DreamHack Winter 2014 EU Closed Qualifier

LDLC, PKD, ESC & PENTA to DHW

22-10-2014 03:11

The European online qualifier for DreamHack Winter has come to an end, with four teams securing a spot at next month's $250,000 major.

A total of 16 sides from all over Europe took part in this one-day single-elimination cup, hoping to get their hands on one of the four spots at DH Winter that were up for there for the taking.

Half of the participants were directly invited by FACEIT, the organisers of the qualifier, while the remaining half came from the two open pre-qualifiers that were held last weekend.

Fresh off winning SLTV StarSeries XI and a $13,000 cheque, LDLC were one of the first sides to qualify for DH Winter after beating Scandinavian duo AliGon and myXMG with 2-0 scorelines.

shox's LDLC secured a spot at the upcoming major

With Alexander "⁠alexRr⁠" Frisch acting as a stand-in for VAC-banned Anil "⁠cLy⁠" Gülec, Planetkey Dynamics gave a great account of themselves and defeated Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's mousesports 2-0 before easing past FlipSid3 Tactics with the same scoreline but while conceding just nine rounds throughout the best-of-three tie.

The biggest surprise of the qualifier came in the form of HellRaisers falling short against PENTA Sports, who had defeated x6tence in the opening round, in the quarter-final stage following two close maps, the first of which went to overtime.

markeloff's HR will have to go through the last-chance qualifier

The last team to secure a spot at DH Winter was Polish side ESC Gaming, who beat CPH Wolves and ALTERNATE, both times with 2-0 scorelines.

Below are the four teams who have qualified for DH Winter, which will take place from November 27-29:

LDLC	Planetkey Dynamics
PENTA Sports	ESC Gaming

The following quartet will take part in the last-chance qualifier for DH Winter, which will kick off on Wednesday at 19:00 :

myXMG	FlipSid3 Tactics
HellRaisers	ALTERNATE

Congratulations!

2014-10-22 03:12

1 reply

to who? hltv.org/forum/663941-penta-fel1x-vs-hel..

2014-10-22 18:35

Damn i'm so proud of you guys! #ESC

2014-10-22 03:13

7 replies

This! Great news.

2014-10-22 07:29

GREAT!!!

2014-10-22 09:24

+1 !

2014-10-22 10:15

Finally Prawus !!!!

2014-10-22 12:42

Hope ESC get's to the top! :)

2014-10-22 15:08

Finally !!! Minise in game vs CPH make me proud !! GL Show polish skill !!

2014-10-22 19:22

after alsen skins they all have dragon lores and stat fire serpents so they have to hit at least sum shots

2014-10-23 14:10

wow DHW is going to be a joke. so many scrub teams attending... group stages will be blow outs

2014-10-22 03:14

5 replies

Allways Groups are the same on Dreamhack. The game starts at playoffs. ;)

2014-10-22 03:17

At least we'll get to see the Legends all come out of groups...

2014-10-22 03:48

Not all of them. Someone will have to fall to LDLC.

2014-10-22 04:08

youtube.com/watch?v=cr0BljPKksM the cream will always rise to the top.

2014-10-22 06:24

Well, at least we don't have Indian and Australian team this time

2014-10-22 11:16

Uh oh HR..

First time ever 2 polish teams on a major?

Yes!

2 replies

No. Back in the past we got MYM and Fx @ ESWC

2014-10-22 17:21

We are talking about CSGO i think

2014-10-22 17:57

Yes

Gamegune 2012 CS 1.6 ESC Gaming DELTA.BenQ

2014-10-22 15:52

meh gonna be the same quarterfinalists again probably

2014-10-22 03:18

4 replies

Who ?

2014-10-22 03:20

fnatic, ldlc, vp, dignitas

2014-10-22 03:22

only if all 4 teams will be in a different groups, but i doubt...

2014-10-22 09:30

Probably Not I doubt LDLC will go out in groups. Maybe -epsilon +LDLC if they are in same group

2014-10-22 03:23

HR should disband if they don't secure a spot.

2014-10-22 03:24

Disband your brain

2014-10-22 05:31

this time LDLCnbk going to playoffs because dhw will have so many worst teams like eps PKD ESC PENTA etc

2014-10-22 03:40

Planetkey Dynamics will battle for playoff spot, they crushed onlinesports ONLINE, that is one of the hardest things

2014-10-22 05:53

Nah man, Onlinesports only have 1 german on the team now, so they aren't as good online as they used to be.

2014-10-22 09:52

Ye these teams suck, i'd rather see those awesome br teams! Oh wait..

