teamgravity Profile Joined July 2013 United States 354 Posts Last Edited: 2013-10-01 22:28:27 #1



Poll: Who will win?



[ROOT]Minigun (9)

53%



[Grav]Kreos (8)

47%



17 total votes (9)53%(8)47%17 total votes Your vote: Who will win? (Vote): [Grav]Kreos

(Vote): [ROOT]Minigun









+ Show Spoiler + [Grav]Kreos

"Jason "Kreos" Jackson started playing off and on after the release of WoL as his first ever RTS. During the summer he decided to take SC2 more seriously and broke into GM every season since, placing as high as 19th on the ladder. Kreos recently placed 3rd in the Gameclucks LAN in Seattle, Washington on September 21st. Kreos is now regularly streaming on twitch with commentary on his games, be sure to check him out at









[ROOT]Minigun

"In real life, Minigun is mild-mannered and polite. He often plays games with his friends and stream followers, and he’s a man of few words if you meet him on the street. On ladder, however, Chad “Motherfuckin'” Jones needs no introduction. An apple-pie all-star from the days of the Wings of Liberty beta, Minigun has been a ROOT player at heart. After a brief hiatus to join QXC and the crew on Complexity, Minigun is back to join ROOT’s lineup. Known for sticking to a few staple macro builds and simply out-scaling his opponents, Minigun’s Protoss is one of the most consistent in North America. He’s a key player in ROOT's Protoss-heavy lineup, always bringing home results for the home team."







[Grav]Serenity

“Johannes "Serenity" Seifert began playing SC2 a year after the release of WoL. While playing WoL rather casually in EU (favoring team games to 1v1's) he started playing HotS more competitively on ladder in NA after moving to the US. Ever since, he's secured a consistent spot in GM and seeks to improve further.”









Neeb

“Neeb is a Terran player who has played SC2 since late 2011. Before SC2 he played League of Legends, but never really liked team games so he switched. Before competing in SC2, Neeb enjoyed watching pros play quite a bit, which motivated him to keep playing and practicing. A little over a year ago he hit Grandmaster, and now he can consistently stay in the top 16. In addition to his ladder success, Neeb has also been in the WCS NA Premier league twice.”









[Grav]KoreanAir

Mathieu "KoreanAir” Blanchette started playing one year after the release of Starcraft 2. Before Starcraft, he played Age of Empires 3. He started playing ladder 1 year ago and has been improving quickly. He's a high master Zerg whose goal is to reach top 50 GM on NA, and plans to compete in more LAN's in the near future. KoreanAir streams almost every day around 7-8 PM EST and does commentary for viewers at







Cham

“Cham is a 16 year old Zerg player, and one of the best Starcraft 2 players in Latin America. For being so young, Cham has accomplished a lot, including placing highly in international tournaments. His gaming career started in console games, playing for fun. When he saw Starcraft 2 and the strength of e-sports, it became his passion.



Starting in bronze league like all newbies, Cham played 8 hours a day without stopping in order to improve his game. He reviewed professional replays and experimented with his own style of play until he felt strong enough to compete in small tournaments – actually going on to win a few of them.



To date, Cham has participated in tournaments as prestigious WCS and MLG, losing in the latter only against Naniwa and Grubby in very close games. Currently Cham is participating in Copa America to earn a place in the Argentina finals, then hopefully the world finals.”



