Except Season 3 World Championship , In the first month of autumn, large tournaments were not observed. In almost all disciplines, a lull reigned: players in Dota 2 We looked for new teams, arrows CS: GO Rejoiced at the prize fund Dreamhack Winter , And virtual strategists Starcraft 2 Slowly passed the selection for WCS.

► You know where the season 3 World Championship finals? In Staples Center!

But the main event was the championship in League of Legends, recently ended in Los Angeles. Since the tournament from Riot Games Started back in the middle of the month, and ended in early October, we decided to briefly tell about him in the next issue. From day to day, a video report will appear on the site, besides news and so in bulk.

In September passed Ural steel-2013 , TechLabs Cup by 2013 And Battle of four. Almost everywhere, including in Czech Republic at the team tournament in Quake Live, our players went to the coins of the highest dignity. In general, read further!

Adventure of the month – CS: GO

Germans and woeful manager ESC Gaming

In September, among fans of the German team ESC Gaming Suddenly there was a reason for joy – the organization enlisted the support of another composition on Global Offensive. A promising German five with former players joined the Poles n!Faculty – Christoph Dolger ( Disruptor ) And Benjamin Oberline ( QK-Mantis ), at the head.

► ESC Gaming is one of the oldest and titled e -sports teams in Germany.

We were very surprised at this, because everyone remembers that the titled Poles more than once complained that a long time ago they did not see the salaries or other cash payments in the eyes. Really famous German arrows agreed to play for “brown bears” worriedly? Yes, quit!

But not everyone doubted the solvency of the team, and in Germany many generally as if nothing had happened to pretend to be the prospects of their native composition. Alas, a week later, newcomers said that they were leaving ESC Gaming and renew the search for a new team. They had a fight with the authorities?

► Polish team was on a hungry ►. More recently, by the way, they moved to Universal Soldiers.

But everything is much simpler – German players and leadership ESC Gaming He deceived a certain Tobias Wilhelm , introduced by the manager. He turned to ESC with a request to take under his wing Disruptor and company: they say, the guys are incredibly talented, and a great future awaits them. The chief of the team was not opposed, only he could not pay money to the second composition – finances "sang romances".

The lack of money of our adventurer was not embarrassed: at first he promised the players a starting salary of three hundred dollars, then informed the leadership that the players are ready to play "for the future", that is, an worry. After a couple of hours Counter-STRIKE-Portal HLTV.Org The announcement of the German composition appeared ESC Gaming.

► Christoph Dolger – the leader of the German five.

Naturally, a week later the scam opened up. Having talked with the new leadership, the players learned that they play, it turns out, for free, and from their own choice. Moreover, no one promised them to pay for trips to large Lan championists.

Departing from shock, the players, of course, left ESC Gaming , And Tobias Wilhelm himself soon disappeared. What the dog he needed to do it, go.

Video of the month – Quake Live

QuakeCon 2013

• Great cut beautiful game moments performed the best players planets
• Almost Sixteen minutes Unrestrained action – Frags , Jumping , flying And another fun
• In the championship Participated real " dinosaurs " Quake : Dahang , Zero4 , Stermy
• The Grand Final "Classics of the Genre"- Russia against America , or Evil against Rapha
• The video of everything Two weeks , And he already scored about 5000 views on YouTube

► Quakecon has been held annually since 1996, this is one of the oldest existing tournaments

Statistics of the month

September numbers Twitch.TV

Leading site of the streaming broadcast of games Twitch.TV In early October, the public introduced the statistics of the most popular games for September. Despite the release of the long -awaited and wildly popular GTA v (her campaign was stripped by everyone who is not lazy), the main e -sports disciplines retained leadership positions.

A fifth of the cult series in the twenty of the most “watching” games from the iconic cyberdisciplines managed to get around only World of Tanks And Global Offensive. The latter, by the way, took ten positions compared to Augustus, while the “world of tanks” sank to one step.

► league of legends thanks to Ocelote, Dyrus, Voyboy and other streamers have been in the first place for many months in the ranking.

