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$2,000,000 League of Legends Season 3 World Championships begin

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Competition begins, as 14 of the best teams from the world over battle for seven-figure purse.

Today kicks off the Season 3 World Championships, where 14 of the best teams from North America, Europe, South Korea, China, and Southeast Asia will compete for $2,000,000 and the title of best League of Legends team in the world.

The Season 3 finals begin with six days of group stage matches, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the Quarterfinals to meet with the first-place finishers of each region. Teams in the group stage include Team SoloMid and Team Vulcun from the United States, Samsung Galaxy Ozone and SK Telecom T1 from South Korea, Fnatic, Gambit Gaming (Russia), Lemondogs (Sweden), GamingGear (Lithuania) from Europe, OMG from China, and Mineski from the Philippines. Cloud 9 from the United States, Gamania Bears from Taiwan, Najin Sword from South Korea, and Royal Club from China await in the Quarterfinals.

Group A begins with .

Professional players whos teams have been eliminated from the playoffs will be analysts for the event, including Counter Logic Gaming#146;s Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng, Evil Geniuses Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis, and SK Gaming#146;s Carlos "ocelote" Rodr&iĂłguez Santiago. They will join Riot Games#146; broadcasters Leigh #146;Deman#146; Smith, David #146;Phreak#146; Turley, and Joshua "Jatt" Leesman.

Games started at 3 p.m. EST/12 Noon PST and can be watched live on .

will be providing live coverage and updates every day from the Season 3 Championships.

From: www.gamespot.com

Countdown to the Finals: North America

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ImageWith the World Championships this Sunday, September 15th, we preview the North American teams to get you primed and ready to watch all the action!

From: www.sk-gaming.com

Aaron "ACE" Elam wins $200,000 Halo 4 Championships

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20-year-old takes down Justin 'iGotUrPistola" Deese at this weekend's Halo 4 Global Championships during PAX Prime to claim top prize.

20-year old Halo player Aaron "ACE" Elam has won $200,000 and the title of Champion in a final match over Justin "iGotUrPistola" Deese at this weekend's Halo 4 Global Championships held by 343 Industries at PAX Prime.

"This means everything to me," Elam said immediately after winning the championship. "I've been playing Halo since I was nine years old, and I have to say, the games against Deese were the most intense games of Halo in my entire life. I just can't believe this. I feel like I'm dreaming."

"I watched the final, like everyone, with my heart in my throat and I basically don't have any fingernails left," 343 Industries Franchise Director for Halo Frank O'Connor told GameSpot. "The Halo 4 Global Championship did something a little bit different, offering every kind of player, from every region of the world, a chance to compete and win a huge individual cash prize. And for the final to come down to a tie break, between two amazingly cool people, and two genuinely excellent players, was a sports fan's dream come true. Congratulations to both players and especially of course, to ACE for taking the prize. I am incredibly excited about the future of Halo in the competitive scene, and we can't wait to do something even cooler in the future.#148;

The best Halo players in the world were on-hand to play in 343's first worldwide Halo Championships, held at Seattle's Benaroya Hall--the same venue that hosted . 343 Industries chose Free For All (FFA) as the game type of choice for the competition, with 1v1 being played in the semifinals and grand finals. Former Major League Gaming pros were invited by 343, while others qualified through events from GamesCom and RTX. Over 100 players began competition on Friday night. 64 players continued on to Saturday evening, and only eight remained by finals day on Sunday to compete for $300,000.

Elam is no stranger to victory, having won championships at MLG's debut event at the Dallas Championships in 2011, and most recently winning the Arena Gaming League's eighth event in Knoxville, Tennessee for Halo 4. Even with those accomplishments, FFA is a different beast.

"In other Halo games I hadn't been the greatest FFA player, and I believe it was because I hadn't transitioned my playstyle from 4v4 to FFA," Elam tells GameSpot. "I don't know if it was because I hadn't played it enough, but I guess I just didn't know how to play it correctly. I played selfless in 4v4 and I didn't play selfish enough in FFA."

"Before the event, I was learning a lot about how I needed to approach the game in FFA. For example, to not be the initiator in fights, and instead wait for people nearby to start the battle and then come in and try to clean up. I learned that I needed to scan the map as quick as possible looking for weak players. If there weren't any, then you have to immediately worry about people spawning nearby you, and I would try to get first shot or sight on them. If I didn't, I waited until they got distracted by someone else."

