Cyber ​​parade April

Cyber ​​parade April

Fnatic – team of the month

"Fnatic r.I.P " – so thought many fans thought Counter-Strike 1.6 A couple of months ago, when the legendary captain Patrick Sattermon ( CRN ) "Hang a mouse on a nail". Scandinavian team in response clenched her teeth and began to build itself again.

Leaders' powers were taken on XIZT ’A, and the fifth player adopted the talented Danish Karrigan , recently listed in mousesports. I loomed on the horizon Copenhagen Games 2012 , gathering almost all the teams of the world elite ..

The new five Fnatic “on paper” looked truly menacingly menacingly-five very strong shooters in the very prime of their talent. The main question was only whether XIZT could not have a captain’s experience, competently lead a team.

[[Bullet]] did not have time to subside passions after the news about the collapse of Mousesports, as Finn Andersen (Karrigan) was part of Fnatic.

The first "Danish test" is the Poles from ESC (Loord, Kuben, Taz, Neo, Pasha) – it was waiting for an updated squad in the quarterfinals of the upper grid. The Scandinavians began with a defeat on de_train (11:16), but in the end they still won-16:10 and 16:09 on de_Dust2 and de_mirage, respectively. After that, inspired by success, got off with Alternate (16:12 on de_dust2, 16:10 on de_nuke) and the Finns from the Finns from the Tournament Winfakt (16:10 de_NUKE, 16:03 de_TRAIN), – but menacing stood on the way to the championship Na’vi.

THIS IS INTERESTING: In 2011, Fnatic in an updated composition on the move won European IEM finals in Kyiv. Then few people also believed in them.

In the "validol" finale, the northern five to the delight of the local public, although it lost several times during the meeting, still reinforced Natus Vincere (28:25 on de_DUST2). The victory over the principal rival, in addition to satisfaction, brought the gentlemen to the Varangians the championship rank, coupled with 9400 euros of the prize.

[[Bullet]] Victory composition Fnatic (from left to right: Xizt, Karrigan, Friis, Gux, Moddii).

ASLAK – player of the month

Fnatic championship was perfectly shown by all athletes, but the title of the best player of April still sailed away from them – with a ferry to Finland.

Timmy Verkopper ( ASLAK ), the nineteen -year -old representative of Winfakt, in Copenhagen became one of the main creators of victories over Na’VI and SK Gaming , Showing a phenomenal game. According to statistics from the site HLTV.Org, Timmy “pricked” against Ukrainians 33 frag to 19 deaths on de_train (total K/D-Rating 1.74) and 26 frags to 16 deaths on De_inferno (K/D-Rating 1.63), becoming the best player of both teams on these two cards.

It would seem that there is simply nowhere to improve the indicators, but ASLAK He managed to surprise again. In the game against SK On de_mirage, the young Finnish talent shot 31 frag to 13 deaths with the total K/D 2.38! And this is against such "monsters" as F0rest , Get_Right And Trace!

True, later the Finns were exhausted and lost Fnatic and the same Ukrainians in the final of the lower grid, but, be that as it may, they became the main discovery of the Danish tournament. And largely thanks to ASLAK’U.

[[Bullet]] Finnish shooter ASLAK – Best April Beemimer.

This is important: Then, in April, it seemed that the discipline received another top team capable of fighting on equal terms with Na’VI, ESC, SK Gaming, and the Finns acquired new fans around the world. But the latest news seems to put the cross at these hopes – Winfakt has stopped supporting the team ..

I must say, we had another contender for the role of the best in April – Daniil Ishutin ( Dendi ) from DOTA 2-part Natus Vincere. On Kyiv finals Starladder.TV He mowed enemies with his packs Invoker ’Om, but it is generally very good, so we still decided to please Finland.

Winfakt – Sensation of the month

• Speaking at Copenhagen Games 2012 without Captain Lurrpis’a, they easily managed to defeat the “powerful pile”: Na’vi And SK Gaming.
• Showed in Denmark The most vivid and interesting game.
• Occupied third place in a very strong company of grands.
• Found Own play of the game , nicknamed in the "Finnish" community: aggressiveness, unpredictability, speed of decision -making
• Managed to surprise your captain , which, to put it mildly, did not believe in the guys.

