iBP and Vox invited to Katowice

26-1-2014 19:08

To fill the two invitational spots for regions outside of Europe, EMS One have invited iBUYPOWER and Vox Eminor to the $250,000 CS:GO tournament in Katowice, Poland.

First eight teams for the second Valve funded CS:GO major were already announced over a month ago simultaneously with the event being announced, with two more invites to be determined later.

Now those two invitations have materialized in recent ESEA Invite S15 champions iBUYPOWER, who defeated Titan twice in the grand final, and Australian Vox Eminor who placed fourth at MSI Beat it! last year.

iBUYPOWER are headed to EMS One Katowice

All of the European qualifiers have already also kicked off, and you can find a small update on who made it through the first pre-qualifiers on our news post from yesterday.

With European qualifiers already half-way done and six more teams trying to weasel their way to Katowice in March, below are the ten teams who have already secured spots at the event:

fnatic	NiP	Titan	compLexity
Nameless	LGB eSports	ex-Astana Dragons	über G33KZ
iBUYPOWER	Vox Eminor

EMS One Katowice will be held at Spodek Arena in Poland on March 14-16th with a massive prize purse of $250,000, funded through Valve's Arms Deal concept, up for grabs.

great!

2014-01-26 19:08

6 replies

why the fuck is ex-AD going?

2014-01-26 19:50

5 replies

due to their top8 finish at the last event

2014-01-26 19:50

Why so much hate :(

2014-01-26 19:55

3 replies

Because they are shit.:-)

2014-01-27 06:40

2 replies

remember how many years passed, and how many teams broken/set up before Na`Vi appeared... so lets be patient, lets better hate SK-Gaming for example or may [R]eason gaming (fucked by H2k)

2014-01-27 11:39

1 reply

Yeah guys, let's just hate someone and say fuck you to a team. Please, all this community needs is some team to constantly bash on.

2014-01-27 13:00

great ;D

2014-01-26 19:08

awesome!

2014-01-26 19:09

LoL good sponsor Vox if they can attend it

2014-01-26 19:09

good! :)

2014-01-26 19:09

NICE!

2014-01-26 19:09

nice, i am happy for iBP it will be good event :)

2014-01-26 19:09

Shaping up to be a terrible tournament...

2014-01-26 19:10

43 replies

...because?

2014-01-26 19:11

20 replies

A shit map pool has already been confirmed, so unless inferno is your favourite map, this is awful. Only 16 teams, some of which are worse than teams that haven't been confirmed yet. And the groups/brackets will probably be the same as DHW. With 2 semi's and a final (all bo1) in each group, meaning teams will get to play twice, before having to fly all the way back home again. Probably won't get double elim bracket either, So if the top teams meet early on one side, the final will be pretty shit. It'll just be another DHW, which is nothing to brag about.

2014-01-26 19:18

19 replies

Spot on regarding maps :)

2014-01-26 19:27

Counter Strike: Inferno Offensive :D

2014-01-26 19:33

These are the bestest teams in CSGO except Vox Eminor

2014-01-26 19:35

4 replies

It's great to see Vox there cuz they haven't much chance to play versus top teams and probably they have much fans in Australia which want to watch them outside of country. Popularity of CS:GO will rise for sure, the fact is Australia is Call of Duty country, it will be changed some day maybe.

2014-01-26 20:14

3 replies

COD > CS

2014-01-26 21:27

1 reply

your swag is taking over your brain man

2014-01-27 00:15

They didn't get the chance because they weren't gold enough to qualify for DHW lol

2014-01-26 23:58

Groups will be the DE format, but AFAIK its a double elim knock outs. No season/cache is pretty shit, I will agree there.

2014-01-26 19:40

8 replies

If double elim brackets is true, then this is a big step to where tournaments should be. I was trying to find if the brackets were confirmed before I posted but I couldn't find anything, so I just assumed, but double elim would be great :D

2014-01-26 19:43

7 replies

I'll have a word with some of the people I know, and confirm, but last I checked it was going to be DE brackets.

