YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT LTD PRESENTS A $7,000 “RISING STARS PROMOTIONAL” SHOWMATCH BETWEEN TWO TOP TIER TEAMS, FNATIC AND ENVYUS.

We are presenting the Rising Stars Promotional showmatch between two of the top teams in the world, Fnatic and EnvyUs. This showmatch will be played by both teams on the 24^th March 2016 at 17:00 CET.

The Best­of­3 (BO3) match will be streamed exclusively on Azubu.tv in multiple languages. The winner of The Rising Stars Promotional will get $5,000 and the defeated team getting $2,000.

The Rising Stars Promotional showmatch is promoting the $64,600 Rising Stars Leagues which are supporting the grassroots of CS:GO and Tier 2 and Tier 3 teams. The leagues will be hosted in four regions ­ North America, South America, South East Asia and Europe.

Fnatic:

The Counter­Strike: Global Offensive Team, Fnatic are currently the best in the world and consist of: Flusha, Olofmeister, JW, Dennis and Krimz. ​With this currently line­up, they have held the top spot of the best team in the world with them winning (insert amount of tournaments in a row).

EnvyUs:

The Counter­Strike: Global Offensive Team, EnvyUs were once in the top three teams in the world and were on form to take down Fnatic a few times when they met in matches.

Although this looked good for them, they have recently been in a slump and with this, have had a roster change up within the last month. This was with their previous player “kioShiMa” who was replaced with “DEVIL” who used to play for LDLC.White.

List of all different streams:

● English: ​www.azubu.tv/efragtv
● French: ​www.azubu.tv/efragfr
● Polish:​www.azubu.tv/efragpl
● Serbian:​www.azubu.tv/efragrs
● Finnish:​www.azubu.tv/efragfi
● German:​www.azubu.tv/efragger
● Russian:​www.azubu.tv/efragru
● Spanish: ​www.azubu.tv/efrages
● Portuguese: ​www.azubu.tv/efragbr

About Azubu:

Azubu is a global broadcast network, delivering premium live and on demand eSports action, programming, news and analysis. With its superior video player, Azubu can provide high definition, lag­free action from the major tournaments, teams and players alongside a range of related programs to multiple devices worldwide. This experience is enhanced by in­depth editorial and statistics, offering unrivalled insight into the latest action from the world of eSports, and the opportunity to interact seamlessly with others via real time chat

About Skinsanity:

Skinsanity is the ultimate way to get the hottest CSGO skins at insanely low prices. They provide hundreds of daily auctions that pit players against each other to save up to 99% off market prices.

● Website:​https://skinsanity.gg/
● Facebook: ​https://www.facebook.com/SkinsanityGG
● Twitter:​https://twitter.com/SkinsanityGG

About YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT:

YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, formerly known as E­Frag.net (2011), was founded in 2015. Through the years we became one of the leading electronic sports internet portals worldwide. Since then YOUR ESPORTS ENTERTAINMENT has moved on to creating unique and entertaining broadcasts while developing the grassroots Counter­Strike: Global Offensive scene by running high quality and competitive tournaments and leagues with TV production quality broadcasts.  

Finnish eSports Federation receives a grant, and StarCraft 2 ex-pro begins coach training

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Grant awarded to Finnish eSports Federation by government 

Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education released the grant amounts for national youth work organizations on January 25th. New Minister of Culture and Education Sanni Grahn-Laasonen has granted total of 3.2 million euros for total of 55 national youth work organizations for fiscal year 2016.

Finnish eSports Federation (SEUL) was once again one of the ten largest beneficiaries placing 9th this year, receiving 83 000 euros which meant 15 000 euro raise in the grant amount compared to the last year. 2016 is fourth year in a row in which Minister of Culture and Education has approved a grant for the national eSports Federation.

Finnish ex-pro player begins coach training 

Finnish ex-pro StarCraft 2 player Samuli “elfi” Sihvonen has been accepted for coach training in Vierumäki campus of The Sport Institute of Finland. Sihvonen begins his yearlong course on 17th of February and aims to be the first professional e-sports coach.

“During my player career I noticed that coaching would be really beneficial especially on the mental side of the sports. Currently there are no Finnish e-sports coaches so after ending my player career I started to think if I could become one. My goal is to give better possibilities for new rising stars with support that I was missing.” commented Sihvonen.

Finnish eSports Federation supports Sihvonen with a stipend that covers the cost of the coach training course and aims to use this training as a pilot program to find out valuable information how traditional sports training can be implemented in e-sports.

“Samuli’s application was noticed immediately when it arrived and we are really excited about the possibilities and views e-sports could bring with it.“ commented training center deputy director Raino Nieminen from Vierumäki.  
 
Sihvonen’s player career started in mid-2000’s and became known as a world class StarCraft 2 player. During his career he represented such organizations as Fnatic, Team Acer, ENCE eSports and Vega Squadron. Sihvonen was awarded as “The Player of the Year 2012” by Finnish eSports Federation.

Before applying for the coach training Sihvonen has organized two weekend-long StarCraft 2 training camps and has engaged in personal training of younger players. Camps organized in December 2014 and February 2015 received overwhelmingly positive feedback and reception.

For additional information and photos contact

Erkka Jouste erkka.jouste@seul.fi  President Finnish eSports Federation / Suomen elektronisen urheilun liitto - SEUL ry