Fnatic and TyLoo at IEM Shanghai.

The past couple of weeks have been packed with action and I sadly haven’t had time to update the blog on the achievements of our teams, so I figured I’d give you guys a quick overview. Better late than never-ish. :P

Both on PC and console there’s been quite a few grand slam events across the globe, and naturally a big involvement from the SteelSeries teams.

Fnatic’s Gux at IEM Shanghai.

At Intel Extreme Masters in Shanghai end-July, Fnatic, once again assisted by the SteelSeries 7H headset, came out victorious with local Chinese heroes TyLoo having their two Counter-Strike teams take 2nd and 4th place:

Counter-Strike
1. Fnatic ($14,000)
2. TyLoo raw ($7,000)
3. Natus Vincere ($5,000)
4. TyLoo ($3,500)

TyLoo at IEM Shanghai.

Same weekend saw the first European Console League event take place in the UK. ECL is a new series of competitive Xbox 360 gaming events offering Halo 3, Gears of War and Call of Duty 4 tournaments with cash prizes in the realm of $40,000.

Fnatic at ECL in Liverpool.

Power Gaming came through strong and beat Fnatic to take home the Halo 3 gold medal, while Fnatics CoD4 team came out victorious in the their respective tournament. Full results (in GBP) below:

Halo 3
1. Power Gaming (£4,000)
2. Fnatic (£2,000)
3. LowLandLions (£1,000)

Call of Duty 4
1. Fnatic (£,2000)
2. Team Gamerhut (£,1000)
3. Royalty Gaming (£,500)

Power Gaming at ECL in Liverpool.

Oh yeah, and on a final note: This weekend SK Gaming took home the World Cyber Games Nordic qualifier, beating Power Gaming in the finals, which means we will be seeing SK Gaming’s Swedish Counter-Strike team represent the Nordics at the WCG Grand Finals later this year.

Last weekend as well, Power Gaming’s Call of Duty 4 PC team scored 1st place and €6,000 at the SteelSeries supported Antwerpen Esports Festival in Belgium.

Coming up this weekend is the e-Stars 2010 in Seoul, Korea - an event offering over $70,000 in cash prizes to the Counter-Strike and WarCraft III tournaments. Keep yourself posted picture-wise over on HLTV.org or SK Gaming.

I’ll keep you posted!

/Casper

SteelSeries teams TyLoo (CN) and Team Immunity (AUS) managed to pull in 1st places at their respective regional World Cyber Games 2010 qualifiers last weekend, which means that we’ll be seeing both teams represent their countries at the WCG 2010 Grand Finals, end-September in Los Angeles.

Team Immunity in action (Image source).

Big congratulations to the teams - I’ll keep you posted as more qualifier results pop in. :)

/Casper

This weekend saw Fnatic cruise to the top of the podium at GameGune in Bilbao, while also taking the SteelSeries 7H headset out on its first date.

Fnatic cashed in €12,000 and could not have kickstarted their Summer 2010 World Tour in a more elegant way.

More pictures available over on HLTV.org.

Next up: The $57,000 Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Shanghai starting Thursday July 29th, where also TyLoo (Counter-Strike), EHOME (DotA) and Grubby (WarCraft III) will be in attendance.

/Casper

Join us, as we host another “SteelSeries Pro Night” tomorrow, on July 27th. This time around, we’ve invited Europe’s undoubtedly #1 Call of Duty 4 PC team, Fnatic.

Be a part of the live chat session with the entire team, experience the tricks’n'tips broadcast by team captain, and “Call of Duty Player of the Year 2009″, Stevy ‘Stevy’ Verheyen - and finally play alongside the team on the public Xfire servers. The full time schedule looks like this:

19:00-20:00 CET: Chat with FnaticMSI
During the Live Chat you will have a chance to ask all your questions to these Call of Duty 4 experts about the game, eSports, their careers and much more LIVE on Xfire.

