_ The first summer month passed under the sign Dreamhack Summer 2012 , who gave us so many impressions that, it seems, they will be enough until the end of summer. The festival in Yyonchoping has become significant _event In the world of e -sports, he forced many fans to watch streams not only in offices and houses, but also in cozy hotel rooms, and on hot beaches.
The event of the month
Dreamhack Summer 2012
- Twenty thousand visitors and up to fifteen thousand connected to a single PC network.
- E -sports championships in the most popular games – from Starcraftii And Dota 2 to Counter-Strike 1.6 And League of Legends.
- In sponsors – leading manufacturers of computer "iron": Kingston , MSI , Intel And Corsair.
- Throughout the festival – concerts of Swedish music stars, as well as a car and a small cart of various competitions and draws.
► The scale of the festival is impressive-it is unlikely that somewhere else you can see so many computers working simultaneously.
Month team – CS 1.6
Fnatic
In the nomination "Best Team" at Fnatic (Xizt, Karrigan, Gux, Friis, Moddii), it seems, there were no competitors – three victories for June. Last month, they swept out of their path everything that moves, breathes and plays in Contra.
► Happy Scandinavians after a heavy and stressed final against Na’VI.
At the very beginning of June, the Scandinavians easily won the final of their own league ( Fnatic Play 2012 ) well -speaking online Anexis (Berry, Nuggi, Snappi, Lomme, Zanoj) – 2: 0 on cards (16:10 on de_mirage, 16:11 on de_train). But ANEXIS on the way to the finale beat such CS scenes as SK Gaming And Winfakt.
Soon the team received the title of the best team of Sweden, obtained on Swedish Championship 2012. This championship was held as part of the festival Dreamhack Summer __ 2012 A few days earlier, and in the final the top -end SKs were defeated (2: 1 – 10:16 on de_nuke, 16:14 on de_DUST2, 16: 9 on de_TRain).
THIS IS INTERESTING: Swedish Championship 2012 prize he was more prize at Dreamhack Summer CS 1.6 Championship.
And then came the turn of the international festival. In the group stage “fanatics” brilliantly handed over a difficult test for knowledge of Russian-Ukrainian teams, which in the group were already three (Na’vi, Znation and Moscow Five). The match against M5 (Ed1k, Romjke, Dosia, Fox, Hacker) became the key in the group – Muscovites on de_nuke could theoretically very well presented a surprise. But the M5 showed far from the best game (later it turned out that Dosia I felt bad during the match) and lost with a devastating score 3:16.
► Two championships – two gold! Photos taken after a fundamental victory over SK in the final of the Sweden championship.
The second map of the semifinals (de_train) was won with the same score ESC (Neo, Pasha, Taz, Kuben, Loord). In the first, recall, the Poles resisted with dignity, but still lost – 16:11. And meanwhile, on HLTV.Org on the "gentry" put about a third of the audience ..
THIS IS INTERESTING: According to the results of the HLTV championship.Org has traditionally compiled the top ten players of the tournament. Fnatic They took the place from the first to sixth (on the fifth was Markeloff). The best, with a total rating of 1.27 (not to be confused with K: D!), for the first time in his career, Michael Jorgensen became ( Friis ).
► Mikael Jorgens – one of the best AWP in the world and the most valuable player Dreamhack Summer 2012.
The finale is against Na’vi turned out to be tense and played on equal terms. The teams are standing each other, and if it were not for de_mirage, everything could have turned out differently. But history does not know the subjunctive mood. We will only say that the young northerners still lack stability, for example, on the same de_train. At first they win with a score of 16: 3 Poles (winning for the attack – 13: 2), and then inferior to Na’vi 7:16 (total round for the attack).
"Replacement" of the month-Counter-Strike 1.6
Fnatic: gux out, trace in
- June 23, 2012, Rasmus Steel suddenly announced his departure from e -sports ( Gux ).
- Steel is a member of the glorified “gold” composition of Fnatic – Carn, DSN, F0Rest, Get_Right, GUX.
- Over the past few years, a well -aimed Swede has managed to play for Fnatic , SK , Lemondogs And Lions.
