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Gabe Newell fires DotA 2 production company at Shangai Majors

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Gabe Newell fires DotA 2 production company at Shangai Majors

Valve has unexpectedly let go the host of its Dota 2 Shanghai Major competition, James “2GD” Harding, alongside the generation organization in charge of shows of the recreations. Organization boss Gabe Newell affirmed the rejection of Harding on Reddit, including that “James is an ass” and not somebody Valve will be working with again later on. As to generation of competition telecasts, Newell trusts Valve will have the capacity to locate another accomplice to supplant KeyTV before the headliner commences on March second.

Dota 2 is Valve’s most prevalent Steam diversion, creating gigantic incomes off in-amusement buys and now supporting four noteworthy competitions for every year, each charging prize pools in the a great many dollars. The Shanghai Major will distribute $3 million among the 16 partaking groups, with the victors gathering $1.1 million. Not awful for a week of indicating and clicking, however even as Dota opponents the prize pools of expert games, it proceeds with slack severely regarding polished skill and generation quality in the background.

shanghai majors

As the host of the English-dialect telecast and board dialogs, Harding was accountable for directing the discussion in the middle of matches and keeping viewers entertained amid snippets of downtime. He opened the principal day’s show by infusing “cunts” into his presentation (comfortable start of the video above) and conveying an extended and clumsily got masturbation joke. In an ensuing clarification of occasions in Shanghai, Harding clears up that he was let go mid-show in the wake of making another disagreeable joke in a later telecast.

Harding’s arrival to the Dota facilitating seat took after a long rest from the diversion and was broadly invited because of his persisting ubiquity subsequent to serving as the normal host of The International, the chief Dota 2 rivalry. In the wake of his rejection and Gabe Newell’s open trashing, Harding has found a great deal of backing from inside of the gaming group, huge numbers of whom are just as irritated with Valve for the poor generation of the competition telecasts.

The early matches in the Shanghai Major have been tormented by specialized issues, intruding on amusements with long defers and conveying a rough, uneven affair for the group of onlookers. In-diversion sound issues have been coordinated by breaking down mouthpieces for observers and experts, and the general feeling has been one of disorder. Pundit Owen “ODPixel” Davies totals it all up with the accompanying tweet:

Valve clearly didn’t feel Harding’s uncouth funniness was in accordance with the picture the organization needs to extend, in any case it’s the creation inconveniences that are liable to bring about greater cerebral pains for Newell and co. This is a long way from the main Dota 2 competition to experience the ill effects of insufficient offices, backing, or generation shine. It was trusted that when Valve presented the present Majors framework, beginning with a competition in Frankfurt before the end of last year, things would enhance and everybody would have the capacity to appreciate some untainted, high-class gaming rivalry. Sadly, it appears like Valve and Dota simply haven’t advanced to that point yet.

E-Frag announces $64,600 Razer Rising Stars CS:GO League

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E-Frag announces $64,600 Razer Rising Stars CS:GO League

After announcing our tournament The World Championship we are ecstatic to announce a series of leagues that we will hold around the world with 64,600 USD up for grabs. As the name “Rising Stars” suggests, these leagues will be seasonal leagues aiming to support the grassroots Counter­Strike: Global Offensive scene. The main goal is to support non­Tier 1 teams as they work their way to become truly top teams. In fact, we plan on helping these teams in more ways than just helping them gain exposure. In the future we hope that these teams can become shareholders and partners of the event, to share the profits and successes of the event.

There will be four leagues in four regions (Europe, North America, South America and Southeast Asia). In total, 64,600 USD will be given out in these four leagues, while 12 online qualifiers will determine which teams qualify for these leagues. Although originally this was a 50,000 USD guaranteed prize pool tournament, it will now grow to 64,600 USD if the teams finish all of their matches.

YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LTD PRESENTS A SERIES OF COUNTER­STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE LEAGUES: “RAZER RISING STARS” AWARDING 64,600 USD

 

Razer Rising Stars

Statement from Your Esports Entertainment Ltd. CEO, Mohamed “Availer” Zardab:

“Your Esports Entertainment is proud to present the next chapter in the CS:GO tournament and league circuit. The Razer Rising Stars League (RSL) will be a worldwide league available in 4 regions. It is a league that is designed to develop grassroots CS:GO, to give opportunities to new undiscovered teams and players and to create a stable backbone league for mid tier teams as a stepping stone to the top tier echelons of CS:GO.

