ESN Daily Brief – Wednesday, April 8, 2015

This is your eSportsNation Daily Brief for Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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The Lead – Things You Need to Know

Call of Duty Exclusive Pictures via Snapchat

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585605608482701313

 

New Team Kaliber Roster

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585534748740706305

 

New Prophecy Roster

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585533848160706560

 

OpTic Nation Roster

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585530968028635136

 

FaZe Clan Announce New Roster

https://twitter.com/FaZeClan/status/585532047978004481

 

Team Envy Roster

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585531505922932738

 

MLG Season Two

Standings Coming Into Today

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/585627355466563586

 

Tonight’s Schedule

7:00 PM EST Set

• OpTic Gaming vs. Team EnVyUs
• Team Kaliber vs. TCM Gaming
• Prophecy vs. Automatic Reload
• Team eLevate vs. Team JusTus

8:30 PM EST Set

•  Team JusTus vs. Prophecy
• Team EnVyUs vs. Team Kaliber
• TCM Gaming vs. Team eLevate
• Automatic Reload vs. OpTic Gaming

 

Results From Tuesday

7:00 PM Set

• OpTic Nation 3-0 Automatic Reload
• eLevate 3-1 Denial eSports
• OpTic Gaming 3-1 FaZe
• TCM Gaming 3-2 Rise

8:30 PM Set

• FaZe 3-0 Automatic Reload
• Denial eSports 3-0 Rise Nation
• eLevate 3-1 OpTic Gaming
• TCM Gaming 3-1 OpTic Nation

 

On The Site

Check back regularly to see what’s been announced.

 

 

Operation Supply Drop has announced the details for its next major event. Their 8-Bit Salute event will see its fourth year in a row, scheduled for May 16-17.

 

…so here’s a helpful summary for all of the major team changes so far.

 

Matthew ‘NaDeSHoT’ Haag has officially announced that he will be taking a “leave of absence” from competitive Call of Duty.

 

OpTic Gaming has officially announced their newest addition to the team, Damon “Karma” Barlow.

 

This past weekend we saw the first ever Call of Duty event hosted at Gfinity’s very own arena, the Gfinity Open.

 

Right when you think you’ve seen it all something just a little more crazy happenings.

 

Photos taken by Todd Gutierrez

 

There have been many upsets throughout the past Call of Duty World Championships…

 

To get a different perspective on what the World Championship is like for people that aren’t in the eSports industry, we interviewed two prominent YouTubers that have based their channels off Call of Duty.

 

As the 2015 Call of Duty Championship has come to an end, a new team has been crowned the best in the world.

 

…Team Revenge, found themselves in the Grand Finals for the chance at $400,000 and the World Championship title.

 

 …but people expected more competition from European teams at the World Championship

UPDATED: Major League Gaming announced earlier today that they will be returning to Austin, Texas from June 4-7 to host the playoffs for the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Pro League and the joinDota Pro League.

 

Halo Championship Series Rundown

Final Placings

Events & Tournaments 

• Gamers for Giving 2015 Platinum LAN Winner: Evil Geniuses
• Halo Championship Series Season One Finals Winner: Evil Geniuses

 

Events & Tournaments

• ESL One Katowice Winner: Fnatic
• Gfinity Spring Masters Winner: EnVyUs

On The Site

After two successful events in a row for Counter Strike:Global Offensive, OXENT and Mondial des Jeux Loto Québec have announced…

 

Here are the final placings for Counter Strike Masters I.

 

 

 

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