ESL One Cologne with $250,000

19-6-2014 15:00

ESL have announced that ESL One Cologne will feature a $250,000 CS:GO tournament on August 14-17 at Gamescom in Germany.

After a very successful $250,000 tournament at EMS One Katowice in March, ESL have now announced their next community-funded $250,000 major, to be held in August at GamesCom.

Earlier today ESL shared a splash page with a countdown running down until 15:00 when the news about ESL One Cologne were set to be published.

Once again the top eight finishers from the previous major receive direct invitations for the event, leaving some top teams such as Titan and Natus Vincere without a spot for now.

Below is a list of the top eight finishers from EMS One Katowice. Six spots will be given through European qualifiers, one will be awarded to a North American team and the final spot will go to Australia/Oceania.

Virtus.pro	NiP	TEAMGLOBAL	dignitas
LDLC	HellRaisers	compLexity	fnatic

Since LGB eSports no longer exists, ESL has decided to credit TEAMGLOBAL with the spot, with three members of the 3-4th place team participating as a requirement for keeping it.

The $250,000 prize purse will also once again be split up the same way it was during the last two majors, DreamHack Winter and EMS One Katowice, as follows:

1. $100,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $22,000
5-8. $10,000
9-16. $2,000

Qualifying methods for ESL One Cologne will be announced soon, and you can expect to find that information, as well as all other announcements, here at HLTV.org.

2014-06-19 14:59

1 reply

Oh awesome, had planned a week hokiday in coln and already picked at least 2 days to visit gamescom. I will definitely try to see some matches. ifnyou guys need a guest analyst or caster let me know, I will be around!

2014-06-20 21:45

nice

2014-06-19 14:59

NICE

2014-06-19 14:59

fucking sick

2014-06-19 14:59

expected 500k

2014-06-19 14:59

11 replies

expected 500kk

2014-06-19 15:08

Two 250k tourneys> 500k

2014-06-19 15:09

9 replies

This

2014-06-19 15:15

I second this. And I wouldn't be suprised if DHW gets 500k this year tbh.

2014-06-19 19:13

Yes, you don't need to be a genius to notice that. Even the ordinary hltv.org user should know this.

2014-06-19 19:41

1 reply

It's subjective... I don't know what you're talking about.

2014-06-19 19:58

250k + 250k = 500k you noob

2014-06-19 21:15

4 replies

Ohh, that's what #462 thought I was saying

2014-06-19 21:19

2 replies

I assume you mean it's better having two seperate 250K tournaments rather than one 500K, if so, I totally agree. :D

2014-06-20 11:06

1 reply

2014-06-20 13:49

but 250k tournament + 250k tournament != 500k tournament

2014-06-19 21:39

Nice

2014-06-19 14:59

s1ck!

2014-06-19 14:59

ibp and vOx coming soon

2014-06-19 14:59

13 replies

+ Navi, SK, Lemondogz :D

2014-06-19 15:46

12 replies

+Epsilon

2014-06-19 15:51

11 replies

+CW

2014-06-19 16:01

10 replies

+Titan

2014-06-19 16:07

9 replies

To get knocked out at group stages again? Nah.. let them stay at home this time

2014-06-19 16:17

8 replies

did you not watch them at DHS? lol

2014-06-19 16:50

7 replies

They did nothing special...

2014-06-19 20:03

6 replies

They made it past groups lol

2014-06-19 22:42

5 replies

That's not saying a whole lot though.

2014-06-20 00:19

4 replies

Why don't you make a team and try to get past qualifiers?

2014-06-20 01:45

3 replies

I didn't know I had to play CS professionally to talk about results on the pro level? Edit: nice straw man.

2014-06-20 01:47

2 replies

2014-06-20 15:35

2014-06-20 15:39

fcking spoiler

2014-06-19 14:59

Nice!

2014-06-19 14:59

spoilers pls 20secs

2014-06-19 14:59

Very nice.

2014-06-19 15:00

Head to head with 10mil for Dota2... FML

2014-06-19 15:00

5 replies

TI is in July bro. ESL One is in August.

2014-06-19 16:30

4 replies

It was an irony :). 10 million compared to 250k... some people are easily satisfied :(

2014-06-19 18:45

3 replies

ye because you won those 10 million,oh wAITz

2014-06-19 19:00

And your point being? It is two different games with two different markets? DotA2 being a slightly older game. Valve have done a great job with DotA2 but I prefer the majors we have spread across the year instead of one big one, which completely devalues all other competitions in DotA2 whereas the majors we have in CSGO completely help balance the scene massively and profits the scene. Instead of hyping for one month every year, we get to hype four times in a year and watch some of the best teams go head to head in the biggest prize tournament in our game. I don't see that as anything but good.

2014-06-19 19:07

250K is a tremendous amount for any professional player. All this money on TI is not really good for the Dota scene imo, because only one huge tournament is never better than several big ones. With all these millions they could create a scene much healthier for the pros on the long term, and more enjoyable to watch as well, since they wouldn't have to wait one full year to get the best of the best fighting for a major title. Anyway, I guess they don't really care about that.

2014-06-19 19:38

Nays

2014-06-19 15:00

Voxe already talking about their bootcamp, should be good!

2014-06-19 15:00

5 replies

Where? D:

2014-06-19 15:36

4 replies

who else could qualifier from australia/oceania :)

2014-06-19 15:53

3 replies

Well I have no doubt that Vox are the best team in Australia, however in saying that, they did place 3rd in CyberGamer's last season (online). Also one or two new top teams have formed in the last 5/6 weeks so they're definitely going to have to fight for their spot. But I actual question was where they were talking about their bootcamp, I assume behind closed doors.

