In the last material, we talked about the men's and women's championships on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as part of ESWC 2012, now it's time to introduce you to the results of seven remaining disciplines.
For many years, Parisian Electronic Sports World Cup With Korean World Cyber Games were considered the most prestigious of the world championships in computer sports. Now they, however, have lost their positions a little, but to win in the championship with a ten -year history is still extremely honorable.
► ESWC, perhaps the only major tournament in which competitions are held on various versions of Trackmania.
Championship title ESWC Fores you in the history of computer sports forever. You even get a chance to see yourself a loved one in a “box” – the Parisian tournament is well promoted by most other championships today.
In total within ESWC 2012 We held nine tournaments: by CS: GO, Starcraft II, FIFA13, Tekkentagtournamentii, Trackmaniacanyon, Dota2, Shootmaniastorm And Trackmanianationsforver.
► ESWC 2012 is a huge hall in the middle of the Paris Games Week exhibition, hundreds of spectators, professional television equipment and tournaments in the world's most popular games in the world.
In this article we will tell you about the most massive and interesting.
Dota 2
If last year we said that the largest cyberdiscipline is Starcraft II , then in 2012 the situation changed. Epic proportions The International 2 from Valve to heaven raised an interest in the game, which has not yet been officially released.
[[Bullet]] is pleasant that children from an early age are imbued with the atmosphere of large championships.
Dota 2 It is so popular that sometimes it seems to us that everything will be chopped into it, and if they do not cut, then at least once or two came in. Almost every day on the vast expanses of the network there are several prestigious championships, where the best groups of the world are preparing for large Lan tournaments.
Parisian tournament within ESWC 2012 was one of the most anticipated Dota 2-affairs. At first, we did not have reasons for concern, because last year's championship turned out to be really interesting. Although in 2011 the game was still damp, and the choice of heroes is very small, the final match between Na’vi And the Chinese from Ehome caused the strongest intensity of passions.
They expected the like now, and only with the approach of ESWC from different countries of the forty on the tail brought disappointing news about the abolition of national qualifying. Unfortunately, Russia also fell on the list of countries where they did not find a local selection organizer. If earlier qualifications took place in almost all large countries, then this year thanks to new politics ESWC There were few people who wanted to.
► "Take a picture of us, or something, since we have already arrived here …"
The short -sightedness of the organizers resulted in a shaft of failures, and as a result, the qualifications took place only in France itself, the USA, Algeria, China, Kosovo and Ukraine. Moreover, in some places they were held in a peculiar way-initially Ukraine had two slots on the world final (the winner of the selection and last year's champion Natus Vincere ), but in the end it was decided to send Paris only "born to win", and eliminate the second slot. Instead, the winner of national qualifying received prizes, but whether this replacement became equivalent to him – another question ..
► Hero Gyrocopter on normal tournaments with the day with fire cannot be found, but on the ESWC 2012 Na’vi he was successfully used.
It would seem that all bad news should end there, but … learning about the size of the prize fund, from participation on ESWC 2012 Suddenly the Chinese refused – some of the main contenders for victory. Analyzing the situation, Na’vi went to Paris for gold without training, – no equal rivals were expected there.
As a result, the tournament gathered only eight teams, four of which represented the hostess France. What is logical – the organizers tried to save the situation as they could, replacing the "truants" with local teams of a fairly average level. You can get acquainted with all participants below.
Dignitas (USA) – SNEYKING, FOGGED, AUI_2000, Waytosexy, Tidesoftime
Teamshakira (France) – Calculus, 7CNGMAD, SOCKS, FUNZII, RYZE
Imaginarygaming (France) – Kazou, Banz, Jellec, Midnight, Sev
Natus Vincere (Ukraine)-Puppey, XBOCT, Dendi, Lightofheaven, Ars-Art
Casualgaming (France)-Yoya, Neusia, VLAD, TRUCID, Mar-SU
Scutagaming (Kosovo) – Chaky, That’s The Spirit, Beci, Fresk, Hybrid!
