DreamHack Winter 2013

DreamHack announce first invites

21-10-2013 12:56

DreamHack have invited VeryGames, compLexity and Astana Dragons to its Winter event where they will join NiP, SK Gaming and n!faculty who qualified previously.

NiP secured themselves a spot at the upcoming SteelSeries CS:GO Championship by winning the Summer event, while SK Gaming, formerly Lemondogs, and n!faculty qualified through DreamHack events in Bucharest and Valencia.

With only six invitations available for the tournament, DreamHack have now used half of them as they have awarded direct entries to the $250,000 tournament to VeryGames, compLexity and Astana Dragons.

VeryGames will return to DreamHack Winter this November

DreamHack also announced that the top two placing teams at this weekend's RC EMS One Fall 2013 Finals, who are not yet qualified or invited, will also receive spots for the main tournament.

With three more invitations left, the other five spots will be given out through an on-site BYOC qualifier, TECHLABS Moscow, and online qualifiers which are yet to be announced.

NiP	VeryGames	coL	Astana Dragons
n!faculty	SK Gaming	Invite	Invite
Invite	BYOC	BYOC	RC EMS ONE
RC EMS One	TECHLABS Moscow	Online	Online

DreamHack also announced information regarding the on-site BYOC qualifier, which will likely have multiple top teams in attendance as well, today. You can find it on their website.

DreamHack Winter will boast a $250,000 prize purse and will take place at Elmia in Jönköping, Sweden beginning on November 28th with the grand finals set for December 1st.

would be cool to have team refuse from serbia there

2013-10-21 13:57

17 replies

yeah, i think they can make it through the online qual

2013-10-21 13:59

lol, and then get raped 16-3 please this is the best tournament all the top teams need to be here not refuse top30 max

2013-10-21 14:07

15 replies

thats why col is invited...

2013-10-21 14:09

9 replies

coL is leaps and bounds ahead of refuse, and sorry to be blunt, but Refuse simply has no place here.

2013-10-21 14:14

7 replies

To be fair the only reason col got an invite is because dh wants atlearst one team from the other side of the pond.

2013-10-21 15:21

5 replies

i dont think so(and no,im not from murica).coL shows pretty great performance lately(include their bo3 against nip) so they definitely deserve this invite.no doubt about that

2013-10-21 15:25

I'm pretty sure Complexity deserves to be there based on results. Moreover, they have fewer avenues to qualify due to their location. This is exactly how the invitations should be used.

2013-10-21 15:30

+1 really

2013-10-21 15:53

I disagree. I think coL can roll with the big boys

2013-10-21 20:00

coL can hang with any team out there. Go look at their match results/history. Just because they are from another region doesn't make them bad. It's about the players/skill not the flag.

2013-10-21 20:25

I do not really agree here. If u put it like this, tournaments could only have invited NiP 3-4 month ago, because no other team had a chance of winning at that point. You've gotta give teams time to improve and I think Refuse deserves a spot if they're practicing hard!

2013-10-21 18:11

not sure if trolling...

2013-10-21 15:13

??? Better than any UK team. They played on 2 international LAN's and was top10 in both. It will be good if Valve call Balcan team because fans too.

2013-10-21 16:50

1 reply

Not to rock your boat but they went to two lans and won only one map per lan as far as i remember so I doubt that can be counted as top 10, but nevertheless i would love to see them on DH anyhow.

2013-10-21 17:37

NiKolinho > any British player

2013-10-21 18:16

2 replies

thats not an accomplishment since uk players are shit

2013-10-21 18:53

1 reply

Well you have wez, weber, hudzG, Hughsy, RE1EASE, RattlesnK....If they are shit well just a opinion i guess ^^

2013-10-22 00:18

navi -_-

2013-10-21 13:57

where is navi ??

2013-10-21 13:57

cool

2013-10-21 13:57

no fnatic plz

2013-10-21 13:58

One of the best event inter. I hope Na`Vi and US will be here

2013-10-21 13:58

4 replies

I hope too.

2013-10-21 15:28

+1 ;)

2013-10-21 16:00

Agreed. I would be surprised to not see NaVi in Dreamhack.

2013-10-21 20:52

1 reply

Imo NaVi is like the current n!. They're pros but shit in their class per se. I hope that US will get one though.

