A couple of weeks ago, one of the most modern parks in Moscow – “Sokolniki”, turned into a battlefield whose name Starladder. Within three days of the LAN finals, between the strongest CIS teams and invited stars, there were battles for a prize fund of $ 30,000 for $ 30,000 League of Legends , $ 20,000 for Point Blank And, of course, championship titles. The final of the ninth season Starladder was also without exaggeration historical, since it was first held in Moscow – although the final stage Global Offensive And Dota 2 traditionally held in Kyiv.
In addition, for Starladder this is the first season with League of Legends competitions – it was included in the list of disciplines only in February 2014. And Point Blank fans were finally able to see a clash between our and foreign faces in the first international Starser final.
► Blood glow of the Point Blank logo amazingly complements the image of Morgana from Lol. ► The cosplay contest was a success – the public appreciated the works of the guys.
Although the event was quite narrow -profile, thanks to the chosen place it was visited by many people for whom the Moba genre, and the games themselves are a real Terra Incognita. Curiosity overpowered everything, even a crowd of enthusiastic young people who explained to mysterious terms like “kaiting” and “fluff” did not stop the third -party audience.
Point Blank
Several eminent CIS teams and a couple of foreign teams participated in the struggle for the championship title. Turkish Dark Passage , Like the Indonesians from Guardian Force 7 , – Among the strongest in their countries and more than worthy rivals.
► Famous Kwan Streamers (left) and Tafa (right) pretty much amused fans of rival teams. Когда ожидания не оправдываются, щепотка здорового юмора неплохо разряжает атмосферу.
The winner of last year's Point Blank International Championship, team Aohehe , long before the final in Sokolniki was considered a favorite. They did not lose a single match and broke away from the rivals great. And their best player Tuwkan was one of the first in his personal game in the season. In the fight with Adragons He single -handedly removed four opponents out of five in literally a Euphoria Wins Casino few seconds. In addition, according to the results of the ninth season, he took second place in the personal standings. Only Spokee from the team bypassed it Courage , Unfortunately, fans who have not reached the final. But to kill the entire enemy team alone, while the associates are dutifully waiting for the end of the battle – whatever one may say, a considerable achievement.
► Like their colleagues from LOL, the Point Blank teams hid emotions to the last. But if they won, they fell to the whole coil.
Team 5F She performed in an updated composition led by Danilos. 5F for a long time claimed first places in previous tournaments, but each time they did not reach the game to the desired level. Shortly before the start of the season, they said goodbye to a couple of good fighters, Farshik and Lol1HP, but they were replaced by no less experienced Sensei and Elka.
The players of the team Nod turned out to be dark horses and forced everyone to be nervous but Aohehe convinced of their invincibility. They managed to defeat the GTR, who managed to win the previous championship, having passed the lower grid. They are serious opponents, so it was not worth it to underestimate NOD.
► connoisseurs applauded Sonya to the accompaniment of her buzzing tool. ► При взгляде на Нидали поклонники честно старались оценить целостность образа, но все время отвлекались то на скромную кошачью лапку, то на сияющие голубые глаза.
The alignment of forces in Point Blank, as in any team shooter, changes every second, and without the right commentators it is easy to get confused in what is happening. So that fans of e -sports do not miss a single spectacular headshot and Tripllal, the votes of Starladder in the discipline of Point Blank are famous streamers Taufik Hidri and Fedor Zakharov (Kvan).
Of the first matches, the fights between NOD and Aoeche, as well as the Indonesians GF7 and the Russian 5F, were most remembered. From the very beginning, GF7 intercepted the initiative and began to methodically destroy the players of the Russian team. While fans and commentators were perplexed, Guardian Force 7 confidently stuffed glasses. 5f tried to take revenge, but in vain – 10: 2 in favor of GF7.
Experienced players NOD and AOEHA, not wanting to give in to each other, at the beginning and middle of each match went with an equal general account. But the first two rounds remained with Aoheh, closer to the end of the shooting of Nod’ovs alone, driving them with the forces of two or three shooters. And although NOD in the third round fought a fairly confident game, their plans were prevented by Lutiyfarshik, the only survivor from Aoeha. He took the two remaining players of the Ukrainian team. His comrades dominated the first stage and eventually won the battle on the first map.
► Katarina stoically endured the heat reigning on the day of the final. Sympathetic in packs dragged her ice cream, but after the third she began to hide from the good. Well, the thirty outfit will not fit into the fragile girl! ► Miss Fortune with his gangster way of more than one random visitor Starladder misleaded, but they did not dare to clarify.
The second stage on the new map began smoothly, but after a few moments Nod through the efforts of Passiq bypassed Aohehe, after which they took several frags in excess of the general account and burst forward, adding a second card to their piggy bank. Despite all efforts, Aohehe could not get ahead of the opponent, and NOD won the battle with a score of 19:16.
Of the final fights, the most curious was a shootout between NOD and GRT. Nod’ovs gnawed every frag with almost their teeth, winning the first rounds, but GRT also held on well done. They included a new player with the nickname Johnny. Fans were afraid that he could not show a decent level, but after the match with the Indonesians, Johnny played out. The joint efforts of him and his comrades led GRT to victory.
► Honored GRT victory brought them a weighty prize.
GRT finished the first round with a score of 7: 2 in her favor – mainly thanks to the three players led by Gray, the team captain. Nod’ovites, at first won the advantage, quickly lost it. After the shift of the parties, they managed to quickly earn a point, but GRT was almost immediately leveled off.
