Update: eMg has taken down CompLexity in 2 maps to secure the victory and first place at the ESEA Season 7 LAN Playoffs and Finals.
4 of North America’s best teams have decended upon Dallas, Texas where they will look to be crowned the ESEA Season 7 Champions. The action gets underway Saturday at noon est.
This weekend six teams will be competing in Dallas, Texas for the ESEA Season 7 LAN Playoffs and Finals and $14,500. The first place team will take home $7000. The matches are set to begin on Friday night.
In a statement released early today by Alex, one of Arbalet’s closest advisors, we should not expect to see any more Arbalet Cups in the near future.
In the statement, it states that the initial purpose of the Arbalet Cup was for Murat “Arbalet” Zhumashevich to provide support to teams from the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). It was to show that those teams could compete with the best teams from around the world, on the most grand of stages. With Na`Vi becoming what many believe to be the world’s best Counter-Strike 1.6 team, that goal has succeeded, with the team winning the Intel Extreme Masters, ESWC Championship and the WCG Championship, along with numerous Arbalet Cups. According to the statement, Na`Vi will continue to be supported through the end of 2011.
In the future, if Valve releases another version of Counter-Strike, it is expected that Arbalet will return to host another event. The original statement, translated into English from Russian can be found by clicking here.
Tonight, coL takes on eMg for the second time in three weeks as they go head to head in a best of three for the CEVO Season 6 Grand Finals. The two teams met up two weeks ago in the CEVO Upper Bracket Finals where CompLexity sent eMg to the Lower Brackets by the score of 5-3. In the Lower Bracket Finals, eMg managed to demolish the Blight Gaming A Team by the score of 5-1, securing their place in the Grand Finals vs coL.
The match is set to begin at 11PM EST. The maps have yet to be determined, however the tiebreaker is set to be cp_gullywash_imp3.
coL.TF2 eMgESEANews.com has opened their series of ESEA LAN Previews with a look into CompLexity TF2. coL.TF2 faltered last season as they went in to the playoffs as the defending champions, but fell short of their third in a lower bracket loss to Blight.own. The article by ESEANews breaks down “the gameplan” that coL.TF2 will need to use in order to succeed this season.
Just about every player in coL’s starting 6 are known quantities by this point, and though it took them about a half-season to fully adjust to each other as teammates, the comfort and ease at which these guys now play together with speaks volumes to their chemistry and teamwork. coL is very much a two-sided coin, with one half acting as the passive, rock-hard foundation and the other acting like the high-flying, in-your-face aggression that was typical of the previous carnage-led coL – and you can probably guess who falls where.
It actually kind of amazes me that it took this long for TheFragile and relic to hook up as a combo, because they are each perfectly suited to the other’s style of play. relic’s rocket-aim has long since been compared to that of a turret, capable of taking out anything that even remotely threatens his Medic, which makes it that much harder to pull off a successful suicide run and guarantees Fragile’s safety. Fragile repays the favour by his near-perfect positioning, always on the safe side of things but still able to jump in and throw out some save-heals if his other teammates need it.
Guarding Fragile’s back and often playing as secondary-combo is perhaps the one question mark in coL’s otherwise stalwart lineup, their Demo justin. It’s no secret that he’s never going to pull off the big-time frag numbers that come with the likes of b4nny, Kalkin or boomer, but by the same token he also won’t make very many mistakes nor leave his team vulnerable very often. The only real issue for coL is when the shit has hit the proverbial fan and it falls to justin to get Fragile home safely, which is a toss up with some of the talent that is most likely chasing.
The ESEA Season 7 LAN Playoffs and Finals will take place in Dallas, Texas at the Wyndham DFW Airport Hotel from November 19th to the 21st. Stay tuned to CompLexity Gaming as we bring you the latest news from the event!
For the full preview article, click here.
In a study done by Yale University, it has been determined that not only does gaming pose little threat to adolescent teens, it may even be beneficial to their health.
The study was published Monday morning in the journal Pediatrics and has been called one of the most comprehensive examinations of video games’ effect on health among adolescents.