2014-06-19 16:39

2 replies

I hope that they focus on team play and working more as a unit. That sounds like I'm criticizing them, but I'm not. I've watched a few of their games, and I feel like they could compete internationally but from what I've seen they generally get held back against the bigger teams because they don't play together as well. But, as with America, I'm sure it's hard to practice properly since there aren't a lot of good teams to play. If they put in time at the bootcamp, I've love to see them make a run outside of groups.

2014-06-20 00:21

1 reply

Yeah a lot of the time au scene can seem more based around mad fragging and out aiming then the eu scene. But tbh I haven't follow Aus scene since pre EMS

2014-06-20 15:50

fucking nice

2014-06-19 15:00

Nice!!

2014-06-19 15:00

VP will win it again.

2014-06-19 15:00

7 replies

It is not in Poland, so no, they will not. This time it will depend on actual skill of teams. So VP will be like 6th or so.

2014-06-19 16:39

6 replies

mouz to win since theyre german.ez ez

2014-06-19 16:57

1 reply

Hey, if Virtus can win, then mouz can do it too :))

2014-06-19 16:58

Don't know of You actually watched when vp won the ems one tournament. But noone has ever,player on that level for a Whole tournament. Perfect executions and really good anti stratting and kfcourse their own strat play.

2014-06-20 10:47

3 replies

So? That happened months ago. They are on decline ever since then. I don't see why should we still refer to what happened in Poland.

2014-06-20 12:50

2 replies

It means that they have shown something others haven't. You Said This Time actual skill of trams Will decide the winner. Vp have shown an immense skills capacity. I'm guessing that vp is going To play Just as good maybe even better at This event in conparison with ems one.

2014-06-20 16:04

1 reply

They won't, because they are not a home team anymore.

2014-06-20 17:07

2014-06-19 15:00

Nice stuff!

2014-06-19 15:01

+ SK, navi, titan. leggo

2014-06-19 15:01

amazing!

2014-06-19 15:01

it's time for dignitas to win something :P

2014-06-19 15:01

inb4 dennis making a comeback.

2014-06-19 15:01

1 reply

-1

2014-06-19 17:33

First claaaaass

2014-06-19 15:01

woooooooooooohooooooooooo

2014-06-19 15:01

CS:GO #1 E-Sport inc.

2014-06-19 15:02

WTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTF

2014-06-19 15:02

awesome i will be on vacations though and i will lose it :/

2014-06-19 15:02

4 replies

Hotell wifi>twitch app

2014-06-19 15:16

2 replies

2014-06-19 17:07

yes i will be in mykonos and i'll stay in the hotel...seems legit...

2014-06-19 19:40

Yup me2 ;(

2014-06-19 18:27

where is navi? :D last 2 events firt and second place and no invite to Cologne?

2014-06-19 15:02

3 replies

Once again the top eight finishers from the previous major receive direct invitations for the event, leaving some top teams such as Titan and Natus Vincere without a spot for now. Read the article dude..

2014-06-19 15:04

They were bad at the last ESL in Katowice :)

2014-06-19 15:04

you must have failed school

2014-06-19 16:08

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2014-06-19 15:02

Honestly expected them to step it up this time to at least 500k. So much hype over something that's already happened twice.

2014-06-19 15:02

4 replies

Same here. They make 250k at least in a week.

2014-06-19 15:09

1 reply

lol wut?

2014-06-19 15:41

Yeah, I really don't care for the FIFA World Cup anymore either. I mean COME ON, 21 tournaments with the same format. /sacrasm well I couldn't really care for the money - as long as it is enough for everyone to sustain travelling and practicing. I just want to see the best CS, and I think beeing able to take 100k at home should ensure that. Really looking forward to this, ESL got the best production crew and Katowice was amazing!

2014-06-19 17:40

1 reply

Exactly. They really don't need to up the prizepool at all imo. All the hype that was around DHW and Katowice was immense, some of the best we've seen from CS. Sure, I guess more is good, but to be frank, if 250k creates the amount of hype and competition we've experienced before, I see no reason in touching that part. And for crying out loud, it's 250 thousand fucking dollars. This aint no online weekend cup prizepool. It's gonna be EPIC as you said. ESL truly makes the events they run a joy to watch!

2014-06-20 01:49

+ cw,titan,navi

2014-06-19 15:03

-coL +iBP Gonna be awesome :) Hope dignitas wont have any lineup changes in the meantime..

2014-06-19 15:03

6 replies

There's another spot for NA. coL & iBP expected I dont think shroud's team or netcodeguide have the ability to compete in world major right now.

2014-06-19 15:55

3 replies

Netcodeguides absolutely don't. Hard to say about Jumas/Mediocre/whatevertheirnameisnow. Until we see them perform at ESEA we can't really say if they're going to do well on LAN. I think they're a good team, but they have some huge question marks right now.

2014-06-20 00:26

2 replies

Well...at least they were rekt by iBP again and again...while coL still have the ability to compete with iBP. Although coL lose to iBP in a few matches, most of them are very close I think.

2014-06-20 00:51

1 reply

coL is also generally better on LAN, though even they'd admit they aren't that good at the moment.

