Hi guys, this weekend 16 stellar players are all making their journey down to Austin, Texas for the Lone Star Clash - a 16 man invitational sporting a $10,000 prize pool.

I had the chance to catch vileHawk and vileState just before they left for the tournament.

vileHawk
Wunder: Hi vileHawk, how are you today?
vileHawk: Pretty good!

Wunder:So Hawk, are you excited for the Lone Star Clash? How have you prepared going into this invitational?
vileHawk: I'm really excited for another Austin tournament, my last few vists were really fun.  As for preparation, I am not doing as well as I'd like, I really need to work on my consistency in these last few days before the Lone Star Clash.

Wunder: That's right, you aren't a stranger to Austin, having won the TeSPA Texas Open back in 2011.  What are your goals for this tournament?
vileHawk: I really want to place in the top 3 for this Lone Star Clash, the compitition is going to be much more difficult.  As long as I'm on a good day and get a good bracket I think I can place.

Wunder: Let's talk a bit more about the competition.  This weekend, players like Stephano, DeMuslim and Polt are all crashing down upon Austin, who do you want to play the most?
vileHawk:I really would like to play as many Terran players as possible, I think I have the best chances in ZvT.

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If you haven't heard yet Vile has been invited to EG MCSL (click here for more news about EG MCSL) and we are off in our second week.  This week are are placed up against mouz who beat SlayerS in the first week with a score of 3-2.

Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/onemoregametv

Live Update:
Set 1:
Match 1:
Match 2:

Set 2:
Match 1:
Match 2:

Set 3:
Match 1:
Match 2:

Match Ups:
Match 1: vileChAnCe vs mouzThorZaIN


Match 2: vileState vs mouzMaNa


Match 3: vileIllusion vs mouzHasuObs


Match 4: vileDdoRo vs mouzMorroW

On February 5th, Evil Geniuses announced the seventh edition of their Master's Cup Series League (EG MCSL). The EG MCSL is a team league that includes four 1v1 best-of-three match-ups with a fifth best-of-three ACE match in the event of a tie after the first four series. The tournament, which has $10,000 in prize money up for grabs contains eleven invited teams while the twelfth team was voted on by the community.

After several days of voting, it was clear that the Starcraft community wanted to see none other than Team Vile as the twelfth and final team in the EG MCSL.  The EG MCSL, like the IPL TAC 2 that Vile recently participated in contains a very strong field of competitors which will hopefully allow Team Vile to show great games for their fans!

The other eleven teams competing in the league along with Vile are:
1.  Mousesports
2.  Team Empire
3.  Fnatic Team
4.  Evil Geniuses
5.  Team Dignitas
6.  It's Gosu
7.  SlayerS
8.  MVP
9.  Alternate Attax
10.  Millenium
11.  Team Liquid


Many thanks to Evil Geniuses for the invitation as well as to all of the long time Team Vile supporters as well as any new fans we have gained over the past several months in our participation of the IPL TAC 2! Please continue to support us by following us on Twitter, liking us on Facebook, as well as watching our players' streams!!~

Look for more updates regarding the EG MCSL in the coming future as games begin to get underway!

The official news release on the EG MCSL VII can be found here.

Illusion will be heading to Brazil in early February to be a part of South America's first major Starcraft 2 event as a result of his performance at this past week's IEM American qualifiers. Illusion was only one of four players invited straight into the main qualifier and he did not let the opportunity slip away. Illusion dispatched top European Zerg Liquid`Ret in the first round by a 2-1 count but was knocked to the losers bracket after a loss to coL.qxc. In the losers bracket, Illusion caught fire and took down KawaiiRice and coLRyze before sweeping EGDemuslim 3-0 to secure a trip to Brazil.

You can watch the VOD's for the IEM qualifiers casted by Mr.  Bitter and Rotterdam over at ESL.TV (Part 1 - Part 2). If you want even more hands on access, be sure to download and check out Illusion's replays by clicking on the "vs" next to each match on the IEM Qualifier bracket.

Be sure to check back later for updates when the groups for IEM São Paulo are announced!!

