Only a few weeks ago it was announced that the CGS was closing down immediately, leaving the teams and brands with basically nothing. The Counter-Strike team of compLexity had started to play Counter-Strike 1.6 again months ago already and can now focus on doing so in TeamEG, picking up Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert for Ronald "Rambo" Kim.
The team will be attending several events in 2009, but also the online leagues such as CEVO and the recently started ESL Extreme Masters America. But they removed Ronald "Rambo" Kim in order to pick up n0thing as Rambo did not fit in this team.
Commenting further on the organization's big announcement, Team EG Executive Director Alex Garfield shared, "This is obviously a very exciting day for the EG organization, as we're welcoming in a group of players who really do qualify as bona fide legends. We feel that combing them with Jordan, our impact player this year and one of the most exciting new talents in eSports, will truly help energize North American Counter-Strike." Garfield also added, "We hope that the team's rich history with Jason Lake and compLexity is always preserved in the minds of eSports fans around the world, as Jason is one of the true eSports pioneers and deserves only the highest level of respect. But we're equally excited for these players to begin writing a new chapter as members of Team EG."
Team EG US:
Danny 'fRoD' Montaner
Corey 'hanes' Hanes
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert
Tyler 'storm' Wood
Matt 'warden' Dickens
ESWC loses NVIDIA as main sponsor.
17.12.2008 11:47 Uhr
The U.S. company had been ESWC's main partner since February 2008 and was the main reason behind this year's tournament taking place in San Jose, California, instead of Paris.
"NVIDIA’s logo has been removed from our online headers because NVIDIA, to date, will no longer be the ESWC worldwide and main sponsor for 2009,"
"However, NVIDIA will choose locally to support, or not, some ESWC preliminaries. We are also actually discussing of their support of the next ESWC Grand Final that will be organized at the end of June in Paris.
"This is not a secret that all the industries, and notably the ones which traditionally support E-sports, are right now dealing with a global crisis."
Despite this setback, Dallon is "confident" of the success of next year's event, to take place in Bercy, Paris, from June 26th-28th.
NoPression, looking towards 2009 with 3 new players.
17.12.2008 11:42 Uhr
NoPression has made a move to launch itself back into the competitive scene, after an internal dispute that left their WCG Canada representing team with only two members back in September.
Manager Marc-Andre "Shooter" Roby, commented on the proceedings.
"A couple months ago, it was announced that three players were leaving the team to move to another and be on their own. After winning a major event (WCG Canada), you never want something like that to happen to your team. voKal and I were talking everyday about rebuilding the team with a new roster, and that day is today."
The team is currently competing in the inaugural season of the ESEA League, and plans to compete in CEVO as well. Roby finishes with hopes of continued success, stating that "they will fight their best to keep the '#1 Canadian Team' title to Team NoPression, and hopefully bring in more results."
NoPression line-up:
3o and Gravitas have traded veteran players to form new CS squads.
17.12.2008 11:32 Uhr
X3O and Gravitas Gaming have both made official announcements regarding player acquisitions. The teams have seemingly traded players, with Dan “mehLer” Mehler making a return to the x3o camp and Thomas “thoMz” Garcia heading over to Gravitas to help fill out that roster. Garcia will be helping to fill a spot left by veteran player Matt "PaTyoJoN" Iantosca who is departing the Gravitas.
Gravitas Gaming Roster:
Ediz "GG.goodfornothing" Basol
Derrick "GG.impulsivE" Troung
Ben "GG.ben" Hui
Thomas "GG.thoMz" Garcia
TBA
CM Storm shootout with Kapio
09.12.2008 09:34 Uhr
The newly crowned ESL Pro Series XIII Germany champion Navid "Kapio" Javidi will be playing CM Storm Sniper shootout – Your chance to win a CoolMaster Storm Sniper chassis.
Last time we saw the CM Storm Sniper shootout, it was Markus "zet" Sundström as the man to beat. Nobody did however mange to do so, now there is a new chance, as Navid "Kapio" Javidi will be playing the shootout tomorrow evening. The shootout will as last time be played 1v1 on aim_map and you will have a chance to play Kapio between 20:00-21:00 CET. All you have to do, is be in #cmstorm (on Quakenet), where the challengers will randomly be selected.It will however not be an easy job, as the German mousesports member is known for great individual skills.
