LGD to expand to CS:GO

30-12-2015 18:27

LGD Gaming have announced that they will make a foray into competitive Counter-Strike soon.

LGD are one of the most successful esports organisations hailing from China, boasting a League of Legends squad who recently won the LPL Summer Playoffs and attended the World Championship, and a Dota 2 team who finished third at this year's The International.

Looking to capitalise on the recent growth of Counter-Strike in Asia, LGD Gaming have revealed that they are looking to expand to Valve's FPS title, following in the footsteps of two other Chinese heavyweights, EHOME and Vici Gaming, both of whom are also keeping tabs on this scene.

LGD to expand to CS:GO (Photo courtesy of Weibo.com)

It remains unclear when LGD plan on making a move, but the announcement is further evidence of the untapped potential of the Chinese scene. Next month, the country will be represented at the StarSeries finals, in Belarus, by CyberZen, who beat TyLoo at the national qualifiers.

Noice

2015-12-30 18:27

16 replies

its not :(

2015-12-30 18:29

15 replies

The more diversity, the better.

2015-12-30 18:30

14 replies

asian guys are so big nerds.. They r not that cool as eu/na guys r (Maikel, n0thing, f0rest,......)

2015-12-30 18:32

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Retard Boohoo i dont like the scene expanding to asia because they look nerdy

2015-12-30 18:37

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Didnt said they look nerdy the behave like true nerds.

2015-12-30 18:38

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Retard Boohoo i dont like the scene expanding to asia because they behave nerdy

2015-12-30 20:50

We're all Nerds you fucking idiot lol

2015-12-30 20:51

they're just as nerdy/not nerdy as other regions you idiot. You just don't speak the same language as them so you don't know how "cool/uncool" they are. Also xeqtr and method were racially Asian too, and far from your idea of a "nerd". You listed n0thing as cool, which I agree he is. But imagine if you didn't understand English and you heard his squeaky little voice and saw his face. Of course you'd think he was a nerd. And like the other guy said, even if he was, who gives a fuck, this is professional gaming LOL.

2015-12-30 21:12

lol

2015-12-30 22:10

Fuck off normie.

2015-12-31 17:33

i wana watch these best, don't care about their personalities.

2015-12-30 18:37

2015-12-30 18:38

If you're not trolling... you need help.

2015-12-30 19:48

2 replies

2015-12-30 19:48

HAHAHAHA +1

2015-12-30 20:25

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2015-12-30 18:28

expected

2015-12-30 18:28

1 reply

2015-12-30 20:45

awesome news

2015-12-30 18:28

nice

2015-12-30 18:28

great to xiao8

2015-12-30 18:28

forest

2015-12-30 18:28

Here it comes. #PRAYFOREUCSSCENE

2015-12-30 18:28

You thought this was the news of f0rest staying in nip You have been fooled

2015-12-30 18:28

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no..just no.

2015-12-30 18:55

Where NiP? wtf

2015-12-30 18:29

f0rest joins nip

2015-12-30 18:29

ex-tsm=lgd expected edit: I didnt read the new, so, no, they are looking for a tier 50 Asian team

2015-12-30 18:30

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tier 50? well see in a year, youll be surprised when theyll win a major

2015-12-30 19:35

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just my thought, if CS get's big in asia every major in a year from now will be Asian VS Asian in final...

2015-12-30 19:37

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I'm looking forward to it but ummmmmmm....in two years from now at least imo

2015-12-31 02:07

Calm down on the drugs m8.

2015-12-31 10:51

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bwut thwey awfde soooOOOo g2ud

2015-12-31 17:24

2016 Year of CSGO

2015-12-30 18:29

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When volvo accept to pay more than 250K for major will be the CS:GO year

2015-12-30 18:31

Expected

2015-12-30 18:29

LGB? Kappa

2015-12-30 18:29

Asian csgo 4Head i aren't think that

2015-12-30 18:30

krimz + olofm back to lgb?????

2015-12-30 18:30

GLOBAL CSGO I LOVE IT

2015-12-30 18:30

by the end of 2017, an Asian team will win a major international tournament #csgo2asia #ripthewest

2015-12-30 18:32

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Asians are the kings of MOBAs and RTS games, but FPS games belongs to the nords.

2015-12-31 03:25

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swedes**

2015-12-31 07:27

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francs**

2015-12-31 08:43

It was a parody of a Skyrim quote.

2015-12-31 17:27

Teams from dota2 are investing in CS:GO. Interesting.

2015-12-30 18:33

EU>SA>ASIA>NA>AFRICA>UK

2015-12-30 18:35

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LOL

2015-12-30 18:52

Where's Australia (Renegades/Immunity)?

2015-12-30 19:56

2 replies

Getting owned by EZSKINS :DDD

2015-12-30 22:13

Eu>sa>Asia>na>africa>UK>aus Lost to ezskins

2015-12-30 22:48

3 china big orgs now right ?