Elam's newly practiced FFA skills earned him a place in Sunday's finals, among other players such as Deese, Ian "Enable" Wyatt, Bryan "Legit" Rizzo, and Cory "Str8 Sick" Sloss. A final kill by Elam in the waning moments of the Round of 8 FFA earned him a spot in the semfinals--and a 1v1 format to go with it.

"I actually had never played a 1v1 match until Sunday," Elam remarked about a tough finals day. "My first ever 1v1 in Halo was against Enable in warm-ups 3 hours prior to my semifinals match against Sloss. Coming into the event, I didn't think I could win, honestly."

The 1v1 games were played on the map Skyline, released in the Majestic Map Pack back in February. The map is small and symmetrical with a mixture of high and low spaces, with room for cover. Sloss earned himself a quick 4-1 lead with seven minutes remaining. With the pressure mounting, Elam got the kills he needed to bring it back and go on to win 9-7, advancing himself to the finals.

A win by Deese over Rizzo in the Semifinals set up the Finals match against Elam; one map for $200,000. With the crowd behind both players, the finals didn't disappoint, as Elam and Deese traded kill after kill with tie scores 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5. With one minute remaining, Deese scored a go-ahead kill to make it 6-5 and just a short moment away from victory. For the third time that day, Elam would not back down, tying it up with 25 seconds to go and escaping Deese's last-second aggressive move to send it into overtime.

"My goal was to get the power weapon and control," said Elam. "Getting the concussion rifle is the most important thing. If you don't have that, than I tried to use a variety of needler, boltshot, and assault rifle, and to make sure I put myself in positions to use those weapons effectively."

"While losing the game, I'm thinking 'I need to carefully move around the map and try to see him before he sees me.' That's basically the biggest advantage you could possible get. When I tied the game, I didn't think either of us would go for the win, so we just waited."

Overtime saw both players play both cautiously and aggressively, not wanting to make a mistake while trying to take advantage of any available opportunity. Elam would land a grenade onto Deese and send him running; moments later, Deese returned the favor. Deese piled on the aggression for the kill and the title, but Elam's defensive shots and positioning got him out of trouble, giving him an opportunity to take away all of Deese's shields. Another aggressive push by Deese was his downfall, and the final shots came from Elam, crowning him the Halo 4 Global Champion and making him $200,000 richer.

"No one besides select few friends and my brother thought I had a chance to win this."

"I learned from the previous game that he went straight for the concussion rifle bottom center so in the beginning I went to straight to watch it," said Elam. "I waited for him to make a mistake looking for me, and I caught him top center and he started running. I went back for the concussion rifle and pushed into the base because I knew he didn't know where I was and I wanted to flank him."

"Turns out he ended up top center with positioning on me so when I got weak I ran and the rest was just a battle. He came in flying at me which sort of gives me the advantage because it takes a second to get out of sprint. I jumped back and pulled out my battle rifle, and honestly didn't expect to see him there, I thought he would hide. It really was a sigh of relief at that point, and more of just shock and disbelief that I actually won."

"No one besides select few friends and my brother thought I had a chance to win this. I knew I was talented enough. I like being the underdog though, it motivates me immensely. All the hard work I put into this game finally paid off. I've played halo since I was nine, competitively since 2006. I've struggled so much to study hard in school and balance this game, I took tons of AP classes in high school and worked very hard."

The brother that supported him all the way is none other than Kyle "ElamiteWarrior" Elam, who previously won the National Championship and $50,000 along with it. Kyle Elam won his championship at the same time Aaron has now won his--at the young age of 20.

"I am still in disbelief of the events that corresponded this weekend," Kyle Elam told GameSpot. "I took ACE to his first event in 2005 when he was 12 years old. I always knew he had incredible skill, but just needed a little development. There is nothing better than watching someone that you care about more than yourself succeed. I was a little worried about the qualifiers and making it into the tournament and when I say that I mean for him really and not myself. I was way more confident in him than I was in myself this weekend. He has been playing out of his mind and was easily one of the top four players in the game. Besides being one of the best, you need to come ready to play, the term 'any given Sunday' seems only fitting with the magnitude and scale of this event."

