Den første Nvidia spil festival i 2010 bliver afholdt i Shanghai med både Warcraft III, Starcraft og selvfølgelig DotA på programmet. Vinderen får lov til at gå hjem med $3000 og anden pladsen får $1000 så der er ingen tvivl om at der vil blive kæmpet til stregen!
De indledende runder for Kina starter allerede i morgen, hvor vi blandt andet for at se Nirvana.cn i en turnering for første gang!
De hold som deltager i første runde er:
EHOME
CH
Nirvana.cn
LGD(ftd)
Deity
Dette er en dobbelt eliminerings turnering med et best of 1 system. De 3 bedste hold vil dernæst gå videre til runde to, hvor de vil kæmpe om den eneste plads i LAN finalen, mod et inviteret internationalt hold.
Det eneste som vi mangler at finde ud af nu, er hvem er det inviterede hold? Bliver det et asiatisk eller europæisk hold? Kun tiden kan fortælle.
En bruger på www.gosugamers.net har oversat en nyhed fra sgamer.com om at Chen 'Loveen' Chang starter endnu et DotA hold, som skal være Nirvana.my, ledt af Mushi
Lige nu, sponsorer han:
Nirvana.int
Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov (captain)
Kuro 'Kuroky' Salehi Takhasomi
Jimmy 'Demon' Ho
Clinton 'Fear' Loomis
Ben 'Merlini' Wu
Taewon 'March' Park
Amar 'AmarTnT' Hassan
Morten 'ZexTar' Knudsen (Manager)
Nirvana.cn
insence
zhou
zippo
banana
xiami
Nirvana.girl
Nirvana.ShyGirl (captain)
Nirvana.Mint
Nirvana.Jssf
Nirvana.my
Mushi (Captain)
Extreme Sphinx, som tidligere gik under navnet Ftz-Asia, har mistet en af deres stjernespillere, Lim 'Mikebz' Tze udover at miste denne spiller, hvilket efterlader dem med en roster på 4 spillere, og dermed uistand til at deltage i turneringer, indtil de finder en femte spiller har de også mistet deres manager, Chen'Chenizace' Chinyi, da han er ved at danne et nyt hold, med nye sponsore, han siger at det er hovedsageligt spillere som er ved at trække sig fra DotA.
Chenizace skrev:"I had been thinking for sometime after MikeBz announced his retirement and I have decided to leave the team that I have worked very hard for all this while. After this, I will form a new team. I had contacted a few players that had lost their interest in DotA and were planning for retirement, and also a new sponsor. I am still negotiating with them, and the result should be around the corner. Lastly, I would like to wish my former teammates all the best and thank you for the time that we fight together!"
Er der et nyt top hold på vej i Asien? Det får vi nok snart svar på, måske allerede senere i denne uge?
Så er det officielt blevet annonceret hvornår Dota-League's online Pick League turneringer starter samt præmierne for denne sæson. - Læs mere indenfor!
Pick League sæsonen starter allerede fra på Mandag (1. marts) af også bliver der en masse top kampe at følge endnu engang. Første division indeholder blandt andet hold som The Shit!, Ducky's Dream Team, MeetYourMakers, AEON.ru, DTS|Chatrix, COMPETO mm.
Præmierne for denne Pick League sæson bliver igen sponsoreret af SteelSeries og første division indeholder 1000 euro, så der er i hvert fald noget at kæmpe for! Men det er ikke det eneste, der bliver nemlig også uddelt præmier til anden og tredje division hvilket svarer til godt og vel 70 SteelSeries produkter udover penge præmien - wauw!
1st: 500 EURO
2nd: 300 EURO
3rd: 200 EURO
Vi vil her på Ganked.dk holde jer opdateret med coverage af første divisions kampe!
Finnerne fra Umbrella Inc. er nu idag officielt blevet til I Got Game.
For cirka to uger siden frigav den romanske organisation IGG deres moldovanske hold grundet deres mangel på motivation, fra holdets side af.
Idag kan de præsentere et nyt hold, nemlig UBLI som har udvist godt spil og vist sig at være et stabilt hold.
Det var ikke for ret lang tid siden hvor finnerne slog IGG's tidligere hold ud af finalen i Dota-League cuppen og dermed blev kronet champions. Det fremgår blandt andet af nedenstående udtalelse fra manageren, at det er en stor glæde og selvfølgelig med deres seneste præstation er det uden tvivl en af grundene til sponsoratet.
Agopcsa 'Broesly' Botond, Manager:
I think their results in Dota League Cup says it all, they are an excelent team without any language barriers and one that has been playing together for a while. We are very glad they decided to be part of the IGG family. Shoutout to Rannek!
Eetu 'lapiz' Seppälä, fighter:
We hadn't really thought of getting a sponsor but Broesly approached us and after a little chatting we decided to give it a shot. We plan to participate in every online tournament there is and we're looking forward to play under the IGG tag!
