ATE Gaming invited to ESWC

8-8-2013 14:57

The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) officials have announced that ATE Gaming have been invited to attend this year's finals.

The 2013 edition of the ESWC finals will take place from October 30th to November 3rd at Porte de Versailles in Paris, with CS:GO being one of the games that will be played at the event, in two different tournaments: one for male and one for female teams.

In addition to last year's winner, Ninjas in Pyjamas, the male tournament will feature 12 sides who come from national qualifiers and three teams who are directly invited by the event organisers.

It has now been confirmed that ATE Gaming are the first team to have secured a wildcard into the event, meaning that there are only two places left for teams from countries that do not organise qualifiers.

ATE at the MSI Beat It Finals 2010

The Indian side have attended a number of international 1.6 events in the past, and have established themselves as the top CS:GO side in the country, with victories at CyAC and PlayFactory eSports.

ATE Gaming will attend the ESWC finals with:

Ritesh "RiTz" Shah
Ayush "aStarrr" Deora
Tejas "iBRA" Sawant
Mithil "MithilF" Sawant
Krishna "kriSSh" Salecha

The participants' list for the ESWC finals currently looks as follows:

France	United Kingdom	United States
France	Germany	United States
Algeria	Pakistan	Denmark
Norway	Portugal	Europe
NiP	ATE Gaming	Invite #2
Invite #3

2013-08-08 14:58

good to see, glhf

2013-08-08 14:59

the idea is great but top european teams will laugh their asses off that they dont get a slot over ATE

2013-08-08 15:00

6 replies

read properly mate its escw please dont embarrass yourself

2013-08-08 15:40

5 replies

whats your point?

2013-08-08 15:48

4 replies

ESWC always try to invite teams from all over the world and not only Europe.

2013-08-08 15:59

3 replies

Did I say anything against that?

2013-08-08 16:01

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dno

2013-08-09 12:09

but they should try to invite all of the world's TOP teams... WCG was what that was for

2013-08-08 19:33

nice, gl

2013-08-08 15:01

Cool, nice to see some more teams outside of europe

2013-08-08 15:00

ahahaha WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ESWC??? When I heard there are 3 Wildcards for teams from countries without a qualifier I was thinking about Ukrainian, Russian, Swedish, Polish, Chinese, Finish and Brazilian teams. This news means the chance is high we will not see another Sewdish team beside NiP (no Fnatic, no Lemondogs, no n!faculty), or Astana Dragons, or the new Polish team with neo, or the new Navi, or TyLoo from China or a good Brazilian team.

2013-08-08 15:03

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the male tournament will feature 12 sides who come from national qualifiers and three teams who are directly invited by the event organisers. so there are qualifiers for european teams and whats wrong with ate getting an invite ? please dont embaress yourself

2013-08-08 15:43

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There is no national qualifier for teams from Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, China, Brazil, Finland,... There's only 1 European qualifier for teams from countries like Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Finland. And only two Wildcards left (after ATE got one). I was hoping to finally see TyLoo or a good Brazillian team... I don't have anything against ATE gaming. It just reduces my interest if there won't be teams like fnatic, Astana Dragons, etc.

2013-08-08 15:50

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"And only two Wildcards left (after ATE got one). I was hoping to finally see TyLoo or a good Brazillian team..." you know that these teams have to pay the travel cost for themselves. I don't see TyLoo or someone from Brazil having that much money to cover the trip, unless some rich man would step in.

2013-08-08 15:55

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In the past we saw a lot of Brazilian teams playing on events in Europe. And we also saw Chinese teams playing in Europe. Afaik TyLoo should have enough money, they got some good sponsors (Asus, Steelseries,..) and in 2012 they won events with more prize money than any GO event had so far. So you're telling me it's easier and more profitable for amateur teams from Algeria, Pakistan and India than for pro teams from China and Brazil with a lot of fans and followers? edit: Are you 100% sure about the travel-cost? So what happens if a team wins the Algerian or Pakistani qualifier but can't afford to travel to Europe? Are there even teams with enough income in these countries? Or is it only the invited teams who have to pay the travel costs themselves? I'm pretty sure teams like Astana Dragons, n!faculty, Navi, Lemondogs and CPH/WW could afford a travel to Paris..

