Mobility seek funds to attend ESWC*

23-7-2014 17:33

After making it out of the North American qualifier, Mobility-Gaming are now seeking funding to attend this year's ESWC in Paris, France.

The winners of ESEA Intermediate season 16 qualified in second place, beating out fellow Canadian side abunch, before narrowly losing to iBUYPOWER who, for their efforts, were rewarded with a fully-funded trip to the finals.

In order to fulfil their goal of becoming an international team, Mobility are now seeking funding from fans and supporters to cover the expenses associated with competing overseas.

Davey's Mobility are reaching out to the community for support

Their current target is $8,000 USD which you can help them reach by contributing to the team directly, or by purchasing merchandise from Mobility's Pro Shop.

ESWC finals will run from October 29th until November 2nd, and will see the top twenty-four teams from around the world (including China, India, and Japan) competing for the 2014 world title.

Update: MG have set up their own donation page, so you can donate directly to the team. The original story has been updated to reflect this change.

GL boys, you deserve it

2014-07-23 11:34

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Thank you so much!

2014-07-23 14:22

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hope u do some real dmg out there ;)

2014-07-23 15:17

Good luck

2014-07-23 11:34

2 replies

Thank you :)

2014-07-23 14:22

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GL Stasiek

2014-07-23 17:43

nope

2014-07-23 11:34

2014-07-23 11:35

"If someone can get $60,000 for Potato salad than this should be a walk in the park"

2014-07-23 11:37

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true:)

2014-07-23 13:02

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false. potato salad can be sold, if you fund this guys you wont get a single cent in return. thats the difference. they ask for money but cant offer anything in return. what they can offer is some loss in group stage and a flight back home.

2014-07-23 14:52

6 replies

LMAO, made my day rude boy :p

2014-07-23 15:21

you are destroying dreams:(

2014-07-23 16:28

You have to go to a Church and pray for your soul because you're lost, m8. You need salvation, just remember God is merciful. Be positive and faithful

2014-07-23 17:36

Very true.

2014-07-23 17:40

LMAO

2014-07-24 01:01

DreAM_DeSTRoYER

2014-07-25 15:03

they should start some 24 hour streams or something to bring in some money. 12,000 is a lot of money, especially when asking a community where most people don't know who they are.

2014-07-23 11:37

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this.

2014-07-23 13:31

A few of our teamates will be doing 24hour streams to help with the funding. twitch.tv/daveycsgo

2014-07-23 14:23

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that's good, it might help a lot.

2014-07-23 14:28

update #2: Potato salad +600% money

2014-07-23 11:39

12k? How many costs 1 ticket?

2014-07-23 11:43

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open indiegogo site and read

2014-07-23 11:49

including hotels etc. 12000 split between 5 people is not a lot. im flying to switzerland soon from canada and my tickets alone are $1700

2014-07-23 14:36

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Can't they afford hotels? I mean they need don't have to go in 5 stars hotels. Low Costs, costs only maybe 200-300€ for the 3-4 days I find it really expensive and feel like they are asking for way too much. Too easy to ask money from people

2014-07-23 14:55

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Actually the entire trip will cost us about 8000, but our goal is 10000-12000 because we have to pay fees from paypal and indiegogo. Sorry we are not all rich and we need all the help we can get. If you don't want to donate, that's okay, but please you don't have to be rude about it. We will do our best in France, and thank you to everyone who has donated, we appreciate it! If you wish to donate, go to this link mobility-gaming.com/Donate/ Thanks again everyone who is helping.

2014-07-23 15:02

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If you cant win a qualifier or pay for the trip yourself you dont deserve to go.

2014-07-23 16:44

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They came second in the qualifiers which was well deserved and not everyone has a couple grand laying around.

2014-07-24 03:20

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Then they shouldn't attend.

2014-07-31 14:30

I flew to Canada twice for 1200$, east coast tho :P

2014-07-23 17:12

Lineup?

