One Shot. One opportunity.

 NA Team Cloud 9's logo 

Its becoming crunch time extremely quickly in this years World Championship Tournament. 3 of the 4 groups have been decided and the Quarter final stage has nearly been set. Group stage Pick'ems across the world have been blown to pieces with upsets a plenty. North America's Cloud 9 has exceeded all expectations taking a 3-0 start to the first week. Their ticket out of the group stage has not been punched as they will face off with their group once more on Sunday October 11th.

Counter Logic Gaming has been another Pick'em buster dropping every game in the second week of this stage including an embarrassing loss to the Brazilian Wildcard team Pain Gaming. Lack of team synergy and a massive mental collapse have caused this number 1 seed to drop all the way to the bottom of their group.

The only group to play out in its most obvious results was group C. Korea's SK Telecom dominated the stage going 6-0 and doing it with ease. Their second place runner up China's Edward Gaming also preformed well winning 4 of their 6 contests.

Now that we have caught up with this weeks group stage action. We here at The Arena E-Sports Lounge would like to take a moment to shift gears and talk about something else that happens in October that is very near and dear to our hearts.

Breast Cancer Research Fund

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and whether or not you already know it every single person who reads this blog will be affected by this disease. Our mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, and wives all stand at great risk to get breast cancer. Believe it or not gentlemen 1 in 1000 of us will be diagnosed with breast cancer in our lifetime. This disease affects 1 in 8 women and with early detection and treatment is curable.

So to help take a stand The Arena E-Sports Lounge has collaborated with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation to present our first Hearthstone Tournament of Champions. 50% of all team entry fees will go directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. We will also be doing a special on our Pink Ward shots. For ever Pink Ward shot sold in October one dollar will go to help fighting this treatable disease. With your help we can make an impact in the lives of thousands of women world wide. So come down with your favorite decks and make a difference October 17th 2015. Registration for the event starts at 10 AM with the first matches starting at noon.

For more information on the amazing work being done by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation check out their website http://www.bcrfcure.org/