The League of Legends EU West series was started in November, but the fourth qualifier and finals took place in December. In the final qualifier, we saw Gameplay dna rip through the bracket and take a dominating 1st place finish in front of Alpha samci. NaCl was able to make their way through as well, only losing to Gameplay dna and taking a 3rd place finish.

The finals went similarly. Although teams put up a fight, nobody could stand against Gameplay dna as they swept through the bracket without losing a single match. Alpha samci had their chance at redemption, but were not able to pull through and received a 2nd place finish. In the 3rd place match, Public Enemy Academy and NaCl played. It was a hardfought and close match, but Public Enemy Academy was able to take the victory.

League of Legends EU West Qualifier #4

DOTA 2 had its final series of 2017 take place as well for the South American region. In December we were able to see the final qualifier and the culmination of the series in the streamed finals. In the fourth qualifier, Midas Club Victory won the gold, living up to their name. They were able to defeat nariz gaming without losing a match. Team Victory beat out Comandos eSports for third place in an exciting match.

In the finals, we got to see DOGUINHOTAKU and Cooldown face off in the final match. DOGUINHOTAKU was able to swiftly win over Cooldown with a 2-0 victory. Meanwhile, for third place, VRFGC were able to best Comandos eSports.

December was majorly important for ZOTAC CUP we saw the inclusion of PUBG via both a North American and European tournament. These two tournaments were both for solo players and had ZOTAC GeForce GTX cards as the prizes. The competition was fierce, but after all scores were counted, we had five top players in each of the two tournaments.

In North America we saw one player completely dominate for first place, while the other winners were all relatively close in score. Toumaiii won the finals with a final score of 710 points and 21 kills. Jayfii and Pandaego were second and third place respectively, both with 3 kills, but with Jayfii having 370 points over Pandaego’s 340 points due to placings within the games. Austin and GICE came in at fourth and fifth place in a tie. They both had 5 kills and 320 total points.

In the European tournament, the first and second place players were separated by only 20 points. Ynck had only 7 kills, but such high placements that they were able to take home the first place victory at 560 points. BIG_TONI_SOSA had an explosive first game in the finals with 1st place and 9 kills, ending the finals at 15 kills, but finished with 540 points for 2nd place. Ezys, Gunsaies, and Cudtastic ended at 3rd, 4th, and 5th place respectively.