Now that our new movie by prodo is released (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Y5Z-TeYBQ). We first want to really thank Antonio “Prodo” Isabella, he came in the clutch after weeks of talking to nerve, hoping the movie would be finished already his interests were completely gone in the project. This left us in a very bad spot trying to find a movie maker that can live up to our high expectations. Someone who didn’t try to make flashy effects and weird zoom in’s, someone that can make clean edit on great kills, someone that could showcase our teams abilities. After looking at many potential candidates we found Prodo, he worked very hard for us and managed to create a great product.

“Hey, I really enjoyed working with the zomblerz boys while creating this movie, it took awhile but I’m really happy of the results the movie had received. I’m sure people would have preferred nerve making this movie and thinking it would turn out better, but unfortunately he had lost interests in it, thankfully he helped out in the process of me making it though :}. I’m really glad all the boys at zomblerz liked the movie too, and would like to thank blackfoger for giving me this opportunity. I would also like to thank some people for helping out, including rona, heart, thedemovault, few for making the news post :>, and my boys at fragmonstas~~.”
Antonio “Prodo” Isabella

We want you to please follow our Facebook page it helps us get more sponsors, more fans and more income for future events including attending European LAN’s. We want to thank all the fans and blight gaming for helping us and working so hard for our team.
http://www.facebook.com/Zomblerz
https://twitter.com/#!/Blightgaming

Also please give us some feedback on the film what can be done to make it better next time. How did it stand up against the first Zomblerz film?

(Source: blightgaming.com)

Interview with Sour Patch Kids team leader, 23 yr old Alex “RN!” Shkundrich, hailing from Chicago. Alex has been playing in ESEA since season 4 and has finally made Invite with his team of new faces and potential. With nearly six years playing source four of them in competitive play.
Check his profile http://play.esea.net/users/245053.

Blight Blackfoger: Thank you for doing this Interview. First off tell me about you, what makes RN tick. Are you the joker? or the hero gotham city deserves?
SPK rn!: I try to be the hero. Comradery is my #1 thing, my goal even above reaching invite is to one day have the same 5 return the next season.
blight blackfoger:  It’s a hard task to reach
SPK rn!: yea, but I would love to do it so fingers crossed!

blight blackfoger: Tell me about your roster.
SPK rn!: Well first off, we just picked up Talc.
blight blackfoger: I know john aka lazerjesus, didn’t know he was invite level now, guess I am out of it.
SPK rn!: John is a blast to play with, he knows he has a capable shot, but he is man enough to admit faults and has really amplified his teamwork and survivability.
blight blackfoger:  I don’t think he’s ever created drama in a team compared to others in invite.
SPK rn!: We had a little drama in IM, a lot of people don’t realize laser has been spk since our open team but he was on a laptop first season then me and him bumped heads in IM he took a break came back for main and now its that lifelong team bondage… err I am bonding everyday LOL.

blight blackfoger: How do you think your team will do with this being your first time in invite.
SPK rn!: Our goal is just like everyone elses, make LAN and do our best all I ask of our guys is do our best and just see if it all falls into place

blight blackfoger: Realistically how do you think it will go?
SPK rn!: Being realistic doesn’t win you anything that is already settling to lose if I say realistically I see us going ~6-10.

blight blackfoger: What teams do you see having an issue against online?
SPK rn!: Dynamic, Fully Torqued, Zomblerz will be the ones pushing us at full throttle, however all the teams are good.

blight blackfoger: How often does your team practice?
SPK rn!: Our practice for playoffs was 4 days a week, 3 hours at a time and then a dry run/recap day on sunday/matchday, but we plan to amplify our schedule a ton especially because we have to get talc in our system asap and prepare for the road ahead.

blight blackfoger: You plan on attending any LANS in the future? ETS, OG, europe?
SPK rn!: ETS and OG would have been nice this year but it wasn’t in our budget a lot of us didn’t hear about either until it was too late so our focus is ESEA LAN first. Perhaps MWL 14 in the fall for 3 of us, me talc and laser are in the tri state it’s not a major LAN but a team bonding event none the less.

