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IPL4 Warmup Matches Dignitas vs TSM

Currently twitch.tv and own3d.tv are streaming the IPL4 Warmup matches between the competitive teams that are participating in the event. The event itself is held on April 4th-6th so make sure mark down those days on your calendar. There will be sporadic warm-up matches between teams in from now to tournament date.

http://www.twitch.tv/ipllol

IPL4 Challenger Circuit, Las Vegas Nevada

The challenger circuit is right around the corner again. The large event is 04/06/2012. Looking forward to the event that is fast approaching. 

Summoners!

We’ll be on the road soon – going to Las Vegas for the next Challenger Circuit event, IPL4 – and we want to see you there for all the exciting action on the Fields of Justice.

From April 6th through 8th the IPL4 Pro League Championship will be broadcast from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Team Dignitas, EpikGamer, Counter Logic Gaming, Team Solomid, v8 eSports, Against All Authority, Monomatic eSports and Curse Gaming will all be in attendance, travelling to Sin City to face off for a total prize of $50,000.

Tickets for IPL 4 are still available if you act quickly, so head over to the official tickets page and get ready for all the amazing action!

If you missed any of the intense action that took place during the qualifying round, you can catch all the matches on demand over at the IPL YouTube channel. And don’t forget to tune in to the IPL Killing Spree every Thursday at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (01:00 UK Time) on Twitch.tv.

For those who can’t attend, don’t fret: we’ll be providing full coverage of the tournament, including recaps and videos on demand of the matches. Come back for more details as we draw closer to this event.

ONOG's i2 $5,000 Invitational begins today

One Nation of Gamers (ONOG) believes in gamers. Believes that gamers deserve a spot to watch their competitions as much as any other sport.

ONOG believes in eSports. ONOG wants to grow the popularity of eSports by bringing eSports to top flight sports bars and providing a fun and active setting.

ONOG is a community. We provide the most unique eSports experience possible, including beta keys give aways, events featuring the top professional gamers, and rankings of the top gamers.

ONOG is passionate about gaming. We provide a fun setting for all members of the gaming community – gamers and newbies alike - to come socialize and enjoy the best of eSports.

WE are a NATION. A nation of GAMERS. Are you ready to be a part of the NATION?


Please tune in the second ONOG competitive event:

www.twitch.tv/onenationofgamers
Tues, Mar 27th starting 17:00 EST[local]
Wed, Mar 28th starting 17:00 EST
Thurs, Mar 29th starting 17:00 EST
Friday, Mar 30th starting 17:00 EST
Saturday, Mar 31st starting 14:00 EST
Sunday, April 1st starting 14:00 EST

WCG pulling the plug in traditional game competition

Cadred has laid its hands on a leaked letter to partners of the World Cyber Games that has confirmed the organisation will no longer be running traditional games tournaments and only supporting mobile phone games.

The news will come as a major shock to e-sports fans the world over and will also be a massive blow to games such as Counter-Strike 1.6 who have been supported continually by the event, which in its heyday was seen as the biggest e-sports event on the globe.

The motivation for it seems to be financial and it was clear that the games that were generating the most money in recent years were mobile phone titles, given their increasing presence on the ticket.

League of Legends Top 5 Fails Week 29 by Jumpinthepack

Music: Approaching Nirvana - Shadows' vigilante
SUBMIT YOUR REPLAY AT: http://www.leagueoftutorials.com/p/submit-replay_21.html

Truth about ELO Hell, League of Legends

Chibi Pantheon, Cartoon Versioned Spartan

Credit goes to Dark022 on DeviantArt.

Playhem $200 League of Legends Showmatch SoloMid vs Curse

 
March 16, 2012,

Playhem, an industry leader in gaming tournament solutions and originator of the Playhem Daily, is excited to announce that on Saturday, March, 24th we will be venturing into the world of League of Legends with an exciting new weekly showmatch series, featuring the best talent found anywhere!

When asked about the new addition to Playhem’s lineup, Community Manager Travis Hezel had this to say about League of Legends,

“League of Legends has really caught the attention of our staff and we want to get involved in any avenue possible to help provide teams with yet another platform to showcase their talent. I’m very excited to see how Playhem is received in another genre as we continue to develop our platform around all types of gamers.”

Our first showmatch will feature Team SoloMid vs. the always tough Team Curse in a bo3 series, where $150 will go to the victor. Be sure to check out all of the live coverage starting at 9pm EST on March 24th @ www.playhem.tv!

