The Battle of Four: Team introduction

Computer sports federation of Moscow and Moscow youth multifunctional center are glad to announce eight players that will fight on 30th of June for a victory in showmatch "The Battle of Four". These [layers represent four teams: RoX.KIS, Team Empire, Virtus.Pro и Na'Vi.

Team Empire:

Team Empire was established in 2004 and at this moment is one of the best teams in Dota 2, Starcraft 2 and other disciplines. Organization has one of the strongest Starcraft II squads, members of which are permanent participants of world and Europe championships. Team has prizewinners of WCG.

Dmitriy "Happy" Kostin

Started his cybersport career from Warcraft III. Dmitriy managed to reach the top level of gaming skill in this discipline. After decision to start playing Starcraft II, showed himself as a straight-out terran player, fighting to the end, no matter how badly the game started. Using this strategy managed to comeback in a big amount of principle matches.

A lot of people name him as one of the strongest CIS players at this moment. He is multiple champion of StarCraft II Regular Cup on resp.su. Winner of WCG Russia 2011 and 2012. Participated and won prize places at different international tournaments.

Vladimir "Siw" Syzranow

A new starlet of russian cybersport. Playing for protoss, Vladimir won Ritmix OGIC 3: StarCraft 2 HotS. Siw is a toughie to play against, even for a top-ranked enemy.

Команда RoX.KIS:

RoX.KIS regularly takes part in biggest russian and international events since 2007. Shown itself as one of the most stable CIS team. Multiple winner of russian WCG qualifiers and some amount of international tournaments.  

Andrey "LiveZerg" Guldiashov

One of best russian zergs. Had participated in international championships and shown spectecular level of gaming. Reached quarterfinals of Electronic Sports World Cup 2011. Has a huge list of wins at online tournaments, such as Go4SC2, ZOTAC, Competo Cup and etc.

Oleg "TitaN" Kupcov

Ex-professional Warcraft III player, Oleg plays for protoss at top-level even comparing to best korean gamers.

Not even full list of his achievements: World Cyber Games 2011 (4th place), DreamHack Winter 2011, ZOTAC Cup Monthly Final May 2012 (1st place), RaidCall StarCraft2 Invitational 2012 (1st place), 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Russia Nationals (1st place).

Virtus.Pro

Virtus.Pro - one of the oldest CIS teams, initiator of many trends in russian cybersport. One of the most authoritative and respected teams of our community.

Artyom "sLivko" Garavcov

A big name for all zergs. one of those, who makes our community competitive comparing to the rest of the world. Took 3-4 place at IEM Season VII — Singapore, EPS Berlin Open (2nd place), 3rd place at 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Russia Nationals. Takes part in StarCraft II Regular Cup on resp.su, where succesfully compete with  Dmitriy “Нарру“ Kostin.

Artyom "Verdi" Avramenko

Как и многие киберспортсмены в жанре RTS, начал свою карьеру в дисциплине WarCraft 3. Переключился на профессиональный StarCraft II через достаточно долгое время после выхода игры. Играя за протоссов, достиг потрясающих результатов, и стал неудобным соперником для любого старкрафтера. Участвовал во многих крупных международных турнирах, где одерживал громкие победы практически над всеми лучшими игроками. Представлял Россию на IeSF 2012 World Championship, занял третье место.

Команда Na'Vi

Na'Vi – команда с многолетним опытом выступления на соревнованиях различного уровня. Обладает единственным в России подразделением Starcraft 2, игроки которого имеют возможность регулярно тренироваться с южнокорейскими профессионалами.

Евгений “Strelok” Опарышев

По признанию многих, один из самых опасных не корейских терранов. Крайне успешно играл на международных турнирах в StarCraft: Brood War, после выхода StarCraft 2 перешел на новую дисциплину, в которой достиг не менее значимых успехов. Член сборной Украины и один из главных претендентов на победу на предстоящем соревновании.

Антон "Lowely" Плебанович

Белорусская надежда, зерг, демонстрирует интересную и креативную игру, может выиграть у любого противника. Участвует во множестве еженедельных онлайн-соревнованиях, где показывает стабильно высокие результаты. Ни разу не проиграл на World Championship Series 2012 в смешанной европейской квалификации. Занял четвертые места в финале WCS 2012 и на гранд-финале WCG 2012.