Fragbite Masters invites revealed

12-9-2014 16:21

fragbite has revealed the names of the teams who have been invited to take part in the third season of its Masters league.

Earlier in the week, fragbite announced the first details about the third season of its Masters tournament, which will feature a prize purse in excess of $42,000 and also LAN finals in Stockholm.

A total of 16 teams will take part in the online stage of the league, 12 of whom are invited by the organisation, while the remaining four will come from online qualifiers.

Bad Monkey Gaming to take on male teams

Ninjas in Pyjamas and dignitas, the winners of the first two seasons, have both been handed invitations, just like French trio of Titan, LDLC and Epsilon, and Polish giants Virtus.pro.

The biggest surprise in the participants' list comes in the form of female side Bad Monkey Gaming, which means that fragbite is following in the footsteps of the Hitbox Arena Championship and is mixing male and female gaming.

Fragbite Masters Season 3 invites:

NiP	dignitas
CPH Wolves	Titan
LDLC	Epsilon
Bad Monkey Gaming	fnatic
Na`Vi	HellRaisers
Virtus.pro	mousesports

nice go titan!

2014-09-12 17:21

3 replies

why the first comment is actually number #2?

2014-09-12 17:53

2 replies

#1 was centryz

2014-09-12 17:57

Because #1 deletzzzz

2014-09-12 17:58

mous not gonna go to sweden because of snus

2014-09-12 17:22

8 replies

Thats a reason to come, not to not come? O.o

2014-09-12 17:48

1 reply

yea i know but i just said it because they always come up with stupid excuses xD

2014-09-12 19:15

I've never done any of the chewing/spitting tobacco but aside from not needing to spit, what makes snus special? or is that it?

2014-09-12 23:49

5 replies

snus you have under your upper lip. very good =D

2014-09-13 00:20

2 replies

does it just give you a buzz kinda like most tobacco products?

2014-09-13 01:38

1 reply

Yea, it does.

2014-09-13 02:06

A good snus is just like a really good beer. It's an experience, a passion. I'ts also not really unhealthy, and very easy to help you get off cigarettes.

2014-09-13 20:10

1 reply

hahaha ill stick to weed but it sounds good

2014-09-13 23:45

n1 navi vp hr invited :)

2014-09-12 17:22

Nice, hope PkD will qualify. Good to see the mix of female and male gaming! :)

2014-09-12 17:23

GO CPH! It's nice to see Female teams in some leagues now! :)

2014-09-12 17:23

BMG to take it all :p

2014-09-12 17:23

gogo navi :DD

2014-09-12 17:23

Mattie and Aurora <3 Edit: zAAz and juliano <3

2014-09-12 17:26

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i don't see myXMG.fe here wtf?

2014-09-12 17:24

3 replies

Bad Monkey Gaming

2014-09-12 17:24

2 replies

dat edit xd

2014-09-12 17:33

1 reply

yes

2014-09-12 17:40

This will be where the french takeover happens.

2014-09-12 17:23

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NiP - Dignitas Fnatic - Titan semis. Fnatic to win the whole thing. #ezskynzezlayfe

2014-09-12 18:26

2014-09-13 08:31

Finally, after a lot of flaming by the community girls start playing against male teams plus the organisers start inviting them. Thanks.

2014-09-12 17:25

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2014-09-12 17:29

why are you happy? do they play naked with camera? are they good [compared to top teams]? i really doubt about it, so probably you'll enjoy the rape of women. anyway gl obviously to them, but i think it's kinda stupid move

2014-09-12 17:35

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if only they invited you instead of them =(

2014-09-12 17:41

y u so med bro?

2014-09-12 17:51

5 replies

i'm not mad, i just don't like that teams were invited to good tournaments 2x times in a row just because of gender. no offence to them

2014-09-12 17:55

4 replies

people moan when they aren't taking part in events vs males and you moan now that they do. they are one of the best female teams in the world so if there was any female team that had to be invited to break this barrier of males/females it was them. its a good move and they might do surprisingly well so stfu

2014-09-12 23:48

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They can still take part in the qualifiers, some even do. They just never make it anywhere because compared to the males they are average at best, miles away from the top teams. They will not do surprisingly well, they will get crushed by every single team.

