Author: Sam Shadow (SMSHDW)

The eSports Nightly

The eSports Nightly News Broadcast Episode 1

September 23, 2012 /

Today marks the first day of a brand new LIVE broadcast I’m doing on Twitch.tv! The eSports Nightly is a weekly show that recaps the previous week in eSports and give a preview for all the upcoming events and important news items. I’m hoping to stream every Sunday at 10PM EST / 9PM CST which will hopefully allow for viewers to send in shout outs and news items during the broadcast. Here is the link to the VOD on Twitch if you prefer their video player to YouTube’s.

If you have any feedback let me know! You can leave a comment here, on YouTube, and via Twitter or Facebook. And be sure to consider subscribing on YouTube, following Twitch.tv, and following on Twitter. Each and everyone helps tremendously. Thanks!!!

The eSports Bulletin

The eSports Bulletin News Broadcast #65

September 20, 2012 /

Another day, another eSports bulletin! I’m still getting used to the new format and keep almost forgetting to switch the slides, but otherwise I’m really liking it. Looks more sleek, especially today after adding some more graphics. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Here’s what we talked about:

  1. Twitch.tv raises $15M in venture capital from Bessemer Venture Partners
  2. 8th Excello ZOWIE Call of Duty 4 tournament
  3. Canada Cup 2012 and qualifiers
  4. Fan4Fan StarCraft II tournament
  5. UMG Gaming 4v4 $10k Black Ops 2 Christmas LAN
  6. Complexity Gaming Minigun vs Academy showmatch
  7. Chips and Noi present Tales of the Lane
  8. Team Liquid StarCraft 2 player Hayder “HayprO” Hussein retires
  9. Heart of the Swarm beta patch
  10. AbsoluteLegends recruiting
  11. SK Gaming recruiting
  12. ESFI World recruiting
  13. TEK9 recruiting
  14. Pure Pwnage announces feature film return
  15. ESL reveals Baltic Counter-Strike 1.6 LAN event

Thanks for watching and please consider subscribing! Every person helps. :)

The eSports Bulletin

The eSports Bulletin News Broadcast #64

September 18, 2012 /

I just uploaded the latest and greatest eSports bulletin! It’s got a new look, a new format, and I think it will bode well for future growth. I’m pretty excited. In it I discuss:

  1. Carmac announces ESL IEM Guangzhou, China cancelled
  2. mousesports vs ROX.KIS @ EG Master’s Cup Series
  3. ESWC Counter-Strike: Global Offensive EU qualifiers
  4. Valencia eSports Congress by DreamHack and Twitch.tv
  5. Hyhy retires from Dota 2 team Zenith
  6. Ocelote of SK Gaming partners with digibet.com
  7. Sean “Day[9]” Plott reaches 500 episodes
  8. Voting opens for Global Starcraft League World All Star tournament
  9. Capcom-Unity reveals interest in FGC ambassador

Be sure to subscribe for future episodes!

The eSports Bulletin

The eSports Bulletin News Broadcast #63

September 17, 2012 /

It is time for another eSports bulletin, this time covering September 7th – 17th. Yep, it’s another long catch-up episode since I was gone for an entire week! But it feels good to be back and am ready for a nice week of episodes and other fun eSports content.

In this episode we discuss:

  1. Past headlines
  2. StarLadder StarSeries Season 3 for Dota 2 begins
  3. Kingston HyperX Anniversary Tournament for StarCraft 2
  4. FNATIC PLAY RaidCall Dota 2 Open Cup
  5. Russian Dota 2 Hardmode Cup by Hardmode.tv
  6. Go For SteelSeries Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament
  7. ASUS ROG The GD Invitational for StarCraft II
  8. Texas e-Sports Association announced second Lone Star Clash
  9. NorthCon eSports Arena tournament
  10. Reason Gaming add CS:GO female team
  11. GOMTV hires Sung Eun “firebathero” Lee for GSTL
  12. Team MUFC swap Silvercross and TFG for KeN and Ohaiyo
  13. The Elder Gods replace k1d0r with manN1
  14. AbsoluteLegends add ph0en|X for s7
  15. Cold As Ice and Prospects switch to CSGO
  16. SC2 upcoming patch version 1.5.3
  17. Counter Logic Gaming release documentary trailer
  18. GosuGamers has openings for LoL
  19. Dead or Alive 5 adds online pass for multiplayer