2013-10-22 13:09

hope for poles to get there somehow, but i have no idea how without carmac lol

2013-10-21 13:59

2 replies

i'm pretty sure a top4 placement in EMS One finals this weekend, would guaranteed them a spot in DreamHack Winter. 3 of 8 teams in EMS One finals have already earned a spot in DreamHack (VG, NiP, n!faculty). So there will 2 invites to win for either Na`Vi, Universal Soldiers, Party Daddlers, fnatic and CPH Wolves (depends who ends up bein' higher on this tournament).

2013-10-21 14:17

1 reply

CPH Wolves and Na'Vi pls

2013-10-21 21:20

Great picks :) ad to win or VG, but I think NiP will not get the gold

2013-10-21 14:03

US, NaVi, fnatic?

2013-10-21 14:03

1 reply

they will make it through the online qualifier or RC EMS 1

2013-10-21 14:54

csgo needs the best teams for this event

2013-10-21 14:04

Navi earned an invitation to many victories in 2010 and the rest, even the recent navy played poorly. Once they have been absolute champions in the history of cs. (sorry 4 my ggl transl)

2013-10-21 14:05

N!F? better lgb

2013-10-21 14:05

cph-wolves should atleast get invite.

2013-10-21 14:05

+Na`Vi +US

2013-10-21 14:06

n! ? i think there are like 5-10 better teams out there.

2013-10-21 14:08

2 replies

read the article

2013-10-21 14:09

1 reply

ahhh i see mate

2013-10-21 14:12

vg to win

2013-10-21 14:12

i think +cphw +party daddlers(hope mouzsports) +US would be great

2013-10-21 14:14

2 replies

- cph + fnatic

2013-10-21 16:50

1 reply

cph>>>>>fnatic

2013-10-21 16:59

For all of those who keeps saying that US and Na`Vi should be invited alongside fnatic. None of these three squads should be invited, that'd be a catastrofy. More teams like Copenhagen Wolves and wGG, teams who can actually win some games.

2013-10-21 14:16

11 replies

which team is the wGG? Havent been following the scene much lately.

2013-10-21 14:21

2 replies

WE GOT GAME with kennyS liptoN and co

2013-10-21 14:28

1 reply

oh,thanks

2013-10-21 15:09

You realize fnatic is considered top 4 right? Just saying. I agree about wgg though.

2013-10-21 15:25

6 replies

They might be community wise. This is my opinion, and I don't see them there just yet - although they have the potential. It's a $250,000 tournament, the best team should be there, not the biggest names (like fnatic, Natus Vincere, G5 and what not) if they cannot compete.

2013-10-21 16:11

5 replies

Fnatic are very inconsistent but on a good say they can beat anyone which they have proven, unlike col, n!, or even CW

2013-10-21 16:13

Fnatic and NaVi can both compete. Did you forget the last Dreamhack? - NaVi 3-4th place tied with Astana. - Fnatic beating NiP in group stage.... Both of those teams deserve a spot.

2013-10-21 20:56

1 reply

Fnatic did beat NiP in the group stage yes, but let me cut it into pieces for you, so you can understand why I'm not counting them in as possible contenders for anything as of now: They DID beat NiP in overtime. That was one map though. It's been some time since that event. The past few weeks the fnatic line-up has been licking their own asses like apes do with their fleas. IF they start playing well again, I'd happily change my pov because they definitely do have potential. I simply don't see Na`Vi besting it out with the world elite. Nerves were on for both parties at the last DreamHack, as Marik and Sukhariev have both played with Starix, Zeus and ceh9 for more than 4 years. Both teams were new at that point and anything could really happen. Look at the past month, would you? AD has been playing on a really high level (top 8), Na`Vi simply hasn't. That's my take on it. I respect your opinion, which is why I'm just as entitled to have mine.

2013-10-23 08:01

I think we need the biggest names, because of viewership. If the rumors are true, and IEM are considering Counter Strike back then we need viewers to prove it. + It would be a shame if the biggest tournament in csgo so far would have less than 50k viewers :)

2013-10-21 21:23

1 reply

It won't anyway. It should be the most memorable tournament in the history of CS - therefor the best teams should be there, not the most famous.

2013-10-21 21:36

Would like to hear what teams you think are better than those 3, if you say it would be a catastrofy, you should be able to name like 15-20 teams.

2013-10-22 17:29

LGB and CPH have to be here

2013-10-21 14:16

2 replies

2013-10-21 14:28

2013-10-21 21:23

I already see this coming again. Like the same teams as always win the ESL tournament for instance and then place 3/4/5 gets the spot. It's fucking dumb, sorrehhhhhh.

