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Team GamersLeague]]> hoppeh@gamersleague.no (Tom-Egil Fossåskaret) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 NRK P3 med eSport dokumentar og Snute i spissen for det hele! images/news-pics/621_1358445088.jpg

I dag den 17.1.2013 tok Norsk eSport enda ett steg videre, da dokumentaren Gameboy ble sluppet ut og i spissen for det hele finner vi hele esport norges stolthet Jens "Snute" Aasgaard!

Denne dokumentaren tar for seg spilling og esport på godt og vondt. Vi får høre fra en rekke personer med kompetanse innen sine felt som alle vedrører esport.

Vi i GamersLeague anbefaler denne dokumentaren på det sterkeste og råder alle til å spre denne i alle retninger. Da mener vi ikke bare på nettet, men la foreldrene dine høre den, besteforeldrene og glemte slektninger.

Forøvrig finnes det også en rekke andre gode dokumentarer på P3's sider som dere kan høre gjennom.

Gameboy Dokumentar
P3 Dokumentar
P3 Facebook
]]> Zarotan@hotmail.com (Kim-Erik Aanes) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 Team GamersLeague congratulates GLSnute with the HSC6 victory!!

Jens "GLSnute" Waller Aasgaard finally did it! He has been working hard for a long time and he has had several great tournaments and now the time was right. Snute not only won the HSC6 he dominated it! He ended the tournament with a bang and took down TSLSymbol 4 - 0 in the finals and landed a total mapscore of 18 - 2!!

Team GamersLeague congratulates Jens "Snute" and all his supporters and followers with this fantastic win!

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Picture from TakeTV

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VODs: Finals start at 7h 44m.
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Liquipedia
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With this early christmas gift from GLSnute team GamersLeague also wishes all our followers, supporters and crew a merry christmas and a happy new year!

]]> Zarotan@hotmail.com (Kim-Erik Aanes) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 Thor Open By CDON is upon us!

A while back we saw Fragbyte.se announce the incredible tournament we came to know as Thor Open. We had a look at the games and prices witch you can take a look at in this News post.

Right now GLSnute is playing in the main tournament after qualifying in one of the 8 tournaments. See the overview on Liquipedia

He will be facing off against 3 other players in his group. 2 Will move on to the semifinals where they will fight for the huge pricemoney in first place.

Prize:
1st 15325$
2nd 3070$
3rd 1530$

Check out the players in GLSnute`s Group.

PoYo
Ourk
Vortix

The other Group contains beastly names like Kas, Nerchio, Bichu and Harstem.
Snute started playing 11:00 CET,

vs VortiX
Score: 0-2

vs Ourk
Score 2-1

vs PoYo
Score 2-1

Snute is playing in the semifinal versus Nerchio tonight at 1900 CET!

Good luck!]]> hoppeh@gamersleague.no (Tom-Egil Fossåskaret) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 What a great Dreamhack

"Some say getting top 8 is not all that, we say it's a HUGE Step forward! Not to mention the road to top 8 was as hard as it could get. Snute started out in what seemed to be the hardest of the BYOC groups, moving on to "the group of death" with players like TaeJa, Stephano and TheSTC. Not only did he perform well there he actually took 2nd!. Moving on to play the quarterfinals where he eventually lost to the winner of the entire tournament is not something to be ashamed of."
- Zarotan

Snute advancing the first day after a long grind through the open bracket, said that he hoped to get an easy group. Unfortunately he got in the group that he thought was the hardest for him. But Snute brought his A-game and played some great games!

A summary of Snutes run through the tournament. As well as links to the stream vod:
Download all the replays from DHW12 here

Day - 1 BYOC

Snute vs snOrPimmeh 2 - 0

Snute vs SocialisT 2 - 0
Snute vs DruidzPatjuh 2 - 0
Snute vs Naama 2 - 1
Snute vs Naugrim 3 - 0

Day - 2 Group Play / Playoffs

Snute vs TheSTC 2 - 0
Watch VOD here

Snute vs Taeja 1 - 2
Watch VOD here (1hr 26min)

Snute vs Stephano 2 - 1
Watch VOD here

Snute vs Elfi 0 - 2
Watch VOD here (34min)

Snute vs Fraer 2 - 1
Watch VOD here (4hr33min20sec)

Playoffs Ro12:

Snute vs TLO 3 - 1
Watch VOD here (8hr22min30sec)

Day - 3

Quaterfinals:

Snute vs HerO 0 - 3
Watch VOD here (2hr00min)

NRK is also interested in Snute, they are making a documentary around him. It will air in January 2013.
Its in norwegian and it will be announced here on gamersleague.no.

I had the chance to ask Snute some questions after he got home from the event. Here is what he had to say:

How you feel about Dreamhack going through BYOC and going up to the quarterfinals?

