The Syndicate would like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Elliot “Venruki” Venczel as he turns 20 today! 
Elliot joined compLexity right after the fall of the CGS. He was accompanied by Sodah and HappyMinti. Venruki is considered by many to be on of the best mages around. Make sure to look for Venruki in action in two weeks when coL.Red heads to Columbus, Ohio to compete at MLG!
Once again, we’d like to wish a very Happy Birthday to Elliot “Venruki” Venczel!
Happy Birthday Venruki!
May 22nd, 2010coL Takes 2nd at IOL
May 21st, 2010Grand Finals
After working their way through the group play early in the morning, coL rolled their way through the brackets, taking down Lemondogs and Online Kingdom. Against H2K, they both proved why they are considered powerhouse teams, trading rounds on each of the three maps. Finally, coL.cs proved they had what it took and closed out the 3rd map to advance to the Grand Finals on Sunday.
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HLTV: hltv1.verygames.net:27050
Map 1: Inferno (coL > INFAME 16-11)
Map 1: Inferno (coL > INFAME 16-11)
Map 2: Dust2 (INFAME > coL 16-8)
Map 3: Nuke (INFAME > coL 16-10)
Brackets
coL.cs has advanced to the Day 1 playoffs where they will compete against the top 2 teams from each of the groups. Playoffs are expected to start at around Noon EST.
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Demo: Here
Map 1: de_nuke (h2k > coL 16-5)
Map 1: de_nuke (h2k > coL 16-5)
Map 2: de_train (coL > h2k 19-17)
Map 3: de_inferno (coL > h2k 16-5)
Group Play
This weekend, compLexity’s bootcamp comes to a close as it’s time for the Inferno Online League tournament. 32 teams will be participating in this event, with several notable players forming teams of their own such as Fisker, Robban and GeT_RiGhT. The group play will be taking place over the span of 2 days, with the finals coming directly after. coL.cs is in Group A, the first group to play, which means that matches will start at 4am EST. HLTV will be provided if available.
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3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| F12 |
2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Abstinens |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| nES |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Time: 4:00AM EST
VIDEO: coL.cs Bootcamp – After Practice
May 21st, 2010For the past week, coL.cs has been in Stockholm, Sweden, bootcamping at Inferno Online. Here is a video of the guys after practice, as well as a look at the new coL pad by QPAD in use.
VIDEO: Making of the coL Pad
May 21st, 2010Jason Bass was able to sit down with QPAD’s Owner and Founder during coL’s trip to Sweden to discuss the new compLexity Mousepad and how it came to be. About half way through the video you are walked through the actual production process for the mousepad. Enjoy!
Pacman Turns 30
May 21st, 2010
Early in the 1980’s, a small, round, single-celled super hero was born. His name, Pacman. Today, he turns 30 years old.
Pacman was released by the Namco company in 1980. It was eventually licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway. As an icon of the 80s, Pacman became the most successful coin-operated video game in history. With over 12 sequels or spin-offs, the game has spawned a cult following and is one of the world’s most recognizable figures.
We’d like to officially wish Pacman a very happy 30th birthday and we hope for many more. For those interested in playing the game, Google has changed their logo to display a fully playable version of the game.
ESWC Adds Brazil
May 20th, 2010Today ESWC announced that Brazil will be part of this year’s world finals. There are currently twenty-nine spots available, although only eight spots are left for this year’s 2010 event. HLTV.org reports that after such news, some pre-qualified teams wasted no time to apply for an invite spot like FireGamers, CnB Gaming and crashers.
Brazil has now been added to the country list, after the local organising party, BESMAC, figured things out with Games-Solution, the owner of the ESWC.
Team Name – ESWC Invite #1
Team Name – ESWC Invite #2
Team Name – ESWC Invite #3
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Team Name – ESWC Invite #8 fnatic SK Gaming
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Oslo Lions
Algeria #1 Algeria #2
Argentina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
France #1 France #2
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Source: HLTV.org
Portal Hits 1.5 Million Downloads
May 20th, 2010
Since the announcement earlier this month that Portal would now be FREE in order to promote the upcoming Portal 2 on the Orange Box as well as the release of Portal for the Mac. Users have taken to the Steam Content Servers to download Portal over 1.5 million times.
Valve originally announced that Portal would be free to download until May 24th, in celebration of Steam’s port to the Mac which has been highly anticipated by gamers for years.
To download Portal while it’s still free, click here.
SC2 BETA Shutting Down
May 18th, 2010Blizzard has just announced that the in order to prepare for the launch of the highly anticipated Starcraft 2, they will be shutting down the BETA on May 31st. The full game is expected to be released on July 27th. Blizzard had the following to say:
We’d like to let all of our StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty beta test participants know that the first phase of the beta test will be coming to an end in all regions on Monday, May 31. The beta test will be unavailable for several weeks while we make some hardware and software configuration changes in preparation for the final phase of the beta test and the release of the game. We plan to bring the beta test back online for a couple of weeks prior to the game’s launch to complete our testing. We’ll have more details to share about when this final beta-testing phase will begin at a later date.
We’d like to thank all of our beta-test participants for your enthusiasm, dedication, and valuable feedback during the beta test, and we look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on the StarCraft II beta test as the game’s July 27 launch approaches.
More information can be found on Blizzards site
Blizzard Announce Blizzcon Ticket Sales
May 18th, 2010Today Blizzard announced that Blizzcon tickets will be going on sale June 2nd and June 5th. The event, which is set to take place on October 22 and 23 in Anaheim, California, will play host to the vast communities from Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo. The tickets are on sale for $150 each.
In the official press release, Blizzard had the following to say in regards to LIVE coverage of the event:
The popular DIRECTV® BlizzCon Pay Per View event will return in 2010, available to existing DIRECTV customers in the United States for $39.95 USD. The event will again deliver comprehensive live HD coverage from the show floor on each day of the convention, including exclusive interviews, demos, and more.
Gamers around the world will also have the option to purchase the Pay Per View event as a multi-channel Internet stream, also priced at $39.95 USD (pricing may vary by region). For the first time, anyone who purchases the Internet stream will be able to switch freely between multiple channels of coverage dedicated to different areas of BlizzCon, allowing online viewers expanded access to the panels and events they’re most interested in. DIRECTV customers who order the televised event will receive this Internet stream at no extra charge, allowing them to watch in the format of their choice. Those who order the event will also receive this year’s BlizzCon-exclusive World of Warcraft® in-game item (availability may vary by region), to be revealed at a later date. Limited streaming coverage of the BlizzCon opening ceremony and certain BlizzCon tournaments will be available via the Internet for free.
Blizzard has also announced that they have opened new positions in their company to compensate for the growth of World of Warcraft.
More information about Blizzcon can be found here
coL in Inferno Online – Group A
May 18th, 2010
This weekend, coL.cs will be participating in the Inferno Online League tournament in Stockholm, Sweden where 32 teams will be battling it out for The groups have officially been announced, with coL finding themselves in Group A of Day 1. To the winner of the tournament will be over 50,000SEK ($6845 USD) in cash, as well as the final spot in the Dreamhack Final 4 tournament in Jönköping, Sweden on June 19-22nd. SK, Fnatic and h2k have already qualified for the other 3 spots.
The event is set to begin at 4am EST (10 CET) on Saturday, May 22nd. It is still undetermined as to what coverage will be provided, however we would assume that HLTV will be available.
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| Begrip |
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| Abstinence |
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| nES |
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More information about Day 1 of the event can be found at InfernoOnline.com