The breathtaking first semi-final came to an end with Na`vi making their spot into the Grand finals of DreamHack Masters Malmö happening later today, they will be facing the winners of the second semi-final between GODSENT and NiP.
The first map chosen by Na’Vi, dust2 started off with EnVyUs winning the pistols lead by quad kill by KennyS. As the game progressed Na’Vi looked stronger side when they were able to pull rounds after rounds with Edward’s sleeky play on Edge he still managed to grabbed some clutches just in favor of Na’Vi. In any case, once Na`Vi at long last purchased up the scene of the diversion changed drastically as the CIS-based side, fueled by an electrifying showcase from Denis “seized” Kostin, won 11 of the accompanying 12 rounds to take a summoning lead going into the break.
In the second half, EnVyUs demonstrated by and by their considerable gun play and took after that up with both hostile to ecos to give themselves a battling possibility. Notwithstanding, the diversion took after the same example from the primary half as Na`Vi took control of the match in firearm play, taking five adjusts straight to seal an insistent 16-7 achievement.
Disappointing performance by KennyS
The second map was no different, Inferno, which usually favors EnVyUs, but this time it shattered their dreams completely as they lost momentum at the very begining. On Inferno, Na`Vi took interestingly an early lead in the diversion, with EnVyus answering in the opening weapon round with dual amazing picks by NBK at B entrance. In any case, they were set back in the accompanying round by seized, who grabbed a trio while defending B bombsite on his own. Na`Vi in no mood to delay their entry any further made their lead solid as steel to a 13-2 half-time lead before heaping more wretchedness on EnVyUs in the second half by taking three back to back rounds.
The second half started with apeX completely lost in the middle, picked up by Edward following some picks from EnVyUs making it a difficult 2vs2, only ended up flamie clutching 1v2 with a tec9 stepping up getting a quad kill in the pistol round making it 14-3 Ukrainian favorable. There was no hope for the french side as the whole of Na`Vi lineup seemed chargedup the whole game to clinch the map point closing it in a depressing scoreline of 16-3 in a semi final of this class.
Masters, DreamHack Masters is all set to complete its this year run at Malmö. The five-day long $250,000 event showcased some of the breathtaking matches and results to remember forever along with an additional development of the Asian scene alltogether after a breahtaking performance by TyLoo at the group stages and playoffs.
Today, the event will complete its tenure for this year with two classical semi-finals and a grand match to award the winner. The first semi-final match will be between Na`Vi and EnVyUs where both of them look strong and subtle in taking their journey and making this master a victory record in their portfolio. The second semifinal will be GODSENT vs NiP, a fun match to watch to as to whom the crowd will be supporting. Both the teams at home-ground performing before their audiences, both of them want to prove themselves at this stage of the game.
GODSENT – the pronax dream
The ex-fnatic leader who said in an interview that he’ll be well off playing for a different team since his lack of top performance at fnatic made unfortunate results at a major. The team which formed roughly 10-days-ago already have come through a long way ahead of Astralis, mousesports, CLG, Luminosity and Liquid. The lineup, lead by pronax followed by Twist, Lekr0, pauf and znajder are sweden’s yet another strongest Counter Strike lineup to face-off against their rebel rivalary Ninjas in Pyjamas. The match favorites are definitely NiP, but there’s much too see from GODSENT, as they have been playing flawless as a team with individual skill taking over at essential rounds.
Players to look for would be Xizt and pronax, since they have been stepping up to perform for their team at the much needed time, this will be the perfect moment to showcase their skills while on board facing a touch elimination match versus the country favorites.
GuardiaN vs KennyS
The two best AWPers in the world right now will face-off against each other at the semifinal number one. Na`Vi as a team look strong compared to EnVyUs, it is the rifflers who supports the AWPer in many ways so as to give them a breathing space to play comfortably not worrying about not having their backs. GuardiaN was very confident the last day at stage even after his serious wrist injury, he seemed totally recovered by the style of his gameplay. KennyS on the other hand isn’t a player which fails to perform at this stage, he doesn’t need support from his players in order for himself to perform. He can outplay some of the great teams in the world when it comes to putting his skills to display. No matter on how both the teams perform, this individual battle will be the most exciting of all!
Ninjas in Pyjamas are through to the semi-final stage at DreamHack Masters Malmö after seeing off Virtus.pro 2-0 (16-12 on Cache and Train).
