Hey guys, just wanted to type something up quick about a cast/event that I'll be doing this upcoming weekend, and I'd love to see any support you can offer on the stream. Now I've casted two WCG USA LANs as well as obviously getting to cast games for this great community, and will be attending GXL to cast as well. This past week I was given the greatest casting opportunity so far though, for the game that I got my start in, which is CrossFire. For those of you that don't know what it is, it's basically a free, not as well done version of CS 1.6.
This weekend I will be flying out to Los Angeles, California to cast from the ESL Studio that they have out there (actually in Burbank) for the CrossFire Stars North American Qualifiers. Basically, CrossFire Stars is the biggest international tournament held every year, where the best teams from around the world meet up to fight it out on LAN for a $220,000 prize pool. The NA qualifiers will not be on LAN though, and only one team from NA goes to South Korea for the grand finals. You can find more info on it here if you wish to do so. It's interesting to see the level of production and stat tracking that goes into the whole league/tournament for teams and players.
http://www.crossfirestars.com/en/
Basically why I'm here though, is because I'd love your guys' support on the stream if you have some free time on Saturday and Sunday. I'm not sure exactly what the viewer base will be, since the game has died quite a bit over the past year in the North American scene. That's why I want to get the stream as many viewers as possible. Getting to cast from the ESL studio (picture below) is going to be quite an experience.
I don't have a stream link, or exact times for cast start times yet, but I will edit this post and put them on here once they become available. Thanks again for any support you can give, and if I don't see you then, see you at GXL!
Stream and Schedule:
October 4, 2014 from 12:00PM ~ 8:00PM EDT
October 5, 2014 from 12:00PM ~ 8:00PM EDT
http://www.twitch.tv/national_esl1_hd
http://twitch.tv/crossfireonline
http://i.imgur.com/DlZ9uJe.png
Hey guys, just wanted to type something up quick about a cast/event that I'll be doing this upcoming weekend, and I'd love to see any support you can offer on the stream. Now I've casted two WCG USA LANs as well as obviously getting to cast games for this great community, and will be attending GXL to cast as well. This past week I was given the greatest casting opportunity so far though, for the game that I got my start in, which is CrossFire. For those of you that don't know what it is, it's basically a free, not as well done version of CS 1.6.
This weekend I will be flying out to Los Angeles, California to cast from the ESL Studio that they have out there (actually in Burbank) for the CrossFire Stars North American Qualifiers. Basically, CrossFire Stars is the biggest international tournament held every year, where the best teams from around the world meet up to fight it out on LAN for a $220,000 prize pool. The NA qualifiers will not be on LAN though, and only one team from NA goes to South Korea for the grand finals. You can find more info on it here if you wish to do so. It's interesting to see the level of production and stat tracking that goes into the whole league/tournament for teams and players.
http://www.crossfirestars.com/en/
Basically why I'm here though, is because I'd love your guys' support on the stream if you have some free time on Saturday and Sunday. I'm not sure exactly what the viewer base will be, since the game has died quite a bit over the past year in the North American scene. That's why I want to get the stream as many viewers as possible. Getting to cast from the ESL studio (picture below) is going to be quite an experience.
I don't have a stream link, or exact times for cast start times yet, but I will edit this post and put them on here once they become available. Thanks again for any support you can give, and if I don't see you then, see you at GXL!
Stream and Schedule:
October 4, 2014 from 12:00PM ~ 8:00PM EDT
October 5, 2014 from 12:00PM ~ 8:00PM EDT
http://www.twitch.tv/national_esl1_hd
http://twitch.tv/crossfireonline
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DlZ9uJe.png[/IMG]
While people shit on crossfire for being a bad f2p fps that is only popular in asian and brazil, there are some very talented NA players.
I had the pleasure of leading and converting the old Hammertime cf team to csgo. They were able to pick up csgo quickly and we made it to eswc invite qualifiers before they headed off to china for wcg.
You'll have some players who have impressive aim that can translate to other fps games. Its worth the watch if you have some extra time.
While people shit on crossfire for being a bad f2p fps that is only popular in asian and brazil, there are some very talented NA players.
I had the pleasure of leading and converting the old Hammertime cf team to csgo. They were able to pick up csgo quickly and we made it to eswc invite qualifiers before they headed off to china for wcg.
You'll have some players who have impressive aim that can translate to other fps games. Its worth the watch if you have some extra time.
I played a little cf when my friend's team needed a player for an upcoming qualifier LAN tourny. I couldn't get a handle on your first shot being accurate independent of if you were moving or not (you still had to stop after to have any sort of accuracy like cs, but cs habits made me shoot 2nd a lot). So I didn't play and then they won $5k :( (probably cause I didn't play). The amount of 1 taps is incredible in this game. I'll check it out if I'm not busy.
I played a little cf when my friend's team needed a player for an upcoming qualifier LAN tourny. I couldn't get a handle on your first shot being accurate independent of if you were moving or not (you still had to stop after to have any sort of accuracy like cs, but cs habits made me shoot 2nd a lot). So I didn't play and then they won $5k :( (probably cause I didn't play). The amount of 1 taps is incredible in this game. I'll check it out if I'm not busy.
wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
wonderlandwow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
Basically Counter-Strike for the NA scene and games like CrossFire, Sudden Attack, Combat arms?, Alliance of Valiant Arms and stuff are only really popular in the Korean/Chinese/Japanese scene. I've played all of those games and honestly they're not that great if you're going to get into competitive because there aren't nearly as many leagues in the NA scene compared to a game like CS, so CS is the main PC fps game pretty much.