The league is designed to hone and promote new and raw talent. While also our main goal is to help develop the brands and image of tier 2 and lower teams. We also hope to share in our success with the community and with these teams with future seasons having the league members receiving a percentage of the profits of the league so that the success of the league is the success of the teams, and the success of the teams will equal the success of the league. We hope to build up the teams involved and to build up the scenes in the various parts of the world to
create a stable grassroots ecosystem for CS:GO.

The community will also have a chance to take part in the leagues with 50% of the slots given to open qualifiers that will be powered and hosted on the incredible Razer Arena platform. Razer Arena also share our vision of developing CS:GO at the ground level and are with us fully at making sure this will be a successful endeavour.

We will also make sure that with the completion of our studios in Belgrade that we will offer the best possible production value and quality in CS:GO regardless of the level of CS that we will be broadcasting. The Razer Rising Stars League will be a league to watch this year, but not only watch, also takepart in.”

Razer Rising Stars Europe League:

The Razer Rising Stars Europe League will run from March 15 ­ May 1 and will receive the lion’s share of the prize pool; 20,000 USD. It will feature 16 teams, 8 of which will be invited while 8 will join from 4 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 16 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 15 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 10,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 5,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 4th ­ 2,000 USD

­ 5th­16th ­ 500 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be four online qualifiers awarding 8 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All four qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward. Links to the qualifiers are below:

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2231/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25231

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2232/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25232

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2233/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25233

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2234/razer­rising­stars­european­league­­­qualifier­25234

Invited teams for Europe: LoungeGaming, LDLC White, ALTERNATE aTTaX, E­Frag.net eSports Club, CPH

Wolves, Orgless, DenDD

Razer Rising Stars South­East Asia League:

The Razer Rising Stars South­East Asia League will run from May 1 ­ June 1 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 10 teams, 4 of which will be invited while 6 will join from 3 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 10 teams participate in a round­ robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss. After every team plays their 9 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th-­10th ­ 200 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be three online qualifiers awarding 6 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward.

Razer Rising Stars North American League:

The Razer Rising Stars North American League will run from April 15 ­ May 15 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 12 teams, 6 of which will be invited while 6 will join from 3 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 12 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 11 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th­10th ­ 250 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be three online qualifiers awarding 6 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward.

Razer Rising Stars South American League:

The Razer Rising Stars South American League will run from March 15 ­ April 15 and will have teams competing for 10,000 USD. It will feature 8 teams, 4 of which will be invited while 4 will join from 2 online qualifiers.The format of the league will see all 8 teams participate in a round­robin format. Each team will play each other in a best­of­two match awarding 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

After every team plays their 7 BO2 matches, the league simply ends with the following prize distribution:

­ 1st ­ 5,000 USD

­ 2nd ­ 3,000 USD

­ 3rd ­ 2,000 USD

­ 4th­10th ­ 200 USD (for each team if it finishes every match)

As mentioned above, there will be two online qualifiers awarding 4 spots in the league. Each qualifier will be capped at 128 teams and will be played in a best­of­one, single elimination bracket. All three qualifiers will be streamed from the Round of 16 forward. Links to the qualifiers are below:

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2235/razer­rising­stars­south­american­league­­­qualifier­25231

https://arena.razerzone.com/tournaments/details/2236/razer­rising­stars­south­american­league­­­qualifier­25232

Invited teams for South America: NTN, KeyD Stars, Santos.Dexterity, g3nerationX.

The MongolZ denied U.S. VISA, detained from attending MLG Columbus Qualifier

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The MongolZ denied U.S. VISA, detained from attending MLG Columbus Qualifier

In a tragic outcome from one of the most anticipated event in Asia, Team MongolZ who conquered the IEM Taipei qualifiers slot will not be participating at MLG Columbus Qualifier following U.S. Visa denial. Although they are trying to attend IEM Katowice which will be happening in Poland later this year.

The MongolZ

The mainstream discussion after the IEM Taipei was how well the team performed following all the odds. The level of dedication they had shown in terms of travelling entirely into a different nation to compete with the best of the best.

The MongolZ were the underdogs at the event and still managed to loud the crowds of their existence in the pro-scene which was predetermined as they were not considered a Tier 2 team then.