2014-09-13 01:37

they will get raped and nothing surprising will happen, this will happen 100% and if it doesnt I delete CS and I will kill myself.

2014-09-13 14:28

Then they can go through the qualifiers if htey deserve to be there, just cause they are the best female team doesn't mean anything, they are still awful compared to the male teams.

2014-09-16 10:45

You don't get it. If they want to become better they need to play against better teams. Obviously, these teams are TOO good for them but it's better than nothing.

2014-09-12 18:10

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No one is stopping them from playing better teams, and nothing is stopping them from actually trying to qualify in ANY of these tournaments. They do not need an invite to do that, because if they had any decency or will to even TRY to qualify, they would have done this before for the 100s of other tournaments, and they would be in the qualifiers instead of taking the invite. 0 pride or dignity whatsoever.

2014-09-13 00:44

2014-09-13 08:31

girls played with men waaay before this thing, when there was not "female" gaming at all. But money>>>>integrity btw waiting for the first left-handed league only. I may even qualify

2014-09-12 17:37

Why invite? nothing stopped them trying to qualify and they shouldn't just expect a straight invite because they are females, they need to earn the spot like everyone else.

2014-09-12 17:42

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1st Gamegune 2014 1st Copenhagen Games 2014 And the majority of the players were in the ESWC final. Why dont they deserve the invite? :)

2014-09-12 17:49

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because everyteams will run at them, not even playing seriously and they are not even top 200 teams and they got straight invite because they are girls and others have to qualify

2014-09-12 17:52

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But if no one invites them they will never get the chance :) Its a unisex-tournament and if organizers start inviting them, they will sooner or later be on the same level :) Its hard to win against teams if you cant practice against them.

2014-09-12 17:58

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they have chance to qualify like any team, and they have ability to practice like any team. what's the difference

2014-09-12 18:00

how is it written it is unisex? from the beggining of CS all tournaments have been open to anyone, girls or males, only girls had their own tournaments and had never been close to the male level. two tournaments announced this week with one female team invited, imo it's such a waste and a disapointement for all the teams who deserves it more. every single team in CS has started at the same point and have grown, getting better, attending event and trying to get an invite there and there by beating good teams when they have the possibility to clash some topteams. your argument is just senseless

2014-09-12 18:08

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+_+_+1

2014-09-12 18:09

btw, I guess we gotta be happy for them, maybe they will finally attend some mixte events, but they invited 2 teams this week, and I hope they won't anymore and that female teams will try to qualify like everyone does by themselves. It's their opportunity to show their level, and that's good for them. But I don't want it to happen at everysingle online tournament with topteams and some subtops invited, because it's just such a waste

2014-09-12 18:22

Then you might as well invite teams that won local LANS and shit, winning female only events doesn't count for piss all so surely they didn't get invited because of that. As I said, what stopped them trying to qualify for any event against the men recently? the teams that got invited earned it playing against the best, not playing against women who are clearly not on the same level.

2014-09-12 17:53

lets wait and see =D

2014-09-12 17:26

goodluck girls !!!

2014-09-12 17:30

good luck - Bad Monkey Gaming

2014-09-12 17:32

Go france :D

2014-09-12 17:32

Nice to see a female team!

2014-09-12 17:33

Can't wait till Bad Monkey Gaming beat some1 ;-)

2014-09-12 17:34

2 replies

;)

2014-09-12 17:41

not gonna happen xD would be awesome though ;D

2014-09-12 19:48

Nice to see female teams in leagues, only way for female esports to be taken seriously

2014-09-12 17:38

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It will only be taken seriously when they take it seriously, how many have tried to qualify for any of the recent events in CS:GO history? do they just sit and wait for an invite or something? I quite enjoy watching the females and have done ever since 1.6 but they never mixed with the men and just waited for freebies.