Lineup for I Got Game:
Agopcsa 'Broesly' Botond (Manager)
Jere 'maarGee' Haataja
Eetu 'lapiz' Seppälä
Veikko 'Matkatavara' Kultamaa
Jarkko 'Gazhag' Velinen
Teemu 'noertti' Blomqvist
Denne uges højdepunkter har uden tvivl været Farm4Fame 2.4 finalen og ikke mindst den sidste delturnering af F4F som nu er undervejs. Læs mere om ugens højdepunkter!
Udover Farm4Fame 2.4 delturnerings finalen mellem DDT og TheShit! så er den sidste delturnering af Farm4Fame også undervejs.
Derudover hev danskerne fra MYM en sikker 2-0 sejr med hjem mod SWM i Electronic Sports League Major Series V finalen. Demoerne kan downloades her i vores replay sektion!
Dota-League Cup finalerne blev også spillet og her kunne finnerne fra UBLI hive en sejr hjem da de spillede mo IGG og derved nu kalde sig for champions af den første Dota-League cup.
Sidst men ikke mindst er der mere nyt, fra det nye spændene program som IceFrog her på det sidste har prøvet at få lidt fokus på. Det er nemlig det såkaldte 'reconnect tool' som skal gøre det muligt at forbinde til spillet igen hvis man disconnecter. Det er noget mange arrangører ser frem til og vi holder jer opdateret med seneste nyt omkring det!
Forneden er der linket til nyheder såvel som scene nyheder som er blevet offentliggjort i løbet af ugen.
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» Farm4Fame 2.4 finale - DDT vs TS!
» Farm4Fame 2.5 - sidste delturnering
» IStorm The Front brackets ude
» EMS V Finale - MYM vs. SWM
» IceFrog's Blog - Re...te til disced games?!
» Dota-League Cup finale
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» synderen interviewed hos Forget
» TR|Santa "I hope DotA can be my job"
» Loda "..work for SK-Gaming once again!"
» DotA lektioner af Demon & CO
» KuroKy "Player lessons from me"
» Drayich "My father said to not have Idols"
» Ducky snakker ud hos Forget Gaming
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I sammenarbejde med TheBlast afholder vi nu 5on5 DotA turnering engang i Maj måned! Læs mere om eventet og få alle de kolde facts!
Så gør vi endnu et forsøg med et LAN arrangement, denne gang i sammenarbejde med TheBlast. På programmet er der i hvert fald en omgang 5on5 DotA blandt flere forskellige discipliner såsom Counter Strike 1.6, Trackmania og Counter Strike Source.
Ved det sidste event (TheBlast #1) så vi deltagelse fra diverse DotA hold og deriblandt det daværende danske Unique-eSports i mix med Rasmus 'MiSeRy-' Filipsen som tog en fin første plads med sig.
Vi håber at se hold fra det forhenværende event og gerne nye, dog denne gang med en god omgang coverage! - Ganked.dk vil i hvert fald være til stede under eventet fungerende som admins og stå for coverage af hele molevitten!
Facts (DotA):
- Dato: 13-16 Maj
- Deltagere: 400
- Sted: Compass Congress Center (Brunde Vest 17, 6230 Rødekro)
- Type: 5on5
- Format: Double elimination
- Præmie: 8500DKK
- Billet pris /uden madordning 350DKK
- Billet pris/med madordning: 550DKK
Derudover er faciliteterne i top med gode toiletforhold, handikapvenligt, kiosk og god soveplads. Sidst men ikke mindst, som noget nyt prøver The Blast i år at servere alkohol ved arrangementet i form af øl.
Mere info kan findes her!
Der er ingen regler oppe endnu men vi arbejder på at få nogle op snarest muligt. Har du forslag er du mere end velkommen til at sige frem, post eventuelt i kommentarene forneden!
Så er det i aften hvor Dota-League Cup finalen spilles og vinder holdet skal findes. Derudover skal tredje pladsen også findes hvilket bliver lidt senere i aften - en masse kampe er der i hvert fald at se frem til!
Så er det idag, senere på dagen klokken 17:00 hvor den endelige finalekamp spilles mellem Umbrella Inc. og I Got Game.
Det har været en lang vej for begge hold og i aften er det den afgørende kamp, hvorefter et af holdene kan kaldes sig for vinderne af den første 'Dota-League Cup'.
Udover finalekampen så spilles den afgørende kamp for tredje pladsen også idag, dog lidt senere på aftenen, mere præcists klokken 19:00. Den spilles mellem Druidz E-Sport og We Feed People.Awesome!.
Kampene bliver spillet i formatet BO3 og sidst men ikke mindst vil TobiWanKenobi forsyne os med en god omgang shoutcast!
Andreas 'Donald-Duck' Søgaard er blevet interviewed af Forget Gaming, hvor forskellige emner såsom skolen, dagligdagen, DotA og sidst men ikke mindst eSporten er de omtalte emner.
Donald-Duck spiller til dagligt for Ducky's Dream Team, som har mange talenter på holdet og dette ses også i deres seneste præstationer hvor de kommer ud med gode resultater.
Forneden er et udsnit af interviewet med Ducky:
How does a regular day unfold for you ?
