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DreamHack Masters Las Vegas – Asian Qualifiers

Deepak Ojha
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DreamHack Masters Las Vegas – Asian Qualifiers

DreamHack Masters returns. The $450,000 event taking place in Las Vegas will offer eight teams from across the world to compete and earn the slot to the mega festival. MGM Grand will be the venue of choice for DreamHack Masters which takes place from February 15th-19th, 2017.

Routinely, eight of the sixteen participants will be drawn through direct invites, whereas the remaining eight battles it out through the qualifiers. The eight teams will make their way to the grand fest at DreamHack Las Vegas.

DreamHack Masters

DreamHack Masters

Open Regional Qualifiers

The qualifiers are divided into two parts. The Open Regional Qualifiers and the Closed Qualifier. Open Regional Qualifiers consist of the following regional qualifiers for across Asia:

The winners from Regional Qualifiers will progress to the Closed Qualifier to the group stages along with the invited teams, where they battle it out for a slot to DreamHack Masters Las Vegas.

  • Reserved – TBD
  • Reserved – TBD
  • South East Asia Qualifier Finalist
  • South East Asia Qualifier Finalist
  • East Asia Qualifier Winner
  • Oceania Qualifier Winner
  • India & Middle East Qualifier Winner

SoStronk will host both open and closed Asian qualifiers on their platform. Besides Asia, Europe and North America will be the host for the open and closed qualifiers.

Facebook announces Gameroom to compete with Steam

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Facebook announces Gameroom to compete with Steam

Facebook announced Gameroom just a day ago to compete with PC gaming. Facebook has aggressively rolled out its Windows gaming platform.

Gameroom will let the users play web-based and mobile ported games in an independent dedicated Windows app. The major competition and barrier to Facebook would be competing and keeping up with the features, reliability, and security as strong as its American rival, Steam. If Facebook indeed manages to persuade gamers to migrate to their gaming system with flavored social feed, then there’s a long way to go for the social media giant.

Gameroom

The time when developers and publishers like miniclip and Zynga lured in web-based gamers into the Facebook’s very own application system, the era of smartphones completely shifted the focus of the gamers onto Mobile gaming. Android killed the web-based games.

But now, with this move, facebook not only can re-gain the potential million users from the PC Gaming bait, but can also integrate their social lives with professional ones. Facebook has every aspect of the features expected by users who tend to stay online and mark their virtual presence. With Facebook Live venturing into Esports recently aiming to compete with Twitch and YouTube Gaming, Facebook now also dares Steam with its massive presence in the social media industry.

From selling games to allowing them to stream it live or gathering feedbacks on beta releases, Facebook can definitely be the global leader in the gaming industry if it plays the cards right. The app is available for users to download on Windows. When you install the client, you are asked to log in with your Facebook account, and you’ll be dispensed with a spotlight screen of ‘Editor’s Choice’ games and titles organised by type. A category page lets you view all available games in a given genres, while any games you already play on Facebook that are compatible with Gameroom will appear in a column on the left.

Facebook to establish Esports broadcasting service through its Live platform

Deepak Ojha
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Facebook to establish Esports broadcasting service through its Live platform

The Esports scene is emerging, with big companies like Amazon venturing into esports, we shouldn’t overlook the facts of how Valve Corporation puts in millions to organize the majors and even gets millions generated through the community for the annual DotA 2 – The International.

According to reports by Engadget, Facebook is currently in talks with the developer of the mobile MOBA Vainglory, Super Evil Mega Corp. for a potential deal of streaming professional matches on the Facebook Live platform. However, according to Kristian Segerstrale, Super Evil Megacorp’s chief operating officer, it seems that nothing has been into the papers.

Facebook Live

The report goes on to add that Facebook is also in talks with major publishers such as Activision to get the rights to stream more eSport competitions, but whether or not anything will materialize from these talks remains to be seen.

Previously, Internet giants like Google also have shown their interest in Esports via introducing the YouTube Gaming categorically for Esports. Also not to forget that Activision, world’s largest game publisher announced improvements it plans to implement to its various esports platforms, most notably a push to broadcast esports to the masses via the massive social networking site.

ELEAGUE Season 2 – Group A recap

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ELEAGUE Season 2 – Group A recap

Eleague is hosting Season 2 of Counter Strike: Global Offensive major championship in Atlanta from January 22-29. This Championship will feature the top eight teams (“Legends”) from the previous major competing against eight “Challengers” decided by a qualifier round. These total of 16 teams will play in Group stages.