Ninjas in Pyjamas have defeated Virtus.Pro 2-0 in a best-of-three quarter finals beating them on cache and train with the score line ot 16-12 on each maps. NiP will play GODSENT on Sunday at 3 PM IST in the first semi-finals of DreamHack Masters Malmö 2-16.
Starting off the game on cache with f0rest showing some jaw-dropping skills and getting a tripple in the very first round, followed by the victory on anti-ecos. Until then, when VP stepped up as a team on riffle rounds where they played some clean rounds and settled the scoreboard to a 3-3 matchup. NiP showed great presence of mind and were able to pull rounds after rounds which sent VP to a non-retunrable deephole.
Xizt also showed a great individual skillplay to clear the final section of rounds with tripples and doubles in the A site which the Polish side weren’t able to answer back and they ended up on the heavy-hearted side with a score line of unfavorable 12-16 in the first map.
To begin with a fresh start and to tackle the skyhigh confidence level of NiP after the first win, train started with VP getting the first picks almost every round which the rest of the players weren’t able to conver them into a round in their favor. Things weren’t looking bad as VP took an enermous run alltogether and were managed to put the score line at 10-14 even though losing the pistol rounds and the following anti-ecos.
The game finally made its way back to NiP’s side after f0rest showed up with three massive kills at outer train stepping up as the leader of the team which shattered the dreams of VP to be able to win the game and finally with the support and chants of home-crowd, NiP finished the final map even to the scoreline of 16-12, concluding their victory over VP to a 2-0 in a best-of-three.
GODSENT defeated mousesports 2-1 in the third quarter-final of the day and managed to advance to the semis (7-16 on Cache, 16-10 on Inferno, 16-13 on Mirage) at DreamHack Masters Malmö, they will play the winners of the fourth quarter-final, NiP vs Virtus.Pro.
DreamHack Masters Malmö proceeded with mousesports tackling GODSENT.
Mousesports began on the CT-side of Cache and had a decent begin as they won the gun round. The primary weapon round additionally went mousesports’ direction and the disorder followed in the 6th one as GODSENT took the A-site however the bomb grower smoldered in view of a molotov which gave mouz their 6th round (6-0).
GODSENT secured their first round on the A-site and Simon “turn” Eliasson got a quad-slaughter in the accompanying round to make it 6-2. Chris “chrisJ” de Jong’s sneak play brought about a round triumph for the German group however GODSENT took the last two rounds of the half (8-7). Nikola “NiKo” Kovač had a quad-execute with his Deagle in the gun round to help his group get their ninth round and the German group went ahead to secure the principal weapon round too. Timo “Spiidi” Richter grabbed the section execute and the triple to accomplish the 21st round as GODSENT trailed 7-14. mousesports won the guide without dropping a solitary round on their T-half and the last score was 16-7.
Inferno, which was picked by GODSENT, commenced with mousesports’ gun round triumph on the T-side as Johannes “nex” Maget got a triple-execute. In the wake of winning the counter eco rounds mousesports extended their lead to 4-0 in the wake of gaining the primary weapon round with “denis” Howell’s twofold section. It at long last worked out for the Swedes in the fifth round despite the fact that they just had a MAG-7 and a M4A1-S (4-1). The CT-sided GODSENT hurried from all sides to get their third cycle (3-5). The seven round dash of GODSENT finished a round before the halftime as they drove 8-6. Howell got two passage slaughters and a quad-murder in the last round of the half and mousesports figured out how to complete the half with seven rounds.
Jonas “Lekr0” Olofsson appeared with two passage slaughters of his own and GODSENT secured the gun cycle (9-7). The fourth round was won by the German group and they secured one more before losing a hostile to eco (12-9). Eliasson’s 1v2 practically finalized the negotiations as GODSENT were in front with a 14-9 score. The Swedes won the guide 16-10.
The last map was Mirage and the CT-sided mousesports got yet another gun round in the arrangement. The German group lost the third round to their rival’s Deagles however won the fourth one. GODSENT applied their T-side predominance after this point and were driving 7-4 yet they disintegrated in two or three after plant circumstances incorporating a 4v2 in the thirteenth round. The Swedish group drove 8-7 at halftime. Unsuprisingly, the pattern lived on and Kovač’s group won the gun and the resulting two rounds, driving 10-8. A brisk A-site execute by mouz secured the another round for the German group however GODSENT replied with three rounds of their own to take tie it at 11-11. Richter and Kovač grasped a 2v4 to take back the lead. GODSENT won the match 16-13 and the arrangement 2-1 as Mathias “pauf” Köhler grasped a 1v2 in the last round.
