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Alessandro "stermy" Avallone has won the ESL GameOn Italy Finals and has now placed for the European Finals.
In the Italian Finals, he has managed to win every single match without dropping one map. His first two games started off with default wins, but after that the action kicked off. Alessandro managed to beat spartano in the upperbracket final without any problems, and then did the same in the grand final. You can find the bracket and results right here.
Now he has qualified for the European Finals. Here he will meet some of the best players, who are all looking to represent their country in the best possible manner. There will be two groups of five players. Of each group the top two will go into the playoffs, which are single elimination, with a best-of-five map system.
Stermy is placed in Group A, alongside fox (Sweden), Av3k (Poland), GaRpY (United Kingdom) and dunpeal (Turkey).
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
In the Italian Finals, he has managed to win every single match without dropping one map. His first two games started off with default wins, but after that the action kicked off. Alessandro managed to beat spartano in the upperbracket final without any problems, and then did the same in the grand final. You can find the bracket and results right here.
Now he has qualified for the European Finals. Here he will meet some of the best players, who are all looking to represent their country in the best possible manner. There will be two groups of five players. Of each group the top two will go into the playoffs, which are single elimination, with a best-of-five map system.
Stermy is placed in Group A, alongside fox (Sweden), Av3k (Poland), GaRpY (United Kingdom) and dunpeal (Turkey).
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
After a tough qualification stage, the ESL Extreme Masters World Finals are coming closer and closer. The event, held from the 2nd till 6th of March at CeBIT, holds the best four of the best American, six of the best European and the two best Asian players. These players will be spread into two groups of six.
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone has been placed in group A, alongside players such as Cooller, Av3k and rapha.
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone has been placed in group A, alongside players such as Cooller, Av3k and rapha.
| Group A | Group B |
| rapha | DaHanG |
| chance | Vo0 |
| Av3k | Cypher |
| Cooller | strenx |
| stermy | fox |
| Asian Qualifier | Asian Qualifier |
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone finds himself in the ESL Extreme Masters Game On National Playoffs! The Game On Cups are being held in ten different regions and with Italy being one of them, Alessandro is one of the hot favourites to make it to the European Finals, where ten of the best European players will be representing their country.
Now the groupstages are over, where stermy has beaten his country mates Rickmage, zip and lechung without dropping a map. He will now face DiMiTrI in his first playoff match, the upperbracket quarter finals. Other notable names in the Italian National Playoffs are cdv, spartano and exp.
For the playoff tree, head over to this page and for the groupstage results go here.
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Now the groupstages are over, where stermy has beaten his country mates Rickmage, zip and lechung without dropping a map. He will now face DiMiTrI in his first playoff match, the upperbracket quarter finals. Other notable names in the Italian National Playoffs are cdv, spartano and exp.
For the playoff tree, head over to this page and for the groupstage results go here.
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Missed all the action of the ESL Extreme Masters European Championship Finals? Do not worry, the ESL staff has recorded all matches that took place and have uploaded the VoDs to their website. All Alessandro "stermy" Avallone his matc
hes can be seen on ESL TV, so sit back and enjoy some great Quake with commentating by the always entertaining Joe Miller and James Harding.
Groupstage matches:
vs fox (2-1 win)
vs dem0n (2-0 win)
vs noctis (2-0 win)
Playoffstage matches:
vs strenx (3-0 loss)
vs calipt (3-0 win)
vs fox (3-2 loss)
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Groupstage matches:
vs fox (2-1 win)
vs dem0n (2-0 win)
vs noctis (2-0 win)
Playoffstage matches:
vs strenx (3-0 loss)
vs calipt (3-0 win)
vs fox (3-2 loss)
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
The best of the best attended the ESL Extreme Masters European Championship Finals at Bruhl, Germany last weekend to qualify for a spot in the World Finals. Of course, Alessandro "stermy" Avallone was in attendance as he came first in the online qualifier.
Over the course of the weekend, many exciting matches took place and Alessandro was placed in the toughest group, which meant some amazing matches. He had to face Swedish legend and his former FPO team mate, fox as well as the second-place finisher at the GamesCom tournament, Noctis. The fourth person in his group was Belgian LowLandLions player, dem0n, who was looking to cause upsets.