2014-09-12 17:43

20 replies

I guess this sort of thing will give them an incentive to play. But I agree with what you're saying

2014-09-12 17:48

19 replies

Time will tell how serious they take it, hopefully they don't play for shits and giggles but take it very seriously.

2014-09-12 17:50

18 replies

Hopefully, theres no reason at all why females can't perform to the same standards a as males in gaming. As far as I'm aware anywayb

2014-09-12 17:52

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When it comes to e-sports indeed there's zero excuses but how many females have been able to compete with the men in e-sports over the last 15 or so years across every e-sports title? I remember watching ESWC females years ago in 1.6 and some of them played fucking amazing and I always wondered why they never tried to play the men and I still wonder it. Can't always rely on female only events, sometimes you just need to man the fuck up and grow a pair.

2014-09-12 17:55

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It's probably more of a social thing, which sucks in the era we are in

2014-09-12 18:03

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shaney, are you a feminist? :D

2014-09-12 18:08

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No no :D

2014-09-12 19:32

Aye you only have to look at the shit females have to put up with on Twitch etc, but still I'd really love to know from these teams why they never seemed to even attempt to play the men.

2014-09-12 18:10

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read below

2014-09-12 18:11

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Still doesn't make sense, easy money? it's still easy money because they are hardly going to attend LANS by finishing in the top 4 so they can still play the female only events and win them. It doesn't cost money to try and qualify for online leagues.

2014-09-12 18:16

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In order to go pro they need to mix with male players, there is no critical mass to create 100% female teams at male pro level. There could be one or even 2, but then female scene would die because there wouldn't be any competition among them. If the scene is not competitive it is not worth watching/following and sponsors will flee. Also if they start mixing with males, female gaming loses any sense.. if there was any in the first place :)

2014-09-12 18:52

It's not really a question whether we want to play with males or not. It's a question whether males want to play with us. You also need to look at it from our POV. If 1 girl gathers 4 other girls, we can go to Copnehagen Games, and eventually beat some girls to win some money.. OR, we could gather 4 mediocre boys, and get beat in the groups, because of top teams. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to play with boys, but even if I did, I'm 99% positive that we'd never succeed.

2014-09-12 21:58

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Agree

2014-09-13 00:35

... or you could be just as good as the top players, get 4 great male players, and wreck. Doesn't have to be 4 either. I don't care how many women are in the game I'm watching, as long as they're good players and are fun to watch. Why do you automatically assume you're worse than men at this ?

2014-09-13 06:25

Which simply means you are a sellout that rather not put in the effort to actually be good at this game, so you rather take the easy way out. If a player is skilled enough, they will eventually find a group of players who are as skilled as them once they established themselves as a good player. Saying you would gather 4 mediocre boys only means you are putting yourself at the level of a mediocre player (and even that may be generous). Don't make the bullshit excuse that guys simply do not want to play with girls, because if you were good enough you would not have that problem. Establish yourself, work your way up in male leagues if you actually want to get any semblance of respect as a player. All of the female tournaments and leagues amount to absolutely nothing.

2014-09-13 06:46

There's no reason, but there are incentives to not to. Female e-sports exist just because it is a big market opportunity from the organizers side, and because of easy money with 95% of the competition (men) out for the players. it's obvious they can play as well as any man, but they can be popular and get stream/tourney money by being random gold novas.

2014-09-12 18:00

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Wouldn't it be a bigger market if they could compete with the men and even beat some? then you no longer have an "average" female team but a decent female team but until they step up and either play and/or beat the men then it's almost impossible to take them seriously.

2014-09-12 18:11

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they can't "compete" against men, is just a matter of numbers. For each woman playing CS:GO there may be 10 or even more men playing. Asuming there would be already girls playing at a level comparable with male pros, then you could find 1 girl every 2-3 teams, if not more. For them to have as many pro teams as men have, the average women level should be around 10 times better, just because they are so few.

