FPSGaming intervjuar: HeXagon e-Sports

I FPSGamings intervjuserie kommer här det sista bidraget som innehåller den kanske mest heta förhands kandidaten till slutseger i deras välgörenhets-turnering, jag talar såklart om


Saxat från intervjun:
"Q: What are Your (clan) goals/plans with cod4?
A: To be the best is what we always aim at but its not that easy. It has gone quite ok for us so far in cod4 with some highlights in codqcup were we ended top20 and cb we are top20 in main ladder then we had a little setback but its all fine now. This year we will try to play as many cups as we can and try to attend some lan/lans if we can and have the money for it.
Q: What does Your (clan) structure look like..
A: Krukan6 is the master of HeXagon he is also the founder! We got our fanboy/manager in voffis who is designing the website atm. Hexagon is completed with some other teams like bf2,world in conflict and quakewars. In the cod4 team ruben is the dictator and the one who fix with tactics and all the boring stuff. we all help arrange wars so we don't have a war arranger.
Q: How does things progress and what about the future?
A: We gonna finish up the practising on the maps we have worked on the month then we gonna move back in the cb ladder and try to make some results in good cups. We are also discussing lans but it is hard when we have to pay everything ourselves."
HeXagon lineup:






Läs hela intervjun:
På FPSGaming.se
Tenax Gaming med ny lineup!

Svenska organisationen



"Q: Så, hur kommer det sig att ni först och främst lämnade SIO?
A: SIO lovade i princip guld och gröna skogar när vi beslutade att gå med dom. Efter ett antal månader utan att något hände lessnade vi lite då vi kände att vi förtjänade något bättre. Så, vi började se oss om efter andra alternativ vilket ledningen i SIO höll med om att vi borde söka något nytt, så no hard feelings.
Q: Vad är det Tenax erbjuder er som ni inte kunde få hos SIO?
A: Till att börja med har vi en seriös organisation i ryggen, vilket inte direkt SIO var. Jag tänker inte gå in i detaljer på vad tenax kommer att sponsra oss med, men vi får alla våra behov tillgodosedda om jag säger så. Vi får bra LAN-möjligheter och en organisation som bryr sig om oss.
Q: Så, kan vi räkna med att vi får se er på LAN framöver alltså?
A: Vi ska göra allt vi kan för att ta oss ut på LAN och nu har vi fått det stöd som behövs för att göra det. Vi hoppas på att det dyker upp något svenskt LAN snart, gör det inte det kommer vi blicka utanför rikets gränser.
Q: Hur ser ni på Dreamhack Skellefteå? Kan det vara aktuellt?
A: Nej det blir inte aktuellt för oss. Dels ligger det för tätt inpå och sen tror jag inte att deras cod4-satsning kommer bli så värst lyckad om man ser på hur det har gått till förr. Vem fan åker till norrland frivilligt förresten? :)
Q: Vad ligger satsningen på härnäst?
A: Vi satsar först och främst på att hitta en sista member till lineupen, därefter ska vi träna ihop oss. Men det kommer väl bli en del CB och förhoppningsvis nästa CodQcup iaf.
Q: Är det inte lättare att spela ihop 5 än att satsa på en 6-manna lineup?
A: Jo givetvis är det så. Men eXTzy kommer att spela lite mindre framöver och då främst agera som backup-spelare, så vi måste hitta en sista för att kunna lira 5on5 varje dag.
Q: Då finns väl bara kvar att önska er lycka till, något du själv vill tillägga?
A: Vill passa på att tacka dD för tiden som varit och önska honom lycka till i Reddot-United :) Cheers!"
Återstår att se vad Tenax kan lyckas med. Hittills har resultaten uteblivit men håller de ihop och kör vidare kan allt hända. Ju fler svenska lag som satsar desto bättre. Men inte är det något fel på Norrland? Ja, förrutom att det är kallt så inåt..
Tenax Gaming lineup:





Relaterat:
Tenax.se
#tenax.gaming @ QNet.
Fnatic och SK-Gaming möts direkt

Svenska




"I think we got a decent group, if seedings were made correctly which is quite hard in a game as new as this. Our goal is to perform well against all the teams in our group and proceed through the group as the winner of it."
Däremot så känns det ganska olustigt och eventuellt även planerat av huvudarrangören för CDC4,

Det osar katt lång väg som en vis man sa en dag..
Källa:
Fnatic.com
Nytt lovande tyskt lag i GamerArea








Precis som vanligt är informationen från tyska lag bristande och tyvärr får man nöja sig med Babels hjälp även denna gång..
Statement från eLo:
"After both the old ThaKingZ and ZYKON-team folded me, Crush and Bounty came up with the idea to start over. We played some testgames with various players and we finally came over the right ones when we found micHii and souX who were unhappy with their situation in scarleX. They suited perfectly into our team and future plans. Thanks to good contacts with the Gamerarea management, who were interested allready in the old KingZ we quickly came to an agreement. Now we expect a bright future and that we will make up for the confidence the management have put in us."
GamerArea lineup:





Relaterat:
Team-GamerArea.net
#gamerarea @ QNet.
FPSGaming intervjuar: Mortifer

Hårdsatsande






Copy-paste av FPSGamings standardformulär:
"Q: Tell us about Your (clan) lineup so we get to know you better...
A: Our lineup consists of Fresan, cäät, gzzon, cliffarn and matt3. Toxarn is our backup for the time being, mainly because he's chasing young girls with his moped every night. Me (Fresan), cäät, fzzon and Toxarn played together in Corax and eventually left to play together instead. When Henke asked us if we wanted to play in Mortifers CoD4 Team, which had become a little inactive, we thought it sounded like a good solution. To strengthen our lineup we asked matt3 and cliffarn which sealed the deal.
Q: What are Your (clan) goals/plans with cod4?
A: We all have a "real" life on the side of gaming, so most of all we want some quality time in front of the screen and then go as far as we possibly can. We don't really have any major goals, but going to a LAN is an objective.
Q: What does Your (clan) structure look like..
A: Henke is our all-powerful team manager who gives us servers and a little of everything. We don't really have a "structure", we try to keep things so everyone is happy.
Q: How does things progress and what about the future?
A: Our lineup is only a few days old so we haven't trained that much. We're still getting to learn to use the same names on the maps. But the future is looking good!"
Mortifer lineup:






Läs vidare:
På FPSGaming.se
eSport-festival med 284706:- i prispotten


Festivalen i sig är igång 25-27 juli och prispotten ser ganska trevlig ut då den ligger på 30000 euro. Det skall dock sägas att dessa 30k euro (vilket är 284706 SEK enligt Forex) är uppdelat på två spel (CoD4/FIFA) samt att det även handlar om en del hårdvara och inte bara cash. Men räkna med att åtminstonde hälften av det totala värdet går till CoD4-turneringen.

"Tomorrow Outpost gamecenters will open the doors of their new Brussels outlet and they will present it to the media. TEK9 and Gamevibes BVBA will be present to present our new gaming event to the public and we want to invite you to be present.
If you want to come and see what we have in store for you in 2008, feel free to contact us and ask for an invitation for the event (which is needed to get in). There are different times available at which you can come and take a look tomorrow (Saturday), starting from 12.00 in the afternoon.
We cannot release much details yet but we can tell you about the temporary site of this event which you can find at www.esportsfestival.com. As you can see the new event will be bigger and better then ever and we will be releasing more and more details over the next few weeks and months. Both Call of Duty 4 (5vs5, PC) and Fifa 08 (1vs1, PC) will be present at the event which boosts a prize purse of 30 000 euro, cash and hardware combined."
Relaterat:
eSportsfestival.com
Tek-9.org (källa)
L3`Restyle intervjuad