2013-08-08 16:11

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forget what happen in 1.6. GO scene is nowhere the same, with less big tournaments and prize money. TyLoo are winning money from CS:O (or whatever that game is called), so organization probably is okay with that. As for Brazilians, there is almost no GO tournaments at all. So why rich people or bigger organizations should invest into them ? Just to send to 1-2 international tournament in a year ? As for Algeria & Pakistan, those country's paid ESWC license to host a ESWC qualifier (which apparently Brazil couldn't).

2013-08-08 16:19

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"As for Brazilians, there is almost no GO tournaments at all. So why rich people or bigger organizations should invest into them ? Just to send to 1-2 international tournament in a year ?" Are there big GO tournaments in India, Pakistan or Algeria? Why should anyone invest into teams from these countries? Brazil on the other side has a big CS community. Just look at the streaming-numbers, as soon as FalleN starts streaming he gets 1500 viewers. And still: Why not inviting teams like Astana Dragons, n!faculty, Navi, Lemondogs and CPH/WW (depending on which win the Danish qualifier)?

2013-08-08 16:22

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i don't know where are Algerian & Pakistan esports are gettin' that money/sponsorship from. As for Brazilians, i've just told my opinion from reading FalleN's complaining's about Brazilian GO scene. As for the Indian team receiving an invite over other top teams, it's probably something deeper, maybe marketing or something like that.

2013-08-08 16:33

Sir, Just incase u dono.. Indian teams pay for their own travel.. easily 1000$ per head for tickets alone.... Just for one reason.. India is more dedicated to Counter-Strike than any other country in the world, we dont get sponsors, we dont get events.. but ppl still play ! I dono how ATE wil perform (but they are 3x stronger than their old 1.6 line up as they have some saucers in this team)....If u ask me that do they deserve the slot? fuck yes.. way better than quitters from al the countries u mentioned.. why did ur ppl leave when they know they cant make money from it anymore... these guys always put their money to play, cuz they played for passion, these guys never got paid for playing, not even once.

2013-08-09 04:27

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All are 1.6 plaers, what are you smoking bro?

2013-08-09 07:13

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I thought IBRA was a source player. I ve never seen him in 1.6.. or i might be wrong.. m still sober.... too much booze last night.. and now working at my office on ramadan.. fuck me.

2013-08-09 07:28

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aight man !!

2013-08-09 18:21

"So what happens if a team wins the Algerian or Pakistani qualifier but can't afford to travel to Europe? Are there even teams with enough income in these countries?" it depends what organizer's of these tournaments decides. For example, they can guarantee both spot and travel cost for the winner of qualifier, or just a spot in the main tournament.

2013-08-08 16:22

2013-08-09 05:41

I agree, i would want to see at least 1 team from China TyLoo or wNv or whichever team is there playing cs:go. I wouldn't even mind to see someone like iNation.. Unfortunately Astana Dragons would not be able to attend since teams have to consist of players from the same country.

2013-08-09 06:15

India stronk fuck da haters

2013-08-08 15:04

Is this the same team which got raped by pakistani clan u5? If I remember they got crushed forgot the event though. :D but rly

2013-08-08 15:05

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u r horribly wrong mate

2013-08-08 15:44

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No I am not :) I clearly remember 16-5 or 16-3 something like that in 1.6

2013-08-08 15:52

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only 1 game ? ignorance is bliss my friend ,go research .

2013-08-08 15:53

nope he is right-with carnage and arsenick in u5 they did defeat some Indian team but I guess it was NSD which was India's best team at that time 16-5

2013-08-08 15:55

That NSD vs u5 and it was ages ago..

2013-08-08 17:03

organisation is same players are completely different ATE at that time had r4id,rshkhn etc...dont really remember other names

2013-08-08 17:23

well ahah

2013-08-08 15:06

Cool

2013-08-08 15:07

zomg india vs pakistan

2013-08-08 15:08

ooooooooooh shieeet

2013-08-08 15:09

nice gl india

2013-08-08 15:10

Actually it's awesome idea. India is huge nations with growing population of gamers.

2013-08-08 15:10

Dear Indian CS:GO scene, is this team actually any good? Be honest.

2013-08-08 15:11

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a month or two ago these guys played in a cs 1.6 tournament .. same squad.. i don't know how much hours they got...

2013-08-08 15:20

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ATE have different line ups for both the games.. they have different line up for 1.6 as well as GO..