 

Why was VISA Denied?

The MongolZ

U.S. Embassy at Mongolia denied their VISA application following the unavailability of their returning proofs. Such the procedure at U.S. Embassy for VISA purposes is a messy yet standard method to get VISA approved for everyone. And failing to do so by the applicants The MongolZ got them detained from attending the MLG Columbus Qualifiers.

Even though they got denial of VISA for MLG, they are no less concerned about attending the Katowice either happening later this year at Poland and hoping to get a good game experience.

 

iBUYPOWER may have hired a Lawyer to seek justice regarding banned players

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iBUYPOWER may have hired a Lawyer to seek justice regarding banned players

A devil’s advocate may be a proverb which often is metaphorically compared as someone with point of disagreement and willing committing to the different ideology in terms of generous topics. In the case of scandals and match-fixing allegations which surfaced last year into the CSGO scenario as the biggest scams which went unnoticed for long.

Shazam

The top-notch NA organization, iBP whose players were accused of having unconventional advantage over losing a game on purpose were recently handed a ban for lifetime by Valve; for having being involved sham scam of match-fixing and purposely throwing away games for thousands of dollars.  There were mixed-up feedbacks and perspective to the decision rule out by Valve which eventually means ending the careers of the involved players in the CSGO for a lifetime which also effected the reputation of the brand iBUYPOWER and the organization as a whole, in itself.

iBP matchfixing

Pointed on by a Reddit user which goes by the name eNt_, iBP may have hired a law consultancy firm to deal with the damages and to stand by the contrary of the ruling out by Valve Corp.  We still don’t know what would be the fate of the players who got their career ended, but not to forget, ShaZam still remains unbanned and continues to play for OpTiC Gaming, even though he was allegedly involved in the scandal.

Street Fighter V is breaking registration records at Evo

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Street Fighter V is breaking registration records at Evo

Street Fighter V launched to great critical praise last week, and it’s clear that players are more than ready to start seriously competing.

Evo, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, has announced that Street Fighter V has already broken registration records just four days after it opened.

Street-Fighter-V

 

Unlike IV, Capcom has confirmed that V will be the only version of the game. We won’t be getting a Turbo or Ultra edition, in other words. This could be because of the greater acceptance of downloadable content—meaning that if a change needs to be made to V, it can be done so with a simple update. And the best part? All balance updates will be free.

Ultra Street Fighter IV had 2,227 individual competitors in 2015, which broke records; V has already seen huge competitive success in the most odd of ways. Peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz setup an exhibition match between rapper Lupe Fiasco, known to be a huge fan of the game, and Daigo Umehara, the bestStreet Fighter player in the world. Most assumed that the match would be a wash in Umehara’s favor, but surprisingly, Fiasco won. This blew up over social media, and became a trending topic on both Facebook and Twitter. For a short time Fiasco was the No. 1 ranked player in the world. A bucket list moment for Fiasco, we’re sure.

Evo 2016 will take place July 15-17 in Las Vegas with the finals being held at Mandalay Bay.

Source: Shoryuken

Freakazoid bullies s1mple in stream, apologies later

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Freakazoid bullies s1mple in stream, apologies later

The recent controversy flying around the NA fame holder Freakazoid who is very famous about his calm and holy nature when it comes to ‘not bullying people’ has emerged last night when he was trashtalking to s1mple. All of this was caught at CLG tarik’s stream.

When you claim that you don’t care about black or white people, and while coming across a black man, if you feel insecure, that is hypocrisy at the best level and such is a metaphorical comparison for Freakazoid’s ideology. The NA star always has been know for his humble and gentle preaching on how we should not bully people regardless of their looks and gameplay.Even though this time, he was mocking someone who is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr better than him, he went on to shittalk to s1mple about how baad his gameplay is and how much left out and disgrace he is for whatever team he plays for.  

Freakazoid bullies s1mple

The stream on which, whole of this was recorded found it’s way to Reddit where thousands of community member shared their disappointments and anger towards the hypocrite. Joining the community members were some of the relatives of Freakazoid, journalists, analyzers and reputed YouTubers.