I en intervju som egentligen inte täcker så mycket mer än det vanliga anar man relativt snabbt att Restyle föredrog (eller föredrar) franskan framför engelskan under sin tid i skolbänken.
Sax och klister gav följande resultat:
"Q: CoD4 has brought diversified opinions with itself. Competetive grounds have changed drasticly compared to CoD2 (perks etc.). How is your view on this?
A: The cod4 competitive ruleset immediately took shape and got adjusted some times and it made it look a bit more like cod2 gameplay wise. There isn't much changed but one of the biggest factors will be the sprint , it adds a lot more speed to the game witch makes it a lot nicer to spectate. What i really like is that it is no longer Bar vs Mp44 (or cold vs ak in cs) now you can use a lot of good machineguns that are suited for a different playstyle. And the smoke isn't limited to the shotgunner only but it has a very short smoke time wich both give a lot more tactical possibilities combined with nades and sprint.
Q: The move to CoD4 has been extremely succesfull for Lowlandlions. Though, other teams have been rather unsuccesfull. How is your view on this move and the eventual pros and cons?
A: First of all I wouldn't really say that since there are a lot of good teams in cod4 that come from cod2 as well also there are a lot more big multigaming clans taking interests into the game. As far as LowLandLions concerns , we have had a great kick off not only playing cod4 but our organisation is supporting us very well. We will be launching our new website very soon www.LowLandLions.com , be sure to check it out (we also got some crew spots open). We haven't played in last codQcup but I think this might give us a little advantage that teams know less about us and we more about them.
Q: You guys are going to attend the CDC 4 LAN, in holland. How will you guys prepare for this LAN?
A: We are practicing for some time now and things are going pretty good , we'll just try to play as much as possible next week. Before the matches ... Ecu will wash his hands before the match , stevy will eat some mexican food , sticky is gona crouch on his chair (crazy guy) I will just chill out and try to get a massage from some random supporter or something ;)
Q: Where do you see Lowlandlions in the future after having such a succesfull start in this game and all the opportunities which are coming up in the CoD scene to prove yourselves?
A: After cdc4 we we'll take a break for a while since we won't be attending I33 because i'm going skiing and they don't want to go with a merc. But we'll be playing a lot of online cups , there are a few really good cups such as codQcup. We will also be attending all the next lan events that will come!"
Läs vidare:
Divine-eSports.com
FPSGaming intervjuar: HMC

Ytterligare ett svenskt lag som valt att deltaga i FPSGaming.se's välgörenhetscup som drar igång imorgon (23/2, läs mer här) är



Utdrag från intervjun:
"Q: What are Your (clan) goals/plans with cod4?
A: Be as good as we can be i guess.. i know its a little bit prestigious but thats the truth. We are leading SAAW div2a at the moment and winning hopefully. We are aiming to play cups and tournaments and hopefully to make some progress. Its important that playing is fun in the end.. and its fun to win =)
Q: How does things progress and what about the future?
A: Well we are all getting much better I think and hopefully we can get even more skilled. I'm aware that we are all working, go to school or have famillys so its harder to get better then if we were five guys with no work, playing all day =)
Q: Any future plans You want to share with us?
A: To get better, have fun, drink beer on LAN and not to get angry on teamspeak. Hopefully we dont get killed in the first match in the FPSTournament so we can advance in the winner bracket.. otherwise its Sunday gaming.
Q: Whats your (clan)opinion about "gaming against cancer"?
A: Its always nice to participate in this type of event because Its for a good cause and maybe it can get normal people outside the gaming community to realize that we gamers care about serious matters outside the backlot areas."
Dessvärre är HMC's lineup gigantisk så för att se den:
Läs vidare på FPSGaming.se
Kolumn om Fnatic.CoD4