blight blackfoger: Are you guys looking for sponsors or have you already found someone?
SPK rn!: We definitely want sponsors, talking to a couple nothing set in stone quite yet

blight blackfoger: What can an organization expect from you, if they sponsor your team aka showcase why you should be picked up.
SPK rn!: Our team is held as a group of good guys who love playing games together and we pride ourselves in the fact that even when we are heated and nit picking rounds we never let it break out into rage quits or anyone leaving practice early or leaving the team in fact stability and professionalism is key in my eyes and an example most people at this level fail to understand or set for the rest of the lower tiers.

blight blackfoger: Where do you see CSS going?
SPK rn!: there are two roads for css when GO is released there will be either a major swing
blight blackfoger: one to compton one to atlantic city?
SPK rn!: LOL no no there will be a major swing to that game regardless but just like 1.6 the die hards will have esea and possibly cevo left to compete in if GO is not to there. Our team has talked if GO is above average we will switch we want to be where the name brands want to be thats the future no matter what the game mechanics are MLG has interest in GO and awaiting its release so its a waiting game at this moment.

blight blackfoger: Is there anyone you look up to as a CSS player?
SPK rn!: at least 1 maybe 2 competitive seasons left in CSS when i first started in cal o
blight blackfoger: god I loved CAL.
SPK rn!: with my PUB CLAN lol I would watch that dirtysecret clip everyday or movie rather every day before practice to hype me up so I would say off of skill alone him but attitude wise juan or even moe moe is classed a rager and all that  but deep down he seems like a genuine person who is passionate.

blight blackfoger: What do you think of the trolling, attitude and unprofessionalism in this community?
SPK rn!: oh man…. I have no where to begin even after our invite berth these “elite” teams act very shady when it comes to scrimming so far nci, zomblerz, and dynamic have been very polite and open to scrimming us but im not gonna name the ones who come up with excuses just for us to leave their server only to accept what they deem a more worthy opponent. We accept main teams mostly and teams we know will challenge us further.

blight blackfoger: So have you just been recently scrimming more frequently vs invite teams?
SPK rn!: Hell even if we are desperate we will just join a random one if possible it would be nice  i do like how alot of them agree to multiple map scrims like bo3’s so its refreshing and engaging but lately its been reforms of good players and mid to top main teams  and by lately i mean today and last night haha.

blight blackfoger: Would you say playing at the higher caliber now it’s pushing your team in a greater direction?
SPK rn!: I sure hope so I am more motivated than ever and i feel like some of us have a lot to prove everyone is on the laser bandwagon which is fine because he is an amazing fragger and teammate but there are other gems on this team that got us to where we are and now with Talc in the line up i feel we have the right tools to progress even higher for our sake i hope i am right

blight blackfoger: Would you say if someone was thrusted into playing in the invite community it would force them into being a better player a hell of alot quicker, meaning teams should be a lot less uptight and egotistical with whom they play with or against?
SPK rn!: well as far as picking up a player  i can understand how teams could want xp if you are middle tier team looking for that push unless the player demonstrates monster teamwork and a good shot its hard to want to just pick up a guy with only open proof some teams  have done it but i don’t think they around now, i know zam left us in IM to play with jcp but other then that not alot of OPEN - invite moves happen and i believe its because of that exact reason but  that doesn’t mean teams in main and even the other divisions are not capable of putting up a fight
blight blackfoger: but I find it even more rare for people to even get into invite from main..
SPK rn!: individually yes its just hard and maybe if everyone was more respecting to one another  and this idea of if they are not on my team they blow didn’t always exist
blight blackfoger: respecting is very rare, I have been getting our teams more into the habit of saying GL HF and GG
SPK rn!: yea I say ns or compliment a play but apparently if they are “better” then us that isnt a big deal if i think they had a great play that round really frustrating.