Over the past two weeks, two qualifiers were held for IPL's upcoming Team Arena Challenge 2. On Sunday, January 8th Team Vile participated in the IGN Pro League's Team Arena Challenge 2 Qualifier #1. With 12 teams already accepted into the Season 2 tournament, the top 2 teams in each of the two qualifiers round out the second edition of IPL's 16 team arena challenge. The format for the qualifiers was a 16 team tournament with a best of nine all-kill format and single elimination.

Vile opened up the qualifiers with an all-kill of mTw Gaming by vileYong before moving past Team Clash by a count of 5-2. In order to qualify for the Season 2 tournament, Vile had to win their 3rd round match with Russian team imba.FXO. The battle for a spot in the main draw was a closely contested, back and forth series that went Vile's way after vileIllusion took out Brat_OK from imba.FXO to seal the 5-3 victory and a spot in main event.

With a spot in the main event already secured, Vile then took on Team ZeNEX which hails from Korea in a match that had seeding implications for the main draw on the line. Team Vile jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to vileState who took out ZeNEX's Pet and YangSongE before falling Sparta. With a 2-1 lead Vile sent in ChaNce who promptly took care of Sparta, Extreme, and Life to claim the 5-1 win for Vile. You can view the VOD of the match-up between Vile and ZeNEX (in two parts) by checking out IPL's Justin.tv page here. In addition, you can also watch the VOD from Vile's semi-final match-up with imba.FXO here.

The Team Arena Challenge 2 begins on January 23rd, so be sure to check back for additional updates as Vile takes on some of the best teams in the Starcraft 2 scene.

Keep up with the players through both the bracket as well as the stream!

Ed: Hey guys, it's 7AM here in Singapore, so I'm going to pass the torch to NKExquisite to take over writing duties.  Please keep watching and supporting Vile Gaming in this tournament! - Wunder


UPDATE #3:
In round 3, Vile Gaming will be up against the Taiwanese the Gamanian Bears led by their well known Zerg player, Sen.

Chance (Z) starts off the series for Vile while Slam (Z) starts off for Gama. Unfortunately this series isn't being streamed so stay tuned for more updates.

Slam starts things off with a win over Chance to put Gama up 1-0.

Domorin will be coming up next for Vile looking to take down Slam.

Slam stays alive and knocks off Domorin to put Gama up 2-0.

Some discussion between DdoRo and State as to who's PvZ is stronger at the moment and it looks like State will be looking to continue his hot-streak. Let's see if he can take down Slam and get Vile on the scoreboard.

State uses some defensive macro play coupled with zealot harass and hits right before Slam gets out Brood Lords to take the game and put Vile on the board! 1-2!

Gama puts up Croly (P) and takes down State in a close PvP and Vile is again in a 1-3 hole. It will be up to Illusion (T) now to pull off the win if Vile is going to advance to the next round.

Illusion keeps Vile in it with a clutch win over Croly to narrow the deficit to 2-3.

Illusion goes for a marine/tank/viking/hellion based all-in but cannot pull it off vs the Protoss player from Team Gama Bears and with that loss, Vile is eliminated from the NASTL Qualifiers 2-4 and will now focus on tomorrow's IPL Team League matches.



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Last weekend, Teamliquid.net held another TLOpen, this time focusing on promoting a custom map pool and featuring a $2000 prize pool.  Vile gaming launched forward, keen to prove themselves once more on the global stage.

Ryan 'vileState' Visbeck, managed to not only hold up the Vile torch, but was also the last foreigner in the entire tournament.  Fighting his way through a couple of team kills as well as slaying a Korean or two, State ended up in the Ro8 pit against the eventual runner-up, MVPGuineaPig.  I managed to sit down with State after his run through the tournament and we discussed his performance throughout the year as well as custom maps and of course, the TL Open.

After the interview you'll find the full results of vileState as well as all the other Vile members that took part.

vileState Interview
Wunder: Hi vileState, how are you today?
vileState: I'm doing okay!

Wunder: Great, let's talk about the recent TLAF Map Contest TL Open just last week.  Could you take us through your run?
State: Sure thing. For the first few rounds, I didn't meet anyone particularly notable. After that, I won over vileSyNc, vileChAnCe, oGsJookTo, and ZeNexSikari before losing to MVPGuineaPig 2-0.