Of 4,000+ people that participated in the study, over 50% were gamers. Rani Desai, associate professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at Yale even goes on to state that he believes that gaming does not pose a concern for adolescent teens. He also believes that playing video games may be a primary factor in detering gamers from taking up smoking.
Desai does, however, state that there are the bad apples of the group that face cigarette smoking, drug use, depression and serious fights as a possible result of gaming addiction, however they make up a mere 5% of the gaming population.
More information about the study can be found here.
Brad Dick, the owner and founder of Eximius Sports has decided to call it quits after 12 years of managing the organization. Brad had this to say about his retirement:
After twelve years (1998-2010), of being the owner of Eximius Sports, I regretfully announce that I will be shutting the doors of the organization and I will be retiring from E-Sports managing. It has been a great run for the organization and me. I have had hundreds of people come through Eximius Sports and have met many people. I have had the privilege and opportunity to attend countless LAN Tournaments and dozens of appearances for E-Sports. The people that I have met have made a big impact in my life; life is all about relationships and I feel that I have established many. To all of those who I have met, it was an honor to have met you.
It is hard to believe that Eximius Sports first started out as a public server clan in 1998. I never would have thought it would grow to what it became. We may not have been the greatest North American organization, but the one thing I always tried to stand for was honesty. My theme has always been, “Never offer something that you do not already have.” Most of you know that money does not grow on trees, nor did it in Eximius Sports. We never had the $100,000 a year contracts with DeLL or Creative, we had smaller ones with multiple companies who stood by us through thick and thin for over ten years. To those companies I say thank you for your trust in me and the organization.
I have always tried to set a good example for my players in Eximius Sports and the average gamer. I always tried to talk, act, and dress as if they were coming to a business for an interview. I believe I was not only making them feel confident in the organization, but I was trying to prepare some of these younger people for life. If I helped just one person in the way I conducted myself, well then I succeeded. Some of my greatest joys in my twelve years was getting the chance to see young players move into the E-Sports spotlight as one of the greats. Not many people can say they have watched a new generation of gamers move through the industry. It makes me smile to say that I was one of the few, but makes me even happier to know that there are still people like Jason Lake, Alex Conroy, Craig Levine and Scott Smith are still here for you.
The full retirement letter can be found by clicking here.
According to Small World News Service, it has emerged that over 1,000,000 men have been dumped due to video game obsessions.
Researchers from OnePoll.com have found that out of all of the subjects, 1 in every 2 women fealt jealous of their partners time spent playing. With 4 out of 10 gamers playing every single night, it appears that relationships have developed into a 3 person commitment as opposed to 2.
The study specificed Call of Duty as being the number one time hog of gamers, with Grand Theft Auto and Football Manager coming in second. 7 out of 10 subjects admitted that their partner was opposed to the amount of time they spent playing games, while 1 in 10 admitted to actually skipping a date in order to play.
The study also released the top 20 games that were the primary causes of rocky relationships:
1. Call of Duty
2. Football Manager
3. Grand Theft Auto
4. FIFA
5. Medal of Honour
6. Halo
7. Super Mario Brothers
8. Gran Turismo
9. Mario Kart
10. Guitar Hero
11. Assassins Creed
12. Pro Evo Soccer
13. Resident Evil
14. World of Warcraft
15. F1
16. Red Dead Redemption
17. Need for Speed
18. Fallout
19. Gears of War
20. Angry Birds
In the series dedicated to the members of CompLexity Brazil, Goldfilms has released a video featuring Gabriel “Fallen” Toledo. The frags take place from matches during Fallen’s career in both international and local Brazilian events. The movie runs 8:24 in length and was directed by Oliver “oly” Marchesini.
Specifications
Name: FalleN – Undisclosed Desires
Size: 356MB
Duration: 08:24
Producer: Oliver “oly” Marchesini
Soundtrack
Muse – Undisclosed Desires
30 Seconds to Mars – This is War
Autopilot Off – Make a Sound
coL.TF2’s very own Carnage has released the 4th volume of his Meatshot series that features some of his best frags from various TF2 matches. The movie runs 1 minute and 30 seconds in length and is an official entry in the movie vault contest.