Someone should correct me if I'm wrong though, I haven't played those Asian fps games consistently for years so maybe there are more leagues/tournaments for them in the NA scene.
[quote=wonderland]wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?[/quote]
Basically Counter-Strike for the NA scene and games like CrossFire, Sudden Attack, Combat arms?, Alliance of Valiant Arms and stuff are only really popular in the Korean/Chinese/Japanese scene. I've played all of those games and honestly they're not that great if you're going to get into competitive because there aren't nearly as many leagues in the NA scene compared to a game like CS, so CS is the main PC fps game pretty much.
Someone should correct me if I'm wrong though, I haven't played those Asian fps games consistently for years so maybe there are more leagues/tournaments for them in the NA scene.
wonderlandwow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
World of Tanks had a $2.5 million prize pool in 2013
so
[quote=wonderland]wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?[/quote]
World of Tanks had a $2.5 million prize pool in 2013
so
PapaSmurf323While people shit on crossfire for being a bad f2p fps that is only popular in asian and brazil, there are some very talented NA players.
Absolutely right. While this game is mainly popular in Asia and South America, North America can actually compete on the global stage. One of the best NA teams just went down to Brazil for their CF Stars LAN qualifier for an exhibition to play against their best teams, and won every match if I'm not mistaken. I also believe it was WCG 2012 when Hammertime took 2nd, losing to the best team in the world from China in the final.
wonderlandwow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
Most competition is in China and SA. Not too many people have heard about it, but I'd go out on a limb and say that this is the most popular FPS game over in the Asia region. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't doubt that it is. Pretty much every WCG and CF Stars before this had at least 100k prize pools.
edyBasically Counter-Strike for the NA scene and games like CrossFire, Sudden Attack, Combat arms?, Alliance of Valiant Arms and stuff are only really popular in the Korean/Chinese/Japanese scene. I've played all of those games and honestly they're not that great if you're going to get into competitive because there aren't nearly as many leagues in the NA scene compared to a game like CS, so CS is the main PC fps game pretty much.
Someone should correct me if I'm wrong though, I haven't played those Asian fps games consistently for years so maybe there are more leagues/tournaments for them in the NA scene.
Well out of all of those F2P games that you listed, at least in the NA scene, CrossFire has had the longest active competitive community out of all of them. CF has also seen the most amount of competition compared to those others, having more tournaments, larger prize pools, more consistent teams, and more LAN tournaments. And out of all of those games, CF is really the only active one competitively speaking in NA, the rest are pretty dead (except for Combat Arms, maybe kind of?). Granted CS is a much better game, and has a much larger competitive community, CF was still loads of fun. You could make it to the top without having to put in quite as much work as the top CS players, and still go to LAN events, travel internationally, and make a little bit of money.
[quote=PapaSmurf323]While people shit on crossfire for being a bad f2p fps that is only popular in asian and brazil, there are some very talented NA players.[/quote]
Absolutely right. While this game is mainly popular in Asia and South America, North America can actually compete on the global stage. One of the best NA teams just went down to Brazil for their CF Stars LAN qualifier for an exhibition to play against their best teams, and won every match if I'm not mistaken. I also believe it was WCG 2012 when Hammertime took 2nd, losing to the best team in the world from China in the final.
[quote=wonderland]wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?[/quote]
Most competition is in China and SA. Not too many people have heard about it, but I'd go out on a limb and say that this is the most popular FPS game over in the Asia region. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't doubt that it is. Pretty much every WCG and CF Stars before this had at least 100k prize pools.
[quote=edy]Basically Counter-Strike for the NA scene and games like CrossFire, Sudden Attack, Combat arms?, Alliance of Valiant Arms and stuff are only really popular in the Korean/Chinese/Japanese scene. I've played all of those games and honestly they're not that great if you're going to get into competitive because there aren't nearly as many leagues in the NA scene compared to a game like CS, so CS is the main PC fps game pretty much.
Someone should correct me if I'm wrong though, I haven't played those Asian fps games consistently for years so maybe there are more leagues/tournaments for them in the NA scene.[/quote]
Well out of all of those F2P games that you listed, at least in the NA scene, CrossFire has had the longest active competitive community out of all of them. CF has also seen the most amount of competition compared to those others, having more tournaments, larger prize pools, more consistent teams, and more LAN tournaments. And out of all of those games, CF is really the only active one competitively speaking in NA, the rest are pretty dead (except for Combat Arms, maybe kind of?). Granted CS is a much better game, and has a much larger competitive community, CF was still loads of fun. You could make it to the top without having to put in quite as much work as the top CS players, and still go to LAN events, travel internationally, and make a little bit of money.
i will definitely tune in, sorry for unfairly ripping on this game. gonna try to watch a good chunk of it if i get the time. :D
i will definitely tune in, sorry for unfairly ripping on this game. gonna try to watch a good chunk of it if i get the time. :D
Getawhalewonderlandwow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?
World of Tanks had a $2.5 million prize pool in 2013
so
Yea but everyone has heard of World of Tanks, its the pinnacle of e-sports.
[quote=Getawhale][quote=wonderland]wow why have i never heard of this game
220k prize pool?[/quote]
World of Tanks had a $2.5 million prize pool in 2013
so[/quote]
Yea but everyone has heard of World of Tanks, its the pinnacle of e-sports.