The group stage will feature four groups, making four teams per group. Teams will play in a double elimination group stage. The highest seed in the group will play against the lowest seed, and the other two teams will play against each other. The two winners and two losers will then play against each other.

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The winner of the winners match will move on to the Playoffs, and the loser of the winners match will play a third game against the winner of the losers match. The loser of the losers match is eliminated from the tournament. The last two teams in the group will play; the winner of the match will get a spot in the Playoffs, and the loser will head home. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs.

The Group A matches were hosted on 21st and 22nd October between Team Mousesports, Immortals, Faze and Cloud 9.

Match1: Mousesports vs. Immortals

Game 1 was between Team Mousesports and Team Immortals, on de_Mirage where Immortals won the Pistol round on Terrorist side, but they lost an anti-eco round to Mousesports in the second round where the former was able to salvage 3 of their weapons. Immortals could not recover, and their initial losses snowballed though Immortals player “felps” showed some amazing clutch plays, it was Mousesports “ChrisJ” who stole the limelight with his amazing AWP kills and aggression. Mousesports won the match 16-9 to move to winners match.

Match 2: Cloud 9 vs. FaZe Clan

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Match 2 was played between Cloud 9 and FaZe Clan, on de_Train where FaZe won the Pistol round on Counter-Terrorist side. The first Half with FaZe securing six rounds as CTs with the help of some sneaky plays from “Karrigan” and with “Allu” on AWP. The pistol round on second half was won by Cloud 9 with “Stewie2k” securing four kills. FaZe could only secure one round in second half, and Cloud 9 won the match 16-7 to move to winners match while FaZe would face Immortals in losers match in BO3.

Match 3: Cloud 9 vs. Mousesports

Match 3 was played between Cloud 9 and Mousesports, on de_dust2 where Cloud 9 won the Pistol round on Terrorist side. The audience were able to witness some incredible AWP plays from both sides by Cloud 9’s “Skadoodle” and Mousesport’s ”ChrisJ.”The match went neck to neck with the match going to overtime. It was won by Mousesports to secure the victory.

Match 4: Immortals vs FaZe Clan(BO3)

Match 4 was best of 3 played between Immortals and FaZe Clan with first map being de_Mirage. FaZe won the pistol round on Terrorist side and went on to win the Map 16-2. Immortals had no answer to the aggression of FaZe Clan on the map. Map 2 was de_Train. Immortals won the pistol round the on CT side but lost the second anti-eco round to “Rain’s” deagle. The match was close and went into overtime which Immortals won 19-17. Map 3 was  de_overpass Immortals won the Pistol round on Counter-Terrorist Side and managed to get a substantial lead but where not able to hold on to it and lost 16-13.

Match 5: Cloud 9 vs FaZe Clan(BO3)

Match 5 was also a best of 3 played between Cloud 9 and FaZe Clan with First map being de_Mirage. Cloud 9 won the pistol round and won 4 more round after that but soon they lost the lead. The match went neck to neck but FaZe clan finally won the match in double-overtime with score being 22-20 in favor of FaZe Clan. Map 2 was de_Train where FaZe clan won the pistol round on terrorist side but lost to Cloud 9 in the anti-eco round. “Allu” got some spectacular frags with the AWP and the map went to overtime which Cloud 9 won 19-17. De_overpass was the last match played where FaZe clan won the pistol round and went to win the map 16-9.

Immortals and Cloud 9 were knocked out of the tournament while Mousesports and FaZe Clan will get a spot in Playoffs. Group B matches are scheduled for 5th and 6th November.

Dare2Dream disqualified from ASUS Rog Masters

Deepak Ojha
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Dare2Dream disqualified from ASUS Rog Masters

In a shocking turn of events, Team Drag2Death which got qualified to ASUS Rog Masters scheduled in Malaysia, has been denied a slot following their roster changes, BOT from UAE have been given the opportunity to participate in the $50,000 event which is taking place from 12th to 13th of November.

Indian Esports is at its historical peak right now. With international events reserving slots for Indians, we are to the highest degree of acknowledging the offered respect, overseas. But what still lacks is the sincerity, the prediction of a better future. Indian CSGO was recently the victim of a parenthetical approach or rather unpremeditated undertaking which resulted in an Indian team disqualified from a two-month-long event.