Well it happens some old friends come across here in little lonely Ringkøbing, and when they do im of course seeing them having few beers and talk about old days :D if you can call it that. Else my everyday atm is kinda shitty most of time I use in front of the pc watching movies, playing dota, writing msn or checking if anything new is going on with my mates on facebook. If I can get my self out the door im playing a litle indoor soccer, and it happens once in a while I go with my mom to hear job, she teaches kids at school, but I kinda get exhausted playing around with them and I have to get up way to early to go there :D.
Let's switch to DotA now. How did you come in contact with this e-sport ? Do you regret your decision to start playing on a competitive level ?
After moving away from safe home, and moms cooking I started to idle a lot of war 3 mostly tower defence. But a mate of mine was rly into dota so I had to play, its the same guy i played age of empire with, so ofcourse i had to get better then him. For the competive part it sorta just came with time, I got better the players around me got better, people started to aim higher. I made a good friend in misery back when i was leading a team. And ever since that we kinda been playing together. If i regret playing on competive level? sure I do sometime, I kinda lost contact to some friends I had cause I choose to play dota instead of going with them, but to blame it on the game would just be sad, in the end its me beeing to lazy. And computer sometimes make you fall into a dark hole, getting up late not getting much out of the day. On the other side dota brought me nice moments aswell. Im happy with the people i play with and I had some nice exp as well.
Læs det fulde interview her!
Forget Gaming har taget fat i den gode gamle svensker Kim 'Drayich' Larsson til et interview, hvor man kommer lidt ind på hans dagligdag men også omkring selve eSporten og hans hold The Shit!.
Forneden er et udsnit af interviewet:
How does a regular day unfold for you ?
Right now its very different. Depending on if my wife work or not, i either go up really early with the kids, feeding and caring for them, writing on my blogg, and perhaps a game of dota meanwhile they are taking a nap. Other days i sleep some in the morning. In a few months im back at work again, so then im going to the job. I really have superdifferent days.
If you'd have to consider someone from the gaming world as your idol, who would it be?
My father said to not have Idols, so i dont have any. But i enjoy people who are both skilled and having a mannered good spirit.
Læs det fulde interview her!
Tyskeren Kuro 'KuroKy' Salehi Takhasomi følger også sine tre andre holdkammeraters fodspor og skriver i sit seneste blog indlæg, at han også vil give DotA lektioner.
Bliver det en ny trend inde for DotA scenen? Det vides ikke men KuroKy skriver i hvert fald følgende som begrundelse for sin deltagelse for dette nye tiltag:
Now many of you might ask why exactly I do this, one of the main reasons obviously is the money. DotA player hardly get anything from the time and effort they spent into the game, so I think this is a step into professionalism of DotA.
Many of you will also tell me that this kind of lessons are useless, I gotta say that not everybody will benefit as much as another guy can. But I can tell you from my experience that DotA is a very complex game, and I am basically willing to share my experience I lived in the game, I got alot of different point of views in many game situations during the time I played competitive DotA, so this is more then just "lessons".
Vi fik fat i KuroKy og spurgte hvad det kostede for sådan nogle lektioner og fik følgende eksempel fra en tidligere kunde:
replay analysis of 2-3 games of his team + 1v1 practice = 25euros
Læs det fulde blog indlæg her!
Amerikaner Jimmy 'Demon' Ho fra Nirvana Int. har i sit seneste blog indlæg skrevet, at han sammen med sine holdkammerater Clinton 'FearDarkness' Loomis og Ben 'Merlini' Wu vil give DotA lektioner.
Et nyt tiltag er det i hvertfald men om det går hen og virkelig bliver til noget vides ikke helt.
Disse lektioner og dog ikke gratis, hvor meget det koster ved i ikke men lektionerne indebære dog 1 vs. 1 træningskampe og replay analyser.
Læs Demon's fulde blog indlæg her!
Den svenske kendinge Jonathan 'Loda' Berg fik oprettet et nyt indlæg i sin blog igår aftes.
Loda skriver i bloggen om holdet DDT, hvordan det går for dem siden deres seneste ændringer i holdopstillingen. Han nævner blandt andet at han synes de er på lige fod efterhånden med alle de andre hold og at det er begyndt at gå rigtig godt for dem i deres scrims.
Udover det kommer Loda også ind på diverse emner såsom et nyt spil kaldet "Avalon heroes", hvor han hjælper/arbejder for den gamle tyske organisation igen, SK-Gaming. Han bliver nemlig sendt afsted til Tyskland sammen med en gammel holdkammerat, Bogdan, hvor de skal spille mod og sammen med medlemmer af Blizzard Entertainment og sidst men ikke mindst top kendte WCIII spillere såsom Moon og sky.
Forneden er et kort udsnit af blog indlægget:
Another thing that I've decided to do is to do some work for SK-Gaming once again! Me and bogdan will go to germany with full expenses paid and ofc a nice salary to sum it all up. We're gonna go participate in some showmatches, and the game to be played is Avalaon heroes. First we're gonna play some games vs blizzard + people from the audience and then we're gonna team up with the blizzard guys and play vs Moon, sky, and some other dudes! It's gonna be really fun playing this kind of game vs allstars like moon, but first of all I have to learn which heroes are imba and those that are not :D
Læs det fulde blog indlæg her!