Thanks for watching and remember to consider subscribing!!! :D

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO)

How to surf in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

September 16, 2012 /

Over at my personal gaming channel perlox5, I published a CS:GO surfing tutorial that covers exactly what you think it would: surfing! It’s an addicting little mini-game that’s been with the Counter-Strike series for years and it’s a great way to waste hours of your life, jamming to Liquicity and smoothly gliding along the creative, and sometimes frustrating, worlds of surf. I highly recommend giving it a try.

In this particular video, I’m playing on surf_air_arena_v4, a very forgiving map that doesn’t put you in jail when you fall off the map. It also has boosters in various places to get you up to speed and plenty of ramps to land on. It also isn’t a “start-to-finish” design, so you can literally just fly around like crazy without finishing it. It’s a great map to practice on. You can download the map for yourself here, but remember to change your server variables to:

  • sv_airaccelerate 150 or sv_airaccelerate 999
  • sv_staminajumpcost 0
  • sv_staminalandcost 0

Have fun and be sure to subscribe!

Guild Wars 2 (GW2)

Guild Wars 2 review, To Buy or Not to Buy! (Positives and Negatives)

September 9, 2012 /

Every now and then I publish content on my general gaming channel “perlox5”. This time around it’s for the most recent MMO to hit the markets: Guild Wars 2. My friends and I picked up copies and set out into the world of Tyria to explore and test out what ArenaNet could deliver. I am a long-time World of Warcraft player and fan, and have tested a variety of different paid, F2P, and beta MMO’s to find something to replace my longing for the next WoW. But so far nothing has come close. Is Guild Wars 2 the next big MMO? Does it live up to expectations? Is it the next WoW? All those answers and more within!

Update 7/31/2013: so we ended up playing the game for 40-50 hours before quitting, but eventually returned a second and third time. It’s an excellent game considering no paid subscription. You can get bored, take a break, and return without worrying about the monthly fee. We’ve leveled a couple characters, had fun times with the unique content, but miss some of the traditional MMO mechanics like distinct class roles and raiding content. As of now I’ve sunk over 125 hours into the game and consider the cost of picking up well covered. There’s also a fair number of players still playing and world events have a pretty good turnout.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Behind the Play #001, CS:GO basic strategy

September 9, 2012 /

I’m pleased to present the first episode of Behind The Play, a new series that focuses on basic strategy for a variety of competitive titles. I hope to release more of these for Quake Live, StarCraft 2, and League of Legends, and then eventually focus on higher level strategy. If I’m lucky I’ll even try and bring on some players and discuss specific matches and what was going on in their head.

Other Tags: CSGO, CS:GO, BTP, FPS, tips and tricks

The eSports Bulletin News Broadcast #62

September 6, 2012 /

It’s time for another episode of the eSports bulletin for August 27th – September 6th. It was a massive catch-up episode that focused on the top headlines of the past week, plus a normal focus on September 6th. The next eSports bulletin is planned for tomorrow or the next day. Here’s what I talked about:

