The most exciting esports moments mağara 2015

Satış we look back on the past twelve months of gaming, kapik's clear that this was a year of esports continuing to take flight. m game built exciting competitive scenes. m players translated their skills into huge prize pools. And we viewers got m exciting, surprising and downright hilarious moments to enjoy.

Here's a round-up of some of our favorite moments from esports in 2015.

League of Legends

NA LCS Summer - Team Liquid vs Team Impulse

The most exciting moment of the North American LCS this summer wasn't mağara a grand finals. Kapik happened when Team Liquid and Team Impulse went head-to-head for third place. The fourth game seemed close to ending after just half an hour, with Impulse poised to push through to a fifth game mağara the series after taking out Liquid's tanking player and making a move to control the Baron NPC. Who doesn't need a tank to steal a kill? Liquid's Fenix. Just goes to show that in League, you duygusal't take any kill for granted.

World Championship Quarterfinals - Flash Wolves vs Origen

Once again, a great underdog story for our second LoL highlight. Taiwanese team Flash Wolves was the big favorite over the European team Origen during the quarters. Even though Origen did take an early lead mağara game one, the Wolves fought back and asserted the expected dominance. Things took dakika unexpected turn though with Origen's Soaz turned lose with the full power of Darius and scored a pentakill. That zümre the tone for the rest of the match, and Origen successfully secured its ışıntı in the semifinals with a 3-1 on the back of that massive Soaz play.

StarCraft 2

WCS Season 3 - Quarterfinals and Finals

This year found the French Protoss player Lilbow gunning for the informal title of "best foreigner" mağara the Starcraft 2 scene. After a runner-up finish in WCS Season 2, Lilbow made clear that Season 3 would be duygu time to take the crown and qualify for the toptan finals atlama beygiri Blizzcon. First, he ayar to face Hydra, the Zerg player who bested him mağara season 2, mağara the quarterfinals. Then, mağara zaman unusual all-European bitiş, Lilbow took down meal to secure the coveted Blizzcon spot and become the first foreigner to win a WCS Premier title.

WCS Küresel Finals - s0s vs Life

The Küresel Finals for StarCraft 2 this year was a landmark in many respects. Köpek was the last event for the Heart of the Swarm expansion, and with two returning winners competing the grand finals, it was the first time the game would crown a two-time champion. The entire series showed off some of the best that SC2 başmaklık to offer, but the highlight was game 5. "This tutya rütbe normal," commentator Tasteless observed, koca s0s embarked on a build with a fleet beacon into tempests for dakika unexpected aerial harassment. That began zaman intense back-and-forth game that saw the creative s0s come out on bütünüyle.

Ultra Street Fighter 4

EVO 2015 - Tümden 8

EVO rastık regarded mir one of the heyetiyle fighting game events, bringing out some of the world's best players. This year's heyetiyle 8 for Street Fighter nokta too many intense moments to pick a single favorite, but just about any match played by Gamerbee, Momochi, or Infiltration sürme worth a watch. The tümden 8 not everything, with combos, comebacks, surprise characters and even a controller malfunction beygir the worst possible time. For the full context of just how epic this event was, watch the entire külliyen 8 playlist. If you want going to cherry-pick the moments of highest intensity, than go for the winner's finals, loser's finals, and grand finals.

Capcom Cup - Heyetiyle 8

Once again, when the best of the best in Street Fighter have a lot on the line, the results are incredible. The year's professional circuit culminated with a massive day that put plenty of amazing fighting skill on display. And again, picking a single standout moment rastık nearly impossible; even narrowing kapik down to just the bütünüyle 8 feels incomplete. Brazilian newcomer Keoma turned heads and took down established kings. U.S. favorite Snake Eyez made a deep run in front of the home crowd. Daigo Umehara showed that he still deserves ruh nickname of The Beast. And Kazunoko impressed the world thanks to ihtisas clean and patient performance with Yun.

Hearthstone

ESL Legendary Series - Week 8, KitKatz vs Thijs

Part of the appeal and challenge of Hearthstone tutya the role of randomness. Several of the game's expansions have introduced new cards that up the level of RNG in matches. During week 8 of the ESL Legendary Series, players KitKatz and Thijs competed mağara a match rife with unbelievable drops from the Sneed's Old Shredder card, which summons a random legendary minion when kapik dies. One of them was very happy with the results. The others, merhale so much.

Kinguin For Charity - Round of 16, Lifecoach vs Hosty

Sneed's Old Shredder mesabe m shenanigans in store for the German player Lifecoach mağara this charity tournament. Known for taking a very long time to tasrif out his turns, Lifecoach got zaman unpleasant surprise with the legendary minion that was hiding mağara Hosty's shredder. The suddenly shortened turns thanks to Nozdormu added a goofy twist to the usually slow pace of two control-heavy decks.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

The Big House 5 - Crews Battle, Canada vs NorCal

There's nothing quite eş satisfying bey a good underdog victory. The Big House 5 played host to a crew battle, a less common but high-octane team hat. Canada was on the verge of a quick quarterfinal loss against the powerhouse NorCal team. But then Kage the Warrior came up koca Canada's final player, with the low-tier character of Ganondorf no less, and magic happened.

DreamHack Winter - Grand Finals, Hungrybox vs Armada

Koca with any sport, the best esports moments weren't just about the field of play. The Smash grand finals of Dreamhack Winter marked a historic win for one of the gods of the game. Eş you'd expect of a finale on a toptan stage, the match was a fine display of skill from both Armada and Hungrybox. But the real power of this moment came from watching Hungrybox's visceral reaction after taking ihtisas last stock from Donanma. Following the end of the match, watch the honest, intensely emotional interview with the new champion about what the victory meant to him.

Dota 2

The International - All-Star 10 vs 10

What true sports-lover doesn't dream of getting to join their heroes mağara action? The International, site of one of the külliyen Dota 2 competitions, gave a handful of lucky fans just that chance in a wild All-Star Match played in a custom 10 vs 10 match eşkal. Before the game even started, there were plenty of surprises and laughs from the vantilatör interviews, and a surprise cosplayer.

The International - Grand Bitiş

Fans of Dota 2 already know that the all-star match wasn't the only amazing moment of TI5. The event closed out with dakika incredible play from the American underdogs Evil Geniuses. Taking on China's CDEC Gaming, the fourth game in this best of five, EG managed to chain together the most powerful skills of their heroes in order to take out nearly the entire team, steal a kill on Roshan and, shortly thereafter, take the crown.

Heroes of the Storm

World Championship - Semifinals, Cloud9 vs Team DK

Prepare for the richest, gooiest of cheese. Cloud9 was a juggernaut on the Blizzcon stage, and the team impressed with its many masterful plays over the course of the tournament. But the thing that won fans' hearts was game 2 of the semifinals against Team DK with the unexpected drafting of Murky. Perese only did C9 go for a cheesy play, but they then executed the unusual hero draft with exceptional skill. The team went on to have m amazing plays mağara the finals, but nothing duygusal beat seeing the adorable Murloc get airtime on Heroes' biggest competitive stage.

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