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Vile Gaming is very proud to announce the newest addition to the Team Vile Roster – SungYong “vileYong” Hong.
Formerly from the progaming team ZeNEX, Yong will now be representing Vile Gaming.
With much experience under his belt, and a very solid style, we believe that he is a perfect fit into the Vile Gaming Family.

Andrew "Atticus" Lemenager, General Manager of Vile Gaming, had this to say about Yong:

We are all very excited to be adding Yong to our SC2 roster. Vile Gaming and its players have been showing incredible results in recent months, culminating with three players in the championship bracket at MLG Providence. With this addition, I’m confident that we will keep this momentum into the next season. Today we gain both a great practice partner and a wonderful personality, and I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do at a North American event.

Vile Gaming got a quick interview with Yong upon joining the team
Thank you to Jaewon "Bunker" Park for the translations.

Hello there Yong, nice to have you sit down with us.  Please introduce yourself for those who don't know you.
Hi My Name is SungYong Hong, I am 24 years old and I play Protoss.  My fans know me as ZeNEXYong but now I am going to be vileYong!

When did you start playing Starcraft 2 and coming into it, did you always want to be a progamer?
Hmm.. for starcraft2, i started playing right after finishing the army and when I wasn't going to school yet. I was able to play StarCraft 2 when open beta started in korea.  When i was younger, I always had hopes and dreams of becoming a starcraft player but as of right now, i'm not so sure.  There is so much practice and dedication involved


Interesting, So what made you interested in playing Starcraft 2?
After the army, I was looking for something to do.  Fighting and Space always interested me, and Starcraft 2, was that for me.  I thought it looked very fun and it would be very easy to be good at.  Once I started playing I saw it as the complete opposite and very challenging

What made you say that? Prior to SC2, did you have a background at RTS Games?
Somewhat.. before Starcraft 2, I would play a lot of Sudden Attack (fps game), Warcraft 3, and Starcraft 1.  Not competitively though, just as a hobby.  So I guess yes, but at the same time no.

So, Playing Starcraft 2 for a little over a year now, What would you say your biggest achievements thus far?
For me, I think a great accomplishment for me would be playing in the GSL Season 1 and making it up to the round of 64.  Aside for that, I did win a TL Open 2nd place, and then winning 1st place on the TL Open after that one.

So, after being a part of the progaming team ZeNEX and being with them for a long time, What have you learned and experienced being a progamer?
I learned alot.  I learned how to mass practice like progamers do and that it takes alot of discipline and hard work.  I am very thankful to have gone through that because It has improved my game so much from since I started playing.

How do you feel as a player coming from a proteam like ZeNEX and transitioning into a foreign team like Vile?
I am very very excited, at first nervous because I thought that the language barrier would be a big issue, and have difficulties feeling comfortable, but with team mates like vileDdoRo who helps me, and the team using easy to understand words, I feel at home.

That’s great to hear. So what made you decide to sign with Vile and what do you like most about them?
I became very familiar with Vile when I first came to North America Server and met DdoRo.  We became very close friends and I would always run into a Vile Member in ladder and they were all very skilled.  Naturally I became friends with everyone in the team.  I liked how they were all very nice people and at the same time very skilled and practice hard.  I enjoy my time with them so I decided to be teammates with them.

Awesome! So now that you’ve joined Vile, what would your fans be looking forward to?
The fans can expect great performances from me, whether it be tournaments or any type of competition.  Fans can also see me practice while I stream and I hope that my fans will support me.

Very good, So as we close this off, Do you have any last shoutouts, and words for your fans.  In English please :D
^^ Thank you all my fans, I love you all very much.  Thank you very much Team Vile and all players, together, Vile Fighting! All my fans, please Cheer me~

To those who wants to follow vileYong, you can follow him at:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/vileYong
Stream: http://twitch.tv/proddongs

You can follow the rest of Team Vile and Vile Gaming in General at:
http://facebook.com/VileGaming
http://twitter.com/VileGaming

And now released, Our newly designed website strictly for the Team and its fans.
http://teamvile.net

For Vile Gaming in General
http://vilegaming.com