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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/

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. :(

Welp today was a long day and I’m super tired, but I managed to get the bulletin wrapped up before heading off to meet some friends! This one covers August 22nd, 2012 and delves deep into some eSports drama, drops some updates about events and rosters (as usual), finds me butchering names (again as usual), and gives a shoutout for EventPotion.com:

1. UltraChenTV and iPlayWinner announce Aftershock for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters XIII
2. PGS OZONE Exponor CS 1.6 confirm USSR and WebOne
3. The Curse 2012 World Championship World of Warcraft Arena North America Invitational
4. Intel Extreme Masters Guangzhou, China European qualifiers
5. Call of Duy 4 players unite under CS:GO team koalasports
6. ENTiTY to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
7. Dan “apEX” Madesclaire joins Anexis eSports
8. mousesports Alexandru “ComeWithMe” Craciunescu replaced by Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi for The International 2
9. Liquid’HerO forfeits WCS Korea match for Major League Gaming
10. FNATIC add NA Dota 2 player Tim “PowerNet” Moon
11. mTw.NA lose League of Legends roster to Monomaniac e-Sports
12. Kasper “TheTess” Poulsen and Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen join Copenhagen Wolves LoL team
13. StarCraft 2 patch version 1.5.2 drops
14. Skullgirls publicly shames Emerson Ryan Litchfield for theft
15. ReveLAtions 2012 drama explained on the Tuesday Show
16. Twitter battles between chobopeon, var1ables, and Richard A Lewis from Cadred
17. Sam “Samsc2” Kasperek becomes official Complexity Academy caster
18. SHOUTOUT: EventPotion.com

Thanks for watching!!! Peace.

Hey guys it’s time for another daily eSports bulletin, this time covering August 21st, 2012. There was a lot of good topics covered today including a weird announcement about the Red Bull LAN, some games we don’t hear from much, and a big ol’ roster change + rumor:

1. The Curse 2012 World Championship World of Warcraft Arena North America Invitational
2. ClanBase Enemy Territory Fall 2012 Season
3. World Cyber Games Canada
4. German ESL EPS Finals for Battlefield 3
5. [BRACKET] German ESL EPS Finals for Battlefield 3
6. AbsoluteLegends King of the Hill delayed for The International
7. Enemy Down adds Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and WORLD CUP: Open
8. Sean “Day[9]” Plott makes Red Bull LAN weird with dynamic map events
9. Campus Party begins tomorrow
10. Millenium lose Ilyes “Stephano” Satouri, rumored to Evil Geniuses
11. CS:GO team Playing Ducks acquire former CS 1.6 team nEophyte
12. Tt eSports Tt.Dragons replace Morten “frozt” Frost and Kevin “kev1n” Hansen with Rene “cajun” Borg and Danni “smF” Dyg
13. Riot release preview video for Rengar, the Pridestalker
14. Shoryuken analyze new buttons by Pei “Milkshark” Kao
15. GosuGamers poll Dota 2 fans about The International 2
16. Valve release CS:GO beta stats infographic

Thanks for watching!!!

Time for today’s eSports bulletin, covering August 20th, 2012. In this episode I almost burst out laughing after I said Dota 2 really weird and then immediately regretted making weird dubstep noises…but we also covered some great topics as well:

1. SteelSeries / Inferno Online Counter-Strike: Global Offensive details
2. HardMode.tv announces ClanWars Hardmode Cup for Dota 2
3. Don’t forget about the Major League Gaming Summer Championship this weekend
4. Joona “natu” Leppänen, Samuel “God” Räsänen, and Aleksi “allu” Jalli form The Hawks!
5. Patrick “L0CUST” Miller and Christian “The Rain Man” Kahmann join 4Not
6. FNATIC teases NA Dota 2 player acquisition
7. Western Wolves lose racing division to ineX-gaming
8. CS:GO update fixes dubstep and more
9. Capcom’s Christian Svensson addresses reaction to MrWizard’s EVO 2013 statement
10. AskJoshy says join Yaks Bend for Guild Wars 2 eSports
11. Check out The Spawn Room Blog
12. SHOUT OUT: Indie StarCraft Team League (ISTL)

Thanks for reading / watching!!! Be sure to subscribe or follow on Twitter if you enjoyed it. :) See ya later.