There are no changes in the first three – League of Legends Leading, after her Dota 2 And then Heart of the Swarm. Alas, we do not have data on the number of views, but we are convinced that last month the game from Riot only strengthened her position. From September 15 to October 4, Los Angeles took place Season 3 World Championship , where there were all the top teams of the planet and were played over two million dollars.

Unlike the League of Legends, there were almost no large championships on Dota 2 in September, and all the attention of the players was concentrated on online leagues. A similar picture was observed in Starcraft 2, only there the best strategists continued to undergo network qualifications for the next WCS season, at times playing at team tournaments and sponsorship "one -day".

► Hearthstone beta-key aid among e-sportsmen now in high hold.

And when there was no competition, players in Lol, Dota 2 and Starcraft 2 were probably chopped into beta Hearthstone: Heroes of Warsraft. What else to explain that the new brainchild of Blizzard suddenly jumped to fifth place in the rating? We take a chance to assume that lovers Moba And RTS , Perhaps the first time faced with a high -quality card game – hence the excitement. It will pass soon, probably.

In addition, representatives Twitch.TV boasted in September by promising cooperation with WestSummit Capital And Take-Two Interactive. These companies will help them greatly improve broadcasting and modify the service for new generation consoles. The budget for this is allocated – twenty million dollars!

Cyber ​​festival of the month

TechLabs Cup by 2013

• Small tournaments CS: GO , Dota 2 , League of Legends , World of Tanks And Point Blank
• General Prize fund All disciplines were equal 55,000 $. Not bad!
• The main chip The cyber festival became amazing FullHD screen length 38 meters
• Look at TechLabs Cup in Minsk Sports Palace It came 8000 Human
• Only upset online broadcasts – That's them There was no at all , That picture She walked without sound

► TechLabs CUP is the only e -sports festival in the CIS.

The news of the month – Shadow Company

The project is officially closed

September 25 on the forum Shadow Company: The Mercenary War An important announcement appeared that the Russian -speaking version of the shooter at the end of October will officially cease to exist. Recall that in the CIS the localization and escort of the project was engaged in Innova Within the framework of the game platform Forgeim.

► Graphically the game looks better than Point Blank, but this did not convince the players.

The main reason for the closure was the discrepancy between the expectations of the localizer, which initially relied on the e -sports component of the game. Over the past two years, not popular among our players Shadow Company repeatedly tried to shove into all kinds of e -sports leagues, including Starladder And TechLabs Cup.

There, the game was adjacent for some time with his almost twin Point Blank , that she did not benefit her. With its average graphics and an clumsy gameplay Shadow Company It was difficult to compete with CS: GO, Battlefield 3 And Call of Duty, Therefore, it was necessary to lure the players only from the aforementioned Point Blank. It did not work out.

► Official Shadow Company: The Mercenary War

We have a failure Shadow Company I did not cause surprise. The game could not withstand rivalry with more eminent projects. That "Innova" did wrong? Perhaps it was not worth promoting two almost identical projects at the same time. Now they rely on a more promoted Point Blank.

Respect of the month – Quake Live

Deliberate Murder on Prague Lan Tdm

• In mid -September In the Czech capital passed Command Competitions by Quake Live
• They participated in the championship Fourteen teams , Including strong Swedes 4 Old Man And 300
• Russia was represented by a quartet at the tournament Deliberate Murder ( Cooller , Pavel , Latrommi , 421 )
• Our illustrious arrows won Seven matches in a row , including final
• The second steel 4 Old Man ( FAZZ , Fox , Noctis , Tybalt ), well, the third – the owners from Team Cze

► Satisfied Anton Singe and comrades – Prague Lan TDM champions.

Tanks of the month – World of Tanks

Ural steel-2013

September 26-28 in Nizhny Tagil, in the homeland of Russian tank building, passed " Ural steel-2013 ". Championship from Wargaming radically changed the format: now this is no longer a prestigious tournament, which leads the leading tank commands of the world, but just a local landmark event, albeit quite a large -scale.

► In Nizhny Tagil, e -sports championships of this level are infrequently held.

In fact, on Ural steel This year there were two separate championships: an open tournament for all comers and mini-rewards for four invited professional teams. In the first, $ 24,000 were played, and the grid of thirty -two teams filled a couple of minutes after the start of registration.

