As we look forward to another year, our StarCraft 2 division has updates to announce.
First, we are happy to report that American favorite Kevin “QXC” Riley has re-signed for another year. For years Kevin has been a staple in American SC2 and we’re thrilled to keep him on board with our gaming family. Watch for continuous tutorials, commentary and other video content in the months to come.
In other squad news we are sad to reveal that we have parted ways with Choi “TheSTC” Yun Sik. We’d like to thank Choi for his year with our organization and wish him the very best in the future.
Lastly, we are announcing the closure of our StarCraft 2 Academy. Through its tenure the Academy has been a great success, discovering players like Michael “Millgoswser” Dobler and Gage “Root.Sasquatch” Dubose. Numerous potential stars were able to attend and compete at MLG events. However, with the lack of American LAN events for SC2 the program became less viable for both the players and the organization. We’d like to thank all the past participants and wish them the best of luck in the future.
Thanks as always for your support. Stay tuned for more coL.SC2 updates in the future!
Beginning today, compLexity’s Kevin “qxc” Riley will be competing in the Lake Charles Scion Thanksgiving Open. The Lake Charles Scion E-Sports Thanksgiving Open is an annual event hosted by Lake Charles Toyota – Scion in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The 2013 edition will be held on December 14, 2013. The event was originally planned for November 23, hence the name, but was rescheduled to accommodate the scheduling of several participants. The event consists of two StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm tournaments running concurrently, one professional with a prize pool of over $4,000, and one amateur, with a prize pool of $1,000.
Prize
1st– $2,000
2nd– $1,000
3rd – $500
4th – $500
5th –$100
6th – $100
7th – $100
8th – $100
Format
There will be a pro and an amateur tournament taking place concurrently on site on December 14th. The pro tournament will consist of 16 players that qualified through online rounds and the amateur tournament will consist of up to 64 players played only on site. On 2 November 2013, the organizers announced that registration will conclude and details of the qualifying procedures for the Pro Tournament will be announced on 15 November.
Pro Tournament Structure
The format of the pro tournament is currently under review. All rounds of the tournament will be played using the custom game mode of Battle.net. All games will be 1v1 Melees played on the retail version of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. All games will be played on maps selected from the standard Blizzard Battle.net season 5 map pool.
Qualifying Rounds
The qualifying rounds were WCS style group play. The group play narrowed the field of qualifiers to eight. These eight players will then join eight players brought by invitation and will play on site in a 16 player single elimination tournament. Each round of the qualifying phase was best of three. The qualifying rounds will be played over battle.net on 22 and 23 November.
Live Event Rounds
The round of 16 through the grand final will be played live on site on 14 December. Players who lose out of the Pro Tournament before the live event will be allowed to enter the amateur tournament. Each round of the live event will be best of three with the semifinals and finals being best of five, time permitting.
Today we are announcing a change to our world champion Call of Duty roster.
Moving into 2014 the squad has decided to release our friend Clay “Clayster” Eubanks. We’d like to thank Clay for his hard work, dedication and contributions to the team and wish him the very best in the future.
To complete coL.COD we are thrilled to announce that we have signed Damon “coL.Karma” Barlow. We are confident that with Damon’s addition the team will be poised to continue its championship run in 2014.
Today, compLexity League of Legends will be competing for their spot in the LCS 2014 Spring Split as they take on 8 of North America’s best non-LCS teams in the LCS Spring Promotion.
coL.LoL qualified for this event during PAX 2013 where they took 1st place, defeating both TBD and Cognitive Gaming.
Professional Gamer Abe “MeyeA” Nguyen provides some insight into the Thresh flay ability and how it can be used to get yourself out of a sticky situation.
Today, compLexity’s Henry “Hendralisk” Zheng is in Kunshan, China for the WCG Grand Finals for 2013. Representing Canada, Henry will begin his run from Group C.
Beginning tonight, compLexity CS will take on some of the best teams in the world as they compete in Dreamhack Winter 2013 from Jokoping, Sweden. 16 teams will be competing for their share of a $250,000 prize purse.
Teams
01. Ninjas in Pyjamas
02. Astana Dragons
03. compLexity
04. VeryGames
05. iBUYPOWER
06. Fnatic
07. Clan-Mystik
08. We got game
09. LGB eSports
10. Copenhagen Wolves
11. Universal Soldiers
12. Natus Vincere
13. n!faculty
14. SK-Gaming
15. TBA
16. TBA
Schedule
Thursday – 28th of November
10:00 – Main Tournament – Group A – Match 1 & Match 2 11:00 – Main Tournament – Group A – Winner vs. Winner & Loser vs. Loser 12:00 – Main Tournament – Group A – Decider match
14:30 – Main Tournament – Group B – Match 1 & Match 2 15:30 – Main Tournament – Group B – Winner vs. Winner & Loser vs. Loser 16:30 – Main Tournament – Group B – Decider match
19:00 – Main Tournament – Round of 8 – Match 1 – BO3 22:15 – Main Tournament – Round of 8 – Match 2 – BO3
Friday 29th of November
10:00 – Main Tournament – Group C – Match 1 & Match 2 11:00 – Main Tournament – Group C – Winner vs. Winner & Loser vs. Loser 12:00 – Main Tournament – Group C – Decider match
14:30 – Main Tournament – Group D – Match 1 & Match 2 15:30 – Main Tournament – Group D – Winner vs. Winner & Loser vs. Loser 16:30 – Main Tournament – Group D – Decider match
19:00 – Main Tournament – Round of 8 – Match 3 – BO3 22:15 – Main Tournament – Round of 8 – Match 4 – BO3
Saturday 30th of November
14:30 – Main Tournament – Semifinal 1 – BO3 18:00 – Main Tournament – Semifinal 2 – BO3 22:30 – Main Tournament – Grand Final – BO3