blight blackfoger: What is the one aspect do you think your team needs to improve on.
SPKrn!: frag chasing, and consistent flow of good comms  we comm a lot but sometimes the specifications are intermittent, once we get those kinks out we will be a solid team for anyone to play I honestly believe it but those are the hardest kind of kinks to iron out gonna need some elbow grease and some extra starch lol
blight blackfoger: Who do you hate/disrespect in the community. Who do you want to start a beef with.
SPK rn!: well to be honest… NO ONE  haha
blight blackfoger: hehehe sure
SPK rn!: I may find peoples attitudes annoying or very disrespecting and that bothers me but I don’t let it effect me to the point where I hate them me and shahzam went at throats the season before I picked him up  and now I consider him a reliable buddy on the internet if people don’t get along with me its really on them I don’t have time to worry enough to hate others

blight blackfoger: Ok personal questions fav food?
SPK rn!: chinese food combo fried rice and sweet and sour pork the bomb

blight blackfoger: Do you want to make gaming a career or a hobby?
SPK rn!: I mean if the future of GO puts gaming on the map and progress this game i love to compete in to a level where i can live comfortably off of i could see it as a viable option.

blight blackfoger: Are willing to try other games and be top tier at them?
SPK rn!: as most ESEAers would know i am also obsessed with rapping and making music so that is my other dream as well i considered it but im not in high school anymore I just dont have the time.

blight blackfoger: fav movie?
SPK rn!: damn currently I would say i really enjoyed man this question is tough I watch sooooo many movies I would have to say safe house I really like denzel movies training day is up there huge fan of semi pro I know not his best but great quotable one liners for later I liked both sherlocks a lot the way he broke down fights before they happened was intense also downy is the man any comic movie even if it sucks I prolly liked it that first hulk and punisher warzone really blew though lol and catwomen with halle berry was a waste of time. well other then them tits I guess

blight blackfoger: If you had a chance to pick up one person from any other invite team who would it be You have two picks.

SPK rn!: oh man, moe but like moE the one who loved this game the CGS moe.
blight blackfoger: who else
SPK rn!: In the current game as it stands Steel his prep game is nuts and efficient he is a great in game leader his attitude towards others is another thing but solely based off what i want in game juan would have been dope to play with a shame he is retired just wish i was into competing when the game first was released i started as a sourcer.
blight blackfoger: any other CGS players?  I would go dominator
SPK rn!: wayyyy after cal was around if had a caller yeah I don’t think you have noticed but i like those leader based players cause i have yet to have a strong caller on our team we kinda do a full 5 calling system which we are getting rid of this season

blight blackfoger: fav tv shows?
SPK rn!: Walking dead dexter true blood spartacus psych
blight blackfoger: I love psych
rn!: its hilarious scrubs just to name a few OH archer can’t forget my boy and game of thrones

blight blackfoger: Do you see gaming becoming mainstream?
rn!: yes, it will take a while

blight blackfoger: How do you like ESEA PUGS? do you feel its a good stepping stones for new players?
SPK rn!: the way it is now? no maybe if you’re brand new
blight blackfoger: what can be done to change it?
SPK rn!: I think they need to have skill ranges like a matching system if you have a certain rws and you hit the pug button it sends you in a server with other VERY close rws’s

blight blackfoger: What do you think is the “besT” Map?
SPK rn!: it forces bad players to play better best map at the moment I am actually feeling tuscan or ferno it changes

blight blackfoger: worst map is?
SPK rn!: d2 a classic but everyone under the son plays it differently and the noobs shine on that thing
blight blackfoger: I personally like russka contra ferno tuscan that’s it. that order, no one likes russka though >_<
SPK rn!: beat 3dmax and dynamic on russka was intense and not easy but i would say those maps are unique and fun!