[[Bullet]] “Finnish sensation” on Copenhagen Games 2012 (from neighboring to distant: h^n, basic, DriIm, aslak, allu).

SK – transfer of the month

What happened in Denmark Fnatic , it did not work out SK Gaming (Robban, F0rest, Get_right, Trace, Face). After the team led out of Marcus Larson ( Delpan ) and took on board the Dane Martin Heldt ( Trace ), the game of the Swedes went completely. And this is strange, because “on paper” their composition has become much stronger.

[[Bullet]] “Not long Martin Heldt rejoiced at the membership in SK. Soon he was expelled from the team, and an old acquaintance came in his place – Delpan.

This is important: In an interview with Robban and Get_right, they said that the main reason for their sluggish game is frequent game misunderstandings. Martin himself is an excellent player, one of the best in the world, but he is very difficult to give a Swedish language, not particularly, we note, close to the Danish. Of course https://jackpot-village-casino.co.uk/, there are Danes who know the Swedish and Norwegian perfectly, but Martin, apparently, did not teach the languages ​​of the “fraternal peoples” in childhood. The misunderstanding of certain points on the map and tactical difficulties led SK to defeats in decisive matches IEM World Championship (Lemondogs games are especially indicative).

The team had a chance to improve Copenhagen Games , Where Trace He played well and confidently, but, unfortunately, the Swedes ran into a locomotive called Winfakt. Their next defeat at hand Lemondogs (they have already become a kind of Nemesis for SK) in the “losers” net there was no longer a sensation.

[[Bullet]] SK’s backbone confuses important games, but, apparently, without trace, since it is in the background.

As a result, the Swedes parted with the Danish legionnaire and … called all the same Delpan’a, with whom last year the tournaments won with a bang. He, during the rest, apparently sharpened in large competitions and readily returned to the team, again becoming the main sniper ( AWP ) five.

This, of course, will give the strength to other SK players, so the Swedes cannot be discounted in any way. A Trace went into the usual language environment and replenished the ranks of the best Danish team Xapso (now Esrael ).

Delpan – Cumbek of the month

• In 2010, he played for SK as a replacement on the Chinese World Esport Masters; The Swedes then finished second Following the Koreans from WEMADEFOX.
• On constant basis appeared in SK at the end of May 2011. Came instead of Jimmy Allen (Allen).
• Together with him in 2011, the team won Dreamhack.MSI , ICSC8 , Gamegune , ESWC 2011 , IEM New York and became the second on Estars Seoul And WCG GF 2011.
• According to him, he will do everything to become again The best AWP Mira.

[[Bullet]] “Delpan is returning!»Surely missed in large tournaments and such meetings with fans.

Dreamhack Eizo Stockholm – event of the month

The presence of the strongest European and not the weakest South Korean players, incredible competition and fantastically exciting games – all this gave us Dreamhack Eizo Stockholm , Excellent Stockholm tournament in Starcraft II.

Note: Russia sent the best players to Stockholm: Konstantin Arzavitin ( Turuk ), Sergey Moroz ( Roll ), Oleg Kuptsov ( Titan ), Artem Gravtsova ( Slivko ) and Andrei Guldyashova ( Livezerg ). Unfortunately, despite all their efforts, none of our representatives managed to advance far along the grid.

The Swedish tournament attracted great attention not only to SC2 fans around the world, but also to ordinary Swedes. Representatives of central television scurried about the Games between the games back and forth, who sought to interview the most “star” players.

In addition to TV, to observe the games of favorites (well, local favorites, of course) appeared a lot of people, which was especially striking in the decisive games, since they were held in a specially created Eizo Arena.

[[Bullet]] to observe the decisive matches of the tournament whole crowds. And, I must say, not in vain, because each next card was better than the previous!

And the main surprise: imagine the champion, the local hero Marcus Eklef became the local hero Thorzain ) mousesports. The Swedish Terran on his native land was simply invincible. The prelude to the most interesting finale was the 1/2 match against the Korean Zerg MVP.Monster. The most important victory with a score of 2: 1 with an equal game, and a rapidly filled hall rejoices!