In the end, stermy won all his matches and had only dropped one map versus fox. This meant he was through to the play-offs and thus he had a top eight place at least, while the top six placed for the World Finals. Alessandro had to face the young and talented strenx and eventually this match was not to be won by stermy and was knocked out of the tournament, only leaving him to fight for a top five spot maximum.
He first had to face calipt and easily won the match with three to zero in maps. Mission accomplished, top six was reached and thus a ticket to the World Finals was secured. He now had to face fox for the match for fifth place. Unfortunately enough, Alessandro was all out of energy and lost the match with two maps to three and placed sixth.
In the end, this sixth place was enough to qualify for the real deal and win 350$ pocket money! See you at CeBIT for the ESL Extreme Masters World Finals from the 2nd till the 6th of March.
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Over the course of the weekend, many exciting matches took place and Alessandro was placed in the toughest group, which meant some amazing matches. He had to face Swedish legend and his former FPO team mate, fox as well as the second-place finisher at the GamesCom tournament, Noctis. The fourth person in his group was Belgian LowLandLions player, dem0n, who was looking to cause upsets.
In the end, stermy won all his matches and had only dropped one map versus fox. This meant he was through to the play-offs and thus he had a top eight place at least, while the top six placed for the World Finals. Alessandro had to face the young and talented strenx and eventually this match was not to be won by stermy and was knocked out of the tournament, only leaving him to fight for a top five spot maximum.
He first had to face calipt and easily won the match with three to zero in maps. Mission accomplished, top six was reached and thus a ticket to the World Finals was secured. He now had to face fox for the match for fifth place. Unfortunately enough, Alessandro was all out of energy and lost the match with two maps to three and placed sixth.
In the end, this sixth place was enough to qualify for the real deal and win 350$ pocket money! See you at CeBIT for the ESL Extreme Masters World Finals from the 2nd till the 6th of March.
//Roald "roy_chez" van Buuren
Hey guys,
Sorry I haven`t been around much lately, I just had a pretty busy month.
I wanted to wish you all a Happy Christmas and Wonderful New Year! See you in 2010!
In the meanwhile, you can grab my latest cfg here: DOWNLOAD LINK
Sorry I haven`t been around much lately, I just had a pretty busy month.
I wanted to wish you all a Happy Christmas and Wonderful New Year! See you in 2010!
In the meanwhile, you can grab my latest cfg here: DOWNLOAD LINK
"Hey guys,
I`m already on the train to Jonkoping, Sweden! I`ve decided to attend this event only this Monday, so it was a last minute thing but it will definately be alot of fun. Can`t wait for the tournament to start and meet the other players.
It`s just a quick update I know, but unfortunately it has been a pretty busy month for me! I hope you understand. Enjoy the tournament!"
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
I`m already on the train to Jonkoping, Sweden! I`ve decided to attend this event only this Monday, so it was a last minute thing but it will definately be alot of fun. Can`t wait for the tournament to start and meet the other players.
It`s just a quick update I know, but unfortunately it has been a pretty busy month for me! I hope you understand. Enjoy the tournament!"
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone
"Parla Stermy, videogiocatore professionista"
Abbiamo intervistato in esclusiva “Stermy”, il più famoso videogiocatore professionista italiano. Uno, insomma, che “gioca per lavoro”. Ma guai a pensare che sia facile: ci vogliono preparazione, volontà, passione e dedizione. Certo che, se ti impegni, magari diventi come lui. E allora, oltre al divertimento, arrivano anche i premi…
You can check the whole interview here !
Abbiamo intervistato in esclusiva “Stermy”, il più famoso videogiocatore professionista italiano. Uno, insomma, che “gioca per lavoro”. Ma guai a pensare che sia facile: ci vogliono preparazione, volontà, passione e dedizione. Certo che, se ti impegni, magari diventi come lui. E allora, oltre al divertimento, arrivano anche i premi…
You can check the whole interview here !
Alessandro
“Stermy” Avallone
invited to the
“Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge”
invited to the
“Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge”
He will be the only Italian gamer to participate in the event that will be held
in Dubai
from 17th
to 20th of
October!
