{"id":7312,"date":"2014-04-08T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T00:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/n0thing-to-report-going-forward-from-ems-one\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:38:05","slug":"n0thing-to-report-going-forward-from-ems-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/n0thing-to-report-going-forward-from-ems-one\/","title":{"rendered":"n0thing to Report: Going Forward from EMS One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post written by\u00a0Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>of compLexity Gaming<\/em><\/p>\n

Hey all, Jordan here!\u00a0 As the dust settles from the EMS One $250k tournament in Poland, we have now reached a new plateau in terms of daily CS:GO players.\u00a0 This is great for all of us, because we are slowly being able to show our sponsors not only how many people play, but how many watch as well.\u00a0 Regardless of what the current numbers show, Counter Strike is a name that has been entrenched in many gamer\u2019s heads for years, even if they don\u2019t have it installed on their PC.\u00a0 That being said, it\u2019s nice when we can attract gamers from the now flashy LoL and DotA2 scenes.\u00a0 Those games now boast the largest prize pots gaming events have ever seen, so to be able to make a little splash with our $250,000 prize pot definitely helps create and stir excitement.<\/p>\n

On the coL front, since EMS One we have undergone some roster changes. Braxton \u201cswag\u201d Pierce decided to leave the team for a few personal reasons and joined up with iBuyPower in place of Eric \u201cadreN\u201d Hoag. At the same time, Todd \u201canger\u201d Williams saw his departure from iBP and joined up with us!\u00a0 We made this move because we felt Todd provided the best culmination of experience and skill in the current player pool, and even though none of us have played with him, we already see the potential and hope everything can work out as planned.<\/p>\n

This past week I\u2019ve been on spring break, so most of my life has been dedicated to making up for matches we missed, streaming, and even some occasional golfing!\u00a0 We are doing well in CEVO, but in ESEA we are currently sitting at a 2-4 record after some unfortunate losses (including 1 to iBuyPower).\u00a0 We actually used Ryan \u201cfREAKAZOID\u201d Abadir for the first match of the season, since we did not have permission to use anger yet.\u00a0 I think most of my team has been in this situation at least a few times so we know we just need to grind out the season and make playoffs and everything resets from there, even though having a 1st<\/sup> seed bye is nice.<\/p>\n

As far as streaming goes, I\u2019ve been having a really good time just interacting with and entertaining my viewers.\u00a0 The theme of my stream seems to change depending on my mood, but I feel I\u2019ve been able to find a balance between Q&A\/Instructional streams as well as the more popular rapping\/dancing ones, haha.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s awesome that I can get together with hundreds (and thousands) of gamers and find ways to enjoy gaming together casually or seriously.\u00a0 I actually look forward to trying some other games on stream and seeing how people react to me playing single player games or maybe even some RTS or MMO titles.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t watched my stream, come hang at www.twitch.tv\/n0thingTV<\/a> and follow me on Twitter – @jgilbertoh – for updates!<\/p>\n

In terms of competition, my team is focusing on online competition at the moment while we try to gain some experience with \u201canger\u201d as a player.\u00a0 With every lineup change that occurs at a pro level, it\u2019s important that you practice with them and discuss little nuances such as spot preferences and player habits.\u00a0 Even if players look excellent at one thing from a spectator\u2019s perspective, a lot of times the way they carry out the task is different through our point of view. In this case, we have to exchange swag, who was a lurker style player who could fill gaps based on his own tuition, versus anger who is much more meticulous and can be very impactful based on having more pre-determined knowledge of our strats.\u00a0\u00a0 Both players have strengths and weaknesses, and in this case we need to help Todd find his comfort zone between lurking but also trading kills with me and Semphis on the entry side of things.<\/p>\n

Our next event will be a somewhat small event, but large on the local scale. It\u2019s called the SoCal Revival LAN and it\u2019s the 2nd<\/sup> event they have hosted in effort to bring some life back into the local scene in California. This has really benefited the local community because it gives groups of kids a reason to stick together with a team and also to maintain good relationships.\u00a0 One problem in the gaming world is when people disregard their teammates because they don\u2019t really have a commitment to them, and feel like they can leave the team at any moment.\u00a0 It\u2019s fun to see teams develop and stick together and grow. A great example of this would be my friend\u2019s team \u201cTeam To Beat\u201d. Led by Mark \u201cscoutz\u201d Herrero, TTB stuck together for more than 4 years and went from an open team to an invite team in CS 1.6.\u00a0 I believe this is what it takes to really make something of your gaming career, instead of constantly leaving a team and joining a better one (which isn\u2019t that fun to do).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for this time, so keep an out for me and the rest of compLexity at the upcoming SoCalRevival LAN on May 3rd\/4th, online during the ESEA Season 15, and the CEVO Online division as well.<\/p>\n

\/Gilbz out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post written by\u00a0Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert\u00a0of compLexity Gaming Hey all, Jordan here!\u00a0 As the dust settles from the EMS One $250k tournament in Poland, we have now reached a new plateau in terms of daily CS:GO players.\u00a0 This is great for all of us, because we are slowly being able to show our sponsors not only… Read More »n0thing to Report: Going Forward from EMS One<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2724],"tags":[560,561,636,658,2813,73],"class_list":["post-7312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-complexity","tag-complexity-gaming","tag-counterstrike-global-offensive","tag-csgo","tag-ems-one","tag-n0thing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15374,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7312\/revisions\/15374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}