Dreams shattered as Sabyasachi Bose will no longer be participating in Asus ROG Masters
Dreams shattered as Sabyasachi Bose will no longer be participating in Asus ROG Masters

We are talking here about the Indian team which qualified through the ROA slot at Asus ROG Masters. Team Dare2Dream which also happens to be the franchise of the organizers of the event, Drag2Death. I recently covered and congratulated the qualified team and their youngest player Sabyasachi ‘antidote’ Bose in a story. Unaware of the fact that they were already in a mishap, they were ineligible to travel abroad due to unavailability of travel documents. The lineup, which is supposed to be one of the top four in the country, failed to prepare themselves for the international opportunity.

Why Dare2Dream got disqualified from Asus ROG Masters

There are two sides of the story, as usual, it is you, the reader who chooses which one to believe. I have personally gone through both the sides and found out this could have been dealt with, resulting in a different outcome.

The first side of the story where you blame the Indian system and constitution. Why were they disqualified? They were not. The disqualification came in after rumors were being speculated that Dare2Dream tried to contact players of different teams asking them to play under D2d for the Malaysian event. But while being in touch with D2d players, we got informed that D2d pulled out of the event due to lack of travel documents and players refusing to represent their team at the international level.

Two of their players had no passports, and as they tried to avail the passport through ‘Tatkaal’ schemes, they were denied brutally by the officials, says Amol Bharti, CEO of Drag2Death (the parental organization to Dare2Dream). I have myself gone through the details and the context of the email and can confirm the authenticity of his attempts to get the fresh passports. Unfortunate for the guys who were excited to travel all the way to Malaysia with the tri-color flag. D2d blames the passport authorities for the mishap.

Why the team participated when they had no travel documents?

The second side of the story is interesting. When I say factual, it designates the objectivity of the situation. The other end, which happens to be the prime reason of disqualification is a continuation of the first side. Dare2Dream were unable to attain travel documents (which is mandatory for all the international events) after getting qualified for the finals. They then swiftly got in touch with the players of one of the reputed Esports organization in India, directly. The management was not informed. Players, however, seemed to have been interested in participating but were not allowed by the senior authorities. Dare2Dream went ahead and submitted their new line of professional players with passports regardless of their affiliation with other teams which in turn, resulted in the international forum declining the team participation. As a general rule, a team can’t change more than 2 of their players after getting qualified for a tournament.

The teams and players in question need not be named, but the only regret which holds us back is.. this could have been avoided. Had there been seriousness and strictness when accepting participation in the international events, this could have been avoided. We missed out on our chance to raise a flag in the Malaysian festival. When organizers such as ESL request proper travel documents at the time of registration, why not in this case? Why was a team allowed even to participate when they didn’t have proper charter as basic as a passport?

There is a lot to question about, but the results are indefensible. Dare2Dream will not be traveling to Malaysia to represent India.

Top CSGO players in Pakistan

Ayesha Samman
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Top CSGO players in Pakistan

Pakistan CS:GO community has grown a lot in recent years. Even though we started slow and steady when the whole world migrated to the new version of the game, we will be the difference maker in near future.

Not only the professional players and teams, the community also supports and accepts the change. I have been focusing on covering the Counter Strike side of the Esports industry in Pakistan for two weeks now. The support and viewership from the Pakistani people and their interest in knowing the players have been amicable. This is my third part of the set, where I will be covering the individual talents, furthermore their achievements.

Two more stories are drafted prior to this. Should you wish to read them they are published here:

  1. The state of Esports in Pakistan – CS:GO Edition
  2. Top CSGO teams in Pakistan

Top Pakistani individual talents

Syed ‘HARMZ’ Arsalan

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HARMZ is one of the most highlighted players in Pakistan. He started his CS journey with Counter-Strike 1.6 on LAN only in early 2006 and started playing online in 2010 till 2012. He then switched to CS: GO with Team beastly, played 4 months then the team got disbanded. He went to play a tournament in Karachi for 1.6. His friend invited him to play CS: GO as well. He beat Pakistan’s best team on LAN at that time (Amigos), they used to call him a hacker before that so he proved himself and since then all of Pakistan knows him. After the event, they invited him to play for their team.

They offered him sponsorship so he and his brother (MEETYOURMAKERS) joined them in 2013, they won 3 tournaments with that team on LAN in Karachi. In 2015 he got a better offer from team VG. He played in team VG for 2 months then the team got disbanded because of sponsorship issues. He then got an even better offer from Team Game4Glory, from then till now he is in G4G.