2014-01-26 19:44

6 replies

I forgot to add that although DE brackets is in every way superior to SE, it is not the same case in groups. Since there is only 16 teams, this is the best of the best. So Some of the best teams in the world will be going home after 2 games, which is shocking! It means teams like Vox have to climb a fucking mountain, only to have to fly to Australia after 2 games.

2014-01-26 19:49

5 replies

Blame Lurppis for suggesting the system then. The whole reason why it was adopted was that he suggested it in an article on here and people liked it.

2014-01-26 20:06

4 replies

lurppis :( I can't see any advantages of this over the normal round robin system.

2014-01-26 20:10

3 replies

The advantage is that the teams will not purposefully throw away games to avoid certain opponents early in the tournament (too risky). I think it's quite good, but only if done in bo3 mode.

2014-01-26 20:44

Double elim group system gets rid of useless games. People who have a 0-2 record in round robin are pretty much guaranteed out but they still have to play a remaining game. Very likely they'll throw the last game and when map score is involved in tie situations its always a tricky case. Double elim removes any confusion as you know that you'll be out when you lose two games instead of hoping some other team won't have more rounds than you in tie situations. My ideal format would be a group stage with double elim format but bo3 for each match. It's been done before at CPH Games, although you need a lot more computers to play matches simultaneously and there probably won't be an official stream for each match but its the most fair imo.

2014-01-27 00:43

1 reply

I suppose it doesn't really make a diffrrence as long as the group games are best of 3. It just makes it so much more fair. And hopefully CPHG will get a nice prize purse, without changes to the format. There's nothing better than 32 teams in double elim bracket :D

2014-01-27 03:01

2014-01-26 23:47

+1, I remember when I saw the dhw schedule, I was pretty surprised how small-scale the tournament system was given the huge prize pool. It wasn't a bad tournament, but I expected a lot more honestly. Was really disappointing seeing some good teams leaving after two maps.

2014-01-27 12:56

1 reply

It's a real shame :( I'm just looking at EMS as a tournament to fill the time until CPH Games, who seem to be the only organisers with any sense atm...

2014-01-27 13:11

Shaping up to be best tournament ever hosted in history of cs (1.6,1.2 condition zero source any other...)* there i fixed it

2014-01-26 19:14

21 replies

Can I ask what you thought of DHW?

2014-01-26 19:20

19 replies

What was wrong with dhw?

2014-01-26 19:21

18 replies

it should have been called dreamn inferno winter

2014-01-26 19:38

Take away the big prize pot and what is it? Just a shit 16 team tounrament, with terrible map pool and single elim bracket. Seriously just think about it for a sec. It just got really hyped because of the increase in viewers and players. This will be the same, but this time it won't a be a suprise to the community, we all know what to expect, so we won't see a huge increase in players like last time. The novelty has worn off already.

2014-01-26 19:39

16 replies

lmao I would take 16 teams single elimination over 32 teams group teams anyday inferno dh was weird but i dont see it hapening again seems to me that your just some mad go hater :(

2014-01-26 19:47

5 replies

#52 cs 1.6 is dead get over it

2014-01-26 19:52

Why would it not happen again? Have I missed something? Have there been changes to the maps? No? ok, just wait and see, when this amount of money is on the line, teams don't want to take risks, so they naturally chose the most balanced map (inferno) time after time. And yes, of course I'm mad, I gave money to Valve to buy skins, and to increase the prize pot at tournament. Should the community not have even a shred of a say how the tournaments play out?

2014-01-26 19:54

3 replies

Lol you think buying cheap skins/cases/keys gives you the right to tell DH/ESL/Valve how to run their event. Are you twelve?

2014-01-27 01:42

2 replies

At least a vote for things like map pool, format, etc... Someone has to, since valve have no fucking clue how to do it, but has too big of an ego to admit it.

2014-01-27 03:04

1 reply

I'm pretty sure they know it's an issue and they'll try to fix it for future events.

2014-01-27 03:48

The fact that teams like to play inferno because its a map where you can make comebacks at each sides is actually wrong by your means? You mean they should play the maps that the viewers like too watch or?