Very good. The BYOC was scary since I was placed in the toughest part of the bracket together with XLorD, JookTo, TitaN, Naama and Naugrim.
I didn't want to face TitaN, but he was fortunately eliminated. I also did not know what to expect from JookTo, and he was fortunately eliminated from the bracket by Naugrim.
Playing against Naama was scary, but I managed to pull it together. Despite getting a tough group, it turned out well.

Placing 2nd in my group was also a bit unexpected. It was a really tough one. But I knew that my opponents were close to me in skill, I knew I could make it.
On the 3rd day against HerO I tried to get as much sleep as possible and didn't have much time to prepare.
I was very exhausted from the two days before and didn't have the strength to keep going in any way after my first loss against HerO.
I think everyone could see that it was not a peak performance, but I did try my best.

What games would you recommend the fans that did not watch you this weekend?

The ZvTs against TheStC and TaeJa were good. I would also recommend watching the games against Stephano.

With this performance that might have been the best we have ever seen from you, how do you feel about IPL5 next weekend?

Good. It depends on my shape though. I think the recent fever combined with the travelling has strained my body some.
I experienced something similar to a mild migraine for the first time in my life a few days after Dreamhack, a far from pleasant experience.
I'm going to take care and relax as much as possible before IPL5. I fortunately have a lot of time to rest since I'm seeded far, though. I'm very happy for that.

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Snute is now traveling to Las Vegas, for the IPL5 Tournament. We are gonna follow him closely this weekend! Excited for how he is going to do. They have announced brackets here and liquipedia link here.

Thanks to Cleverarts for the banners!
Photos: Yver]]> yverland@gmail.com (Yngve Rønning) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 Snute takes 1st in "GameCreds Invitational 600 Euro"
Snute took the series 3 - 1 and wins the GameCreds Invitational. And takes home the price of 450 Euro.

Job well done Snute!

Here is a link to the bracket.]]> yverland@gmail.com (Yngve Rønning) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 Gamersleagues New Dota2 Squad! images/news-pics/613_1353371786.png

Gamersleague ventured into Dota 2 a long time ago. But we haven't had a stable team in our organisation for a long time. A lot of good results such as two times top 4 finishing in the GosuLeague. We wish to thank all our former players of their performance.
After a lot of trial and error we have yet to find a team to be stable and long lasting in the gamersleague name and spirit. We hope this newly acquired squad will be what we are looking for!

Here is the new Dota 2 Squad of Gamersleague.

(Germany) Mirsad "DeMeNt" Djokovic - Ingame leader, Semi-Support / Jungler

(Romania) Pittner "bOne7" Armand - Solo mid

(Switzerland) Amir "SlhZ" Kassem - "Hardlane" / Sololane (Legendary windrunner)

(Serbia) Nenad "Grizine" Lukic - The farmer, plays “hardcarry” heroes

(Sweden) Thomas "STompa" Strand - Main Support

(Egypt) Ahmed "LuminouS" Khaled (Manager)

Dement and Grizine joining up with SlhZ, Stompa and bOne7 and then coming in talks with Gamersleague lead to this newly found team! After no time the guys are ready to take on the big challenge that the world of Dota2 have to offer!

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[GL]LuminouS will be the teams manager!

STompa talking about goals:
Okay, even though we don't have any DIRECT goals at the moment, we will participate in the majority of the open tournaments and perform our best. One goal would probably to qualify or get invited to The Defense. Another goal is to build a long lasting stable team with a good atmosphere, willing to improve!

I also asked him about what tournaments we can expect to see them play in:
You can expect us to try out for 4PL, Thor Qualifiers, The Defence Qualifier, Fnatic Radicall Cup. But our main goal is the Defence.

bOne7: We're glad to have a name behind us, and hope that we prove the be stable and provide high level of play so we'll get even more support in 2013!

Writer: Yver
Thanks to Cleverarts for making the header!]]> yverland@gmail.com (Yngve Rønning) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 Welcome to Shoon! images/news-pics/612_1353173586.jpg

Gamersleague is proud to announce our newest member in the Starcraft 2 family.
Gamersleague Shoon!!

Herman “Shoon” Lerviks is from Finland and therefore our first international Starcraft 2 player.
Shoon is a Terran player, and is currently in Grand Master League.

We are looking forward to see him put up some great results in the upcoming time!

Shoon was kind enough to give us some words:
I am both happy and excited about joining Gamersleague, I have been seeking a team with motivated and serious players to practice and play in team leagues with for quite some time. And I can finally say that I have found the team that I have been looking for. I am confident that I will grow and get better as a player in Gamersleague and hopefully I can help the others get better too.

Welcome to the team Shoon!]]> yverland@gmail.com (Yngve Rønning) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 GamersLeague Shootmania lands 3rd at ESWC!! images/news-pics/611_1352321515.jpg

The International Shootmania team just grabbed 3rd place at the Electronic Sports World Cup which is
an international professional gaming championship.

