The veteran Spanish squad of x6tence would take the European Regional cup from WoaH, a team with veteran players but under a new name (which is not an acronym for anything). Many believed WoaH would take the tournament but x6tence had other plans coming from the losers bracket to win 3-2, 3-2 claiming the $15,000.
I'll be the first to say it: SK-Gaming had an easy tournament both seed wise and opponent wise. They lost a total of three rounds and never lost a match, even when faced against the powerful cleave (a term for a team consisting of two melee classes and a healer) of The Supa Gosus (TSG), who took home second place and the other free ride to BlizzCon.
Below is an interview with Ryan 'Realz' Masterson, captain of SK-Gaming, posted on the sponsors website, SK-Gaming.com.
I spoke to the Ryan 'Realz' Masterson myself after he got home from his 15 hour flight.
"Cologne was amazing. We played great at the tournament and now we have our eyes on BlizzCon" said Masterson. "I don't think we'll have any problem if we can beat the Korean Rogue, Mage, Priest in the mirror match."
The team also always seems to be preparing for the next tournament. During Regionals they played against WoaH. Serennia, infamous blogger for WorldOfMing.com, stated SK-Gaming played the European team during breaks at the tournament and won an impressive 13 games out of 16 total.
Whatever it is Realz, Enforcer, and Pookz are doing, they are doing it right. This team is unstoppable at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised if they won BlizzCon in August.
E-sports for dummies
If you follow e-sports, then you have no trouble following what this blog is about. If you have never encountered e-sports before, you probably have no idea what it is. Let's fix that.
Having worked in the e-sports world for several years now as a writer, podcaster, and manager of sorts, I've always written for an audience who is familiar with e-sports. It hit me last week that events like BlizzCon and teams such as SK-Gaming are not that well-known by outsiders.
It is time to break things down. In the next couple of blogs we'll be defining some of the topics discussed here for newcomers to the scene.
What is BlizzCon? BlizzCon is Blizzard Entertainment's (software developer, created World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo series) meet-up for all of their fans every August. It is a mecca for nerds.
“We welcome fans of all of our products to BlizzCon each year for what has become one of the biggest events in the video game world,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment, in an interview with Kotaku.com.
See below for a picture of the crowd at the event, which takes over the entire Anaheim Convention Center floor every August. This picture was taken around 7 a.m. the day before the event even started last year.
Next time we'll talk a little bit about group compositions in World of Warcraft.
This weeks audio podcast contains information regarding roster changes of the teams who attended the Regionals event this past weekend. Make sure to check it out.
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