2014-01-26 19:56

7 replies

I don't really understand your first question, they chose inferno because it is the most balanced map at this level with the maps as they are right now. At least, more balanced than train and nuke. dust2 is kinda like a wildcard, and a lot of teams just straight up don't practice mirage. To solve this, just make a map pool with the better editions of the maps, and not the valve ones. Viewers aren't fussy with maps I don't think, but if every other games is played on inferno, then viewers won't be happy.

2014-01-26 20:01

6 replies

That is what i pointed out, Inferno is one of the most balanced maps right now. Mirage is correct . They dont really like it (if you dont count in Fnatic/NiP more or less). But it wont make any different at all. They will still pick Inferno.

2014-01-26 20:19

3 replies

It would make a difference if we changed map in the map pool. de_trainwreck has absolutely no place in this game, at any skill level. Seeing how train_ve played in esea seems like it is a lot more balanced, so this would be a good substitution. The old mirage was one of the best, if not the best map in go, that 's a no brainer that that should return. A nuke should probably be tweaked to stop these 15-0 CT sides. And obviously cache should be in the map pool as well.

2014-01-27 03:08

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I dont say anything about playing old mirage(i love it so) and also i like train_ve. I want to play everytime i can when i play ESEA so :) And as you said 15-0 Nuke aint good but have been like that for ages... I tho think if they actually tweaked overpass it could have been a great map. Now it will never touch comp plays and alot of ppl dont think the same as me but ya. Also cache SHOULD be in the map pool but we got some dumb fucks @ IEM so what to do .... Lets face it, IEM wont be a better tournament then DHW was so. Even tho its the same amount of money, and i have always said it. CPH games should have had the money instead.

2014-01-27 05:54

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True, it's a shame that CPH might not get money, but if I had the choice of CPH Games with $250,000 prize pool and all decisions made by valve, compared to CPH getting no money, but keeping true to their 32 teams and double elim bracket, then I'd take the latter any day :D

2014-01-27 12:42

ure stupid..period

2014-01-27 07:02

1 reply

Such intelligence, much argument. stfu cyborgy

2014-01-27 12:43

You have right about 16 teams, i think that new teams can't show what they can do versus great teams, there is no real chance for them, if they show good performance online it will be do them just "onliners" or they will get ban for "cheat" and because this all of teams stopping with playing or changing line ups and it's not good. Personally for me, i'm more "happy" when i watching some less-known teams and get some new names.

2014-01-26 20:18

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Yes definately, i can't wait for CPH games, doesn't matter what the prize pool is, it will be 100x more entertaining that EMS.

2014-01-27 03:10

Not even close, dude. Clearly you're too young to remember 1.6's prime.

2014-02-25 21:32

Awesome! :)

2014-01-26 19:10

cu there!

2014-01-26 19:11

it's always nice seeing clans from all over the world. In this tournament though, with a very limited amount of teams I see this as a wasted invite :) edit... was obviously refering to vox, not ibp

2014-01-26 19:16

3 replies

iBP>titan,col,,nameless,fnatic,ex-AD,LGB,vox,uG Vox<Titan,coL,ex-AD,NiP,uG,Nameless,iBP,LGB,fnatic

2014-01-26 19:16

1 reply

lmfao

2014-01-26 19:28

coL is where its at but iBP did show much skill at ESEA LAN And GL vox, should be lowest ranked seed in this event

2014-01-26 22:37

It's gonna be sick !

2014-01-26 19:13

YESSSSSSS

2014-01-26 19:14

Going to be insanely sick! And yea , coL and iBP are there so american can get back into reality (out in gropustage ) :)

2014-01-26 19:15

vox lineup oO ?

2014-01-26 19:15

2 replies

AZR, topguN, Havoc, SPUNJ, SnypeR

2014-01-26 21:05

1 reply

mmmmnnnn SnypeR. xxx

2014-01-28 01:53

FUCKING A! this is going to be sick!

2014-01-26 19:15

Can't wait :)

2014-01-26 19:16

can't wait!

2014-01-26 19:16

Why no Asian, South American qualifiers?

2014-01-26 19:17

12 replies

because they are shit ?

