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Oceanic SC2 Championship Season 3 2015 Recap

The OSC is a Oceanic, South East Asian, North American and Chinese regional series that takes place yearly where the top 32 players are invited to a grand final with a prize pool of $3500. Now in its third season, the OSC concluded this year with several PSISTORM players placing highly among the top 32.

 

PiLiPiLi came 4th, EnDerr 5th, DemiLove 7th, and TRUE 9th. Congratulations to our players! We hope to see them compete again in OSC 2016.

 

 

Full details in a letter from OSC to PSISTORM Gaming: http://psistorm.com/main/osc2015report/

 

Filthy NA Cup Weekly

FilthyRake is hosting a tournament for PSISTORM Gaming! For updates to this and rule changes, check out the TeamLiquid thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/501771-filthy-na-cup-weekly

This is a $100 prize pool weekly online tournament, open to all North American players (but only NA players). Every 4th weekly tournament will be open to ALL players globally. First place every week will receive $75, with $25 going to second place. There will also be OSC points awarded for the top 16 finishers.

The very first of these cups will be held:

Saturday, Jan 23 3:00pm EST (GMT-05:00)
Registration Link

If this goes well, I may hold larger cups less often as well (monthly? quarterly? tbd).

Streams:
[image loading] filthyrake (English)

Casters:
DrennoC
and
Draven
are confirmed as casters, with other casters still TBD – if you’re interested in casting any of these, hit me up! I would expect a rotation of casters each week, but everything will be streamed on the above channel.

Observers and Admins:
If you want to volunteer to act as an observer or an admin, please let me know.

Where:
The chat channel is FilthyNACup.
All games must be played on the NA Ladder.

Define NA Players:
Citizens of North American countries. No VISA or Green Card holders. In cases of question/debate, this will be left to the discretion of the admins. In future cups this may be expanded to allow Permanent Residents. Every 4th event will be open to all players, globally. The first such Open event will be Feb 13th, 2016.

Format:
The format is bo3 for every round until finals.
The finals are a Bo5.
Single Elimination.

Maps:
Map pool is current blizzard ladder maps:
Dusk Towers
Orbital Shipyard
Prion Terraces
Ulrena
Central Protocol
Lerilak Crest
Ruins of Seras

Vetoes
Vetoes work as below:

If your name is higher on the bracket you decide if you are A or B.

Player A Veto
Player B Veto
Player A Veto
Player B Veto
Player A picks map 1
Player B picks map 2
Last map remaining is map 3.

Vetoes for finals work the same, but with only 1 veto each instead of 2.

Results:
Players are expected to report their own match results on challonge. Players also must submit replays of their matches via challonge.

Prizing:
1st: $75 and 120 OSC points
2nd: $25 and 60 OSC points
3rd + 4th: 30 OSC points each
5-8th: 10 OSC points each
9-16th: 5 OSC points each

OSC:
I am super excited to announce that we’re partnering up with OSC to offer OSC points and other awesome incentives for participating in the Filthy NA Cup Weekly!

NA + L.Am players gain 2.5 bonus Participation points, which counts towards $1200 Participation Competition.

ANZ + SEA players gain 2.5 bonus Participation points, which counts towards $1000 Participation Competition.

Plus there are $ Bounties for NA + SEA Players

Inaugural PSISTORM Cup at The Cave

We are proud to partner up with The Cave gaming center to bring out a monthly LAN tournament featuring Starcraft!

The first one will be on January 31st, Sunday starting at 11 and ends late afternoon.

There will be prizes for top placing casual players in Masters/Diamond, Platinum/Gold, and Silver/Bronze divisions: $50 each! Also if we have enough interest, Archon mode tournament.

Also we’ll be awarding cases of REDBULL drinks as additional prizes!

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Depending on success of the event, we will do another one next month.

The total prize pool regardless is $1000.

The Cave
http://cave-gaming.com/
10621 Braddock Rd, Ste B, Fairfax, Virginia 22032

Facebook Event

ONLINE REGISTRATION: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084ba8a82ea1f85-psistorm/35647693

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Freeedom with Rich of The Cave

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Top notch new computer equipment

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concession stands

EnDerr takes 3rd at iesF 2015

To finish off the year, EnDerr had one of his best showings in an international tournament to date. In iesF he started the first 2 days of competition with an undefeated 8-0, where he went 2-0 over Zanster, and 2-0 over NightEnd.