"We talked for hours the night before the finals, strategizing, laughing about how crazy it would be to have the US Champion and the Global Champion in the same family. That's when I started to think and realized that it was five years ago, when I was 20, the same age ACE is now that I took my FFA Championship for $50,000. ACE has been the most underrated player in the game for five years now and I stand by that comment. People love flashy players, but what really wins you games are decision making and consistency, aspects of the game that unfortunately go unnoticed too often."

Although this tournament was a FFA instead of a traditional 4v4, Aaron "ACE" Elam is now considered the best Halo player in the world. Elam is modest about his accomplishments, but understands the gravity of the performance he just displayed.

"Honestly, as of right now, I don't see how you couldn't say that," said Elam. "Obviously all the pros are good and saying you're the 'best' could change any given day or time, it comes down to who played better that day/weekend. So yes I don#148;t disagree with that statement."

Catch GameSpot#148;s interview with Frank O'Connor on .

From: www.gamespot.com

Cloud 9 takes League of Legends Season 3 North American Playoffs

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Cloud 9 beats Dignitas and Team SoloMid in finals; Cloud 9 heading into World Championships as number one seed.

Professional League of Legends team Cloud 9 continued its dominance from the League of Legends Season 3 North American Summer Season into this weekend#146;s Playoffs at PAX, going undefeated to win $50,000 and the number one NA seed .

Cloud 9 swept both Dignitas in the semi-finals, and Team SoloMid (TSM) in the finals; both teams they have never lost to this season. Cloud 9 is a combined 13-0 in map wins over both teams for the Summer Season and playoffs combined, and 30-3 against all teams in the league.

"We practice with each other a lot, we know what each other#146;s picks are," Cloud 9 AD Carry Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi . "The first game was probably the closest#146;but the rest of them were a lot more one-sided. We just played our game."

The win here advances Cloud 9 to the quarter-final stage at the World Championship with Korea#146;s Najin Sword B, Taiwan#146;s Gamania Bears, and the winners of the Chinese Championship. These four teams will wait it out as 10 teams face off in the group stages, divided into two groups of five, with the top two teams in group advancing to the quarter-finals.

"I think it#146;ll be good for us," Scuderi said about their advantage going into the world championships. "The pressure will make us play better, honestly."

TSM and Vulcun will join Cloud 9 as the North American representatives, as TSM was able to to capture victories over longtime rivals Counter Logic Gaming in the opening match, and Vulcun in the semi-finals. Vulcun won a deciding match against Dignitas for the last spot. Counter Logic Gaming and Curse failed to make it to the world championships.

"We knew without a doubt we#146;d make it to worlds," said . "Dignitas definitely didn#146;t make it easy."

Tickets for the League of Legends World Championships Finals, held at the Los Angeles Staples Center in October, sold out in less than an hour after first being released. A second batch was sold out within minutes this weekend.

"Last year we sold out for the Galen Center in two weeks" said . "People just really want to go to the World Championship#146;lots of eSports fans from all over the world. We have to keep growing bigger and better. The Staples Center, while big, can#146;t hold as many fans as we have all around the world. We need to get a bigger space so we can handle that."

The group stages for the World Championships will begin on September 15 at a studio location, with the semi-finals held at the Galen Center, and the finals at Staples Center on October 4. The live broadcast can be watched on GameSpot during the event, and will be providing onsite coverage for the entirety of the playoffs.

From: www.gamespot.com

Halo 4, League of Legends Championships lead eSports at PAX

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$300,000 on the line for Halo's first-ever Global Championship, with $200,000 going to the winners.

The Halo 4 Global Championships, League of Legends Season 3 North American Playoffs, World of Tanks International World Finals, MLG Call of Duty Invitational, and Smite North American Invitational will all be held at PAX Prime this weekend.

$300,000 is on the line for Halo#146;s first-ever Global Championship, with $200,000 going to the winners. The tournament will be held at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, the same location Valve used for the Dota 2 International Championships.

Several former Major League Gaming Halo champions are competing, including Michael #146;StrongSide#146; Cavanaugh, Eric #146;Snip3down#146; Wrona, and Faisal #146;Goofy#146; Khan. A schedule and live stream information can be found on the official . An interview with Frank O'Connor, Development Director for the Halo franchise at 343 Industries will be available this weekend.

Last week at Gamescom, three European teams--Fnatic, Lemondogs, and Gambit Gaming--.

