Showing posts with label Orange-Esports-Malaysia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orange-Esports-Malaysia. Show all posts
Friday, 12 July 2013
Na'Vi flips tournament to emerge champions of Alienware Cup
Nothing is evidently impossible. Na'Vi, after succumbing to a bad start and even finishing last in their group stage, managed to dramatically flip the whole tournament to emerge from the losers bracket to champions of this year's Alienware Cup after a lengthy 5-game final.
Known for their top talents in the game but also most importantly the unprecedented chemistry the team holds together, Na'Vi once again turned heads and proved that it haven't lost its touch despite finishing second in last years's The International 2.
This result is particularly significant as Alienware Cup brought together all 10 out of 17 teams before the highly-anticipated, annual The International 3 (TI3) where the world will once again be held together to witness the top teams around the world in one global stage competing for up to 2.5 Million worth of total prize pool and most importantly the famed glory of championing Dota 2.
Malaysian Dota 2 teams Neolution Orange and Invasion.MUFC finished 5th/6th and 9th/10th bringing home USD3,000 and USD1,000 respectively.
Malaysian Dota 2 teams Neolution Orange and Invasion.MUFC finished 5th/6th and 9th/10th bringing home USD3,000 and USD1,000 respectively.
Final placings:
1st: Natus Vincere - USD25,0002nd: LGD.cn - USD12,000
3rd: Invictus Gaming - USD7,000
4th: DK - USD5,000
Friday, 25 January 2013
Neolution Orange reformed with new 2013 DOTA 2 team roster
After a series of rumours, transfers and in particularly seeing the move of Yamateh to Team Zenith, Orange eSports seemed quite lackluster, much to their fan's dismay. But contrary to a few believes on Orange's not-so-bright future and some words of worries, the management team has came out with a surprise reformation on the team.
For a start, after very recently gaining an invaluable platinum sponsorship by Neolution eSports, what used to be know as Orange eSports will now be officially known as Neolution Orange. With a whole new name and ultimately a new brand and a fresh image, the team will see (for most ways) a new lineup, and a formidable one too.
Chan "Winter" Litt-Binn and Chua "Ice" Chee Cai have officially left Orange, while Neolution Orange will see both Lim ‘Net’ Wai Pern and Mushi's profoundly-known disciple Khoo ‘Ohaiyo’ Chong Xin completing its 2013's DOTA 2 roster along with Mushi, Xtinct (captain) and Ky.xY. Hopefully, this will be a finalised, stable one.
Official words of its reformation, welcomes and thankyous by Orange:
Orange Esports extends our welcome to Lim ‘Net’ Wai Pern and Khoo ‘Ohaiyo’ Chong Xin who will be completing our 2013 DotA team roster. On the other hand, we parted ways with Chan "Winter" Litt-Binn and Chua "Ice" Chee Cai. Like Yamateh, Winter and Ice are also top quality DotA players and accomplished a great deal during their service with Orange Esports. We wish them best of luck in their next stage of DotA career and they will be missed by many of us.
We also take this opportunity to announce our new partnership with Neolution E-Sport who will come in as Orange Esports Platinum Sponsor for 2013. We like to thank the CEO of Neolution Group, Mr. Satean Boonmanant for his generous supports. The sponsorship will complete the new pay package for our Professional DotA players like never seen before in South East Asia. In recognition of their sponsorship, Orange Esports DotA team will be known as “Neolution Orange” in 2013.
Here's to hoping that this will continue to be Neolution Orange's roster for the rest of 2013, and bring even greater success for pride of our local eSports scene! *cross fingers*
Monday, 21 January 2013
Yamateh departs from Orange eSports and joins Team Zenith
In a shocking turn of events, Orange eSports has officially announced that Yamateh (2nd from left), arguably one of its star player has recently departed to join Singapore's Team Zenith. You see, rumours were actually saying that (instead of Yamateh) Mushi was the one who had plans to move to Zenith. This came across when news of Yee Fung 'Mushi' Chai and Wei Poong 'Yamateh' Ng wasn't getting along in Orange eSports.