2015-12-30 18:35

asia rash csgo dont stop?

2015-12-30 18:39

!!!

2015-12-30 18:39

Who?

2015-12-30 18:39

ex-tsm to lgd?!?!?!?! HOLY MOLY

2015-12-30 18:39

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They certainly did have an international dota team so I dont see why not. :b

2015-12-30 18:46

weeaboo . com Keppo

2015-12-30 18:40

rip west

2015-12-30 18:41

Nice, CSGO scene getting bigger, thanks Asia)

2015-12-30 18:43

ching chong ping a ling

2015-12-30 18:43

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youtube.com/watch?v=Q66qrw9gKsk

2015-12-30 19:05

china is coming

2015-12-30 18:50

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china in cumming

2015-12-30 18:58

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nomnom

2015-12-31 00:54

Shout out to ma hmoies in the comment section who resisted being so insecure.

2015-12-30 19:05

#csgo2asia lets goooO!!!

2015-12-30 19:05

rofl they are so bad in LoL xD

2015-12-30 19:05

this is not good for EU/NA/SA if asia come to cs. THey will dominate

2015-12-30 19:06

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sure just like in cs 1.6, oh wait...

2015-12-30 19:17

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CS 1.6 and especially not GO were/are barely played in PC cafes at all, like the other esports are. Once they get that culture going, it will be a different story. That's the primary reason Korea dominated SC and now League and in China Dota. Korea had literally no scene for 1.6 and still had two top tier teams at different times. China had a slightly bigger scene but still small, and had probably the best team in the world for a year.

2015-12-30 21:21

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except china don't dominate dota

2015-12-30 21:28

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according to esports earnings by country, China's made 22 million USD vs. the next highest of 6 million, which was the US, and only due to The International 2015. Sounds like dominance to me.

2015-12-30 21:36

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how about you actually look at the results in the last year instead of looking at total prize money which isnt indicative of anything?

2015-12-31 08:27

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it does matter... It shows which country has had the most dominance throughout a game's history. Where did I say that "dominating" meant having the top team in the world at the moment, or having won a lot of tournaments recently? Similar to how you could say Sweden dominated 1.6 and CSGO. They didn't always have the BEST team or the BEST player, but they always had the most teams and players in the top 5-10 with the most consistent tournament placements and earnings.

2015-12-31 08:47

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your implication is that their culture is what helps them dominate the scene, as far as i'm aware nothing has changed in their culture and they're not dominating the scene anymore. How do you explain that? And again, China never dominated the scene. They won the most prize money but that's because they always had successful runs at ti's. You also have to take into consideration the fact that western teams usually have international rosters so it's disingenuous to look at each country specifically when teams are made up of several players from different countries. And if you look at the stats the vast majority of chinese players made all of that money from one tournament. Doing well in one tournament isn't exactly dominating the scene is it?

2015-12-31 10:43

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I just think you have a different definition of "dominance" than I used it. Historically China has been clearly the dominant power in Dota, similar to Sweden being clearly the dominant power in CS. I don't disagree with your points about prize money not being the ultimate indicator, but it really is one of the best indicators, as there is no ultimate indicator. I could just as easily argue (but I won't) that overall tournament results aren't a good indicator because some are lower stakes and don't have all the best teams all the time. Prize money generally shows who won at the highest stakes events, similar to how international LAN wins are much more impressive than an online wins. I think you're only thinking dominance in terms of the way Korea has dominated Brood War or League of Legends, which is far beyond any level of dominance seen in any other form of competition I've heard of.

2015-12-31 17:58

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prize money would be a good indicator if it weren't for how the international worked. Money won from international literally makes up 99% of most of the chinese players winnings. Korea's dominance over league and starcraft is exactly how you should describe dominance IMO.

2015-12-31 18:29

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Why should Korea's BW/LoL dominance, which is completely one of a kind in any form of competition I've seen, be the standard for the word "dominance"? I'll just agree to disagree.

2015-12-31 18:49

Actually, right now Chinese doto is rip.

2015-12-31 08:46

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Nowhere did I disagree with the general sentiment that they're not currently the best and others have surpassed recently. Not my point whatsoever though.

2015-12-31 09:01

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It just goes to show that Asians starting to play a game does not make them unbeatable. If the west can start dominating a game where the Easterners have dominated for years. Then, they certainly can continue dominating a game they have been dominating for years. And I hope that the rise of the Asia scene will teach NA to start working more on becoming a better region.

2015-12-31 09:31

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no one said Asians were unbeatable either. And I'd say let's wait a few years before we call anyone "dominant" in a game (give Western countries a couple more years in Dota). Dominance to me is a very long-term idea, not 6 months, not 1 year, but at least about 2-3 years. It has to be an "era of dominance" if you will.

