LGD Gaming

LGD Gaming is a professional esports organization based in China, with teams competing in Dota 2 and League of Legends. The team is named after the team's main sponsor, Guizhou Laogandie Food. LGD's Dota team has reached The International for the last three years.

History

Dota 2

Early years

LGD Gaming was founded in 2009 by sponsoring a Defense of the Ancients team named For The Dream. For the Dream got the champion of Intel Extreme Masters Season IV Global Challenge Chengdu. The team was hit hard in 2011, when 4 of the team's members left for Invictus Gaming, leaving only captain Gong "ZSMJ" Jian. ZSMJ managed to rebuild the team by recruiting Zhang "xiao8" Ning, Yao "Yao" Zhengzheng, Xie "DD" Bin, and Liang "DDC" Faming. With ZSMJ's retirement a few months later, Liu "Sylar" Jiajun was chosen to take his place.

The International 2012

With their lineup set, LGD received an invite to The International 2012. The team dominated the group stages, finishing 14-0 and topping their group. They continued this undefeated streak into the playoffs, defeating Orange eSports and Team Zenith 2-0 to earn a spot in the winner's finals. Against Natus Vincere, LGD suffered their first loss and were sent to the lower bracket with a 2-1 loss. Facing Invictus Gaming in the loser's finals, LGD could not make it to the grand finals, losing again 2-1 for a 3rd-place finish and $150,000 in prize money.

BattleBlock Theater

BattleBlock Theater is a comedy platform game developed by The Behemoth and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360, Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is the third title from The Behemoth following Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade on April 3, 2013, and later temporarily made free via Games with Gold on July 16, 2014.

Story

Almost all of the game's cut-scenes are done in a stick puppet style. The game begins with the narrator (voiced by Will Stamper) telling the adventures of the hundreds of friends aboard the S.S. Friendship, as well as Hatty Hattington, who is known as "best friend to one and all". After encountering a heavy storm, the S.S. Friendship becomes shipwrecked on a mysterious, seemingly abandoned island, and the crew itself vanishes. Upon waking up from the wreck, the player character seeks shelter from the storm in a dilapidated theater.

Upon coming to, it is revealed that the entire crew of the S.S. Friendship is being held prisoner by cats, with Hatty as their apparent new leader. The player is then released from their cell and forced into deadly games by the feline wardens. The cats, who force their prisoners into deadly theater performances, watch with amusement as the player fights for their survival. As the player completes challenges, they find gems which are spent on unlocking fellow crew members to play as in these theater performances. Appearing to be possessed by the hat's unknown powers, Hatty begins working for the cats and against the player.

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Game

A game is structured form of play, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or games) or art (such as jigsaw puzzles or games involving an artistic layout such as Mahjong, solitaire, or some video games).

Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. Games generally involve mental or physical stimulation, and often both. Many games help develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulational, or psychological role.

Attested as early as 2600 BC, games are a universal part of human experience and present in all cultures. The Royal Game of Ur, Senet, and Mancala are some of the oldest known games.

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