Saxat från kolumnen:
"It's all to play for and fnatic have to go back to the drawing board to try and salvage something from the recent CoDQCUP. The problem with fnatic is however, the fact they have changed their winning formula. Of course, the new guys mintR brought in are great players in their own rights but the reason fnatic achieved so much was because of the relationship those players had with each other in the old lineup. They knew exactly what any man would do in any given situation. This was their main strength. It got them through games were they didn't play their best. That's a sign of a truly great team. Being able to progress through games where you don't play at your best.
I don't feel the new players have had enough time to gel with the old ranks and leaving the CoDQCUP at such an early juncture wouldn't have helped matters either. These Swedes are going to need some serious practice to get back their crown as favorites. The only comfort fnatic fans could take from this, is the fact the team has been here before and with mintR's experience, they can hopefully turn their CDC4 preparations around."
Läs vidare på:
CrossFire.nu
3 från MYTeam bildar k1ck.pt






Statement från ledningen:
"Call Of Duty 4 already is a huge success worldwide, with lots of leagues, cups and LAN tournaments. Our own Clan K1ck eSports Club Multigaming K1ck CoD4.fi has been doing great, climbing up the ladders, and now it's time to introduce a Clan K1ck eSports Club Multigaming K1ck CoD4.pt team, with very well known players in the Call Of Duty 4 community.
Following the disband of Clan K1ck eSports Club Multigaming Myteam, that was doing really well in the European CoD4 scene, we have gathered 3 players from the team that conquered the respect of the most powerful teams, added 3 former k1ck CoD2 players and we have got another experienced team for the many fights ahead of us."
k1ck.pt 6-manna lineup:






Relaterat:
k1ck.com
SK-Gaming goes CoD4

SK-Gaming, kända från.. Ja allt som är stort inom gaming, har precis som jag försökte hinta lite fint om i föregående inlägg tagit in

iFEARdilemma! berättar:
"It's time to set up new goals, remember what we leave behind in the past and to keep on gaming with passion! As everyone we are only human beings with good and bad times but as long as our team doesn't lose its spirit we will go on rising.
We are totally overwhelmed with emotion by making a big mark on the early Call of Duty 4 history with this step and we know about the responsibility we take on our shoulders as we want to become a symbol for competitive gaming in CoD4 on a high nouveau with a team that is made of friendship and a lot of soul spirit.
For now we have to train hard and to handle the pressure which all the expectations this step brings with will focus on us. Our team made one step ahead another since it was founded, some of them were smaller and some were bigger. But even if this is our biggest step so far, we wont stop walking forward..."
SK-Gaming CoD4 består av:






Att det blev just THE6DEVILS är inte heller speciellt förvånande med tanke på lagets vinst i CODQCUP. Ryktet (eller, egentligen var det inte ens ett rykte utan ren och skär sanning) har sagt att SveaRoyale hade kontakt med SK och det verkar inte helt långsökt med tanke på hur det nu har utvecklat sig. Jag vill passa på att tacka bds för att han tagit ett steg som helt klart är rätt för alla parter och till er andra vill jag hälsa: Nu smäller det. CoD4 är här för att stanna!
Relaterat:
Sk-Gaming
THE6DEVILS klara för CDC4!

Efter en del avhopp från CDC4 (läs mer) kommer här den kanske bästa nyheten på länge, regerande CODQCUP-mästarna (och således en numera förhandsfavorit till CDC4-titeln)

I övrigt kan det sägas att T6D kommer att bli inplacerade i den lägsta seedningsgruppen, tillsammans med

TosspoT, arrangör för CDC4 förklarar läget:
"This news is a smoke screen for a far larger piece of news regarding the team and the game, regardless Europe's current top dogs are coming to Enschede! They will be seeded in the 5th seed poule. I was in close contact with the team throughout their hopes of coming to CDC and it was offered if a deal was close that we'd wait to do the seedings, though that wasnt needed at the time. In an odd way it has no impact on the seedings anyway, because one group would still have them and other strong teams in the group regardless."
Räkna med att CDC4 blir rykande hett när nu i stort sett samtliga topplag är där för att deltaga.
Som fotnot kan det även sägas att THE6DEVILS nu är klara även för i33.
Relaterat:
CrossFire.nu
L2W: slutspelet *