20:15-20:45 CET: Live Broadcast by Stevy (Xfire Streaming Series)
Stevy from FnaticMSI, one of the greatest Call of Duty players of all time, will reveal various tips and tricks while broadcasting live over Xfire. Over the course of the tutorial Stevy will also provide commentary and personal insights.

21:00-22:30 CET: Play with FnaticMSI
Last but not least we will end this event with Play with the Pros! Play with FnaticMSI on various public Call of Duty 4 servers.

You’re welcome to bring friends and family. See you tomorrow. :P

/Casper

The $22,500 GameGune Counter-Strike tournament is well underway, with Fnatic cruising undefeated through group play and into playoffs. This is their first event sporting the SteelSeries 7H headset - check a few pics below:

Check out more pictures from the event over at HLTV.org.

/Casper

Recently, China and France saw SteelSeries teams come out on top in the local Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 qualifier events. Especially the Chinese qualifier was dominated, as EHOME took home the DotA and WarCraft III spots, and TyLoo grabbed the Counter-Strike 1.6 spot.

France had Fnatic’s unstoppable QuakeLive duo Pierre-Emeric “l1nkje” Portier and Kévin “strenx” Baéza take home top2 in the qualifier and both are thereby now official French QuakeLive rep’s at the ESWC 2010 Grand Final, which is taking place at Disneyland in Paris at the end of this month.

Check the official attendants list over on the official site, which includes numerous players and teams from SK Gaming, Fnatic and other SteelSeries supported organizations. :)

/Casper

This weekend saw the FnaticMSI Counter-Strike 1.6 team again rise to claim the #1 spot in the World, as they took home gold in the Arbalet Cup Europe 2010 at Inferno Online Stockholm in Sweden.

Having been defeated by Na’Vi in the past match-up in Kiev, Fnatic again faced the Ukranians in the grand final, now on Fnatic’s own ground, and came out victorious.

Big congratulations to the Fnatic guys with the trophy and the $15,000 check! You can check out galleries, interviews and videos from the event over at HLTV and SK Gaming.

/Casper

Don’t forget - this weekend is set to be absolutely big, with the SteelSeries eSport Challenge kicking off tomorrow in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark offering a 10,000€ prize purse in cold cash.

Skim through the time schedule, study TEK9’s “Guide to SEC” and check the just-released group list over on the event website.

See you this weekend in sunny Copenhagen for a serious clash of the best CoD4 teams in Europe, in the large, heated gaming tent which should definitely provide a unique experience for the contestants and visitors. :-)

(Oh - and don’t forget that the guys over at Pixel.tv are providing video coverage of the event from start to end.)

/Casper

Check below for the lucky two winners - randomly selected among those who gave valuable input to the competition blog a few days ago. These guys will each receive a SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition QcK (Fnatic), autographed by Fnatic’s Harley ‘dsn’ Orwall and Christopher ‘GeT_RiGhT’ Alesund.

Comment #14 - do7z

Comment #23 - Amar

Please get in touch as soon as possible with cm (at) steelseries (dot ) com to receive to receive your prize. :)

/Casper

Spring is usually all about getting electric and doing spontaneous moves, and that’s exactly what we’re doing today.

I had a few autographed SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition Fnatic mousepads lying around here at the office, which were signed by Fnatic players Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund and Harley “dsn” Orwall a few months ago.

We’re giving away one of these babies to each of the best two comments to this post, that come up with the most awesome idea for fresh/interesting content here on the blog. Now - be reasonable, but then again let the creative juices flow. It’s not like we’re looking for the most popular content and then we’ll repeat that each month for the remainder of 2010 - no, we simply just like to get your input.

More exclusive prizes from the professional players? More in-depth articles on product development? More random rants and funny stories from the SteelSeries office? You name it.

No regional restrictions on this one - anyone can join in and provide their input. Winners of the autographed SteelSeries QcK+ Limited Edition Fnatic mousepads will be drawn on Thursday 17:00 CET.

Looking forward to this. :-)

/Casper