WDC som står for World DotA Council fik interviewet russeren Alex 'Santa' fra det russiske hold The Retry.
Der er ikke blevet kastet så meget lys på de russiske spiller igennem tiderne men de har dog været meget giftige og det er blandt andet set i deres kampe, de er en stærk nation når det også kommer til DotA.
Forneden er et udsnit af interviewet med Santa:
Hey Santa! The DotA fans didn't know you before too much until your recent success with your previous team. More and more people got to know you now, but I guess some would still be helped out if you shared some info, care to introduce yourself?
Darova, my name is Alex, I'm 20 years old Russian student, very simple guy, nothing special, just got dota as my favorite hobby. I just wanna be best in that thing and wanna make Russia best in Dota. Maybe its stupid, but its my goal.
Seeing how well Russian teams have been doing in the past and present it doesn't seem to be a mission impossible. How much time do you spend on practising alone in inhouse leagues and with your team?
Well I'm spending all my free time, when I'm at home, I can play 8-10 hours easy, but ofc i have to do some days without dota, cuz its really hard playing so much not for fun, but for practing on yourself. I hate leagues, I think its like publics, cw with your team much better than that shit.
Læs det fulde interview her!
I aften klokken 20.00 spilles Electronic Sports League, Major Series V sæson finalekampen mellem danskerne fra MeetYourMakers mod Sean Winkler Memorial.
Både MeetYourMakers og Sean Winkler Memorial. har mødt gode hold undervejs igennem turneringsforløbet. De har blandt andet mødt modstandere såsom Tribal, mainLine, DIPS og PX.
Den længe ventede kamp spilles i aften klokken 20.00 og der vil højst sandsynligt være live stream via GarenaTV.
Dominic 'Lacoste_' Stipic, fra MYM:
We will put on an entertaining and excellent show for the fans. We are feeling very confident about this match and ready to be crowned as ESL champions! Good luck SWM :D
Frankie 'inphiNity^' Pravo, fra SWM:
We have been training for this match for a while. It will be an exciting game for sure. Be ready MYM, we have some tricks up our sleeves :)!
Demoerne uploades her på Ganked.dk så snart de er tilgængelige!
Storm the Front er ude med deres brackets og vi ser flere danske hold i mængden, se nærmere ved at læse mere og få et overblik.
Så er Storm the Front også mere eller mindre i fuld gang med deres DotA turneringer og vi ser faktisk flere danske hold, tjek dem forneden:
Smurfs
Clones-Inc
Arla eSports
Meet Your Makers
Ducky's Dream Team
Lyngby Luckers
adrenaline
We Use Jedi Mindtricks
Af de ovenstående hold er der selvfølgelig en stor forventning til MYM og DDT men vi håber da at se flere af de ovenstående så langt som muligt i turneringen!
En kommende kamp der pt. er meget i fokus er kampen mellem Arla eSports og TheShit!. Det sidst nævnte hold er i hvert fald et stærkt og kendt hold, i den europæiske scene men om Arla eSports kan gøre slå dem ud må tiden vise.
Første runde løber af staben fra den 15.02.2010, 00:00 - 28.02.2010, 23:59 og sidst men ikke mindst så kan du forneden selvfølgelig se en liste over de mere kendte hold som deltager:
The Elder Gods
DTS.Chatrix
OS|One
Tribal Gaming International
THE SHIT!
MYM
Ducky's Dream Team
Competo
Local Area Network
The Retry
Nirvana.Int
MCiTY
SWM
Kingsurf
EHOME
Så er Farm4Fame Second Blood brackets ude og den sidste delturnering er nu officielt skudt i gang.
Så er det nu, det vare ikke længe før vi skal tage stilling til de kommende playoffs kampe. Fire ud af de fem delturneringer er spillet og den sidste er nu skudt i gang. To hold ud af de seksten vil være i stand til at kvalificere sig direkte til playoffs, det er nemlig således, at top to vil få en plads i playoffs'ne hvorimod dem som er placeret fra tredje pladsen af til ottende vil spille nedrykningskampe.
Det betyder at to hold vil sikre sig direkte adgang til playoffs og endnu to hold vil blive fundet via nedrykningskampene.
Følgende er en rang-oversigt for de nuværende hold:
1. Meet Your Makers 9
1. Nirvana Gaming Int. 9
1. Ducky`s Dream Team 9
4. MCiTY sGty 6
5. The Shit! 5
6. Local Area Network 4
7. DTS Chatrix 3
7. Tribal Gaming Int. 3
9. Storm Games Clan 2
9. Unique eSports 2
9. The Retry 2
9. DIPSARNA 2
13. The Elder Gods 1
13. Competo Sports 1
15. OS|oNe 0
15. mainLine Gaming 0
* Det polske hold UCP.MP3Store er blevet erstattet med mainLine Gaming grundet deres inaktivitet.
Brackets for den sidste Farm4Fame Second Blood 2.5 delturnering kan findes her!
Der er gang i den svenske organisation, de interviewer som liderlige aber og denne gang blev den heldige altså Troels 'syndereN' Nielsen som spiller for The Shit!.