"Jason "Kreos" Jackson started playing off and on after the release of WoL as his first ever RTS. During the summer he decided to take SC2 more seriously and broke into GM every season since, placing as high as 19th on the ladder. Kreos recently placed 3rd in the Gameclucks LAN in Seattle, Washington on September 21st. Kreos is now regularly streaming on twitch with commentary on his games, be sure to check him out at www.twitch.tv/kreos11!" "In real life, Minigun is mild-mannered and polite. He often plays games with his friends and stream followers, and he’s a man of few words if you meet him on the street. On ladder, however, Chad “Motherfuckin'” Jones needs no introduction. An apple-pie all-star from the days of the Wings of Liberty beta, Minigun has been a ROOT player at heart. After a brief hiatus to join QXC and the crew on Complexity, Minigun is back to join ROOT’s lineup. Known for sticking to a few staple macro builds and simply out-scaling his opponents, Minigun’s Protoss is one of the most consistent in North America. He’s a key player in ROOT's Protoss-heavy lineup, always bringing home results for the home team."“Johannes "Serenity" Seifert began playing SC2 a year after the release of WoL. While playing WoL rather casually in EU (favoring team games to 1v1's) he started playing HotS more competitively on ladder in NA after moving to the US. Ever since, he's secured a consistent spot in GM and seeks to improve further.”“Neeb is a Terran player who has played SC2 since late 2011. Before SC2 he played League of Legends, but never really liked team games so he switched. Before competing in SC2, Neeb enjoyed watching pros play quite a bit, which motivated him to keep playing and practicing. A little over a year ago he hit Grandmaster, and now he can consistently stay in the top 16. In addition to his ladder success, Neeb has also been in the WCS NA Premier league twice.”Mathieu "KoreanAir” Blanchette started playing one year after the release of Starcraft 2. Before Starcraft, he played Age of Empires 3. He started playing ladder 1 year ago and has been improving quickly. He's a high master Zerg whose goal is to reach top 50 GM on NA, and plans to compete in more LAN's in the near future. KoreanAir streams almost every day around 7-8 PM EST and does commentary for viewers at www.twitch.tv/nightvision_71." “Cham is a 16 year old Zerg player, and one of the best Starcraft 2 players in Latin America. For being so young, Cham has accomplished a lot, including placing highly in international tournaments. His gaming career started in console games, playing for fun. When he saw Starcraft 2 and the strength of e-sports, it became his passion.Starting in bronze league like all newbies, Cham played 8 hours a day without stopping in order to improve his game. He reviewed professional replays and experimented with his own style of play until he felt strong enough to compete in small tournaments – actually going on to win a few of them.To date, Cham has participated in tournaments as prestigious WCS and MLG, losing in the latter only against Naniwa and Grubby in very close games. Currently Cham is participating in Copa America to earn a place in the Argentina finals, then hopefully the world finals.”





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feardragon

“Ravi "feardragon" Pareek has been commentating Starcraft 2 for nearly 3 years. Getting his initial start in commentating with Collegiate Starleague games played by his university, Purdue, he continued on to commentate other team leauges like the URTL, UASL, AHGL, amongst other events. Recently, he's become the host of a new show, "Breaking Out", that focuses on highlighting up and coming players in the North American Scene.



As a diamond Protoss, he enjoys cannon rushing Zergs, 1 base chargelot carrier rushing Protoss, and 1 base High Templar rushing Terrans. In his spare time he enjoys practicing martial arts and stealing ladder points with Dark Templars.



You can catch him on twitter @feardragon64, as well as on youtube and twitch at the following links:

http://www.youtube.com/feardragon64

http://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64







Tampa eSports' Shadow

"Shadow is an astrophysicist, currently studying distant radio galaxies using interferometry at USF. The goal of the research is to determine if there is a pattern to the orientation of radio galaxies throughout the universe or if it is simply random. This will give us further insight into the origin of the universe.



He is also a self-employed software and hardware engineer. Shadow was a Masters Terran near the end of WoL but has since switched primarily to coaching his five man team and running the Starcraft 2 and sponsorship divisions of Tampa eSports. He says he is particularly drawn to Starcraft 2 by its extraordinarily high skill ceiling. It gives him many opportunities to develop optimum learning, coaching and training strategies, as the functioning of the brain is another area he's particularly interested in.



Shadow announces every live cast/coaching corner he does on his twitter @rmdeluca. Most of his Starcraft 2 content is hosted at twitch.tv/tampaesports and youtube.com/tampaesports."









[ROOT]ChoseN

“ChoseN is a North American member of the ROOT Gaming Staff since May of 2012 and has been playing Starcraft since 2007. Since the early days of Starcraft 2 he has been in teams such as Revoki, SCD, and Check-Six before joining ROOT as staff. He is most known for casting a few $50 showmatches between players like MajOr, Suppy, puCK, Masa etc, and also his 2008 Interview of IdrA on what it is like traveling to Korea for the first time. ChoseN was a #1 Master in Wings of Liberty as Terran but now plays casually and focuses more on management and school with his free time. He resides in Lincoln, Nebraska and is going to school for Professional Golf Management.”