He lost in the semi-finals to eventual winner Serral, and set him up against Has for the 3rd place match. That matchup was probably the best series of the tournament. Artosis said “this was the match that was talked about during the tournament, where both players are really aggressive. I can’t wait.” They didn’t fail to deliver as the series went the full 3 games with EnDerr winning 2-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FmKC6DQZq4

Protoss Power! PiLiPiLi Plays for PSISTM!

Pavel “PiLiPiLi” Pilipenko, a Protoss player from Kazakhstan who lives in California, signs with PSISTORM Gaming and will compete in WCS 2016. We last saw him qualify for WCS with wins over Semper and Scarlett in NA Qualifiers.

“I am very excited to join team PSISTORM. I have been looking for a stable team for a while now and I think i found one 😛 I will be practicing with my new team mates to perform well in WCS and other tournaments! Looking forward to my progress with the team!”, said PiLiPiLi.

The team has been looking for more Protosses to join the roster, to join Arium and MygraiN. “With Legacy of the Void just releasing, it is imperative that the team have players to cover the 3 races to prepare each other for competition with practices and team leagues”, said Freeedom.

While he is focused on practice, he will return to some occasional streaming for his fans while playing for the team.

Last HOTS Hurrah Tournament

Feeling down that there’s no SC2 action the week before Blizzcon Finals? No LOTV beta? Well, PSISTORM Gaming would like to host it’s first tournament for Heart of the Swarm!

Since there is not more LOTV until it officially releases, and we have a week of HOTS, this is our chance for one last HOTS tournament.

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:00:00 -0500, 7pm US Eastern


$500 prize pool

$300 1st
$100 2nd
$50 3rd/4th

Thursday 7pm US Eastern

main stream: http://www.twitch.tv/psistormgaming
2nd/3rd streams: TBD

16 spots by invites. SINGLE ELIMINATION.

Brackets: http://challonge.com/psilhht

Confirmed players (2 KR, 4 NA, 4 EU, 2 SEA plus 4 PSISTORM Gaming players):

  • Apocalypse
  • Arium
  • TRUE
  • Hitman
  • JonSnow
  • Masa
  • NoRegreT
  • Patience
  • Puck
  • Solar
  • Zanster
  • Tefel
  • GunfuPanda
  • Seither

To be announced:
EU4

SEA2

 

Liquipedia article: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/PSISTORM_LHHT

TeamLiquid post: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-tournaments/497763-last-hots-hurrah-1-night-tournament

Legacy of the Void BETA ends, GrandMaster Rankings

a few minutes before LOTV ended today, we had a few screenshots of the GrandMaster rankings.

For PSISTORM Gaming, we have TRUE at 17th, Apocalypse at 19th and NoRegreT at 50th place. A barcode Terran got the top spot, while Samsung Galaxy’s Reality is 2nd.

Other notables include: Lilbow (4th), Solar (8th), ForGG (37th), Puck/Solace (51), and PiliPili (60).

Here’s a composite of the screencapture. We apologize we missed a few spots from the scrolling shots like 16th place, 32-34, and 62+.

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LOTV will release soon and we are all excited to get going.

InHouse TEAM LEAGUE

if you’re a member of PSISTORM, you’re eligible to play in our weekly Team League match. Register here: http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/z3hUrUXYcT

After captains are decided, we will do a draft into teams. Then determine date/time weekly for the streamed matches.

The matches will be streamed on our twitch channel. Depending on the signups, we’ll have even match requirements of GM vs GM, Master, Diamond, Plat/Gold/Silver/Bronze.

Current registered players are: http://challonge.com/PSISTMInhouseTL

Contact @psiElusory for more info.

PSISTORM competes in #DCLAN at MONSTER PC WORLD

article by John Sung

DC LAN in Annandale started early with top members James “MygraiN” Horsey, Jake “NoRegreT” Umpleby, and team coach Erik “EndOfLine” Faden warming up to prepare for the onslaught they would bring on the unsuspecting competition.