DOTA 2 being a team game and what not, any disagreement between team members would definitely hurt their overall performance. While Orange eSports had their own conflicts internally, Team Zenith, on the other hand, were critically having difficulties in setting up a stable roster after being down to a 3-man team - Yamateh's move will now add it to 4.
Official statement from Orange eSports:
We like to announce the official departure of Yamateh from Orange Esports DotA team. He will be joining the Zenith team as you may see in their GosuCup Asia IV lineup. We thank him for his dedications and contributions to the team in 2012 and wish him much success. Orange Esports DotA team is still working on our 2013 roster aim to be among the Top 3 DotA2 teams in Asia. Thank you to our fans for their continuous support!
We personally feel that it's a real disappointment on how both these 'big' teams are constantly having changes in their rosters and struggling to stabilise internally. Though, we would still definitely wish Yamateh all the best at Zenith, and his huge contribution to Orange before.
Monday, 7 January 2013
Orange eSports wins Malaysia's HON Championships
With RM300,000, the biggest prize ever in Malaysian eSports history in sight for the champions, you can surely bet it attracted the best and the top talents of Malaysia's HON players. Knowing that many would certainly fight it all out and flip a coin on their luck, organisers Garena has planned hard and long touring around Malaysia extensively to reach out and lure even more aspiring HON teams we have.
Well if you have been following the global eSports scene, you can guess that HON naturally isn't doing quite well in the industry, and that may quite be the reason why Garena has forked out such a high cash pool to attract and 'convert' gamers from playing a certain MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena). But nevertheless it's wonderful for our aspiring national players who gathered at the hub of all Garena fanfare, the Garena Carnival.
Also dubbed as the 'Battle of Titans', a total of 8 teams battled it all up on stage to gain the edge over the others. Some stood out, but some, had ultimately fallen. Among the teams, you can say Orange eSports have been the dominating force throughout the 3-day-long tournament, securing wins after wins and presenting a solid performance from day 1 to day 3, it would take a miracle to bring the formidable force down.
I would at the same time say that MUFC had quite been the fan favourites for the game, but their usual standards were somehow lacking and though they manage to crawl out from the losers bracket, they ended up 3rd after succumbing to HON Portal.
But nevertheless a huge congrats to the top 3 winners of Garena's HON championship!
But nevertheless a huge congrats to the top 3 winners of Garena's HON championship!
Malaysia's HON champions (RM300,000) - Orange eSports.
2nd place (RM30,000) - HON Portal
Monday, 31 December 2012
[Editorial] Malaysian eSports in 2012
If there was one thing about Malaysia in 2012 to give a huge shoutout to, it would for me indisputably be about our eSports industry, and thus this post dedicated to our rising talents and to all those behind the scenes managing and organising.
Though I myself am definitely not a pro gamer, not even close, competitive gaming have always (well since a few years back) caught my attention. The eSports scene is huge, if not globally played and globally appreciated. Of course, this could only be possible for the number of quality online PC games available, with massive titles like DOTA 2 (my personal favourite), Counter Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA and the now up and coming World of Tanks.
You notice that most of them have been around for years and have been regularly updated, improved and some even recently relaunched to fit in with current trends. Through the years each of them have caught attention of an increasingly massive fan base, each serving its own scope of avid players and each breeding new sets of professional, highly-skilled masters of the game – ultimately creating an online phenomenon of the eSports industry today.
But that’s another thought for another day.
Malaysia, despite only in recent years gained access to a high-speed broadband (and even now still limited to the main cities), isn’t far behind when it comes to the standard of our professional gamers and the extend of what we have achieved.
