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Esports recognized as a regular sport in Russia and Italy

Sajid Paik
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Esports recognized as a regular sport in Russia and Italy

Member nations of the International e-Sports Federation in Europe, Russia, Italy, and Denmark, have been officially recognized as a sport by sports authorities in each country, luring the interest of surrounding nations in Europe.
The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation has officially announced on June 7th that e-Sports is officially recognized as a sport. The Russian e-Sports Federation (ReSF) has been continuing its efforts to become a sport since 2001.

ReSF has received the title as ‘Master of Sports in Russia’, and will be supported to open education programs in e-sports refereeing and coaching. ReSF will be able to host competitions which are officially endorsed by the Ministry of Sports. Moreover, it is expected to simplify VISA issues for international e-sports players entering Russia will be eligible for sports VISA.

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The Italian e-sports Association(ITeSPA) has been successful in being recognized by the Movement Popular Italian sport(MSP), an affiliated organization under the authority of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). As a step was taken by Italy to be included with the International e-Sport movement, ITeSPA will be leading the domestic e-Sports engagements within its region. Moreover, ITeSPA will focus on developing an education program to train coaches, referees, and athletes to meet the developing demand for e-Sports specialists.

The National Federation of Denmark (eSports Denmark) is continuing its efforts of being recognized National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). Although it has not been recognized as an official sport, it has been able to be an associate member of the Denmark Athletic Federation (DAF). This first step for eSports Denmark is a significant step in creating the momentum of e-Sports in Denmark and evaluated to be the first foundation stone of becoming a sport.

The e-Sports momentum is arising in Europe to be officially recognized as a sport.

Russia and Italy e-sports being recognized by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Sports Authority (NSA) has increased the number of NOC/NSA recognized members into 21 Nations (Asia 14, Europe 4, Africa 3).
The Asian continent has led the spread of e-sports recognition until now, which was an influence of e-sports participating in the Asian Indoor Martial Arts Games (AIMAG), endorsed by the Olympic Council of Asia.

Although European countries are not as convinced as Asia, the recognition in Russia and Italy is expected to create a momentum to trigger e-sports interests to rise in by European Sports Authorities. e-Sports in Europe has been able to develop a sustainable model for the past years. Recently various football clubs, based in Europe, have now started investing their capital into the e-sports by recruiting their own team. The synergy expected with the movement of sports capital and recognition of e-sports will be a notable scene to keep one’s interest on.

US-based Pilgrim Media Group partners with ESL to broadcast eSports live on TV

Deepak Ojha
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US-based Pilgrim Media Group partners with ESL to broadcast eSports live on TV

A new television and digital media Esports is announced by the reality-television production house Lionsgate which will be a partnership between Pilgrim Media Group and ESL, announced by the company.

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On the collaboration, Pilgrim Media Group founder Craig Piligian said in a media release, “Pilgrim [Media Group] has a long history of creating competition programming that taps into the passion of fans – whether the playing field is the Octagon, the wilderness, on a fishing boat or in an arena. We’re extremely excited to bring the power, scope and mental muscle of gaming to television in a way that helps these loyal fans experience esports as never before.”

Lionsgate president of interactive ventures and Games Peter Levin added in the media release,“We see tremendous growth potential in esports as it becomes a major player in the gaming ecosystem, and we’re thrilled to bring esports to more fans on an expanding array of platforms.”

Pilgrim Media Group has a history of producing television shows, mainly relating to reality television. Previous shows produced include American Chopper, American Ninja Challenge, Ghost Hunters, and The Ultimate Fighter.

Olofmeister returns to Fnatic roster

Deepak Ojha
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Olofmeister returns to Fnatic roster

We surely were missing the beast as much as you, Olofmeister returns, the world’s best Counter Strike: Global Offensive player has returned back to his former roster for ELEAGUE. Due to the arm injury, Olof had to take a long break for himself to be back on the current roster. He returned last night at ELEAGUE and made his presence felt extremely well.

Due to an arm injury, Olofmeister had been away from the roster for quite a long time, Fnatic even had to miss DreamHack Masters Malmo due to his injury. During the yesterday’s matchup at ELEAGUE Group D kicker, Fnatic played TSM and FaZe in a best-of-two with each team and concluded at the top in both the series.