THIS IS INTERESTING: Previously Thorzain as part of the Norwegian tournament The Gathering 2012 lost to our Pavel Kuznetsov ( FXO.Brat_ok ).

As usual, at the end of the last level of the player, the final boss awaits … So here: in the final of the "Swedish Tarzan" a very strong Korean was waiting for a very strong TSL.POLT. Starting with a loss of the first card, the Swede, according to all the rules of drama, gathered his strength into a fist and won the next three. The victory of the European (and not even the Frenchman STEPHANO , which is now a cut above the others in Europe!) Over the mighty Korean player, she showed that we are quite able to play with the Asians on an equal footing and even win them, because if the Swedes can, why we cannot?

Thorzain – Victory of the month

• I achieved the championship , Playing for the race of terrane, which many programers have recently called the weakest.
• Showed high stress resistance , playing in front of thousands of their fans who were waiting for a high result.
• Damn it, The European won! At a large -scale world championship! According to the second Starcraft!

[[Bullet]] Marcus Eklef (Mouz.Thorzain) at the Dreamhack Eizo Stockholm championship native to himself bypassed everyone and all.

Starcraft II – discipline of the month

Last month, fans of the eminent RTS from Blizzard , Of course, there was something to follow. It was in April that were announced Homestorycup #5 and Starcraft2 WorldChampionship , The games of the Korean League went in full swing GSL (2012 Season 2), and the best players in Europe gathered in Sweden for the next Dreamhack.

Anyone who did not go or managed to return on time, could have enough and earn money on online tournaments, of which several pieces of it took place. So, for example, from the ninth to the fifteenth of April more than twenty of them (among them PlayHem , Xilence Cup , Antec Attack , Zotac Cup , Craft Cup etc.).

[[Bullet]] Starcraft II has rightfully become the main discipline of April.

This is important: In April, the organizers of large tournaments MLG Pro Circuit (USA) and popular stream resource Twitchtv signed an agreement on cooperation with CBSINTERACTIVE , one of the three largest broadcast television tests in the States. This means that from now on the matches of the tournament will be broadcast on the "box" on the air – could you imagine this a few years ago?

[[Bullet]] So far, professional players continue to hone their skills in Wings of Liberty, the developers conjure over the new part – Heart of the Swarm.

In the meantime, players "trained on cats", developers from Blizzard Planily polished the balance Heart of the Swarm. So, for example, the “replicant” was removed from the protoss and added a powerful “hurricane” battleship; Terrans no longer have twisters, but a long -range missile installation appeared, and for grains they made several types of nidus worms.

The month of the month – Moscow Five VS. Darer

At the confrontation Dota 2-teams Moscow Five (PGG, Bloodangel, Silent, InMate, Vigoss) and Darer (Artstyle, God, NS, Santa, Dread) that happened on international finals Starladder.TV Starseries in Kyiv, there was a background. Firstly, both teams apply for the title of the best team of Russia in the second "Dota". Secondly, Vladimir Anosov ( PGG ), now captain M5, some time ago played with the skeleton Darer It is in the composition Moscow Five , Where did this skeleton come from and fled with a scandal to the Bulgarians.

The piquancy of the duel was added by the figure of captain Darer, Ivan Antonov ( Artstyle ), who clearly tuned his guys in first place and is unlikely to consider the M5 as a serious opponent. There will be a recent interview for SK Gaming, given by Dareer player Sergey Bragin ( God ): In it, he swore and swore that the M5 could not defeat his team in any tournament.

[[Bullet]] Record of the first game from a meeting in the lower grid between Darer and Moscow Five.

And M5 could! And sensationally defeated Darer (2: 0), sending them to the last, fourth, place of LAN finals. The first game turned out to be very tense, who would win, it was impossible to predict almost until the last minute; The second was slightly different, but the fact is a fact – M5 bypassed Darer. To say that a unit was expected such an outcome – not to say anything at all.