2014-06-20 01:46

don't judge by american vs american match results reason for coL's success internationally is seangares's playing style and his ability to read euro teams. he makes better decisions vs euros because their style is more predictable and it makes sense. americans are random and impossible to predict, and most of the things they do don't make sense. dazed's style is more similar to euro teams, and that's why euros thrash his teams. so dazed's teams are kind of like weak euro team vs strong euro team. sean's teams are like strong american team vs strong euro team - that's the way I look at it anyway. a lot of people think that +/- swag will make the difference - but I don't think so. swag is an awesome player, but before that game on dust2 vs NiP, he was pretty forgotten and highly criticized. even NBK said when commentating that dust2 game "swag has yet to prove anything to me yet" (at the beginning of that match, of course :P) in fact, if you look @ swag's stats when playing aganist euro teams, he rarely has a positive K:D ESEA Global Finals - we'll see then :)

2014-06-20 03:48

1 reply

Yes ofc swag cant be the only reason why coL is playing like they are. I'd suppose they've lost their motivation etc. Except Hiko! And you might be right about the playing styles.. As you said we'll see how they do in the ESEA finals when the worlds top3 arrive there :)

2014-06-24 14:38

2014-06-19 15:03

Cooool

2014-06-19 15:03

le titan ? :(

2014-06-19 15:03

titan seeded not as the best french team at the moment!

2014-06-19 15:03

1 reply

What are you talking about? the teams in were the top 8 finishers in ems one katowice and since titan got knocked out in groups they have to qualify they beat both ldlc and epilson last time they faced

2014-06-19 16:35

YESSSSSSSSSS iBuyPower > NiP in the finals

2014-06-19 15:03

2 replies

wat ?

2014-06-19 15:11

ibp wont even get out of groups / will get knocked out in 1/8 final

2014-06-19 17:12

NICE NICE NICE !

2014-06-19 15:03

sick stuff, cant wait!

2014-06-19 15:03

Teamglobal? With what lineup?

2014-06-19 15:03

2014-06-19 15:04

HR to win :)

2014-06-19 15:04

nice!

2014-06-19 15:04

great!!!! Gonna be there! :)

2014-06-19 15:04

fuck yes!

2014-06-19 15:04

Home team always wins. Berzerk first place confirmed.

2014-06-19 15:04

2 replies

nah, Planetkey easy

2014-06-19 15:06

you funny guy

2014-06-19 15:07

lol they invited fnatic and team global..

2014-06-19 15:04

2 replies

not invited by choice, thats the top8 of ems katowice. like the 8 invited teams for katowice was top8 of dreamhack winter.

2014-06-19 15:06

yeah, kick would most def be a more solid team to invite.

2014-06-19 15:43

2014-06-19 15:05

amazing

2014-06-19 15:05

Virtus will take this! :)

2014-06-19 15:05

11 replies

In germany dude SO NO, probably NIP given their recent form

2014-06-19 15:06

9 replies

no man. golden 3 from Virtus is known for winning majors, so i bet all my skins on them during this event :) they will get this!

2014-06-19 15:09

8 replies

only golden 2 not 3

2014-06-19 15:13

3 replies

pasha is counted ar 3 too :)

2014-06-19 15:19

2 replies

how could a "golden 5" be constituted of 6 players ? luq was the 5th.

2014-06-19 17:20

1 reply

thank you! pasha is for sure an incredible player but he isnt G5

2014-06-19 17:27

then why didnt they win dreamhack winter 2013 - that was a major..

2014-06-19 15:40

2 replies

major event, minor prize pool.

2014-06-19 16:30

1 reply

It had same prize pool like Katowice, lol.

2014-06-19 16:41

Prepare your tears because of your bets

2014-06-19 18:23

with this current form ... max 3-4 , but more likely 5-8

2014-06-19 15:08

Nice

2014-06-19 15:06

Without a german team able to win this is anyones tournament. Could be dignitas turn to step up, for hopefully the biggest final ever

2014-06-19 15:06

1 reply

NiP do have an upper hand over dignitas though, but it could be them in the finals :D

2014-06-19 17:17

wow

2014-06-19 15:06

-fnatic +NaVi fnatic will not make out of goup anyway.

2014-06-19 15:07

1 reply

Navi will qualify anyway, who cares?

2014-06-19 15:42

Now it's gonna be interesting, because Germany doesn't have TOP TIER team. So top tiers won't have an advantage in finals. Unless Berzerk or some other german team would beat VP, NiP, HR, etc.

2014-06-19 15:07

1 reply

exactly, ala superbowl

2014-06-19 15:09

Nowdays home teams win events, mousesports will win esl one cologne you heard it here first

2014-06-19 15:07

4 replies

haha German teams suck

2014-06-19 15:10

I will deepfry my own penis and eat it if they win it.

2014-06-19 15:29

2 replies

You know the rules: record it on video to prove :)

2014-06-19 16:52

1 reply

Will do!

2014-06-19 17:00

Awesome

2014-06-19 15:08

+navi +titan +sk +ex cm

2014-06-19 15:09

1 reply

epsilon no ex cm xd

2014-06-19 15:12

no titan? ..

2014-06-19 15:09

7 replies

they kicked out of groupstage. they had to qualify

2014-06-19 15:10

there will be 8 slots from qualifiers, titan didnt advance from groups in Katowice

2014-06-19 15:11

Read the article.

2014-06-19 15:15

Learn to read.

2014-06-19 15:43

3 replies

ok you don't have to write it again, i saw messages above..

2014-06-19 16:53

2 replies

Learn to read.

2014-06-19 18:25

1 reply

2014-06-19 19:15

+vox

2014-06-19 15:10

no Asia qualifier/team again.

2014-06-19 15:10

sick tourney! HR, NiP, dignitas, VP and other top teams...w0w!

2014-06-19 15:10

!drop

2014-06-19 15:10

1 reply

haha

2014-06-19 15:13

Fuck-ing SICK. Can't wait :D

2014-06-19 15:10

n1 We need: +SK +NAVI +TITAN

2014-06-19 15:10

9 replies

titan? :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2014-06-19 15:12

7 replies

so what? they are bad or what?

