who didn't make it..?
They had two international lans they played under dignitas/goldbrick
1st one they beat 69N-28E 16-9 huge upset,
second lan:
dignitas [15:15] NiP -hltv.org/match/383053-dignitas-nip-eswc...
dignitas [16:14] TR.Victory (#1 in CN at that time, who dominated a few top1-5ranked eu teams) - hltv.org/match/382929-trvictory-dignita...
probably a few others aswell, after that they moved to CGS and probably made the most money out of anyone in counter-strike in the space of 1year (£15-25,000k salaries per season, bonus's and $500,000 for winning CGS)
the old birmingham salvo were number 1 css team in the world, mouz are a variation of the old salvo lineup which i believe are top3 ranked in Europe for CSS
Not to mention first team ever in the UK to beat 4Kings and dethrone them as the number 1 team in the UK
TL:DR They had two events and did way better than their seeding.. waaay better
2012-04-03 22:29
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unseeded team who upset top1-10 seeded teams in europe at that time, got offered more money than most normal 9-5 jobs and after prizemoney, some more than managerial roles including prizemoney - completely exceeded all expectations in 1.6 and CSS interms of who they were and what they were able to achieve
Noice one buddy.
2012-04-03 22:39
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earning £35,000-60k? tax free money in a year, noticeable performances vs. nip tyloo 69n-28e 4kings mtw (old esahara) to name a few
Definitely a fail :))), not to mentioned they are still salaried now probably getting more money than some decent 1.6 teams out there aswell as continuous prizemoney for a 'failed' bunch of players I guess there doing Ok :))))
2012-04-03 23:02
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like Friza mentioned they made OK and i don't think ANYONE who wants to be professional in this game would stick with 1.6 on that point when you are offered to play with constant salary + CGS winnings EVEN if it's diffirent game :-)
2012-04-04 11:30
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because you can smoke/flash anywhere from basically anywhere in the map, same with inferno/dust2 if its the same build source teams know all the smokes/flashes to use over skyboxes unlike 1.6 teams as you can't do a lot of the things
2012-04-04 09:48
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They are unranked you could say. It's their first tournament, so we will see what they can do and what not. Rattlesnk and Mx are back since 6 month. They played the german EPS for mousesports. First season, first big win and 8.000 Euros. The german CSS Community has also big names like mTw and Alternate, but still RattlesnK won the EPS.
So i wouldn't be surprised if he formed a new topteam now which could bring the same results like in the past CGS times.
2012-04-04 20:32
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Still, with teams like VeryGames, Tt Dragons or Epsilon in attendance, i cant see them winning this event, and right now, the nr1 team is undoubtly VeryGames.
2012-04-04 20:51
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yeah, bad organization, they should make few streams, not the only one, I think they are SK fanboys cuz only one stream in this game, imo mouz.CSS vs Xapso would be better for streaming, much interesting
2012-04-04 19:13
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SK won because of the difference of skill levels of the teams, not to mention f0rest and GTR played CS:GO before, so they're used to it, to it recoil, etc... I doubt they would beat the best CSS team in the world on CS:GO
2012-04-04 21:27
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