- For almost all his tournaments, he took a soft toy – gray penguin.
- Three days after his departure to the team from the promising Esrael The third Dane came – Trace..
- … after which from Esrael The sponsor refused.
► the most colorful GUX’A fragments in the video from Domeniktv.
Player of the month – Starcraft II
Mousesports.Mana
We gave the victory in this nomination to the Polish protoss Gzhegozhu Kominch ( Mana ). A talented guy has been playing at the highest level for several years, confirming the status of one of the strongest European players.
► The Pole does not have a “Korean syndrome”: authoritative Liquid.Hero goes home.
On Dreamhack Summer 2012 The Pole Coldly Crossed the Tournament distance, from the third group stage to the final games, where he surpassed the Ukrainian Dimaga. And along the way he defeated such bison as Hero (Korean protoss, player Team Liquid , champion Dreamhack Winter 2011 ) and "Best European" STEPHANO. And where does the guy get so much endurance during the decisive matches, because he is only eighteen?!
► The second map of the semi -final confrontation of the formidable stephano.
Matches with Dmitry Filipchuk (Dimaga) were played in a huge, fully filled movie theater, but Mana He managed to abstract from the public, cameras, light and hum – and won from one of the best grains of the planet.
► Rate in the camera? Mmm … why not?
In a decisive match, Grzegozh chose a very aggressive strategy, so that, God forbid, not to bring the matter to Leita. Clear microcontrol and competent timings allowed him to confidently win, although in an interview at the end of the final the young protoss admitted that he was nervous when Dimaga took one game. Probably, before his eyes, a memorable failure loomed to Assembly Summer 2011.
THIS IS INTERESTING: Last year, on Assembly Summer , Kominch has already met with a Ukrainian in the final. The thriller also turned out that – Mana led 2-0, but lost 2: 3.
In an interview, Mana said that it remains in the professional Starcraft II for another year, because he ahead of schedule has reached the main goal for a year-to win a prestigious Lan championary. And he still has ahead, by the way, ESWC , WCG And Blizzard World Championship Starcraft 2.
Sensation of the month – League of Legends
CLG Victory over M5 on Dreamhack Summer 2012
- Confrontation Russia and the USA is always interesting.
- The prize fund in the LOL discipline is significantly exceeded Funds in CS 1.6, dota 2 and Quake Live.
- The tournament was supervised solid corporations : SteelSeries, MSI and Intel.
- Americans Championship is a good application for League of Legends Season Two Championship (5,000,000 dollars of prize pool!).
► The confrontation of Russia and the USA – now in League of Legends.
The hope of the month
Shootmania Storm by Ubisoft
Ubisoft Trying to win e -sports. Over the past few months, the French are actively promoting to the turnover market Shootmania Storm. When developing, they take into account the comments of many professional players-and some of the latter even acts as advisers.
► ubisoft, apparently, crazy about castle and temple ruins – in this game they are everywhere.
Most of all we were interested in the competitive mode Elite (3 to 3), in which the teams alternately attack key points. The bottom line is that in each round only one player attacks, and three are protected. But the attacking advantage in weapons is a “rail”, killing one shot from one shot, while the defense of only a rocket launcher, of which you need to get into the enemy three times.
The attacker can bring the round to his team in two cases: to kill all the defenders or capture the control point, stood on it for about three seconds. The task of protection is simple – to neutralize it as early as possible.
► This is what the control point looks like – the dream and main goal of any player in Shootmania.
In June, several pre -leous Shootmania Storm tournaments have already passed. They were attended by mainly professional players in Quake (French Winz , Strenx and t.D.), although there were pros from other disciplines. For example, Harts -Champion WCG 2007 on Counter-Strike 1.6 as part of the team Emulate.
► Bright and colorful videos of one of the first Shootmania Storm championships.
The first championship took place in early April on Gamers Assembly. He was called Op3n Shootmania and actually became the first acquaintance with the game (not counting the presentation on E3). The championship was held in mid -June Twitch.TV Shootmania Tournament , whose participants tried to win tickets to Parisian Cyberathlete Summit. The victory was celebrated by the American team Merceenary Ops (DA BEARS, MASTERNOOK, HST).
