http://team-fuzion.net Latest news from http://team-fuzion.net uk-uk Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:43:00 +0100 We are glad to announce the addition of three StarCraft 2 players to fuZion's ranks as we continue to expand into new gaming titles!

Although the players are all familiar with each other, they are representing fuZion as individual players in the relatively new RTS game SC2 which promises to be extremely competitive on and offline. We're excited to add them to our organisation and wish them the best of luck in their endeavors.

Alex "Purge" Salem, who once played CoD4 for fuZion has expressed his happiness in returning to the organisation, with him he brings a real life friend of his Alex "MoNtY" Montrose who boasts a wealth of experience in the series due to being an active player in the original StarCraft 1. They will play both as a team and as individuals, and are currently at a gold level in every ladder they participate in. Their next goal is to push towards platinum, and eventually diamond.

Moreover, Damian "Semen" Bank has also joined our ranks as a SC2 player. The German 22 year old has an indepth gaming past which includes spells at some of the top German teams in CoD2 and CoD4. However, he is now playing SC2 in the gold ladders with the intention of rising further. You can catch him in the daily and weekly ESL cups as well as the German EAS. He will represent fuZion exclusively in 1vs1s on a regular basis.

Welcome to fuZion, we hope you have a happy, long and succesful time with us!]]> (Philip Mc Cann) In the early hours of Saturday morning, fuZion, with their first appearance at an Irish LAN, clinched victory at Midlans.

The fuZion organisation are happy to announce that the squad they sent to Midlans has came home with a comprehensive gold. The side went unbeaten throughout the event, and were never in danger of losing momentum as they won their final game in the early hours of Saturday, the 21st of August.

The fuZion squad, which was comprised of a mix from Team fuZion and fuZion Gaming, were delighted with their performance and are currently reveling in their recent success. A special thanks goes to Rikk, who traveled all the way from the Netherlands to take part in the event. The team and organisation greatly appreciate his commitment and dedication to the cause! The team consisted of the following players:

fuZion Gaming
Stephen"Nemix"Guidon
Gavin "Redox" Kelly
Rikk "rikk "Vervoort
Roman "Romeja" Pinciuk

Team fuZion
Sean "Zajaki" Kilbride

The team defeated every single opponent, finishing as indisputable and clear winners. Well done boys!

Moreover, KosH received a medal for being "Manager of the Year". Congratulations to undoubtedly the best manager of the year!

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]]> (Philip Mc Cann) Esports Heaven's Sapphire Euro Challenge series will be a £500 single elimination tournament for Call of Duty 4.

Having already hosted a number of Sapphire sponsered tournaments, today Esports Heaven are excited to announce that they will be hosting the Sapphire Euro Challenge for Call of Duty 4 next week.

Starting on Monday the 16th and running until Wednesday the 25th, the tournament will feature a total of 64 teams pitted against each other in a seeded single elimination tournament. Each game will be played on a pre-determined map, as per the schedule below. The only exception to this is the grand final, which will be best of 3, decided in the usual manner.

The grand prize will be £500 (about €610) for first place. There are no prizes for the runners up. The schedule is as follows:

Round 1 + 2: Monday 16th August
20:00 CET - mp_crash
21:00 CET - mp_crossfire

Round 3: Wednesday 18th August
21:00 CET - mp_citystreets

Quarter & Semi-Finals: Monday 23rd August
20:00 CET - mp_strike
21:00 CET - mp_crash

Final: Wednesday 25th August
21:00 CET - Best of 3, maps tba.


Sign ups will be on a first-come first-served basis, so get your team http://www.esportsheav...up_team&tournament_id=199signed up quickly!

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The Western Digital Challenge will pitch the best teams of Europe against eachother as they battle for first place and €250 in cash prizes.

The tournament has started last month and is currently in the final stages and just two matches remain until the best-of-three Grand Final.