Professionals
Championships were won, top placings were earned, but more importantly, experience and progress were invaluably gained. 2012 saw some of our top teams, including emerging professionals racing for some of the most prestigious, international titles globally. We may not be a jack of all trades, but we surely are a master in arguably the largest division of the entire eSports industry – the MOBAs (multiplayer online battle arena) like DOTA, LoL and HoN. Oh gosh, those initials, talk about the similarities they carry (pun intended).Orange eSports
Let’s start off with Orange eSports DOTA. After a few changes in lineups and the big news of Mushi deciding to shift to coaching, the professional team has grown from strength to strength as they went all out, travelled the seas, across the globe, all the way to the largest international DOTA 2 tournament, The International. Competing with 16 of the world’s top DOTA 2 teams with $1Million at stake, you could say it was an embodiment of what the DOTA eSports scene truly was, and an achievement itself for Orange eSports already.
MUFC
But Orange isn’t the only professional DOTA 2 team we’ve got. 2012 finally saw the re-emergence of MUFC as an independent team once again after many crucial changes in lineups. If anything, MUFC used to arguably be Malaysia’s top DOTA 2 team until Orange came about and recruited some of its most precious talents. But that’s another story, and for another day. This year, despite having lost several opportunities already and in particularly missing The International, MUFC finally ended the year with a high note as they stormed DOTA 2 The Asia with an impressive set of display, being the only team who was completely undefeated during the group stages and finally earning 2nd among all the best teams regionally.
KL Hunters
While both Orange and MUFC continued to carry our nation’s DOTA pride, KL Hunters, Malaysia’s first professional League of Legends team, brought us an icon, a hope and a belief for us to root for in the League of Legends eSport division. Apart from Orange eSports, KL Hunters seem to be a professional team ready for some serious competitive gaming as sponsored by Garena themselves have led the team to a strong foundation of essential training sessions, strategy meetings and even, fitness workouts (huge kudos to that!).
Tournaments
But ultimately, professional gamers are nothing without a platform for them to shine. And it is these tournaments that truly bring out the talents of the eSports scene. However, most major tournaments have always been held internationally and our gamers have to fork out their personal savings (unless they have a sponsor) just to travel abroad and compete. Being on a world stage is, to say the least, a huge opportunity and should well be deserved for anyone who have already reached the capability of competing with the top. But the costs just to travel and to accommodate is sky-high expensive.With this factor limiting our potential talents to unleash their skills, it inadvertently setbacks our eSports industry if we continue to fail to get a globally-recognised tournament together on Malaysian grounds (or we could also encourage more sponsors, we'll get back to this later).
But we prevailed.
In 2012 itself, Malaysia had the honour of hosting some of the world’s most prestigious and most closely- watched tournaments, from the likes of WCG Asian Championships to DOTA 2 The Asia. Both, were huge. Ushering in massive crowds and spurring an emerging phenomenon in Malaysia, the hosting of such prominent tournaments simply breathed a fresh new air into our Malaysian eSports scene – bringing hope, faith, and dreams all together for the future.
The Future
At TheShadowGamer.com, we truly believe that our eSports industry is growing. Already ranking 6th in the International eSports Federation, our teams are certainly a formidable force on the world stage, while 2012 also brought the spotlight over to Malaysia with the prestigious tournaments held on local grounds.But there definitely is more with our potential. The Malaysian eSports industry still holds a big gap for many more opportunities to come. Sponsoring our local professional teams for one is a huge prospect for companies to seriously consider as after all, these teams are the icon of the games, the idols of gamers, and essentially our nation’s flag bearers in the international stage. Companies out there should realise that there is great potential in using our teams as their marketing platform. After all, our strongest teams are known internationally, around the world.
That said, though we simply as an independent site dedicated to everything gaming, do not have the money for sponsorship, we ultimately do have some resources to give our strongest share of support, and here’s how.
Starting 2013, we have decided that we are going to give a larger focus on the Malaysian eSports Industry than we did this year. And what will this mean to you? Well, for a start, you will be seeing more consistent news/updates relating to our professional teams and their appearances in tournaments. But at the same time, we will be dedicating some time aside to work closely with some of of our up and coming professional gaming teams, and with this we truly wish to give our biggest form of support.
Hence, if you’re professionally gaming or are on the verge to be, and would like some media spotlight or coverage on your performances, simply send us a short message at hello@theshadowgamer.com and we would love to discuss on how as a media partner we can help you.