Milan 15/10/09 -
D.C.A. announces that Alessandro “Stermy” Avallone has been the only Italian gamer to be invited to the “Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge”, one of the most important events in the world dedicated to “progamers”.
“Intel
Extreme Masters Global Challenge”, that will be held in Dubai from
17th to 20th of October 2009, is the Event for “progamer ”
par excellence as severe selections in Asia, Europe and America determine
the access to the final battle between the top of the top.
Alessandro will be once more the only player to represent Italy at this competition, that is dedicated only to the “extreme masters”, “la creme de la creme” of gamers, those people who handle the art of gaming as nobody else, and he will challenge the other champions coming from all over the world on QuakeLive.
Hey guys, I`m finally back in Italy and I hope all of you had a great Summer!
I had a great vacation in the United States, but now it`s time to get back to work ;)!
I`ve uploaded for you my newest Quake Live config and also my demos from Quakecon 2009.
STERMY QUAKELIVE CONFIG V3: DOWNLOAD HERE
STERMY QUAKECON 2009 DEMOS: DOWNLOAD HERE
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This past week was filled with non-stop
quake action at the 2009 edition of Quakecon. Alessandro was there
competing in both the CTF tournament as well as the 1v1 duel tournament.
The week was an overall good result placing 5th and 3rd in both competitions.
For CTF Alessandro went with the fnaticMSI squad with, Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira, David 'deus_' Alexander Kinnaird, Magnus 'fojji' Olsson and Pierre-Emeric 'Link1n' PORTIER.
The guys placed 3rd after losing to EG in the semi finals and then defeating Fully Loaded! a team from the USA in the consolation finals to claim themselves $4,000 to share.
Then came the dueling competition where Alessandro placed 5th after a very tough set of matches with the likes of Av3k, Cypher and DaHang.
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For CTF Alessandro went with the fnaticMSI squad with, Sebastian 'Spart1e' Siira, David 'deus_' Alexander Kinnaird, Magnus 'fojji' Olsson and Pierre-Emeric 'Link1n' PORTIER.
The guys placed 3rd after losing to EG in the semi finals and then defeating Fully Loaded! a team from the USA in the consolation finals to claim themselves $4,000 to share.
Then came the dueling competition where Alessandro placed 5th after a very tough set of matches with the likes of Av3k, Cypher and DaHang.
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Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone has been interviewed by Konstantin "swine" Bos over at Fragster.de !
Here`s a small snippet:
" It's been a while since you played a Quake tournament. Could that be any problem in the USA for you?
stermy: If you would have asked me this question last year, let's say after CGS Finals, I would've probably said no. But it's been over a year without LAN competition, a new game and a lot has changed. I don't know how I will respond to that yet, but I think I have enough to experience to handle it well. "
Check out the whole interview HERE
It`s QuakeCon time and we are proud to announce the support of AMD, who will be sponsoring Alessandro "Stermy" Avallone at this year`s biggest Quake event, in Dallas Texas from the 13th to the 16th August.
Below you can find the press release.
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Hello guys,
Just found these High def videos of me playing Quake 4 against Fatal1ty at the World Series of Videogames in London. Enjoy, the quality is great!
Big Thanks to who made them!
Stermy vs Fatal1ty WSVG UK 2006 map1
Stermy vs Fatal1ty WSVG UK 2006 map2
Just found these High def videos of me playing Quake 4 against Fatal1ty at the World Series of Videogames in London. Enjoy, the quality is great!
Big Thanks to who made them!
Stermy vs Fatal1ty WSVG UK 2006 map1
Stermy vs Fatal1ty WSVG UK 2006 map2
MAP 1: QZTOURNEY7
MAP2: QZDM13
MAP 3: QZDM6
The ESL Quake Live Invitational sponsored by Razer show match between Alessandro ‘Stermy’ Avallone and Maciej ‘av3k’ Krzykowski is over.
Alessandro and Maciej were to play a best of 5 as a show match to kick off the ESL Quake Live tournament where competitors will be playing for 1000EU in cash.
