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WTr1be LAN Tournament #1 Stacraft 2, Heroes of Newerth, League Of Legends We have not finalized the rules of specific games yet, but this is a run down of what you can expect for this upcoming tournament. All games will be ran with Fair Rules, and we will be harsh on people who are late, to make this tournament successful we must hold the tournament with very little holdups. Any questions or concerns, or help with rules can be emailed… Read More »
On Sunday two powerhouse HoN teams, Online Kingdom and Team EZ, faced each other in a best of three series for the Semi-Finals of Esports Heaven Tournament. However, the series was not a showcase of powerful pushing teams or deadly mid-game teams. Instead, it was Melee Hard Carries that won the day in each match. The following analysis is meant to look at the role each Hard Carry played in their team’s victory, and what the other team attempted to… Read More »
Now, League of Legends is an amazing game; fast paced, incredibly active, and addicting, and one of the things that people love to do in that game is to kill an opposing champion. Nothing is more satisfying then outplaying an enemy and seeing your kill counter go up, but have you ever asked yourself “was that kill worth it?” Many of you would tell me yes without a second thought, how could not killing someone be better then killing them?… Read More »
Gemini is the most recent addition to the Heroes of Newerth hero pool. Gemini shares a similarity with many recently released S2 agility heroes, capable of dealing burst damage in the early to mid game, but has a skill-set that will allow Gemini to become a force in the late game. Gemini is also another hero, like Forsaken Archer and Master of Arms, which encourages the use of items that are not seen as great pick-ups on carry heroes. Strengths:… Read More »
The western half of the world is seeing an influx of interests E-sports. We now have people watching Star Craft 2 at bars. Even ESPN is covering E-sports on ESPN 3.While Starcraft 2 is by far the most popular we see a lot of people paying attention to other games like Marvel vs Capcom 3, Street Fighter 4, League of Legends and of course Heroes of Newerth. With many Dota 2 fan boys screaming at the death of HoN, this… Read More »
In the wake of MLG Orlando 2011, we caught up with community caster Robintivo to talk about his experiences behind the scenes. This is his story. Tell us a little bit about yourself. What do you do in the eSports scene? Well, Im fairly new. As of now I cast whatever games I can get my hands on. Currently I cast over at playhem.tv and I was lucky enough to get a chance to cast at the latest MLG. It was such… Read More »
Well the finals have come and gone and I have finally had a chance to sit down and go over the IEM League of Legends Tournament in New York. Now unfortunately I was unable to follow every match with the depth and intricacy I was able to at the kick off of the event but I am going to instead use this article to simply cover the final tournament winning match to you as in as great detail as possible…. Read More »
In the first part of Thursday Tweaking Time we’ll begin our look at a few heroes that could use some tweaks to make them a bit more utilized in the current meta game. Today we’re looking at: The Empath is one of S2′s Pure Support Heroes, designed with a purpose to synergize with a team’s semi or hard carry in the latter phases of the game. Otherwise, Empath uses her non-ultimate active skills to help in teamfights and her passive… Read More »
News appeared on Wednesday that the Korean eSports Players Association (KeSPA) may consider adding StarCraft II to the existing Brood War Proleague. According to Osen, KeSPA is considering having both Starcraft 1 and Starcraft 2 played in the 2011-2012 Season of the Proleague.* The article states that KeSPA underwent some internal restructuring earlier this month, and though they have not talked to Blizzard or Gretech about the details, they are considering an option to play both Starcraft 1 and 2… Read More »
Collected Minds: Frostfield Plate By PrinceZexu and CutChemist Special thanks to Loli “Their bones will turn to i ce! Their blood will freeze in my hands!” -Mr Freeze Frostfield plate is an underused protective item in Heroes of Newerth. We’re here to debunk why it’s so underused, and maybe suggest a few changes S2 could consider as well as a few new heroes who could benefit from it. First let’s take a look at it’s stats: +30 Intelligence +15 Armor… Read More »
There is a common misconception in League of Legends on how a carry “carries” a game. All agree, “Carries need gold to carry”, there’s no doubt about that (you ever see a Tristana with a full build, scary stuff). However, where this gold come from varies from elo to elo. “I’m a carry, I needz moar killz! Quit KSing!” Scrubs (or people who aren’t well versed in the game) will tell you carries should get all the champion kills and… Read More »
Devastation Convention was last weekend here in the sunny valley of Phoenix, Arizona. I personally was busy and was not able to attend the tournament, but did watch many of the matches via live stream. The tournament ended on Sunday with Chu’s team winning by a land slide. Many of the matches were very one sided until Saturday’s match in the loser’s bracket with Kongor stole my bike vs Mcdougal. No new interesting techniques were implemented from any team, though… Read More »
While helping to create hero concepts for a couple of custom AoS maps in WC3 I learned one important thing, while trying to please player bases of thousands people. One of the most difficult processes a person can undertake is to decide to try and create something for an audience of people. If you think about the number of people that are successful the number is a minority. It is difficult to not only clearly make your vision known to… Read More »
The IEM III Event is Underway!!!…after a two hour delay… The Intel Extreme Masters Event III in New York began yesterday (October 13th) and needless to say it was an extremely impressive showing of all the teams involved. Upsets and shattered dreams were most certainly a large part of every match of the day. Many victories and defeats were decided, as they usually are, by the victors of the team fight at baron buff. All in all it was an… Read More »
MLG Orlando has kicked off, tune in when there is a break to catch up on all the content! The format has changed slightly, to reduce clutter just use the drop downs to view the category of your choosing. For more coverage during the event, live tweets and content coverage follow me at @SQSing. If you’d like to submit content as well, that I might have missed tweet me!
The highly anticipated reveal trailers of Marvel’s Nova and Capcom’s Phoenix Wright have been released earlier today. The release of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is only one month away, and the only two official character reveals left will be Frank West and Rocket Raccoon. Check out the videos below. Nova Phoenix Wright
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The Seasons Beatings Tournament series is one of the biggest fighting game majors in the world. This series is held annually and features the best players from different states and countries. This year’s Seasons Beatings: Velocity will be held in Columbus, Ohio and will begin at 11:00 AM on October 14. WTR1BE is proud to announce the participation of our very own Western Michigan representatives to compete on a global scale! Hani Samman will compete in Marvel vs. Capcom… Read More »
Edited on October 13, 2011 Written by FreddieAudio There are so many different elements involved along with possibilities limited only to the creativity of the player in the world of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. The initial impression of most newcomers is that there’s too much going on all at once – everything from character’s special moves to different assists, tag team aerials, snapbacks, and hyper combos at any given time. Fortunately this game can be learned by anyone,… Read More »
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