Et spændene interview hvor man kommer lidt ind på syndereNs dagligdag og hvem hans idoler er, læs mere forneden:
How does a regular day unfold for syndereN ?
I get up as late as possible, quickly prepare before taking the bus to university, and then go there for whichever lectures I have. Some days I stay later to work at some assignments with friends there, else I head on home with the bus. Then I turn on my PC and use the rest of my day playing, browsing forums, communicating with friends there, unless there's something else going on, like an arrangement at university or an arrangement with my friends.
If you'd have to consider someone from the gaming world as your idol, who would it be ?
Hmm, that's a tough one to answer. I think there's a lot of players that should really be admired. The first two coming to mind for me are Drayich for his ability to make everything work out with his family while having high-skill gaming as a hobby, and also being a joyful fellow with lots of humour, and Maelk for being a great leader who says his opinion, and whose opinion has a great impact on the DotA scene. Both of them are of course really oldschool!
Læs det fulde interview her!
I aften spilles Farm4Fame 2.4 delturneringens finalen mellem Ducky's Dream Team og The Shit! klokken 20.15.
Der er ikke så lang tid igen til Farm4Fame 2.4 delturnerings finale kampen skal spilles mellem Ducky's Dream Team og The Shiet!.
Det bliver i aften klokken 20.15 og udfaldet kan have en betydelig indflydelse for hver af udfordrerne. Hvis DDT vinder får de ni points og derved kan de bedre sikre sig en direkte adgang til playoffs, da top to skal findes. For TS! vedkommende vil det betyde en bedre placering og seks points hvilket gør, at de til en eventuel nedrykning kæmper i top otte.
Forneden er nogle pregame udtalelser:
Kim "Drayich" Larsson fra The Shit!:
Basicly, I think DDT is the best team there is from europe now. We`ve scrimmed some versus them and got stomped both once and twice. The combination of their good players with now also tactical strenghts from beeing away in china and getting that experience I expect a really really rough game. We need good picks and top spirit to beat them, and thats exactly what i think we are aiming for.
Jon "13abyKnight" Andersen fra The Shit!:
Basicly, I think DDT is the best team there is from europe now. We`ve scrimmed some versus them and got stomped both once and twice. The combination of their good players with now also tactical strenghts from beeing away in china and getting that experience I expect a really really rough game. We need good picks and top spirit to beat them, and thats exactly what i think we are aiming for.
Andreas 'Ducky' Søgaard fra Ducky's Dream Team:
We hope we will get good games against TS! in the F4F final and to come out as the champions of F4F 2.4 so we are equal in points with mym and niravana.int. Personally I`m looking forward to play against Smiske and Bubbiknight who were old team-mates of mine. Hope you all are looking forward to follow us to the championship! Peace out!
Rasmus 'MiSeRy-' Filipsen fra Ducky's Dream Team:
We hope we will get good games against TS! in the F4F final and to come out as the champions of F4F 2.4 so we are equal in points with mym and niravana.int. Personally I`m looking forward to play against Smiske and Bubbiknight who were old team-mates of mine. Hope you all are looking forward to follow us to the championship! Peace out!
Til denne begivenhed vil Simon 'InvalidCola' Millard og TobiWanKenobi selvfølgelig shoutcaste, hvilket også er noget at se frem til! Udover InvalidCola's video stream vil der selvfølgelig også som altid være stream via GarenaTV og WaaagTV.
InvalidCola - Lyd stream | Video stream
TobiWanKenobi - Lyd stream
Ugen der gik på Ganked.dk, læs mere om højdepunkterne og nedturene!
Ugens højdepunkter er blandt andet at MeetYourMakers fandt sidste to til holdopstillingen og de gik viderer i ESL EMS V semifinalen.
En masse turneringer bliver også afviklet og nogle er så godt ved, at være enden nær, blandt andet European DotA Championship, F4F 2.4 delturneringen og DL Cup.
Denne uge har også budt på mange interviews med de prominente spillere fra scenen såsom KuroKy, DemoN, Kev og nogle flere. Derudover ser vi også at et gammelt tysk hold vender tilbage, nemlig Victory Addicts. Til sidst er der så den lidt kedelige nyhed, at DSRack DotA eventet blev aflyst.
Den kommende uge ser ud til at byde på en del da en masse finale kampe skal afvikles!
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» EDC nærmere sig enden
» ESL V semifinale - MYM vs. mLine
» Icefrog's Blog - kommende opdateringer
» DSRack LAN - DotA aflyst
» F4F 2.4 semifinale - The Shit! vs. DIPS
» GosuCup II - opsummering af anden runde
» Storm the Front hold liste opdateret
» DL Cup semifinaler
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» Blight.Int bliver til Nirvana.Int
» KuroKy snakker ud hos Forget
» Tribal Gaming mister to
» PlaymatE og Lacoste teamer op med MYM
» Demon snakker ud hos Forget Gaming
» Kev snakker ud hos GosuGamers
» VA vender tilbage efter lang pause
» Første MTS udgave med MYM.DotA
» Interview med COMPETO.neNo-
» Coc0 "We really want to attend some LAN's"
» MaNia- snakker ud hos Fragster
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Den tyske nyhedsorganisation Fragster har interviewet Brian 'MaNia-' Strandby fra MeetYourMakers.