2013-08-08 15:30

Don't just blabber if you know shit. :| This lineup never played 1.6.

2013-08-08 17:05

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actually they all did before GO came out

2013-08-08 17:25

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This *Lineup*. Lineup =/= Individual players playing for different teams.

2013-08-08 17:32

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oh yeah that way

2013-08-08 17:42

well .. i played in the same server as them (singapore) and they're pretty good at this game.. but still raped by indonesia's nxl ! :D cmon eswc invite nxl !

2013-08-08 15:31

They're pretty good players. IMO the team called Flux gaming is more skilled and a better unit than them. That being said, all the best to them.

2013-08-08 15:52

tbh they are pretty good but they are at a level way below than the top teams...:|

2013-08-08 16:29

YES. They recently won a CS:GO Lan... and did very good in ORangeEsports CS:GO challenge,,

2013-08-08 17:05

They are one of the best teams in Asia and all of us were impressed by their game in a recent major LAN event.

2013-08-08 17:33

They are alright. They (by wins on CS:GO LAN) come second behind flux' gaming. They are currently the best team as the flux' gaming has retired their CS:GO lineup. facebook.com/teamflux

2013-08-09 00:54

I think they gave a tough fight to Orange-Esports 2 months back, Like the only team in Asia which came to close to defeating Orange...Im sure they deserve slot. .if it was 1.6 event. then no.. csgo.. yes

2013-08-09 04:31

gL gL

2013-08-08 15:11

gl .. hoping to see PAK vs INDIA in eswc too :))

2013-08-08 15:16

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ur team line up???

2013-08-08 15:20

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lets see which team qualifies ..

2013-08-08 16:25

good marketing move for them

2013-08-08 15:20

Because who needs teams like fnatic,WW/CPH, Astana Dragons, Lemondogs, rather get unproven newbies to attend the biggest tournament of the year.

2013-08-08 15:29

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they need events like this to prove themselves.. ESWC is not a normal tournament, it's a world cup. If you want to see all the teams you mentioned, watch dreamhack bucharest :)

2013-08-08 19:21

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They've attended plenty of tournaments in 1.6, never achieved anything, never beaten a real team. Why the hell don't they have a Swedish qualfier for example? Your argument about "a world cup" is bullshit, not everyone gets equal chances to qualify and the tournament is in no way limited by 1 team per country. WCG is the real world cup (the equivalent of world cups in other sports), ESWC carries the name

2013-08-08 19:46

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yo attending an event once in 2 years will make them better?? they have to get exposed regularly..only then possible

2013-08-09 04:31

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They have to be good enough to get exposed regularly. They cannot play against decent teams online, because of ping issues, so they cannot improve much. Throwing them to the wolves at ESWC is not gonna do much for them. They'll probably get eaten alive against most of the teams. If they were to improve they'd need to attend some tournaments regularly

2013-08-09 09:08

+1 NiP to take easy win

2013-08-08 22:34

Can we please please please see Tyloo at this fail tournament at least? That would be interesting

2013-08-08 15:31

2013-08-08 15:36

1n gl a+e

2013-08-08 15:39

Are Tejas and Mithil brothers???

2013-08-08 15:42

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no but we are close frnds :D

2013-08-08 16:35

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hey ibra :D

2013-08-08 18:21

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hello :)

2013-08-09 03:41

okey... Dude, Best of Luck... We hope your best performance from your side in ESWC... We are proud of u guys :)

2013-08-08 18:30

2013-08-08 15:44

they really want to make it easy for nip..

2013-08-08 15:45

For last two invites I expect maybe a Chinese team (Tyloo?) or a Brazilian team (Progaming-TD?) or Australian team (VoxEminor?). All other European teams will probably have to fight it out in a qualifier, though I would add two spots to the EU qualifer and take one away from France. All in all it seems it will be the first truly international cs:go tournament. Hopefully very interesting too.

2013-08-08 15:47

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those teams you mentioned, in my opinion, doesn't have that much money to travel to this event.

2013-08-08 15:59

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I agree though they would deserve it as they have quite huge or potentially huge scenes behind them.

2013-08-08 16:11

I'm fairly certain VoxeEminor could make the trip. Whether they are prepared enough is another thing though.

2013-08-08 19:19

I don't even ..

2013-08-08 15:51

Cool to see India represented :) GL to them.

