We are hosting a $500 LAN at The Cave Fairfax on August 26 featuring StarCraft Remastered!
REGISTER: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084BA8A82EA1F85-psistormcup4
Depending on total number of players, we will do group stage OR swiss format, into playoffs.
Facebook Event: https://t.co/nWUITuwbLW
PSISTORM Gaming is excited to announce AXE Computers USA is creating a special PSISTORM Gaming branded gaming computer.
“I am ecstatic about this partnership between PSISTORM Gaming and AXE Computers. I love eSports and specifically the Starcraft 2 scene, and am so happy to work with one of the most prestigious teams out there”, said the owner of AXE Computers Kevin Neureuter.
* The rig will feature a Ryzen 5 1600X CPU, which means not only can you game, but also stream.
* It comes with an AMD RX 580 8GB video card and 16GB of RAM,
* a Cougar Panzer case with laser engraved PSISTORM Gaming Logo on tempered tinted glass,
* it will have RGB lighting and a 240mm liquid cooler,
* Finally, it will run on Windows 10 with a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD.
The build will streamed tomorrow night at 5pm on twitch.tv/axehead15.
This power machine is made with intense demands of games (including StarCraft 2) and streaming in mind. This first version of this will be raffled off for players participating at the next PSISTORMCup (#6, date TBD).
More PCs will be available for sale on AXE’s website.
“I’m happy to work with a local company who are made up of genuine StarCraft and esports fanatics. That’s what makes this partnership special is that they will give their best effort and heart behind their products especially with our team name on it. Gaming PC backed by gamers.”, said PSISTORM owner KJ Freeedom.
We are glad to announce that long time supporter of the team JD “Archnog” Sanzone now officially owns shares of PSISTORM Gaming, a privately owned LLC. He joins KJ “Freeedom” Garcia, and Damen “FilthyRake” Knight in the ownership of the company.
“I’m really happy to be here, I’ve always been a big fan of FilthRake”, said Archnog.
“I’m glad to have a fan of mine have more chances to interact with my awesomeness”, said FilthyRake.
“But in all seriousness, it’s with great excitement that I join the PSISTORM team. I’ve long admired the passion and commitment that both Karl and Damen have for the team. It’s very special when management shares and exhibits common values and vision. It makes joining the team feel like coming home”, said Archnog.
“As a long-time supporter of the team, JD comes in as a natural fit for ownership. Shares at this point in time for our company is not just about the financial investment. We can be selective to only those we want that we like working with, respect and trust, and that is JD.”, said Freeedom.
As a shareholder, JD will be involved in player, event and team decisions effective immediately.
Not including recent IEM and TING tournament achievements, PSISTORM Gaming players are off to a great start for 2017, especially in OSC.
PSISTORM Gaming is now in partnership with GauntletSC2, a long time broadcaster and tournament organizer in North America.
“We were the first to use Gauntlet as a contracted production team for our PSISTORMCup 4 tournament and they’ve proven to be the best out there for this scene. Jeremy and Bobby are tremendous. Their talent speaks for itself, and we knew the potential. It was long time coming, I’m happy that their owner Colton has agreed with Damen Knight and I. Gauntlet is now officially our broadcasting partner, with mutually beneficial financial and creative agreements”, said KJ “Freeedom”, team owner.
“In my opinion, Gauntlet has hands-down the best production in the scene. Working more closely with them will allow both of us to produce top-notch content, and allow us to support some of our best content creators”, co-owner Damen Knight adds.
Colton Sanford, creator/sponsor of Gauntlet on the deal: “GauntletSC2 is honored and privileged to be partnered with PSISTORM Gaming. PSISTORM has an incredible reputation within the StarCraft II community, and we are beyond ecstatic to be their official broadcast partner!”
Cheer on our players at Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice, Poland! We are tied with TeamLiquid with the most players getting into the round of 24, with PiLiPiLi, Gumiho and TRUE.