2014-09-12 18:19

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I know they can't compete but you can still try, BMG are not an average female side we're talking about here they are the best and have players who are not exactly new to CS, in general females stand no chance but it's not impossible for one team to put up some sort of a fight, not expecting them to win much but still, they can still try. How else do you get better at a game? trying to tell me these girls playing MM is a better option to improve at CS than playing the best teams in the world?

2014-09-12 18:22

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You are absolutely right. But then my point is: they don't need to. They already have an organized CS:GO brand that rewards them for being girls, not for being the better possible players. It is all about effort/profit rate, and they already get a lot of attention and money for the "little" effort they make. And attention and money is what EVERY human being seeks in this world (gaming), so, why give it up?

2014-09-12 18:34

PLEASE, please god let the female team knock out hellraisers so they can finally disband

2014-09-12 17:39

whure is dAT?!

2014-09-12 17:41

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Didn't qualify I guess.

2014-09-12 17:53

4 replies

there are invited team's

2014-09-12 21:17

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So they weren't good enough to get invited, hence didn't qualify =D

2014-09-13 00:42

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dAT is op i thinked

2014-09-13 13:07

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In the Russian/CIS scene - yes. Internationally they don't do too well sadly. =\

2014-09-13 16:05

wow, fifi vs bad monkey with negative stats, who ll bet? :D

2014-09-12 17:42

You can be sure every team playing BMG will have a lot more extra motivation to win as any male team losing to them will be trolled to hell and back.

2014-09-12 17:44

Easy money for fnatic

2014-09-12 17:46

Let's see if OnlineJ makes it to LAN, and see if he can do something at one LAN at least, highly doubt it since he is OnlineJ and has sucked at every LAN thus far. Loved the ESL Germany video, TK galore.

2014-09-12 17:48

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butbutbutbut he played uWzom @ CPH14.

2014-09-12 20:12

I feel sorry for bad monkey gaming ;c

2014-09-12 17:47

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Why? They get to play against good teams

2014-09-12 17:47

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Probably because they didn't earn it like others did, and got invited purely cause of them being females. I'm definitely not being sexist, just stating facts, they didn't earn it and just got invited cause of the male/female ordeal.

2014-09-12 17:50

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And Wolf earned their place in ESL cologne, right? All they did was beating gold nova level worthless teams in a so called "qualifier".

2014-09-12 17:54

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No clue tbh, did they? I never saw them as a threat to any team so I never paid attention to them.

2014-09-12 17:58

Go zAAz :D

2014-09-12 17:47

mouz low

2014-09-12 17:49

Nice! Go BMG!! <3

2014-09-12 17:50

gl to the girls, it would be nice to see them upset someone :D

2014-09-12 17:51

no 3DMAX AHAH

2014-09-12 17:52

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Obviously no spot for them. They can qualify anyway.

2014-09-12 18:27

who cares about 3Dtrash tho

2014-09-12 18:35

Waste of invite for bmg imo. You give invite to proven team. If they want to play the league they can play qualifier like every other unproven team. I really dont like this with inviting female teams for tourneys. They take spot off a better team(proven team). If they work their way up like all male teams then its ok of course, but I dont like this approach. Play qualifiers and prove that you deserve to play. I'm not being offensive to bmg, they get invite they accept of course, so no white knighting plz. This is for organizers. Anyways gl.

2014-09-12 17:52

BMD, rly nice step. Gl all

2014-09-12 17:52

Nice to see a female team playing/getting destroyed by the males, but i feel like there are wayyyy better teams who are more deserving of an invite, having a vagina (5 in this case) shouldnt be enough.

2014-09-12 17:55

finally... GOGO BMG and VP! :d

2014-09-12 17:56

:D:D::D:D:D:D:

2014-09-12 18:00

Inb4 bad monkey beats mouz in LAN finals

2014-09-12 18:01

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At least the girls won't kill 8 teammates in 3 maps, that's already some advantage.

2014-09-12 19:38

zaaz being raped on lan. Dream!!!! Lol gl fnatic and girls hope u get some rounds ;)))

2014-09-12 18:06

We'll get to see why male/female csgo teams don't normally play against each other.