Ledpc complete.
09.12.2008 09:33 Uhr
The Spanish team of Ledpc lost three of its players this Friday, to the Spanish team k1ck. Ledpc is now once again complete as three new faces have been found. The players have been brought from the old wtm-gaming lineup, being David "Kairi" Miguel, Francisco "FamseK" Alarcón and Arturo "n1ce" Balbastre. This once again completes Ledpc, which now consist of following players.
David "Kairi" Miguel Francisco "FamseK" Alarcón Arturo "n1ce" Balbastre Jonathan "MusambaN1" Torrent Enrique "eNnok" Ampolla
Geno agreed to join emuLate!
09.12.2008 09:18 Uhr
Ntep will now once again join forces with emuLate, having played for the French giant in early 2007 as a direct replacement for Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet, who was on vacation in the United States.Last night, the French team of emuLate had a stand-in playing for the Extreme Masters League match against the Spanish Ledpc.
emuLate has now the following team:
France Michael "HaRts" Zanatta France Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet France Mathieu "MaT" Leber France Mathieu "R!Go" Bridet France Guillaume "Geno" Ntep
elemeNt, out of CS scene
05.12.2008 06:37 Uhr
The scene was all excited when a Counter-Strike 1.6 icon made his comeback at World Cyber Games 2008. The Norwegian talent Ola "elemeNt" Moum have been on the scene for quite some time and been playing with and against the very best. The talent would make his comeback to finish fourth at World Cyber Games 2008, losing the bronze match against e-STRO.
Norwegian player Ola "elemeNt" Moum made his official comeback at World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne – Now he retires for good.
The team lost to the Danes from mTw in ESL Pro Series Scandinavia with a nail-biting 14:16 on train tonight. Next match will be against HaHa, date remains unknown. The team is on a losing-streak with three losses and will have to gather a few victories in the future should they retain a shot at the playoffs.
XpreZ line-up:
Sondre "REAL" Svanevik Tommy "syrtekz" Skoglund Ulv Ares "xern" Bjornsson Tor Aksel "drei" Haugnes Kĺre "t0s" Kristoffersen Thomas Holm "quitY" Nilsen Tommy "tacky" Mosgaard
k1ck adds GuMmY, FeldmaN and neptuNo from Ledpc
05.12.2008 06:22 Uhr
The Spanish team of Ledpc has lost three players – FeldmaN, GuMmY and neptuNo goes to k1ck.
It hasn’t been a joyful ride for the Spanish team of Ledpc. Failing to qualify for World Cyber Games, following by several roster changes and now it’s once again not looking too good for the team. The team has lost three players to a new squad, formed under the wings of k1ck. The three players going to k1ck are Rafael "FeldmaN" Rodríguez Barroso, Borja "GuMmY" Fernández and Alberto "neptuNo" Molinillo.
The trio will this weekend be representing k1ck for the first time at Neos Party 2008, along with Daniel "NaNy" Martinez and Yzan "rai" Lucas. The two was seen in the team attending World Cyber Games 2007 in Seattle, USA.
New k1ck line-up:
Rafael "FeldmaN" Rodríguez Barroso Borja "GuMmY" Fernández Alberto "neptuNo" Molinillo Daniel "NaNy" Martinez Yzan "rai" Lucas
Norwegian oxzyn joins Excello
02.12.2008 08:25 Uhr
The Norwegian team of Playzone left the organization last Monday, heading back to oxzyn – Today they join the ranks of Excello.
The Norwegian team joins up with Excello, a Portuguese organization. The organization has housed Norwegian Counter-Strike before and not it’s time for oxzyn to get a chance. Excello will now have a team in both ESL Pro Series Scandinavia and Extreme Masters III Main Round, as the team is currently playing in both leagues.
Excello.no line-up:
Thomas "Vertigo" Andresen Nima "NeverLast" Nikbakht Michael "mikkis" Sokki Joakim "jokki" Tegle Tveit Raymond "RashiE" Nielsen
Canada Guillaume "voKal" Brazeau
David "Kairi" Miguel
France Michael "HaRts" Zanatta
Sondre "REAL" Svanevik
