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Serious Gaming adds StarCraft II team (34 comments)

( Major News: SC2 WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 13:10 CDT, 14 April 2010 - iMsg

Serious Gaming / Team Razer, best known on this site for their star Quake players

av3k and

Cypher, has today announced the addition of a StarCraft II division consisting of various new and oldschool top RTS players, the team will consist of none other than (with descriptions as given in the announcement newspost):

Nikolaus "SonKiE" Cassidy - Terran

description

Dong Hwan "viOlet" Kim - Zerg

description

Lennart "Sushilicious" Roest - Zerg

description

Patrick "DaBoO" Bolleboom - Zerg

description

Jos "Zerter" Buijvoets (Manager) - Protoss

description

Oskar "Zubie" Rudberg (Support) - Protoss

description

The original newspost also contains various statements and additional information surrounding the StarCraft II division, including plans to add additional players in the future.

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ESL StarCraft II invitational announced (41 comments)

( Major News: SC2)

Posted by Zerter @ 11:06 CDT, 17 March 2010 - iMsg

Scheduled: 11:00 CDT, 19 March 2010 to 16:00 CDT, 19 March 2010
Schedule: Passed

The Electronic Sports League has announced a StarCraft II invitational featuring 16 of Europe's finest players which is to take place upcoming Friday at 11:00 CDT and is estimated to last roughly five hours.

The tournament will consist of a single elimination bracket with best-of-three matches, excluding the finals which will be best-of-five. At stake in the event is 200� as well as five beta keys which will be raffled away among viewers. The matches will be streamed by ESL TV and provided with German commentary.

Final:

Lucifron 3-0

Liquid`Nazgul (Replay)

Players list

Links: Brackets including Replays, ESL TV

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Razer and Blizzard to release SC II gear (28 comments)

( Major News: SC)

Posted by Zerter @ 15:58 CDT, 12 August 2009 - iMsg

It was announced on tuesday that computer peripherals manufacturer Razer and video game developer Blizzard Entertainment will be cooperating to create high end, StarCraft II themed, tournament grade gaming gear designed to maximize the StarCraft II experience. Mouses, keyboards and headsets are to be expected.

According to Razer's Robert 'Razerguy' Krakoff: �It has been a little over a decade since StarCraft first rocked the video game industry and began a legacy that continues to this day. We�re extremely excited to be working with Blizzard Entertainment on the StarCraft II gaming peripherals and gear. The project is in the development phase with a focus on serving up innovative features while offering precision, cutting-edge technology, accuracy, speed and comfort.�

More information can be found at a StarCraft 2 section at razerzone.

Edited by Zerter at 16:03 CDT, 12 August 2009 - 8069 Hits

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Regional eSports Player of the Year vote (46 comments)

( Major News: Gaming)

Posted by Zerter @ 11:30 CDT, 29 June 2009 - iMsg

Similiar to last year, Turtle Entertainment's eSports Award has started a voting process to determine which six players they will recognize as the Player of the Year of their respective regions. The regional winners will eventually be compared to eachother in order to determine who will be recognized as eSports Player of the Year.

The categories and voting sites are:

Northern Europe eSports Player of the Year (SK Gaming, fragbite, rakaka.se)

Includes
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Magnus 'fox' Olsson (Quake)
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Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira (Quake)

complete list

Western Europe eSports Player of the Year (SK Gaming, readmore, fragster.de, eSportsFrance)

complete list

Eastern Europe Player of the Year (SK Gaming, Gameinside, eSport.pl)

Includes
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Maciej 'av3k' Krzykowski
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Alexey 'Cypher' Yushanevsky

complete list

Korea eSports Player of the Year

complete list

China eSports Player of the Year (nicez, Replays.net)

Includes
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Fan 'Razerj' Zhibo

complete list

America eSports Player of the Year (Teamplay.com.br, Team EG, SK Gaming)

Includes
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Shane 'rapha' Hendrixson

complete list

Source: eSports Award

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Razer releases Razer Sphex (94 comments)

( Major News: HW)

Posted by Zerter @ 07:12 CDT, 28 May 2009 - iMsg

Razer has released a new gaming mouse mat, according to Razorzone.com:

"With the Razer Sphex, Razer introduces the first gaming grade desktop skin. With a value proposition unmatched by other gaming mouse mats, the Razer Sphex delivers high tracking quality on the thinnest mousing surface ever. Additionally the multiuse adhesive of the Razer Sphex lets you attach and remove it on any surface, allowing you to take it with you wherever you go."

It is made with gamers in mind and costs 15$.