2014-06-19 15:16

They lost to NiP who went on to win the tournament. How is that a bad thing?

2014-06-19 15:43

3 replies

i didn't said it is a bad thing? -_- They just aren't that good anymore.

2014-06-19 15:47

2 replies

Just saying that could of gone on to do well if they didn't face NiP

2014-06-19 15:48

1 reply

If they want to be the best they have to beat the best.

2014-06-19 15:50

titan are waaaaaay worse than they were a few weeks/months ago and they probably can't compete for the win but they are still a top 14 euro team I guess, since it is the matter here.

2014-06-19 17:23

1 reply

they are bad since they did bootcamp for EMS Katowice

2014-06-19 17:41

Dis, not sure what team global is doing there, isn't that team leik dead?

2014-06-19 15:16

tournament in germany -> german team wins kappa

2014-06-19 15:11

HOLLLY YEAH!

2014-06-19 15:12

Hope to god they seed this event properly rather than just sticking all the qualifier teams in C and D draw pools.

2014-06-19 15:12

n1231412431242

2014-06-19 15:12

TEAMGLOBAL PLS!!!

2014-06-19 15:13

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!

2014-06-19 15:14

TEAMGLOBAL line-up?! olofm cype twist ? ?

2014-06-19 15:14

2 replies

moddi, delpan inc

2014-06-19 15:48

I believe krimz will do a comeback from his pause now, and maaaybe even dennis to come back.

2014-06-19 17:20

Finally! Another $250K tournament!

2014-06-19 15:14

major? gg VP, wp.

2014-06-19 15:15

+Na'Vi +Titan +Reason +iBP +SK

2014-06-19 15:15

NO THORIN NO TOURNAMENT

2014-06-19 15:15

10 replies

2014-06-19 15:16

-1

2014-06-19 15:21

-1

2014-06-19 15:43

Propably not gonna get the job, because he fucked up before katowice and it's ESL again. Even if he manages to get an invite, he is propably going to fuck it up by making some retarded and childish comment about germans and the nazis or something. The guy has issues

2014-06-19 15:53

2 replies

He was banned only for the Katowice event, not for life.

2014-06-19 16:43

1 reply

its nice to know that

2014-06-19 17:12

2014-06-19 15:58

So true. Thorin is the Dream in Dramhack. No tournament can be perfect without Thorin.

2014-06-19 16:03

1 reply

that is what i think!

2014-06-19 17:12

-1

2014-06-20 05:49

I was hoping for 500k but this is awesome too :D

2014-06-19 15:16

Great, i`ll be there

2014-06-19 15:17

CS:GO will raise more than ever

2014-06-19 15:17

mouz or berserk to win seriously interested in how far they will go though

2014-06-19 15:17

Sweet tiddies!

2014-06-19 15:17

GREAT!

2014-06-19 15:18

hr vs nip grand final, please.

2014-06-19 15:18

Nice!! :D

2014-06-19 15:19

niceeeee

2014-06-19 15:19

really, nice cs:go is ate the beginning of cs:go :DD

2014-06-19 15:20

not bad

2014-06-19 15:21

Good times =)

2014-06-19 15:21

1 reply

what about you anders ? Are you gonna Join ESL ONE and work for it in this Tournament :) ? Hopefully yes :P

2014-06-19 15:35

gonna be there bitches

2014-06-19 15:22

"CS:GO will be dead by 2014" -zaithaim

2014-06-19 15:22

1 reply

You got his name right. Kappa

2014-06-19 15:32

hype ting

2014-06-19 15:23

hope hr navi and coL do well! HYPE

2014-06-19 15:23

Yeheeew

2014-06-19 15:23

NICE I CANT WAIT!

2014-06-19 15:23

niiiiice

2014-06-19 15:23

the most important question is . WHAT ABOUT THE MAP POOL ?

2014-06-19 15:23

1 reply

THIS!

2014-06-19 15:25

+ SK Gaming + Natus Vincere + Titan eSport + Copenhagen Wolves + Epsilon + Reason Gaming + iBUYPOWER + Vox Eminor Please :DDDDD

2014-06-19 15:24

8 replies

+111111

2014-06-19 15:27

sure as hell !

2014-06-19 15:38

Instead of Reason Mouzesports.

2014-06-19 15:48

4 replies

mouz suck on lan

2014-06-19 15:54

3 replies

but but... Home turf :/

2014-06-19 17:24

still hometeam. ;)

2014-06-19 17:45

1 reply

it only applies to the teams that are actually good on lan not mouz

2014-06-19 23:04

Pretty much this, or mouz or lemondogs instead of reason.

2014-06-19 17:25

I'd love to see the same line-up of casters as at DreamHack Summer, including TosspoT and Corey Dunn for this tournament.

2014-06-19 15:24

2 replies

Tosspot is a must have.

2014-06-19 15:45

1 reply

idd, best caster so far.

2014-06-19 16:17

very very good

2014-06-19 15:24

Without VALVe support ? That prize purse is amazing !

2014-06-19 15:24

3 replies

valve is supporting this, im pretty sure

2014-06-19 15:25

yeah weird that ESL & hltv don't write anything about the origin of the prizepool but I guess most of it comes from sales of esport cases once again.

2014-06-19 15:27

It does say "community funded".

2014-06-19 15:35

it's simply the top 8 of Katowice.

2014-06-19 15:25

1 reply

Yeah it is, but it's stated in the article :P

2014-06-19 15:49

NICE NICE :D

2014-06-19 15:25

nice!