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Information (TLDR):
Date - Sunday, March 24th
Time - 9pm EST
Casters – Randall “DigiWombat” Fitzgerald, Nhat Nguyen
Teams – Team SoloMid, Team Curse
Prize - $150 for 1st Place, $50 for 2nd Place
Length – Best of Three

ggClasic Tournament March 24th-25th livestream

Summoners!

The weekend of March 24th-25th delivers a bumper crop of livestreamed League of Legends tournaments to your computer. Here’s the lowdown to make sure you don’t miss a minute of it.

The action starts at the ggClassic tournament hosted by ggChronicle. 32 teams will compete for a combined prize pool of $5,000; their ranks include invited competitors such as Dignitas, mTw.NA, RFLX, Curse, Counter Logic Gaming, Team SoloMid, v8 eSports, and Epik. The round of 16 kicks off at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 24th PST(18:00 UK Time)and the battles continue at 10:00 AM on Sunday PST (18:00 UK Time), until a final winner is declared. You can watch all the action over on ggChronicle’s official site.

On Saturday night, Playhem.tv continues its weekly Showmatch series featuring top League of Legends teams. Epik support player Nhat Nguyen casts the series, and he’s prepared a doozy for us this time: Team SoloMid vs. Team Curse in a best-of-three battle to the finish! The winner takes home $150 while the loser walks away a $50 consolation prize. The showdown gets underway at 9:00 PM Eastern Time over at Playhem.tv.

That’s a wall-to-wall schedule, with tournament battles taking place day and night. The livestreaming on both sites lets you keep up with it all as it happens. Join us at ggChronicle and Playhem: it’s bound to be a weekend to remember!

MLG Winter Championship now LIVE tune-in

The MLG Winter Championships begin tonight at 5pm ET! Day 1 will feature Pool Play matches broadcast over 4 streams: Central (C), Gameplay 1 (A1), Gameplay 2 (A2), and Gameplay 3 (A3). The Central Stream and Gameplay 1 are available free in up to 480p. You can watch all 4 streams ad-free in 1080p with an HD Pass or Gold Membership.

Tonight's schedule (all times subject to change)

Streaming Page

First LoL tournament hosted by Nebraska eSports Association

The Nebraska eSports Association is very excited to announce our first open tournament for the ever-popular League of Legends. The tournament will be held online, between the dates of April 13-15, 2012. Teams of five will face off in a single elimination bracket, in best-of-one format until the Semi-Finals and Grand Finals, which will be best-of-three. All games will be played on Summoner’s Rift. Registration is $25 per team and only complete teams of 5 may register. Teams will battle it out for at least $400, Riot points, and champion skins. Select matches throughout the tournament will be streamed with commentary via Twitch.TV, including the Semi-Finals, Grand Finals, and 3rd-place Match. Read on below for further details.

When and Where?

The tournament will take place April 13-15, 2012. Matches will start at 6:00 PM CST sharp on each night, and continue through the night until all scheduled matches have been played. The following is a tentative schedule for each night. Note that this is subject to change as the dates draw closer.

April 13 – Round 1 and Round 2
April 14 – Rounds 3 and Semi-Finals
April 15 – 3rd Place Match and Grand Finals

All matches will be played online via Riot’s PVP.net service.

What are the prizes?

First Place – Team: $250 cash. Per player: $15 in RP, Triumphant Ryze skin, and newest Champion Skin Bundle.
Second Place – Team: $100 cash. Per player: $15 in RP.
Third Place – Team: $50 cash. Per player: $10 in RP.
Fourth Place – Per player: $5 in RP.

These prizes are base off an estimated 16 teams participating and are subject to increase depending upon registration numbers and pending sponsorships. Registered participants will be notified of changes via email and updates will be made to this site as needed.

Who can participate?

Anyone with a LoL account in the NA region can participate, provided they are at least 14 years of age. Teams must register online by April 10, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. Registration is $25 per team and only complete teams of 5 may register.

Register online now:
http://nebraskaesports.org/events/lolopena

Evil Lulu, Fae Sorceress Fanart

Below is fanart of an evil Lulu using her magic balling up the squirrels. Such an evil act by a small sorceress. However no matter how evil Lulu looks in this picture, she still looks way too adorable to harm anyone. Credits go to Nagmar on Reddit.