Now another $100,000 is on the line and four spots for the North American teams to the World Championships. With North America#146;s win over Europe at the All-Star game, the region gets an additional spot at the Finals.

Teams Cloud 9 and Vulcun wait in the wings, as fan-favorites Team SoloMid, Counter Logic Gaming, Curse, and Dignitas battle it out in the opening rounds. A schedule and live stream information can be found on the .

Major League Gaming and Turtle Beach are hosting an 8-team $10,000 Call of Duty Invitational Anaheim Champions Complexity, EnvyUs, Impact, Unite, Kaliber, Soar, Faze, and Bad History.

Teams were invited based on their 2013 Call of Duty Championship and MLG Pro Circuit performances and the MLG Pro Points Rankings. The broadcast schedule can be found on .

The world finals of the World of Tanks Open tournament will be on display, with $100,000 up for grabs for the best teams from North America, Russia, Europe, China, South East Asia, and South America. Twitch.tv will be broadcasting the tournament on Sunday, September 1 at Showbox SoDo in Seattle.

From: www.gamespot.com

Bomber wins StarCraft 2 Season 2 Championships

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Choi "Bomber" Ji Sung wins second season of Blizzard's World Championship Series; third season will begin November 8-9 at BlizzCon.

Korean StarCraft 2 player Choi "Bomber" Ji Sung has won the second season of Blizzard#146;s World Championship Series held at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, and will take home $40,000 in prize money.

Choi, who is one of only two players personally sponsored by Red Bull, defeated North America#146;s best, Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn, and fellow Terran Yoon "TaeJa" Young Suh on his way to the finals. There he swept legend Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong to claim his first major StarCraft title since winning Major League Gaming#146;s Raleigh Championship in 2011, exactly two years ago.

"I knew I would win against him, but I never expected 4-0," Choi told GameSpot after his victory. "I was sad that I didn#146;t have good results in the last 2 years. I#146;m really happy now that I#146;ve finally won a championship. I just hope that I won#146;t be as bad as I was in 2012. I#146;m really thankful to all the fans that cheered for me at Gamescom.#146;

Jaedong has come close but has yet to win a StarCraft 2 tournament. He has placed second at four major events in the last four months, including the WCS America Season 2 Finals, DreamHack Summer, and DreamHack Valencia events.

The win by Choi now puts him third in the .

The third and final season for the 2013 WCS has now begun, with the top 16 point holders qualifying for the , to be held November 8-9 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The champion will receive $100,000 and be crowned the best StarCraft 2 player of 2013.

will be providing live coverage of the Season 3 Finals, and the World Championships at BlizzCon.

From: www.gamespot.com

Fnatic wins League of Legends Season 3 European Playoffs

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Fnactic bounces back during the playoffs to take the top spot and $50,000.

The Riot League of Legends Season 3 European Playoffs has concluded at Gamescom, with Fnatic taking the first seed and $50,000.

After some rough losses during Super Week, Fnatic bounced back during the playoffs by only dropping one map the entire weekend, including a sweep of Evil Geniuses and a convincing victory over Sweden#146;s Lemondogs in the finals.

#146;For me, qualifying for the World Championships was enough,#146; Fnatic MidLaner Enrique "xPeke" Cedeño after his team#146;s victory. #146;Winning this was a super big bonus.#146;

#146;In Season 1 we won [the World Championships], and there were good teams, but nothing compared to now. It would be great to win two now, to prove we are a great team.#146;

Fnatic, Lemondogs, and Russia#146;s Gambit Gaming are the three European teams qualified for the World Championships scheduled . Gambit Gaming defeated rivals Evil Geniuses in a close 2-1 series to take the last spot.

#146;I#146;m really good friends with most of the Evil Geniuses lineup,#146; Gambit team Captain Alexey "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin. #146;I#146;m upset that they don#146;t go, but it#146;s the game, and it happened. I think I#146;ve got no more feelings, I#146;m just a robot. All the emotions were there, I#146;m just totally exhausted. We will go home for two or three days and then get ready to bootcamp for the world championships.#146;

The North American Playoffs will begin this weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, with Team SoloMid, Counter Logic Gaming, Curse, Dignitas, Cloud 9 and Vulcun competing for four spots at the World Championships.

will be providing live coverage from NA LCS at PAX.

From: www.gamespot.com


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