  1. Find all the past news at: http://www.spawnroom.com/news
  2. The story behind Steven “Destiny” Bonnell and his penis:http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/com…
  3. SHOUTOUT to RSS aggregator eSportsPress:http://esportspress.com/
  4. 2012 Global StarCraft Team League Season 3: http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/5582…
  5. Gamerland Challenge Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament: http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  6. Return to Castle Wolfenstein Anniversary Cup 2012 with WarWitch: http://www.crossfire.nu/news/7682/ret…
  7. ESL EPS CS:GO Open Qualifiers:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  8. theSGL pre-season CS:GO tournament:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  9. StarCraft 2 All-Kill and Dota 2 showmatch between Evil Geniuses (EG) and FNATIC: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewm…
  10. no1gaming Enemy Territory 3on3 one-day-cup:http://www.crossfire.nu/events/18/no1…
  11. The ESL Major Series Winter Season XI:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  12. Excello / ZOWIE present another Call of Duty 4 Challenge:http://www.tek-9.org/news/the_seventh…
  13. Stim to the Win by TaKeTV:http://www.fnatic.com/news/10067/naam…
  14. REQUESTED: Topanga A League update 1:http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/au…
  15. REQUESTED: Topanga A League update 2:http://shoryuken.com/2012/09/02/2nd-t…
  16. mTw pick up CS:GO, drop sraven and osirisbash:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  17. Epsilon e-Sports acquire Richard “shox” Papillon for CS:GO team: http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  18. Moscow 5 Dota 2 disband:http://www.joindota.com/en/news/4102-…
  19. Lincoln “fnx” Lau announces retirement, leaves playArt:http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/5582…
  20. Team Infused SC2 adds Julia “Ailuj” Childress: http://team-infused.net/index/news/vi…
  21. Infused adds ShootMania: Storm and Sens, caspa, and billz:http://team-infused.net/index/news/vi…
  22. Shin “Killer” Sang Ho post-Complexity update:http://esfiworld.com/news/killer-seek…
  23. WinFakt League of Legends find fifth with Simon “El Muppo” Näslund: http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  24. vVv Gaming Brazil replaces inFluxo Gaming: http://www.vvv-gaming.com/forum/topic…
  25. CyberGamer adds CS:GO:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  26. RUMOR: Riot demanding exclusivity in MOBA/ARTS:http://www.cadred.org/News/Article/18…
  27. ESFI mention possible eSports world record:http://esfiworld.com/feature/weekly-l…
  28. ESFI release SC2 Korean vs Non-Korean win rates:http://esfiworld.com/news/analysis-ko…
  29. SHOUTOUT: newly reformed TeamErroX:http://www.teamerrox.com/

The eSports Bulletin News Broadcast #61

September 2, 2012 /

Finally another eSports bulletin! This one covers the weekend of August 24th-26th, 2012, but is slightly different than other episodes. Since I’m decently far behind because of a long week working another job, I went very fast and basically just announced headlines. Hopefully I’ll get caught up here shortly and resume the normal episode structure, but for the time being this episode covers these topics:

  1. DreamHon Bracketology Challenge
  2. SC2TV.ru Ritmix Russian StarCraft 2 League Season 2
  3. Curse Gaming and Team Dignitas disqualified from Summer Championship
  4. Battle at Ministry of Win has concluded
  5. More details for ClanBase EuroCup and OpenCup Fall 2012
  6. Artem “sLivko” Garavtsov left RoX.KIS for Virtus.pro
  7. Raphael “cogu” Camargo joins TargetDown
  8. Team Infused add Nathan “Lau” Lau, Victor “Znow” Armblad, and Tan “TanDongHo” Dong Ho
  9. AbsoluteLegends Alpha replaced by 4PL team MVP
  10. Rasta Gaming buys Reason Gaming
  11. It’s Gosu adds Michael “Perfect” Thompson
  12. mousesports beats World Elite for MUFC slot
  13. Maciej “Shushei” Ratuszniak leaves EloHell
  14. WinFakt signs MegashocK
  15. Team Acer LoL reforms with Thomas “Schabs” Vogel and Victor “Citizen Wayne” Toll
  16. AGE|Fanatiq alludes to retirement
  17. Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale release dates
  18. KeSPA out of GSL Season 4
  19. eSports Federation boycott OSL
  20. KeSPA and ESF recap
  21. ESEA launches in Frankfurt
  22. MLG attendees outraged over local paper
  23. A list of PubStomps for The International 2
  24. Quantic Gaming release TI2 Dota 2 video

Thanks for watching and sorry for being so lethargic! I’m just really tired. :(

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