Olofmeister returns to Fnatic

Olofmeister returns to Fnatic

Playing versus TSM, Fnatic hesitated a little when taking them over in cache, where they managed to win the map 16-13 with Olofmesiter standing rigid with over 1 KDR and a couple of impact rounds to win over them. Fnatic were loaded with confidence entering into the second map where they comfortably beat TSM 16-3 in mirage, yet again Olof making a huge impact with almost 2 KDR and Average damage per round over 109. The second series of the match versus FaZe was humiliation on another level by the Swedish side. They denied FaZe even a single round in the first map which was cobblestone, they went sprinting over a rampage of 16 rounds straight with a perfect score line (fourth one for Fnatic in the history) with the help of Olofmeister and Dennis’ clutches.

The second map was shockingly a return from the FaZe members as even after being down 0-16 on the first map, they managed to clinch the victory over the Swedes comfortable with scoreline 16-8, managing to the tie the series and got on board two points each for Fnatic and FaZe. We definitely would love to see Fnatic play this week in the ELEAGUE Group D finals on Saturday.

ELEAGUE Season 1 Group D Preview

Kanishka Thakur
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ELEAGUE Season 1 Group D Preview

The ELEAGUE Season 1 Group D will see :- fnatic, FaZe, dignitas and TSM fight for a spot in the playoffs. Here is a Preview about the four teams competing in the Group D.

Fnatic :- Fnatic will play the ELEAGUE with their much awaited star player ‘olofmeister’ who returns back after a very long time. In an interview ‘dennis’ mentioned that they had to change a lot of their gameplan for the stand-in ‘wenton’ who was playing for fnatic in the absence of ‘olofmeister’.Fnatic finished a 3-4th place in the ELS Pro League Season 3,losing to G2 in the semifinals.The fans are expecting a great comeback by ‘olofmeister’ which can give the team a boost and win the upcoming tournaments.

Dignitas :- Dignitas has been performing quite well in the recent lan and online events.They successfully qualified for the ESL One Cologne last week which gave them confidence to win the upcoming games.They are currently ranked #13 as they have been quite consistent from a long time.Also ‘RUBINO’ and ‘konfig’ are in a great form which might make dignitas a likely candidate for second place in the group D.

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Image Courtesy :- hltv.org

FaZE :- FaZe and Dignitas have now been like rivals from past couple of weeks and seeing them compete in the group will be very interesting. FaZe were one of the first two teams to qualify for the Major. With FaZe having the highest cumulative rating at the event as a team and highest ranked player in rifle ‘rain’. FaZe can be a nightmare for TSM and dignitas and can even upset fnatic in the group stage.

TSM :- The North American team who qualified for the ECS Season 1 finals but hasn’t really left a mark in the current scene. ‘cadiaN’ will be standing in for TSM in the place of ‘Twistzz’. With the help of ‘autimatic’ and ‘FNS’ the team could do very well and can also surprise their fans and as well as the teams in the group. However they are still very likely to finish as the fourth seed.

The Group D of the ELEAGUE Season 1 begins today at 21:00(Indian Standard Time) as fnatic will take on TSM in the first match of the group stage. We will keep you updated for the rest of the matches, stay tuned.

Flipkart Accessories Carnival begins today with Massive discounts on electronics

Deepak Ojha
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Flipkart Accessories Carnival begins today with Massive discounts on electronics

Soon after the prosperous launch of Flipkart Accessories Carnival the previous month, Flipkart is back once again with the second edition of the accessories bonanza which will have offers raining down on electronics. The online festival will run 3 days starting today. Visit Flipkart.com in between 14th, 15th and 16th June to avail the offers.

Be it your hobby or essentials, there will be heavy discounts on all the accessories products ranging from Headphones, powerbanks to pendrives and hard drives for storage. The brands participating in the Flipkart Accessories Carnival are subsequent in promoting their brands via the Mega sale, which will be running straight for 72 hours for your convenience.

The carnival begins today and will be extended till June 16, which means you’ll have enough time to compare, seek advice or even doublethink before looting the products at the discounted price.

Flipkart Accessories Carnival

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Flipkart Accessories Carnival will be a monthly event happening on the Flipkart’s website which will feature a different type e-Tailing. The components of the sale will cover all the requirements for our daily usage, you can buy  external hard disks if you like to have backup of your important files, stereofied earphones mainly for gaming and music lovers. Or you can get a flat 50% off on powerbanks if you are a traveler and mobile gamer.

