digital youth engagement,” L.A. 2024 committee chairman Casey Wasserman stated.
“Esports in Olympics” has always turned out to be a rumor with every time Olympics coming around the corner. Apparently, Esports in Olympics 2024 will not be solely a dream. The immensely popular sport has attracted billions of viewers the previous years, and the number is inflated with every passing day.
LA 2024 committee said on Tuesday that last weekend’s sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles for the League of Legends World Championships inspired the group behind the 2024 Los Angeles Olympic bid to work to harness esports technology for the Games in L.A.
The Indian side at ASUS ROG Masters, Entity Esports has qualified to the quarter-finals and will face Execration in their first game on November 11th.
Entity Esports, by far India’s best eSports organization who are participating in the division at three huge events, have successfully qualified for the quarter-finals of ASUS Rog Masters ahead of their Indian counter-part Aggressive5.
In the group stages, Entity beat MAX.X 2-0 to secure points on the table and later they got defeated to Fnatic 0-2, making it even in numbers. Fnatic, however, inattentively gave Entity Esports another chance to qualify for the quarter-finals by beating MAX.X 2-0, thus leaving them with no points on the table whatsoever and giving Entity an upper-spot in the charts.
The quarter-finals brackets are out, and Entity faces Execreation.
Electronic sports or esports is a way of life or rather a different terminology to express your love for digital gaming. The rise of esports all across the world, and especially in India in recent times has been exponential. The gamers in India are perceptible, and with passing years the numbers are getting multiplied.
It is not imaginary to predict that digital gaming indeed will be an affair of billions of rupees in India. The rise has been subsequent, and with event organizers turning in large numbers, the scenario looks coherent.
The esports industry in India will witness breathtaking rounds of money been exchanged – no I am not referring to the 500-1000 notes – in large numbers. Around ₹ 29,00,000 is on the tables at two different places for the gamers to claim. And no, this is just the figure in India.
Indian teams, Aggressive5 and Entity Esports – Gold are right now in Malaysia battling for a huge sum of $200,000 USD which is another ₹ 1,33,00,000 (appx) adding to the prize pool. Let me brief you a little about the events which are happening in the next 72 hours.
The IeSC’s main LAN event Ground Zero kicks off from 10th November at Phoenix Marketcity Kurla featuring a ₹ 20,00,000 INR prize money for CSGO, DOTA 2 and Cosplay competitions.
The IeSC main event extends over till 12th November. The event allows free entry to the venue and affirmed solid experience watching India’s top teams perform live! If this wasn’t enough, the organizers have also organized an after-party for the attendees and teams which will feature Bollywood stars!
ESL India Premiership Challenger Cup 2: The Challenger Cup 2 is scheduled from 11th to 13th November in Bangalore. The event featuring a ₹ 9,00,000 INR (approx) prize pool shares the venue with Bangalore ComicCon which is indeed an additional reason to be delighted! The expo is of course for hardcore esports fans who follow both CS:GO and DotA 2. And this isn’t enough, we have some great content for the Cosplayers, the winner of the cosplay at the juncture will represent India at ESL One Genting 2017.
Asus ROG Masters kicks off from 10th November and runs until 13th November. The event, in a pretty similar fashion, is featuring DOTA 2 and CS: GO competition and a massive 200,000 USD prize pool. Team Entity Esports and Aggressive5 is participating in DotA 2 division. Entity Esports will face off with Team Fnatic on 10th November.
TalkEsport will be bringing you daily updates of these upcoming events so be sure to watch out this place for more information. As usual, we will be covering all the three events in separate threads. We covered ESL Challenger #1 for you, and the Challenger #2 details will be available here. The ASUS Rog Masters coverage will be available here. And IeSC coverage will be available directly on the News page.
IeSC 2016 which began in September featuring Dota2 and CS: GO and a whopping 2,000,000 INR prize pool is in final stages. The grand finals of the event (Ground Zero) are scheduled from 10th-12th November. IeSC has been organised by Neon Gaming Studio and Essence Transmedia and has by far, the highest prize pool.
The Final Prize Pool for CS: GO Final event is 8,50,000 INR
IeSC which started with “The Uprising” subevent in the month of September, where the BO1 matches were played till the semi-finals. The semi-finalists also got to move on to Proving Grounds (online knockouts) where they started with 2 point advantage. It was followed Proving Grounds (League Stage) where the 60 team from online knockouts and 4 semi-finalists from uprising battled it out for place in Ground Zero ( The Final event). The 64 teams were divided into 8 groups and the top team from each group qualified for the Main Proving Ground event (Ground Zero).
The Semi-finalists for the Uprising Event were Team Brutality, A3, Rippers and Intense Gaming. These teams competed with 60 teams.
The teams who qualified for the Main event are:
The Final Event Ground Zero is scheduled from November 10th-12th to be a LAN event at Phoenix Marketcity (Kurla) where these 8 Teams will Battle it out for the Grand Prize.
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