WGG in trouble for DH Winter

23-11-2013 01:38

We Got Game have indicated that they may have to pull out of DreamHack Winter due to financial issues.

The French team secured a spot in DreamHack Winter's $250,000 tournament after reaching the grand final of the online qualifier, organised by FACEIT, together with LGB eSports.

FACEIT will cover all the travelling costs for these two teams, but We Got Game still find themselves at a stalemate as they have no organisation to back them up.

As such, Kenny "kennyS" Schrub's side are looking for some support to be able to attend the Swedish event. With WGG being such a strong side and DH Winter being the biggest CS:GO tournament yet, chances are that they will find an organisation in such short notice.

"We Got Game have had no structure for a while, we wanted to find a new organisation but we could not do it without knowing whether we would be able to attend DH Winter," Vincent "Happy" Cervoni told vakarm.net.

"Now we do, and we managed to get a place in the most prestigious event of the year, the airline tickets are paid for, but that does not mean that we have the budget to go.

"Everyone interested in supporting a French team to go to Sweden can contact us at [email protected]."

We Got Game, who recently added Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez to their lineup, have been drawn in the same group as Ninjas in Pyjamas, UniversalSoldiers and iBUYPOWER.

The French team's lineup looks as follows:

Vincent "Happy" Cervoni
Robin "GMX" Stahmer
Kenny "kennyS" Schrub
Kévin "Uzzziii" Vernel
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez

best wishes

2013-11-23 02:40

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the traveling costs will be taken care of, so all they'd need is food and maybe a hotel. if they are seriously not attending DHwinter I will be angry :(

2013-11-23 13:09

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Even if they loose all the matches, they still win $2000! This will more than enough cover any hotel/traveling costs since the plane tickets are payed already. I think they mostly just want to find new organization so that their future is covered.

2013-11-23 13:53

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yeah probably, and I doubt if they dont find an org we wont see them there :) I already messaged Happy I can borrow them something but not sure if they REALLY need it

2013-11-23 13:58

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You probably mean that you can lend them something, cause in the middle of financial issues I'd understand why they wouldn't need someone borrowing something from them ^^.

2013-11-23 14:26

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lol yeah I meant lend :P

2013-11-23 14:33

wut

2013-11-23 02:42

good luck guys!!!

2013-11-23 02:42

sad

2013-11-23 02:42

true :D I wanna see kennyS AWwPPPPpPpPPPpPPP

2013-11-23 02:44

Sad times for the french scene. I hope they can attend with no problems.

2013-11-23 02:44

Frenchies always surrendering. :(

2013-11-23 02:44

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COD>CS, making unoriginal jokes since ...?

2013-11-23 14:34

:S lol gtfo!

2013-11-23 02:47

visit your local bank

2013-11-23 02:45

gl guys. hope you find the support you need!

2013-11-23 02:45

haha what a joke. gogo mousesports!!

2013-11-23 02:51

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lol ban

2013-11-23 11:01

Cool for HLTV to announce this. More teams we see there the better.

2013-11-23 02:46

That really sucks for this awesome team :( Meilleur des chances à vous les mecs

2013-11-23 02:47

ROCCAT

2013-11-23 02:48

no vodka now win

2013-11-23 02:51

so they want someone to pay for their hotel/food...

2013-11-23 02:51

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It looks that way. Been a few years sins i've attended a lan, and can't really remember how much i had to pay. But if i got(won) a paid trip, i could probaly find some money on my own to cover food and sleeping arrangements. The group they are in looks like they have a fair chance to move on from groupstage. Can someone give an estimated price, on what it will take for a person to pay the rest themselvs, compaired to the prices ? :) Because i can understand, if it cost too much.

2013-11-23 03:24

Very unlucky. Good look finding an org, WGG.

2013-11-23 02:54

Read that as WCG :ooO

2013-11-23 02:55

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wiwiwi

2013-11-23 02:56

Millennium maybe?

2013-11-23 02:57

I passed their situation along to several marketing contacts I have that might be interested... however they waited until the very last second, which makes this almost impossible. Crowdfunding\a gaming organization backing them is probably their only shot.