EnVyUS have made their way to semi-finals of DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016, after beating dignitas 2-0 in a best-of-3 match up. Dignitas will go home disappointed but subsequently witnessed some top-class performances from Kjaerbye, RUBINO and MSL stepping in for their team.
With a match up similar to the first quarters between Na’Vi and TyLoo, this was also such matchup which started off with a great balanced battle and fell apart as match progressed. Started out with inferno where dignitas in no time took the standard 3-0 lead with pistols and eco rounds, just before EnVyUs took back the responsibility and were about to settle the scoreboard to 3-3 until the best play of the tournament (yet) from Kjaerbye came up, where he managed to pull-off a 1v5 ninja-defuse by killing the bomb protector and totally bluffing the other four players who were lurking to hunt him down on the other side of the map.
Thanks to dignitas and EnVyUs, we witnessed the best match of the tournament yet with massive plays and showcase of individual skillplay, diginitas pulled-off yet another insane full-eco round versus EnVyUs’s rifles. The match proved be one of the best matches of this season, MSL and RUBINO taking on the responsibility to acquire the impossible rounds. The half ended up 10/5 in favor of dignitas. But only to start once again with EnVyUs storm where they managed to clinch subsequent 5 rounds in a row to settle the scores at 10-10, from there the game completely favored the french lineup and they ended up beating Dignitas 16/12 even after an amazing 1vs3 clutch pulled off by Kjaerbye.
The second map, mirage, chosen by dignitas started well off for EnVyUs where they stormed the lead by 7-0 forcing dignitas to make mistakes repeatedly. EnVyUs claimed yet another 8 round lead soon after RUBINO assisted a round with his tripple kill-skill. Next half of the map started on a possitive note with dignitas clinching the pistol round only to lose the next anti-eco. EnVyUs didn’t stop looking for some treasures and they landed their scoreboard tickling at map-and-match point. dignitas, however, didn’t lose hope as they managed to take win 6 rounds followed by an ace by RUBINO and a very important clutch by MSL with 5 hp remaning. The map ended in favor of EnVyUs 16/8 and they qualified for the semi-finals happening tomorrow at the DreamHack Masters.
TyLoo, the Asian squad which made a long way to get into DreamHack Masters Malmö has been proudly eliminated from the tournament after losing 2-0 against Na`Vi in a best-of-3 quarter finals.
After knocking out the MLG Columbus and NA-hope, Luminosity out of the tournament, TyLoo were grabbing some eyeballs and gathering a strong fan-base in Malmö.
Lots of Counter Strike fanatics who follow the professional scene from a long period, know about TyLoo and their organization. CaptainMo the pro-TyLoo chief, who’s leading the Chinese roster from Counter Strike: 1.6 era, made it very clear in today’s match, even with lack of experience at major events, they managed to put Na`Vi under fear of clouds by their impressive gameplay.
TyLoo CSGO roster
Ke ‘Mo’ Liu
HaoWen ‘somebody’ Xu
YuanZhang ‘AttackeR’ Sheng
Hui ‘DD’ Wu
YuLun ‘fancy1’ Cai
The tough battle
Win against Luminosity at the group stages
The best-of-3 quarter finals starting with inferno gave TyLoo a very tedious start whereas, Na`Vi leading the charts in the first half, soon after getting things back on track and filling the missing X factor, they managed to bring the map fight neck-to-neck at a point of time. Unfortunate as it seems, Na`Vi showcased their experience managed to beat TyLoo on the first map with a scoreline ahead of not short than 6 odd rounds among which GuardiaN proved his best of recovery from his wrist injury by taking clutches rounds in favor of the Ukrainian side.
The second map, mirage, started with the dejected back-logs of the previous map, where Na’vi showed no sympathy towards their pristine opponents and thrashed them brutally with the scoreline headed towards 13-2 in the first half of the map. The final half started with TyLoo losing the first round but somnehow were able to convert the miserably lost-pistol round into a second anti-eco win. The CIS team won the final map with a strong score of 16-5 with a phenomenal ace by GuardiaN to send TyLoo back home.
What went wrong? Rather, what was right.
Nobody expected an Asian team to be there at such a stage where professional teams who frequently match-up between themselves were not able to qualify for play-offs but TyLoo went through. Not be to said tough, but the Chinese lineup was drawn in group A which had Luminosity, the recent Major champion alongside, mousesports and Team Liquid. The win against Luminosity was in itself an achievement to store in the drawer for the rest of their career.
