Its that time again as joinDota re-launch their open-to-play, open-to-cast tournament. Next week I’ll have some updates on the progression of our very own Wave.Int, but in the meantime….
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The Whole Story
In the early days of video games, developers relied on instruction manuals and promotional material to flesh out a story. The technology of the time simply wasn’t up to the task of mapping out a complex world. Oh sure, players could discern that a mustachioed man needs to run and jump through a world of bricks to save a princess, but the full details of Super Mario Brothers would be delivered through an instruction manual (along with cartoons, comics, and cereal boxes).
These days, the awesome power of technology has provided developers the means to tell a game’s narrative through cut scenes, spoken dialogue, and animated backstories. To the mutual delight and dismay of players everywhere, many games will force the plot through linear set pieces and unskippable moments that ensure the story is properly conveyed. Virtually no details are left out in the exposition-heavy titles of the 21st century. But not every game needs to rely on these methods to ensure a good time. Continue reading The Whole Story
jDL Season 1 Final Finals!
While the American and Asian divisions finished up some time ago, the largest of all the joinDota League divisions is only now reaching it’s conclusion. This week, for your viewing pleasure:
SEMIFINALS: Cloud9 v Rox.Kis
(Finals are below to avoid spoilers!)
FINALS: Cloud9 v Empire
Two New Tournaments: Female Dota League and Tsunami Cup
Its been a hectic time over at the wave. We’ve been scouting new tournaments, fixing up our teams and of course starting the long-awaited Tsunami Cup. As usual, GFN is getting the cream of the crop of all this great Dota!
Tsunami Cup and jDL FINALS!
So big things happening over at the Wave with our new website and our own home-grown, $100 prize pool tournament – but that just isn’t enough! With a host of new tournaments around the corner, we’re reaching the end of the joinDota League. And you know what that means?
FINALS!
Wave.Int Flying High!
As things over at the wave get organized properly, we get fancy little things to show off our awesomeness: The new banners!
Based off The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai, these banners mean we’re one step closer to the jDL Season 2 which kicks off around the end of April. We’ll also be starting off in Division 4 thanks to our earlier successes as Ra’II!
Great news on the casting front as well as more and more tournaments flood in. It’s hard to pick a favourite, but here’s the pick of the crop: a jDL tiebreaker from the Asia 1 division – the winner is guaranteed to start in division 1 next season, the loser must face the deadly playoff stage….
More Tournaments!
Greetings GFN!
So this week’s post is mainly an update on what’s to come! Big things are on the way as promised – and here’s a sample of what’s on the way:
More tournaments: jDL Season 1 is winding to a close but there’s plenty more on the menu – we’re sniffing around a bunch of other tournaments from NADota’s secs/tecs to the AD2L.
More WAVE Stuff: Season two of KOTH is drawing to a close, but season 3 will kick off soon, and we’ve got plans for a more regular tournament starting soon as well!
Wave Gaming: jDL season 2 marks the rebranding of Ra’II into Wave.Int, and we should also see the Wave.USA team enter the frame. Its on guys…
But of course, I’m here as a vid guy so here’s the best match from the last week!:
https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=i5vM9kY_wWs&video_referrer=watch