2014-01-26 19:27

11 replies

probably have the same level of Vox (no ofence)

2014-01-26 19:35

10 replies

Lower than Vox. Lived in Singapore.

2014-01-26 19:39

7 replies

" Lived in Singapore" You convinced me that asians suck at cs, thank you sir.

2014-01-26 19:41

1 reply

Played most of the Asian teams :D

2014-01-26 19:54

what about Brasil? Argentina? Chile? Peru? Have u lived there too :P?

2014-01-26 19:44

4 replies

You assumed the level of the Asian teams, I simply told you what their level was because I played against them? I don't see the issue.

2014-01-26 19:54

3 replies

Brasil lower than Vox? lol

2014-01-26 21:48

2 replies

Where did I say that... EDIT: I also said Asian teams. Not Oceanic. Learn to read.

2014-01-26 22:07

1 reply

You should learn to argue. #1: Why no Asian, South American qualifiers? #2: because they are shit ? #3: probably have the same level of Vox (no ofence) #4 (you): Lower than Vox. Lived in Singapore. So yes, you said all asians and south american teams are lower than Vox, and backed up your argument by saying you lived in Singapore, lol.

2014-01-27 19:54

Vox Smashed all of the Asian teams at MSi

2014-01-26 22:31

Did you watch the MSI beat it tournament???

2014-01-27 02:26

amazing tournament inc .. NiP Titan fnatic ex-AD <3

2014-01-26 19:18

Great list so far !

2014-01-26 19:19

+ Na'Vi + Virtus.pro + SK + Clan-Mystik + 2

2014-01-26 19:19

6 replies

SK won't be around by March.

2014-01-26 19:22

+SK......so what they can get knocked out in the groups again? I would rather watch people play matchmaking in fucking bronze skill than watch them play CS

2014-01-26 19:23

4 replies

haha, SK has sick potential! :)

2014-01-26 22:05

3 replies

sick potential to get really shitty results

2014-01-27 00:18

2 replies

nah, you'll see :)

2014-01-27 01:28

they almost beat nip at last swedish event lol

2014-01-27 07:03

nice :)))

2014-01-26 19:21

wow good to see vox getting invite!

2014-01-26 19:21

where are brasilians??

2014-01-26 19:23

3 replies

Trying to learn CS:GO to be at least on Master Guadian II level.

2014-01-26 19:38

2 replies

what are u talking about?

2014-01-26 20:24

1 reply

They have no team that could even qualify.

2014-01-26 20:24

no Asian team really ? :S

2014-01-26 19:24

needs better maps.

2014-01-26 19:28

über G33KZ is going to win this

2014-01-26 19:30

1 reply

LGB eSports

2014-01-26 19:44

cu there :D. GJ ESL.

2014-01-26 19:31

Fuck yes VOXEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2014-01-26 19:32

happy for Vox :) GL

2014-01-26 19:33

Vox looks like really nice guys, but srsly invite them is shit imo.

2014-01-26 19:33

19 replies

Yes, let's make it again one of those boring all European teams + coL events! Who wants to see some fresh faces anyway.

2014-01-26 19:39

16 replies

It's nice to see a team which is from a diffirent region than everyone else, but it's still unfair to everyone else that team gets invite without showing any results on international scene.

2014-01-26 19:46

15 replies

didnt they beat sk on china? and some teams on dhw byoc? ;d

2014-01-26 19:51

7 replies

wow amazing. gtfo with that retarded logic, ASAP

2014-01-26 22:13

5 replies

vox>k1ck even if they were forced to play with 1 hand, stupid 3rd world shithead~

2014-01-26 22:48

4 replies

I didn't even talk about k1ck but whatever i srsly doubt that. kill yourself Troll Master

2014-01-26 23:05

2014-01-27 07:03

butthurt³

2014-01-27 07:44

well they showed offline results vs proper teams on lan, while k1ck did attend how many of the last 15 lan tournaments? 0.

2014-01-27 17:36

they didnt beat sk, they got real close though

2014-01-27 01:28

Well Vox Eminor got invite based on their placing in MSI beat it, so they obviously have shown enough results to get invited. I for one would rather watch Vox E playing than Virtus.pro or Na'Vi; teams that people miss most, but in the same time they have 0 results. Imo making CS:GO global is a good thing, even though some of the EU teams will be sacrificed in the process.