Great teams that have been attending big tournaments sometimes bring with them great news and this
is one of those times. Our very own Shootmania team consisting of Captain Leavzou, Freaky and Vega
just fought their way into third place in one of the most prestigious Shootmania championships today.

There have been battles between the most elite teams this game has to offer. Team Captain Leavzou is
happy with the result. The team has been doing splendidly; especially considering that this was their first
LAN in a Shootmania competition together –staying at the top of their game all the time, crushing and
stomping the competition along the way. A third place well deserved indeed.

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Huge grats from everyone in Team GamersLeague!]]> Zarotan@hotmail.com (Kim-Erik Aanes) Sun, 19 May 2013 09:11:28 +0200 GLSnute has been kicking ass and taking names! images/news-pics/609_1352289363.jpg

In the past few weeks, GLSnute has been owning it up in various online tournaments. He's ready to attend a series of big events in the future! Among these events are tournaments such as Acer SC2 Challenge, Thor Open and IPL5.

We figured it was due time for a serious update on Jens Waller "GLSnute" Aasgaard's series of wins lately.
The ones that have been following him lately have seen him take huge steps after returning from Korea and a lot of new followers have started taking notice of our "player to look out for in 2012" by TeamLiquid. Following is a recap of his past results and finishing it off is a short interview with GLSnute.

GameX

An expo in sweden that focus on games and videogame culture. It was held at Kistamässan, a convention center a bit north of Stockholm. They had almost 28k visitors last year. This year, they also hosted one of the offline qualifiers for the Thor Open tournament. As

GLSnute now resides in Stockholm, he took the trip and played the qualifier where he ended up taking down

Quantic.MaddeLisk 3 - 0 in the finals. With that, he qualified to the Thor Open!

Thor Open

The THOR Open 2012 is an event organised by CDON and Fragbite featuring seven games, one of them being a StarCraft II eight-player tournament. The eight spots in the tournament will be awarded through eight open qualifiers (six being played online, and two offline during GameX and DreamHack Winter 2012, respectively).
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Acer SC2 Challenge

The Acer StarCraft Challenge is an eight-player offline tournament organised by TaKe and boasting a 5 750 € prize pool (some of which will be handed out as hardware), which will be held on November 16th in the Saturn Store of the Alexanderplatz. The eight spots in the tournament are granted via seven open qualifiers: where six are played online, each with a 200 € prize for the qualifying player, and one offline qualifier in Berlin, with two qualifying spots.

GLSnute qualified for this tournament in the 5th qualifier where he took down names such as

Beastyqt,

KrasS and

KiLLeR. It's important to note that he also did this without dropping a single map!

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Qualifiers

GO4SC2
GLSnute also won his first ever Go4SC2 Sunday on the 4th of November. This brought home a nice sum of money and was a good confidence boost before the Acer Challenge. GLSnute has been winning and playing really well in a lot of online tournaments lately and he has been taking down players such as

GoOdy,

Krr,

dKiLLeR,

Verdi, atXMGmonchi,

TSLRevival and lots more. Not to mention the fact that he in the past month has won 10 Playhem events!

IPL5
GLSnute will also be attending IPL5 in Las Vegas soon and a lot more players are now ready for the event. With the following links you can find all the info you need for the event.

Liquipedia
Website

We had a short chat with GLSnute to see what he thinks of the upcoming hard months before Christmas and how he feels about this past month that has been nothing short of amazing.

Hello Jens. Kudos with a month of amazing scores. What would you say are the main reasons for your domination after coming back from Korea? You have been taking down big names left and right and there seems to be no stopping you when you're on a roll.
Snute: I've learned a lot of new things, fixed a few of the issues I had in my play earlier, but most of all I've been playing a lot of tournaments, more than usual. I don't want to let opportunities pass, so I've been extra observant of what's going on in the scene and tried my best to attend in qualifiers.

We are getting closer to the end of 2012, but there are still a lot of big things happening. Acer SC Challenge, IPL, DH winter and more. What are your predictions and goals for the remainder of the year?
I don't have any predictions amused

my goal is as always, to improve and play my best in the tournaments I can play in. I want to catch up to the top of the top. My goals for the remainder of the year is to shape up and increase consistency, winrate, and do my best to keep an even winrate in all matchups.

Your fan base is growing day by day and you seem to be the talk of just about every caster there is. How can the fans follow you and what's your secret? The fans you have truly seem to love watching you play.
Haha I'm not sure about the talk of just about every caster, but yeah. Fans can follow me on facebook or twitter. My secret is nothing else than just lots of practice, trying to improve on the things I can't do that well and trying out new approaches from time to time.

Team GamersLeague]]> Zarotan@hotmail.com (Kim-Erik Aanes)