Following the mega-win over Luminosity and a tough battle against one of the world’s top team, Na`Vi, TyLoo will have time for their homework, Valve will have their radar on for the next events and the other Asian teams will have an inspiration and journey to follow. TyLoo has created a space at the majors for Asian teams and it is time now to bring back the Asian-fear among the CS community world-wide by our performances at these major stages.
As we are constantly reporting about the sick health and injuries faced by some of the top Counter Strike: Global Offensive players, we bring to you the best discussion in terms of technicality. Which mouse you should use, what sensitivity, how many hours a day gaming, what exercises and etc. Dr. Levi Harrison shared some eye-opening facts of FPS gamers and shared some tips to get them going.
Given our increasing reliance on technology, we might find ourselves spending more and more time in front of our computers. While most of us use them daily for work, many of our readers are spending several hours a day gaming. Some of you may have experienced discomfort brought on by lengthy gaming sessions, and others may be suffering from prolong use of a mouse which may have brought on repetitive stress injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome. These injuries, while mostly a nuisance, can be severe and you can actually hinder your abilities if they’re not taken care of early on in your gaming career.
Dr. Levi Harrison, according to his Twitter bio, is an “Orthopedic Surgeon, Physician, Health & Fitness Coach, Author, Motivational Speaker, eSports Doctor & Fan.” A few days ago a follower tweeted asking questions about the topic at hand, which Dr. Levi said he would elaborate on in an article. The eSports Doctor delivered, and this is honest a must read for all gamers. His Twitter is filled with at home stretches and exercises for those who do not have the time, or cannot afford, to go to the gym.
Dr. Levi Harrison’s opinion on Mouse sensitivity, gaming and RSI
Choose your arsenal
His initial point talks about mice being ergonomic, and while they state they are, these ergonomics may differ from person to person. He’s correct in saying that very few of us get the opportunity to try a mouse out before we purchase it, and this of course leads us to use whatever we purchase, and this can damage your hand/wrist.
“Ideally, you want your fingertips to line up with the edge of the clicking point. Many RSI conditions develop because of hyperextension or hyperflexion, in which your fingers and wrist must flex, or reach an unnatural distance based on their current position. Overreaching on a mouse can cause tension on the tendons and anatomical structures of the hand, and as you can imagine, those micro stressors can add up over the course of a long gaming session. This also causes extreme fatigue of the small muscles of the hand, hence allowing for the possibility of developing RSI. At the end of the day, this may be a perpetuating component of RSI, but may also inhibit your efficiency in accurate and efficient clicking.”
There are a number of professional players who have suffered from RSI or CTS in the past, and you’ll often see them doing certain hand warm-up techniques prior to playing. Dr. Levi also has YouTube channel where he has offered a number of guides on how to warm-up your hand prior to playing.
High versus Low DPI
You DPI and sensitivity play a much more crucial role in your physical health than you’d have previously thought. According to Dr. Levi RSI and CTS are more common in gamers who use a higher DPI and make use of flicking and faster movements to force accuracy. These are common in MOBA and RTS games such as Starcraft II and League of Legends.
“In observing high sensitivity play, it is clear that there is more of an isolation of the hand and wrist in regards to movement. These players will flick their wrists aggressively, hence engaging the anatomical structures that are at risk for developing RSI including the carpal tunnel, the wrist, joints, tendons, etc. Often, these fast wrist movements can cause the hand position to remain in an unnatural, strained, or obtuse angle, which in turn, may incite inflammation from this aggravating motion.”
Your FPS players might opt for the lower DPI option as movements are more controlled and precise.
“Low sensitivity on the other hand seems to encourage a more controlled style of play, which is conducive to keeping the wrist in a neutral position, hence promoting proper ergonomics. Also, it seemed as if individuals using lower DPI were engaging their shoulder, forearm, and upper extremity in more of a natural, evenly distributed fashion, hence, distributing the workload across the upper extremity, rather than focusing all of the strain on a rapid, sharp wrist movement.”
Personally for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive I use a DPI of 400 and sensitivity of 6. Although the sensitivity is higher, my movements are a lot slower and more precise. I’ve also been lucky enough to test and try a number of mice before I settled on the Steelseries Kinzu v2. It’s a medium mass mouse, ergonomically designed to fit your hand, but I have heard of gamers who feel it’s a bit too big.