Edited by Nukm at 07:38 CDT, 28 May 2009 - 27570 Hits

Serious.Razer.Cypher mouse goes for $501 (67 comments)

( Major News: HW Q3 Q4 QL)

Posted by Zerter @ 08:20 CDT, 19 March 2009 - iMsg

We recently reported that one of the limited edition Serious.Razer.Cypher mouses was put for sale on ebay with its winnings to be donated to charity. The mouse has now been sold after 38 biddings for no less than 501$, which will go to the Red Cross International.

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serious.RAZER.Cypher mouse released (50 comments)

( Major News: Q3)

Posted by Zerter @ 12:15 CST, 4 March 2009 - iMsg

Previously we reported that a mouse would be released to celebrate the ESWC 2008 victory of Quake III champion

Alexey �Cypher� Yanushevsky. Now the "RAZER Deathadder �Cypher� ESWC 2008 Commemorative Edition" mouse has been released in limited numbers, several of which will be winnable in various contests.

"RAZER, Cypher and Serious have the honor to give away three of these highly anticipated mouses via three different ways: a Wallpaper Contest, a Logo Contest and a Charity Auction to be held via EBAY. The revenue of the auction will be donated to Red Cross International. - Serious Gaming"

The wallpaper contest will require you to design a wallpaper including Serious, Razer and Cypher, not only will the winner win a mouse but also a Serious.Razer jacket and a a RAZER Goliathus Speed mousepad, signed by Cypher.

The logo contest will require you to design a Serious Gaming logo, winnable will not only be a mouse but also a Serious.RAZER shirt, a RAZER Lycosa Mirror keyboard and a RAZER Goliathus Speed mousepad signed by Cypher.

The ebay auction is what it says, one mouse will be auctioned on ebay and the revenue is to be donated to the red cross. Not only a mouse will be purchable, a RAZER Lycosa Mirror keyboard, a RAZER Carcharias headset, a RAZER Goliathus Speed mousepad, a Serious.RAZER shirt signed by Cypher and a RAZER Messenger bag are included as well.

Find the ebay link here. The auction will start tonight; 13:00 CST, 4 March 2009. Bidding is possible until 11:00 CDT, 14 March 2009.

For more information about the contests go to the Serious Gaming website.

Edited by Nicky at 12:59 CST, 4 March 2009 - 47273 Hits

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Cypher mouse contests (No comments)

(Draft Major News: Q3)

Posted by Zerter @ 12:04 CST, 4 March 2009 - iMsg

Previously we reported that a mouse would be released to celebrate the ESWC 2008 victory of Quake III champion

Alexey �Cypher� Yanushevsky. Now the "RAZER Deathadder �Cypher� ESWC 2008 Commemorative Edition" mouse has been released in limited numbers, several of which will be winnable in various contests.

RAZER, Cypher and Serious have the honor to give away three of these highly anticipated mouses via three different ways: a Wallpaper Contest, a Logo Contest and a Charity Auction to be held via EBAY. The revenue of the auction will be donated to Red Cross International.

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eSports film in renowned Dutch theater (16 comments)

( Major News: Gaming WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 07:12 CST, 18 February 2009 - iMsg

Earlier we reported on the festival premiere of the Beyond the Game documentary featuring two-fold WCG champions,

Xiaofeng "Sky" Li &

Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, as well as former BWI champion,

Fredrik "MaDFroG" Johansson, by renowned Dutch filmmaker Jos de Putter. Now the highly anticipated film will finally make its way to film theaters. Its cinema premiere will be in Path� Tuschinski, the most famous Dutch film theater, at March 15 11:30 CET before being shown in theaters throughout The Netherlands starting on March 19.

Taking place at the event as well will be the WarCraft III finals of the Dutch ESL Pro Series, letting the audience feel the excitement of a live WarCraft III match with real stakes. Tickets can be purchased through the Pathe website and more information can be found at the Beyond the Game website (Official trailer).

Overview
Pre premi�re and ESL Pro Series Final
Sunday March 15th 2009
Path� Tuschinski 1 - Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
11:30 � 12:50 screening film (open at 11:00 am)
13:15 � 14:30 ESL Pro Series Final, Warcraft 3, possibly featuring World Champion Grubby

Edited by xou at 11:32 CST, 18 February 2009 - 10499 Hits

Beyond the Game trailer (24 comments)

( Major News: WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 09:19 CST, 27 November 2008 - iMsg

For those of you interested in the Beyond the Game film featuring

Sky,

Grubby and

MaDFroG there is now a trailer available!