THIS IS INTERESTING: The courage and excitement not only take the cities, but also attract title sponsors. A month will pass – and organization Moscow Five will conclude an agreement with the largest manufacturer of components, company MSI.

[[Bullet]] Record of the second game from a meeting in the lower grid between Darer and Moscow Five.

But on this “jumping above the head” for the wards of PGG did not end. Following Darer, very titled Swedes from CLG , which allowed the M5 to reach the final, where they still lost Na’vi.

Disappointment of the month – Darer

• The main competitors of Natus Vincere in the fight for the championship title Starladder.TV Starsers performed Light and faded.
• The team did not show itself from the best side and ethically: some of its players They refused to congratulate with the victory of the M5 team; Only NS and Dread.
• After failure NS And DREAD finally Sprayed by the submarine Artstyle And went to Virtus.Pro.
• Newcomers Dubas and Black too They did not last long And together with Santa they left the team.

[[Bullet]] The short -lived composition of Darer (from left to right: Dread, Santa, Artstyle, NS, God).

Epic Fail month

Do not wish your brother's laptop!

In this funny nomination we have two applicants. Both are very worthy!

The first is a player of the leading French Counter-Strike: Source-teams Verygames Michael Zaidi ( Mk ) who at the Danish championship Copenhagen Games was caught … no, not on cheating – on the theft of a laptop (!) a colleague from the Portuguese team Fragmasters Sapphire. Theft would go unnoticed if Mikael's partners did not pay attention to the fact that their comrade was behaving somehow suspiciously and did not tell the team leadership.

The leadership, in turn, contacted the Portuguese, and they confirmed the fact of the theft, but did not want this information to become the property of the public, so as not to discredit Verygames. However, the French insisted on their own – and thousands of fans of e -sports in all corners of the world learned about the incident in the incident.

[[Bullet]] Members of the host of CS: S-command of the world-French from Verygames, turned out to be honest and fair: the laptop was returned, and the guilty player was expelled from the team.

As a punishment for theft, the team pulled MK and “banned” him at all tournaments held by VeryGames (and this is the largest hosting of gaming servers in Europe, and it often organizes online tournaments personally). What can I say? It is bad to steal. And even worse – try to steal if you don't know how.

“WTF, WTF Eventz?"

The second contender for the title of "Epic Fail" was the Indian tournament India Gaming Carnival , which we mentioned in previous digestes. From the world top Counter-Strike 1.6 They only went there Moscow Five – and in vain, because the tournament did not actually take place.

[[Bullet]] At first it seemed to us that the fears about the tournament were false, but soon we realized why most top teams did not go to India ..

Russian team, arriving in India (behind a slight victory?), at first was shocked by the organization of the tournament and for many hours. When the guys still sat down to play and easily reached the final, the owners of the tournament cut down the light, and all the participants were taken to the street without any explanation. At this time, all computers were taken out of the gaming zone in haste, and Mr. Incregnated to the tournament disappeared and stopped responding to calls.

[Bullet]] It is not known what Moscow Five was expected, going to distant India, but clearly not like that: an uncomfortable dark building and the ragged wooden tables of almost colonial times.

After such a circus, the tournament organized WTF Eventz promised M5 compensation for all costs. But the main illusion was still ahead: the next day they evaporated and they, leaving the team one on one with Indian realities ..

It is unfortunate that the actions of a small pile of people inflicted a huge damage to India and now, no matter how others try, honest, organizers, to bring the world to the best players in this country is almost impossible.

"Muvik" the month

And simply put – a video that appeared on the Internet in April 2012. This nomination wins The Best of: IEM6 World Championship 2012 by SteelSeries. Here he is:

"First Lady" of the month

The decoration of the April cybermate was playing in the women's staff Escalate by discipline Counter-Strike 1.6 Catherine Moskvina ( ugroza ).

[[Bullet]] Catherine Moskvina (ugroza).Perhaps in the game this cute girl is a real death for enemy fighters. But in real life, she looks sweet and calm.

And here is one of the evidence that in the team she is not for beautiful eyes:

And then?

Write to us what nominations you would like to see in a hit parade? That, in your opinion, you need to add that the next e -sports month is covered as fully and interesting as possible.