2013-08-08 15:53

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thx

2013-08-08 16:34

haha GL ATE

2013-08-08 15:58

Need some oil/coal mining baron to throw money at these frenchies so we can get an aus team there as well yolo.

2013-08-08 16:01

Nice!

2013-08-08 16:13

just wow !!! gl hf ATE

2013-08-08 16:14

Finally a team from Asia ! Tyloo as well plz !

2013-08-08 16:19

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Pakistan is in europe ?

2013-08-09 04:47

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My bad, I meant : "Finally a decent team from Asia !"

2013-08-09 10:12

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GL for Asia :) . It's nice to see teams from all around the world

2013-08-09 16:13

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Sure is. I hope DreamHack and co will consider inviting other continents more often as well.

2013-08-09 16:23

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Sure ! but other continents have to show their skills in this ESWC to get more invitations in the futur. I believe in Algeria , we have some very skilled players & the best team in africa (viva Algeria) , but the reason why we don't show up a lot in the international scene is the lack of sponsors :\

2013-08-09 16:43

Guess no BT or SKY support during ESWC then...

2013-08-08 16:19

good :) keep up good work and learn a lot from tournament )wish you all the luck .

2013-08-08 16:34

GL ATE! :)

2013-08-08 16:38

Not fair at all, but good luck.

2013-08-08 16:39

BRASIL??????????????????????

2013-08-08 16:55

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Brazilan qualifiers won't be hosted it seems, a financial problem if I remember correctly.

2013-08-09 16:24

1 reply

2013-08-11 01:35

@MIRAA The team recently showed great results in OrangeEsports CS:GO challenge and they won at the BYOC CS:GO tournament too. :)

2013-08-08 16:58

@Everyone trolling Tejas 'iBRA' Sawant has over 2300 hours in CS:GO and is one of THE best player in asia.

2013-08-08 17:01

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how do you know?

2013-08-08 18:10

S1D the best asian player anyday.He Has 3000 Hours in CS:GO

2013-08-08 18:24

youtube.com/watch?v=-dfCpknWSmA Watch This ibra is Newb Compare To S1D

2013-08-08 18:30

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Both of them are bunch of noobs, just look how he's moving, how he's shooting, omg. Even I HAVE BETTER MOVEMENTS BETTER ON XBOX WITH CONTROLLER, LOL.

2013-08-09 12:51

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Yeah hes noob. We were just pranking him because he aspires of getting better at the game.

2013-08-10 07:30

I think you mistook "one of the best no-lifer in Asia" with "one of the best player in Asia". Nah, just kidding man. But, 2300 hours? Seriously?

2013-08-08 22:25

I have faced ATE Gaming at the last major CS:GO tournament in India, BYOC 2013 Summer. I can assure you they are pretty good ;)

2013-08-08 17:05

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where is smx and master h ave they been replaced ?

2013-08-08 18:09

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I dont think master ever played from ATE. Smx and fox got replaced by krissh and mithil :)

2013-08-11 16:33

Gl ATE :)

2013-08-08 17:06

Ohh Nice!!! Cmon ATE... GL!! Show some Respectable Show ;)

2013-08-08 17:14

They clearly deserve this spot!

2013-08-08 17:15

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NSD?

2013-08-08 17:49

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NSD does not play CS:GO. :|

2013-08-08 18:50

Not!

2013-08-09 17:00

gl brothers! :D

2013-08-08 17:24

For all you guys know ..they are much better individually and collectively than all the no namers (except chrisJ ..we know who he is) in this thread ..including me..so let's be optimistic :)

2013-08-08 17:30

Cool. Don't think they will do much but still awesome to give them a shot. Looking forward to see some new action!

2013-08-08 17:38

#19 The team was NSD who stood 3rd in Asia e-sports cup along with 4 players and 1 sub. Now. during the year when they lost, 4 players of the team didnt have passports. So they were not able to attend the event. Only one player was present with 4 semi-pro players and this way they lost 16-5, 16-4 and whateva you say. Also, the same team(Pakistan) was invited in WCG 2007 and trashed and sent back to their homeland :)

2013-08-08 17:52

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last time I remember your team got raped 16-5 by pakistani u5 and that was international

2013-08-08 18:35

#150, Seriously man, that guy is missing since IGC. Ever if we get hands on him, hes gonna pray to GOD why was he ever born. IGC was the launchpad for India to be recognized as one of the developing gaming nations in the world. Sadly it was a disaster.