Amazing Sona Fanart by Hannah515: League of Legends

Below is an outstanding fanart made by Hannah515. The entire picture is well made. I have definitely made this my desktop background. Although she kind of look like she is choking because of the brace on her neck, the details made on the entire body makes up for it.

Curse Points Cup #2 Registration Period Rules

The CSN playLEGENDS Points Cup #2 will be taking place Monday, March 26 through Tuesday, March 27th. As always, the event is free to play! Casting will be done for both nights of play so tune in!

The results of Points Cup #1 can be viewed here: http://cyber-sports.net/event/playlegends-points-cup-1

SCHEDULE:
Points Cup #1: March 12-13 7:00pm EDT (12am CET). Registration Period: Now through 3/12, 4:30pm EDT

Points Cup #2: March 26-27 7:00pm EDT (12am CET). Registration Period: 3/14 through 3/26, 4:30pm EDT

Points Cup #3: April 9-10 7:00pm EDT (12am CET) Registration Period: 3/28 through 4/09, 4:30pm EDT

Points Cup #4: April 23-24 7:00pm EDT (12am CET) Registration Period: 4/11 through 4/23, 4:30pm EDT

Finals: April 30 7:00pm EDT (12am CET) Top 8 teams from Points cup will be placed in the Finals bracket.

Check-in Times: All Check-in Times will be 5:00pm-6:30pm EDT each Monday.


PRIZING:
Teams will compete for $1,800 in total prizing. Each 1st place Finisher for Points Cups 1-4 will receive $200 each ($800 total for the 4 points cups). The Finals will be prized as follows:

First Place: $600
Second Place: $200
Third and Fourth Place: $100 each

Create an account: http://cyber-sports.net/user/register
Event Homepage: http://cyber-sports.net/event/playlegends-points-cup-1

Stream Info: All stream casting will be provided by Colby “CheeZe” Williams and Shaun “FourCourtJester” Delaney and viewable on the CSN TwitchTV page.http://www.twitch.tv/cybersportsnetwork
http://cyber-sports.net/
http://www.curse.com/
http://www.lolpro.com/

If you have any questions about the event you can leave a question in this thread or message an admin on the event comments.

High Resolution League of Legend desktop background

A creation by Dberdd on Reddit. The background looks great under high resolution screen but the giant Tryndamere is kind of in the way and does not fit in with the rest of the picture. However, I approve of this creation and have already made it by desktop background. 

IntelEM World Championship Group A Team Roster

With the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship starting March 6th, we wanted to give competitive League of Legends fans a brief overview of the teams playing in the event. We’ve tracked down each team’s roster and the roles each player performs so you can know who to watch when the competition starts.

[URL2="http://clgaming.net/"]Counter Logic Gaming[/URL2]

Roster and Roles:

• HotshotGG: Bruisers/Ability Power Carry
• Chauster: Support
• BigFatLP: Ability Power Carry
• Doublelift: Attack Damage Carry
• Saintvicious: Jungler/Tank

Currently the number one seed on the Intel Extreme Masters rankings, as well as tied for first in the North American Challenger Circuit, Counter Logic Gaming is a clear favorite to making it out of Group A and potentially to the finals of the tournament. The team showed impressive skill during the Curse Invitational, and have more experience playing against the Chinese teams than any other team at the event.

[URL2="http://fnatic.com/"]FnaticRaidCall[/URL2]

Roster and Roles:

• Shushei: Ability Power Carry or Assassins
• Mellisan: Support
• xPeke: Ability Power Carry or Bruisers
• Lamia: Attack Damage Carry
• Cyanide: Jungler/Tank

The Season One Champions are back, but whether they’ll have a good performance at the tournament is up for debate. Recently the team has had poorer than expected results at online tournaments. However, the team is legendary for being able to perform in a live event environment: at their last live event, IntelEM New York, they didn’t lose a single game.

World Elite

Roster and Roles:

• Misaya CN: Ability Power Carry
• Furrystyle: Attack Damage Carry
• Only play top: Bruisers/Assassins
• Woyichoasen: Support
• CallMeMTa: Jungler/Tank

The winners of IntelEM Guangzhou are returning for their next chance of success on an international stage. The team frequently plays on the North American ranked teams ladder, currently sitting in the top 30. World Elite is known for their aggressive play and somewhat unusual champion picks, like support Jarvan IV.