MYM har været en del i spotlyset her på det sidste grundet ringe præstationer og deres seneste ændringer i holdopstillingen. For at give en klarhed over den seneste tids ændringer er MaNia- blevet interviewet, læs mere om det forneden.
Hi Brian, MeetYourMakers was undergoing some changes recently. Can you tell how this got to happen?
We have just been really inactive during the Christmas holidays and after a while without really practicing or playing together, we slowly drifted away from each other. We needed some changes within the team and with miGGel and AngeL joining 'DDT', we had a good opportunity to make a new team and hopefully we will be stronger than ever.
You had some roster problems with Maelk going inactive (or not) and H4nn1 joining again (or not). What happened to their plans?
Maelk was gonna go inactive during his start on his new school, also he didn't really feel motivated to play DotA back then, but now I think Maelk feels more motivated after the addition of Lacoste and PlaymatE. H4nn1 went back to play HoN and WoW, since he had problems with playing in the same team as AngeL. Now that he is one of the best HoN players, I don't see him coming back to DotA.
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Den svenske organisation Forget Gaming interviewer aktivt nogle af de kendte spillere fra scenen her på det sidste og den seneste i spot lyset er en af Rumæniens fineste spillere, Ionescu 'Ro-Coc0' Alexandru som spiller for The Elder Gods.
TeG har vist gode præstationer på det sidste og blandt andet en bemærkelsesværdig indsats til European DotA Championship turneringen hvor de har fået otte sejre i træk. I interviewet kommer vi blandt andet ind på Ro-Coc0's personlige liv, computer spil og selvfølgelig TeG.
Forneden er et udsnit af interviewet:
How does a regular day unfold for TeG-Coc0?
I'm just an average Joe when it comes to describing my day, but it depends on the situations that arise on the moment :). When there's work i have to stick to it, but when there's free time i hang out with my buddies, from time to time i kick their ass on some console games (Still the Unbeatable Champion at Mortal Kombat).
How much does TeG-Coc0 train during the week?
My schedule varies depending on the team mostly, we play 1-2 games per day with top teams from Europe, while i play as well 1-3 pubs with friends.
What are your team's objectives for the future?
We really want to attend some LAN's, that specifically was our goal since a long time but there's the problem of a sponsor.
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Dota-League's Cup er nu næsten ved vejens ende, se med hvem det er der er de fire sidste i semifinalen.
Imorgen, søndag den 14. februar bliver DL Cup semifinalerne spillet. Den ene kamp står mellem I Got Game og We Feed People.Awesome som spilles i en BO3 klokken 16:30.
Den anden kamp er mellem Druidz E-Sport og UBLI, der også spilles i formatet BO3 klokken 18:30. Der er noget af se til, en masse kampe i hvert fald og sidst men ikke mindst bliver der også shoutcast af den populære australier TobiWanKenobi.
Link til shoutcast - LINK
Angelo 'neNo-' Caula Gonzalez fra det tyske hold COMPETO, der hovedsageligt består af ex-diamondZ spillere, blev for nyligt interviewet.
Holdet ses for at være et af de stærkeste i den tyske scene og det ses også på deres præstationer i diverse turneringer.
Welcome neNo-! Thank you for taking some time to have this interview together. Surely there are some readers, who don't know you, so please introduce yourself. Furthermore it would be interesting to know which role you play in the team.
My name is Angelo, but i am propably better known as "neNo". I am 21 years old and i prefer playing supporter heroes.
A short while ago you and your team were able to win the ESL DotA Wintercup. Did you expect that this tournament would be such an easy win? Because you won all your matches very clearly.
I would rather say, I know we would be able to reach the finale, because there were not that many good teams in this cup. Nevertheless I would have prefered to play against TEG in the finale, instead of n2l. But i have to congratulate n2l for such an amazing match against TEG, because the result was clear
Let's come to an "awkward topic". At the last King of the Hill tournament by Fragster, you just reached the second place although you were the favorite team. How did you come to lose? What should have been done in order to prevent it?
Wouldn't call us the only favorite of this tournament, because in my opinion LAN had the same chance to win this than we had. You want to know what we should have done in an other way? I think we banned a Hero, who had not to be banned .... And there was an other Hero, whom we should have played. Not that easy to explain :)
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Fra tid til anden udføre multi gaming organisationen myMYM nogle MTS (Meet The Stars) sessioner hvor deres talenter bliver stillet op og communitiet får lov til at stille spørgsmål.
I denne første udgave af MTS, er DotA holdet blevet stillet nogle spørgsmål som du kan læse forneden. Der er nogle meget interessante spørgsmål som du sikkert også har haft i tankerne, se om du har fået svar på dem!
1.
To Maelk,
How has the departure of KuroKy from the team affected you? And what are your thoughts on his new team's success - blight.int?
It somewhat forced me to make a return, although I wasn't really motivated for it by the time it happened. That has changed the past weeks though, and I'm more than ready now. I think their success is best explained through the huge individual talent that each of their players possesses. The Americans are some of the best players in the scene today while Puppey displays brilliance in both play and picking.