2014-01-26 19:57

3 replies

if they got invited based on placement in msi, then were is sk since they ended up higher?

2014-01-27 01:29

2 replies

As far as I know SK failed to qualify in their Nordic qualifier few days ago.

2014-01-27 01:30

1 reply

hmm havent been following that, u might be right

2014-01-27 01:43

it could be considered unfair but then how are teams outside of europe etc supposed to gain international experience to improve and get results without attending events sponsors are willing to send them to - that sort of logic would only apply if they were to spend a whole year in europe playing against all of the best teams in the world and they have their lives to live over in australia; then again, they beat the teams in asia while the majority of brazilians say their teams are trash so i think it would still be the best invite outside of europe.

2014-01-26 21:11

2 replies

Why don't they just have a qualifier for Oceania and the US? I mean it would probably be these two teams who qualify, but at least the rest of the scenes would have something to prepare for and competition to up their game. I don't like these free tickets. Same for the top 8 of DHW. The qualification process for DHW was imo very questionable, and every team that was able to win 2 maps o_O (de_inferno Pros)... gets a free invite to the next big event... it's pathetic. Now all other teams have to go through 3-4 highly competitive qualifiers to get 1 of the 6 remaining slots.

2014-01-27 12:32

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because we can't have an oceanic qualifier. australia can barely play ocenaic teams other than australian and new zealand teams. other countries get 100+ ping to 90% of our servers, same with us to theirs.

2014-01-27 21:49

2014-01-26 19:40

Who would you invite? They're better than all the other Asian teams...

2014-01-26 19:56

That's the 2 invites I expected! I hope Vox Eminor will make it there! It would be freakin' great to see an australian team competing in Europe! edit: The mappool still needs to get updated..

2014-01-26 19:34

YES VOX, this gonna be great!

2014-01-26 19:38

glgl

2014-01-26 19:39

+virtus.pro ?

2014-01-26 19:39

1 reply

They have to qualify.

2014-01-26 19:42

needs 1 asian team, 1 brazilian team, Navi, virtus.pro, clan-mystic, n!

2014-01-26 19:40

Great to see Vox make the trip. I hope they learnt from the MSi Beat It tournament and make a better run in this tournament :)

2014-01-26 19:42

6 replies

That is if they accept. Hope they do. But wouldn't surprise me if they don't. Not cheap getting 5 people to Europe.

2014-01-26 20:06

5 replies

Poland is cheap :D

2014-01-26 20:23

1 reply

It's the flights that are the killer. $2,200 per person.

2014-01-26 20:31

you had to apply for the invite.. so it seems they have the money.

2014-01-26 20:34

Is this the comp they had to apply for spot? i don't see the reason in applying then not going.

2014-01-26 20:37

1 reply

Oh I didn't know that. Thought it was a sent out invite and then they decide to accept or not like other tournaments. Good news for them then.

2014-01-26 20:45

noiiiiiice m8s

2014-01-26 19:44

Aussies be prepared for a teeny weeny bit of a weather change :D

2014-01-26 19:48

5 replies

I hate London weather :(

2014-01-26 20:06

3 replies

U should come up to Scotland where I live its nice and sunny always....not! Hopefully by next year I will be in Brisbane :D

2014-01-26 20:11

2 replies

You have good scotch to warm you up though. Lagavulin ftw!

2014-01-26 20:12

1 reply

haha fair enough although them whiskies cost a fortune!

2014-01-26 23:55

haha. avg temp for March 14th is -0°C to 6°C in Katowice. Might be tough for the West Australians in the team. :)

2014-01-27 00:33

easy for iBP and LGB rest paper ;d

2014-01-26 19:48

COMEON OCEANIA!!!!!!!!!!!

2014-01-26 19:54

Very excited for Vox eminor to show up, I think those guys are freaking awesome and deserve it. Good luck to them and their kangaroo mascot =D

2014-01-26 20:00

Great to see ibp on that list

2014-01-26 20:01

is SK having any chance?

