Francoska organizacija LDLC je podpisala pogodbo z ekipo Awsomniac.

Po nekaj tednih, ko so bili igralci sedanje ekipe EnVyUS nezadovoljni z njihovo pogodbo ter so jo preklicali, so pri francoski organizaciji že našli nove igralce, ki bodo predstavjali njihovo ime organizacije. Kaj to pomeni za tekmovanja? LDLC se ne bo udeležil nobenega večjega tekmovanja, saj se bo moral na vse uvrstiti preko kvalifikacij.

we are aware that what it can represent. They decided to give us all the cards we need to become the best, so it’s our call now: this is the beginning of a new adventure for both of us, and we are determined and strongly motivated! We also wanted to thank Awsomniac for the support they give us during our stay.” Ducourtioux told team-ldlc.com

Kevin “madc” Ducourtioux
Charbel “BouLy” Naoum
David “HEdm” Thalien
Guillaume “XpG” Veron
Julien “PetitSkel” Marcantoni

VALVE je izdal update v katerem je prišel pick’em challange ter nalepke za Katowice 2015.

• Added the Katowice 2015 Pick’Em Challenge. Visit https://www.counter-strike.net/pickem/kat2015 for details.
• Added Team and Event Stickers for Katowice 2015.
• Added ability to browse and download old Tournament Matches.
• Added ability to browse old Pick’Em Challenges.

• Added flavor text to Operation Vanguard Weapons and fixed other typos.
• Fixed a potential security issue where up to 32 bytes of gameserver memory could be unintentionally disclosed.
• Significantly increased client-side demo recording buffers.
• When attempting to stop recording POV demos in round-based game modes, the demo will stop recording at the nearest end of the round.

Organizacija ESL je objavila razpored skupin za Major turnir Katowice!

Od 12-15 marca bo potekal 1. glavni turnir letos, kjer se bo pomerilo najboljših 16 ekip sveta. To bo prvi turnir v zgodovini CS:GO igre, ki bo imel 250.000$ nagradnega sklada. Med njimi bo 8 ekip, imenovanih “legende”, te so bili povabljeni s strani organizatorjev na podlagi njihovih uspehov na preteklih turnirjih. Ostalih 8 se je na začetku februarjo pomerilo na kvalifikacijah.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Na`Vi	EnVyUs	NiP	Virtus.pro
fnatic	PENTA Sports	HellRaisers	Team SoloMid
Vox Eminor	LGB eSports	CLG	Cloud9
Flipsid3 Tactics	Titan	Keyd Stars(KaBum)	3DMAX

Virtus.pro bo branil domači naslov prvaka iz lanskega leta

Madžarska ekipa Volgare je objavila nekaj sprememb v svojem lineupu.

Ekipa Volgare se je odločila zamenjati člana Alex “alexrad” Seewald ter Patrik “bodito” Boda z dvema veteranoma Alexander “rmL” Kancsev in Arnold “NEY” Kiss.

Uradnja izjava:

“We were in a bad form for a few weeks already, and alexrad, our IGL, couldn’t play at his maximum level because of personal issues, so he said he doesn’t want to play until he is able to do it with max focus.” Viktor “flash” Tamás Bea told HLTV.org.

 

“Also our fifth bodito had some inconsistent time, but we gave him more time to improve as he is only 17 years old and very talented, but in the end we just figured out he needed much more time to improve as much as we need in the future to compete against the best teams.

 

After everything we would like to welcome NEY (Twist) and rmL again in our team, as we managed to talk about every problem we had in the past and we are very motivated and ready to improve. We hope we manage to go Copenhagen Games and prove that we are dangerous and can compete with bigger teams.”

 

Viktor “flash” Tamás Bea
Dániel “FoDa” Fodor
Gábor “gabesson” Málovics
Alexander “rmL” Kancsev
Arnold “NEY” Kiss

Zanimivost: Ekipa Volgare je 3. decembra lani igrala tekmo proti slovenski ekipi EnRo.Griffins na turnirju South East Europe Championship. Tam so bili madžari boljši z 2-0, a vseeno je to kar velik uspeh za slovensko ekipo pod nemško organizacijo.

Organizacije Gfinity bo pripomogla k Masters turnirjem, ki se bodo izvedli letos!

Lani so pri Gfinity najavili 4 tekmovanj, v katerih bodo sodelovali pri nagradnih skladih. Danes so objavili, da bodo prispevali 50.000$ vsakemu Masters turnirju.

Nagradni sklad bo razdeljen med najboljše 4 ekipe, ki se bodo udeležile na turnirjih. Razporejen pa bo tako:

1. $25,000
2. $15,000
3. $7,000
4. $3,000

Za prvi Spring Masters turnir so že znane vse ekipe, odvil pa se bo že čez približno 1 mesec (21-22 marec):

EnVyUs	NiP
Titan	Virtus.pro
Cloud9	Gamers2
Infused	Property

Organizacija Fragbite Masters je objavila nagradni sklad ter ostale podrobnosti za 4. sezono omenjenega turnirja.