2.
To Maelk,
An update on your views regarding the newly opened DotA-Pride Asia. Any plans to scrim with asian players such as Hy-hy for instance?
I haven't planned for it - I don't even play the DotA Pride in Europe.
3.
For MYM:
Contrary to Dreamhack, the ESWC seems to care DotA and the prizepool is better than expected, do you think it can influence the future of DotA, especially in Europe?
Yes, the revival of the ESWC is definitely one of the biggest boosts to the motivation of the top-players. Hopefully they'll pay out this time around!
4.
Dear Pusher,
Did MYM.dota train a lot in the last 1-2 months? I wish every member best of luck and I hope you can return to the top dota clans.
We didn't train alot the last months because of december and new years everyone wanted to re-engerize and after that passed we kinda just didn't find each other for no particular reasons me, we all just sorta inhoused here and there due to various reasons since we were hardly never 5 on at the same time.
5.
To MYM:
Understandably, some DotA teams are concerned more with other things in life than spending hours perfecting skill. They play to be with friends in some degree of competition. What about MYM? Is there still a desire to be the best? It's a bit cliche to say you do, but I mean *really*.
We have our ups and downs. The past months we haven't really been motivated to be the best or even trying our hardest to win a simple game. We focused more on just relaxing with pubs and enjoying ourselves. Lately we have all started to regain our motivation, and with the recent changes in the team, I'm sure we'll strive hard to accomplish some tournament wins again. Of course we desire to be the best, why else would we play?
6.
Dear Maelk,
How do you think Dota will grow in contender with other e-sports title such as the upcoming Starcraft 2? Will Dota continue to grow bigger in e-sports or it simply had meet it's dead end?
I don't think SC2 will necessarily have any impact whatsoever on DotA. Icefrog is creating a stand-alone version of DotA with Valve as its publisher. Its two different genres and I can't imagine either will have an impact on each other.
7.
Dear Maelk,
I would like to ask if you think Virtus Pro was the best team in the history of DotA?
Yes, I haven't seen anything remotely close to their dominance. The fact that only one team could even challenge them the least bit, and still end up shorthanded in the long run, proves that they were indeed a powerhouse of their time and unparalleled to date. In Europe at least.
8.
Dear MaNia-,
There are some doubts about MYM's dominance in the DotA scene ever since the defeat at last year's SMM. Do you think that KuroKy leaving the team has left a small gap (a motivator and a consistent player) that needs to be filled for the team to return back to its winning ways? Also, were you entirely happy about the way the team conducted (played/heroes picked) itself in the games played at SMM?
I do think that kuro leaving the team did leave a big hole in our team since he had taken over the captain role and had us playing a style of play which either pays off majorly or backfires horribly. As for the way we did in SMM I was actually pretty happy with our picks, I just think that it didn't pan out due to miscommunication.
9.
Dear MYM,
Is motivation lacking? If so what needs to be done in order to bring back the motivation?
It was, and order has been restored with the renewal of the team.
10.
Dear Maelk,
How many hours per day on average would you say you spend on dota? Is it a full time thing to be a professional dota player, or do you have other jobs? Are the earnings from dota alone enough to support you?
It varies a lot. The past months I have spend no more than 8 hours weekly, and that's either on the same day or over the course of two or three days. It isn't a fulltime thing and to be perfectly honest: The earnings in DotA can't even put butter on my bread. Really active players, without anything better to do, might spend up to 10-12 hours a day. But I don't have that many hours in my day. It isn't really rewarding either.
Storm the Front sæson 3 er nået sit andet stadie og den definitive deltagerliste er dermed sikret. Der er en del kendinge med og det er også glædeligt at se så mange danske hold i deltagerlisten!
Storm the Front sæson 3 som blev annonceret få uger tilbage, er nu nået til stadie 2, nemlig check-in stadiet. 261 hold nåede at melde sig til turneringen inden deadlinen som var igår, og indtil videre har 218 af de hold checked ind, altså sikret sig deres plads til at spille i turneringen. Af de 261 tilmeldte hold er der både nogle kendte, som mindre kendte hold, men dem som er værd at nævne er de sædvanlige.
DTS.Chatrix
Tribal.Int
The Elder Gods
Kingsurf
PMS.Asterisk
Ducky's Dream Team
Storm Games Clan
MCiTY
Nirvana.int
OS|One
Competo
Local Area Network
MYM
EHOME
Hvis du nu troede MYM & DDT var de eneste hold hvor Danmark var repræsenteret, så tog du grueligt fejl, for vi ser nemlig en god håndfuld andre danske DotA hold til denne turnering.
Arla eSports
Smurfs
Clones-Inc
We Use Jedi Mindtricks
Lyngby Luckers
Held og lykke skal det lyde til alle holdene, selvfølgelig allermest til de danske! Vi vil løbende bringe opdateringer af turneringen, såvel som indsnævre listen over de danske hold som de, forhåbentligt ikke, ryger ud af turneringen.