2013-10-21 14:16

Should Invite Nface or H5 gaming from China

2013-10-21 14:21

+CPH Wolves +fnatic

2013-10-21 14:22

send heaton to korea to physically force solo & co to start playing go instead of cso, so we can watch at least one good team from three continents at this event.

2013-10-21 14:25

1 reply

2013-10-21 16:21

invite US pls

2013-10-21 14:25

lmao I like that fnatic hasn't been invited but I still think CPH Wolves deserve one.

2013-10-21 14:31

+Na'VI +CPH Wolves +US best

2013-10-21 14:32

1 reply

2013-10-21 14:48

Vox Eminor pls!

2013-10-21 14:33

11 replies

2013-10-21 14:39

we have signed up for BYOC binarybeast.com/xCSGO1310210/participant.. still open to an invite however :P

2013-10-21 14:47

9 replies

Oh sweet.

2013-10-21 14:56

any chance to bootcamp before the event?

2013-10-21 15:54

7 replies

1 week of boot camp in china before msi -> After msi we to straight to Sweden, so we will be there about a week early and will boot camp there too!

2013-10-21 15:56

6 replies

Good luck there chap. Hope to see you competeting in the head tournament.

2013-10-21 16:13

nice, gl there bro.

2013-10-21 16:21

in inferno online or game house? gl.dudes.

2013-10-21 16:26

Great to see more continents/countries participate. GL

2013-10-21 17:16

Even though I have no connection to Australia I'm rooting to see you guys at DH :) Would love to see more countries attend events on a regular basis.

2013-10-21 21:06

pls I really hope for you to qualify from the BYOC! So cool and awesome to see an australian team playing against EU and NA proffesionals :)

2013-10-21 21:24

2 asian and 1 aussie team would be cool

2013-10-21 14:39

1 reply

+1 :D

2013-10-21 15:12

It's stupid that its only a 16 team tournament, should be 32 teams attending!

2013-10-21 14:40

5 replies

yup

2013-10-21 14:43

2013-10-21 15:17

definitely

2013-10-21 16:58

I'd rather a double elimination bracket with 16 teams, than a single elimination with 32 teams, most of them being too low.

2013-10-21 17:30

1 reply

+ 1

2013-10-22 06:01

it would be lovely if coL would make it in top 3, regarding their talent and recent performances i believe it is highly possible

2013-10-21 15:02

11 replies

same here. i will be rooting for americans at DHW

2013-10-21 15:27

Their recent performance? They lost to a mediocre team called Exertus in ESEA.

2013-10-21 16:15

8 replies

where? you mean this? hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=15442&event.. hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=15441&event.. or what? i cant find any another match between these 2 teams /edit oh i found that,16:14 but i guess that it was online and bo1 so 1 match doesnt rly matter if you ask me:)

2013-10-21 16:22

3 replies

Exertus is pretty good.. I've been following summit for a while and he's a good player, and the team is not worse.

2013-10-21 17:47

2 replies

i didnt say that they are bad or something:) i rly dont know how good/bad they are.my point was that coLs last results are pretty impressive and one online bo1 game means nothing:) they deserve this invite for sure(post #57)

2013-10-21 17:59

XTS is pretty decent but I wont go to far by saying they are top 5 NA. Sometimes their play are inconsistent. I think its due to the team individual ego and communication issue.

2013-10-21 19:20

and they beat them 2-0 in a bo3 recently where they humiliated them 16-3 and 16-2 or 1 i believe i was refering to ESEA Lan, where they got 2nd and even took a map from NiP

2013-10-21 17:41

1 reply

Oh, but that's not recently, that's why I didn't follow you. All good.

2013-10-21 20:10

yeah, but they were also getting ddos'd and i can tell you that everyone in NA still regards coL as the #1 team with the old Denial team candidate for close 2nd if they put together results online. coL losing 1 map in an online league doesnt really mean anyhting. At top levels any team has the ability to take 1 map if things are going their way

2013-10-21 19:28

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So do I. I just replied to his statement. coL is definitely the best team in NA and they do deserve the invite.

2013-10-21 20:55

same here...imo its possible:)

2013-10-21 16:15

+wGG+US+Na'Vi+LGB+ENCE+some uk team led by rattlesnk+mousesports+denial+fnatic+CPH=GG

2013-10-21 15:18

from RC EMS : Copenhagen Wolves & NaVi from online : ENCE & We Got Game from BYOC : fnatic from TECHLBS: i dont know the participant list for the november event but if Universal Soldiers are there they will prolly get they will prolly get an auto berth because the other 3 team will prolly be nip vg and astana. from invites : 1 brazilian (which is the best team now idk, 1 asian(i would like tyloo the other 2 chinese teams h5,nface didnt convince me at all)1 more american team like frost (or maybe EG?! :P ) overall this will be the best tournament of all times

2013-10-21 15:26

I really want to see VoxEminor from Australia get invited. They won the MSI beat it qual and are heading overseas for that and want to partake in DH winter. This is most likely the first time an Australian CS team has traveled overseas for events in many years.