2014-07-23 11:45

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mobility-gaming.com/teams/csgo/

2014-07-23 15:03

why they need 12K?!

2014-07-23 11:52

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#55

2014-07-24 02:39

How do US teams not have money..? We travel from Australia and the Oceanic ESports scene is like 1/8th of what it is in the States.

2014-07-23 12:00

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It might be cause you benefit from being the only big team in oceania. So all sponsors want to support you. While a team like mobility, probably isnt the hottest topic for sponsors

2014-07-23 12:09

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umm no lol, we have far less sponsors than AVANT Garde, Team Immunity, Exile 5. etc

2014-07-23 13:54

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oh okay, didnt know that. then i guess the australian scene is just alot better at working hard and getting sponsors. the prize at the esl qual tournament was pretty impressive so maybe its just a better community down under

2014-07-23 15:07

you guys are good. Why the hell they dint pick u guys up? lol

2014-07-24 06:17

+1. Few hours ago they needed $8,000. Now they need $10-12,000. Isn't it too late looking for sponsors?

2014-07-23 12:16

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The trip will cost 8000, but we are raising 10-12000 because we have to pay fees for indiegogo and paypal. We were also making shirts and mousepads, check them out in the shop. If you have donated, thank you so much. If you want to donate, please do so here: mobility-gaming.com/Donate/ Thanks again for the support!

2014-07-23 15:04

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You should be looking more for sponsors than people who would donate. I'm pretty sure it's kinda not so hard to find good few sponsors who would be interested in representing their brand at ESWC, but the problem is that your team isn't so competitive in international scene. Well at least I think so. Anyway, good luck. :)

2014-07-23 15:11

Refer to #18. NA has like 4 teams that the sponsors would rather give the money to, before funding a mostly unknown team. Also it can't hurt that your sponsors have the lure of better visibility when traveling for 250K tournaments as compared to traveling for an under 50K tournament. Also, you travel from Australia for events that have a guaranteed cash prize for the last placed team. That ought to help. ESWC only rewards top 3 as far as I remember. Edit : Small Disclaimer. I'm not actually contributing myself.

2014-07-23 12:22

2014-07-23 12:09

so anytime an unknown team gets qualified to the main event because no good teams attended except the 1 obvious winner, they can just make an indiegogo page and make the front page of hltv? cmon, cant wait to abuse this in the future... anyways gl to mobility

2014-07-23 12:17

This team won't even finish top16 and they want 12k......for real bro?

2014-07-23 12:25

lel i love how everyone is super offended that they !dare! to ask for help. you don´t have to give them anything.

2014-07-23 12:50

God, what kind of org is this? Their website looks terrible. On top of that, they don't have rewards in the campaign, because they can't put in a little bit of effort after being funded 12k, please go away and leave your spot to someone else.

2014-07-23 13:13

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have you ever seen the SK site?

2014-08-18 21:52

funding what? lol work for the money

2014-07-23 13:21

GL!!!

2014-07-23 13:22

i can't see this going anywhere without bigger promotions. the tf2 na scene have successfully crowed funded to send their teams to iseries. they streamed and took donations, they created online events for the community and streamed them. i think sitting around and expecting the community to give you money is asking for failure and if you're willing to do some work i'm sure you would ez get the money that's needed. gl!

2014-07-23 13:53

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We're going to be doing some 24hr streams to help raise the money! Check out twitch.tv/daveycsgo and mobility-gaming.com/Donate/ Thanks again for the support everyone! We appreciate it so much!

2014-07-23 14:25

where can i find their lineup?

2014-07-23 13:55

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mobility-gaming.com/teams/csgo/

2014-07-23 13:57

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wow, never heard about those guys

2014-07-23 14:05

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it's not about who they are though? they want funding to get there, they're not promising they're going to win or get to a certain stage they're only after funding.