Det tyske hold Victory Addicts vender tilbage efter en lang pause, holdet var sidst set sammen under Pick League XII sæsonen. Igennem tiden har holdet haft en del nedture og skiftet navn fra blandt andet VA til CURRAX og tilbage igen.
Men nu er de vendt tilbage og starter ud med at spille i den kommende Pick League turnering XIII.
Dette er hvad Hakan 'HkN' Kardas, havde at sige:
The team formation is rather sudden and we didn't know about this until yesterday. Since we were all on IRC that day, we have decided to go for it once again because it is such a waste to waste the Pick League Division 1 slot. Our goal is to work hard and rebuild the team over time.
Holdopstilligen for Victory Addicts ser således ud:
Jürgen 'Rachael' Badt
Christian 'Slap0r' Pti?ek
Hakan 'HkN' Kardas
Julian 'Leto' Winterberg
Andrei 'holic' Razlaw
Jürgen 'Sanguinis' Bauer
DotA veteranen Kevin 'kev' Stegeman blev for få timer siden interviewet af GosuGamers. Kev der nu i dag spiller for det tyske hold LAN, der mere eller mindre er bestående af ex-diamondZ snakker ud omkring Electronic Sports World Cup og lidt om den tyske DotA scene.
Forneden kan du læse et lille udsnit af interviewet:
Hey Kevin, thanks for sharing some of your time. First of all how are you doing?
-"Hey Philipp, I am fine. A little busy with hard work but it is OK - and like always an annoying girlfriend who wants me to stop playing DotA! :D"
Nice to hear that. Let's go straight to the point: The Roster of LAN is full with the best Germans, so a little bit like diamondZ was before, and now with winning the first German KotH you prove that you can play together well. But there are also guys who weeks ago said things like "going inactive", "never playing together again" and so on. So how come, that Kebap and you are playing together, and moods is back? How is the team spirit?
-"We all know a lot of players had problems with Kebap but the fact is that he is one of the best German players and just needs a leader like moods to calm him down and ease the temper. I enjoy playing with Kebap lately and the teamspirit is like in the old wicked team - awesome (who the hell is moods and why is he playing such a great necrolyte lol - German insider, sorry).
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Det er ikke længe siden holdet Nirvana.Int blev til og siden da har der været nogle spekulationer blandt fans omkring den nye sponsor og andet.
Forget Gaming valgte i dag at udføre et kort interview med en af spillerene fra Nirvana.Int, nemlig den amerikanske stjerne Jimmy 'Demon' Ho.
Læs mere forneden:
Who do you think will win the ESL Major Series? And why?
My bets are on MYM, due to them being the longer lasting team. SWM(former Blight.usa) barley got back into DotA I would say about 2 weeks ago and haven't trained enough. Even tho MYM will be using 2 new players, I know MYM will still pull through..
People say that the owner of Nirvana is a scammer without any money. That is just seeking to get famous, how do you stand to that?
People can say what they want, and think he will be the next Eryc... But little do they know we've already been paid our salaries within 2 days after being sponsored. Chang is too mature to be trying to get a name out for himself, however he's only trying to invest in the game for the future. He actually already has a name out already being the main sponsor to send Commidieu to SMM, I hope people actually give him a chance, and not just bash on him without knowing the person.
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Anden runde af GosuCup II er nu overstået, tryk ind for at få en summering af anden runde.
Til at starte med får du en oversigt over hold som nu er røget helt ud af turneringen, følgende hold er ude:
XtC
Unique
DIPS
PMS|Asterisk*
Hold der er gået videre i anden runde (upper bracket)
MCiTY
Nirvana.Int
The Retry
SGC
Af kommende kampe i winner bracket er det MCiTY mod Nirvana.Int i semifinale og i lower bracket er det de følgende kampe:
MYM vs. LAN
TeG vs. The Shit!
Kingsurf vs. DTS
Tribal.Int vs. SWM
Her kan du finde en oversigt over winner bracket og af lower bracket kampe.
I aften klokken 20.00 spilles Farm4Fame 2.4 delturneringens sidste semifinale kamp mellem The Shit! og de svenske DIPS.
I aften klokken 20.00 spilles Farm4Fame 2.4 delturneringens sidste semifinale kamp mellem The Shit! og de svenske DIPS.
Vinderen af denne kamp kommer til at møde Ducky's Dream Team i finalen af den fjerde delturnering.
Til aftenens kamp vil der også være shoutcast af vores kære ven Simon 'InvalidCola' Millard, på engelsk.
Vi opdatere jer her på Ganked.dk med links til shoutcast!
Grundet manglende opbakning til DotA ved LAN arrangementet afholdt af DSRack, bliver det nu aflyst og i stedet bliver der mulighed for noget 1.6 Counter Strike bootcamp. Så hvis man er til Counter Strike 1.6 så er der mulighed for en omgang bootcamp med super stemning.
Grundet manglende opbakning til DotA ved LAN arrangementet afholdt af DSRack, bliver det nu aflyst og i stedet bliver der mulighed for noget 1.6 Counter Strike bootcamp. Så hvis man er til Counter Strike 1.6 så er der mulighed for en omgang bootcamp med super stemning.