HARMZ was asked what CS: GO meant to him and if he thought it was considered an eSport in Pakistan. He answered: “Obviously, this game is considered everywhere in the world, then why not Pakistan? It’s been my passion since the start, I am very much motivated and focused, but the current situation in Pakistan is very disappointing.”

Achievements In CS: GO

Champion at Backlist Random Players Tournament 2012
Champion at KGA CSGO Tournament 2013
Champion at Cafe Amigos CS: GO Tournament 2013
Champion at Cafe Amigos CS: GO Summer Tournament 2014
Champion at CSGO Randoms Tournament 2015
Champion at PTCL PGL KickOff Tournament 2015
Champion at Gama Gaming League 2015
Champion at CSGO Challenger Series 2016 by ESEM
Champion at Pak eSports Expo Lahore 2016
Champion at PTCL PGL Ramadan Tournament 2016
Runner-up at Imposters Tournament Organized by Mani 2015
Runner-up at CSGO Knockout Tournament 2015
Runner-up at Cafe AmiGos All-Star Tournament 2016
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca Asian Pre-Qualifiers placed 16-32/128
DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Asia Open Qualifier 16-32/128
PGL Kespa Asia Minor Qualifier 16-32/128
IEM Taipei Other West Asia Open Qualifier 3rd/4th
Runner-up WESG South Asia 2016

Anas ‘traNz’ Ayub

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Started CS:GO in late 2012, traNz is one of the best aimers in SEA region. He joined Intex Gaming Revolution as an Entry Fragger. He is still playing in Intex for 2 years now. traNz was born on 31st July 1997 and is a player from Karachi.

Achievements:

Winners of IBA PROBATTLE 2016 all-star tournament
Winners of FAST Procom 2016 tournament
Winners of Cafe Amigos all-star LAN Tournament 16
Winners of G6 Gaming zone all-star tournament 2015
Finalist of GHQ summer Rage Lan tournament 2015
Finalist of CS: GO random tournament by G4G 2015
Semi-finalist in Cafe Amigos EID all-star Tournament 2014
Semi-finalist of G6-CSGO Rush Tournament 2014

Babar ‘KRNEL’ Mairaj

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Started CS: GO in 2014, Babar is one of the best heavy fraggers in Pakistan. He first joined G4G as a support player and played in the team for 4 months. He later joined SNF as an Entry Fragger and played in the team for 2 months then went back to G4G. Babar was born on 9th September 1998 and is a player from Karachi.

Achievements:

Quarter finalist in PTCL Ramadan tournament 2016
National 2v2 tournament finalist
Skill group: The Global Elite

Abdul ‘HSB’ Haseeb

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Started CS: GO in January 2015, HSB is also one of the best heavy fraggers in the country. He first joined Team Superheroes and then later joined Intex. HSB has been playing in intex from 2015 continued. He has multiple roles: IGL, Lurker and Secondary sniper. HSB was born on 17th October, 2000. He is one of the youngest semi-professional players.

Achievements:

Winner of Amigos LAN Tournament’16
Winner of Procom 2016 Virtual Warfare GFK Lan Tournament.
Winner of IBA’ Probattle 2016 Lan Tournament.
Winner of CyberAge’16 Online Tournament.
Winner of First Dodear CSGO Tournament’16
1-10th Place of PGL PTCL 1v1 Tournament’16
Finalist of CSGO Challenger Series by ESEM
Finalist of Gama Gaming League Online Tournament Fall’15

Quarter-Finalist of G6 Reloaded Summer Tournament’16
Quarter-Finalist of PGL Ramadan Tournament.
Skill group: The Global Elite

Syed ‘Naughtyyy’ Roohan

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Naughtyyy started CS: GO in late 2014, and has prior experience from his years in the CS1.6 community. Having been in the Pakistani gaming scene for quite some time, Naughtyyy is one of the older, more experienced and competent players of the rising CS: GO community in Pakistan. He started his journey in CS: GO with his team ‘eQuilibrium’ then moved to ‘Slay N’ Flay’ where he further honed his skill as an IGL. He has shown exceptional command for leadership in-game and has the ability to multi-task as a primary awper and an IGL. He’s known for his clever game sense and deadly sniping and is always a force to be reckoned with in the cyber battlefield. He has been playing for Elusive.Pk for 9 months and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Achievements:

3-4th @ Apbox CSGO Tournament by Telenor 2016 (LAN)
2nd @ Pak eSports Expo CSGO 2016 (LAN)
2nd @ Gooline Gaming festival 2016 (LAN)
2nd @ Electronic Sports Festival (ESF) 2016 (LAN)

Semi-Finalist at GamaGaming 15.0 CS:GO Tournament (Team Slay N’ Flay)

3rd-4th – PTCL CSGO Ramadan Tournament 2016 ( Team Slay N’ Flay )

Zeeshan “Zeeky” Ali Khan

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Zeeshan started playing Counter-Strike in 2008 and is now a veteran in the gaming community. At only 22 years of age, his years of experience have led him to be the caller for arguably the best team in the country as of now. He started off as a support player in Game4Glory under the In-game leadership of $Bills$, then took over as an IGL. He now plays as an assaulter and IGL in the Game4Glory. Even with many lineup changes, Game4Glory has managed to keep up its high standard of sportsmanship and aptitude in videogame proficiency under his leadership.

Achievements:

Finalist of APAC WESG South Asian Qualifier ’16 by Alibaba
Winner of Appbox Gaming GALA 2016 (Team Game4Glory)
Winner of PGL Ramadan Tournament 2016[Team G4G]
Winner of Pak eSports Expo Lahore [Team Game4glory]
Winner of Nust Olympaid 2016
Winner of Nascon 2016
Winne of CSGO Challenger Series by ESEM [Team Game4Glory]
Winner of ESF Islamabad [Team Game4Glory]
Winner of GamaLeague’15 [Team Visionary]
Winner of Lahore Gaming Championship by Cybnetic[Team G4G]
Runner-up of Gaming Arcade by Team Impost0rs[Team G4G]
Winner of PTCL PGL eSports Kickoff Tournament 2015[Team G4G]
Winner of CSGORandoms Summer Tournament 2015[Team G4G]
Winner of CS: GO Knockout Tournament 2015 hosted by A&T Events (Team G4G)
Fast CS: GO Tournament (2nd Place) (Thrown into Lower Bracket by hacker) (Team INF)
Edward College CS: GO tournament (2nd) (Because Of Hacker) (Team INF)
ESWC Regional Qualifier (top 4) (Team INF)
DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Asia Open Qualifier 16-32/128 (Team Game4Glory)
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca Asian Pre-Qualifiers placed 16-32/128 (Team Game4Glory)
IEM Taipei Other West Asia Open Qualifier 3rd/4th (Team Game4Glory)

Zaki “KLnT” Nasir

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KLnT started playing Counter-Strike in 2009, with his team StarZ in CS1.6. He switched over to CS: GO in late 2014 and played with team Game4Glory where he quickly became arguably the most competent awper in the country. His gameplay speaks for itself and he has little competition in the region. He plays as a dedicated sniper in Game4Glory as of now, and will continue to do so in the near-future.

Achievements:

Finalist of APAC WESG South Asian Qualifier ’16 by Alibaba
Winners of Appbox Gaming Gala ’16 by Gooline GZ Lhr.
Winners of CSGO Ramadan Tournament ’16 hosted by PGL
Winners of Pak E-Sports Expo ’16 at Gooline GZ Lhr.
Winners of NUST Olympiad ’16
Winners of AirNexus ’16
Winners of NaSCon ’16
Ranked 16th-32nd in DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Asian Qualifier
Winners of CSGO Challenger Series by ESEM
Winners of ESF Islamabad
Winner of PGL Solo 1v1 Competition by PTCL
Ranked 16th-32nd in DreamHack Cluj-Napoca Asian Pre-Qualifier
Winners of CS: GO Gama Gaming League Fall
Winners of NaSCon ’15 [CS 1.6]
Winners of CS: GO Lahore Championship hosted by Cybnetic
Winners of CS: GO Knockout Tournament hosted by A&T Events
Winners of CS: GO Randoms Summer Tournament
Winners of PTCL PGL eSports Kickoff Tournament
Finalists of eSports Gaming League by Team Impost0rs

Underdogs:

Noor “DES1RE” Hassan

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Formerly known as FYNATION, DES1RE made the switch from the older generation of counter-strike games to CS: GO in 2015. He quickly made a name for himself with his team Slay N’ Flay which used to be quite a dominant team in the scene, but has recently gone inactive. DES1RE is a noteworthy mention as he has showcased impressive individual plays and his LAN performances against notable teams such as Elusive.Pk and Game4Glory have been nothing short of excellent. He plays as an assaulter and usually plays the roles of an IGL, Trade fragger and secondary sniper.

