PSG.LGD
PSG.LGD Dota 2 Team LogoThe PSG can do more than just football, they prove to us every year in Dota 2. Because the team is by no means a newcomer, as many might think. After FTD (For The Dream) accepted sponsorship from PSG and renamed themselves PSG.LGD in spring 2018. With the financial upswing came success on the battlefield and PSG won the EPICENTER XL and also swept TEAM Liquid 3-1 off the field. Despite all the exuberant joy, the team looks back on a gloomy past. Aside from a third place finish at The International 2012, the team has competed in every tournament but not achieved any notable success. Last year PSG could at least see the podium when they finished 4th. There have also been frequent player changes and Ame and Somnus M are the only real veterans lined up for 2018.
There will be no lack of motivation for the team to claim the TI8 Cup, but something big has to happen for them to be able to consistently hold their own against the big ones. Here are the facts:
Biggest success so far: Winner EPICENTER XL (2018)
Team Roster:
- Carry: Ame
- Mid: Somnus \ M
- Offlane: Chalice
- Roamer/Support: fy (Captain)
- Hard Support: xNova
League of Legends explained – LoL for Dummies
The name of probably the most influential eSports title of the last few years – “League of Legends” – has been heard quickly; but what exactly it is all about is rather difficult to grasp, especially for the layman. Therefore, this complex game is broken down here to simple basic elements, understandable for everyone.
League of Legends or “LoL” is a video game published by Riot Games and belongs to the genre (game category) “MOBA”. MOBA is a sub-genre of strategy games and stands for “Multiplayer Online Battle Arena” – so it is an online team game that is played on a closed map that is always the same.
On this map, usually the so-called “Summoner’s Rift”, the teams compete in a five-against-five match with the goal of destroying the enemy base, the winner being the team that destroys the enemy’s main building, the “Nexus”. This usually takes between 25 and 35 minutes, but can also take an hour.
Each player controls one of over 140 available champions. These are selected before the start of each game and matched with the team. Each of these champions has its own skillset – i.e. abilities – and thus differs fundamentally from the others. Therefore, on the one hand it is important to perfect these champions as much as possible, but at the same time to know the skills of all champions in order to be able to compete effectively against them. This is also a long-term task, since new champions are added to the game all the time.