Evortion digest came out of winter hibernation and hurries to tell you about the most interesting events of the first month of spring. IN Katowice Three large championships on Dota 2, CS: GO And League of Legends, and on the other part of the globe Korean Moon announced the completion of his playing career. Not without conflicts and scandals – Thorin poured out the poured of dirt on Poland and was removed from work on EMS One Katowice , And NIP Loleov was fined $ 500 for obscene statements in the game chat.
► Polish city of Katowice in March became the real capital of e -sports.
In March Valve , Riot Games And Wargaming They continued to improve their games, and the creators of Dota 2 and League of Legends were most successful in this. The former finally introduced a rating system into the game and showed the whole world a film Free-to-Play, And the latter finished the game balance and redid the heroes.
In the meantime, the kings of the Moba genre worked on old projects, the "nearby" attracted players with a card strategy Hearthstone: Heroes of Warsraft And quite promising Heroes of the Storm!
Player of the month – Starcraft 2: Hots
Kim Yu Jin (SOS)
In November, this South Korean " state "Already recognized as a player of the month, but, apparently, once he seemed to him little. If there were still options in other nominations, then there is nothing to discuss here – in March Kim Yu Jin (SOS) Brilliantly won the prestigious Intel Extreme Masters Season VIII World Championship. The victory in Katowice brought the second hundred thousand dollars to the twenty -year -old Korean. He earned the first last year, winning WCS Global Finals 2013.
► Kim Yu Jin (SOS) at the Korean championship of the GSL series.
Polish world championship in Starcraft 2 managed to distinguish himself in terms of the prize fund. More precisely, its distribution – the organizers decided to hand over all a hundred thousand to the future champion. Yes, right, for sixteen participants allocated only one prize place! Previously, athletes said that there is no worse place than the second – well, here this phrase clearly added additional meaning. However, Sos went to Poland exclusively for victory.
If not for the name of the Swede Johan Besides (Naniwa) In the list of participants, the World Cup could be safely considered the closed championship of South Korea, because the remaining fifteen players represented her precisely her. The first rival of Kim Yu Gin was a compatriot Kim Hak Su , Better known as OZ. The duel of the two protosss was interesting, but it never reached the decisive fifth game – SOS won with a score of 3: 1 and went on. In the quarterfinals he was waiting for a Korean JJAKJI – One of the strongest terrane of the world.
► IEM S8 WC: SOS against Taeja
Many expected from this couple of incredible passions, but in practice SOS rolled up the team player Myinsanity. Although our hero feels much better in PVZ, he is also very good in the PVT matcap (3: 0). Having broken up in the quarter -finals with one terrane, SOS immediately sent home and the next. Korean Yu Yon Co (Taeja) has a victory in the asset on Dreamhack And Asus rog , But Intel Extreme Masters he has not yet submitted. This time Taeja reached the semifinals (1: 3).
Two eminent protossed met in the Grand finals- SOS And Hero. The first two cards ended in just a few minutes-SOS in both matches played in the "proxy-gates", which his opponent did not expect. However, in the third set, Hero intercepted the initiative and won thanks to the attack of dark templars. It would seem, here she is, intrigue, but SOS took her in the fourth set and buried her. In that game, he relied on immortal and did not lose. Hero failed to win the fifth game, which has become the last for him.
► IEM S8 WC: SOS Grand Final Hero
The defeat in the final left Kim June Ho ( Hero) a broken trough, and his namesake Kim Yu Jin (SOS) I tore off the next jackpot. To become the most successful cyber end of the last two years in the sum of the prize prizes, the player Jin Air Green Wings It was enough to win two world championships. However, it is unlikely that he will dwell on two.