2014-07-23 14:07

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no offense dude, there's so much more ppl to support even if it's just a couple bucks imo

2014-07-23 14:09

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why would i take offense ;p

2014-07-23 14:10

i'd rather donate to moE's team to send them to DH or something like that

2014-07-23 14:10

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who's stopping you? and again it has nothing to do with skill or popularity they're only asking for money.

2014-07-23 14:11

You got my support. Great team going places. Just wait guys.

2014-07-23 15:06

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Hey maniac, thanks a lot for your kind words!

2014-07-23 15:12

12k to go out in groups. No thanks.

2014-07-23 15:29

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Who says we'll go out in groups? And we need a minimum of 8k. Thanks for the support anyway.

2014-07-23 15:36

fund yourselves

2014-07-23 15:37

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If only it was that easy. Thanks for your help though.

2014-07-23 15:40

Here are my thoughts on this: Obviously we always want every team that qualified fairly to be able to attend the event. However from what I see, Mobility Gaming (the organization that the team plays for) is not able to cover the costs of the team. I would be extremely hesitant, to donate money to the organization rather than to the team. It's not even about trust, but standards. If you pick up a team that will be attending ESWC you need to be ready for those costs. Why do they have a bunch of other teams, if they can't afford to send their one team to LANs (I see they had to use their own money from ESEA as well). If the team would leave the organization, and crowd fund that way, I would see much more success with people donating. That being said, best of luck finding the money - I really hope to see you guys at ESWC!

2014-07-23 16:22

5 flights + 5 day stay in a hostel would be around 7000. Inc food it would be say 7500 for the duration. With Ontario's minimum wage at 11$ you need to work about 682 hours to earn that. 137 hours between the 5 of you. That's 17 8 hour days. So if you all get a job, even a crappy minimum wage one, you'd be able to earn that in less than a month. Why exactly are you asking for money? Work until the end of September and you can easily pay your own way.

2014-07-23 16:37

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ANd ? Work and save money for this event ? what the fuck will they eat? They have bills to pay. The point of this thread is "pay if u want", dont pay if u dont want to. No one is forcing you to do anything.

2014-07-23 16:44

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And considering they already pay for their bills then they already have jobs. About 63 work days until the event. That's more than enough time to earn the money they need. Right now it just comes off as "donate money so we can go on vacation"

2014-07-23 17:06

Yeah indeed, plus apartment rent

2014-07-23 17:08

2014-07-23 16:50

Two of them are 20 years old, one is 25, and two have not stated their ages on the team website. You are assuming they all have full-time jobs or are able to find work in time. You have also neglected to take taxes and other costs of living into account. If they do have jobs, they are probably paying at least 20% in taxes, depending on their level of income. If they have jobs, it is also more likely that they are living by themselves or with someone else than their parents. In a big city like Ontario - where the minimum wage is only $11 like you have pointed out - rent is most likely going to be taking a decent amount out of their pay check every month. Then you have things like student loans, mortgages and general life in a big city. To answer your question, I am going to guess it involves something of what I wrote above.

2014-07-23 17:08

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Thank you for understanding.

2014-07-23 17:21

While I agree with your points, I lived in Toronto while I attended university there. I have first hand experience of the cost of living in the city and what is available in terms of student jobs (I'm assuming they are of highschool/uni age). They do have the opportunity to save up this money on their own. It's obviously something they really want to do, but they don't want to spend their own money. If they're not willing to invest in themselves why should anyone else? Again, it seems they just want a paid vacation to Paris.

2014-07-23 17:23

Ignoring just how astoundingly poorly thought out your "estimate" is, if you don't want to donate then don't. I'm not going to because I don't care. If other people want to then good for them.

2014-07-23 17:29

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the estimate is based on prices i found online + any applicable tax. The biggest problem is that the indiegogo campaign is set to flexible. which means that any money they raise, they get to keep. even if they dont go to eswc. imagine they get to 2/3k. not enough to go to paris, but they wont return the money either. if they had intentions of returning the money in case their goal wasnt reached they wouldnt have fixed flexible as their funding plan.

