Clarity Gaming Bi-weekly Wrapup May 22!

The past two weeks for Clarity Gaming has been some of the biggest yet as we have had some major updates and changes to our team and we now have a lot more ways for all of you to get involved!

Here we are with our most recent update: The Clarity Gaming Bi-Weekly Writeup for May 8th to May 21st, where we’ll give you a bit of information that you might have missed and possibly some hints at what we’ll be doing in the near future!



Last update we talked about our Academy showdown, with compLexity’s academy going up against our recently-formed Clarity Academy. On the 8th, we had our 9 game series against the compLexity Academy.

The match started off with Clarity’s Bails taking four consecutive games off of Poo, AGIANTSMURF, FireZerg, and SnixSnipe. There was only one game needed to finish the series off 5-0 for Clarity, but compLexity had an ace up their sleeve in the name of Kiom, taking four games from Bails, ILoveMKP, Bones, and Intense, evening up the series 4-4. With one game left we left the fate of our Academy in the hands of one Badcop. He stopped Kiom’s winning streak and secured the series for our Academy!

Great job by compLexity nonetheless, the games were all exciting and could have gone either way. It seems like the VODs have been lost in the void of Twitch, but hey, maybe that will mean we need another showmatch in the future!



As Clarity has always been dedicated to the fostering of new talent, helping out those who are overlooked, and helping the industry grow in a sustainable fashion; our community team was recently opened. It is our goal to build upon the foundation outlined here, and one day offer the type of support and team structure that only so few get right now at the top of the professional gaming industry. This foundation is the first step and eventually we hope to expand our staff to the point that we can offer structured events to players are every skill range and interest level within the community team.

See the full announcement here!



The tenants of the CGTF have changed in the last couple of weeks, with one new addition in the form of a non-Clarity member! With the arrival of Kevin “coL.qxc” Riley, this marks the first, but certainly not last, indication of having a competitive team house in North America. With the addition of qxc, the current lineup of the Clarity house consists of:

qxc
Shuttle
Killer
Shew
mOOnGLaDe*

With WCS America going on in the wonderful New York City, we’ve had a short-term addition of Nv's mOOnGLaDe. He is currently in the Round of 8 for WCS NA, and it's a pleasure to have him staying with us for the week leading up to the WCS America Season 1 Finals! We will be having another long term tenant in the near future, some might say the CGTF will be a “success” after this player moves in...



We really enjoy players with personalities, and what better personality to have than one that knows and cares about his fans? Welcome Jeon “ cDragon” YongSoo to our family right here , we’re glad to have him! He might be a masterful troll when he’s streaming, but later this month he will be heading to the CGTF for some rigorous training, joining the players above improving everyday!

To all Dragon fans: this doesn’t mean he will stop streaming, so be sure to tune into him at to catch his stream!



After our previous bi-weekly, we had three members of the Clarity family in WCS, with KiLLeR and Shuttle getting knocked out of their respective Premier groups in WCS America and WCS Europe, falling to both of the AM and EU Challenger Leagues. In the round of 40, they were joined by Bails coming off of a fantastic run through the Challenger League Qualifier.

Killer
Falling out of his Premier group vs. EG’s aLive, he was put up against Chinese player Top. He won the first game but unfortunately could not take the series. He will be competing in the Challenger League group stage which will act as Up and Down Matches in the North American region.
VODs

Bails
Bails went up against LG-IM’s Fenix in his first appearance in WCS proper. After losing the first game, he took the second game, continuing the trend of Clarity 1-1 series. The third game did not turn up in his favor though, getting eliminated 1-2 and getting sent to the Challenger League group stage along with Killer.
VODs

Shuttle
Meanwhile in Europe, Shuttle is still alive in the the World Championship Series. Shuttle performed very well despite having internet issues in the Clarity House. He managed to beat Uzer in his first round match 2-0, and also defeated BeastyQT in a 2-1 series. His final match in the Challenger League was against PotM SaSe. He took him out quite handily in a 2-0 series, bringing him back into the Premier League! We will be seeing more out of Shuttle next season, cheer him on as one of the Koreans in one of the most competitive regions in the world!
VODs:
vs Uzer
vs BeastyQT
vs SaSe



Washington state is home to some of the strongest StarCraft II players in North America, including players like mYi’s KawaiiRice and Tilea, ROOT’s Caliber, among others. Clarity had a steep hill to climb in this tournament, coming in with Sterling, Saikou, and Mystery. You can see the full writeup here. Congrats to Tilea, we’ll be coming after the gold next month!



URTL
Clarity Gaming is currently tearing it up in the Under Rated Team League, with a 5-0 record overall! The past match was a fantastic 4-0 sweep over Impulse Gaming! The team will be playing against StarCraft2Strat and Soviet Gaming in the upcoming weeks, be sure to cheer us on!



PotM
Clarity Gaming’s Player of the Month for May is coming up soon. Details on January through April may be found below. Stay tuned for May’s iteration to be published early June!

January PotM: Mill.Goswser
February PotM: Quantic.Hyun
March PotM: Liquid`Ret
April PotM: Fnatic.SaSe

Community Highlight
Clarity Gaming loves its local communities, but some don’t seem to get enough notice by the bigger community. Next week we will be featuring the New England area, with a focus on the New England SC2 League and how to get involved!

Showmatch
This upcoming week will have a showcase of the Clarity Gaming Academy going up against Copenhagen Wolves Academy, including Bunny, one of WCS EU’s Premier League players of this past season. Can Clarity take down some of Denmark’s best? Be sure to look for details un a few days!

A few more announcements of announcements
We have more in the pipes at the moment, just believe and it will come in due time! Be sure to reply with anything you would like to see and anything we might have missed! Our next bi-weekly will be in June, so get ready for some hot news coming from Clarity!