If you are spending upwards of six hours a day gaming, I’d highly recommend you give the article a read and start paying attention to your health.
Our reports and information updates have finally got an authentication stamp about Esports firstly getting resembled as a dictionary word and now being recognized as an Olympic sport. If the final set of reports from the discussion at IeSF bench is meant to be true, you will be able to witness eSports in Olympics 2020.
The South Korea-based association has connected to the International Olympic Committee for the acknowledgment of esports as an Olympic game. The IeSF was established eight-years-back with the craving to “advance e-Sport as a genuine game past dialect, race and social boundaries.” They are an official signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency for esports. This implies the IeSF (its part nations and competitors) consent to maintain the standards set in the WADA Code. It’s a record that “fits hostile to doping strategies, tenets and regulations inside game associations and among open powers the world over.”
Since 2009, the IeSF association has been holding yearly competitions in its nation of origin of South Korea with players from its part countries. Alex Lim, the secretary general for the IeSF told theScore esports in an email that the assessment process for acknowledgment is because of begin in December of this current year.
Candidates hoping to get acknowledgment from the IOC can send their solicitations at two times amid the year. Lim said the IeSF will be applying in the second stage before August. The IOC will audit acknowledgment demands records from that period at their official executive meeting in December in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Esports in Olympics
As indicated by Lim, the IOC likewise requires that candidates answer a poll with particular data on their forthcoming games. The poll covers general data, history and convention, all inclusiveness, fame, competitors, administration and improvement of the game.
“We are all amped up for this extraordinary move; and streanghens our confidence in eSports, the most energizing Day will be the day when Indian Gamers are perceived as Athletes and begin getting same advantages which some other Athlete in India gets, that Day will the a Great Day of Accomplishment” said Lokesh Suji – who speaks for India at IeSF.
Despite the fact that the application covers acknowledgment for esports all in all, the IeSF made a title panel so as to figure out which diversions would be chosen if esports are highlighted at the Olympics.
Lim said that the IeSF would utilize a council and meetings with people with broad esports involvement so as to figure out which potential diversions would be included at the Olympics.
An extra obstacle IeSF must overcome for IOC acknowledgment is a SportAccord Membership — something that IeSF President Byung Hun Jun said, in an official statement, that the association is “at present endeavoring to get.”
Team Brutality is at it once again, taking slow and steady steps, they have successfully crouched their way into the finals of ESEA League Season 21 (Asia / Pacific) finals beating, Mahameru in semi-finals, will face the thai lineup Signature in the finals on 22nd of April, 2016.
After being knocked out of the PGL Asia Minor qualifiers against Team Overcome, Brutality seemed morally down as they were the fan favorites who were not able to conquer victory over an undergod org. They took criticism seriously and were able to drift all the way to compete and win the semifinal against Indonesia’s one of the strongest lineup, Mahameru.
Team Brutality stands tall
Being the online Indian team in not only top-10 figures, but in the top 2 definitely makes us even more proud. The only Indian CSGO lineup to have been playing consistently and repeatedly making us, Indians, proud of themselves at Asia Pacific region. The powerhouse lineup with Ankit ‘V3nom’ Panth leading the rally followed by, Ad1, astaRRRRR, Kundya, fox and RiX, alltogether the most powerful Counter Strike: Global offensive lineup alltime from India.
The finals against Signature will be held on Friday, 22nd of April which will be available at GOTV. Tune in to support your favorite team at ESEA League Season 21 finals.
Right on time, Na`vi’s star player GuardiaN reportedly is back into their official lineup after a two-weeks-break following an elbow injury. ‘Starix’ took the responsibility meanwhile in the absence of their star AWPER, where they performed well even without GuardiaN in the group stages and managed to secure a spot into the playoffs.
After the MLG Columbus majors, too many professionals suffered uninvited pains in their elbows and wrists for which they decided to see a therapists.
Fnatic’s superstar Olofmeister also revealed about his severe injury for which he took a break even as big as escaping a major like DreamHack Malmö. Last night, G2.Esports’ shox shared his pain on Twitter and announced that he is also looking to seek some medical treatment after he’s back in France.
So much pain in my hand since few days, defintly need to go to doctor….
Natus Vincere are the prime favorites at this moment after, Luminosity got knocked out by TyLoo the last day. Playoffs begins tomorrow where we will be witnessing the Na`vi pilot back in action, we will see how it goes with them after he’s back from a major injury.