blight blackfoger: what do you think is the best for a team mix up wise all riflers? one defensive one picking awp? I know on nuke germans play only rifles.
SPK rn!: germans are nuts haha at least 1 awp depending on the map i like 2 I hate the 3 awp on any side but strats last season were not in my control offense  4 rifles are usually my jam piece
blight blackfoger: imagine 4 awpers
rn!: unless its train or a d2 or something that needs 2 awps possibly
rn!: i believe venom ran that  occasionally and won with it LOL whatever clever this game is so old now you never know

blight blackfoger: now what sort of strats do you guys do, such as fully torqued they do pop flash and rush in. other teams work off picks etc.
SPK rn!: currently we are picking but  once we settle into our new strats and setups we will mix it all up I love being unpredictable and sometimes that calls for being a “noob” and deadzone rushing deagles on a eco the deag is strong with our team
blight blackfoger:  lol the force is strong with our deags
SPK rn!: yea that’s what I was going for.

blight blackfoger: who is the fragger and who is the clutcher on your team?
SPK rn!: fragger and clutcher go to laser atm jyro had so many nutty clutches last season during the reg season but laser came big in playoffs  but at the moment laser was shining bright last season no doubt

blight blackfoger: what adjective would you say the community would say about your team
SPK rn!: entertaining I hope!

blight blackfoger: any last comments you like to say
SPK rn!: shouts out to all the teams/players who support our move to invite and make sure to check out our matches in esea and to take a look at www.shykidsmusic.com
blight blackfoger: thank you for taking the time out
SPK rn!: no problem L’s Up!

(Source: blightgaming.com)

ESEA Idea’s

Progress
People often get into arguments about what constitutes progress. Some say that what others regard as progress is not progress at all. Some people evaluate progress in relation to their notion of an ideal gaming community , i.e. progress is defined as progress towards professional gaming. As you will see, I am not asserting this is what ESEA needs to do to achieve that goal. I am asserting what ESEA can do to achieve a better experience for the community I have been apart of for many years.

LAN
Each year there is only three ESEA LAN events to attend for teams which consists of a three month season and 1 month off time before LAN. Is there anyway we can push it into 4 seasons? Having one each quarter would be very good for the community and require teams to practice all season long.

Having a better venue for spectators would also make the events a highlight more in gaming.
IEM Holds their event in NY comic-con, IPL was in las vegas, ESEA should consider partnering with a big event to get more live spectators.

The LAN should have a big main stage with a projector. Doing that ESEA can consider selling tickets to spectators for the LAN finals. More live spectators is always a good thing and having a better venue would also increase online viewership as everyone loves a show.

More competition
The more competition in a gaming scene increases the activity of current players and increases the skill cap, also more players are drawn into a flourish community. While ESEA league is the premier place to be they need to expand above the players that are able to afford the premium and league fee, they need to expand above to new customers with enticing and fun events. It is the place to be if you want to be a top player for the games they have, but what about the semi-casual gamer.

I would love to see a ladder system in place that goes on all year long or at least a majority of the year. A good example of a ladder system is TeamWarfareLeague or TWL. It’s very simplistic but allows team to show up once in awhile to have a fun match. This also gives teams more serious practice outside of doing scrimmages. Also allows ESEA to give more prizes to teams and players, that would definitely entire more players to play.

In SC2 there are hundreds of cups or day only tournaments that happen for a relatively low amount of cash. That being said most of the big name players don’t participate but the mid tier to lower high tier do engage and play in them regularly. During the weekends ESEA needs to hold a day only cup. They can organize it a plethora of ways to better suite their niche market. Can be anyone can enter without premium but $5 a team imagine a hundred teams enter and the prize breakdown is 1st $200 2nd $100 3rd $50. ESEA would be getting a profit as well as more activity. Can also be a free to enter and top team walks away with the prize, no matter if it’s double or single elimination many teams would enter for the competition alone.

Ingame Display
In hopes of making things simpler why not be able to type .menu which pops up a screen which you can manage everything from match communications/scheduling, go onto ESEA forums, go onto ESEA market, Reply to .msg’s, and submit tickets or .Reports. As well it streamlines checking out PUG stats and .Players easier as it would all be neatly presented.