2014-01-26 20:07

6 replies

They are pathetic so who cares?

2014-01-26 20:21

SK should buy LGB and replace two of them with Twist and Delpan. I hope they will do it.

2014-01-26 21:02

4 replies

2014-01-26 21:22

olof dennis twist +2 from lgb (would personally pick eksem and skytten because idk how good krimz is) olof > delpan awp

2014-01-27 01:37

2 replies

dennis best awper

2014-01-27 02:15

1 reply

dennis, olof > delpan awp, delpan most overrated player to ever touch csgo

2014-01-27 02:20

Nice to see all the teams from around the world in Poland, I will definitely get tons of autographs from those two teams and another ones :)

2014-01-26 20:08

glad to see VoxE got an invite, hope they'll do well!

2014-01-26 20:19

Shit yeah! :D Good luck to Aaron, Iaian, Luke, Azad and Chad. Have fun, guys.

2014-01-26 20:33

3 replies

iaian love

2014-01-28 01:56

Why are you acting as if you know these people on a personal level rofl?

2014-01-29 04:03

1 reply

Why are you annoyed by me stating their given names?

2014-01-29 12:40

n1111111

2014-01-26 20:35

if i were voxe i wouldn't bother going unless they can get a really solid bootcamp in eu before the comp. Can't justify spending like 10,000$ on flights if you're just praccing against the spastics in Aus.

2014-01-26 20:41

3 replies

2014-01-26 21:12

turning down this offer is what can't be justified if they really are ambitious.

2014-01-26 21:35

1 reply

I'm sure they wont as they applied for the spot. I really hope they have a bootcamp planned. Maybe in sweden? I know them and fnatic became good mates @ MSi. Because it will be the same old same old again otherwise. Maybe challenge a good team if their lucky.

2014-01-27 01:13

two options regarding AGAiN's performance: 1) They will perform really good, because it's in poland. Imo unlikely, but wouldn't be surprised. 2) They will loose all games as always if they have just landed an organisation- they immediately start slacking

2014-01-26 20:45

gl to all teams (cheering for Titan, ex-AD, and Vox^^)

2014-01-26 20:53

expected

2014-01-26 21:03

Would like to see iBP attent this event.

2014-01-26 21:20

Goodluck Voxe! australia behind you once again! :D

2014-01-26 21:28

Do none of the old mibr lot play csgo?

2014-01-26 22:07

+h2k +partyastro

2014-01-26 22:08

1 reply

and then maybe even vox can beat some1 -.-

2014-01-27 00:22

woooooooooooooo!

2014-01-26 22:20

No NxL? ):

2014-01-26 22:32

3 replies

hltv.org/?pageid=188&matchid=15807&ref=t..

2014-01-26 22:35

2 replies

we get more score than vox against VG ):

2014-01-26 22:38

1 reply

Whats your point?

2014-01-28 06:06

isnt there any polish team to support the event located in Poland? Shame.. MYM / alsen / Virtus.Pro

2014-01-26 23:06

1 reply

They have to qualify

2014-01-26 23:11

What kind of qualifier are you talking about? (I am new CS:GO`er, but I guess the qualifier format is the same as CS 1.6(?)) Why is not AGAiN / Virtus.Pro added to the EMS Katowice Polish qualifer, which is coveraged by HLTV.org?

2014-01-27 00:00

1 reply

A qualifier for the regional finals. If you're looking in the coverage tab, that's the 2nd of two polish qualifiers the first of which is already complete. The winners of these qualify for a regional final(online) to determine the who will compete in the main event(EMS One Katowice). More info at: csgo-emsone.com/katowice-2014/

2014-01-27 00:20

Keen to see if iBP can back up their recent success.

2014-01-27 00:37

Asians are busy playing Crossfire. No european/american team can equal asian team in tthis game, recent intl events show it.

2014-01-27 00:41

1 reply

Well, too bad nobody cares about Crossfire around here.

2014-01-27 01:36

Vox are terrible, even tho they are from australia, I don't know how is this a good news?