2015-12-31 17:57

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Hasn't EU been dominating this game for over 15 years?

2015-12-31 18:15

If they put a lot of money and effort they can come up with two, maybe three top teams in the top 10 (split between China and South Korea, like it was in i 1.6 with wNv, Lunatic-Hai, project_kr, Hacker, TyLoo, etc). But 'dominate'? No, no chances ma frend.

2015-12-30 19:54

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in .6 we dont have any scene just 10 teams. Dont talk if u dont know nothing from asia pls

2015-12-30 20:06

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Asia? Sorry, I was talking about the only two good countries on CS (China and South Korea).

2015-12-30 20:08

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and again u talk withou any knowledge. go to steal some wallets

2015-12-30 20:24

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I have all the knowledge, I followed most of the 1.5 scene, every single month of the 1.6 scene and all the GO scene by now.

2015-12-30 20:29

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you followed international scene. No OUR SCENE STOP PLS u dont know nothing from asia

2015-12-30 20:52

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for me japan never had a esports scene. what exactly are yo guys doing?!

2015-12-31 10:44

sorry, I don't like the other guy responding to you either, but you're wrong. in 1.6, there was literally no scene in Korea, and a very small one in China, yet they both had great results. See my above post.

2015-12-30 21:37

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finaly someone who knows

2015-12-31 11:04

I didn't said they had a 'scene'. I said, if they put money and effort, they can make some top teams again. Having top teams doesn't mean 'having a scene', I never said that.

2015-12-31 17:14

Not sure about that. The Chinese are either hacking or pretty shit in cs. I honestly thought Japan/Korea would be asia's hope but we'll see about that

2015-12-31 02:45

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can you just fk off your dirty mouth？！ you say we are hackers because you are totally noob. i dont care about the whole around world but in asia can you tell me which japanese or korean csgo team can win our chinese team like cyberzen or tyloo？ if you cant , just close your mouth and get out

2016-01-06 13:48

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okay shabi

2016-01-06 14:09

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suck my Dk

2016-01-07 17:34

nice :)

2015-12-30 19:09

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not nice eu get now rekkt by chinese nerds who play 25/8

2015-12-30 21:02

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ahaha true xD

2015-12-31 06:50

RIP NA

2015-12-30 19:15

great news! its a really rich org.

2015-12-30 19:26

One of the biggest dota 2 names

2015-12-30 19:42

Ok ggwp CS:GO is dead asian to take over again goodbye CS you'll be missed

2015-12-30 19:51

It's about time to see China and South Korea with top teams again!! Brazil and Australia are already there, only asians are missing.

2015-12-30 19:52

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The OCE scene is surelly there, but the only thing for 2016 in SA is ESEA and... If you follow it, you know it's not looking that good. I hope if anything goes to Asia, it also comes to SA, our teams literally did something because of the community and FalleN, not even big orgs helping too much.

2015-12-31 03:45

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I was talking about top teams only, not the whole national CS scene.

2015-12-31 17:22

NA, if someday somehow you can beat EU, you can't be proud anymore, because ASIA will rule the scene #csgo2asia

2015-12-30 19:54

This is great news to CS scene. The bigger the better.

2015-12-30 20:14

Nice for the growth of the scene!

2015-12-30 20:41

Cheesy Chinese Event intros incoming. Jokes apart, this is some great news.

2015-12-30 21:58

Come on Volvo, it's time to The International for CS:GO!

2015-12-31 00:30

Xing Ling's will dominate the scene, go expecting.

2015-12-31 00:57

noice, lgd vs vg major final in 4 years

2015-12-31 01:20

nice knowing you eu

2015-12-31 02:18

ez for Marin

2015-12-31 02:52

LGD, EHOME, ViCi, is this even csgo ?

2015-12-31 03:14

Chinese players are shit, but with $$$ as an incentive they will definitely practice like crazy. Super excited to see how far the Asian scene can reach.

2015-12-31 03:16

it's happening . finally we go big scene including China. just like 1.6 tiiiiiiiiiiiimes

2015-12-31 06:27

In before coL.fRoD[A] has to face the real fRoD in a major.

2015-12-31 07:29

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The real fROD will never reach a major.. but the fake one.. Kappa

2015-12-31 08:55

wNv is the next to come. so the rumour goes

2015-12-31 10:54

every big organization now expanding to CS:GO in hope of having a good cs team when the price money goes up

2015-12-31 16:08

I don't think Chineses teams have so many chances. Cauz there are no official severs in China, and people don't like paying money for buying games, even there are many rich people bought a lot of expensive skins. They prefer to play free MOBA games, such as DOTA2 or LoL. The situation in China now, there is a game which called Cross Fire, it is dominating the Chinese FPS games even it is a stupid game. I'm a Chinese, and I just want to say they have to spend at least 2 years on practicing and learning, then we will see the results.

2015-12-31 17:32