2014-07-23 17:34

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That point I will completely agree with. The fund should be set up to where if they don't attend the event the money will be refunded.

2014-07-23 17:38

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We will use any money donated to attend the event as well as taking out any loans necessary to try to fill the gaps

2014-07-24 20:51

Are you serious? lol

2014-07-24 11:08

I'm not sure why people feel the need to type paragraphs telling them to get jobs, or their opinions on why people shouldn't donate It's as easy as this: If you don't want to donate, then just don't. Move on with your life.

2014-07-23 16:41

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Same post :O

2014-07-23 16:45

If I had to give I would give. I hope somebody else does this time. I imagine best of luck for you guys. it migth be "impossible" but you could still end up being in paris october 29th

2014-07-23 16:48

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Thanks so much for your kind words!

2014-07-23 17:22

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no thank you friendly man

2014-07-23 17:38

now it's 8000? We are the idiots?

2014-07-23 17:15

no offense but you guys are arent popular at all. saw some games but this wasn't above average or smth. so in my opinion we can not expect something great from you guys at this event. and trying to raise 12.000$ for this non profit situation is pointless in my opinion. and i realy love it when i read "we need HOTELS..." haha isn't it funny that working people slept on the floor under the table (10years ago) but now the unemployed people want a hotel room? but yeah, as i said: this should not be offensiv it's just my opinion and opinions are different. i wish you all the best

2014-07-23 17:49

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We're trying to raise $8000, and we will put in a lot of time and effort to compete with the best teams. You guys want Counter-Strike to grow, but when new teams come along and try to gain experience and play, nobody wants to support them. We're a very good team with a lot of potential, we just need to be given the opportunity. Our first lan together, and we qualified for ESWC Finals. I think we can really do well if we get to Paris. Thanks again to everyone who is supporting us.

2014-07-23 17:52

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Support=\paying for travel expenses

2014-07-23 18:27

The Mobility Gaming Management should really consider their branding process. You are seeking sponsors and havent even listed your company information on the website. I think you arent even registered as a company... You stated in your partnership press release that you are 7 years in gaming as an organization. So far it is the first time I've heard from you. Also your whole appearence is very poor. It is true that finding sponsors is very difficult in esports and especially to have a self-sustainable organization, however sponsors are there. Maybe you should hire someone who is experienced with sponsorships, branding, imagebuilding, sales. You have the lucky situation to live at a very health market/economy. You just lag of knowledge. So before you say that I am rude. I am just trying to give some constructive feedback since you guys have potential but only need some key people who can help you evolve from the noob squad to some serious organization. GL

2014-07-23 17:52

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Thank you very much for your advice, we've been trying our best to secure other sponsorships and improve our organization. Mobility Gaming by no means is a large organization like iBUYPOWER or Complexity. It is a small organization run by one person. That is why we are asking for funding from supporters. Hopefully in the future, companies and organizations recognize our potential and will approach us, but for right now, we have to work with Mobility Gaming. They have been very supportive and we appreciate everything Sober (the manager) has done for us.

2014-07-23 17:55

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Sponsors rarely approach organizations unless you are manchester united or real madrid.

2014-07-23 19:10

wait for next esl katowice, by then you guys are even better. gl with raising the money

2014-07-23 18:02

Would help if they talked some about their plans and preparations. It would be alot easier to support an up and coming team thats really excited over going there and have some sort of shot of doing something (not talking about taking home the whole tourney, but maybe getting out of group stage etc and putting up some nice games). But they need to talk about their plans and how much time they are putting into this for us that dont know about them to want to contribute. Do some sort of player presentation in a videoformat with frags etc. Get us excited over sponsoring your dream!

2014-07-23 18:13

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We are participating in CEVO-Main and ESEA-Premier divisions, you guys are more than welcome to watch the matches and see how we play! ESEA: play.esea.net/teams/73533 CEVO: cevo.com/event/cs-globaloffensive/roster..