On the 27th, PiLiPiLi was able to qualify through his bracket despite many European powerhouses like Elazer, SortOf and Dayshi. He was able to get to the winners brackets qualifying series against Uthermal, but lost decisively 0-2. In the loser’s bracket, he was able to make it back to the qualifying series by beating Dayshi 2-1. His last obstacle was the BlizzCon semi-finalist Elazer. Thanks to some well planned carriers and a perfectly executed immortal sentry all-in, he won 2-0, securing his spot and pulling the upset.
As for Gumiho, on the 28th he played out his games in Bracket 3 heavily stacked with tough Korean opponents such as Bunny, jjakji, Impact and Losira. His first and only challenge came in the qualifying match vs. jjakji. He pulled off the win on Proxima Station in long macro game with plenty of back and forth battles. In the second game on Newkirk Precinct TE, Gumiho lost slowly, but surely to his opponents aggression, finally losing to a massive doomdrop on his production, causing him to GG out. In the last game, Gumiho started out with a successful reaper rush which caused his Terran opponent to do an all or nothing counter attack which he held steadily until the victory screen popped up.
At the conclusion of the games, the groups for the Ro24 were released. As luck would have it, we will have to suffer a team-kill situation in Group C ; PiLiPiLi and TRUE will be forced to play each other. On the upside, since it is a round robin format, the top 3 players of each group will advance, so both our players have the chance to make it to the bracket stage. In group D, Gumiho will have to play his heart out being in a group with Innovation, Dark and Showtime. It is no surprise this group is the group of Death.
Group C and D will both be played out on the 3rd of March. Our players have already played very well and we look forward to their performance on that day. Don’t forget to tune in!
Our CSGO roster to be fielded next season will be the following:
Nick “Nylee” Lee as team captain and rifle
Drew”v1king” Darbyas rifle
Mike “strize” Mellon as rifle
Rapheal “takibo” Medeiros as rifle and AWPer
Adnan “RsN” Nasir as rifle and in-game leader
We look forward to what they can do!
Just in, details to be updated but we have signed Gumiho to play. He will be flying over to IEM Katowice to compete for PSISTORM Gaming.
He has some successful results, notably in GSL:
source: Liquipedia
Including one of the most memorable was while competing in DreamHack Tours Finals vs none other than PartinG:
“Having the “Towel Terran” on PSISTORM is an amazing opportunity for the team, and I am very excited to watch him represent us in Korea”, says FilthyRake, co-owner of PSISTORM.
PengWin who worked with the Korean player in getting signed said, “GuMiho has been a mainstay in the Korean scene since early Wings of Liberty, and has proved time and again that he is a top player. On top of that, after living with him for two months in the MVP house in 2015, I’ve also come to know him as a very kind individual with a strong commitment to the teams of which he’s been a part. I’m very excited to be working with GuMiho in 2017, and I am optimistic that he will continue to show himself as one of the absolute best”.
Follow him on twitter here.
We now have a large sized branded mat for sale! Thanks to Sloth E-Sports, it features a Multi-Spandex Surface, Anti-Slip Rubber Backing & Sewn Edge Trim.
Retailing at 20$ USD,
Check it out here!
Team Ascension’s Raze wins PSISTORMCup 4!
a few moments from #PSISTORMCup 4 ! https://t.co/UNNU4czljs @starcraft https://t.co/DdGrHPuOg7 @TheCaveFairfax #esports pic.twitter.com/gdb0DrHP3A
— PSISTORM Gaming (@psistormgaming) December 6, 2016
Brackets and tournament info on Liquipedia.
Announcement before the event:
PSISTORMCup in its 4th iteration is scheduled for December 3rd, Saturday at The Cave in Fairfax, VA.
At least $1k prize pool, giveaways, swiss format again, music, etc!
The venue features fast gaming computers, top notch gear: monitor, keyboard, headset, mice, and near George Mason University and plenty of parking and restaurants within walking distance.
REGISTER HERE: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E084BA8A82EA1F85-psistormcup2
ONLY $20. Prize pool is $1000 for top 4, and $150 for bottom 5 ($30/each) to encourage all casuals not just pros to play. Have fun, play Starcraft!
This is brought to you by PSISTORM Gaming, who love StarCraft and support the community. Help us support the scene. This is a non-profit event, all donations/proceeds go to costs and players.
FB invite is here.