A blue reflection on Katowice
The dust has settled on the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship, and so, too, on the EMS One Katowice grand finals. It was a weekend filled with magical moments that I and hundreds of thousands of others will cherish for many years to come. It’s funny, but as time goes by and we reminisce on […]
Katowice: A crowning finish and preview of what's to come
Counter-Strike fans across the world are still smiling about the outstanding four days of CS history they watched unfold. So many stories have been written, great performances given and all supported by one of the most amazing crowds the CS eSports circuit has seen, which brought the four day tournament to a whole new level. […]
Top 5 League of Legends moments from Katowice
For three days, the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice kept the global League of Legends community in suspense. Eight teams from America, Europe and Asia traveled to Poland to try and become the eighth season World Champion while hundreds of thousands eSports fans watched online and tens of thousands visited the extravaganza on-site […]
Top 5 moments of EMS One Katowice
A truly remarkable weekend has just finished. For those who want to relive the EMS One Katowice magic or didn't get a chance to watch the games, we've summed up all the matches in daily roundups. However, as (moving) pictures say more than a thousand words, here are our top five moments of EMS One […]
A tale of two doges: Artosis and Gnimsh's Grand Final showdown
With the semifinal matches dealt with and competitors Phillip “SineX” Zoschke and Jakub “Lothar” Szygulski no longer in the running, Hearthstone's final showdown was revealed to be between our two invitees Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski and Marcin “Gnimsh” Filipowicz. That was HearthStone #IEM! pic.twitter.com/Gf8HmZTsIx — Michal Blicharz (@mbCARMAC) March 16, 2014 The two Team DogeHouse teammates […]
The Koreans take home the world cup
Katowice's League of Legends Grand Final saw some amazing plays by OnGameNet representatives KT Rolster Bullets. They came into the tournament in a perceived slump but seem to have successfully broken out of it on the world stage. Fnatic, despite having been predicted to take home the win by fans, didn't manage to take a single game. […]
A new StarCraft II champion has been crowned
Four absolutely amazing days of StarCraft II have come to an end after Kim "herO" Joon Ho took on Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin in the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship Final. The two Korean Protoss players battled it out in a best of seven final to decide who would leave Poland with US$100,000 and who would leave with […]
World Championship StarCraft II replays released
The dust has settled, and many Protoss fought and died on the field of battle today as two of the most dominant players of recent times attempted to etch their names into the history books. Both Kim "herO" Joon Ho and Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin had already proven themselves more than worthy, but only one […]
EMS One Katowice: 11,500 plus five Poles take down NiP
The Grand Finals are over. Over 10,000 fans turned up to see history being made as local heroes Virtus.pro took on Ninjas in Pyjamas. Virtus.pro’s recent performance meant that they were not an obvious favorite to make it this far in the tournament. However, the Poles were on a roll in Katowice, kicking out the […]
Korea and Europe to face off in the Grand Final
The second day of League of Legends at Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice featured several mind-blowing games. Let's take a look at what transpired on Saturday! The first game of the day saw Invictus Gaming take on Fnatic in a rematch of their round one standoff. In Friday's match, Fnatic took a big hit in the early […]