Nu börjar allvaret i L2W, slutspelsveckan drar igång. Med oss har vi 5 svenska lag i





På pappret ser det ganska bra ut, Fnatic ställs mot







SLUTSPELET - OMGÅNG 1:
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Chefen önskar samtliga svenska lag lycka till och lita på att det kommer rapporter om eventuella shoutcasts från detta slutspel!
*UPPDATERING*
Precis som jag höll tummarna för slutade OMG_Ninjas som 1:a i sin grupp. Detta efter att just nyblivna SK-Gaming förlorade sin match (och därmed är utslagna!) på mp_strike mot TCM.uk med 13-11. Sämsta möjliga start för tyskarna i sin nya organisation med andra ord. Detta innebär i vilket fall som helst att vi finner OMG_Ninjas på undre delen av slutspelsträdet, vilket innebär att man kommer slippa lag såsom Fnatic och med lite tur kanske vi får se en WB-final mellan de två hittills starkase svenska lagen.
Relaterat:
Live2Win-League.com
#live2win @ QNet.
Fnatic vinner RandomCup #11


Med i cupen var även

HELA TRÄDET:

Grattis till Fnatic och bättre lycka nästa gång hälsar Chefen till allas våra favorit-ninjor.
Relaterat:
RandomCup via Fnatic.com (källa)
team-turpo blir Insidiae




Statement Crysti:
"Team.turpo is excited about this opportunity to join a new organisation and help to build it successful. We hope we've found our home now in insidiae and we can improve as a team under this new name. It will require alot of work but we're confident we can pull it off. Finally, we would like to thank Arno for giving us this opportunity and for the great support he has given to our team."
Insidiae 6-manna lineup:






Här näst på schemat står Level7 (läs mer) i Helsingfors och efter det tror jag finnarna lämnar denna organisation illa kvickt.
Relaterat:
Insidiae.com
Tek-9.org (källa)
Brittisk shock - 4Kings byter laguppställning

Det är tröttsamt att följa och skriva om den brittiska scenen. Nu är det återigen sjunkande

Uttalande av Gavin:
Its good to see a lineup that is generating some very impressive results. I am confident we can address the recent reliability issues, which seem to plague UK based teams and have hit us heavily in the last 2 months. I have a lot of faith in Sam and his ability to lead and of course would like to welcome the new guys, or welcome back in Aaron and David's case. Good luck chaps I look forward to i33.
4Kings uppställning februari-mars:





Och vilka imponerande resultat denne "Gavin" talar om vet jag inte, 4kings har använt sig av denna lineup i några veckor nu - helt utan att imponera.
Tips-tack till Thomas!
Relaterat:
Four-Kings.com
Tek-9.org (källa)
zeroPoint! lägger ner





Saxat från zpgaming.net
After not even a month, i am very disappointed and sad to announce the disband of our Call Of Duty 4 team. The start was very promising and it looked like the team was stable and motivated. But unfortunaly this didnt last long. The highly ambition to become a top team didnt match the schedule of two players. Steve and quiNN decided to step down because they couldnt afford the time to practise enough. The plan of the 3 remaining players was to recruit 2 new motivated and active players, but nkr dropped the ball and left all of a sudden. The future of denizen and Sko is open, but they want to continue to play.
Relaterat:
zpgaming.net
Cadred.org (Källa)
frijec bloggar och massa bilder





Lagkapten i Roskilde Ravens,


"Waking up at 10am in the morning when you went to bed at 7am isn't awesome but I had to since I was gonna move all my stuff to my new apartment. It took around three hours but I had to do it. When I finally came back in the afternoon, Infinity had already left and fnatic were leaving later in the evening. Just when I came back tidde was craving McDonalds so I tagged along with my brother and Champ, because we were really hungry. When we came back we had some time to play VAE on a few maps, since the rest of my team had fixed some mistakes in our tactics while I was gone.