Beyond the Game trailer

The Dutch headlines read:

"The battle between two living legends"
"Grubby and Sky"
"The life stories"
"The goal"
"The sacrifices"
"For the first time on film and DVD"
"In Beyond the Game"
"Order the DVD with film and all extras"
"Extras include Moon, ToD, Blizzard [Entertainment] Gari Kasparov"
" www.beyondthegame.nl "

Edited by Zerter at 09:25 CST, 27 November 2008 - 11708 Hits

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Dates and tickets for Beyond the Game (13 comments)

( Major News: WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 11:10 CST, 17 November 2008 - iMsg

As reported earlier, eSports documentary 'Beyond the Game' will debute at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam four days from now.

More information about the screening date has now been released and tickets are now available online.

The premier of the film will take place Friday November 21 in Path� de Munt at 12:00 CDT, it is scheduled to last until 13:30 CDT. Standard tickets cost �8,50, tickets with a Discount card or IDFA-coupon cost �6,00. A second screening will take place Monday November 24 in Path� Tuschinski at 06:00 CDT lasting till 07:30 CDT. A third screening will take place at Thursday November 27 16:00 CDT lasting till 17:30 CDT once again in Path� de Munt. Tickets to all screenings have the same prices.

To order tickets to see the Friday Nov 21 screening click here
To order tickets to see the Monday Nov 24 screening click here
To order tickets to see the Thursday Nov 27 screening click here

Source: BeyondtheGame.nl (English language website)

Synopsis of the film by IDFA

Edited by Nicky at 12:49 CST, 17 November 2008 - 8429 Hits

Documentary 'Beyond the Game' Created (64 comments)

( Major News: WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 07:51 CST, 4 November 2008 - iMsg

At the upcoming International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which will take place from November 20 till November 30, a documentary film titled 'Beyond the Game' is to be aired featuring several WarCraft III players as they battle for World Cyber Games gold.

Made by renowned Dutch filmmaker Jos de Putter, the film mainly revolves around rivals

Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li (pictured) and

Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen who clash at WCG 2007 in

Seattle. Featured as well is eSports Player of the Year 2004

Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson, who reflects back on his competitive years as he is now living a life in Sweden that has nothing to do with gaming.

Snippet Synopsis

For a full synopsis read the film's entry at IDFA here, for more general information read it's Wikipedia entry and to stay updated and learn more about the film there are a series of on-going blogs which include entries by Jos de Putter and Manuel Schenkhuizen which can be found here.

Edited by Nicky at 08:37 CST, 4 November 2008 - 20842 Hits

ESWC Masters of Athens 2008 participants (367 comments)

( Major News: Q3 WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 12:22 CDT, 22 September 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'09

The international participants for the

Electronic Sports World Cup's Masters of Athens have been announced.

They are:

Quake III: Arena

av3k -

2007

Chance

Cooller -

2003,

2004,

2005,

2007

Cypher -

2006,

2008

fox -

2004,

2005

Jibo

K1llsen -

2008

Linkin

Makaveli

Noctis

Rapha -

2008

Toxjq

Warcraft III participants

Announced as well are the computer regulations and computer specifications.

Tournament regulations

Computer specifications

Source: ESWC

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ESWC Masters of Athens 2008 announced (125 comments)

( Major News: Q3 WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 11:45 CDT, 12 September 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'09

Scheduled: 02:00 CDT, 17 October 2008
Schedule: Passed

Electronic Sports World Cup just announced the ESWC Masters of Athens to take place from October 17th to 18th and will feature

Quake III and

WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne competitions.

Both games will have a 15.000$ prize pool and 12 international participants as well as 4 Greek champions. The champions of the event will receive an auto-berth to ESWC 2009.

Those interested in applying to enter the event can do so here until September 21, participants will be announced the next day, seeding will be announced October 8th and groups will be announced October 10th.

Snippet ESWC Athens announcement

Edited by Nicky at 02:43 CDT, 13 September 2008 - 61378 Hits

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Razer & srs release Cypher mouse (318 comments)

( Major News: Q3 Q4)

Posted by Zerter @ 03:38 CDT, 9 September 2008 - iMsg

The computer peripherals manufacturer Razer has announced in a press release that they will be release a mouse to celebrate

Alexey �Cypher� Yanushevsky's recent victory at the ESWC 2008 Finals.

Statement Robert 'Razerguy' Krakoff

Statement Cypher

Statement Bas Peeperkorn (Serious)

The white 'serious.razer.Cypher Limited Edition Deathadder mouse' carries Cypher's signature and nickname and fifteen of them will be attainable alongside a signed Cypher shirt and a Razer Messenger bag through participation in online contests which are to be announced at razerzone and Razer's fan page at Facebook.

Five will also be given away at the Igromir Expo in

Moscow from the 6th till the 9th of November where Cypher will be playing demonstration matches.

An interview with Cypher alongside more detailed pictures of the mouse can be found at the team razorzone website.