Till then, have a wonderful, new year!
Monday, 24 December 2012
DOTA 2 The Asia: The Results
1st place: LGD (China)
Last weekend was one heck of a blast at KLCC (Convention Centre) as two major events Comic Fiesta 2012 and TGX 2012 were held at the same venue, despite in different halls. Though we can not rid yet of how awesomely packed the place was with gamers, cosplayers and comic-enthusiasts alike, this post will first serve to highlight one of the biggest regional esports tournament this year, DOTA 2 The Asia held in conjunction with TGX 2012.
Attracting and bringing all the top talents of DOTA 2 around this region and even renown shoutcaster Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson in one venue, The Asia was set to be a massive sight and a must-go event for all DOTA and esports fans. True enough, though sound systems backtracked the event a little, it indeed soon proved to be one heck of a festival for both avid fans and onlookers alike.
But in midst of all these, are the true carry-ers, gankers and supporters in the game, focusing hard and working as one to grab an edge over the other team. All dedicated whatever they had, all played with profession and sportsmanship, but some were less fortunate, while some, advanced.
After the two days long tournament, after rounds of hard battles and overcoming some serious ganks, team China's LGD eventually took the lead against Malaysia's very MUFC in the finals, taking home the tournament title along with $15,000, while MUFC had to settle with 2nd place and $9,000. Meanwhile, Orange Esports, after succumbing to co-country team MUFC during the semi-finals, proceeded to take hold of the Philippines' MiTH-Trust, gaining 3rd place and $6,000.
I would also like to use this opportunity to commend both our boys Orange eSports and especially MUFC. MUFC gave a pretty solid performance from the very start, being the only team in the competition who was completely undefeated during the group stages and obviously, before the finals. Both of our teams had done Malaysia very proud for taking 2 out of the top 3 places, among all the top talents an in such a competitive regional scene. Keep it up!
2nd place: MUFC DOTA (Malaysia)
3rd place: Orange eSports (Malaysia)
Thank you, RGN for the photos!
Thursday, 13 December 2012
[DOTA 2 The Asia] Official group stages and schedule
DotA is arguably one of the more popular, if not the biggest game in Malaysia, South East Asia and especially up north China. To acknowledge the fact and to celebrate all the top talents from each countries around the region, DotA 2 The Asia has been organised.
DotA 2 The Asia will be held from the 22 to the 23rd of December in conjunction with TGX (The Game Expo) Malaysia 2012 and its group stages and schedule have recently been announced.
I would say that both groups are fairly balanced, with probably LGD or MUFC (if they perform at their best) taking the lead in Group A, while Zenith and Orange having a good chance in Group B. But don't get me wrong, all the other teams are equally competitive, but track records have shown that China's LGD and both Malaysia's Orange and MUFC to be the better contenders for this year's one of the biggest regional DotA 2 tournament.
The official schedule, click image to enlarge.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Malaysia's Orange Esports finishes 4th in WCG DotA 2 finals while Invictus Gaming crowned champions
Definitely no pressure at all but our boys from Orange Esports DotA is arguably Malaysia's strongest Esports team yet. The team, who is also strongly supported and sponsored by Razer, are multiple champions for various tournaments in local ground. However, their international records have yet to be as successful though at many a times, they often only miss their footing at the very last moments. Unfortunate.
In their latest major international attempt, Orange Esports advances into the 2012 World Cyber Games (WCG) DotA 2 Championships. Despite having a pretty good set in its League games, the team unfortunately then were set up against now-champions Invictus Gaming from China (they also won The International 2012) and proceeded to play 3rd placing playoffs against DevilMice from Belarus.
Despite being favourites in the game, Orange Esports gave in 0-2 to DevilMice, finally finishing the annual Games in 4th place.
The team's dissapointment was in any case, evident but I as a huge supporter for the Esports industry in Malaysia and for the team Orange Esports themselves who really are progressing in each tournament, really do believe that the day will come when we will overcome and make a bigger name, internationally.
Keep it up, Orange!
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