2013-11-23 02:57

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they won wednesday I think, so its not like they waited last second they found out last second they'd be going

2013-11-23 13:15

nice that you noticed that, after you have mouz kicked out of the qualifier.

2013-11-23 02:58

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GOOD

2013-11-23 03:40

So, why should a weaker team deserve the spot ?

2013-11-23 09:45

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100% true

2013-11-23 11:02

because the weaker team (arguably) is eager to go. WGG gets travel funded by FACEit tv, so they cant buy some swedish meatballs themselves? do they live on the street in france? x]

2013-11-23 13:16

kinda sux

2013-11-23 02:59

What's happening with the french teams?? Both on top of ESWC... suddenly: disband, no money, etc.

2013-11-23 03:02

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this aint clan mystik

2013-11-23 03:07

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Yeah, I made a mistake. Anyway, two of the three best french teams are going down at the same time, that's weird.

2013-11-23 05:35

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Not really. Verygames organization said that they will cannot finance their linup ambitions for 2014 (more tournament, more trips, better salaries) And WGG are not going down. They are just skinflint whithout organization

2013-11-23 06:41

OverDrive help them :D !

2013-11-23 03:09

fuck!!!! :(

2013-11-23 03:09

probably best to state exactly how much they need to get to DHW.

2013-11-23 03:12

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top16 is already 2k$ cashprize, so I guess not that much...

2013-11-23 03:13

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they will want to keep that themselves

2013-11-23 13:17

Scared to play iBP, i don't blame em.

2013-11-23 03:16

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probably more scared to face NIP

2013-11-23 03:33

hahahhhahhahhahaaa i'm looking forward to see your ibp raped by NiP and US :)

2013-11-23 14:37

most expensive part of the trip is paid for. All they need is money for hotel and food. Sleep in the damn venue if you still cannot afford a hotel.. How spoiled could someone be?! If you really want something, you go with it regardless of how tough it might be.

2013-11-23 03:17

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youtube.com/watch?v=H71kckAncMM

2013-11-23 03:26

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This video "From Paris with love" is blocked in France, how ironic.

2013-11-23 03:38

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lol...have u seen this movie? its great man Travolta is hilarious in it

2013-11-23 03:46

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yepyep, quite good :)

2013-11-23 11:08

thought the same. but csnt blame them for trying :P

2013-11-23 13:18

nice

2013-11-23 03:19

maybe mym will replace ^^" ??

2013-11-23 03:40

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Reason should be the team more likely to replace than anyone imo

2013-11-23 03:47

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mousesports you cunt.

2013-11-23 05:23

To be fair, I think it will be Enro Griffins (german team), because they lost to WGG in the semifinals. If they denide, I think it will be Reason.

2013-11-23 10:57

Crowdfund WGG!

2013-11-23 03:45

2 Bad, time for Mouz!

2013-11-23 04:05

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mouz had a bad draw and enro played WGG last :(

2013-11-23 13:19

indeed sad, hope they'll find a new organisation or enough donors

2013-11-23 04:07

sure there will be a lot of people wishing to give you money so you WGG guys couldn't even get to playoffs from group.

2013-11-23 04:10

250k tourny man up n get there

2013-11-23 04:21

Epsilon to pick them up :P

2013-11-23 04:26

You mean to tell me 5 guys can't afford a hotel and some food/drink expenses for 3 days? C'mon.

2013-11-23 04:34

1. FACEIT will cover all the travelling costs 2. 9-16 2.000 euro 3.with no org you'll earn all the price pool 2000/5 is not enough ? wtf ?

2013-11-23 05:09

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2013-11-23 13:00

iBUYPOWER will beat them out of the group stage anyway ;) lol at least I hope.

2013-11-23 05:16

Try ur luck with crystal-serv

2013-11-23 06:34

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2013-11-23 08:05

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(._.)

2013-11-23 08:25

Id say just let mouz have the spot then

2013-11-23 07:39

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agree, or reason :P but unfortunately enro had a ver lucky route and avoided both those teams and were the last to play WGG :/

2013-11-23 13:20

LOL if their tickets are paid, what else they're asking for? Like they can not afford couple days stay at hotel and some food.