2014-07-23 22:14

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wait...so your not even top20 in NA? not even in invite in either league? .......and you are begging for money to go to a pro tournament you think you will "do well"? hahhahahahahahahaha fuck off shitter

2014-07-24 02:26

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We are top 20 in NA :D

2014-07-24 20:53

what do mobility gaming give them then if they can't fund 1 lan?

2014-07-23 18:16

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Mobility Gaming is a small organization. They paid for some travel fee for our 1st lan, they paid our league fees, and gave us mousepads/shirts. But they are not big enough to send us to France so we are asking for help.

2014-07-23 22:56

Hello. Im going on holiday to canada in sept, can you donate money for this trip? I work but cannot spare any money cuz of bills etc. will you donate? Yea doubtful...people are not mad that u are asking for money (EVERYONE AND ANYONE Can do this) however it is the fact you are given publicity for this donation when you dont deserve to ask for it, especially with the amount. You "achieved" the 2nd NA spot for eswc cuz no1 else turned up (not your fault, you have to beat whats infront of you) but i could have made a team, turned up, lost to IBP and then asked for 10 grand...if u wanted to go and u know ure org cant pay, work overtime, ask parents for money, try anything and everything. Begging should only be a last resort. Maybe if u raised some Money yourself and said we need more people would be more inclined.

2014-07-23 18:21

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All of us are either in school or work full-time. I am in University full time and have a lot of bills to pay. I don't have money to save up for this trip to France. I pay for my car insurance, my school, my phone, and other bills. We are asking the community for help and a lot of people are helping. If you don't want to donate, you don't have to. But you don't have to be disrespectful and call us lazy, and beggars. I never said you HAVE to donate. But there are some nice people who are helping us. If you don't want to help us, it's okay, but you don't have to be mean about it. We are doing everything we can do raise the money for this trip. I don't expect you to understand, but if you love CS:GO like we all do, you will at least support a new team trying to grow instead of criticizing everything. How do you want CS:GO to grow if new teams cannot afford to travel and become better? Please keep your negative comments to yourself. I can promise to whoever donates, we practice for hours everyday and try to get better. We won't disappoint you in France. Thank you so much for everyone who is supporting us, it means a lot!

2014-07-23 22:35

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My recommendation is not to answer obvious trolls that call you beggars and so on. Just ignore them ;) I have donated 10 dollars some hours ago. I will wait some and if it continues to rize I will donate 20 dollars if not even more depending on the mood, haha. This will be a great life experience for you guys if nothing else. Something I wish I had a chance to but naah; life duty calls. So; if I cant and you have a chance; this is my support for you. If you dont win; its okay; make sure you have a story to tell at least :D

2014-07-23 23:17

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Why do you both find 'begging' offensive? It's like it's the politically incorrect version of 'asking for a donation'. This is a beg thread.

2014-07-24 01:55

wont disappoint in france? you will go out in groups without winning a game and you want people to pay for you to play 3 games and get around 10 rounds total? haha genius

2014-07-24 02:29

oh and "doing everything we can to raise money for this trip" ROFL what?? you mean you are doing nothing irl only begging online haha....nobody has ever heard of you, you arent even top in the NA scene how dare you ask for that much. its fucking embarrassing kid how bout u stop spending so much money on realizing the american dream of being a fat fucking mess

2014-07-24 02:33

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You dense ukrainian motherfucker.

2014-07-24 03:04

Go cry somewhere else.

2014-07-24 11:10

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Let's be nice!

2014-07-28 17:10

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he is right, they don't think about your situation. they propably don't even earn their own money yet.. the propably think "OH 11$/HOUR? ezpz" but they do not think about car insurance/gas, appartment rent, food, electicity, net/phone, tax stuff or heat.. they don't even realize EDIT: :I old thread, didn't realize

2014-08-18 22:01

you guys have 0$? How much will you put in from your own money?