New UI for selecting maps, currently the number system seems that only the higher numbers get picked and sometimes players press wrong number. For when map choice comes up a new window pops open with a table 4x4 with image’s of each map and the name underneath. Instead of clicking a number you pick the map with your mouse in the browser.

Players can assign what time they plan on scrim on certain days so other teams that want to scrim against them can plan ahead of time also can set up a schedule ahead of time be agreeing to scrims ahead of time and having a pop up in ESEA client to remind you.

Statistics
While there are many great statistics ESEA client provides, I do not think it is at the level some of the professional televised sports do. The breakdown of each little item on sports such as Football is quite amazing and we better statistics to fully understand a player’s role on the team.

It would be interesting to see the invite match up percentages, some of the invite teams have played each other multiple times over the course of years. We should have a statistic how each team has done throughout the years if X team or player has won 70% of the matches against the other team. Along with the percentage I would like to know what the average score of all matches between them and the actual score such as X team has won 10 matches and the other team has won 5 matches.

Economy is a big part of CSS and 1.6 it would be prudent to have a breakdown of what a team’s eco rounds actually accomplish. Have a statistic on how many Eco rounds a team does, do they win the round, how many eco kills were accomplished. To tell if it’s an eco round can set a perimeter of the team buys less than $4000 total between the team or something.

Having a clutch player is a detrimental thing to a team and can shift the entire focus of a match winning a 2v1 or 3v1 even. I want to be able to see a percentage of successful clutch scenarios. Player X attempted 2v1 and only had a success rate of 1/20 or  .05%, or Player X attempted 1v1 and had a success rate of 67% etc.

Now I get to the most important statistic I would want put into ESEA which for the most part should be very easy to do. I NEED a stat on the amount of entry kills a player gets, be nice to know who is making the picks for a team. Can total it up see which player gets the first frag or how many frags he gets before someone on your team dies. However ESEA wants to do it, having the knowledge who is making the picks for a team and who is peeking too much can be very good information.

Forum Moderation
In almost every single gaming community the forums are fairly moderated some greater than others. Riot Games moderates their forums quite well making sure it isn’t a “Giant Trollfest”. Other website sucks as Teamliquid are quite harsh even banning for little comments such as this. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=330096

I do think that ESEA forums need to be moderated in some degree. The excessive trolling is hurting our community more then it is entertaining.

ESEA TV
For the majority of other gaming competitions they have every little thing streamed. In Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom they have at least 5-6 streamers going 24/7, weekly events streaming(Wednesday Night Fights, Team Spooky events), and all big events are streamed period. In LoL and SC2 they stream when they practice and all events are streamed period. In Valve FPS games though it is really rare for events to have any streams besides IEM and ESWC as far as I have seen.

ESEA needs to push the community into streaming as the revenue generated is great directly and indirectly. Companies such as twitch.tv and own3D.tv give 50% of ad revenue to some streamers and the more you stream it grows your loyal fanbase.

To further expand their network of sites a great move would to make ESEA TV, their own in-house production company and hire a few casters for each game. Set up a studio in their offices in New York.

They could cast their own matches every night for all the invite matches as long as there is no overlap in matches going on. They could also contract out their services and cast at other events.

Website Changes

Wikipedia or history page for players so people can know them more besides looking up history tab. That way it’s easier to look up the databases ingeneral then looking at each person and change each tab several times. TeamLiquid.net has a really cool and easy option http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Main_Page. You are able to check out teams and players have the majority of their histories and some folk lore.

To get more news to the world about a team and increase the social standing of teams it would be a smart move to implement a system in which matches could be uploaded to facebook pages or twitter accounts. I know darth and the EZmoney crew would love to boost their egos more.

An option to favorite a thread or match or PUG and it saves onto your profile for other people to view as well as you can come back and read it at a later time with ease.

