Andrew “drewbie” Moysey of compLexity Gaming travels to Korea for six weeks to train with some of the best StarCraft 2 players in the world. This series is his personal vlog documenting what it’s like for a Westerner to make the voyage.
In this episode, drewbie continues to train with his MVP teammates in the MVP house.
The Red Bull LAN in Santa Monica, California kicks off today with 12 of the world’s best Starcraft II players prepare for MLG Orlando with an intense, 10 hour per day LAN event in order to hone their skills.
Below is a list of attending players:
Choi “Bomber” Ji Sung Kevin “QXC” Riley Sascha “Goody” Lupp 
Steven “Destiny” Bonnell Joseph “Ret” de Kroon Paul-David “Slush” Page Shawn “Sheth” Simon
Aleksey “White-rA” Krupnuk Tyler “Tyler” Wasieleski Giacomo “Socke” Thus Chad “Minigun” Jones
Stay tuned as we’ll bring you all of Minigun’s scores throughout the weekend. The live stream of the event can be found below:
More information about the event can be found by clicking here.
Today the North American Star League announced its plans regarding its Season 2 grand final event. Again, the finals will take place in Ontario, California at the Ontario Convention Center this winter December 2nd-4th, 2011.
This time the NASL is boating it’s largest prize pool yet, $140,000 split between StarCraft 2 and Heroes of Newerth. Of the $140,000, $40,000 is allocated for the HoN tournament, which compLexity Gaming was just invited to.
As of right now the NASL has yet to make any announcements regarding who will be commentating the finals, although I feel safe in assuming Andre “Gretorp” Hengchua will be there along with the HoN commentators Nick “BreakyCPK” Caras and Phil “The_Thrill” Haller. Expect to see more posts as new information surfaces.
compLexity Cross Counter’s Mike Ross and FilipinoChamp discuss the Super Battle Opera event from early-September of 2011 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Santa Monica, CA.
Today, Chad “minigun” Jones from coL.SC2 makes his way to Santa Monica, California for the Red Bull LAN this weekend. Chad will be participating in a 10 hour-per-day training program with 12 other top SC2 talents from across the world.
The following SC2 players will be in attendence:
Choi “Bomber” Ji Sung Kevin “QXC” Riley Sascha “Goody” Lupp Steven “Destiny” Bonnell Joseph “Ret” de Kroon Paul-David “Slush” Page Shawn “Sheth” Simon Aleksey “White-rA” Krupnuk Tyler “Tyler” Wasieleski Giacomo “Socke” Thus Chad “Minigun” Jones
Below is the official event breakdown from Red Bull:
Twelve of the world’s best StarCraft II players (four from each of the game’s races — terran, protoss, and zerg) will join three of the league’s most dominant Halo: Reach teams in one of competitive gaming’s most sought-after training programs. For 10 hours each day over three days, some of the sharpest minds and fastest fingers in the world will gather at an innovative training facility developed by Red Bull to broaden their skills and prepare for their upcoming professional gaming competitions.
While the Red Bull LAN is closed to spectators, the event will be streamed live each night for six hours. Fans of eSports competition in both StarCraft II and Halo: Reach will be able to get an up close and personal view of their favorite gamers’ progress throughout this extensive training weekend with individual point-of-view options for each participating player.
To catch all of the action, tune into the LIVE stream at http://twitch.tv/redbullgaming.
We’d like to wish Chad the best of luck in his travels as well as during the Red Bull LAN.
UPDATE: RSVP defeated ZeNEX.Hack to win the championship!
Congrats to him and GG to Hack. Tonight, compLexity SC2’s Julian “rsvp” Xu finds himself in the Grand Finals of The GeForce Starcraft II Pro/Am Tournament where he will be taking on the winner of the Lower Bracket Finals between iSjEcho and ZeNEXHack. Julian managed to make his way into the finals by going undefeated in the Upper Bracket, taking down VeE, Miishelle and iSjEcho.
The tournament finals will be streamed via the stream below, however additional streaming options can be found by clicking here. The event is set to begin at 9PM EST (6PM PST).
More information about the tournament can be found by clicking here.
Tonight at 6PM EST, MOBA Weekly will be LIVE for its fifth broadcast.
MOBA Weekly is a production headlined by three hosts and a weekly guest and will feature discussions about news, game development, eSports, strategies, rumors and more. The weekly show will serve one of the largest overall communities in the world of gaming: the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (or “MOBA”) scene that includes DotA 2, League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth.
The hosts of the show will be Adnan “Darthozzan” Dervisevic (DotA 2), Ken “xanderk” Smith (HoN) and Shaun “FourCourtJester” Delaney (LoL). Each host will have 30 minutes to discuss his respective game and 30 minutes will be reserved for the guest interview. Thanks for your support!
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Today the NASL announced that compLexity Gaming is the first team to be invited to its new Heroes of Newerth tournament. Featuring eight of the world’s best HoN teams, it’s a great honor for coL to be included on the invitation list.
Hot off their first place win in the Lions Quality HoN Cup, compLexity Gaming’s HoN squad should have a decent bit of momentum working for them when the NASL starts up its HoN tournament next week (October 5). Hopes for the team are high considering “nearly every player on their main roster has seen success on other teams in their past.”
According to the NASL Team Profile:
While the team sports such well known names as jaH and AMXZaku, perhaps the most interesting players on their team are Tarano and se`busca, both of which are definitely among the top players in the world. Tarano is widely known as the most underrated player in the game and considered by many top pros as the best player in the world, yet doesn’t get the same level of recognition as some other players. Se`Busca comes from a fantastic background with the powerhouse team EG/Loaded and later joined coL, in a move that was thought to be great for both sides.
Be sure to tune in and cheer on coL.HoN as they fight their way though the competition and try and prove that they are one of the best HoN squads in the world.
Update 10/01: Congratulations to ferriswh33l, the winner of the PNY Diamond Down Tournament!
Update: Do to the overwhelming response, the tournament has been changed from a 64 person tournament to a 128 person tournament.
PNY and compLexity Gaming are proud to present our latest StarCraft 2 tournament: PNY’S Diamond Down! Diamond Down is open to Bronze – Diamond players in North America and is a 64 person, single-elimination tournament.
PRIZES:
The winner of this event will receive a PNY GTX 580 liquid cooled graphics card! PNY’s graphics cards and memory are designed for gamers who demand more from their systems. Live an ultra-realistic gaming experience with incredible image quality. You can find more information here.
Second place will receive a PNY XLR8 8GB (2x4GB) DD3 1600 memory kit.
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GSL Terminus (Oct.) by Ayaka
GSL Daybreak by Ayaka
The event is set to begin on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 at 5PM EST and will run until its completion. Stay tuned as we will be announcing more information about the tournament in the near future, including the official lineup of casters.
Tonight Major League Gaming will be hosting a showmatch between It’s Gosu’s newest member DDE and compLexity’s own RSVP. Part of the Alienware Arena Broadcast, this showmatch features $2,000 in total prizes with the winner taking home $1,000 and a Competitor Pass for MLG Orlando.
The match will kick off at 8 PM EST and will be casted by MLG’s own JP McDaniel. Joining JP will be TSL 3 co-caster and co-host Weapon of Choice Chill. To watch the match, head over to MLG.tv.
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