According to the Fancy Reels Casino organizers, the open cup has become the largest tournament in World of Tanks in the Sverdlovsk region, and even employees of the legendary UVZ ( Uralvagonzavod ). According to the results of hot tank battles, the team crossed the first finish line Fast drain – They got $ 10,000.

► Record of the tense confrontation Natus Vincere and Team Dignitas

But we were much more interested in the battles of the best teams Wargaming.Net League , Which in Nizhny Tagil fought not only for prestige, but also for fourteen thousand "evergreen". Unconditional favorites were listed Natus Vincere – The champions of the first season of the Golden League, and they should have resisted Virtus.Pro , Red Rush: Unity And Team Dignitas. The latter did it best.

On the first game day wards Artem Rosenko ( Stalker_ua ) with the same score 3: 1 beat first Unity , and then “Born to win”. Despite the subsequent defeat by the hands of VP, Team Dignitas was quite enough for the final championship. Unity became the second, but those on whom the experts put the most ( Na’vi And VP ), are located at the bottom of the standings. All results await you below.

Ural steel-2013. Open championship

1. Fast drain – 10,000 $ 2) Ural Fire Lizards – $ 7000 3/4) Vagonka – 3500 $ 3/4) Old Sable – $ 3,500

Ural steel-2013. Tournament of professionals

1. Team Dignitas – 5000 $ 2) Red: Rush Unity – 4000 $ 3) Natus Vincere – 3000 $ 4) Virtus.Pro – $ 2000

Duel of the month – Starcraft 2

The second "Battle of four"

• Four strong Russian player In Starcraft 2: Happy , Brat_ok , Slivko And Livezerg
• For hot a couple of dozens watched the battle Spectators in the hall And thousands On the network
• They stood on the stake 50,000 rubles and the right to participate in show matches Within the framework of " Gamemira 2013 "
• Experienced Terran Pavel Kuznetsov ( Brat_ok) tried protect mine title
• IN finale All of us was waited boring " ZVZ Matchp ", And the top won Livezerg

► Dmitry Kostin (Happy) on tournaments rarely looks happy, that is, happy.

Moba month – Dota 2

Big Chinese Reshuffle

After each The International Most of the presenters Dota2 -commands are in a hurry to update the compositions. This year, the victims of the Chinese teams began to pack their players like a card deck. One of the first to introduce the new five Team DK , who was traveling to Seattle for victory, but finished only in fifth place.

► "Stylish, fashionable, youth". Such a hairstyle was once also with Sergey Bragin (GOD).

After that, many expected the leader DK Burning "Hang the mouse on the nail", but happened exactly the opposite. Living legend is the first Dota And the main “Carrie” of the team, apparently, was tired of flying past aegis and decided to collect really championship.

[[Bullet]] Singaporets Iceiceice have not yet won serious victories. Maybe he still has everything ahead?

The first DK beginner was the best player of Malaysia AND Fun Tsai ( Mushi ), for more than one year pulling Orange. Soon, another talented player, Singaporer, joined the Chinese Give Koch ( IceiceICe ), who was remembered in Seattle with his game on Invoker , as well as a victory in a single tournament.

Taking stars from Southeast Asia, the leadership said goodbye to the Chinese Super And ROTK. The old -timers DK pointed to the door, and soon both surfaced Vici Gaming , where they have to perform with young TUTU , FY And Fenrir and actually start everything from the clean sheet. Let's see if they can break through on The International.

Small screaming was carried out by managers Tongfu And Invictus Gaming – The first gave to the Ig of their "Carrie" Hao and "support" Banana , And in return received Zhou. So that he does not sharpen, from the same Vici Gaming in Tongfu pulled XTT And ZMSJ , for which this transition was a big step forward.

► A year ago, Zhou won The International 2, and now he was kicked out of Invictus Gaming.

The same can be said about the little -known Xiaotuji : He was given a unique chance to open up in the Chinese composition LGD-gaming. For this, he gladly left his former team RisingStars , where the former leader LGD soon settled Slar. Well, an updated team RatTlesnake "On paper" looks weak, they did not get a single star.

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