Trashtalking is not a big deal when it comes to Esports, people do mock each other in-game while to apprehend their complexity and disassemble on common consent. But why was this reaction or event was over-hyped? Why people were so harsh on his mocking to s1mple? Hasn’t this happened even in the past when fnatic’s team mocked NiP Get_Right when he was up for handshake? Then what has made people so much salty about this?

“If you bully it’s just a sign of weakness from the person because they are insecure about themselves” – Freakazoidd

Well, now you know why the proverb, “Practice what you preach.” is so popular and accurate. Freakazoid and s1mple’s whole of stream transcript has been drawn out by a fellow user NALMAO, which is pasted below:

Freakazoid bullies s1mple

ptr: we go A
[unknown]: keeeepooo
freakazoid: shut up simple you fucking suck
s1mple: who’s talking?
s1mple: ohh my gaawww
freakazoid: shut up dude you suck
s1mple: #100 player in north america?? is it you??
s1mple: hey ptr, who is talking to me?
ptr: (doesnt respond)
freakazoid: yo, why do you aim at the ground when you… run around?
(ingame callouts)
silent talking about a clutch hes trying to make
s1mple: “silent, shut the fuck up.” (s1mple thought silent was freak??)
silent: what did you do this round, simple?
s1mple: what are you doing, silent?
s1mple: you should just die, like you die at EMS katowice qualifier.
silent: you’re not making any sense
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: simple, why are you such a noob, dude?
s1mple: why?
freakazoid: you’re such a baiter, dude
(at this point, freakazoid’s name in mumble is stewie2k)
s1mple: stewie, please. shut the fuck up stewie.
freakazoid: stop baiting for kills, dude, you suck.
s1mple: i dont know how you’re playing for cloud9.
freakazoid: i dont know how you play for any team.
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: what’s the longest.. uh.. what’s the longest team you’ve ever been on in your life?
freakazoid: a couple months?
s1mple: 1 year. with hellraisers.
freakazoid: oh wow
freakazoid: how long did that take. are you guys… still friends with them?
s1mple: yeah.
s1mple: how long can you be in this team? why not answer this question?
freakazoid: how long you been on liquid?
s1mple: oh, its good when everyone hates you
s1mple: “on reddit.. everywhere” (talking about how people dislike stewie, or himself months ago?)
s1mple: *unintelligible sentence*
freakazoid: do you even have real life friends?
freakazoid: i don’t think you have real life friends, do you?
s1mple: “yeah I have *unintelligible as well”
freakazoid: its ok dude.. i dont need to.. hit the soft spot.. dude.
freakazoid: do you have any balls?
freakazoid: or.. nah?
freakazoid: you just like to talk unintelligible and then get scared in person, huh?
s1mple: why did you start talking to me?
s1mple: “everyone hates you, I don’t want to talk to you as well.” (assumedly still believes freak is stewie)
s1mple: you can try to talk with reddit or hltv, not with me, pls.
freakazoid: at least reddit talks back, dude, you can’t even have a conversation.
s1mple: dude, everyone’s talking that you’re shit.
s1mple: come on.
s1mple: you should play better, go deathmatch. stop talking and go deathmatch, do something.
freakazoid: “you like eating shit?” (unable to comprehend was s1mple is saying, or just taking a cheap shot at the kid’s accent)
freakazoid: man have you seen your aim? your aim sucks dick.
s1mple: yea ok.
freakazoid: “you rush for kills and still die.” (5 minutes before: freakazoid: “stop baiting for kills, dude, you suck.”)
s1mple: ok. stop talking to me please.
s1mple: *unintelligible* (possibly: you’re idiot)
s1mple: seriously.
freakazoid: seriously dude, its time for a taan.
s1mple: unintelligible
s1mple: you’re fucking dick every official match. go. pls. dont talk with me. unintelligible
freakazoid: hey stop losing rounds dude. you keep talking to me. shut uup, you suck, you aim at the ground when you run around; you’re so bad, you need a tan, get some friends, shut the fuck uup.
s1mple: who’s losing rounds?
s1mple: what are you talking about?
freakazoid: man you lose your team so many rounds bro
freakazoid: goddamn ive seen you play
s1mple: and you?
freakazoid: “i love jumping through smokes bro what can I say” (at this point purposefully misleading simple as to who’s approaching him)
freakazoid: i make plays. you make dumb plays.
s1mple: chuckling
freakazoid: what are you, santa claus?
s1mple: you are the worst player on cloud9. seriously. you should play better, man. go deathmatch.
freakazoid: you’re the wors- you’re the best player on every other team. just because you feed kills.
s1mple: thank you
s1mple: no im not feed kills, in every team i was entry fragger or i was a lurker or AWP player, you dont know anything about me so shut the fuck up.
s1mple: unintelligible will never play at lan.
s1mple: trying to talk with me. 0.5 kdr.
s1mple: i dont even want to talk with you. seriously.
s1mple: you’re shit. you’re a piece of fucking shit player.
freakzoid: now i know why everybody hates you.
s1mple: “yes. reddit and hltv hates you”
s1mple: everyone.
freakazoid: yeah.. i think you’re bad dude.. i think you just need to go uh.. drink a protein shake. you’re looking all skinny bud.
s1mple: yeah man.
freakazoid: its ok if you hate your life man.
s1mple: stewie what are you talking about?
freakazoid: “hey have a nice day.” (never says that he isn’t stewie)
end

