Monday, 23:50 - Trisnt
mTw wins the Corsair Vengance Cup at the Dreamhack Summer 2012. Right now we are processing images and video that will be uploaded tonight and tomorrow. For now we thank the players for an amazing tournament and Corsair for opportunity to be here and cover it live. Bye Xboct? Hello Socks!
Monday, 22:55 - Raistlin
mTw bounce back to equalize the grand final series. Make sure to read up in case you missed the first and/or the second game. kurtcos is quick as always, so head over to the "DreamHack Corsair: mTw equalize in game two" article.
Monday, 22:34 - KongoTime
Na`Vi and mTw have made it to the DreamArena, which is essentially a cinema or theatre that features eSports on prime time. Na`Vi have taken the first game in the regular player area, but in here, the aura of syndereN's triumph from last winter somehow seems to affect the Urkainians' performance. mTw have just tied the series at 1:1. The next game will decide about the championship, so make sure to tune in at DreamHackTV.
Monday, 20:44 - Raistlin
I hope you all were here to see the first game. 60 minutes of back-and-forth action with some incredible team fights. If you weren't, then fear not, as one of our sharpest pens, kurtcos, was able to give you a quick summary only minutes after the game ended.
So while you unwind and prepare yourself for game two and possible game three, read the "Na`Vi take game one in 60-minute thriller" article.
If anyone by chance missed it, the new channel for the grand final (as it moves over to the big arena here in Jönköping) will be DreamHackTV.
Monday, 20:00 - Trisnt
Na'Vi takes game 1 in possibly the tournaments most exciting game! Gosugamers are ready to head over to the DreamArena Extreme! Cya there!
Monday, 20:00 - Trisnt
Great Black Holes seems to be the recipe to stay in a game vs Na'Vi, mTw are fighting off the pushes but not succeding with their own.
Monday, 20:00 - Trisnt
mTw are showing where they belong in the first game of the finals, with great Black Holes from FckngMad and syndereN playing an almost perfect Leshrac mTw are contesting the favorship of Na'Vi. Who will be one up when we move into Dream Arena Extreme?
Monday, 19:31 - Trisnt
TTB gave us an exclusive interview about their new sponsor, it will be up when official.
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In case you missed it Finals are now being played, first game at D2 area then we move up to the Extreme Arena!
Monday, 19:00 - kurtcos
Na`Vi will play mTw in the Grand Finals soon enough! Read a small recap of both teams' journey throughout the tournament.
Monday, 18:31 - Malnor
The TwitchTV Afterparty is desperately trying to find girls over 18 to attend the party. Finding women in Elmia is seemingly difficult, and most of them are not even mature. They won't stop the search that fast, the party is only starting at 22 CET.
Monday, 18:31 - Raistlin
We give you an interview with the French mTw duo FcknMAD and Sockshka, done by KongoTime right after the semi final win over Mousesports.
Monday, 16:15 - Malnor
At the and of the day, the German's might have made the impression, it's always them shouting. In the semi final mousesports against mTw, it were mainly Black and Kebap cheering whenever a kill happened, sometimes inappropriate, but definitely with full power. Only syndereN joined them sometimes in pumping the team up.
Monday, 15:24 - Raistlin
Aaaaaaaand we have our first finalst! syndereN's mTw will defend their DreamHack Winter 2011 title.
Video interviews and a full match report will be coming later this hour.
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We linked an interview with Mousesports' SexyBamboe, made by up-and-comer Go4Dota.com. Check it out in the coverage hub's right-side box labeled "third party headlines". There you'll also find all the video interviews done by TobiWanKenobi and joinDOTA.
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This blog doesn't have enough photos, so here's a batch from today:
See more at our Facebook page.
Monday, 14:30 - Trisnt
Mouz takes game two when syndereN goes for the Viper/Omni card. Game 3 coming up soon will decide who's the first to step into the finals in Dream Arena.
Monday, 13:40 - Malnor
I dislike the way mousesports just handled the pause between losing the first match and starting the second. In principle, 1437, black and partially SingSing just discussed what was wrong in the previous game. What could have happened, if not, etc. When finally ComeWithMe and SexyBamboe arrived and the picks started, 1437 waited until the start of countdown and only then asked his teammates: "So how do we want to do this?" In my mind, this is too late, they should have spent more time focusing on the second game, as this is going to be a totally different one due to the swapped firstpick.
Monday, 12:30 - Malnor
So it is decided. We will see Na'Vi against EG in the second semi final. syndereN's prediction was "EG doesn't stand a chance against Na'Vi." Quite harsh, but is he going to be right? In fact, he was hoping for absolute Legends to win the quarter final, because their playstyle would be interesting against Na'Vi. In the meantime we did interviews with aL.bLeek and EG.Fear. bLeek didn't even know where his teammates were after the loss. For me, it seems like he has not yet arrived inside his team completely.
Monday, 12:01 - Raistlin
Nothing seems to be stopping Natus Vincere in this tournament. First game versus Darer ended in 14 minutes, and while the second took a while longer to finish, the Ukrainian trio lead by Estonian Puppey could walk out of the Vengeance Cup player area with high heads.
Missed the game? Check out the game-by-game write-up
Monday, 10:55 - Malnor
We predicted and wished for a possible The International West qualifier revenge match, and we got it. Mousesports against mTw will go head-to-head in a semi final where pride and prize is at stake.
"Which carry is mTw going to allow for black? Is mousesports going to ban out Invoker, as mTw won both games last week with syndereN playing Invoker? Mousesports could just as well overreact. They are under pressure, they want to show that the loss at The International qualifier was just a one-time blunder against mTw."
Go read our preview for the upcoming semi final.
Monday, 10:20 - kurtcos
Na`Vi too stronk. 4-22 and a 15 minute victory against Darer. Game two is live now!
Monday, 10:10 - Raistlin
kurtcos put together a preview for today's last two quarter final games.
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I added some more photos to the album from day 2. They found a rune of invisibility somewhere on my desktop, but I guess it wore off this morning.
Check them out at at Facebook or flickr.
Monday, 09:25 - Raistlin
We kick off Monday fresh off the bat with a six minute long interview with Toby "TobiWanKenobi" Dawson.
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Na`Vi versus Darer and absolute Legends against Evil Geniuses. Should be an awesome conclusion on the quarter finals.