2014-01-27 01:09

18 replies

Because it is always positive to see a new team competing?

2014-01-27 01:37

11 replies

Don't get me wrong but I think many teams can do alot more damage than them?

2014-01-27 01:47

10 replies

Imo f.e. Clan Mystik or Virtus.pro will do just about same damage. They will drop in group stage and go home. I'd rather watch new team, with completely different strats and approach towards the game than seeing f.e. these two mentioned teams.

2014-01-27 01:52

4 replies

Well I would rather see CM/VP dropping out of the groupstage playing close matches, than seeing Vox getting destroyed by europeans (And no, that SK match doesn't count since they're terrible)

2014-01-27 01:54

3 replies

I wasn't going to say it counts, it was quite a while ago and I really think (hope) Vox will step it up :) Win or lose, it is just positive to make the game more global, rather than just Euros playing between each other.

2014-01-27 02:01

2 replies

Well if you take football as an example, only europeans teams are worth mentionning and the biggest competition remain the champiions league (beside World Cup of course as we have ESWC). And football is doing just fine :).. But well, wait & see. Hope to see Vox doing good, even if I highly doubt it.

2014-01-27 02:05

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I am not really into football, but I think there is a similar thing as Champ's league only for South America? And winner then plays with winner of Champ's league? Might be totally wrong about it though. Anyway, football is doing just fine because it is worlds #1 sport, whereas CS:GO is not even #1 esport. And esport is still not even considered regular sport, except in some advanced countries *ehm* *ehm* Korea, Japan *ehm* *ehm* :)) So in order to make CS:GO and whole esport global thing (I think that's what most people around here hope for), diversity is always a great thing. So what that VP and CM won't be in Katowice? There will be another X local tournaments in which Vox will not take part.

2014-01-27 02:13

what team(s) would you have preferred to see competing from outside of europe?

2014-01-27 01:53

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I meant inside of the europe of course. I would rather see a solid team like Reason (they might not go trough the qualifer, it's just an example anyway) than Vox. Why is this important that a team comes out of the europe or not?

2014-01-27 01:56

ProGaming.TD > Vox Legends(from china) > Vox

2014-01-28 16:18

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PG.TD disbanded

2014-01-28 17:10

nope, too bad.

2014-01-28 17:13

Terrible? Are you stupid?

2014-01-27 02:13

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What? Are they any good?

2014-01-27 13:25

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If they were terrible, would they be invited to one of the biggest tournaments this year?

2014-01-27 23:30

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People from india were invited at ESWC and they were terrible... Of course they aren't "terrible" as players, but they're terrible regarding the europeans top teams level. Do I always have to explain everything every time so you guys get my point or what?

2014-01-27 23:44

In comparison to all other teams that have represented Australia (Since function-zer0's impact in 2002-2006), Vox Eminor are the best.

2014-01-27 21:38

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Being the best among the worst doesn't mean anything to me, but whatever.

2014-01-27 21:56

Thanks to all those who are cheering for us. Thanks also to those who aren't you are only making us stronger. It's true currently our best result internationally was the 3rd place playoff against SK losing 16-13 & 16-11. This was our first ever international comp. i can guarantee we will train harder than quite a lot of teams going, and if we don't show good results here, we will be back. We aren't leaving the international scene.

2014-01-27 01:37

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I hope you guys are able to show all the haters why you were invited. Its good to see top teams from outside of NA/EU have a chance. If you're never given an opportunity how do you prove yourself?

2014-01-27 01:45

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Exactly! Plus VoxE is a really cool team!

2014-01-27 05:57

Nice!! Glad to see both these teams there! Was unsure wed see either.

2014-01-27 01:42

+1 voxe

2014-01-27 02:03

go col go g33kz

2014-01-27 02:15

So 4.299 billion people of asia get ignored again? Nothing against IBP or Vox but this tournament really needed an Asian representative!

2014-01-27 02:32

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they're trash though

2014-01-27 03:02

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Vox is trash lol

2014-01-28 16:19

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compared to European and North American teams yes

2014-01-28 19:55

No doubt an Asian team would bring in a lot of spectators, but why would that be fair to Voxe who established themselves as the best team in Asia by quite a large margin.