THIS IS INTERESTING: Championships are held under the vigilant supervision of Ubisoft, which vowed not to delay with the release of Shootmania Storm and hint at a lot of English -language and Russian -language streams from the next "trial" championships. Let's see, look ..
Our first thought at the sight of the game – yes this is the good old Quake Live! True, locations are not at all like https://sister-site.org/i-wild-casino/ the Kvakovsky, but judging by the latest game rollers, Shootmania is also well balanced. Both “AIM” and a competent choice of position here solve the same way, which makes the game even more interesting.
► Tired of CS, Quake and Point Blank? Welcome to Shootmania!
The huge potential of Shootmania Storm as an e -sports discipline is already visible now. And even if she does not work out to become the main e -sports shooter, then to replace Quake Live, losing popularity with a hurricane pace, she hope that she will be able to.
Failure of the month-Counter-Strike 1.6
Brasil Gaming on Dreamhack Summer 2012 BYOC
- Optimal Brazilian composition.
- In the main sponsors – the company AMD.
- Two From the five (bit, fnx) – Champions ESWC 2006 As part of the legendary MIBR.
- Preparation for the championship – week training In the Stockholm club Inferno Online.
- Statements that that the team will come out of the group (where else to get) Iron ".
- Bottom line: defeat at the hands of unknown Swedes Swecon – 14:16 in the first round of BYOC.
Qualifications:
- In the next round Swecon devastated Lost Coldgame – 3:16.
► Gabriel Toledo (Fallen) really have something to think about … Do you play a couple of training fights with little -known Coldgame?
Month fight – Quake Live
Rapha vs. Cypher on Dreamhack Summer 2012
Championship in Quake Live on Dreamhack Summer 2012 upset his predictability. The community has stubbornly rumors that it is, if not the final (still should take place QuakeCon ), then certainly one of the last major tournaments in this discipline.
► Shane Hendricksen (Rapha). Pay attention to his keyboard – it is on the knees.
Perhaps that is why, as well as because the prize money in the game became completely symbolic, they did not fly to Sweden AV3K , Cooller , Stermy , Strenx And K1LLSEN. This allowed the American Shein Hendricksen ( Rapha ) and Belarusus Alexei Yanushevsky ( Cypher ) Continue many years of rivalry in the finals.
THIS IS INTERESTING: Dreamhack Summer 2012 was almost the first big tournament at which Belarusian played in the form of his new team – Millenium. The previous house of the player was a team for a long time Serious Gaming , Where did he go after his significant victory on ESWC Masters In July 2008.
► Quake Live final on amazing Dreamarena Extreme.
The final was the only interesting meeting in the entire championship, although the American won the dry 3-0 on cards. What is interesting here, you ask? On the first two cards, the players went to the nostril in the nostril (5: 6 on ZTN, 6: 7 on TX), and only on the third Belorus “pasted” and surrendered (0: 7 on DM13). Alexei would be a little more lucky – if, say, an American on the near "resp" (from English. "Respawn" – the place of appearance on the map) on ZTN, and the scales of the scales could be inclined in its favor. But for this we love Quake -a game in which sometimes hundredths of a second determine who is pan and who is propane-but.
"Muvik" of the month – dota 2
Na’vi.Dota – Stars of Starladder
This work is dedicated success Ukrainian team in the first season Starladder , Breaks our dominance cs 1.6 rollers. We promise to continue to delight you with interesting game moments from other e -sports disciplines!
► Natus vincere and really know how to surprise rivals!
Authorship of the video – Natus Vincere
Girl of the month – Starcraft
Ji Su Ceo (Tossgirl)
At the very end of the month, the famous Korean announced her departure from Starcraft. Ji Su was betrayed by this game for ten years and became the strongest player-player in the discipline, as well as, perhaps, the most famous predicuent in the world.
► A hour later the game is annoying? Take an example with Tossgirl, she played Starcraft for ten years!
Team STX , For which the Korean woman has performed all these years, promised to organize unusual wires to her Valkyrie. They should take place on July 17 at the e -sports stadium Yongsan E-Sports Stadium. Successful to you in ordinary life, Tossgirl!
