Welcome to the Weekly Recap, where we gather the top stories that happened in the past week to help you catch up with the busy world of eSports!
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TNC, Clutch dominate BTS 7 qualifiers
WESG winner TNC Pro Team and Clutch Gamers topped their respective groups to get the top seed in the Beyond The Summit 7 SEA region qualifiers.
TNC won both games in Group B, while Clutch did the same in Group A. TNC will meet Group A’s HappyFeet and Clutch will face WarriorsGaming.Unity in a cross-group battle in the first round of the playoffs, which will evolve into a double bracket elimination.
Surprisingly, Team Faceless, composed of accomplished veterans, did not win any single map in the qualifiers.
NP roster shakeup
Following a poor finish in the 2017 Dota Asia Championships, Team NP let go of both Theeban “1437” Siva and Avery “SVG” Silverman.
In a Youtube vlog, 1437 described their exits as “not so peaceful” but he said his drive to compete is still very high.
NP founder Jack “EternalEnvy” Mao remain as carry and captain, while Arif “MSS” Anwar stay in his offlaner position. Kurtis “Aui” Ling, who played the midlaner role before, will be team’s new position 4 player.
343 to standin for Mski
Adam “343” Shah will be reunited with former Fnatic teammate Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung at least temporarily, as the former is to stand-in for the latter’s new side: Mineski.
The support player made the announcement in Twitter, two days after he announced he left European side B)ears.
Mineski already employed 343 as a standin in the Manila Masters SEA qualifier, when he played in place of Nico “eyyou” Barcelon, who is rumored to be the one replaced by 343.
DC founder leaves org
Digital Chaos founder Shannon “SUNSfan” Scotten has reportedly left the organization he created in August 2015.
SUNSfan made the announcement in Facebook but did not give depth to the story, but said he will “continue to pursue this passion [for esports] in both current and yet to be announced projects.”
DC is currently mired with the issue of late payments, with captain and support Rasmus “MiSeRy” Filipsen stating he has not received payments from the team’s performance in the Boston Major yet.
KT Rolster, SSG faceoff in LCK 3rd round
After thumping MVP 3-0 in the second round, KT Rolster go through and will face second-seed Samsung Galaxy in the LCK Spring Split playoffs.
SSG defeated KT Rolster in the middle of the Split when Samsung were in the midst of its winning run. That win switched the places of the pair and SSG has held on the second seed since.
The winner of the match will face three-time world champion SKT T1, who got a bye to the final after finishing as best seed and a 16-2 record in the table and 32-10 in games.
FaZe beat Astralis, win CS:GO StarSeries 3
FaZe Clan overcame a lot of bad starts, including in a testy battle with Astralis in the final but in the end managed to win the StarLadder StarSeries Season 3 championship.
The Clan was down 13-15 in the Inferno map but was able to force overtime, where it won only one round on the CT side before winning all T-side games to seal the championship.
FaZe took home $125,000 as champion, while Astralis took home $50,000.
New Overwatch mode now live
Overwatch Uprising: Insurrection Origins, a PvE event of Blizzard’s product, has begun.
After its details got leaked days ago, Insurrection was released to the public, along with loot and fresh characters skins.
The new mode, which features the characters going against waves of robots, will add clarity to the lore of the game that has big esports potential.
Blind player wins a game at his 1st Street Fighter tourney
Competing, and winning, in sub-professional esports tournaments takes a lot of hours training and toiling to master an ever-evolving game.
Imagine doing it without one of your senses, your eyes at that.
Sven, a blind Danish gamer, just won a game in his first ever Street Fighter tournament in Spain’s famed Sonic Boom event.
Using Ken, Sven kept on attacking Mushashi’s Akuma, and the former was able to get that resonant K.O. to the delight of those watching the event.
According to Kotaku, Sven lost his vision to cancer when he was just five years old, but learned to use his ears as guide so he can play video games and compete.