With half the player bracket spread out across the dimly lit PC bang the chill atmosphere set the tone for the rest of the day. We were here to have fun, to meet and talk to our friends, and to enjoy a game we all love… even if it meant getting absolutely demolished by some of the best players in the country.It was obvious who was going to be amongst the finals of this Bo3 double elimination bracket for both Legacy of the Void and the Heart of the Swarm tourney. When MygraiN, sitting behind me, casually reached grandmasters with a proxy, I was prepared to type “gg” before my games even started.

But DC LAN isn’t just about winning a tournament. Richard “A9arnn” Ngo came all the way from New York to organize the event. Kerouac drove three hours to pick up Scion (who knocked MygraiN into the losers bracket- LotV) and even contributed $100 to the prize pool. Others who donated were Akasha ($20), A9arnn ($50), and KJ “Freeedom” G.($50). The passion for starcraft is still alive and the experience of meeting new people with that same passion is what keeps the community thriving. Events like DC LANis exactly what starcraft needs.

pics by Troyseph
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The remaining slots in the brackets filled up as more players arrived throughout the day. PSISTORM Gaming team owner Freeedom and All-In’s Tyrant Junior, along with Tossim (all high masters) increased the already daunting skill gap between the casuals and the proficient. The final brackets concluded with NoRegreT and EndOfLine facing off in the semifinals of the losers bracket- HotS. NoRegreT would go on to take the tourney beating MygraiN in the finals and the grand finals with a score of 3-0.It was no surprise when NoRegreT would also take the LotV championship facing against Tyrant Junior in the semifinals and, again, MygraiN in the grand finals. Stating he beat David “Lilbow” Moschetto in a match who’s ranked #34 in the world, any local tournament at this point is child’s play for PSISTORM Gaming’s NoRegreT.

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CS GO new team

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With the old team disbanding, we have acquired an existing team that are solid players individually, as well as a team. Some of the guys go back to the CS 1.6 days/early CS source days. They have loads of experience on a couple of them. Also the team posseses a very impressive record in ESEA open as well.

Here is the ESEA team info.

The members are zephiK, Kal-El, Lights-, FLXD and Resookie. Manager is Blake Gillenwater.