Nagradni sklad bo 585.000 švedskih kron kar je približno 70.000$. To pomeni, da bo sklad zelo visok oz. višji od tistega, ki je bil v sezoni 3. Tam so zmagali Fnatic, ki bodo tudi letos branili naslov prvaka v tem turnirju.

Qualifying Stage

• April 14-15    Qualifier #1
• April 21-22    Qualifier #2

Group Stage

• April 28-29  Group A
• May 5-6    Group B
• May 12-13    Group C
• May 14-15    Group D
• May 19-20    Consolidation Stage (Final group matches)

Playoffs

• May 21-22    Winner Bracket Round #1
• May 23-24    Loser Bracket Round #1
• May 25-26    Determination Stage (WB R2, LB R2)
• June 6-7    LAN finals

Fnatic bo poizkusil obraniti naslov Fragbite Masters prvaka

Finski igralec Aleksi “allu” Jalli je zapustil ekipo 3DMAX ter se pridružil ekipi Ninjas in Pyjamas!

Pred nekaj dnevi je finski igralec allu opravil preizkušnjo za ekipo NiP, in jo tudi uspešno opravil. Allu je novi main AWP igralec za švedsko ekipo.

Uradnja izjava:

 “Firstly, I have to say that allu is a player that I have been impressed with for quite some time, and it is going to be fun to see what he can bring to the table,” NiP owner Emil “HeatoN” Christensen told Aftonbladet.se.

“Moreover, I want to thank 3DMAX, on the behalf of myself and the team, for making the transition run smoothly by acting as true professionals throughout the process.

“I want to wish allu the best of luck with NiP and 3DMAX all the best for the future.”

 

Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund
Patrik “f0rest” Lindberg
Richard “Xizt” Landström
Adam “friberg” Friberg
Aleksi “allu” Jalli

Allu se je najbolj izkazal izmed “trialov” za NiP!

Dreamhack je objavil vse datume do leta 2018, kjer bodo gostili ta event!

Po lanskem dreamhacku, kjer ekipa LDLC zmagala ter osvojila prvi naslov Dreamhacka je omenjena organizacija objavila vse evente v Jönköpingu ter Elmnii do leta 2018.

• DreamHack Summer 2015: 13-16 June
• DreamHack Winter 2015: 26-29 November
• DreamHack Summer 2016: 18-21 June
• DreamHack Winter 2016: 24-27 November
• DreamHack Summer 2017: 17-20 June
• DreamHack Winter 2017: 30 Nov – 3 December
• DreamHack Summer 2018: 16-19 June
• DreamHack Winter 2018: 29 Nov – 2 December

EX-LDLC na Dreamhack winter 2014, sedaj preimenovani v EnVyUS

Nemška ekipa PENTA Sports so ostali brez enega člana pred velikim turnirjem v Katowicah.

Po slabi predstavi v EPS cup-u, kjer je PENTA presenetljivo izpadla proti nizko-kategorni ekipi KILLERFISH (13-16) je Hendrik “strux1” Goetzendorff oznanil, da bo zapustil ekipo PENTA. Strux1 se je sicer pridružil šele decembra lani skupaj z članom iz ekipe Planetkey-dynamics Johannes-om “nex” Maget-om. Glavni razlog za odhod je bil njegovo nasprotovanje taktikam in odnos do drugih članov PENTE.

“My attitude and mentality and those of the other players on PENTA are too different, which means I will part ways with the team,” he wrote on Facebook.

 

“Anyway, I wish them good luck in Katowice and  hope they will pass the group stage again.”

PENTA bo danes odigrala tekmi proti Fnaticu ter CPH Wolvse-om, kdo pa bo zadnji član, ki jim bo pomagal še ne vemo.

Kevin “kRYSTAL” Amend
Denis “denis” Howell
Timo “Spiidi” Richter
Johannes “nex” Maget

Brazilska organizacija KaBuM je ostala brez ekipe za CS:GO!

Kar nekaj govoric se je pojavljalo, da bodo člani ekipe KaBuM našli novo organizacijo, saj z to niso imeli dovolj uspehov in zastavljenih ciljov. Organizacija jim je ponujala premalo, pa čeprav so se merili z najboljšimi.

Člani ekipe so se sicer kvalficirali na Katowice turnir preko INSHOCK ter Dignitas ekipe. Sedaj so pod organizacijo Games Academy, a ta je le začasna dokler ne dobijo boljše ponudbe (sigurno do Katowice turnirja)

Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
Fernando “fer” Alvarenga
Lucas “steel” Lopes
Caio “zqk” Fonseca
Ricardo “boltz” Prass

Še uradna izjava:

“After returning to Brazil, FalleN contacted KaBuM claiming that the sponsorship contract should be amended because the fees paid monthly were no longer enough for the team to be able to participate in the tournaments they wished to attend,” a statement from KaBuM reads.

 

“KaBuM, however, responded by saying that this information was not accurate because the sum of the fees paid by KaBuM and Target Down would be enough to pay for the trips in question.

 

“At this moment, FalleN claimed he never got a dime from Target Down and, as such, the team would need to receive this additional fee – but they wanted this figure to be paid by KaBuM, since he had ‘not been involved in the agreement with Target Down’.

