Beginning today, compLexity’s Ryan “FilipinoChamp” Ramirez will be competing in the East Coast Throwdown event in Morristown, New Jersey at the Hyatt Morristown. He will be will be taking on some of the world’s best gamers, all competing for cash pools and bragging rights.

ECT will be playing host to the following games:

• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v.2012
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3    
• Injustice: Gods Among Us
• Street Figher X Tekken 2013
• Soul Calibur V
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2
• Persona 4
• The King of Fighters XIII
• Mortal Kombat 9

You can watch the action live on the three streams below.

Today, Ryan “FilipinoChamp” Ramirez swaps coasts as he heads to Morristown, New Jersey for the East Coast Throwdown V. ECT5 will play host to hundreds of the best gamers from across the country as they compete in one of the seventeen different games available.

As always, Ryan will be competing in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 where he hopes to make a splash coming out of Pool 11.

The games that will be held as main tournaments are as follows:

• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (PS3)
• Dead or Alive 5 (360)
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (PS3)
• Injustice: Gods Among Us – $1000 bonus provided by One Frame Link
• The King of Fighters XIII (PS3) – $500 bonus provided by ATLUS
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (MAME)
• Mortal Kombat (PS3)
• Persona 4 Arena (PS3) – $500 bonus provided ATLUS
• Skullgirls (PS3)
• SoulCalibur V (PS3)
• Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013 (360)
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo (ARC)
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (PS3)
• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 (360) – $2000 bonus provided by One Frame Link
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3)
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (360) – $2000 bonus provided by One Frame Link
• Vampire Savior – $200 bonus provided by PowerUp

Streams

East Coast Throwdown V will have live stream coverage provided by Team Sp00ky (main stream), Deadly Bison Entertainment (secondary stream), Kombat Network (MK), and Bibiquadium (GGXX, BBEX, P4A to Top 4).

For a general tournament schedule, check here. 

With Summer just around the corner it’s once more time for the top teams in Newerth to invade Jönköping, Sweden for their chance at cash, fame, and a championship. This Dreamhack Summer will be the seventh consecutive event that Heroes of Newerth has made an appearance at. The Dreamhack tournaments have long been held as the most prestigious in the HoN competitive scene and the teams are working hard to prepare for the $30,000 event in mid-June.

The Qualifiers

Eight teams from around the world will collide in Sweden in a World Cup style tournament. Half of those teams are already decided with Yamaha s2y coming from Thailand, Impunity representing the SEA region, iTS will travel from the RUS/CIS region, while the ex-Trademark team will return to defend their title. That leaves the invited team from China, and three teams from the NA/EU region to fill out the slots at the event. Two of those teams will be decided this weekend as powerhouses like compLexity Gaming, stayGreen, LIONS eSportsKlubb and more duke it out in the 128 team Dreamhack NA/EU Qualifiers.

For the compLexity Gaming squad the weeks since the HoN Tour Grand Finals in Las Vegas have been a mixed bag. After bringing home the bronze at the event the team lost carry player Haxxeren to rivals ex-Trademark, but rebounded by picking up the team’s former captain, Tralf. In their first showing with the new five coL.HoN was eliminated in the first round of the Runic Shift Invitational to #5 ranked Q sQuad 357, who went on to the finals to fight against stayGreen. Since that tournament in the first week of May the compLexity Gaming roster has looked stronger, scrimming more and playing notably better in preperation for the Dreamhack NA/EU qualifiers.

The 128 team qualifiers started last weekend with a single elimination event until the round of 16. As the #3 ranked team in the world compLexity recieved by rounds until the round of 64, where they began eliminating teams with no remorse. Relatively unknown teams like Bk Blueberries and Here We Are were the first victims, while up-and-coming teams like Mindgames and Yee provided slightly more competition. In the end compLexity finds themselves 8-0 so far in the qualifier, dispatching each opponent with a 2-0 victory. The only true competition for coL.HoN thus far has been Team Yee, a frequent scrim partner and top eight ranked team, who was absolutely dominated by the throwback carry strategies that Tralf personifies.