Tournament Details
Maximum teams: 64
Start date: Monday 12th July
End date: Thursday 22nd July
Format: Single Elimination
Admins: tomzki & Bobert
Rules: Click here
IRC: #esportsheaven
Prize: 1st place - €250

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www.Tek-9.org]]> (Roman Pinciuk) After a very entertaining trip to Antwerp, our first Call of Duty 4 team have returned with smiles on their faces and a satisfactory performance at the Antwerp eSports Festival.

AEF was Team fuZion's first LAN as a team, and they proved themselves to be a force to be reckoned with in the scene after such a performance at LAN. Much of the scene underestimated our squad, predicting a crash out in the groups with Epsilon going through in the third place we would be fighting for.

However, Team fuZion were quiet in their approach, and knew what they would be capable of individually and as a team. In the end, the team managed to qualify from their group, only losing to the two seeded teams TCM and SPEEDLINK. They then went on to face the Czech powerhouse of eSuba in the knockout stages who were rejuvenated by Mazarini's return to the side, and eventually lost out 13-10 to the highly experienced LAN side.

Our results in the groups were as follows:

Team fuZion 13 - 10 plusONE
Team fuZion 13 - 9 Epsilon
Team fuZion 13 - 4 H4u Gaming
Team fuZion 8 - 13 TCM
Team fuZion 7 - 13 SPEEDLINK
Team fuZion 13 - 9 Team Visualize

In the playoffs:

Team fuZion 10 - 13 eSuba

These results left us in the 17th-24th bracket, and if round difference was to differentiate exact positioning we would be placed 18th overall in the tournament. Well done everyone and lets hope the side can build for their next event.

Statement from Sean "ZAJAKI" Kilbride: "I think that we performed very well if people take into account the things that we had against us. For a team who had just finished the line up one week before the lan and had players who had never been to a big EU lan we performed very well. Our main objective was to get out of our groups and we did even if we finished up on a disappointing game against eSuba. I am definitely confident that fuZion can accomplish a lot more in the next lans to come! As for the event I really enjoyed AEF I liked how well the admins had things organised, the only problem was the long journey to the event! A big shoutout to KosH for his managerial guidance and haunting stories! <3"
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We have plenty in store for you over the coming weeks, months and years, with plenty for our followers to sink their teeth into on a constant basis. There will be large amounts of Team fuZion content to indulge in biweekly, which will include all the latest team affairs, player interviews, event coverage and guest articles. If you don't want to miss a moment, make sure you check back regularly with us!

Make sure you check back here after AEF, where there will be plenty of photos and videos of our CoD4 team in Antwerp, in and out of game to watch and enjoy.

Please make sure you register with us as soon as possible!]]> (Philip Mc Cann) The Vita Nova crew have been working hard behind closed doors to work out the format of the Antwerp Esports Festival #2 in Antwerp, Belgium next week. Just a couple of days ago, the groups have been made public by the game admins.

The LAN itself will be the biggest non-BYOC event in the history of Call of Duty 4 and will definitely go down in people's memories. The staff behind the event, who will have representatives of Vita Nova live at the event to take care of everything Call of Duty 4 related, have been working hard to find a proper tournament format to ensure as much playability by all the teams involved and have settled on the following:

During the first two days, all the groups will be played out in full 8 groups of 7 in total to incorporate all the 56 registered and paid teams. With a huge amount of pc's available for the Call of Duty 4 tournament, this means all the groups will be played out in succession and there should be as few moving as possible. This also means that all teams will have a guaranteed 6 matches during the group stage, which is a lot more than the standard two to three matches you have on other LANs with groups of four.

All matchdays start at 8:30 CET in the morning. Which groups play in the morning, afternoon or evening will be announced later today!

The top row, groups A, D, E and F play on Friday the 30th of July. The bottom row, groups B, C, G and H will play on Saturday the 31st of July

The Call of Duty 4 squad expressed their satisfaction with their group placing and are quietly confident they can get out of their group without much stress.

TCM-Gaming
SPEED-LINK
Epsilon
Team fuZion
plusONE
Hardware4u Gaming
Team Visualize]]> pronic@online.nl (Jurian van Straaten)