Achievements:

1st at Gaming Arcade CSGO 2015 (Team SlayNFlay)
1st at Gooline Gaming Zone CSGO Championship LAN 2016 (Team 46&2)
2nd at Telenor AppBox Gala @ Gooline – LAN 2016 (Team YOLO)
2nd at PTCL PGL 1vs1 @ Mall of Lahore (Solo)
2nd at CSGO Randoms CSGO Tournament 2015 (Team SlayNFlay)
2nd at PTCL PGL Kickoff CSGO Tournament 2015 (Team SlayNFlay)
2nd at Lahore CSGO Championship LAN hosted by Cybnetic 2015 (Team SlayNFlay)
3rd at Electronic Sports Infinity Islamabad ‘ESF’ CSGO LAN 2016 (Team Desire)
3rd-4th at GamaGaming 15.0 CSGO Tournament 2015 (Team SlayNFlay)
3rd-4th at PTCL CSGO Ramadan Tournament 2016 (Team SlayNFlay)

Faiq “Epic” Asim

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Epic is one of the more experienced players from the 1.6 era in Pakistan, however, he switched to CS: GO much later after his peers, which has led to some of his delayed competition. Asim still managed to quickly learn and adapt to high-level play which has led to impressive performances on LAN even against teams as good as Game4Glory. He is currently playing for Slay N’ Flay as a dedicated sniper.

Achievements:

Finalist of cybnetic tournament (Team SlayNFlay)

Runners Up of Telenor AppBox Gala @ Goolines – LAN 2016 (Team Slay N Flay)

Semifinalist of ESF islamabad (Team SlayNFlay)

Winners of Barsalego at Fast University (Faisalabad) 2015

In most of my coverage all across different segments, I have managed to derive it from the research that all we lack is regulations, events, and sponsors’ trust. I don’t blame companies for not being a part of the sponsorship line but things have just started to fall in place and expecting companies to pour in hundred thousand should be very eccentric.

The state and industry are still an ambitious dream for Pakistan and elsewhere. We are yet to be identified professionals in the diligence of digital gaming. I’ll be starting to cover the gaming events as they go!

Bravado knocks out Overcome 2-0 from ESWC 2016

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Bravado knocks out Overcome 2-0 from ESWC 2016

In what comes as a non-shocker, the Indian side, Overcome, got knocked out of ESWC 2016 after getting defeated by Bravado in the loser brackets. They lost 0-2 (9-16 cobblestone, 11-16 cache) in the best of three Group B elimination match.

Team Overcome, which got matched up against Bravado in the loser bracket after they got decimated by Heroic 1-16, had their last chance to make their stay longer than a day. The South African team which had no notable International exposure previously were able to beat Overcome 2-0 comfortably.

Sachin ‘PwN’ Gaikwad at the photoshoot.

Not to overshadow the fact that Bravado came into the loser brackets after getting defeated by LDLC 9-16, who had the famous Belgian Ex6TenZ who has the experience of been played in 7 majors.

Bravado will have to face LDLC in the Group B decider match which will determine the team which will be heading towards the playoffs. Heroic now has 6 points compared to LDLC and Bravado which share 3 points each.

Heroic beat Overcome 16-1

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Heroic beat Overcome 16-1

Team Overcome which travelled all the way to Paris to represent India at the ESWC 2016 in the Paris Games Week has been beaten 16-1 (Overpass) by Heroic.

Team Overcome is placed in the Group B alongside LDLC, Heroic and Bravado. The round-robin format, however, gives the Indian team another opportunity to come back stronger in the loser match which they will play against the loser of the second match fo Group B, LDLC vs Bravado.

Team Overcome lineup:

  • Divesh ‘Monster‘
  • Anuj ‘Amaterasu‘ Sharma ‪#‎IGL‬
  • Aaqib ‘Bababiceps‘ Dingankar
  • Vivek ‘Shabby’ Patel
  • Sachin ‘PwN’ Gaikwad

The $75,000 event is featuring 32 teams from all over the world. With GAMBIT, GODSENT Academy and FNATIC Academy also being a part.