Other than the sale, Flipkart will also introduce a contest for the people with intelligent brains, they’ll ask five questions on their facebook page and the users giving the correct answers will be randomly chosen, who will be awarded with Flipkart eVouchers worth INR 2,000 each. Make sure you tune in to their official page to win the prize. Also, tune in to Flipkart.com’s website to attain maximum discounts on the products.

If you are a participant of The Flipkart Gaming Online Championship, now is the time to buy some discounted gaming products at your possession!

League of Legends to be the official game for Australian University games

Arpita Tewari
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League of Legends to be the official game for Australian University games

Prominent multiplayer online fight stadium (MOBA) amusement, League of Legends, is the most recent game authorized to be held inside Australia’s biggest multisport college occasions, the Regional and Australian University Games. League of Legends, the swiftly played game is played by 27 million individuals every day.

Created by Riot Games, League of Legends sees two groups of five intense champions, each with an extraordinary outline and play-style, fight straight on over various war zones and different types of game modes. The authorizing of an esport into the Unigames program takes into account more understudies to get required in speaking to their colleges and TAFEs at a local and national level.

The new incorporation is in light of the developing era of gaming sportspeople.

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The tertiary training group is grasping new innovations, for example, games as apparatuses to expand engagement of college understudies in game on grounds.

“The understudy engagement opportunities that outcome from the quickly expanding notoriety of esports crosswise over grounds in Australia has surely snatched our consideration,” Australian University Sport CEO Don Knapp said.

“AUS is quick to advance understudy experience through the League of Legends stage so far another method for extending our compass to more extensive grounds groups.”

“This is an energizing time for League of Legends players as esports turns out to be all the more generally perceived as an aggressive game. To be the best, League of Legends requires mental quality, cooperation and correspondence, so it’s much the same as numerous other group activities,” said Daniel Ringland, Head of esports at Riot Games Oceania. The Regionals for League of Legends will be held online for the Eastern, Southern and Northern areas, and in addition New Zealand and Wildcard (counting Western Australia and districts not secured by the four gatherings) from 5-7 July 2016.

The Regional University Games will serve as the qualifying rivalry for a scope of games, including League of Legends, at the 2016 Australian University Games (25-30 September) in Perth.

 

ESL One Cologne 2016 groups revealed, G2 troubled

Deepak Ojha
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ESL One Cologne 2016 groups revealed, G2 troubled

ESL One Cologne 2016 groups have been drawn and G2. Esports has been placed alongside fnatic, FaZe and Luminosity which will definitely to be a group to lookout for. The event begins on 5th of July in Cologne, Germany.

At the ESL One Cologne Offline qualifiers, 16 teams fought for the 8 challengers spot, which will be facing off the legends at ESL One Cologne Majors 2016, competing for a breathtaking US$1,000,000 pool. The ESL One Cologne 2016 groups were drawn with the impact of the newly introduced Swiss system, from which eight challengers were listed in the groups according to their winning speed.

ESL One Cologne 2016 groups

Group A – Liquid, Virtus.pro, mousesports, EnVyus
Group B – Luminosity, FaZe, fnatic, G2
Group C – Astralis, CLG, Gambit, dignitas
Group D – Natus Vincere, NiP, OpTic, Flipsid3

Interestingly, there will be a close match-up in Group C and B since all the teams have been performing really week. After Luminosity’s and Fnatic’s breathtaking performances in the majors and G2’s team performance in the recent times, it will be very entertaining to see which two team will take the spot. Group B will surely have a major upset in the closure stage while the rest groups seems pretty balanced and predictable. The match format and other important information for travelers has been shared by ESL recently.

 

ESL One Cologne 2016 – Viewer’s Guide

Deepak Ojha
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ESL One Cologne 2016 – Viewer’s Guide

ESL One Cologne 2016 is around the corner and the list of participating teams are now finalized. With Valve, giving opportunities to the underdogs from CSGO Minors in different regions, there were lots of teams with promising performance over at the ESL One Cologne offline qualifiers.

The main event will run from 5th to 10th of July, the group stages will be played in a different location, on LAN though, and the major play-offs will be hosted infront of thousands of offline crowd and millions of online fans watching the action live on ESL Twitch. The playoffs will take place on Stage in LANXESS Arena.