2014-06-19 15:26

DIGNITAS TO WIN <3

2014-06-19 15:27

n1one

2014-06-19 15:27

it's time for "onlinerz" cuz ghosting lel

2014-06-19 15:27

8 slots?

2014-06-19 15:28

+ SK Gaming + Natus Vincere + Titan eSport + Copenhagen Wolves + Epsilon + iBUYPOWER + Vox Eminor + (NA team that can qualify plz)

2014-06-19 15:29

3 replies

Ibuypower will def get an invite, seeing as they are the only other NA team with a solid sponsor to pay for their trip. Same probably goes for vox eminor. Besides from titan and na`vi im not sure any of those other teams are all that good. I mean what top teams sk or epsilon have beaten in a BO3?

2014-06-19 15:41

2 replies

Epsilon still got to the Semi-Finals of DHS 2014, not a bad achievement.

2014-06-19 15:46

1 reply

Yeah but who did they beat? They got raped by nip in the group stage, won against berzerk who isnt even close to a top 10 team in the world, and in the quarter finals played against a mix team of semi-pro swedish players(lemondogs).

2014-06-19 15:54

We need thorin and lurppis as analysers We need ReDeYe and TosspoT to cast. No Anders/Semmler/PansY pls

2014-06-19 15:29

6 replies

+1 finally someone with a brain

2014-06-19 15:39

Anders and Semmler are good, but not a good combination. Just put one of them with an expert and you have a good casting team.

2014-06-19 15:45

3 replies

True. Thorin and Semmler was a good mix.

2014-06-19 16:05

1 reply

I say Semmler and Lurppis

2014-06-19 22:09

This. Semmler was actually pretty good when he wasn't put with Anders.

2014-06-19 16:09

Tosspot! +1

2014-06-19 15:46

mouz will win it if they qualify

2014-06-19 15:29

-coL +Navi

2014-06-19 15:29

1 reply

That's not how it works

2014-06-19 15:46

no titan ok

2014-06-19 15:30

Amazing how many people are actually whining over it only being a 250k tournament. Sound like spoilt brats. Anyway, I'd much rather have multiple 250k majors than one 500k.

2014-06-19 15:31

2 replies

faith restored. i was thinking the same

2014-06-19 15:46

2014-06-19 16:31

this gunna be gud.

2014-06-19 15:31

+ VOX EMINOR ! + NAVI ! + TITAN ! + SK GAMING ! + EPSILON ! + COPENHAGEN WOLVES !

2014-06-19 15:32

so good!

2014-06-19 15:32

I sure hope NiP gets #1 this time..

2014-06-19 15:32

NiP goona win this 100k this will be the unbeatable NiP!

2014-06-19 15:33

n1 Gl HR

2014-06-19 15:33

INVITE IBUYPOWER! They will win every1 xD

2014-06-19 15:35

dignitas or vp will win

2014-06-19 15:37

in before forest and get_right fail at a major yet again

2014-06-19 15:40

CS is alive!

2014-06-19 15:40

inb4 a german team wins! oO

2014-06-19 15:42

get in! such good news, been a bit quiet recently..

2014-06-19 15:43

2014-06-19 15:44

good, very good. fucking funtastic :)

2014-06-19 15:44

i guess fnatic need 2 changes for this tournament, or change the playstile

2014-06-19 15:45

LOL Titan needs to qualify. Doubt they'll make it far in this tourney if their current form keeps up anyway. +Titan, Na'Vi, CPH Wolves

2014-06-19 15:47

1 reply

2014-06-19 15:51

NiP's tournament f0rest will be MVP of every single tournament till the end of the year

2014-06-19 15:48

Ok, according to the trend, a German team has to win it :D Go Berzerk?

2014-06-19 15:48

Nice! First time i can watch NiP live on stage!! :)

2014-06-19 15:48

fnatic ez win <3

2014-06-19 15:49

NiP to the Grand Final once again and place 2nd as usual.

2014-06-19 15:49

Why take the top teams qualifying? Give invites them, and instead let them pass less experienced team.

2014-06-19 15:51

Not to be a dick, but why should there be one spot for oceania and not for asia? They should just make a lan event for 10k in one spot and the winner advances to the finals.

2014-06-19 15:51

2 replies

that would be cool as it gives asian teams a chance :)

2014-06-19 20:09

because the asian teams are not good

2014-06-20 11:30

If I was a French team I would ask Area to join us.

2014-06-19 15:52

mouz will win heard it here first

2014-06-19 15:54

Most likely we will have some small stage with few chairs. I know there will be lot of people at gamescon but i don't believe they will come to see cs.

2014-06-19 15:54

is there any rumours about TEAMGLOBAL's lineup?

2014-06-19 15:57

1 reply

I would think that krimz does not wanna miss this so he will come back, dennis im not so sure since ha has a job now, maybe TG will play with spitfire instead.

2014-06-19 17:29

Thats wat im talking abt ..! Bigger the better..

2014-06-19 15:58

go pansy

2014-06-19 15:58

awhhhh yeaaaaah

2014-06-19 16:01

2 replies

I hope to see you there :P

2014-06-19 16:07

naughtylemon ohhhh yeahhhhh awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

2014-06-19 17:30

wOw :D

2014-06-19 16:05

Valve go make a Cologne Coin for 2€ where all of the money goes to fund the tournament prize pool.

2014-06-19 16:06

2 replies

Rather have a compendium of some sorts. I can however not see it in CSGO in any way. :/

2014-06-19 16:11

1 reply

Maybe they want to improve the spectator ui/client more (caster ingame/like dota), then this makes way more sense. and fuck my english

2014-06-19 20:59

-fnatic (fucktards) + NaVi or IBP

2014-06-19 16:07

Where iBUYPOWER?

