The compLexity Academy is proud to announce that its new League of Legends division has made it into the top 32 of Riot Games’ Season Three North American Qualifier. If CA.LoL wins two more rounds they will be into the top 8, which means a trip to Riot’s Season 3 Championship Series LAN in Los Angeles, CA from January 11th through 13th.

In order to make it into the Championship Series CA.LoL needs to beat Objective eSports 2 in the round of 32. This match is scheduled to take place on Friday, Jan 4th. After that, CA.LoL will take on the winner of Chiefs rowing club vs Small Dads GO to heaven. This match will take place on Saturday, Jan 5th and be the final match to see if CA.LoL makes it into the top 8. All of these matches can be seen on Riot’s Twitch.tv page.

Please root for the newest addition to the compLexity Academy as they try to qualify for Riot Games’ Season 3 Championship Series LAN.

In their first tournament under the compLexity Academy banner, CA.LoL took home first place in the Go4LoL November Monthly Finals. After taking out Team Temporary in the Quarter Finals, CA.LoL would have to face High Rollers Gaming. After dispatching with High Rollers (who would go on to finish in third place) CA.LoL met with Team Normal Stars. CA.LoL proved to be the victors with a score of 1 – 0.

Obviously all of us at compLexity are extremely proud of our new team’s performance. Be sure to keep an eye out as CA.LoL will be playing in tonight’s NESL KotH, where they’ll be trying to dethrone the current champion CLG.Prime.

A few days ago we announced that the compLexity Academy is expanding into League of Legends with the acquisition of team Transcendence (now known as CA.LoL). While the name may be new, the CA.LoL roster has been training hard as a team for a long while. In fact, CA.LoL has qualified for the Go4LoL November Monthly Finals thanks to several successful weekly tournaments. Out of the last five Go4LoL weeklys, CA.LoL has achieved two first places finishes, a second place, and a third place finish.

Kicking off today at 9:00PM EST, the Go4LoL November Monthly Finals will see CA.LoL take on Team Temporary. Unfortunately there is no information on whether or not a stream will be up. The best way to stay up to date on the Finals is to keep an eye on the official compLexity Twitter @compLexityLive.

Recently the great people over at ESFI World sat down with two players from The compLexity Academy to talk about their gaming experience and up coming events.

The first player interview is with Nick “Fuzzy” Degtiarev, one of The Academy’s star Zerg players, currently training in the compLexity Gamma Gamers House.

ESFI Writes:

ESFI: How has the compLexity Academy been helping you reach that goal so far?

Fuzzy: compLexity Academy gives a lot of opportunity to play in tournaments, like ESEA’s league and coL showmatches. It also gives each player in the program the opportunity to get free trips to MLG events. For me, the most beneficial thing was not having to pay for my MLG trips as well as getting the chance to live in a team house environment and practicing / interacting with everyone on a day-to-day basis.

ESFI: Have you noticed a significant change in your play as of yet?

Fuzzy: I have noticed a change in my play since coming to the team house, not only in-game but also IRL, living in a team house atmosphere has helped a lot. In the game I feel like all my matchups have improved from playing against good players each day and my overall mechanics have also become more solid.

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The second Academy player interview is with Sean “Ero-Sennin” Gough, a fantastic Protoss player who is also currently training at the compLexity Gamma Gamers House.

ESFI asks:

ESFI: You and Fuzzy just moved into the house a few weeks ago. How are you liking it so far, and what do you enjoy the most about the house?

Ero-Sennin: I’m enjoying it very well, the housemates are very friendly, and it is a very welcoming atmosphere; really couldn’t ask for much more than that. The thing I enjoy most is I get to play computer games and I don’t have to think about shoveling any snow as I did in Minnesota.

ESFI: Recently, Sasquatch got bumped up from the Academy to the main squad. Does seeing that motivate you even more to be the next one called up?

Ero-Sennin: Yeah it definitely does, whether it had been Sasquatch or someone else, the potential to get “called up” so to speak, is definitely a motivating factor to try hard to stand out.

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Hopefully these interviews gave you a decent impression of Nick and Sean. We at The compLexity Academy believe very strongly in growing the American StarCraft II scene. Keeping that in mind, please follow both of these players on Twitter or check them out when you see them streaming. They are training extremely hard for the up coming MLG Fall Championship. Keep an eye out for these players at the event. We believe they’ll be making a great impression.

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Last week, the compLexity Academy took on Team Evil Geniuses in the Lower Bracket Round 1 of the ESEA Playoffs. Both EG and coL.Academy had rough starts to the ESEA playoffs, losing in upsets to teams who were seeded much lower. Which team will kick it into high gear and bounce back? The winning team will advance further into the Lower Bracket while the other is eliminated.

Samsc2 will be casting the replays of the games. The cast is scheduled to start at Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 3:00 PM PDT / 6:00 PM EDT.

The following is the match-ups for the games:

Fuzzy vs. Suppy 
Ero-Sennin vs. IdrA
Kyo vs. LzGaMeR
Sasquatch vs. iNcontroL

This is obviously a huge match for coL Academy. Team EG has some of the strongest players around, but our guys in the Academy won’t let that intimate them. They have been training hard for this match and eagerly awaiting a shot at one of North America’s most established teams.

The compLexity Academy has quite the busy week ahead of itself. Tonight at 7:00 PM EST our boys will be taking on Team Legion in an ESEA event. Commentated by The Academy’s very own broadcaster Samsc2, the line ups for tonight’s match include:

coLFuzzy vs LgNShuttle
coLJer vs LgNJimRising
coLEroSennin vs LgNAvilo

Tuesday, compLexity Academy star Fuzzy will be joining qxc from the main compLexity roster on Samsc2’s show compLex Strategies. To watch the show, tune into Samsc2’s stream at 2:00 PM EST. Right after compLex Strategies, The Academy will be taking on the team DUST in another ESEA match.