The final location of the players on IEM Season V III World Championship:
1. Jin Air Green Wings.SOS (South Korea) – $ 100,000
2. CJ Entus.Hero (South Korea)
3/4. CM Storm.POLT (South Korea)
3/4. Team Liquid.Taeja (South Korea)
Video of the month – Dota 2
The Legend
- The creators of the video – __ Little -known muvimakers YouTube channel Evil Montage
- Beautiful introduction , Juicy picture And Good work game camera
- Ember Spirit , Zeus , Rubick And Enigma They alternately deal with their opponents
- The video is approximately Two weeks , And he already scored 10,000 views on YouTube
- As musical accompaniment Three compositions are selected REALLY SLOW MOTION
► Very high -quality MUVIK DOTA 2
Farewell of the month – Warsraft 3
Chan Jee Ho (Moon)
In early March, news appeared on the Web that the legendary Korean was completing his career Moon, multiple world champion in the game in Warsraft 3: The Frozen Throne. Alas, the younger generation knows almost nothing about this to the player, but older e -sports fans still remember his brilliant victories for the race of night elves. By the way, about the race – for a phenomenal understanding of the game, fans nicknamed the Korean " Fifth Race "(Fifth race).
► Chan Jee Ho (Moon) as part of his last Fnatic team.
On the peak of the game form Moon I went out at the end of the two thousandths: large tournaments won one after another, and at the Asian competitions, the Korean champion did not give the passage hundreds of exalted fans. In 2009, the thunderstorm of all warcraft of the world joined the team WEMADE FOX , who agreed to pay him $ 16,000 a month – colossal money for computer sports of those years. And not counting impressive prize.
However, the popularity of itself Warsraft 3 Falked rapidly. In 2010, it was born Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty, And most virtual strategists immediately switched to him. Naturally, he decided to test his forces in the new discipline and Moon. Throughout 2010, the Korean legend got used to protosss, grains and terraces and more or less high -quality game began to demonstrate only by the end of the year.
In 2011, few people believed that Moon was still able to take prizes at large championships, but already in March the king WC3 became the second IEM Season V World Championship. In a decisive match, he lost to his compatriot Ace , which, by the way, disappeared very quickly from the e -sports firmament. Further in 2011 there were second places for Dreamhack Summer And China 1st 3D Electronic Games , And in 2012, Moon took another silver on Nvidia Gaming Festival and finished the fourth on Asus Rog Summer. Here, in principle, is all.
► Moon plays with W000 in the WCG 2013 Grand Final 2013
Unlike most Moon colleagues, along with Starcraft 2 , continued to play in Warsraft 3. He did it for the sake of a single goal-to finally win WCG , who was not submitted by the Warsraft 3 icon when he was at the Zenith of Glory. Moon went to the last three cyberlympiaries (2011-2013), but the championship title never won. Closest to the goal, the Korean was on WCG 2013 – In last year's finale, he insultingly lost to the representative of the Celestial Empire Th000. Well, then Samsung covered World Cyber Games.
Announcement of the month – Dota 2
Esl One Frankfurt
- IN German Competitions will participate Eight best teams in the world According to Dota 2
- The tournament itself For the first time in history will pass on football stadium " Commerzbank-Arena "
- The first invitations received Na’vi And The Alliance – Finalists The International 3
- Prize fund – __ 150 000 $ plus percentage of ticket sales Dotatv
- Games will be broadcast on a special screen with an area of 400 sq. m
► announcement of the German Dota2-championship ESL One Frankfurt
Month team – CS: GO
Virtus.Pro on EMS One Katowice
The best team of the month we recognized the Poles Virtus.Pro – new world champions in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Last year we did not believe that TAZ , Neo And Pasha will be able to return to e -sports Olympus. Counter-Strike 1 champion.6 very faded in a completely new game for himself, so the backbone Golden Five forced to make a dramatic changes in the composition – the team left veterans Loord And Kuben , And promising shooters were invited to their place Snax And byali.
► an introductory video about the Polish composition of Virtus.Pro from ESL TV
The correct substitution confirmed the seventh season Starladder Starsers , which the Polish team won brilliantly. The naked eye could be seen that Philip Kubsky (neo) And the company plays better and better with each new match. The newcomers of the team at first did not demonstrate an impressive game, but soon they got used to it and became real team leaders in individual indicators. However, the main test for champion ambitions was still ahead ..