2014-06-19 16:08

4 replies

did they managed out of groupstage@ems kato ? :)

2014-06-19 16:16

3 replies

nope

2014-06-19 16:24

2 replies

well done

2014-06-19 16:30

1 reply

thx

2014-06-19 16:32

2014-06-19 16:10

omg nice price

2014-06-19 16:11

Holy shit, this is great. :D

2014-06-19 16:11

+ ibp , vox , titan , na´vi , k1ck, CW and SK

2014-06-19 16:13

2 replies

-kick +mouz

2014-06-19 16:16

1 reply

-mouz +johnnyr

2014-06-19 16:58

HR will win this

2014-06-19 16:12

COME ON VOX E

2014-06-19 16:14

event in Germany inb4 mousesports is gonna win

2014-06-19 16:18

neitral territory, mouz or any german teams wont win 4sho => NiP or HR will take it

2014-06-19 16:19

VP will win ;3

2014-06-19 16:24

And 3rd attempt for NiP to win 100k I guess :D I think this one will be successful

2014-06-19 16:24

3 replies

2014-06-19 16:26

The thing is that NiP has won more money in total than the teams who won the 100k tourneys anyways ;)

2014-06-19 17:31

1 reply

yea, but its all about prestige! :D

2014-06-19 19:39

Wierd date to place such a big tournament. They qualifiers will be played in the middle of the summer vacation, were poeple funny enough are on vacation... Expect a standin filled qualification for a 250.000€ tournament :(

2014-06-19 16:27

8 replies

Time to plan your vacation for July :)

2014-06-19 16:29

3 replies

interrupting a pro player conversation, such a feeling !

2014-06-19 16:32

Haha yeah, we did that looong time ago :D Such a shame that it is announced this "late" or at least to late for us to start changeing everything :( But who knows, we might be lucky that the qualification isen't drawed out over 1000 of weeks, like it was last time :)

2014-06-19 16:34

1 reply

wow 19 years of qualification

2014-06-20 11:33

dude. let's put it like this : cs for you pro guys is like a job, and when you have a job, you don't have 3 months of summer vacation so...just do your summer stuff before that

2014-06-19 17:08

3 replies

yes

2014-06-21 13:55

they noob:p

2014-06-21 13:56

1 reply

are you impakt?

2014-06-21 14:14

iBP not invited? WTF?

2014-06-19 16:30

4 replies

only top8 from last major event were invited, please read the article.

2014-06-19 16:30

3 replies

Nice hltv.org forum skills. "Please read the article" line is one of the main skills needed here.

2014-06-19 16:40

navi to go place 1 !

2014-06-19 17:32

Step 1: Click HLTV article Step 2: Look at teams invited in article Step 3: read nothing else Step 4: ASK REALLY STUPID QUESTIONS! Why do people do this? :(

2014-06-20 00:34

CSGOES HUUUUUGE

2014-06-19 16:30

Omg :O Ez money for Titan

2014-06-19 16:30

2014-06-19 16:35

Good news.but where is new operation volvo?

2014-06-19 16:36

NiceOne

2014-06-19 16:37

Great news for everyone. Hope this won't be the last :) This is gonna be good :D

2014-06-19 16:38

Hype

2014-06-19 16:39

WOW NICE

2014-06-19 16:39

-TEAMGLOBAL -CompLexity +Natus Vincere +Titan

2014-06-19 16:52

17 replies

complexity > titan ;)

2014-06-19 17:04

15 replies

no...just no ^^

2014-06-19 17:36

14 replies

2014-06-19 17:58

2 replies

thanks for reply

2014-06-19 18:12

1 reply

2014-06-19 18:16

results speak for themselves complexity > titan

2014-06-19 20:37

10 replies

omfg ? which results hm ?

2014-06-19 20:40

9 replies

The last ESL. OMFG! LIKE OMFG! Not that deep.

2014-06-20 00:35

8 replies

omfg !!!!!! complexity easy group and you decide from one tournament which team is better..omfg omfg

2014-06-20 01:02

7 replies

1.) I didn't say they were better. 2.) Teams invited are based on their placing at the last major. 3.) You asked a stupid question, and you got an answer. Don't try to insult someone if you're too stupid to understand logic. OMFG OMFG OMFG!!!1!1 Like, seriously, learn to read.

2014-06-20 01:51

6 replies

1 .your stupidooo 2. i know 3. i dont see any stupid question from my side 4. idiot 5. omfg

2014-06-20 01:55

5 replies

You don't see it because you're too stupid to read, it's cool. We all get it. Hint: "which results hm?" Dumbest question in a long time. PS: stop trying to troll, you're awful at it.

2014-06-20 02:48

4 replies

1. no troll 2. you really stupid 3. results titan/verygames > complexity 4 youre awful

2014-06-20 07:53

3 replies

Doesn't understand I never disputed overall results, then calls me stupid. HLTV posters are the best!

2014-06-20 20:35

2 replies

yea and you are stupid !!!!!!!!!!!!! @ #511

2014-06-20 21:56

1 reply

Oh, gosh! You sure told me!

2014-06-21 00:33

- brain... If you read the article you'd see the top 8 from Katowice got a direct invite... Zzzz

2014-06-19 17:10

nice

2014-06-19 16:57

+ENCE

2014-06-19 16:58

I can't wait for it! =d

2014-06-19 16:59

SK must attend !!!

2014-06-19 17:02

+Titan,Epsilon,iBP,Berzerk,mouz,Na`Vi,CPH Wolves, SK

2014-06-19 17:03

2 replies

Six spots will be given through European qualifiers, one will be awarded to a North American team and the final spot will go to Australia/Oceania.

