This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid.
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eSports Weekly 12/05/16
All-Star Barcelona 2016
The All-Star Event is held by Riot Games every year in different places around the world. As opposed to Worlds, the All-Star event is not meant to be competitive but has regional matches, fun game modes, and a 1v1 tournament. This year the games take place in Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona from December 8-11th. The players are divided into two teams: Team Fire, which includes the LCK, NA LCS, and IWC All-Stars; and Team Ice, which includes EU LCS, LMS, and LPL All-Stars. The Fun Game Modes include Marksmen, Poro King, One for All, Assassins, Tandem, and All-Stars.
Raydere attempted flash juke
Camille - Gameplay 1
Hilarious One For All Teamfight at IWCA
Naru 3 shots Optimus
CL vs GLP Base Race
TCL vs GLP - Base Race (Full Base Race) - IWC All-Star 2016
Biofrost Taking Thresh Mechanics to a New Level
Biofrost taking Thresh Mechanics to a new level ft. Doublelift
The Light Within - Elementalist Lux
The Light Within | Elementalist Lux - League of Legends
Wickd + Irelia
Tobiasfate with the 200 IQ play
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Esports Championship Series Season 2
The ECS, or Esports Championship Series, is in its second season. Ten teams from both Europe and North America are in a round robin and playing against each other in two best-of-one series. The regional stage has finished and lasted from October 7th to November 13th. The top four teams advance to the Season 2 Finals while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Season 3 Promotion.
The Season Two Finals take place this upcoming week from December 9-11th at the Anaheim Arena in California. As the largest CS:GO event ever in Southern California, the top four teams from NA and EU will be competing for over $750,000.
ECS EU Standings & Results
ECS NA Standings & Results
ELEAGUE Season 2
ELEAGUE was the first CS:GO league to be streamed on broadcast television and has finished its second season. With a $1,100,000 USD prize pool, the league went from October 21st to December 3rd.
Here are the full results:
In a thrilling Semifinals and Finals, OpTic Gaming beat FaZe Clan 2-0 and Astralis 2-1 to win $400,000 USD and become the ELEAGUE Season 2 champions.
dev1ce 1v4 clutch
Taco killed by flash
felps walking right past stewie
Insane wallbang by Neo
IMT wins round without seeing any C9 members
Kjaerbye deagle 4k
rush loses a 1v1 against the door
WTF naf
Dota 2
Dota2 Professional League Season 2
The Dota2 Professional League is China's first large-scale individual eSports league. There are two leagues: the Top League and Secondary League, with ten teams in each. Each team plays in a best-of-two Round Robin. With a prize pool of $900,000 USD, the tournament runs from September 19th to December 31st.
Here are the standings for the Top League:
Here are the standings for the Secondary League:
The Boston Major 2016
As the first Major of the 2016-2017 season, The Boston Major features sixteen participating teams and, for the first time, a single elimination bracket based on group stage performance. With $3,000,000 USD on the line, the group stage leads to the main event next week from December 7-10.
Here are the Group Stage Results and the upcoming Main Event:
S4 aegis snatch
Machine gets his questions at The Boston Major
Machine gets his questions at The Boston Major
EG supports styling
Overwatch APEX was Overwatch's first major tournament in Korea. With about $178,000 USD on the line, 16 teams from around the world competed from October 7th to December 3rd. The format involved a Round Robin where all matches were best-of-five with the top two teams advancing to the Playoffs. The Playoffs had best-of-five Quarterfinals and Semifinals and a best-of-seven Final.
Here are the results:
With AF.Blue and Team EnVyUs in the Finals, many anticipated this matchup against Korea and EU. Team EnVyUs was able to be victorious 4-0 in Nepal, Hollywood, Volskaya, and Watchpoint: Gibraltar.
Afreeca Freecs Blue vs EnVyUs
Taimou's Roadhog Clutch Play
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James Hwang
My first MMOs included Ragnarok Online, Gunbound, Diablo II, and World of Warcraft. Nowadays, my wife (also a writer on MMOs) and I play League of Legends and any other MMOs we can get our hands on. I also love following eSports and attending eSports events.