EMS One Katowice We have dedicated separate material. Recall only that the Polish five in her homeland protruded on his head stronger than all rivals. By signing long -term contracts with the organization Virtus.Pro On the eve of the championship, the team was finally able to focus on the game and forget about all organizational moments https://sister-site.org/coral-casino/ and other problems.
► virtus.Pro-world champions in the game in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
At the group stage of VP they confidently beat HR And Titan On the updated version de_mirage , which is rightly considered the strongest in the gentry. Then the Polish "bears" rolled up the French LDLC and in a stressful confrontation defeated a strong Swedish team LGB Esports According to the results of three cards. Grand final EMS One Katowice went under the dictation of one team, formidable Ninjas in Pyjamas It was almost not noticeable. Thousands of spectators Yaro supported their guys who rushed to the championship title with a swift jack.
According to the statistics of the portal HLTV.Org Virtus.Pro at the last world championship were the best. The Poles have the highest, nominated rating (1.18), and in the top ten players there are four VP representatives at once – Neo , Snax , byali And Pasha. The latter, by the way, recognized MVP – sniper Virtus.Pro managed to overtake even the player NIP Christopher Alesund (Get_Right). Pole showed a ratio of 1.38, and the Swede 1.33.
Girl of the month – dota 2
Olga Dunaeva
- Multiple Champion of women's tournaments according to Dota 2 in the composition Rox.KIS And Virtus.Pro
- One of the few , who can play with strong male Dota2-teams
- It works today PR manager Virtus.Pro – communicates with sponsors
- Sometimes protrudes organizer Moscow Lan championists By Dota 2 And CS: GO
- Found With Yaroslav Kuznetsov (NS) – captain Dota2-partava Virtus.Pro
► Olga Dunaeva at the Kiev tournament Starladder Starseries.
Moba month
League of Legends
The first spring month passed under the sign League of Legends. World Championship in Poland, several important transfers at once, a tragedy in South Korea … Let's start with a review of the transfer market. In mid -March, the English e -sports organization Dignitas signed a team from exotic Australia. The guys from under the wing of Dignitas Frenetic Array , who previously participated in Riot Games Oceanic Regional Tournament.
► Alvar Martin Araee as part of Team Alternate.
Not without replacements and in the West. First leading American team Team Curse He left Brandon Dimarko (Saintvicious , in the place of which they called Michael smoked (Bunny Fufu). A little later covered Western Europe: Belgian Midliner Moopz He left Supa Hot Crew by Team Acer – He was replaced by the Pole Marcin Volsky ( Selfie ). Followed by the Belgian and the Norwegian K0u, who decided to terminate his cooperation with Cloud 9 Eclipse. The team is intensely looking for the fifth.
The key player was lost Millennium – After the loss Gambit Gaming The French team left Araneae. The Spaniard explained his act by the fact that he had long lost the incentive to speak at the highest level, and to some extent even lost interest in a professional scene League of Legends. However, he hopes that with a new team a light will flare up again in his eyes. Millennium, interestingly, instantly recovered from loss and said the Swede Kottenx , previously played for Absolute Legends , Natus Vincere And Alternate.
And at this time in South Korea, players are trying to commit suicide. March 12 Promise , Former ADK team AHQ E-Sports Club Korea , He was thrown out of the window from the twelfth floor – it turned out that the team coach Noh forced the guys to lose matches, and then he deceived them and sold all the equipment from the command base. Fortunately, the cyber end miraculously survived.
► IEM S8 WC: Fnatic Grand Final against KT Rolster Bullets
The incident caused a very broad resonance in the country – a serious investigation is underway, in which almost all major e -sports organizations participate, including the Korean unit Riot Games.
In the meantime, some Koreans are looking for a manager, others win the World Cup in Poland IEM Season VIII World Championship. Fnatic and the Grand Final and met KT Rolster Bullets. All three final matches went into one gate and ended with a brilliant victory of the Koreans (3: 0).