The next opponent for coL.HoN is a new all-star team, Internet Gangsters. Led by former Trademark player iNsania and featuring some of the most recognizable names in Newerth the iG team poses the biggest threat yet for coL.HoN. The match, scheduled for Thursday, will be a true test that if passed puts the coL.HoN team just one series away from qualifying for the Dreamhack event. Even if coL.HoN prevails against iG, their next opponent will likely be stayGreen, the undisputed #1 team in HoN. sG is currently on a 40 game winning streak, refusing to drop a game in over 2 months, and the heavy favorites to take one of the two qualifying spots from this event. If coL.HoN is to qualify for Dreamhack their road will take them through stayGreen to the first spot at the far end of the WB Finals, or they will have to make their way through the longer route of the LB to claim the second qualifying position.

Broadcast

The action starts Thursday, May 16 at 1530 EST / 2130 CEST with coverage to be provided by Honcast. Tune in as compLexity Gaming faces off against iNsania’s Internet Gangsters in the Dreamhack NA/EU Qualifiers Winner’s semi-finals.

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Professional gamer Ian “Crimsix” Porter breaks down his support role and playstyle as compLexity takes on Team EnVyUs on Yemen Hardpoint.

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This weekend is the League of Legends North American Summer Promotion tournament, and coL.LoL will be fighting to keep their spot in the LCS. Yesterday, a best of three series was played between Quantic Gaming and Team Astral Poke. In an extremely quick series, Quantic Gaming was able to come out on top with two quick and dominating twenty mintue games. As the victor, Quantic Gaming will be playing against coL.LoL to determine who will move forward into the next season of the NA LCS. Quantic seemed to be in their top form yesterday, and so coL.LoL will have to play at 100% to secure their spot in the next season. With Brunch U leaving and Chuuper replacing him as AD Carry, coL.LoL has been practicing on their teamwork during the off-season. Quantic Gaming’s roster consists of Balls (Top Lane), Meteos (Jungler), Hai (Mid Lane), SnEaKy CaStRoO (AD Carry), and LemonNation (Support).

This matchup will be a Best of Five, and is scheduled to air at 11AM PDT / 2PM EDT.

NA Summer Promotion Game 1
compLexity		Quantic
Renekton	Ban	Ban	Gragas
Elise	Ban	Ban	Kayle
Nocturne	Ban	Ban	Thresh
Twisted Fate	Pick	Pick	Shen
Fiddlesticks	Pick	Pick	Zac
Caitlyn	Pick	Pick	Zed
Rumble	Pick	Pick	Ezreal
Jarvan IV	Pick	Pick	Sona

NA Summer Promotion Game 2
compLexity		Quantic
Twisted Fate	Ban	Ban	Gragas
Zed	Ban	Ban	Kayle
Renekton	Ban	Ban	Thresh
Shen	Pick	Pick	Rumble
Zac	Pick	Pick	Elise
Diana	Pick	Pick	Kha Zix
Ezreal	Pick	Pick	Jayce
Fiddlesticks	Pick	Pick	Sona

NA Summer Promotion Game 3
compLexity		Quantic
Zed	Ban	Ban	Gragas
Kha Zix	Ban	Ban	Kayle
Shen	Ban	Ban	Thresh
Jayce	Pick	Pick	Rumble
Jarvan IV	Pick	Pick	Zac
Diana	Pick	Pick	Twisted Fate
Graves	Pick	Pick	Jayce
Soraka	Pick	Pick	Sona

Stream

Today compLexity Gaming is announcing a roster change for our Heroes of Newerth squad.

Jeppe “Haxxeren” Jensen will be departing under a mutual agreement. Haxxeren has been instrumental in the success of our team over the year that the squad has competed under the compLexity banner. We’d like to thank him for his hard work and wish him the very best in the future.

In his place we are happy to announce that we have signed Mark “Tralf” Seidl, formerly of HoNCast and several professional HoN teams. HoN fans will remember that Tralf competed with a majority of the current roster during their time with Trademark eSports.

coL.HoN player Peter “Franzzi” Dager had the following to say about the change:

It’s sad to see Haxx leave but we feel that it’s for the betterment of the team. Tralf was originally the captain of this team before he left for HoNcast so we’re happy to have him back. He is undoubtedly one of the most skilled HoN players out there and we are excited to add his skills to our arsenal.

Welcome Tralf here!

Related Links

• Twitch Stream
• Twitter @TralfHoN
• Facebook (MoBATralf)

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