2014-01-27 05:30

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Vox totally deserved the spot. I'm not arguing against that; they proved they are better than Asian teams. What I am saying is its totally unfair to exclude more than half the world (Asia) from 2 successive valve sponsored tournaments.

2014-01-27 13:48

Yes, because the 4.3 billion Asians all watch CS. You want them to patronize Asia just to get the approval of a few close-minded Asian CS fans?

2014-01-27 17:10

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"a few close-minded Asian Cs fans". I bet the number of people playing csgo in asia far outnumbers those playing in both American continents simply owing to the fact that Asia has 60% of the world population. I know you might say something along the lines of third world countries but even than I believe Asia has the numbers to justify a spot at Valve sponsored events. P.S why did you call Asians as close minded? Just shows your own ignorance! Afraid of my flag much?

2014-01-27 18:37

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Close-minded as in the ones who want an Asian team despite the fact that they're significantly worse... P.S wut

2014-01-27 19:43

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So you want the "significantly worse" teams to stay that way by not giving them any opportunity to improve. Secondly I think you are not getting the point which is that we are talking about valve sponsored tournaments i.e tournaments sponsored by us as Cs fans through ingame purchases. I think Asians have given their fair share through that model to justify one of their teams being present at said events (even if they are "significantly worse").

2014-01-27 20:30

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You assume that there are more Asian CS players because the population is higher there... By that logic China has the most ice hockey players in the world. The population is irrelevant, if there's little interest in something, there will be no scene. Sure, it'd be nice to see an Asian team, but they shouldn't be obligated to invite an arguably worse team, especially when the stakes are so high.

2014-01-28 14:48

voxeyeahhhhhh

2014-01-27 02:57

Wowwow awesome news for voxe, gl guys

2014-01-27 03:06

Voxeeeeeeee I figured iBP would get one of the non-Euro slots, but I was doubtful about Voxe's chances. Will we watching them for sure!

2014-01-27 03:07

Yay! hopefully iBP do better this time. Looking forward to seeing Voxe play EU temas again

2014-01-27 03:11

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Would be cool to see how they stack up vs coL or iBP too.

2014-01-27 07:41

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2014-01-27 07:49

Nice

2014-01-27 04:14

People are so dumb, the invites were 1 from USA and one from Asia/oceania etc. Voxe showed they are the best team in asia/oceania/middle east, hence the invite.. If they train hard they will suprise alot of people beleive me. Should be a great tournament!

2014-01-27 04:24

BoL Voxe! massive step for the AUS scene

2014-01-27 05:36

Perfect pick! gl!

2014-01-27 05:43

Bol Voxe, huge opportunity, make us proud!

2014-01-27 05:44

Great news. GL VoxE Edit: I hope this encourages VoxE and all other good Aussies to train more and get more in touch with the European and American scene. Would love to see more teams from Australia play in the future.

2014-01-27 05:59

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We have a pretty big community atm, our main division over here is pretty similar skill wise to our professional division, it's extremely competitive and it only seems to be getting better and better, faster and faster.

2014-01-27 13:08

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Really sick!

2014-01-27 21:59

gl vox hopefully you get some decent prac in against euro teams. gonna be hard to win a game in this comp

2014-01-27 08:09

Great news :) Hope they are able to make it. Nice to see Vox again.

2014-01-27 09:31

sick turnement

2014-01-27 11:18

I'd like to see LGB vs iBP :D

2014-01-27 11:25

where VP?

2014-01-27 13:46

Damn, can't wait for this tournament to get started

2014-01-27 15:26

virtus pro?

2014-01-27 16:51

On adreN's stream last night he said they have not accepted the invite yet, and may not because of the travel expenses etc. That would be ridiculous imo. Go Murica!

2014-01-27 17:03

cuz ibp will suck on this tournament

2014-01-27 19:55

great news.. adreN fan, nothing more to say

2014-01-27 21:57

wow, i half expected this.. but for it to actually happen. great news for aus csgo, i dont play the game personally, but i will watch since these guys are going. gl voxe

2014-01-28 12:43