B_NET (Algeria) – RVP20, Bizou, Amine, Naruto, !n?Mo
World War Game (France)
Finally deciding on the participants, the organizers scattered them into two approximately equal groups. The first hit Na’vi , Casualgaming , Imaginarygaming And B_NET , And in the second, respectively, Scuta Gaming , Team Shakira , Dignitas And World War Game.
There were no surprises at the group stage, however, how to come from if the participants are very different in terms of the game. The main favorites in the person of Na’vi, the silver medalists of The International 2, and Dignitas, winners of American qualifying, won their groups. French Doters from Team Shakira and Imaginary Gaming came out from the second places.
► Record of the first final game ESWC 2012: Na’vi against Dignitas
Having played the group Gyrocopter ’Om and other a serious level for tournaments by heroes, Na’vi were so relaxed that they blew the first match of the semi-final to the ex-part MTW in the face of Team Shakira. Realizing that the departure from the tournament with such a weak composition of the participants will not forget their house, Dendi And the company quickly sent the owners to play the match for third place (2: 1). In the second semi -final, Americans from Dignitas easily defeated the "imaginary" for two parties (2: 0).
The final games became, by and large, the only interesting in the entire tournament. Dignitas Not the strongest team of the United States ( EG And Quantic will be more powerful), but they fought against our champions until the last. The first match lasted about a quarter of an hour and was remembered by a great flight Venomancer ’A through the entire card to the base to Puja Dendi , who successfully pulled him with his hook. At this place we pass the fiery greetings Valve and at the same time we know when this bug will finally be removed from the game … Victory Na’vi with a score 34:23.
► Record of the second final game ESWC 2012: Na’VI against Dignitas
Despite the approximately equal account, the second match turned out even faster. Players Dignitas We lasted about half an hour, after which they wrote " GG WP CONGRATULATIONS "And quickly went to award. The latter, by the way, turned out not very magnificent – players were handed by headphones Plantronics , Medals and checks for the infantry. The anthem of Ukraine played (funny, given that there are only two Ukrainians in Na’VI), and this was the end of the award.
► Natus Vincere and Americans from Team Dignitas are two of the ESWC 2012 Dota 2-collection.
According to the results of the tournament, I express my gratitude to express Dignitas , Which, despite the difficult weather conditions in the USA (Hurricane Sandy), still arrived in Paris. And, of course, we congratulate Na’vi – two -time world champions in Dota 2 according to Electronic Sports World Cup!
The final location of the teams on ESWC 2012 :
1st place- Natus Vincere (Ukraine) – $ 12,000
2nd place- Team Dignitas (USA) – $ 8,000
3rd place- Team Shakira (France) – $ 5,000
FIFA 2013
Thirty -two players from Brazil, Pakistan, Argentina, India, Spain, England and other countries came to the virtual football championship. As for our guys, as in the case of the second DOTA, there was no one from Russia, but there was a representative of Ukraine.
To go to Paris, Maryan Spider ( Marik ) I had to overcome all the stages of a complex Ukrainian selection, in the final of which he opposed him Yozhyk – one of the strongest "fifers" of the world. Having beaten it, Maryan was already rushing about ESWC in the rank of one of the main favorites, but failed to please his fans in Paris.
► Friendly atmosphere – this is what perfectly characterizes all players in virtual football.
Once in a group of eight players, the Ukrainian won only two parties out of seven – players from Spain were defeated (2: 1 against RAMOS) and Saudi Arabia (3: 2 against Zozoelo ). The match against TNT From exotic by standards FIFA Iran Marik drawn (2: 2), which was not enough for the exit to the next stage. Interestingly, the Ukrainian managed to beat the champion Fifa Interactive World Cup [http: // www.FIFA.COM/ InteractiveworldCup/ Index.html], but could not cope with the much lighter Englishman, Romanian and Frenchman.
After the departure of our only representative, watching the progress of the tournament became not so interesting, but the final between the Frenchman Bruce Grannets ( Spank ) and the Romanian Patraska Ovidiu ( OVVY ) it turned out incredibly tense. The Romanian veteran FIFA came forward in the 117th additional minute, and the gold was already very close, but Spank managed to recoup to the joy of the local public. The game passed into a series of post -match penalty movies, and in them, as you know, anyone can defeat, especially in computer FIFA.