[URL2="http://www.team-dignitas.org/"]Team Dignitas[/URL2]

Roster and Roles:

• Voyboy: Bruisers/Assassins
• Scarra: Ability Power Carry
• L0CUST: Support
• Imaqtpie: Attack Damage Carry
• I Will Dominate: Jungler/Tank

Dignitas enters the tournament with momentum since their third place finish at IntelEM Kiev. The team most recently won the Curse Invitational qualifier in some very challenging matches against Counter Logic Gaming. Currently 3rd on the North American Challenger Circuit, a win at Hannover would put them in a convincing 1st place position.

[URL2="http://www.millenium.org/"]Millenium[/URL2]

Roster and Roles:

• Kujaa: Support
• HawkDon: Ability Power Carry
• Enigmz: Jungler/Tank
• Haydal: Bruisers
• Hmmer: Attack Damage Carry

Though Team Millenium did well during the first half of the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge series, the roster the team brings to Hannover is very different from the team which started off the season. Only Kujaa remains from the original line up. However, though the roster is new, they’ve risen through the ranks on the ranked 5v5 team ladder in EU West very quickly, currently sitting in the top 20.

Invictus Gaming:

Roster and Roles:

• Wh1t3zZ: Ability Power Carry
• ChrIs: Support
• XiaoXiao: Bruisers
• illusion: Jungler/Tank
• MikakoTabe: Attack Damage Carry

Invictus Gaming last played on an international stage during the World Cyber Games Grand Final, where they lost to Counter Logic Gaming Canada in the Round of Eight. Unlike the other Chinese teams at the World Championship, iG has been relatively inactive on the North American servers. Invictus will be an unknown challenge for the North American and European teams at Hannover.

The top three teams from each group will advance in the tournament, with the first place team in the group going straight to the Semi-Finals. Next week, we’ll be going over the teams from Group B. Be sure to check out the competitive site March 6th for the latest coverage from the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship.

IntelEM World Champion Group B Team Roster

Last week, we published our article on the teams of group A of the groupstage at the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. This week we bring you group B, which features one of the most intense groups we’ve seen in a League of Legends Tournament.

Interested in watching the action in person? Check out the ESL’s event landing page for information for travel options and free tickets.

Team SoloMid

Roster:

• ReginaId – Ability Power Carry
• TheOddOne – Jungler
• Chaox – Attack Damage Carry
• Xpecial – Support
• The Rain Man – Bruisers

While their performance at IntelEM Kiev was impressive, Team SoloMid has had some issues performing up to their own expectations in online events. Losing the semi-finals during the LoLpro.com invitational to Counter Logic Gaming and then losing in the IPL Killing Spree to Monomatic eSports, it’s unknown how the team will perform at Hannover. However, as they are the most seasoned team in their group, and have performed extremely well at their last two live appearances. Betting against them in the group stage seems unwise.

SK Gaming

Roster:

• Ocelote – Ability Power Carry
• Dedrayon – Jungler
• Kevin – Bruisers
• Nyph – Support
• Candy Panda – Attack Damage Carry

SK Gaming comes to Hannover with a new jungler, the Polish player Dedrayon. In the many online tournaments since IntelEM Kiev, SK hasn’t yet had a stand out performance, but they’ve been placing consistently higher than before. We’ll see how SK’s newest player handles the intense pressure that comes with a live Challenger Circuit event.

Moscow Five

Roster:

• Alex Ich – Ability Power Carry
• Diamondprox – Jungler
• Darien – Bruisers
• Gosu Pepper – Support
• Genja – Attack Damage Carry

A month ago, Moscow Five seemed absolutely unbeatable, but things change quickly in the League of Legends competitive scene. While still a threat in every tournament they enter, getting knocked out of the IPL 4 qualifier by relatively unknown and inexperienced team Monomatic eSports showed there’s a chink in the dragons armor. Even so, Moscow Five looks to be the strongest contender in the group and definitely a favorite to win the tournament.

Sypher:

Roster:

• Skyyart – Bruisers/Ability Power Carry
• Moopz – Ability Power Carry
• Pyri – Support
• Lounet – Attack Damage Carry
• ShLaYa – Jungler

Sypher has not backed down since their 0-3 loss during the groupstage at IntelEM Kiev: the French team has been performing well during recent prized events online. Many of the North American teams in this group have been defeated by Sypher in the past. There’s no telling how high Sypher will place if they make it out of this very challenging group.