ESL One Cologne 2016

ESL One Cologne 2016

List of Teams

The list of participating teams are from two sets, qualified teams and legends (invited).

Legends – Natus Vincere, Luminosity Gaming, fnatic, Liquid, CLG, Virtus.Pro, Astralis and NiP, whereas,
Challengers – mousesports, FaZe, OpTiC, EnVyUs, Gambit, Dignitas, Flipsid3, G2

The Format

The format of the game will be pretty simple. Four groups will be drawn each having four teams. Two teams from each groups will be advancing to play-offs. The first set of matches will be played in a best-of-one format whereas, the decider matches will be best-of-three.

Eventually, the eight-world-best teams will be competing in front of a crowd in the LANXESS arena. The advanced teams will face-off in a single elimination bracket, each match consisting of a best-of-three series to draw out the winners and takers of the million dollar prize pool and a Major champion title holder.

G2 fills the spot of Challengers at ESL One Colonge 2016 over C9

Sajid Paik
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G2 fills the spot of Challengers at ESL One Colonge 2016 over C9

G2. Esports beats Cloud9 to become the final team from the ESL One Colonge Main qualifiers to be at the ESL One Colonge Major 2016.

The head-to-head battle between G2 and Cloud9 have always been nasty for Cloud9 as they’ve been losing constantly to the Frenchmen and have now been scored to a 1-6 over G2.Esports.

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With the latest introduction of the Swiss format, where the first three-map winners get qualified and loosers go home, G2. Esports’s massive performance lead the team to victory and they’ll be playing alongside the likes of Challengers and ofcourse the CS:GO legends.

G2’s recent performance has boosted the morale of the team and the organization as a whole since they’ve been subsequent in terms of their gameplay and consistency, with such an adequate leadership by Shox backed by ScreaM’s filthy one-taps, G2. may as well surprise us at the Majors by beating some of the world-class teams when we see them in the next month at Colonge.

Although Shox and n0thing has been present in all the previous majors played, the record goes broken as Jordan and co. will not be taking part at the Colonge.

 

Brutality are the Champions of the ESL India Premiership Starter Cup #1

Kanishka Thakur
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Brutality are the Champions of the ESL India Premiership Starter Cup #1

With almost 150 teams battling their way for the title of the ESL India Premiership Starter Cup #1. It all came down to the top two teams, Brutality and Invisible Wings. The finals were ofcourse best-of-3 game where Brutality managed to win the series match-up by 2-1 after being down 0-1.

The first map that was picked up by Brutality was Dust2 and Mirage being picked by Invisible wings and overpass being randomly chosen as the third map of the game.

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The first map begun as Brutality starting on the CTside won the first pistol round with the help of three amazing kills by “fox”. The 4th round saw a buy coming from Invisible wings and they winning the round, making the scoreline 3-1. Astar helped his team and tried to close the halftime score 9-6 in the favor of Invisible wings. The second half started with Antidote picking up three kills and pulling off a great pistol round for Invisible wings. Brutality again tried to comeback in the map but Invisible wings closed down the map with the scoreline of 16-13 surprising everyone.

The second map of the game was Mirage that was Invisible wings’s pick and they started on the Tside of the map and with Superman clutching a 1v3, they managed to win the first pistol round. But then Brutality went left behind for quite long and came back stronger and steadily took a lead of 5-2 and from there they closed the first half with a scoreline of 10-5. In the second half pistol round Brutality made a great execution at the B bombsite that lead them to a win in the pistol round. But with Psy taking in some amazing kills in the CT Side Invisible wings once again started to come back in the game but Astarr didn’t really let that happen and Brutality closed the map with a scoreline of 16-12.

The third and the final map of the game was Overpass and Invisible wings started on the CT Side and took the first pistol round with the help of Superman’s three amazing USP Kills. But then Brutality’s eco rush went pretty well and with the help of Adi, they equaled the scoreline to 1-1.Brutality then took over the map completely and winning the first half of the map with a scoreline of 11-4.The second pistol round saw a great execution by Invisible wings and with Energy picking up three glock kills they started to comeback in the game. But with Astar and Rix pulling down some amazing rounds Brutality closed down the map and the game with a scoreline of 16-8.

Team Brutality winning the ESL India Premiership Starter cup #1 and proving that they are the best team in the country, yet again.

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