Cloud9 Manager’s View

“Cloud9 players should strive to set a positive example for those who look up to them. Friendly trash talk is one thing but when personal attacks begin a line has been crossed regardless of it being online or on LAN. Ryan will be expected to do all he can to promote a healthy atmosphere within the community. The biggest lesson to take away from this is to think before you speak or act. The professional scene as a whole can learn from this event. As CS:GO grows to new heights so must our sportsmanship standards, which includes everyone, not just fREAKAZOiD.”

– Tres “stunna” Saranthus, Cloud9 CS:GO Manager

Thorin’s View

Freakazoid’s Apology

“I have failed my community, teammates, and organization. I would like to offer a sincere apology to s1mple for the poor decision I made last night. The way I behaved was unacceptable. I expect better from myself, and will do all I can to meet those expectations going forward. This experience has taught me that one slip up can cost you everything. At the end of the day I would like to make amends with s1mple and move forward from this. I hope he and the community can forgive my actions.”

–  Ryan “fREAKAZOiD” Abadir, Cloud9 CS:GO Player

Cloud9’s take on this

This surely is not what every other individual or organization is prepared for, these are the spontaneous acts which lead to certain point of disagreements and leads to disgraceful comments from the community. Cloud9 fined Freakazoid for a whole month of salary from which 50% shall be entitled to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, and the other half to Born This Way Foundation. Also Freakazoid would be persuaded to attend an anti-bullying seminar in Los Angeles, CA hosted by PACER.

Sources: HLTV.org, Cloud9.gg, reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive, ThorinThoughts

AMD users not very fascinated by the latest CSGO update, few got permanent banned

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AMD users not very fascinated by the latest CSGO update, few got permanent banned

If you are one of the millions of CS:GO players out there and also use AMD hardware, then you should read this or risk getting permanent banned. Yesterday there was a big and anticipated update to CS:GO that added seven new community maps in competitive matchmaking and a lot more. That in itself is great news, but it looks like that update causes a lot of trouble for AMD users.

Reddit is already full of threads on the issue and luckily there seems to be a workaround for now. The most important thing for you as a CS:GO player and AMD user is that you don’t attempt to rejoin and rejoin after your game crashes you out, or you risk the bans that a lot of people are experiencing.

Nuke has returned back to competitive gaming after revamp.
Nuke has returned back to competitive gaming after revamp.

It looks like the issue ends up in the graphic settings and it isn’t limited to the new maps as first suggested. Older maps such as Nuke and Dust are equally affected by this bug. The easy way to work around this, at least for now, is to simply set your graphics settings to low. This has been reported to fix the issue. Other users are reporting that it is enough to set Shader to medium and potentially also turn off multi-core rendering.

We can be pretty sure that all bans issued by this bug will be lifted again, but it is still a major bug that will have quite an influence on people. They can’t play their ranked matches until it has been resolved and generally risk missing out.

 

Deadpool opening scene was made possible by Nvidia-powered GPU rendering

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Deadpool opening scene was made possible by Nvidia-powered GPU rendering

It’s amazing the kind of mayhem that can be unleashed when cutting-edge technology gets pushed past its old limits.

Consider Deadpool, which tells the tale of Wade Winston Wilson, a Special Forces operative turned mercenary whose mutant powers are rivaled only by his smart mouth.