“I`m really happy on how I responded under such pressure after not playing in such conditions for a long time. It was a great and fun match and ESL did a great job, really professional.” – Alessandro ‘Stermy’ Avallone
The best of 5 ended with a 3 maps to 0 score in favour of Stermy:
Map1: qztourney7 - Stermy won 17-6
Map2: qzdm13 - Stermy won 4 to -1
Map3: qzdm6 - Stermy won 10-3
You can download all of the demos of the show match HERE
Recorded ESL LIVE Streaming is now available HERE
You will also have access to High Quality VODs and a written blog later today so stay tuned here for that information as well.
We at Stermy.com are happy to Announce Stermy`s newest Addition to the Website: The Stermy Lessons!
If you want to learn from one of the best and get better at your own game, here is your chance to step up and get taught by Alessandro "stermy" Avallone himself!
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Cameron
‘fams’ Carson has recently conducted an interview with Alessandro ‘Stermy’
Avallone for his most recent article; Motivation. As the title suggests the questions asked
were all concerning motivation and morale in regards to E-Sports.
You can see a snippet of the interview below as well as a link to the full
piece itself.
“Playing many different disciplines professionally must create a lot of stress, especially when you have to catch up in terms of the skill gaps, how do you stay motivated to practice and become professional?
“ Switching games, catching up in terms of skill gaps, it`s these that give me so much motivation and will to play and improve my game. It`s the part I love the most. Watching replays, studying other people`s styles, and tricks; it gives me so many things to work on and it helps me stay motivated to play more and more. When I see the results, when I see that I start increasing my skill, step by step improving my game and beating opponents that were so much better than me before, it`s a great feeling. “
After the CGS died was it hard to stay motivated towards E-Sports? Did you want to just give up on it?
“ It was definitely a hard hit, but let`s just say I was ready for such a thing to happen. I have seen it in the past (CPL,WSVG,etc), and I just dealt with it in the same way. It`s a transition time, things will get better in a few months, new games, new tournaments….. “
How would you say having a manager has helped you in terms of morale and motivation?
“ A manager / team manager is always there for you. It helps you get ready for a certain match, gives you motivation and a morale boost before tournaments, in some cases, even remember important key points before a certain match. “
http://www.fnatic.com/articles/565/Motivation.html
“Playing many different disciplines professionally must create a lot of stress, especially when you have to catch up in terms of the skill gaps, how do you stay motivated to practice and become professional?
“ Switching games, catching up in terms of skill gaps, it`s these that give me so much motivation and will to play and improve my game. It`s the part I love the most. Watching replays, studying other people`s styles, and tricks; it gives me so many things to work on and it helps me stay motivated to play more and more. When I see the results, when I see that I start increasing my skill, step by step improving my game and beating opponents that were so much better than me before, it`s a great feeling. “
After the CGS died was it hard to stay motivated towards E-Sports? Did you want to just give up on it?
“ It was definitely a hard hit, but let`s just say I was ready for such a thing to happen. I have seen it in the past (CPL,WSVG,etc), and I just dealt with it in the same way. It`s a transition time, things will get better in a few months, new games, new tournaments….. “
How would you say having a manager has helped you in terms of morale and motivation?
“ A manager / team manager is always there for you. It helps you get ready for a certain match, gives you motivation and a morale boost before tournaments, in some cases, even remember important key points before a certain match. “
http://www.fnatic.com/articles/565/Motivation.html
Yes!
We are finally happy to announce the 3 lucky winners!!!
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone will give a free 1 hour lesson to:
-
Kyle "FXR" Arterton
-
Alessandro "MASTER" Diliberto
-
Martin "dOLe" Ljøstad
* Winners has been chosen randomly
Please send an email to info@stermy.com with the exact day / hour you would like to book your lesson. You will receive further information via email !
Congratulation again to the winners and thanks to all the people who signed up! Be sure to check out stermy.com again in the next couple of days .. ;)
We are finally happy to announce the 3 lucky winners!!!
Alessandro "stermy" Avallone will give a free 1 hour lesson to:
-
Kyle "FXR" Arterton-
Alessandro "MASTER" Diliberto-
Martin "dOLe" Ljøstad* Winners has been chosen randomly
Please send an email to info@stermy.com with the exact day / hour you would like to book your lesson. You will receive further information via email !
Congratulation again to the winners and thanks to all the people who signed up! Be sure to check out stermy.com again in the next couple of days .. ;)