Time for a weekend rendition of the eSports bulletin! This one covers August 18th and 19th, and talks about these exciting topics:

1. Red Bull and Sean “Day[9]” Plott announce LAN at PAX Prime
2. Be sure to check out all the recent tournaments
3. ESC Gaming Golden Five focusing on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
4. zNation to CS:GO with 1.6 and Source mix team
5. RUMOR: FNATIC to CS:GO after acquiring Emil “FYRR73” Karlsson
6. Don’t forget to pre-order CS:GO to get 10% off and Team Fortress 2 AWP
7. Joshua “NintendudeX” Atkins replaces James “Atlanta” Moreland on Team Dynamic
8. MrWizard says NO Street Fighter X Tekkan at EVO 2013
9. eXtv TF2 donation drive for i46 ends in 4 days
10. Be sure to check the new blog
11. SHOUT OUT: Heartland eSports Association

Enjoy and don’t forget to subscribe!

Another episode of the eSports bulletin is here! This time covering August 17th, 2012 and these topics:

1. Counter-Strike 1.6 teams KerchNET, Karont3 and GamerHouse attending PGS Exponor
2. Details for the Gigabyte AS Battle DotA 2012
3. Another FNATIC RaidCall Funday for Dota 2 and StarCraft 2
4. Team Solomid and CLG.eu not attending MLG Summer Championships
5. Eclypsia adds League of Legends roster with Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool
6. Eclypsia roster names Luna and Solaris
7. Dignitas LF CS:GO team + 4kings rumor
8. Minor updates to WCG Pan-American Championship 2012
9. Dota 2 spectator client announced
10. More details for The International 2
11. Capcom addressing issues in Street Fighter X Tekkan
12. Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez gives update about Cross Counter Live
13. New Steam community update coming soon

It is time for another episode of the eSports bulletin, this time for August 16th, 2012. Yes, that’s right, a day behind schedule. After a long day working on eSports, it was 9PM and I was still left the bulletin. Thankfully I decided not to do it because it was crazy long and would have taken me at least a couple hours! Instead I finished up what I was doing and took a well deserved CS:GO/food break. Anyways, enough babbling, here are the topics covered:

1. Don’t forget about Gamescom
2. An Inferno Online Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament
3. Ranked Gaming Client South-East Asia Tournament
4. Fighting game tournament ReveLAtions 2012
5. Fighting game tournament D-Town Beatdown
6. Fighting game tournament Chicago 4 Ultimate
7. StarCraft 2 player Lim “BoxeR” Yo-Hwan retires, becomes coach for SK Telecom T1
8. Dominion Method Gaming acquire Mortal Kombat player Emmanuel “CD jr.” Brito
9. Braxton “swag” Pierce disqualifies The Flaming Rainbows from ESWC LAN finals
10. Source team HastaLaVista moves to CS:GO
11. mousesports transition to GO
12. Dota 2 team Mineski replace LGD in Razer Mini Madness
13. Infused release SC2 players Ionita “DaZe” Alexandru and Chloe “Moomin” Chippendale
14. Dota 2 patch
15. Valve OKs 50 community items for Dota 2
16. Riot announces Syndra, the Dark Sovereign after Rengar, the Pridestalker
17. Valve announces Dota 2 documentary
18. Blizzard sending beta invites for Heart of the Swarm soon
19. Greg “WhatIsHip” Laird of GosuGamers launches “The Dota Daily”
20. EVO 2012 and FGC featured on AT&T U-verse
21. J3di, from zBlock, releases client settings for GO
22. Definitive eSports and Robert “Pughy” Pugh relaunch Chobu2Gosu
23. Plague Fest launching with CS:GO

Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe on YouTube, follow on Twitter, and like on Facebook, if you so please! :)