TGS and Riot World Invitational

[quote=Mowen][center][img=http://www.mowendesigns.com/images/articles/article_5.jpg][/center] The Gaming Series Pro League continues tomorrow, Thursday May 31 at 20:00 CEST (12:00 PST) with CLG(EU) vs. Eclypsia, and 22:00 CEST (14:00 PST) with Team Sypher vs. x6tence. You can find the official [url=http://www.own3d.tv/user/TheGamingSeries#/watch/597322]TGS stream here[/url] and watch the event live shoutcasted by Matt Adams. For those of you who don’t know, TGS has been hosting an ongoing tournament involving 4 groups and 24 teams competing to earn the most points, and the teams with the most points at the end of the circuit will get a cash prize and a laptop for 1st place, and a cash prize for 2nd and 3rd place. If you want to catch up you can view the [url=http://thegs.eu/tournament/1-lol-pro-league/page__do__rules]rules here[/url] and the [url=http://thegs.eu/tournament/1-lol-pro-league/]current totals here[/url]. To watch previous matches please check TGS’s [url=http://www.own3d.tv/user/TheGamingSeries]own3d channel[/url]. [center][embed=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uF-qJFW-Sp0][/center] However, the more interesting e-sports event coming up on June 1 at 12:00 PST is the Riot World Invitational. In this event Riot has invited 5 of the world’s top players to play against the 5 most skilled players in the entire Riot company. This event will be hosted by Phreak and Rivington the Third, both of whose shoutcasting I greatly enjoyed while watching Dreamhack. Here are the World Invitational Contenders: • Elementz (Curse Gaming) – Canada • Misaya (World Elite) – China • Mistake (Taipei Assassins) – Taiwan • MakNoon (NaJin e-mFire) – Korea • Snoopeh (CLG-EU) – Scotland It’s exciting to see 3 representatives from the Asian e-sports scene, as I am not as familiar with them. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about the differences between NA play and EU play, but not so much Asian playstyles and strategies. I look forward to seeing all of these fantastic players work together. [center][embed=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h95HtcUJSCg][/center] I must say after watching the last Riot staff vs. Pro players at Dreamhack (The video is hilarious, you should totally watch it!) I do not have very high hopes for Riot’s success, but who knows? Maybe they’ve gotten more employees that excel at the game? Maybe I just like rooting for the underdog? Be sure to tune in and watch this sure-to-be-fun match![/quote]

[quote=CasterMaster]After watching this video, I learned that: [list] [*]AP [[karma]] counters [[annie]] [*][b]Pendragon[/b] needs to be nerfed [*]Phreak is a freaky guy [*]Nunu eats cheeseburgers for lunch [/list][/quote]

[quote=Mowen]The World Riot Invitational's starting soon! They haven't given a link for the stream yet, but I bet it will be streaming on the LoL client! EDIT: Here's the stream - http://www.ustream.tv/RiotGames[/quote]

[quote=IceCreamy]I'm in ;)[/quote]