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Name: William Ma
Handle (alias): zephiK
Biography: I first started competing at a very young age with CS 1.3 as my first game and moved to the Call of Duty series on the PC picking up various achievements in the scene. I’m now looking to make a huge stride in the CS:GO scene and to advance through the ESEA divisions.
Past Achievements:
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Call of Duty: Black Ops I
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1st Place: Mobility Gaming Black Ops Invitational – Lollards of Lancaster
3rd Place: March Mayhem S&D Tournament – eMazing Gaming
4th Place: Cooler Master May Massacre – eMazing Gaming
2nd Place: Summer’s End S&D Tournament – eMazing Gaming
1st Place: Black Ops S&D Placement Exam A – Lolards of Lancaster
3rd Place: National ESL S&D Open Cup #1 – Lollards of Lancaster
5th Place: Newegg Wanfest Black Ops – Lollards of Lancaster
3rd Place: National ESL Black Ops Season 1 – iDEMISE
7-1 Record CEVO Professional Black Ops Season 1 – iDEMISE
1st Place: Alienware NVIDIA CTF Black Ops Launch – iDEMISE
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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3rd Place: March Mayhem S&D – eMazing Gaming
4th Place: Cooler Master May Massacre – eMazing Gaming
2nd Place: Summer’s End S&D – eMazing Gaming
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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1st/2nd Place: National ESL CS:GO Pre Release Beta Cup
Ro16: Alienware CS:GO Fall Season Battlegrounds
Role: In-game leader / entry
Favorite Map: Mirage
Favorite Weapon: AK-47
Twitter: http://twitter.com/zephiK0
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/zephik
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Name: Vicky Patel
Handle (alias): Kal-eL
Biography: I’ve been competing for 8 years. My first competitive game was Call of Duty 4. Since then I have competed in various Call of Duty series. After hearing about the new counter strike being launched. I decided to make my switch to CSGO and have been playing since the beta.
Achievements:
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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1st/2nd Place: National ESL CS:GO Pre Release Beta Cup
Ro16: Alienware CS:GO Fall Season Battlegrounds
Role: Lurker
Favorite Map: Cache
Favorite Weapon: AK-47
Twitter: http://twitter.com/vickpatel_
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/ka1el
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Name: Anthony Semkiw
Handle: Lights-
Biography: Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Anthony “Lights-” Semkiw was raised both in Canada and in the United States. He often excelled in athletics and academics, and as he grew into his teens, Counter-Strike. Starting as a surfer in 1.6, he developed his passion for competitive play as some of his friends introduced him to scrimming and pugging. He quickly became a member of several notable 1.6 teams, such as dirtyMoves, SYOPS and theRIOT, and built his name in the community under the alias TyranT[n3]. He later changed his name to Lights- in order to further establish his individual identity in the community. He only recently started playing CS:GO competitively in 2015, after a three year break from gaming. He is still trying to improve every day to reach the level that he was once at in 1.6. He believes in Hard Work, Dedication, and Belief.
Past Achievements:
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Counter-Strike 1.6
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ESEA Main Season 9
ESEA Main Season 12
CEVO Main Season 13
CEVO Main Season 14
Role: Support
Favorite Map: Nuke
Favorite Weapon: AK-47
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyTheTigurrrr
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/tonythetigerrrrrr
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Name: Stanley Gong
Handle (alias): FLXD
Biography: Started playing FPS with Goldeneye for the N64 at a young age and always been interested in FPS games since. Started playing Counter-Strike 1.6 and have been hooked since. The transision from CS 1.6 to CS:GO was not too smooth, but was finally able to plant his foot with this current CS:GO team [insert team name]. He also plays Super Smash Bros. Melee competitively in a local and national scene.
Achievements: N/A
Role: Entry
Favorite Map: de_cache
Favorite Weapon: AK-47
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GongFactor
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/flxd_cs
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Name: Jeffrey Voss
Handle (alias): Resookie
Biography: I am a seasoned veteran in the FPS scene, with over 10 years of competitive experience. I got my start in a game called Americas Army, working my way up from the open ranks all the way to invite. Most of my accomplishments thus far have been in the Call of Duty competitive scene. I have won numerous tournaments at the professional/invite level and hope to transfer this experience to CS:GO, and continue to improve as a player.
Achievements:
Americas Army
unR.AA – NA CAL-M S10 2nd Place (10-1) Fall 08′ (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – 3rd Place NA TWL Intervites Fall 08′ (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – 2nd Place NA TWL Open Fall 08′ (10-2) (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – CEVO-NA Freedom Tourney 7th out of 32 Summer 08′ (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – FTK5 Champs Spring 08′ (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – 3rd Place NA AOTL Fall 07′ (v3 aka unRestricted)
unR.AA – 25 ECK tournament 1st place finishes
AA- XPL s1 1st [i9 gaming]
AA- UGL s3 1st [i9 gaming]

MW2 (unRestricted)
-2nd Place MW2T CoolerMaster P2P Tourny-
-1st Place, GACGL Alpha Divsion Winner & GACGL CHAMPS-
-1st Place TWL S2 2nd Place Regular Season
-2nd Place MW2T Independence Tourny-
-4th Place MW2T Summers End Tourny-
-Semi Finalist Black Ops MWT Exam A-
Final record of (44-4)

Lzuruha Gaming – Black Ops
-1st ESL S&D Placement Cup 1st

Team Notoriety – Black Ops
-2nd ESL S&D Final 3 Premier Placement
-2nd ESL Season 1 Premier
-2nd CEVO Professional Season 1
-4th PSG Barebones S&D Tournament
-4th PSG xkmod S&D Tournament

Team Notoriety – Modern Warfare 3
-4th Infamy Gaming Tournament
-1st ESL MW3 Go4MW3 #1
-2nd ESL MW3 Go4MW3 #3
-2nd ESL MW3 Go4MW3 #5
-4th PSG Barebones S&D Tournament
Role: Sniper
Favorite Map: Dust2
Favorite Weapon: AWP
Twitter:
Twitch: http://twitch.tv/resookie