Axslav places 2nd in MSi Battlegrounds!

This past weekend, Axslav and Thundertoss attended the MSi Battlegrounds tournament hosted by Green Forest Cafe in Ventura, California, with casters Day9, Gwin, Crota, and RaPiD. Even with competitors like SeleCt, viOLet, STX, Rhythm, and Beastyqt, Axslav looked in good shape to place high in the tournament.

On the first day, Axslav advanced through the Winner’s Bracket undefeated. He received his first loss from Empire. Violet in the Winner’s Bracket Finals in Day 2, where he would then face Violet’s teammate, Beastyqt, in the Loser’s Bracket Finals.

Casted by our very own Thundertoss, Axslav had a slugfest against Beastyqt in the first game on Antiga Shipyard. Both players showed showed impressive plays and decision making which resulted in a wild total of 180 workers killed from both sides. Axslav persevered, and it wasn’t until he was able to corner Beastyqt’s mobile army was he able to win.

The second game reflected Axslav’s game sense very well. With a quick scout with his initial observer on Shakuras Plateau, he sensed that something was awry and soon after found the hidden third that Beastyqt floated near his base. Axslav reacted accordingly and methodically controlled the pace of the game. Axslav defeated the terran in convincing fashion.

Axslav faced Violet once again in the tournament’s Grand Finals eventually, the result was no different from their last match. The last game showcased late game micro comprising of voidrays, high templars, carriers, and the mothership! But unfortunately, Axslav was unable to take the win and lost to Violet with an overall score of 4-0.

Regardless, we’d like to congratulate Axslav for placing second in the MSi Battlegrounds tournament! We are very proud of him on the good run, next up MLG Anaheim and WCS!

Photos by Carlton Beener

Axslav’s run:
2-0 vs GoSu.Rhythm, Winner’s Quarter-finals
2-1 vs Quantic.State, Winner’s Semi-finals
0-2 vs Empire.Violet, Winner’s Bracket Finals
2-0 vs Empire.Beastyqt, Loser’s Bracket Finals
0-2 vs Empire.Violet, Grand Finals

Full Bracket
TL Thread
Carlton Beener’s Photo Album

Infinity Seven Qualifies for IPL TAC3

We’re excited to share that Infinity Seven has qualified for IGN ProLeague’s Team Arena Challenge #3! We are proud to be joining some of the top teams in the world to compete in the $20,000 tournament. Huge congratulations to our players Insur, Axslav, CrazymoviNG, jEcho, Sanddbox, Pyre, and owmygroin, who have all done extremely well in the qualifiers!

Qualified Teams

*Teams who qualified for the tournament through the opens

The qualifiers are now coming to a close, once all 24 teams have been determined, IPL TAC3 will begin on May 6th in a true double elimination all-kill format.

Below we have a quick recap from the qualifier, including VODs from our final match vs DtG.

Round of 16: FXO.CIS
It wasn’t our first time facing FXO.CIS in the IPL TAC qualifiers. Previously known as imba.FXO, they are now officially part of team FXO. Earlier in the year we faced them in the first round of the IPL TAC2 qualifiers. We were stopped short back then, but this time it was different.Axslav was our starter and opened with an incredible showing of taking down HappyZerg, Strelok, Elbegast, and LoWeLy all on his own. With FXO.CIS in serious trouble of being all-killed, they sent out their ace, Brat_OK. Brat_OK took out Axslav and then our strongest zergs, jEcho and CrazyMoviNG. With the score difference now being one game, we sent out Insur who out Brat_OK the last time we met, and once more he managed to defeat the Terran, closing the series in favor for us. Infinity Seven 5-3 FXO.CIS

Round of 8: Team NrG
We started with owmygroin and dictated the pace as we won against LuckyFool. NrG sent out ouGe and was able to beat owmygroin and Sanddbox. We reacted accordingly by sending out Insur who was able to close the series again taking out ouGe, Mihai, Malice, and Jsung. Infinity Seven 5-2 NrG.

Semi-Finals: Dream Team Gaming
The final opponent of the qualifiers was Dream Team Gaming, an all Korean player team. DtG started the match with their former GSL Code A Player GGanDoL. We sent Pyre as our starter who lost narrowly against him. It all came down to timing and GGanDoL was able to make the most of it.

Sanddbox was next on the lineup, and our young hope managed to shut down GGanDoL as well as their next protoss, sCaR. DtG responded by using Sickness who went 4 gate and caught Sanddbox unprepared. We sent jEcho up next and once again Sickness opened with gateway first, but wasn’t able to finish jEcho with a mid game timing attack. They transitioned into late game, but due to poor control and slightly inferior army composition, jEcho lost the first major battle and wasn’t able to recover from that.

An ace for an ace, we sent out CrazyMoviNG to take out Sickness and it was done in a convincing fashion. Sickness failed to put enough pressure on CrazymoviNG and eventually folded to his swarm of roaches and hydras. Nette was next to snipe CrazyMoviNG, the Terran succeeded by proxy two-raxing on the best map for that in the map pool, Entombed Valley.