2013-10-21 15:27

5 replies

Immunity played in WEG if Im not wrong

2013-10-21 16:20

4 replies

IN MANY YEARS and +1 for Lucky_Edie I really hope they get invited too. But they will already play BYOC so :)

2013-10-21 21:28

3 replies

last WEG was in 2010.

2013-10-22 08:05

2 replies

And that's over 3 years ago

2013-10-22 15:11

1 reply

And thats not MANY. Using many is an exaggeration.

2013-10-22 18:39

I love how all the little CISfanboys spams "+ na'vi and US" Those two teams are so avarage atm. n!faculty is bad without pyth. Dhw needs cphw, wgg, lgb

2013-10-21 15:29

1 reply

Indeed, DHW needs Olofmeister!

2013-10-21 15:37

Wow, where are LGB & CPH?

2013-10-21 15:34

Hope to see Cph Wolves and maybe another not-European team to attend. NaVi, US, LGB and another Danish team will be nice to!

2013-10-21 15:37

1 reply

And who should the other Danish team be? We don't really have any serious teams besides Wolves.

2013-10-21 16:17

Dreamhack should make damn sure all of the following teams have a slot (I list all for completeness, I know some of them already have slots): NIP, VG, AD, fnatic, Navi, US, Mouz, Wolves, SK, n!faculty, ENCE, Complexity, Denial. The remaining spots are more debatable, but I'd probably go with WeGotGame, Mystik and LGB. Edit: switched LGB for Kick.

2013-10-21 15:48

nice VG photo, kennys, RpK...

2013-10-21 15:38

ouuuhh VeryGames, compLexity and Astana Dragons best choice jet :) maybe add curse aswell

2013-10-21 15:50

Invite CPH Wolves + LGB

2013-10-21 15:58

LGB ?

2013-10-21 16:02

They should do this like Copenhagen games does =)))))))))

2013-10-21 16:16

I would rather see LGB than fnatic anyways. Maybe + LGB, Copenhagen Wolves and US.

2013-10-21 16:17

Team like these should definitely be found in the tournament: NiP, VG, AD, Wolves, SK, n!faculty, Complexity, [wGG], LGB, Mystik, k1ck, Mouz and Vox Eminor. Teams like fnatic, US, Na`Vi and so forth are candidates.

2013-10-21 16:21

3 replies

kick definitely but US, Na'Vi and fnatic candidates? troll or some mental issues?

2013-10-21 19:05

2 replies

Stop fanboying.

2013-10-21 20:09

1 reply

rotfl.

2013-10-22 12:37

CPHWolves will win this event

2013-10-21 16:29

+ fnatic + LGB + CPHW

2013-10-21 16:34

+NAVI +CPH +LGB

2013-10-21 16:39

us navi fnatic ex-curse mouz LGB TOP1 BRASIL TOP1 asia wGG CLAN MYSTIK and mAybe k1ck

2013-10-21 16:40

lol, fnatic,CPH,WWG > AD wtf

2013-10-21 17:02

TECHLABS Moscow? There should be a normal DreamHack and Techlabs Finals, huh?

2013-10-21 17:09

Hope to see k1ck there :D

2013-10-21 17:11

One more US team would be awesome to see there. =/ Trying to grow the scene in the United States.

2013-10-21 17:19

Invite Na`Vi please!!

2013-10-21 17:51

NiP to win DHW

2013-10-21 18:01

Would like to see invite for new EG and 1 more from USA. And then last spot for Navi. Then cph wolves and mouz could qualify through EMS. US through techlabs. Fnatic through byoc. TADA!!

2013-10-21 18:11

There will be NIP, AD, LGB and 3DMAX in TECHLABS Finals, so I guess there is a chance for LGB to qualify

2013-10-21 18:20

Would love to see Voxe receive an invite :)

2013-10-21 18:34

1 reply

2013-10-21 19:43

hope for US

2013-10-21 18:53

CPH Wolves and mouseportz 100% deserves a spot.. sorry fnatic and NaVi fanboys, your team era is over. And one more US / Asian team if there is a spot left available would be awesome to have.

2013-10-21 19:12