The next morning VAE left around 11am and we didn't stay too long after that, but we went to get change from all the beer bottles and it was enough for lunch and dinner for me and LM :D
Thank you VAE, Infinity and last but not least fnatic for a really great weekend. I do hope we can arrange another one of these with more teams next time."
Mer bilder från tillställningen finner ni här.
Relaterat:
GotFrag.com (källa)
OMGN]rivieRa intervjuad





Saxat från intervjun:
"Q: Du gick nyligen med de helsvenska ninjorna i OMG Ninjas, hur kommer det sig?
A: wnkr spelade med dom innan han drog in i lumpen så rekommenderade han att börja spela med dom då dom har stor potential. Och jag bad om att få provspela och det funkade galant!
Q: Ni slog de tyska djävlarna The 6 Devils i LIVE2WIN-ligan, berätta mer om det?
A: Det blev lite kaos ett tag faktiskt. De var inte planerat att FUFFEN skulle spela då han var på kalas. Men i sista minuten kom han tillbaka. Vi lirade district och vann kniven så vi tog marines och fick 9-3 tror ja. Genom en härlig 1on4 av kebbe! Då vi var rejält taggade efter kebbes 1on4 så fick vi 12-5 och hade relativt många matchrundor. Så de kunde inte gå snett :)
Q: Vilka ambitioner har ni i OMG Ninjas? Bli onliners eller åka på LAN och "göra en flow"?
A: Vi vill självklart åka på lan. Men då vi inte har någon organisation som sponsrar oss måste vi visa resultat online. Och de har funkat bra hittills.
Q: Det är vanligt att lag splittras, särskilt efter förluster, är OMG Ninjas ett sådant lag?
A: Nej inte direkt. Vi är snarare "vad gick fel, vad kan förbättras". Det är bra att förlora ibland så att man behöver tagga till och ta hitta på taktiker."
Grattis till segern över T6D, skön tysk skalp. Dessutom kul att se rivieRa tillbaka i CoD4-träsket! Lycka till grabbar..
Relaterat:
#omg_ninjas @ QNet.
Hela intervjun på CoD.se
Appropå OMG_Ninjas och intervjuer kan jag väl lite fint hinta om att KEBBE borde titta i sin inbox lite oftare..
CDC4: grupper och seedning

Nu har man på Crossfire äntligen postat både grupper och seedning inför kommande CDC4. Dessvärre verkar det som att hela 9 lag som betalat för sig och var klara att åka inte kommer att dyka upp. Detta gissningsvis p.g.a. barnsjukdomen som kallas instabilitet som varje ny scen råkar ut för i början. Lyckligtvis är båda svensk hoppen i


Seed Poule 1:
Tek-9,
oXmoze,
Serious,
Dignitas
eSuba,
fnatic,
Epsilon,
SPEED-LINK
Seed Poule 2:
UF Gaming,
Logitech,
TLR,
Wave
DCC,
H2k,
Impact,
LowLandLions
Seed Poule 3:
drop2trash,
FurY,
FF.org,
Roskilde
KomaCrew,
5star,
Policy,
vae
Seed Poule 4:
RubberDuckies,
Intense,
Immortal,
Mercury
DMH,
iNTERNAL
Seed Poule 5:
Infinity








Seed Poule 2:








Seed Poule 3:








Seed Poule 4:






Seed Poule 5:

Group A:
eSuba -
Logitech -
Policy -
Infinity




Group B:




Group C:




Group D:




Group E:




Group F:




Group G:



Group H:




Om det är bra seedning eller inte låter jag er bestämma. Men visst borde VAE vara högre rankade än till exempel Impact?
Relaterat:
CrossFire.nu