 

“The question we raised was: how was there no involvement from him with Target Down, since FalleN orchestrated, coordinated, presented and executed the merge between the two teams? KaBuM never met or discussed terms with Target Down, since we only sponsored the players.

“At this moment, FalleN also informed us that the players were already looking for another sponsor in case we did not accept to pay the monthly fee that the other organisation was not paying. But, again much to our surprise, not to replace Target Down but to replace KaBuM (who respected all the clauses in the contracts and paid everything in time).
“Today, February 23, after talking to FalleN, we were informed that the contract will not be renewed and that the players are already negotiating with another organisation.

 

“We also received a lot of criticism from fans who said we “did not invest” in CS:GO because the prizes were low. We would like to point out that this is not relevant to our organisation because we did not get a percentage from the tournament winnings of our FPS team.

 

“We will continue investing in tbe Brazilian FPS scene and, soon, we will announce more details about this new project.”

 

Hackbait je prva Radioactive LAN ekipa, ki je zmagala turnir v igri Counter Strike-Global Offensive.

Ekipo sestavlja pet “znanih” slovenskih igralcev, ki so se udeležili prvega CS:GO Radioactive Lana v Krškem. Po dolgi bitki v polfinalu ter finalu so v noči na ponedeljek premagali ekipi Sunrizzers(v finalu) ter PRIMATES(v polfinalu).

S prva so sicer imeli nekaj težav, saj so v prvem krogu izgubili že 2 točki proti ekipi Euthensia. V drugem krogu so bili že bližje prepričljivi zmagi nad ekipo 4goten, zadnji krog v skupinskem delu pa jim ni dal nekega večjega zanimanja, saj so z lahka odpravili ekipo Vesrive(16-1).

V izločilne boje so odšli z sedmimi točkami, kar je bilo dovolj za prvo mesto v skupini. Drugo mesto je pripadlo ekipi 4goten (6 točk).Večinoma iger v “playoff-ih” oz. izločilnih bojih je bila enostranska, razen polfinale med ekipama PRIMATES ter Hackbait, kjer smo gledali res napete 3 igre. Prvo mapo so po podaljšku dobili PRIMATES, potem pa so se pri ekipi Hackbait vendarle zbrali ter obrnili best of 3 serijo v svojo prid. Ekipa Sunrizzers je v finale prišla preko ekipe Team MiA, ki so se izkazali za dobro ekipo. Za tretje mesto sta se udarili torej omenjeni ekipi, zmagala pa je ekipa PRIMATES. Hackbait je v finalih na koncu prepričljivo zmagala ekipo Sunrizzers, ki pa so vendarle lahko več kot zadovoljni z 2. mestom.

Hackbait ekipa je nastopila s spodnjo postavo:

• Nino “n1nnx” Vojinović
• Nejc “saveeey” Mis
• Sandi “guGi” Pungartnik
• Matej “Lulu” Žugelj
• Sebastian “SERVAY” Mandić

Vse rezultate tekem si lahko ogledate TUKAJ. Prav tako pa lahko vsi napišete svoje mnenje o Radioactive LAN-u, to lahko storite TUKAJ.

Na zgornji sliki ekipa HACKBAIT

VSE SLIKE GIKOV SI LAHKO OGLEDATE TUKAJ! 😀

Opravljen je žreb za Radioactive lan#5 v igri CS:GO. Vse prijavljene ekipe si lahko v spodnjem video posnetku pogledate v kateri skupini boste igrali.

Organizacija ESL je objavila nagradni sklad za naslednji Major turnir, ki bo poleti.

Od 22-23. avgusta se bo 16 ekip “najboljših” pomerilo v Kölnu. Nagradni sklad bo tudi na tem Major turnirju 250.000$, v katerem bo vsaj polovica pripadla zmagovalni ekipi. Sicer se kvalifikacijske tekme še niso pričele, bo pa to znano kmalu.

Uradna objava organizacije:

“We had the honour of hosting two US$250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments last year as part of the ESL One esports tour, and this year we plan on stepping it up,” Schulze said.

“ESL One Cologne is going to be the largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in the world. Taking place in the biggest indoor arena in Germany, we’re sure it’ll be a massive hit for fans from all over.”

Tokrat bo Major turnir potekal v hokejski areni Lanxess. Sprejme kar 15.000 gledalcev.

Organizatorji so povabili še šest ekip, ki se bodo pomerile v Kobenhavnu.

Od 1. – 5. aprila bomo spremljali CPH Gamese, kjer se bo pomerilo 32 ekip. 16 jih bo povabljenih, 16 pa se jih bo moralo kvalificirati preko online kvalifikacij. Med povabljenimi je tudi Gamers2, nova ekipa oz. ex-ESC ekipa. Tudi Virtus Pro so potrdili udeležbo, spremljali pa bomo tudi nekaj manj izkušenih ekip.

mousesports	Flipsid3
CPH Wolves	Team SoloMid
dignitas	3DMAX
Property	Gplay
Chosen	Atlantis
PENTA Sports	Gamers2
Virtus.pro

Tudi Virtus Pro bo na Copenhagen igrah.