We take a look back on the major winning teams and players at Multiplay Insomnia 57 last weekend.
Hearthstone: Ness
Meet the #Insomnia57 @PlayHearthstone Truesilver Champion @TPG_Ness! pic.twitter.com/m8WMv1NUBs
— Insomnia Events (@MultiplayEvents) March 28, 2016
British player Joe “Ness” Z-F lifted the Truesilver Championship trophy, taking home $10,000 in winnings at i57’s flagship eSports tournament.
Ness defeated US player Dog 3-2 in the final as warlock Gul’Dan.
League of Legends: Renegades Banditos
The Banditos picked up a 3-2 win over ESL UK Premiership rivals ManaLight in a close-fought match.
Banditos won the winners bracket to give them a 1-0 headstart over ManaLight, who gave it their all with some superb plays by ADC Smiley and the entire team.
But ManaLight prevailed in the end to take home £2,500.
You can check out our full match report here.
CSGO: Rasta.Infused
Well done @RastaGaming! Meet #Insomnia57 @MultiplayEsport CS:GO series First Place Champs! pic.twitter.com/DUXCYGkJPg
— Insomnia Events (@MultiplayEvents) March 28, 2016
Rasta.Infused won £2,500 after beating Team Pride 2-1 in the CSGO grand final.
The three games ended 16-5, 14-16 and 16-12 to Rasta.Infused.
Robiin put in a particularly impressive performance.
Read more in UKCSGO’s i57 report.
Rocket League: Sector One
Belgian side Sector One (left) beat UK’s TCA eSports (right) in a thrilling 4-3 final.
After going three games each, the seventh game was 1-1, and in overtime Sector One grabbed a late goal to secure first place.
Sector One won £1,500 while TCA picked up £750.
Read more about the Rocket League final and view video interviews with both teams here.
Street Fighter V: ProblemX
UK Street Fighter pro Benjamin “ProblemX” Simon picked up another win at i-series.
The fighting game pro beat Big Fool in the final to take home £700. There’s a video of the final here.
Just won streetfighter at Insomnia 57 , close match with big fool but Lord Bison prevails . PxP in da building ???????????? pic.twitter.com/ZAGOxa90w8
— Benjamin (@MrProblemX) March 27, 2016
ProblemX has won VSF, IVGC, EGX, DreamHack London and more since taking part in his first tournament more than five years ago.
Check out our interview with ProblemX about his own eSports brand here.
Halo: Epsilon Esports
Photo of our i57 winning Halo team. Credit to @MLK_Photo7000 @BUK57 @BUK20 @Snipedrone @Epsilon_Jimbo #EpsiHalo pic.twitter.com/qi2HTpc8S6
— Epsilon eSports (@Epsilon_eSports) March 28, 2016
Epsilon beat Movement 4-0 in the final to go undefeated during the whole of i57.
Will ‘BUK57′ Buck said: “Insomnia, although being quite a small UK focused event, was still important to us, so we came out with 100% effort and a goal for a perfect tournament.
“We managed to pull this off and to not drop a map in an entire tournament, the first team to do so in around 5+ years in European Halo! Thanks to Epsilon and all the sponsors for their support and we were glad to bring home another gold for the team.”
Dota 2: CeX
CeX was the winner of the Dota tournament, with Xenex coming in second place, following their second place finish at i56.
CeX earned their spot through the qualifier earlier this year that gave them free tickets to the event. CeX had a slight upset in the group stages, placing lower than Zero Gamesense, however they maintained their spot in the upper bracket, pushing Xenex down into the lower bracket in a 2-1 victory.
They faced them again in the grand finals where they went 2-1 again, however the one victory advantage meant they won 3-1.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