Curse:

Roster:

• Nyjacky – Ability Power Carry
• Crumbz – Jungler/Bruisers
• SYDTKO – Bruisers/Ability Power Carry/Jungler
• Elementz – Support
• Cop – Attack Damage Carry

Curse is a difficult team to evaluate: while they consistently perform well at online events, they are unable to bring one of their star players, Pobelter, to live events. Pobelter’s replacement, SYDTKO, is an extremely versatile player but has often been thrown into roles at the last minute. With Curse’s line up known well in advance of Hanover, we’ll see how that additional prep time will affect their tournament performance.

EHOME

Roster:

• Max – Ability Power Carry/Bruisers
• Taburisswu – Jungler
• Pdd – Bruisers/Ability Power Carry
• Lucky – Support
• TS – Attack Damage Carry

The IntelEM World Championship will be the second time EHOME has competed live on an international stage, the first being IntelEM Guangzhou. Like the other Chinese team World Elite, EHOME actively plays on the North American ladder, and currently ranks in the top 15. While EHOME faces a tough bracket, they’ve defeated SK before and have the advantage of a relatively unknown play style against their opponents.

There’s no doubt that the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship will feature the most intense competition we’ve seen yet. Check back later this week when we announce our event site featuring the live stream, VODs, match recaps, and more.

Winner Fatal1ty League of Legend Grand Finals

Team Solomid is currently playing Team Curse

MonoManiac will be scheduled to play Just your Average Joes. The winner of those games will be facing off against each other in the Grand Finals competing for up to 5k in prizes. 

Viewers are eligible to win gear from Fatal1ty gaming by commenting on their facebook page. 

On Sunday, 7:00pm EST, we will stream the Semi and Grand Finals. These are Best of Three maps.

Throughout both streams we will be giving away prize packages from our sponsors, including:

5 X OCZ Fatal1ty 1000 Watt Power Supplies
5 X ASRock Fatal1ty Z68 Professional Gen 3 Motherboards
10 X Sound Blaster Recon 3D Fatal1ty Professional Soundcards
10 X Fatal1ty Professional Series Gaming Headsets MK II

Huge thanks to our sponsors for putting up these prizes for the viewer audience to win!

In addition to these giveaways, Sound Blaster Gaming is giving away a headset on their facebook page that everyone can participate in: http://www.facebook.com/SoundBlasterGaming .

And on top of that, NewEgg is also hosting a sweepstakes! More information can be found on their Youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRZsZPUyV4A .

Big thanks to Fatal1ty for organizing this tournament, and big thanks to the sponsors for putting up all this free swag! Sponsors include Fatal1ty Gaming Gear, Sound Blaster Gaming, ASRock, OCZ and NewEgg! It'll be a blast!

Stream can be found here

http://www.twitch.tv/fatal1ty

See you there!

Day 3 Red Bull LAN Orlando Championship

Red Bull LAN Orlando - Day 3 Twelve top gamers from all over the globe and from 7 different teams join in one place to train for their upcoming tournament goals. Information thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=314764 Running! (started: 5 minutes ago ) Event Time: 07:00 KST Sun 23:00 CET Sun 18:00 EDT Sun 15:00 PDT

KSL Grand League

KSL Grand League: MVP vs Prime The KSL is back and better than ever! After our initial amazing success with the 2012 Opening Ceremonies, we’ve decided to completely revamp the KSL format! Starting Saturday, February 11th, we’ll be entering a Round-Robin League Format, featuring the 8 teams in the KSL: Prime, Incredible Miracle, FXOpen, Most Valuable Player, ZeNEX, NewStar HoSeo, Fnatic, and StarTale. The League will run on Saturdays and Sundays, at the regular KSL time. (23:00 KST) [Dates subject to change depending on GSL schedule. Over the next few weekends, these top Korean teams will battle it out for an increased prize pool, showing possibilities and matchups that this GSTL season might not be able to provide! For every win a team earns, they will win a prize of $200. After the round robin matches complete, the Top 4 teams will be eligible for the playoffs. The 4th place team will face off against the 3rd place team. The winner of the 3rd/4th place match will move on to face the 2nd place team, and like before, the winner of that will advance to the finals to play the 1st place ranked team. The winning team in the finals will earn themselves $5000, with the second place team taking home $2000. As such, not only does every match count for prize money, but also for league standing, where first overall in the league guarantees your team $2000. Like before, all matches will be Best of 11, giving teams a chance to show off not only their top players, but also their hidden talent that isn’t seen in the GSL. Sunday 3/18: MVP vs Prime Site: http://www.own3d.tv/event/ksl Thread: Fnatic joins KSL