2013-11-23 07:52

I think WGG have very good odds of making it to the playoffs. They are capable of beating both US and iByupower.

2013-11-23 08:01

fcuk you my indian friend are you kidding me they can beat us come on your dreams :D

2013-11-23 08:13

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ymm, because they can? WGG is praccing alot vs US and US is most of the time lossing.. C'mon man KennyS is 2stronk + their team play is verygood i think they could go far in the tournament

2013-11-23 14:49

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US easy beat WGG few days ago and on LAN US is better then online so i think polish lineup rape them easy. Dont be sure about that :)

2013-11-23 14:57

How about get jobs and pay for yourselves?! The fuck is wrong with people nowadays

2013-11-23 08:33

I would personally pay my own budget if I had a team that got airline tickets won to dreamhack finals.... I mean, take a risk if you wanna play, not everything comes for free. I had a band once and we got this gig at another city but we could not afford to transport all the equipment, so we literally just Jamed together with the drums and all in ONE car, no space left and drove over there illegaly... But that kinda shows how much you can do if you just really want something.

2013-11-23 09:06

Frenchies - forfeiting since 1789

2013-11-23 09:21

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1789 ?You do know what this date means right ?Or you're just repeating what a dumb dude said ?

2013-11-23 14:32

y sure it was just the french revolution who brings democratia in many others country. Start to learn some history before saying things that you don't know. Ty

2013-11-23 15:56

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French lose to itself, after that lose all wars also. that's what I meant. trololol

2013-11-23 18:37

wooooow mouz will say thank you if you cant attend. why thinking about attending to a dhw if you dont have money to ? your own fault. :DDD

2013-11-23 09:52

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"So, why should a weaker team deserve the spot ?" cry more

2013-11-23 11:05

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because they can attend ?

2013-11-23 12:31

Does this mean if I invest money in WGG to go to dreamhack, i will get some % of the prize if they win? :)

2013-11-23 10:06

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Depends on the agreement you'd make with them, and if you make it an official one with signatures.

2013-11-23 10:08

They can't sleep in the sleeping area at DH like thousands of other gamers do? They can't go to the supermarket and buy regular food as opposed to restaurant food? They don't eat food back in France, or what am I missing here? They don't have parents, friends and relatives to support them with a few hundred dollars in total? Getting a paid trip to a $250 000 tournament and possibly not being able to go due to the lack of money is beyond any logic.

2013-11-23 10:10

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yep i am 101% sure they will go without a sponsor aswell

2013-11-23 10:13

Come on man. If you want to compete with the other teams at Dreamhack Winter, you need to have a good night of sleep with no one talking and walking around you. I dont know if they have time to find a supermarket, because they probably want to spent the time on something else.

2013-11-23 11:00

they definetely need to bring Overdrive to the team.

2013-11-23 10:24

Why my comment was removed? I hope someone will send them! GL!

2013-11-23 10:37

Maybe they realised that they cant bring their cheats on lan.

2013-11-23 10:45

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Or maybe you are some random raging noob, who knows !

2013-11-23 10:50

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Germans talking about cheats. This is funny mon ami.

2013-11-23 11:34

LOL, just bring a sleeping bag and sleep at the venue... oh my goodness...french divas.

2013-11-23 11:04

I guess they want to get picked up with a limousine aswell. Spoiled kids

2013-11-23 11:07

They have airline tickets, all they need is some food money and a place to sleep and they can't pay from their own pocket? 1) They should have money, they aren't some 3rd worlders. 2) Considering the prize pool, borrow the money from your parents or whatever omg

2013-11-23 11:13

First of all, thank you all (HLTV and users) for you support. It is deeply appreciated! I just wanted you to know that we WILL attend this event, no matter what It takes :) Dont worry, we will definetly be there. Giving up is not an option, even if we havé to pay it all by ourselves. See you in Jonkoping :-)

2013-11-23 11:28

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That's what I wanted to hear. I love you guys. Now, Maniac and everyone else play just as well as you played vs mouz and you can make it very far. Being a german this is what I expect of you: Make it to the semi finals so later I can pretend "yeah mouz didn't make it because they faced a team that made it to the semi-finals in the biggest CSGO event ever" Now go go guys!