Favorite matches/threads/forum posts button and show them on their profile so you can look at them later

In the efforts of making players more known to the community and able to follow their exploits, an award tab for each player and team would make things better. Instead of players and teams putting in manually their past histories of wins within ESEA there could be a tab next to history or within history can see what players have done. Be able to see if they won an award for COTW, or for winning the top RWS in a pug, also what they did place X during X season and won X amount of money.

For Teams and players that are looking to make some additions ESEA should make it easier for people to find their ideal team by a matchmaking system. Just how amazon.com knows if someone baught X product they will most likly want to be these other products. ESEA should develop a system to tell based on several characteristics and statistics what their ideal pair would be to make tryouts easier.

Facebook and twitter feeds on each team page would be a nice idea. You would be able to see recent tweets by your favorite teams instead of trying to track down each social media account. Also easier to figure if their matches are live or they streaming or whatever content they will post.

A follow team or player function can make traversing the website very simple. I was envisioning it how facebook does it when you follow a certain person you get an update stream of what has happened with them recently and can set what you want to be updated on. If someone is looking for a scrim that can go into your feed, match results, looking for players, looking for teams, changes in names, match going live, entering PUG ETC.

Be able to join a few more scrim teams would make everyone’s life a little bit easier and going to leave that one at that.

To make match location easier for teams have a page or part of the main player page set up as breakdown of average ping to each location so you can see what he does in each server location nice to know if Player X gets an average of 40 to LA and 96 to NY.

Chat Client system
Having mIRC built into the client would be a very good idea. Players would feel more willing to keep their clients running so they can talk with their friends etc. Blizzard implements chat channels that you can create, ESEA should do something the same. It would also be a great way to advertise deals for their sponsors, a message scroll across the chat every two hours or so. Can also follow team channels see what they are up to, also a great way to bring back a big piece of nostalgia #ProSource.

It could easily make finding scrims a bit easier that way teams can coordinate with each other basically talk about setting up a scrim later in the night against a prefered team. Having a chat system would just benefit the community period, there are too many aspects to think of that it would help.

Freebie accounts
In the hopes that more people would join the community, there needs to be a stepping stone for new players or inexperienced players to get into ESEA. No one really wants to wager having to pay $7 a month and not liking the overall experience. Newer players need that bridge and that’s where need to appeal to a gamer’s main concern, Money. Having a free account option would easily bring in public community players that I have heard over the years love finding scrims on mIRC or play in CEVO FREE but don’t know if they want to commit decent amount of money due to their time constraints. Having a free account they get access to all the forums client chat system can join scrim teams, but they can only do a limited number of pugs a week maybe 3-5 and can not play in any matches.



ESEA anonymity
The feeling of being anonymous online can be a rush to many. The ability to do things that you would not otherwise do. We need to get rid of this require players to put their full name and city state in their profiles make them feel accountable for what they say. We need the community to be closer and this is one step I think would greatly improve things. In top level in other gaming communities every player is pretty well known such as Starcraft2 they know entire histories of players and are able to relate to them more as a fan. It’s hard to do that in the ESEA community when no one knows who some of these new faces are in main and lower invite.

Thank you for hearing me out and please try to see this as a glass half full ideal. After speaking with Pauly for several hours, I feel you need to be in the mindset of improving. Please refrain from flaming.

A few other threads of mine and lazerjesus of some decent idea’s
http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic&id=259914&find_comment_number=49#n49
http://play.esea.net/index.php?s=forums&d=topic&id=399656#n1

(Source: blightgaming.com)

Want to thank all the zomblerz fans today with a few updates.

-Jersey sales will be coming up very soon here, we managed to pick up a jersey sponsor and going on sale on their website along with other zomblerz memorabilia.

-Nerve video is getting close we are working hard on it but it’s only nerve doing it alone and he also has a full time job. Want to thank nerve for all the work he is doing.