“Ravi "feardragon" Pareek has been commentating Starcraft 2 for nearly 3 years. Getting his initial start in commentating with Collegiate Starleague games played by his university, Purdue, he continued on to commentate other team leauges like the URTL, UASL, AHGL, amongst other events. Recently, he's become the host of a new show, "Breaking Out", that focuses on highlighting up and coming players in the North American Scene.As a diamond Protoss, he enjoys cannon rushing Zergs, 1 base chargelot carrier rushing Protoss, and 1 base High Templar rushing Terrans. In his spare time he enjoys practicing martial arts and stealing ladder points with Dark Templars.You can catch him on twitter @feardragon64, as well as on youtube and twitch at the following links:"Shadow is an astrophysicist, currently studying distant radio galaxies using interferometry at USF. The goal of the research is to determine if there is a pattern to the orientation of radio galaxies throughout the universe or if it is simply random. This will give us further insight into the origin of the universe.He is also a self-employed software and hardware engineer. Shadow was a Masters Terran near the end of WoL but has since switched primarily to coaching his five man team and running the Starcraft 2 and sponsorship divisions of Tampa eSports. He says he is particularly drawn to Starcraft 2 by its extraordinarily high skill ceiling. It gives him many opportunities to develop optimum learning, coaching and training strategies, as the functioning of the brain is another area he's particularly interested in.Shadow announces every live cast/coaching corner he does on his twitter @rmdeluca. Most of his Starcraft 2 content is hosted at twitch.tv/tampaesports and youtube.com/tampaesports."“ChoseN is a North American member of the ROOT Gaming Staff since May of 2012 and has been playing Starcraft since 2007. Since the early days of Starcraft 2 he has been in teams such as Revoki, SCD, and Check-Six before joining ROOT as staff. He is most known for casting a few $50 showmatches between players like MajOr, Suppy, puCK, Masa etc, and also his 2008 Interview of IdrA on what it is like traveling to Korea for the first time. ChoseN was a #1 Master in Wings of Liberty as Terran but now plays casually and focuses more on management and school with his free time. He resides in Lincoln, Nebraska and is going to school for Professional Golf Management.”





+ Show Spoiler + Main Event : [Grav]Kreos vs [ROOT]Minigun

Preliminary Matches : [Grav]Serenity vs Neeb / [Grav]KoreanAir vs Cham

Time : Saturday - October 5th @ 4:00 PM EDT

Style : Main Event - Best Of 7. Preliminary Matches - Best Of 5.

Main Event Prize Pool : 1st Place = $75. 2nd Place = $25.





Map Pool

Starting map will be Akilon Wastes. After that it's loser's pick.

Whirlwind

Derelict Watcher TE

Neo Planet S

Star Station

Bel'Shir Vestige LE

Newkirk Precinct TE

Frost LE

Yeonsu LE

: [Grav]Kreos vs [ROOT]Minigun: [Grav]Serenity vs Neeb / [Grav]KoreanAir vs Cham: Saturday - October 5th @ 4:00 PM EDT: Main Event - Best Of 7. Preliminary Matches - Best Of 5.: 1st Place = $75. 2nd Place = $25.





+ Show Spoiler + Team Gravity

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TeamGravityOfficial

Twitter : https://twitter.com/TeamGravitySC2

Twitch : http://www.twitch.tv/TeamGravityOfficial



ROOT Gaming

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TeamGravityOfficial

Twitter : https://twitter.com/TeamGravitySC2

Twitch : http://www.twitch.tv/TeamGravityOfficial







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Tampa eSports

Founded in early 2013, Tampa eSports aims to bring together the local gaming community to play and compete with each other. Tampa eSports was originally started by a small group of Starcraft 2 players who wanted to bring the LAN experience to Tampa Bay. However because of the overwhelming feedback from the community, Tampa eSports has expanded to include other games like League of Legends, DotA 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in its future events, both offline LAN and online.



Tampa eSports is a grassroots organization looking to promote eSports and help the local gaming community grow.



"I am sponsoring the Team Gravity showmatches because I see a solid NA team in Gravity and want to help increase its success." - Rob "Shadow" DeLuca - Tampa eSports Starcraft 2 Director & Coach



Tampa eSports Contact Info

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TampaESports

Twitter : https://twitter.com/TampaESports

Website : http://www.TampaESports.com/



Founded in early 2013, Tampa eSports aims to bring together the local gaming community to play and compete with each other. Tampa eSports was originally started by a small group of Starcraft 2 players who wanted to bring the LAN experience to Tampa Bay. However because of the overwhelming feedback from the community, Tampa eSports has expanded to include other games like League of Legends, DotA 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in its future events, both offline LAN and online.Tampa eSports is a grassroots organization looking to promote eSports and help the local gaming community grow.