2014-07-23 21:36

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We are going to cover cost of transportation/food for ourselves. We are raising money for the flights/hotels.

2014-07-23 22:16

GL with this, but honestly this "plz fund us" trend is becoming annoying.

2014-07-23 21:46

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Sorry you feel that way.

2014-07-23 22:15

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It is nothing personal and I understand why you do it

2014-07-23 22:18

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Yupp, refer to #132

2014-07-23 22:35

Looks like they have Mobility problems.

2014-07-23 23:20

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That's a good one! Haha

2014-07-23 23:29

2014-07-24 04:30

this news is so awkward

2014-07-23 23:25

Thank you for all the support so far everyone, we can't thank you enough!

2014-07-23 23:59

they have a fully funded trip to paris, meaning flights and hotel is paid i would assume, what is 8 grand going to be used for? i'm not pointing fingers or anything, i'd just like to know what the 8 grand will be put towards thats all.

2014-07-24 08:29

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iBP have the fully funded trip. Mobility need the $8K for flights and a hotel.

2014-07-24 11:13

Hope they can go. Love DAVEYs' Shitfestive series

2014-07-24 11:12

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Thank you for your support!

2014-07-24 15:27

Just sell your slot if its allowed and enjoy your money.

2014-07-24 22:38

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We won't sell the slot. We want to attend the event and do well.

2014-07-24 23:00

It's so nice to see new teams trying to branch out into the CS:GO scene, we really need it. All the luck to you Mobility, i really hope you reach your funding goal. :)

2014-07-25 15:47

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Thank you very much. We are almost at 10% of our goal! Thank you to everyone who is supporting us, we will do our best in Paris!

2014-07-25 17:20

We are almost at 10% of our goal! Thanks for all the support!

2014-07-25 20:05

Donated $25 Would be nice to see some more Canadian flags on HLTV. Good luck, eh.

2014-07-26 01:26

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Thanks so much for your donation :) Very kind of you, we are really grateful!

2014-07-26 02:05

Some of us are starting to stream, come check it out! Davey is doing a 24hour livestream! twitch.tv/daveycsgo

2014-07-26 02:11

twitch.tv/daveycsgo is doing a 24 hour stream come check it out!

2014-07-26 03:05

6 more hours to go in the 24 hour stream!

2014-07-26 20:19

Come drop by and say hello! twitch.tv/daveycsgo

2014-07-26 20:55

Only 3 hours left!

2014-07-26 22:44

Come to twitch.tv/daveycsgo and watch the ShitFensive creators Matchmake and Pug! youtube.com/channel/UCNBbvuQ49vYuNP_oo72.. mobility-gaming.com/Donate

2014-07-26 22:45

We past 10% of our goal! Thanks so much to everyone who is helping and supporting, we really appreciate it! We are practicing hard everyday and we will not disappoint in France! mobility-gaming.com/Donate/

2014-07-28 17:09

We're already at 13% of our goal thanks so much to everyone who has helped!

2014-07-31 18:30

@stanislaw : do you or your team mate work ?

2014-08-18 21:36

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Yes we work, but we don't have money saved. We work to pay our bills for phones, cars, homes and school. We are trying very hard to raise money. If we had the money, we would not ask the community for help, but we do not have enough to pay for it. If we do not raise enough money we have to take out loans and borrow money, and we don't want to do that. We are thankful to everyone who has donated so far because it has helped so much!

2014-08-18 21:56

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If maybe a stupid question or solution, but you guys don't want to build a gaming house, because you've 1 house for 5, so you'll get more money etc Another suggestion, did you made a CV about your team and send it to all organisation in gaming ? Searching for sponsor that can give you 1-2k$ etc etc

2014-08-18 23:46

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Yes we made a CV and messaged as many organizations as we could. No luck yet.

2014-08-18 23:49

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Did you try another type of sponsor ? Like subway (for exemple) and you can send a tamplate of a t shirt of the team with your nick and the subway representation etc

2014-08-18 23:51