{"id":2983,"date":"2017-05-09T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2017-05-09T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T00:40:12","slug":"sydney-intel-extreme-masters-wrap-up-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/sydney-intel-extreme-masters-wrap-up-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Intel Extreme Masters Wrap Up 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted at the Qudos Bank Arena, the Intel Extreme Masters took place this weekend in Sydney with a $200,000 prize pool that saw 8\u00a0international teams battle it out over 19 rounds in Counter Strike : Global Offensive (CS:GO).<\/p>\n<p>Not only was it the first e-sports stadium event in Sydney, but the first to take place in Australia and with a stellar turn out, the first of many.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2985\" src=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esl-sydney-750x322.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esl-sydney-750x322.png 750w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esl-sydney-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esl-sydney-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/esl-sydney.png 933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>SK Gaming (Brazil)<\/li>\n<li>Astralis (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>Renegades (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Cheifs (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Vici Gaming (China)<\/li>\n<li>OpTic Gaming (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>FaZe Clan (EU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the grand final taking place on Sunday, SK Gaming faced off against Faze Clan with the first to 3 taking home the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Faze managed to take one of the four rounds with a narrow victory in Inferno but the SK Gaming was simply too good, taking the other three rounds convincingly to walk away as the Sydney EIM 2017 champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SK Gaming vs. FaZe Clan 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 &#8211; 12 on train<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; 7 on cache<\/li>\n<li>13 &#8211; 16 on inferno<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; 11 on overpass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next up, Shanghai in July and this time it will be Star Craft 2 in a four day tournament.\u00a0Unfortunately none of the 16 qualifying teams are from down under but China, Taiwan, Korea, USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Canada, Denmark, the Philippines and Italy all represented.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not yet sure when the IEM or any other international esports league will be returning to Sydney or anywhere else in Australia for that matter but we have a feeling it&#8217;s right around the corner, and when it does Evatech will be there, will you?<\/p>\n<p>Until then, if your looking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/customcomputer.php?cat=gamingpc\">custom gaming PC<\/a> to join the carnage and mayhem checkout our <a href=\"https:\/\/evatech.com.au\/customcomputer.php?cat=gamingpc\">store page<\/a> where you can customize an entire build with a click of a button with instant built in error checking, easy to follow guides, gaming performance indicators, live quotes, buy now-pay later and quick easy checkout with nation wide delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted at the Qudos Bank Arena, the Intel Extreme Masters took place this weekend in Sydney with a $200,000 prize pool that saw 8\u00a0international teams battle it out over 19 rounds in Counter Strike : Global Offensive (CS:GO). 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