► Record of a stressed final on FIFA 2013: Frenchman Bruce Granz (Spank) against Romanian Patraska Ovidiu (Ovvy). Both players play Madrid's Real Madrid.
Until the last blow of the series, the players had one miss, but without three minutes the champion missed, and the Frenchman, on the contrary, scored, which led several hundred spectators into wild delight. The owners are stumbled in the final on CS: GO, in the semifinals on DOTA 2 and Starcraft II , But in football they are stronger than all in the world! Almost like in memorable 1998.
The final location of the players on the ESWC 2012 :
1st place- Spank (France) – $ 5,000
2nd place- OVVY (Romania) – $ 3,500
3rd place- Juliano (France) – $ 1,500
Shootmania Storm
Shootmania Storm I came to e -sports for a shift Quake Live. We have already written about this discipline (we are played by “three by three”) and, although we like the game, we are forced to notice that it would hardly be present in Paris if it were not French roots Ubisoft.
► Traditional contests and draws in breaks between all championship games.
The owners of the game promote it in every possible way wherever possible, because Quake Live now present only on Dreamhack And QuakeCon. The lack of large quake tournaments forces the strongest professionals to rush between two games, not really concentrating on any of them.
Sixteen teams from Sweden, Spain, Canada, Germany, the USA, Portugal and other countries arrived in Paris to fight for the championship title and $ 20,000. Among the participants was the closest to us in spirit, the Belarusian-Polish trio from Millenium (Cypher, AV3K, KEEP3R), for which we were sick.
► Eclypsia Dutch team during its games on the main stage.
The first two members of this team in the Quake community are well known to everyone, because these are the strongest players in recent years, but Yuri Mikulchik ( Keep3r ) – the name for the young generation of players, perhaps new. The fact is that many years ago Yuri successfully played in Quake , but suddenly decided to switch to the camp of a more popular Counter-Strike 1.6. Having played for several years in Belarusian teams and without really taking anything in the European arena, Keep3r decided to bet on Shootmania.
After leaving the group in second place (the Swedes left the first TCM-gaming ) the guys fantastically unlucky with the net, because in the playoffs Millenium We hit Colwn led by Italian Alessandro Avallone ( Stermy ) – Of course, the strongest team of the world in Shootmania.
► Record of the final game ESWC 2012 on Shootmania Storm: Colwn against Eclypsia
No matter how our guys tried, to defeat the future champion ESWC They could not. Jobbing Cypher and company, Colwn They drove a rink through the rest of their rivals, without giving a single card for the entire Parisian championship. The seconds of the Dutch from Eclypsia , And the third – Germans from Gamersleague.
The final location of the teams on ESWC 2012 :
1st place- Colwn (France) – $ 10,000
2nd place- Eclypsia (Holland) – $ 6,000
3rd place- Gamersleague (Germany) – $ 4,000
Starcraft II
For competitions on the legendary RTS from an American company Blizzard many strong players from all over the planet arrived. Here, the difference from the "failure" tournament in Dota 2 , Nobody refused to participate. The prize fund was equal to forty thousand US dollars, twenty of which went straight to the champion.
► Koreans – always favorites at any Starcraft championship. This time, Squurtile and Forgg arrived (in the photo).
Koreans were considered the main applicants for victory Startale.Squirtle And Millenium.Forgg , Pole Mousesports.Mana And, of course, the favorite of the local public is French Ilyes Saturi ( STEPHANO ). The chances of the latter have been evaluated especially highly, because the strongest grave of Europe has recently clicks tournaments like nuts, and on the Lan championship has always been stable.
Our countries in Paris represented three – Ukrainians Dmitry Filipchuk ( Dimaga ) and Alexander Svisyuk ( Bly ), as well as Russian Oleg Kuptsov ( Titan ). After analyzing the draw of the group stage, we decided that all of ours would easily go to the next stage, but it was not there!
An experienced representative led us MTW and a lover of three -liter cans with Dimaga water. Unexpectedly for everyone, he lost to a little -known American Hawk , and representative of exotic South Africa Pandatank. This has become for us, perhaps the most unpleasant surprise on ESWC, because the rest of the favorites easily overcame their groups.