2014-06-19 17:13

-mouz +vox

2014-06-19 17:30

NIIIIICE. NEED SOME NAVI!

2014-06-19 17:03

If TI4 can raise their prizpool from 1,6 M$ to almost 10 M$ with community funding, then CSGO community should be able to gather at least 1 M$...

2014-06-19 17:11

1 reply

Valve are not putting everything into one event. They have probably few million just waiting there in a "csgo bank account".

2014-06-19 19:19

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK

2014-06-19 17:13

Much rather see the prize being like: 1st 90k 2nd 50k 3-4th 25k 5-8th 10k 9-16th 5k tbh that would make it better as every team gets paid quite good to go ;)

2014-06-19 17:15

2 replies

how about 150k 50k 25k 25k

2014-06-19 20:38

1 reply

So only 4 teams gets paid? Don't think teams that would never achieve top4 would go lol.

2014-06-19 20:39

5-8 - 10.000$ same as first place on DH - NICE :D

2014-06-19 17:16

Will only be able to watch the first day :/

2014-06-19 17:18

nice prizepool for CS:GO, hope they can find some new talented casters soon though, cant have the same guys always commentating and not having to improve since there is no competion for the casters spots :(.

2014-06-19 17:20

1 reply

Lets do it !

2014-06-19 17:50

Made me remember this youtube.com/watch?v=pkSI_-BM0rQ

2014-06-19 17:22

nicee

2014-06-19 17:22

Even home field advantage won't be able to help German teams

2014-06-19 17:29

1 reply

german guys support the german national team who cares about an computer game.

2014-06-19 21:56

Oh happy days! :D

2014-06-19 17:34

niceee

2014-06-19 17:43

WE WANT CACHE!

2014-06-19 17:44

yeeaahh

2014-06-19 17:48

No Titan?

2014-06-19 17:50

holy shitttttt

2014-06-19 17:51

TEAMGLOBAL? They don't even exist anymore... +Berzerk +mousesports +Planetkey Dynamics +Epsilon +Lemondogs +London Conspiracy +Natus Vincere +Publiclir.se +Reason +SK +Titan +Copenhagen Wolves +iBUYPOWER

2014-06-19 17:58

1 reply

Mhhh /// READ ARTICLE

2014-06-19 18:30

Btw... SK could pick up olofm, twist and cype instead of emilio, roque and SKYTTEN, and thus get a spot @ EMS with better roster as a bonus.

2014-06-19 18:03

7 replies

that would be sick

2014-06-19 18:06

how about no?

2014-06-19 18:14

emilio was great at dhs

2014-06-19 19:06

4 replies

...and they still failed vs HR. This LU - pita, eksem, olofm, twist, cype - could easily f*ck HR and almost any other team in the world.

2014-06-19 19:23

3 replies

ahaha bro, u kiddin'?:D I think only NiP, dingitas and VP(maybe) can win HR.

2014-06-19 20:44

2 replies

im sure that atleast navi and CPH Wolves are able to beat them aswell

2014-06-20 01:52

VP maybe? afaik VP crushed them in last 5 matches

2014-06-20 08:04

Berzerk to take this

2014-06-19 18:07

I don't even... wow *-*

2014-06-19 18:10

Searching people from poland to ride there.

2014-06-19 18:13

2014-06-19 18:15

looking forward to this. really want NiP to win a major but either way, I'm sure we'll see some great matches and upsets as well.

2014-06-19 18:16

Still 250k? CSGO will never grow :(

2014-06-19 18:18

5 replies

Because price money = growth. People will play it if it is a good game. Not because it "only" has like 2-3 250K tournaments a year.

2014-06-19 18:32

Trust me , dreamhack Winter will have More than 250k :)

2014-06-19 18:58

2 replies

dreamhack Winter 2020?

2014-06-19 19:23

1 reply

*3020

2014-06-20 11:34

rofl 250k is more than enough, especially since it's more than one 'major' tournament per year. although, I could really see it both ways, because valve is making BIG cash on all these in game purchases and fees.

2014-06-25 06:02

now theres no homecrowd advantage, so we gonna see the real 1st team in the world ;)

2014-06-19 18:20

2 replies

wtf? Berzerk or moosesports could easily win it because it will take place in Germany

2014-06-19 19:24

1 reply

dont compare them to nip/vp/navi and others..

2014-06-19 21:20

mediocre

2014-06-19 18:30

Germany so mouzsports is going to this? hehe

2014-06-19 18:43

Niiiice

2014-06-19 18:49

+ ibp , vox , titan , na´vi , k1ck, CW and SK + Tosspot + RedEye + Lurrpis + Anders & Semmler + JOE MILLER !!!!!

2014-06-19 18:51

titan to fail esl one

2014-06-19 18:50

Fucking amaizing !

2014-06-19 18:53

Niceeee +Titan +NaVi +Mousesports +SK +VOX Eminor +iBUYPOWER +Epsilon +Copenhagen Wolfs That should be the top16

2014-06-19 18:56

2014-06-19 19:23

come on NiP, win this one!

2014-06-19 19:27

"Six spots will be given through European qualifiers, one will be awarded to a North American team and the final spot will go to Australia/Oceania." So: EU: +Titan +Epsilon +Na`Vi +SK +Copenhagen Wolves +Reason NA: +iBUYPOWER AU: +Vox Eminor And dis gonna be sick.