2013-08-08 17:53

iBRA xD

2013-08-08 17:54

Go inida! Go GO! yay!

2013-08-08 17:58

Interesting

2013-08-08 18:12

gl indians, wish you best @ ESWC, good to hear there is team from Asia

2013-08-08 18:21

youtube.com/watch?v=-dfCpknWSmA Best Player In Asia S1D

2013-08-08 18:32

ATE noobs FREELANCE Team is Better

2013-08-08 18:45

WOT :DDD

2013-08-08 18:47

FAKER!!!!!

2013-08-08 18:48

Ahh onliner spooooottttteeeeddddd.

2013-08-08 19:11

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thx

2013-08-09 03:40

Arey! Goodluck machas.

2013-08-08 19:37

1 reply

2013-08-09 03:39

Good luck Ate :) GL ibra ...........Legends hope ^^ u will top 8

2013-08-08 19:31

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thx huyak :)

2013-08-09 03:39

lol wtf?

2013-08-08 19:48

nice.. All The best. hope for india V pak match at least.

2013-08-08 20:47

LOL. Invite tyloo please.

2013-08-08 21:04

hope they'll invite TyLoo.

2013-08-08 21:27

I hope they get a phew rounds or even better a win because it's a long way to travel just to add up the numbers.

2013-08-08 23:20

a question for indian brothers on hltv. can someone tell me if they know those guys, how they play and if they can put up a good fight against other team? im not trolling, i look forward to see how they perform and i would be happy if they win some matches :)so, anyone?

2013-08-08 23:51

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Actually.. They are pretty good.. I think they gave tough time to OrangeEsports few months back.. I m not saying they r gonna own NIP or anything, but they deserve the slot :)

2013-08-09 04:22

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i think ATE > orange.

2013-08-09 06:28

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But is orange as good as european teams?

2013-08-09 06:34

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didn't say that..

2013-08-09 06:38

Waiting for India - Pakistan match If you know what I mean

2013-08-09 04:10

To all the haters, yo they deserve it. M not some mad Indian fan supporting. I wouldnt type this if this was a 1.6 event and ATE got invited.. but this is CS:GO, they are really good at this.. its a mix of 1.6 and source team.. ! Im not saying they will own NIP, but they deserve the spot.. You guys will see that :)

2013-08-09 04:24

krissh in ate ? rofl Guy used to 16 bit online in 1.6 and was so bad on lan. Gl anyways

2013-08-09 04:26

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loooooooool

2013-08-09 07:20

sdad

2013-08-09 06:38

Verygames, LDLC, H2K, NiP, Quantic, Curse, coL, WW, k1ck, mouz (they make a new lineup), CHW, Astana, Polish Lineup, fnatic, n!faculty that would be awesome.

2013-08-09 07:37

orange e-sports from malaysia.. orange-esports.com/v2/ their dota team got invited to international dota 2013 and are among the top8 for now.. give the CS;GO division a chance and mayb they would surprise some big teams as well. Have beaten most of the ASIA's top team over the past year. GIVE THEM A CHANCE :p

2013-08-09 13:25

gl hf A+e gaming....

2013-08-09 13:55

Congrats ATE.Ibra and MithilF strong. GL

2013-08-09 15:12

@Shrikky please stop spreading rumours over the net. All 5 of them are 1.6 players RiTz - Formerly Ate 1.6 Astarr - Formerly FTW 1.6 IBRA or a C e - Formerly United5 1.6 MithilF - Formerly United5 1.6 Krissh - Formerly Perfect Average 1.6 All Mumbai Teams, none of them played source. And frankly I don't know why Jigar 'sMx' Mehta is missing.

2013-08-09 15:15

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relax man.. corrected already in one of the previous post and i couldnt edit in some posts as the edit-time got over.. . "rumours" ......we are on the same side sir.

2013-08-09 18:18

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But you should know everything before posting on a website like this. A single post can be soo mis-leading. If you aren't following the CS:GO scene actively, just dont make any self assumptions. Thanks.

2013-08-10 05:49

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Hagu people in india

2013-08-10 05:58

3 replies

Chootiya hai kya bc?

2013-08-10 06:08

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youtube.com/watch?v=Zw7SRMhE4Vg

2013-08-10 07:23