Finally, on Wednesday, The Academy will be taking on MMe for another ESEA event.

Please tune into every broadcast you can and let us know what you think. We at The Academy believe very strongly in growing American StarCraft II talent. A large part of growing this talent is getting these players names out in the community. Thanks to the hard work of Samsc2, we feel like we’re on the right track. That said, there’s always room for improvement, so let us know what you think and what we can improve on.

The compLexity Academy is proud to announce that is had made it into the ESEA playoffs as a 4th seed. Playing their first game tomorrow at 9:00 PM EST, The Academy will be taking on the 13th seed Monomaniac Esports.

The Academy is looking in good shape winning their last four matches. Hopefully they can carry this momentum into the post-season and really make a name for themselves in the playoffs. Monomaniac, on the other hand, has lost their last three games and will be hungry to get a win.

If The Academy can win this first round of the playoffs, they’ve got quite a road ahead of them. They will end up playing the winner of Evil Geniuses vs. Impressive Play. It is also important to note that the first place seed, ROOT-Gaming, is also on the same side of the bracket as The Academy. That said, our players have been working hard training every day in hopes that they can take home an ESEA championship.

The compLexity Academy is very proud to announce that another one of its members will be moving into the compLexity Gamma Gamers House. Currently slated to move in on Thursday Sept 27th, Ero-Sennin will be joining teammate Fuzzy and newly promoted Sasquatch in Houston, Texas.

The compLexity Academy commissioner Michael “Twixz” Shane sat down with Ero-Sennin to discuss the upcoming move.

First off congratulations on being picked to move into the team house, how did you feel when you found out you would get this opportunity?

It felt very rewarding. From about 2001 onward, there’s always been the dream of going to a pro house. In BW this would just be about Korea but in SC2 brand new doors have been opened, so to be able to get this opportunity, it’s very exciting.

Who was the first person you told, and what was their reaction?

First person I told was one of my practice partners and friend for the past few years, Semih. He offered his congratulations with a blanket of expletives ^^

Have you ever taken such a big step towards becoming a professional gamer?

No, I haven’t taken anywhere close to the extent that this opportunity is allowing me to take. The only thing that comes to mind is that in 2003, after about two years of playing BW, I paid a small amount of money to play in pay-to-play league, WGTour’s WSL. I went 1-1 against a Korean pro who was on the Korean Dream Team. My thought was, this is good, perhaps I should go and try to win a WCG qualifier that is out of state. But I wound up taking two years off and that never went through.

What are you most excited about for when you get to the team house?

Texas women. Oh, and the smell of 10 other sweaty dudes in a team house. And the chance to practice a lot of StarCraft, yeah, pretty much in that order too.

Who are you most looking forward to playing/practicing with that is already at the team house?

Oh I’d have to say QXC bar none. I mean, my God he’s the bandana Terran. My mom use to read me stories about him at bedtime.

The academy guys from the team house have really been showing some skill, do you feel any pressure to match their results since moving to the house?

Oh there will always be pressure, but playing in competitive sports and working in a field where you have to be quick on your feet, it’s all about how you handle the pressure.

I think if I play as well as I can play, that will speak for itself. I use to play a game that only had about one tournament a year for foreign players, that tournament had a span of about 10 qualifiers, and if you didn’t make it… well, you had another year to wait. So, I’m used to playing with pressure.

Not to toot my own horn and I’m not big-headed enough to think anything I’ve done in SC2 rivals the showing that Sasquatch had last MLG, but I have the background to beat decent players, and I have. And I’ve beat some Korean players that have made it to the OSL in SC2 while I put in 2 hours a week practicing. Granted I played them cross-server so there’s always lag to think about and the fact that they may not be giving it their all, but sometimes a win is a win.

Thank you for your time, is there anyone you would like to thank or just give a shout-out to?

Thanks to everyone who have allowed me to take this opportunity. Thank you especially to the sponsors and thanks to the CEO of Origin PC for following me on Twitter. It was a very pleasant surprise.

UPDATE: coL.Minigun was able to all-kill coL Academy’s UNCjer (P), Nocreativity (Z), Fuzzy (Z), and Gensulitor (T) and takes $100 in cold hard cash!

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compLexity Gaming is proud to announce a special showmatch featuring coL.Minigun versus the compLexity Academy. Set to take place on Friday September 21st at 8:00 PM EDT, the best-of-7 series will feature a $100 prize pool. If Minigun wins the series he’ll be pocketing the whole amount, however if The Academy takes the match, the four players who defeated Minigun will receive $25.

We’re excited to present this show match and hope to deliver other such events in an effort to showcase some of America’s best up-and-coming talent.

You can watch the event on our Twitch.tv page here.
You can follow the coL Academy on its own sub-site here.

Thanks as always for your support!

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TL Thread

It has been a rough few weeks for the compLexity Academy. After a strong opening in the ESEA, The Academy has had a turn of luck losing its last two matches. Currently sitting with a record of 2-2, our boys are looking to net a win tonight in their match versus Fusion Esports.

Kicking off at 9:00 PM EST, the match will be cast by our official Academy commentator Samsc2. You can watch the match live on Sam’s stream here.

Tonight’s match will start out on ESV Ohana LE and will see:
PartSasquatch  vs hazazard
fuzzy  vs WrathSC2
Kyo7763 vs everytime
Nocreativity vs eAsyScM

Be sure to tune in tonight and let The Academy know you’re supporting them.