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Razer & srs release Cypher mouse (No comments)

(Draft News: HW Q3 Q4)

Posted by Zerter @ 03:24 CDT, 9 September 2008 - iMsg

computer peripherals manufacturer Razer has announced in a pressrelease they will be releasing a mouse to celebrate

Alexey �Cypher� Yanushevsky's recent victory at the 2008 Electronic Sports World Cup.

statement Robert 'Razerguy' Krakoff

Statement Cypher

statement Bas Peeperkorn (Serious)

The white 'serious.razer.Cypher Limited Edition Deathadder mouse' carries Cypher's signature and nickname and fifteen of them will be attainable alongside a signed Cypher shirt and a Razer Messenger bag through participation in online contests which are to be announced at razorzone and Razer's fan page at Facebook.

Five will also be given away at the Igromir Expo in

Moscow from the 6th till the 9th of November where Cypher will be playing demonstration matches.

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Competitive Gaming Sites - The Stats II (97 comments)

( Major Column: Gaming)

Posted by Zerter @ 09:19 CDT, 21 April 2008 - iMsg

Last February

Nicky made a overview of the estimated traffic for various esports sites titled 'Competitive Gaming Sites - The Stats'. Fourteen Months later it seems like a appropriate time to do this again.

Overall ranking (200,000+ visits)
1. ESL.eu 1,981,300 visits (+1,133,500)
2.

Replays.net 1,310,700 (+367,100)
3. GotFrag.com 1,287,900 (+535,000)
4. GGL.com (ClanBase) 1,263,100 (+266,200)
5. SK-Gaming.com 1,118,100 (+793,600)
6.

GIGA.de 944,200 (+497,300)
7. Mousesports.com 662,900 (+595,600)
8.

ProPlay.ru 636,000 (+?)
9. teamliquid.net 608,700 (+436,500)
10. myMYM.com 586,700 (+362,100)
11.

Readmore.de 530,700 (+396,600)
12. WCReplays.com 513,300 (+60,200)
13. GosuGamers.net 477,500 (+244,100)
14.

cyberfight.ru (.org) 359,200 (+7,600)
15.

fighterforum.com 327,100 (+176,900)
16.

fragbite.com 297,100 (+52,700)
17. crossfire.nu (xfire.be) 295,800 (+203,580)
18. WorldCyberGames.com 211,500 (+91,600)
19. ESreality.com 207,200 (-21,000)
20. Replayers.com 206,000 (+100,100)

All of the above statistics are estimated, for the previous 30 days and probably off by about 15-30% or more. Visits are presumed to be unique hits.

Anyone that knows any other esports site with 200,000+ hits at trafficestimate should feel free to mention them in the comment section.

Edited by Zerter at 09:30 CDT, 21 April 2008 - 92410 Hits

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ESWC Netherlands 2008 announced (70 comments)

( Major News: Q3 WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 13:41 CDT, 9 April 2008 - iMsg

Event: ESWC'08

Scheduled: 02:00 CDT, 7 June 2008 to 12:00 CDT, 7 June 2008
Schedule: Passed

The Dutch qualifiers for the 2008

Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) have just been announced by WSquared Entertainment. Taking place on June 7 at the CineStar Colosseum in Enschede qualifiers will be held in:

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Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (two spots)
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Quake III: Arena (one spot)
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Trackmania Nations (two spots)

A Counter-Strike qualifier for the ESWC Masters will also be held from May 17-18.

Trackmania player

Freek 'XenoGear' Molema will be part of the Dutch delegation as well because of his status as defending champion. The delegation can also increase depending on success of any Dutch players at the ESWC Masters.

Dutch ESWC medallists at previous editions are:

Edited by Nicky at 14:53 CDT, 9 April 2008 - 33771 Hits

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The Warcraft III Prize Money List 2007 (No comments)

(Draft Major News: WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 09:21 CST, 2 January 2008 - iMsg

In a Gotfrag article just released the 2007 prize money winnings in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne by tournament, player, race and nation have been gathered and broken down in various numbers.

Read it to find out various interesting information, such as:

Tthe combined winnings total over one million dollars with the player topping the list winning more than a Counter-Strike team ever has in a season. One Warcraft III race can claim more winnings than the other three combined, the players of a certain nation in Asia can claim the same.

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The Warcraft III Prize Money List 2007 (No comments)

(Draft Major News: WC3)

Posted by Zerter @ 09:21 CST, 2 January 2008 - iMsg

In a Gotfrag article just released the 2007 prize money winnings in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne by tournament, player, race and nation have been gathered and broken down in various numbers.

Read it to find out various interesting information, such as:

Tthe combined winnings total over one million dollars with the player topping the list winning more than a Counter-Strike team ever has in a season. One Warcraft III race can claim more winnings than the other three combined, the players of a certain nation in Asia can claim the same.

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