2014-06-19 19:29

4 replies

im my opinion Vox Eminor are not a really strong team and ESL should do a qualifier with Australian teams and south american teams ... would like to see FalleN etc competing against the EU master :p

2014-06-20 01:01

3 replies

with Australian teams and south american teams ... which south american teams? there is only 1 "team" which doesnt play at any league or havent attended single lan.why should they be in this tournament? makes no sense at all

2014-06-20 01:54

2 replies

just one team because they dont have lans to play ... if ESL give them the opportunity more teams will appear and the big players will back

2014-06-20 02:02

1 reply

they could play atleast some online cups.i would find it pretty unfair to give them spot for free in 250k tournament just like that... dont get me wrong,i have nothing against south america or something like that and it would be great to have players like fallen back.but i rly dont think that they deserve qual in this tournament.if you want opportunity like you said,you should do something for it.noone gives you it for free

2014-06-20 02:08

I'm quite relieved to be honest, I really thought Valve would sit on this until DHW. 2 months of preparation is just what the teams need in my opinion, hopefully the qualifiers will be held really soon so that the qualified teams have some time for themselves as well. Good luck to all these guys, as well as the guys from ESL, let's hope it'll be a great event!

2014-06-19 19:42

very nice see all these tournaments on summer :D

2014-06-19 19:43

i would like to see that LeftOverZ team playing this lan could be a good surprise

2014-06-19 19:47

Fnatic ;DDD +navi +titan +sk +ibp +manajuma

2014-06-19 20:01

NIIICE :D

2014-06-19 20:28

+navi +titan +epsilon +sk +mouz +Overgaming

2014-06-19 20:35

Na`Vi will take it.

2014-06-19 21:01

And for brazil? Nothing?

2014-06-19 21:27

+Na'Vi +iBP +Titan +CPH Wolves +mouz +SK +Vox +Epsilon

2014-06-19 21:32

2 replies

-Epsilon and +Berzerk (or whatever they go under now ^^) and we have a deal :p

2014-06-20 00:37

1 reply

Epsilon easily beat Berzerk...its lan here :)

2014-06-20 11:07

i see 100,000 $ for Virtus.pro AgAiN ;)

2014-06-19 22:08

veri naise

2014-06-19 22:23

I hope hellraisers will show them like on dh , nip had problems to beat them.

2014-06-19 22:45

TG and Fnatic lol

2014-06-19 22:54

1 reply

why lol?dont you know how to read?top 8 finishers qualified directly,are u going to say its unfair?lOLl

2014-06-20 06:31

easy4hr

2014-06-19 22:55

nice

2014-06-19 23:07

Great news for the CS scene :)

2014-06-19 23:41

Sick as ffoooaaarkkk !!! :)

2014-06-20 00:26

awesome!

2014-06-20 00:26

It's awesomeee news :)))

2014-06-20 00:27

-fnatic +Na'Vi

2014-06-20 00:37

NAVI!

2014-06-20 01:42

NiP/NaVi/HR to win this imo, gl hope TG gets a proper line-up....

2014-06-20 01:44

Where is Titan?

2014-06-20 01:51

1 reply

read the article for god sake

2014-06-20 01:55

+K1CK :D

2014-06-20 01:56

+ copenhage wolves! + SK

2014-06-20 02:30

Awesome!

2014-06-20 03:50

rly nice

2014-06-20 05:06

please invite or do a latin america qualifier this is what the scene is missing.

2014-06-20 05:15

Lol col

2014-06-20 06:29

Mouz will take this (kappa)

2014-06-20 08:02

ez 4 navi

2014-06-20 08:06

Two months is such a long time.

2014-06-20 08:28

Finally, I think this one will break the stereotype about "a winners at home", maybe somebody doesn't know, but, for notice: ESWC 2013 (France) - 1st.Clan-Mystik 2nd.Verygames DH Winter 2013 (Sweden) - 1st.Fnatic 2nd.NIP ESL One 2014 (Poland) - 1st.Virtus.pro SLTV S9 (Ukraine) - 1st.Natus Vincere DH Summer 2014 (Sweden) - 1st.NIP and so on... not without exceptions, but still. I hope, I'm not right, but there are no German teams, which could win it. I watched match between NIP and Berzerk on DH recently and was cheering for germans, but unfortunatly, some mistakes by them made NIP not to forgive them... That's my opinion, but I think, that's the first major lan where everything will be different. Thanks for attention, gl 2 all. P.S. easy for Na'Vi and f0rest (joking :)

2014-06-20 08:37

1 reply

Don't forget ESEA finals with iBP beating Titan.

2014-06-20 09:23

Hehe, the video is kind of funny. Judging purely by the sound it sounds like an intro to Avengers kind of movie. Then I realized it is a tribute to the VP fluke.

2014-06-20 09:24

1 reply

hahaha +1

2014-06-20 09:51

cool!

2014-06-20 09:44

Hahha nice news but thats sad there is no any german team that can win this in front of home crowd :D

2014-06-20 10:32

1 reply

who cares wc is more important than a video game.

2014-06-20 14:06

-fnatic +navi

2014-06-20 11:34

5 replies

Once again the top eight finishers from the previous major receive direct invitations for the event, leaving some top teams such as Titan and Natus Vincere without a spot for now. Cant u read mate? ;)

2014-06-20 13:28

4 replies

yes i did read and im only saying that fnatic should be out and navi take its place, your comment makes no sense.

2014-06-20 13:43

3 replies

I just asked. Dont get mad boy

2014-06-20 14:16

2 replies

again your comment makes no sense saying that im mad. im confused.

2014-06-20 14:18

1 reply

itq

2014-06-20 14:18

Another major this year +1

2014-06-20 11:47

So, the 8 qualifying teams, predictions? Vox Eminor iBuypower Titan Na'Vi Copenhagen Wolves all seem certain. The other three Euros? Maybe: Epsilon SK Reason

2014-06-20 12:47