► In the gaming zone you can not only play and prepare for the upcoming matches, but also talk with like -minded people from distant countries.
Our remaining strategists also did not last long – if Titan ’Y, like a team Millenium By Shootmania , Fatal was unlucky with the net (he hit the main favorite of Mana), then the Ukrainian Bly lost to a very mediocre Norwegian Targa (0: 2). It is noteworthy that both “offenders” of our players met among themselves in the next round and the Polish protoss turned out to be stronger.
According to the results of hot quarter -final battles, the first semi -finalists are expected to be the Korean Forgg, French STEPHANO and Mana Pole. Soon another local player joined them Neoangel , who, with frantic support of the auditorium, jumped much above his head.
► Record of the second semifinals between Mousesports.Mana and EG.STEPHANO
In the first semifinals (Forgg against Neoangel ) there was no serious struggle – a seasoned Korean Terran (by the way, the only one of the three representatives of this race on ESWC 2012) in the class outplayed a young opponent. Let us pay tribute to the e -sports veteran of Ji Su Park ( Forgg ) – after many years of playing in Starcraft: Broodwar He adapted relatively quickly to the second part and now shows a very solid level today.
After the release of the first Frenchman, all the attention of the audience was focused on the second semi -final pair, whose game could well be considered the “second ending” ESWC 2012. The first match turned out to be fast – STEPHANO He took the bull Jammy Jack sister sites by the horns from the first minutes, and in the ninth minute the first more or less serious skirmish occurred.
► French GOG Ilyes Saturi – the main favorite of the local public and one of the strongest players in SC 2 in the world.
Despite the approximately equal exchange, it became just a prelude to the real battle, which took place five minutes later. The Pole was on the attack at a faulty time for Zerg, and he was forced to go on the offensive so as not to lose the most important fifth location. The Army of the Protoss (five colosses, several immortal and a dozen two stalkers) turned out to be much stronger than two or three infectors and a swarm of grabing and cockroaches.
Losing, STEPHANO I tried to align the situation, but at such a high level matches with such an advantage are no longer given. A few minutes later, Mana destroyed several locations of GOG, and STEPHANO wrote " GG " – 1: 0 in favor Mana ).
► Record of the final matches of ESWC 2012 on Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
The next match was decently dragged on, and the players slowly moved to the Late stage. Not wanting to take risks, STEPHANO waited for several owners of the pack and went on the attack with them. While the Zerg spread over the entire map, the Pole also did not lose time in vain and built a mature ship-the strongest combat unit in the game. The final battle took place in the center of the map, and then the Frenchman already took a confident revenge for the defeat in the last game and equalized the score in the series (1: 1). The fate of the second finalist was to decide on the map Metropolis le.
The third match turned out just a sight for sore eyes. At the very first minutes, Mana created several sentries, plunged them into the prism of curvature and flew to the location. Now the main thing was to fly up secretly so that the enemy grabings would not have time to climb the ramp. STEPHANO, sensing something was wrong, noticed flying transporters, but it was too late. The sentries successfully landed and closed the entire passage by the power field, and the Zilots began to cut out defenseless workers. Chaos began on the locations of the Zerg, and the protoss, excellently using the possibilities of prisms and power fields, moved to the finale.
► Grzegozh Kominch (Mana) – new champion ESWC 2012
In fact, everything ended already when the Pole built the Dark Templar – there was nothing to kill them, and the limit of the Zerg was melting before our eyes. Wanting to finish off the Frenchman, Mana sent ten stalkers to the enemy, who completed the campaign. Mana He won with a score of 2: 1, and the real tears appeared in front of local spectators ..
The final match against Forgg did not work out as epic – the player Mousesports After an enchanting victory in the semifinals, he beat the Korean (2: 0) and became the new champion ESWC 2012. He took the bronze STEPHANO.
The final location of the players on the ESWC 2012 :
1st place- Mana (Poland) – $ 20,000
2nd place- Forgg (South Korea) – $ 12,000
3rd place- STEPHANO (France) – $ 8,000
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