NOD managed to win the fourth point in the NOD account thanks to the swelling of the English: using the shortcomings of the enemy’s sniper rifle in conditions of narrow space, he defeated GRT.Pvo. The ninth round turned out to be unsuccessful for NOD: in less than a minute, GRT removed everyone except Randy. From the third strip of health, he tried to win the time and distract the enemy with a bomb with a bomb, but very in vain turned his back to the window. Johnny removed him with a lord from his hip.
Despite the obvious advantage of the GRT, NOD still brought the score to 6: 9, but a successful shot Push decided the case in favor of the GRT, and the battle ended with the final score of 10: 6 in favor of Grich Team.
The final location of the teams Poi NT BLANK
1st place: GRT-$ 9000 2nd place: NOD-$ 4500 3rd place: AOEXE-$ 2500 4th place: DP-2000 $ 5th place: GF7-1000 $ 6th place: 5F – $ 1000
League of Legends
With all the advantages of Point Blank, I must admit that there was much more excitement at LOL competitions. That's where the excitement reigned, his eyes sparkled feverishly and rang in the ears from the chanting of team names. Alas, it will not be possible to tell in detail about each match, otherwise you will have to write a whole volume of the fight between the fight between Revival Dragons And Carpe Diem In the final of the Luzers. Where is there football on the passions of passions! The players of both teams worked as computers, for a fraction of seconds calculating combinations and tactics and looking for the opponent's mistakes.
► In the dark halls, a battle broke out between the beautiful warriors. Point Blank undermined to put Morgana on a paste.
No less bright was the cutting between the favorite of the Dragon and Revival Dragons tournament. The latter began very self -confident, but quickly paid for it, Dragon managed to use the slightest miss. Revival Dragons constantly tried to regain their initiative, but Mirrorend dotted the card with their corpses with the inexhaustibility of the conveyor.
The game Carpe Diem also aroused considerable interest, because the team is three months old, but it has already hit Starladder in the Starseries division. And all thanks to the main inspirer of the team Nikita Burlakov (Saetia) and his comrade Mikhail Garmash (Kirra). Both showed an incredible class for such a young team and did not stop hitting commentators with their skill.
But all this nevertheless only became a prelude to the final battle between Dragon And Carpe Diem.
► The final of the ninth season has gathered a lot of interesting people, including Alex Ich from (now) Ninjas in Pyjamas and his charming wife.
Already in the first match, while the rest of the team diligently kept the lines, destroyed the towers and cut creeps, cd.Saetia and CD.Kirrra literally sowed fear and destruction. Kirra, together with Wildheart, held the Ministry of Foreign Affairs exactly until the moment they knocked Legat from the comrades. Then the showdown smoothly moved to the lower line. While the triples of both teams led by CD.Kirra and Dragon.Legat chased one after another, cd with quiet sapa won the advantage. Mystically CD managed to bypass Dragon by the amount of gold, although 5: 3 was not in their favor. In the seventeenth minute of the massacre, the players again changed their positions. Dragon tried to storm the CD from the Foreign Ministry. A couple of minutes of mutual use of ultimatum abilities and other unpleasant pieces, and now the CD is pressing the enemy’s Foreign Ministry, pushing them to the base.
In the 25th minute with a score of 5: 7 in favor of the CD, the alignment of forces and tactics of Saetia fighters became clear. The insidious Carpe Diem all this time saved up gold and distracted Dragon forces so that their crevices were methodically breaking forward. Dragon, in particular Legat and Mirrorend, tried to break through the upper line to get around the opponent and hit the flank or, at worst, demolish the tower with the inhibitor. But CD did not allow them to do this, attacked them with a full composition with a cheerful crowd. True, personal game CD.Saetia turned out to be very uneven: either he alone demolished three with full health, then he was eaten by mobs or enemy support.
In the 27th minute, the situation was heated. CDs went to Baron Nashora, but at that moment Dragon covered them with an ultimatum ability. In order not to lose the advantage after his murder, Kira tactically retreated, dragging the four players of the opponent and simultaneously managing to get into them with spears. Nidali in his performance was great. He managed to escape, pulling Dragon to their own base, and thereby gave his comrades time to revive.
The advantage passed from one team to another, but the entire match was seriously exceeded Dragon in terms of the gold reserve of the CD. Finally they made a fatal mistake and, without eliminating any of the CD, went to take Nashor. And Carpe Diem was not forgiven for such negligence, they were attacked from three sides and eventually carried out the entire five. The remaining Wildheart and Bulbazabp rushed to smash the enemy base until Dragon recovered in full force. A beautiful and very difficult match ended in favor of CD.
► The maximum equanimity of Carpe Diem players contrasts sharply with madness in the game. ► Timo caps were heard Riot Games with unprecedented generosity. No common photo was complete without four such hats minimum.
Separate praise is worthy of kirra. He played so that each of his victim was accompanied by applause. From the Dragon team, only Legat could adequately resist him, and from the second match the audience watched, in fact, not in the game in general, but for the duel Legat and Kirra.
To the third match, Dragon “woke up”, although only Legat and Mirrorend really kept the brand. Alas, they could not return the advantage that evening. At the end of the final match, the entire CD team made a powerful breakthrough and dared to the Foreign Ministry towers, inhibitors and the base. And Dragon was in full force a minute earlier.Saetia and CD.Kirra. The magnificent series of battles ended with a score of 3: 2 in favor of CD.
The final location of the teams League of Legends
1st place: Carpe Diem-$ 15,000 2nd place: Dragon-$ 7500 3rd place: Revival Dragon-$ 5,000 4th place: GTM-$ 2500
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The ninth Starladder visited many fans of e -sports, including the legion of young beauties. Timo hats were not removed, despite the heat, neither for a second, and curses were poured non -stained to the throws of rubber ziggs grenades. And although the grand final came to an end, but after a couple of months the tenth season will be coming, so no one will have time to get bored. See you!