-Our facebook stats have been very high lately as we have been trying to marketing zomblerz more please follow their facebook. http://www.facebook.com/Zomblerz

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Guys really seem to like Zomblerz http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/blackfoger/?action=view&current=Zomblerz1.jpg

(Source: blightgaming.com)

With much glee Blight announces Spire as a new sponsor to our organization. After speaking with them we are quite happy with the support we are getting and can’t wait to show them to all our fans. Thought it is a short term deal we hope to make something long term after we prove ourselves. Please check out their fantastic gear.

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What an amazing event, it was produced with great quality glad to have watched it first off like to thank david ting for working hard. The events production quality was better then most events I have watched. One thing and I will state this multiple times the freemium was majestic. They 480P quality was better then most 720p streams I am not sure how maybe because of the camera or the equipment, at least on my laptop it was. Having a partnership with GSL effectively making all the big finals apart of IPL just makes it even better. Though there were so hiccups with not switching the camera’s and wrong stats it was a fantasticly run event. David Ting has gone on to say that all IPL events will include freemium as he remembers the days that kids only had $20 a week to spend and that’s how many people feel. MLG should take note that is why I respect them more. I will rant about this more at another time, not to mention how dominate Korea is.

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First and foremost , I’d like to say “thank you Zomblerz, for everything.  No one counted on them to be a top two finisher at this season’s ESEA LAN, and everyone aside from our players and our staff considered it a major upset. We witnessed firsthand the preparation and dedication that went on during the weeks leading up to ESEA LAN.  Some would find it perplexing as most see Zomblerz has a team that has been around forever, but in recent has not been very competitive.
This ESEA LAN, however, we acquired a much larger fanbase and everyone was cheering for and supporting the Zomblerz. Placing ahead of last years champions, 3DMAX (now Torqued), the Zomblerz were the only team to take any maps off of Dynamic and made every match extremely close. Though 2nd Place at this season’s event was good, everyone knows now that the Zomblerz are very capable of taking first in this upcoming season.

When we first talked to Carson and Justin they made it evident that the team needed support for ESEA LAN and their league fee’s. After lengthy discussions we broached a deal with them. I was glad to be working with them again, even though we didn’t do the best support in the past. At the time Emazing Gaming management decided to close their organization and leave their teams without any support.

Zomblerz had a few rocky seasons prior to this, season nine they finished 11th second to last,  season 8 they finished 7th place. We received many disrespectful comments based on the choice we made, in picking up Former EMG. Many stated that they would not be worth any money we would invest and we should pick a different team that can produce. Several teams asked us to sponsor them instead, stating even if Zomblerz got to LAN they would under perform. I trusted Justin and felt it would be a great team to start fresh with. I felt that EMG was under utilizing a team with such big names and that the team has finally found a perfect roster to perform better this season.

The team has been working very hard with our organization in improving ourselves and making our reputation better. With how they have done and how we been marketing we have increased our metrics greatly. We might even be announcing two sponsors shortly here.

Our twitter stats shot up greatly, our facebook page shot up as well.(Can’t actually give out numbers)

Winning Second at ESEA LAN set a precedent for our other teams in Europe. Not to mention progressed our organization further. I have been working with the team to gain us more marketability as an organization and after the weekend in Texas I can say we have increased our budget/funding thanks in part of how hard zomblerz worked.  Our danish team wants to follow in Zomblerz footsteps in producing results. This weekend they will be at CPH playing in not only the CSS tournament at a mid seed, but also playing ESC in the CS GO invite tournament.

I am very thankful for having a great team even though I am not offering them the best support in the world or better then some other USA organizations, we are working very hard for them.
Blight-Zomblerz
Carson “Classified” Holt
Justin “Heatwave” Mckay
Sam “Devour” Chamma    
Ryan “Ryan” Romba
Rich “Sauce” Cannon
Blight-Staff

Kyle “Velocity” Ellis Branding Director
James “blackfoger” Larsen Owner
Jake “Jakeyo” Butler EU directions officer

In the hopes of obtaining more sponsors, funding and fans the team will be presenting videos and blogs very soon. Please keep your eyes open.

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