 

Dare2Dream suffered in the delayed passport heckle with officials

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Dare2Dream suffered in the delayed passport heckle with officials

Delays and problems are part of our lives. But you wouldn’t want to be a victim of such delay which can ruin your potential career. Such is the story of Dare2Dream’s player, a member of the professional Esports organization from Bangalore.

Sabyasachi ‘antidote’ Bose is a professional Counter Strike athlete, he has experience in the game of more than 6 years. Recently, he along with his team got qualified to the Malaysian event ASUS Rog which is scheduled on 12th and 13th November.

I got in touch with the owner of the team Amol Bharti, who was deeply saddened by the fact that the Passport Seva Kendra treated them in the worst possible manner. He shared all the documents related to the passport application of his player and it was evident that he was indeed telling the truth about the delays he and his player had to face. Amol wrote a letter to certain media outlets and we have the copy of the same.

Read the letter below:

Mr. Sabyasachi Bose (Age 20 Year) who studied till 9th standard was asked to produce Matriculation certificate (10th standard) whereas on the application form his education qualification was mentioned between 6th and 9th standard appropriately. He was asked to meet Kolkata PSK DPO when he appeared for his appointment on time and after waiting for 2 to 3 hours he met Mr. S.R. Das who denied his passport for tatkaal stating that he need to pass 10th standard to apply for tatkaal passport. 

The boy mentioned the urgency for playing for the Country at the Asus ROG Masters Malaysia where he was supposed to be part of the Indian contingency team who won from Asus ROG Masters (Rest of Asia) beating other Asian countries and qualified for the Finale tournament. This did not made Mr. S.R Das to reconsider his plea and instead he asked the boy to leave and get 10th certificate. The boy repeatedly mentioned that he is not 10th pass per his education and asked Kolkata PSK DPO to give this in written, upon which Mr. S.R. Das got very angry and said the Rule is what I say.

Mr. S.R. Das treated the boy with unprofessional behavior and asked to leave the premises by pointing fingers towards the exit gate. We request you to take this complaint against the official and check CCTV footage of his behavior and suffering of Indian eSports legendary player, Mr. Sabyasachi Bose.

The urgency is because we need to apply for Visa and details needs to be sent to Tournament Officials ASAP.

Amol Bharti and his organization even went ahead by Tweeting to the Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs, but failed to retrieve a response. In a state of time when Honeymoon tweets get thousands of attraction, the cultural sports urgency was overlooked.

We urge you to share the article and let this get maximum traction so that Dare2Dream has their heads high at the international tournament with our flag.

Top CSGO teams in Pakistan

Ayesha Samman
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Top CSGO teams in Pakistan

Pakistan is in a state to accept the revolution of online multiplayer and video games. But due to the third world problems, the skeptical perception remains at the original head. People hesitate to accept esports as an actual sport. But today we will be only covering the top teams. Know the top CSGO teams in Pakistan as of October 25th, 2016.

Yesterday I did a story on the Pakistan state of Esports, how the community has been building itself, the inception of the events. And how they were able to give tough competitions to the Mongolian powerhouse.

TOP CSGO Teams in Pakistan

Unpredictable I was with the positive response, I have got the story which was viewed interestingly more than 4000+ times now at the time of filing this article. Today, I have chosen once again to take your time and be informative about the top teams in Pakistan in CS: GO.

Game4Glory

Game4Glory is arguably the oldest Pakistani counter-strike team that has managed to stay together through thick and thin. Founded by Zubair “$Bills$” Jafar and Zeeshan “Zeeky” Khan in 2011, Game4Glory has always been one of the best teams in Pakistan and has consistently dominated for the most part even with significant changes to their lineup regularly. The initial lineup consisted of $Bills$, KLnT, RacHeT, AVG and Zeeky.

Game4Glory. Image courtesy: Tech4Gamers
Game4Glory.
Image courtesy: Tech4Gamers

Now, $Bills$ is no longer part of the main lineup, yet still, manages to stay in the scene partially. The lineup evolved throughout the years, with notable players such as “MDA” and “erazor” being part of it throughout the evolution. The team’s current lineup consists of HARMZ Zeeky Klnt HSB and AVG.

Here’s what Zeeky, the IGL of the team said when asked how he feels about the game and his take on CS:GO as a career.