2013-11-23 13:12

"Giving up is not an option, even if we havé to pay it all by ourselves." so pay it yourselves? sorry but too many fucking teams go around begging for money. you deserve a sponsor more than most, but teams shouldn't be going around begging for money from people like this. especially when there's no mention of paying anything back if you win any.

2013-11-23 13:52

Good luck mate!

2013-11-23 18:46

they should ask LDLC !!! LDLC back on track would be awesome.

2013-11-23 11:28

Good Luck !

2013-11-23 11:29

didnt they mentioned that they soon would play under another name?

2013-11-23 11:34

gl!

2013-11-23 11:36

really?....

2013-11-23 11:44

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mad?

2013-11-23 12:26

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i would be mad to

2013-11-23 12:33

butthurt much? just win thew damn byoc already!

2013-11-23 12:32

umadbr0? Its not like mouz is better then WGG, i think they will find an org and they will go to DHW

2013-11-23 14:45

I'm glad that I have a job! :D

2013-11-23 12:27

Wish u luck for find organisation... try with lemondogs if they dont have team xD

2013-11-23 12:58

Can you guys setup a PayPal donate link? I won't be able to donate much but anything helps right?

2013-11-23 12:58

Maniac's facebook: "Even if the structure is yet to be defined for DH, I just wanna confirm y'all that we will be there no matter what it takes!!! No worry"

2013-11-23 13:38

they won't exactly starve to death unless we donate. i'm guessing they wont pay everyone back out of any potential prizemoney either. sorry but you're not getting any money from me.

2013-11-23 13:44

whiners.. go look for some weekendwork..

2013-11-23 13:58

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#131 How are they whining ?ROFL, read the whole story then talk (or don't).

2013-11-23 14:33

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"Now we do, and we managed to get a place in the most prestigious event of the year, the airline tickets are paid for, but that does not mean that we have the budget to go." no budget for food/hotel? get a weekendjob, stop whining.. this generation is sad...wanting everything to be sponsored and free.. spoiled brats

2013-11-23 14:43

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2013-11-23 16:12

would donate 1€ so they can pay their organner bills.

2013-11-23 14:01

Ozstrik3r finance pls

2013-11-23 14:36

They shoulda hit me up i woulda helped:)

2013-11-23 14:41

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LOL

2013-11-23 14:42

man the fuck up and sleep on the floor

2013-11-23 16:06

they just want to go to denmark with everything payed and not spend a single penny... i hope that nobody support them, if they really wanted to play in DHW they would sleep on the floor like 0192039102930129031 people..

2013-11-23 16:22

twitter.com/search?q=recursive%20esports..

2013-11-23 16:35

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tarantelo got this

2013-11-23 16:36

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n1n1. Kuljetus luotettavasti Ladalla.

2013-11-23 16:51

Im sure even their parents can lend them some lol, 400$ PP with a garantue they'll get it back. Seems like bo problem to me :)

2013-11-23 16:41

So problem solved, WGG to Recursive eSports as seen on #158 tweet.

2013-11-23 17:33

they found a home: Recursive

2013-11-23 17:35

no money for three days? sad!

2013-11-23 17:56

Lol, are ppl so poor in france? Even with a student budget u can afford this normally.

2013-11-23 18:01

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Le smic Le smic

2013-11-23 18:43

1 beer in Sweden is like $12 nobody can afford that....stupid sweden

2013-11-23 18:03

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Weird I can get one for 3$ here..

2013-11-23 18:17

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but thats still a shitload of money for one beer. xD

2013-11-23 21:31

You must have been fooled quite hard lol.

2013-11-23 19:52

Rumor has it that Recursive eSports will support for them atleast DH.

2013-11-23 19:52

Thank you everyone for your support ! vakarm.net/news/read/MAJ-DH-Winter-2013-.. Sorry its in french but i'm sure that you understand we're now playing for Recursive esports.

2013-11-23 20:01