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NewsESL ANZ Championships strikes hot for 3 Exile5 DivisionsEsports fans all over ANZ rejoiced when ESL Australia gave a sneak peak of what they called #ANZChamps on April 13. Their original post was not so cryptic to leave out the games involved though - HearthStone, Counter Strike and Halo 5. Much speculation ensued between players and fans alike. What could ESL Australia be cooking up? Was this an online tournament? Was it a major offline LAN? Which cit...
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NewsExile5 turns 9 Years Old!
Its been yet another year and we have leveled up! The last year has been tremendous growth in esports in the ANZ region and we are happy and proud to be in the thick of it after all these years. Thank you to everyone who has come along this journey with us, players, staff and sponsors alike. We thank AMD and Razer for believing in us in the best possible way. To all current players, staff and mana...
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NewsTeam Exile5 is recruiting for League of Legends
Calling the Summoner’s Rift, Exile5 is back! WHAT After two and a half years out of the scene, we are looking to jump back into League of Legends and resume our formerly dominant position at the top. WHO We are determined to resume our involvement in League of Legends with fervour and as such will be looking at picking up teams in each league - OOL, OCS & OPL. To kick all of this off we are lo...
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NewsTeam Exile5 & AMD join forcesIt is with great excitement that we announce AMD as our new major sponsor for Team Exile5. With AMD onboard we have a chance to take our performance to the next level. The opportunity for Exile5 to join AMD is the perfect synergy for the two organisations. In fact, our relationship with AMD goes back to our early days in 2008 as AMD was one of three original sponsors. This demonstrates how AMD has...
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NewsTeam Exile5 Partners with RazerIt is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce Team Razer as the new major sponsor for Team Exile5 alongside our long term support partner Nvidia. The opportunity for Exile5 to join Team Razer is the perfect synergy for the two organisations. Both represent professional gaming excellence and performance at the highest level. With teams across seven divisions, we will do our best to repr...
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In the SSL Finals Dark made a lot of use of a ground-breaking ZvP style. He used early baneling drops, fast melee upgrades and a focus on pureling-baneto survive the midgame whilst teching incredibly quickly towards broodlords. The first time I saw anarchon-immortal army get completely shrekt by ling-bane I thought I had gone crazy. I must have missed a huge army advantage or something! But since ... Read article.
Exile5 congratulates our Starcraft 2 veteran Zerg player Sam 'KingkOng' Yu for an incredible run in this season's WCS challenger event! After some intensely exciting and nail-biting series against the region's top players, he regrettably fell in the finals to the incredible form of the Terran player Ethan 'Iaguz' Zugai. Of particular note during the weekend was KingkOng's five-game brawl with Fren... Read article.
Our very own Sam "The Ham"Baxter has recently appeared on one of Australia's online web series calledLevel UP XL hosted by GooGie GaminG. In this episode they discuss everything that is fighting games, Battle Arena Melbourne 8 (BAM8), How to prepare for a tournament, what things you should be focusing on at tournament, how to manage your mindset during tournament matches as well as juggling multip... Read article.
Team Exile5 are pleased to announce that we are assisting the CyberSports Network as they unveil their new webpage and Starcraft2 coaching initiative. Two of our well known players and streamers, Jared 'PiG' Krensel and Austin 'Neuro' Filsinger, are on the newly formed coaching team. Traditionally, SC2 coaching has always been a one-on-one experience, largely due to the nature of the game. CSN how... Read article.
Exile5 have a chance to redeem themselves after a disappointing CGPL season. Two other teams (Immunity and Ferox) have dropped out, which has given us an 11th hour ticket to the CGPL LAN Finals in Sydney next weekend! This turn of fate is reminiscent of last year's CGPL season, where we were also awarded a spot to the LAN Finals after other teams could not confirm their attendance. We have been pl... Read article.
This week in Hearthstone, ripl1ne took a shot at taking out an ODC hosted by Battlefy for an award of $50 and an additional set of WCS points to the top two spots. After battling hard against 80 participants, Ripl1ne managed to secure a second place finish in the ODC, falling to a valiant ciLmi#1964, collecting a few more WCS points to allow him an invite for the next ANZ Preliminaries. Read article.
Earlier in March, our player Taylor 'xKawaiian' Vinson participated in the Philadelphia SC2 LAN event 'Cheesadelphia 2': organised by N3rd Street Gamers and held at the Philly Strategy Arena Although knocked out by Mygrain and Tesla, Taylor had a good time at the event! He shared some of his thoughts with us here ~~~ C: This was your second time at Cheesadelphia, but your first time there represen... Read article.
Woah. It has already been over two weeks since Team Exile5 represented Australia and New Zealand region in the Halo World Championships. For those who missed the games, here is a recap of what you missed! Team Exile5 was placed in group B, coming up against: #1 EU seed, Team Infused, #3 NA seed, Evil Geniuses and, #5 NA seed, Renegades. Our first series of the group stage, was against Infused. In... Read article.
Our condolences go out to our player Sam 'KingkOng' Yu, who was knocked out of the single-elimination open bracket at WCS Shanghai by the Dutch Protoss player Kevin 'Harstem' De Koning. It is some consolation that Harstem then went on to become the tournament winner. However, Exile5's involvement with WCS Shanghai wasn't just on the competitive side: Jared 'PiG' Krensel was one of the commentator... Read article.
The days of sleep deprived nights and the countless hours of grinding are going to pay off. Our first match will kick off with us up against Team Infused at 8:40am AEDT on Saturday on the main stage, The second match will be up against Evil Geniuses at 11:10am AEDT on Saturday, also on the main stage, The last match we will be up against Team Renegades at 7:10am AEDT on Sunday, on the second stage... Read article.
Playing on the world stage is Sam 'KingkOng' Yu's dream. It is what drives him to practice for hours even while studying. In Oceanic StarCraft, the name KingkOng is synonymous with high level zerg play. He is the final boss of many of our regional tournaments, a boss that other top contenders frequently find difficult to take down. Despite a history of strong tournament performances, when it comes... Read article.
Our StarCraft veteran PiG continues to add to his casting portfolio, having been chosen as one of WCS Shanghai's talent lineup. We are thankful to WCS Shanghai for giving him this opportunity, and can't wait to see him live on stream! Please keep an eye on our facebook and twitter for stream announcements closer to the date and tune in when the time comes! Information about WCS Shanghai, which st... Read article.