“The power of GPU rendering combined with the speed and real-time interactivity of the HP workstations equipped with M6000s allowed us to consider rendering things we wouldn’t have been able to before. It made the process so much easier and more efficient.” – Kevin Margo, Blur Studios.

Deadpool opening scene

It’s also the story of how the film’s startling opening sequence — one that would’ve seemed unimaginable a few years ago — came to be.fhp

Based on Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero and directed by Blur Studios’ Tim Miller, Deadpool is action-packed from beginning to end, starting with the film’s incredible title sequence.

It’s a 90-second-long camera shot that weaves its way through a climactic, frozen-in-time, battle scene. Miller turned to Blur to develop the sequence, which was created entirely in CG.

GPU-Powered Rendering Turns Seeing Into Believing

Deadpool opening scene
Deadpool up-side down

As a first step, Blur developed detailed pre viz – previews of what the scenes would look like – to show to the studio and to Tim. Typically, such concept previews are rudimentary. They use simplified models, lighting and textures. But not all clients can see beyond these limitations.

Kevin Margo, a visual effects supervisor/director at Blur who served as a lighting TD for Deadpool, had previously explored GPU rendering during the making of his own fully computer-generated short film, Construct. So, he knew it would allow his team to make the previz as visually realistic and immersive as possible.

“We wanted to put our best quality preview in front of Fox,” Margo said.

Blur Studios built CG assets from the ground up using Autodesk 3ds Max. They then rendered them using Chaos Group’s GPU renderer, V-Ray RT, which runs exclusively on NVIDIA GPUs, and is up to 15 times faster than a CPU renderer.

Vodafone partners with G2, enters into Esports market

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Vodafone partners with G2, enters into Esports market

G2 Esports is pleased to announce a partnership with Vodafone, one of the leading telecommunications groups in the world. As part of this landmark partnership, which symbolises Vodafone’s first foray into esports, G2 will be supporting a Spanish League of Legends squad, who will play under the name “G2.Vodafone”.

Joining their ranks will be Rosendo “Sendo” Fuentes, Kevin “Inkos” Alpire, Ismael “Miniduke” Martinez, Guillermo “Sou” Velasco and Jesús “Falco” Perez, five incredibly talented and motivated young players. They will be flying G2’s colours high in future tournaments, starting with LVP’s Honor Division – the highest tier in Spanish League of Legends. Later this week, the team will attend ESL Expo Barcelona, where it will compete for the national championship and the lion’s share of an €80,000 prize pool.

VFONE

G2 Esports’ CEO, Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago, gave the following statement about the partnership with Vodafone: “G2.Vodafone is an opportunity to stay connected to a world that I am passionate about. You can expect a team that is very excited and eager to make history. The nature of competition is in connecting and communicating with other people. As such, I am excited to begin this adventure with Vodafone.“

Cristina Barbosa, Brand Director at Vodafone Spain, provided her thoughts on the company’s historical partnership with G2 Esports: “Betting on esports is in line not just with what we believe that will be the future of entertainment and also of sports, but also because they thrive in an environment – that of high-speed broadband – that is our natural living space and where Vodafone can bring value to these new scenarios of entertainment and consumption.“


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Esports athlete set World record in Street Fighter V

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Esports athlete set World record in Street Fighter V

Professional e-sports athlete Ryan Hart (UK) has just set a Guinness World Records title for the Most consecutive opponents on Street Fighter V, going up against an incredible 260 people during an ambitious 11-hour record attempt at GAME in Manchester’s intu Trafford Centre.

Playing continuously, with no rest breaks, Ryan was required to win at least 90% of the matches – but the talented gamer managed to beat his challengers in every single game.

Overseen by official Guinness World Records adjudicator Pravin Patel, Ryan took on the epic gaming challenge to celebrate the launch of the latest instalment of the long-running fighting videogame franchise.

Speaking about his record, Ryan Hart said: “I’m thrilled to have set a new Guinness World Record for Street Fighter V, I feel it complements the longevity my gaming career has had and I’m really happy about that. Not being allowed to take any breaks whatsoever for 11 hours was really tough. There were times in the challenge where I just wanted it to be over but I tried to stay calm and think in small steps.”

As a result of his achievement Hart has secured a coveted place in the Guinness World Records 2017 Gamer’s Edition book, out later this year.

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