For our final player, the team decided on sending Insur yet again, who proceeded to fend off Nette’s 1-1-1, and outclassed Saga in the following game, closing the series for us 5-4. Insur finished all three teams in this qualifier.

Infinity Seven vs Dream Team Gaming casted by IPL
Bracket
TL Thread 

ESEA Weekly Recap

Infinity Seven had a busy schedule the past two weeks and a tough one. Facing off against teams like Visionary Gaming, Area 51, Convergence gaming, LighT, and Clash, iS came up victorious every time, though often by the skin of their teeth.

Area 51
iS sent out Sanddbox, Pyre, Insur, and CrazyMovinG, against Area’s Acheileus, Raine, Wannabe, and Drunkenboi. The series ended up 2-2, with sanddbox and pyre both losing 1-2 to Acheileus and Raine, but CrazyMovinG and Insur both winning 2-0 over Wannabe and Drunkenboi. In the ace match, iS sent out CrazyMovinG while Area sent out Raine. In the end, CrazyMoving took the match 2-1, ending the series 3-2 in iS’s favor.

Visionary Gaming
iS sent out Pyre, Axslav, Insur, and tuxedomask, the manager. vG sent out Alkresh, Erosenin, JSic, and Esiex, vG’s manager. In a close series again, it ended up 2-2 with tuxedomask and Pyre falling to Esiex and Alkresh 1-2, but Axslav and Insur beating Erosenin and JSic2-0. For the ace, Insur faced off against Alkresh and won 2-0, securing another 3-2 win for iS.

LighT eSports
LighT beat iS twice in the playoffs. Now, in a new season, iS was looking for some revenge in this grudge match. They sent out CrazyMovinG, Insur, Sanddbox, and Axslav to face LighT’s Knight, Stalife, KawaiiRice, and Binski. In a great display, iS went 3-1, with CrazyMoviNG, Insur, and Axslav beating Knight, Stalife, and Binski, but with Sanddbox losing to KawaiiRice.

Team Clash
iS played CrazyMoviNG, Axslav, jEcho, and Sanddbox against Clash’s Edge, Panther, Imagine, and Mook. Axslav and jEcho both went 2-0 in their games against Panther and Imagine, giving iS a big advantage, which CrazyMoviNG followed by beating Edge 2-1. Sanddbox, however, went 1-2 against Mook. This gave iS another 3-1 victory.

Convergence Gaming
iS used Insur, Axslav, Sanddbox, and jEcho against CvG’s Puck, Yata, Proxima, and AlexCMoi. jEcho, Sanddbox, and Axslav beat AlexCMoi, Proxima, and Yata respectively, giving iS another 3-1 win despite Insur going 1-2 against Puck. After all these wins, iS remains undefeated in a series this season.

Infinity Seven 6-0 so far in the season!

This week we will play against Quantic Gaming and Team KEYD.

Multi-Pronged Attack!

MLG Spring Open finished a week ago, and Insur and Sanddbox lost to Everize and Attero in Loser’s Round 5 respectively, only two matches away from qualifying. Now we will have CrazyMoviNG, Axslav, jEcho, and Pyre, who will be competing in the Invitationals to qualify for an all-expense paid trip to MLG Spring Arena #2.

Thundertoss will be preparing the players for the tournament, and yes, tuxedomask has confirmed that CrazymoviNG will be playing in the NA Regionals.

Should our players place in the top 8, they will join the top 4 finishers from the MLG Spring Arena 1 for a chance at $26,400 in prizes in the MLG Spring Arena 2. The best competitors in this tournament will earn an all-expense paid trip to the MLG 2012 Spring Championship tournament. Most importantly, the results from the Spring Arena 2 determine seeding for pool play for the Championships.

All of the players hard work pays well as the best competitors from the MLG Spring series will fight for MLG’s largest prize pools in the Championship tournaments. The previous Winter Championship touted an impressive $76,000 prize pool. IPL 4 followed with an amazing tournament with $100,000 in prizes. The eSports community is growing and we aim to show our commitment to producing high levels of play and analysis.

Cheer on Infinity Seven, and our players iSCrazymoviNG, iSAxslav, iSjEcho and iSPyre as they go to battle in the MLG Spring Online Invitationals, April 27th!

Watch for our American Protoss player Axslav in the MLG Spring Arena 1 TODAY, he will be providing the tournament’s official match-by-match analysis alongside Sheth and QXC!!

Liquipedia MLG Spring Season

The New and Improved Infinity Seven Website

We’ve been working on this site for the past couple months detailing out the layouts and graphics, and we are pleased with what we have produced. Although it pales in comparison to our old Enjin site in terms of content, we will adding more features over the course of the year. We just couldn’t wait to show you, the fans and supporters, the new site! so please look forward to the new additions to the site in the future.

Special thanks goes to our sponsor, Sciencewerk who helped with the creative aspect, the new design and layout, and with Nic Baumann who managed the project and also implemented his expertise in web and design to produce what we show you today.