“It is the most important part of my life. Studying, employment and life, in general, will continue irrelevant to CS: GO it but with CS: GO at least that boring part of my life is not boring. We have been in this game for quite some time and will continue to be in the scene at least for the next few foreseeable years. For each one of us our boring life may continue as usual but our future plans are to bring CS: GO and eSports to a bigger platform in Pakistan.”

Team Achievements:

2016

Finalist of APAC WESG South Asian Qualifier ’16 by Alibaba
Winners of Appbox Gaming Gala ’16 by Gooline GZ Lhr.
Winners of CSGO Ramadan Tournament ’16 hosted by PGL
Winners of Pak E-Sports Expo ’16 at Gooline GZ Lhr.
Winners of NUST Olympiad ’16
Winners of AirNexus ’16
Winners of NaSCon ’16
Ranked 16th-32nd in DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Asian Qualifier
Winners of CSGO Challenger Series by ESEM
Winners of ESF Islamabad

2015

Ranked 16th-32nd in DreamHack Cluj-Napoca Asian Pre-Qualifier
Winners of CS:GO Gama Gaming League Fall
Quarterfinalist at PGL eGG Minor India and Middle-East qualifier
Winners of CS:GO Lahore Championship hosted by Cybnetic
Winners of CS:GO Knockout Tournament hosted by A&T Events
Winners of CS:GO Randoms Summer Tournament
Winners of PTCL PGL eSports Kickoff Tournament
Finalists of eSports Gaming League by Team Impost0rs

INtex Revolution

iNtex Revolution was founded in 2008 as a team for Counter-Strike 1.6, which later switched over to CS: GO after the popularity and scene of its predecessor died out. The initial lineup consisted of ShoT, Jwwwd, KriminaLL, traNz and slaayer. Even with many lineup changes, it continued to be a competent team in Pakistan and proved its worth in many local events and also with their performances in international qualifiers. Their current lineup is tranz kriminal umair jwwwd storax.

Achievements:

Counter-Strike Global Offensive Achievements:
Winners of IBA uni’s PROBATTLE 2016 all-star tournament
Winners of FAST uni’s Procom 2016 tournament
Winners of Cafe Amigos all-star LAN Tournament’16
Winners of G6 Gaming zone all-star tournament ‘2015
Finalist of GHQ summer Rage Lan tournament ‘2015
Finalist of CS: GO random tournament by G4G ‘2015
Semi-finalist in Cafe Amigos EID all-star Tournament ‘2014
Semi-finalist of G6-CSGO Rush Tournament ‘2014

Elusive.Pk

Image courtesy: “PGR -Pak Gamers Republic”

Elusive.pk was founded in January 2016, making it a relatively new team in the Pakistani gaming scene, however, that did not stop it from climbing up the ranks and claiming a spot as a top-3 team. The team was founded by Roohan “Naughtyyy” Sajjad along with Fahad “MUSE” Fayyaz and Anas “saeeiN” Baig. The initial lineup was comprised of Zon, MUSE, Naughtyyy, ShahJ and saieeN.

The lineup continued to change and the team was quite unstable with players such as Jordream, KanE and fredJ being part of the family for a short duration. The team still managed to be successful despite their shaky lineup.

The current lineup is SaeeiN , MUSE , Naughtyyy, luDaCriS, BravO with Syed Jhangir Gillani (AcE) as their manager.

Here’s what Naughtyyy had to say about CS: GO:

“Don’t let the GGs get to your head, whether favorable or not. The lineup for Elusive.Pk is finally quite stable so we’re looking to improve in the coming months. With the grace of god, we’d like to keep pursuing our dream of breaking the limits to bring the CS: GO and gaming scene to the spotlight in Pakistan.”

Achievements:

The team managed to secure the following places:

3-4th at WESG South-Asia Qualifier 2016
3-4th at Apbox CSGO Tournament by Telenor 2016 (LAN)
2nd at Pak eSports Expo CSGO 2016 (LAN)
2nd at Gooline Gaming festival 2016 (LAN)
2nd at Electronic Sports Festival (ESF) 2016 (LAN)

The three teams, G4g, Elusive.PK and INteX Gaming are widely recognized as the top CSGO teams in Pakistan. Other than teams and organization, Pakistan even have sets of individual talents who have achieved a lot when it comes to winning tournament and contributing their team of their skills. I will be doing another piece shortly on the individual talents in Pakistan.

Feature Image courtesy: Flare.PK

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