2014-09-12 18:11

this is just annoying, how do bad monkey deserve to be there?? nothing against woman play against men or on same team ect but come on the skill level diffrence is a joke. 100's of teams better than them. if their good enough to be there then they need to qualify but beating such teams. pfffftt all about sponsers and money

2014-09-12 18:18

hahah cool :)

2014-09-12 18:18

males and female together! great to see!

2014-09-12 18:21

like the other teams really gonna take it seriously? i think not. gonna be a crappy scrappy game to spectate. instead of watching a good team potentially causing upsets

2014-09-12 18:21

GL BMG :D

2014-09-12 18:22

gl bmg

2014-09-12 18:26

rape incoming

2014-09-12 18:34

BMG to win coz boobs = free stuff (streaming wise)

2014-09-12 18:37

juliano to win it all

2014-09-12 18:38

So they invite some grills for publicity instead of a team that deserves to be there. Sad.

2014-09-12 18:40

4 replies

2014-09-12 18:46

By 'grills' you meant girls, right? Or is it a new slang word?

2014-09-13 06:14

2 replies

Have you been living under a rock?

2014-09-14 06:52

1 reply

Yeah, that's how I met your mom

2014-09-15 11:08

1.fnatic/NiP 3.LDLC/VP/Dignitas

2014-09-12 18:41

Boobs best.

2014-09-12 18:44

Gratz NaVi and VP invited )))

2014-09-12 18:54

The thing is bad monkey is the best female team so if they don't play good then the female with male scene is over. imo

2014-09-12 19:07

in b4 a team throws to badmonkey for skins

2014-09-12 19:08

fnatic will win

2014-09-12 19:08

Vagina > Skill by Fragbiters

2014-09-12 19:09

go grils

2014-09-12 19:26

fun to finally see some male vs female again :D

2014-09-12 20:02

zAAz *FAP* *FAP* *FAP*

2014-09-12 20:05

Finally mixed tournaments!

2014-09-12 20:47

Female teams will never have what it takes to compete with men. That's just a fact for every sport or competition in the world. UBINITED, who is probably the best female team in NA and no offense to them, can't even get out of ESEA-Open and that's the easiest division. These girls will get crushed and everyone knows it.

2014-09-12 21:33

gangbang on bad monkeys (LOL)

2014-09-12 22:14

They literally got invited because the organizers knew they wouldn't even get close to qualifying on their own. Well earned spot, and way to disrespect any other real team that would have qualified over them for an incompetent team that has done absolutely nothing in competitive CS aside from winning against other incompetent teams. I swear these female teams have it so easy. Everything is just handed to them without having to be 10% as good as any of the other teams invited. They can try to play in the same leagues, qualify for the same tournaments, and earn the spot like any normal team, but they choose not to unless its spoon-fed to them. Good games. Edit: Considering dAT and LC aren't on the list, I hope they at least declined the invite, because if BMG got invited over them, that is insanely disrespectful for two teams that actually went to Cologne.

2014-09-13 00:23

stacked teams, looking fwd to it now!

2014-09-13 00:38

plz invite Reason

2014-09-13 00:47

juliano <3

2014-09-13 01:10

BMG will win! #girlpower #muchlovensuch

2014-09-13 02:10

its nice to see bmg there!

2014-09-13 03:42

So sick!

2014-09-13 05:43

Bad Monkeys???? Whaaaaaaat?

2014-09-13 06:10

omg GRILLZ? what a waste of a spot! It'd be better to invite some german onliners because even they're much better.

2014-09-13 12:08

2014-09-13 12:53

2ez4fnatic

2014-09-13 13:43

youtube.com/watch?v=waKbpGmVzrw

2014-09-13 13:47

fnatic gogo nice team

2014-09-13 17:03

they are so bad

2014-09-13 23:46

2014-09-13 23:53

Nice waste of a spot..

2014-09-14 06:53

bad monkey female players are just *_* lovely.

2014-09-14 15:42

gl all

2014-09-14 17:50

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2014-09-14 17:51