2014-10-22 13:39

7-1

2014-10-22 13:48

Inb4PentagetsvacbannedduringDHW

2014-10-22 03:44

22 replies

Since players like Felix, krystal and spiidi havent proved themselves?

2014-10-22 08:40

21 replies

Not in csgo afaik. All I've heard is krystal cheated in source, is that correct?

2014-10-22 09:07

18 replies

Nope, he was a 15 year old, who made a lot of youtube movies. But he was also pretty good and played on lans

2014-10-22 09:59

17 replies

Have anyone of them with placed well at lans?

2014-10-22 10:36

10 replies

Attax placed 2nd on the last CPHGames event for CSS (krystal, fel1x, rak, solek and mnL)

2014-10-22 11:00

9 replies

Was the game alive at that time?

2014-10-22 11:08

8 replies

Yep

2014-10-22 11:19

Not true it was not alive. Css died since cgs dit the same

2014-10-22 12:06

wtf?

2014-10-22 12:18

That lan was probably the most competitive lan in a VERY long time for the CSS scene. No one expected them to even make it as far as they did.

2014-10-22 14:02

Thank you, hard to find results since cadred redid their entire page and that was the biggest source newshub afaik. Never really followed source, watched some matches when I was at TeX -09 but that's it. Was it during the vent.exe time however?

2014-10-22 14:45

3 replies

krystal fel1x proved themselves at eps finals and copenhagen games 2 times in CSGO. and krystal played amazingly well. Spiidi played for mouz a few lans

2014-10-22 14:56

Yea, Cadred was sort of "our home". Most people who didn't really follow Source would probably just recognize CGS and a few other events like TeX etc through highlight clips and so on. I don't blame them though. There's no shame in admitting that the Source scene wasn't as prominent as i.e the 1.6 one in terms of prize money and general popularity in comparisson to eachother. Vent.exe was way before this though (Dating back to 2008/2009 if I'm not completly wrong)

2014-10-22 15:47

Hell I never played 1.6 either, I kept some eyes on it since Sweden had a lot of dominant teams. Who was the Norwegian guy who went berserk at TeX -09 and his team got DQ'd?

2014-10-22 16:12

He hacked his socks off in CSS

2014-10-22 11:50

So did x6tenz, but noone talks about him

2014-10-22 13:41

Ex6tenZ didnt do 5 jumping onedeags every round

2014-10-22 21:41

Well cheat is cheat

2014-10-22 21:48

Yep, but i think you can understand that a guy who does this crazy shit gets more exposure than a guy who hacks and hides it better ;)

2014-10-22 23:11

Sure but he was pretty obvious too tho :D

2014-10-22 23:17

when has spiidi proven himself?

2014-10-22 12:29

some weird stuff started happening @ hltv today ---> hltv.org/forum/663944-penta-fel1x-using-..

2014-10-22 14:23

xmg & alternate to qualify. hr & flipside to disband

Disband your brain there is just on spot

2014-10-22 08:06

c9 to semis for sure. And I think iBP may get out of groups this time with these teams going

IBP could get LDLC in there group.

2014-10-22 03:50

It would depend I who it is in there group. They can beat top teams. They showed that at ESEA. But it's a matter of them actually doing it.

2014-10-22 03:53

Don't see IBP beating any real T1 teams at this event, only tier 2 teams like Epsilon and the rest of the online qualifiers.

2014-10-22 05:19

I would die laughing if they do. Something like ibp fnatic ldlc and random 4th.

2014-10-22 03:55

and hellraisers (if they qualify) XD Kappa

2014-10-22 04:03

realized they can't get both Hellraisers and LDLC. Since they qualifed.

2014-10-22 07:39

Unless ibP get a miracle group they aren't getting out. They are playing like garbage.

2014-10-22 03:57

Nvm

2014-10-22 04:37

They had a good showing in that NA lan tournament lately though, when they beat c9 in 2 bo3's

2014-10-22 11:55

C9 always struggle against IBP.

2014-10-22 16:16

myxmg cmon...frii$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

2014-10-22 03:52

How much do you want to bet every big team plays a new team then they throw Cloud9 vs Nip like it was in top 8 at ESL One, also at Katotwice,

Tbh nip vs c9 would be a really good scenario for c9 with how nip look right now.

2014-10-22 04:02

I do love watching C9 v NiP even though it breaks my heart pretty much every time.

2014-10-22 14:43

cly rekt

Watch NiP get Epsilon in their group as the second seed. NiP always seems to get the easiest group.

2014-10-22 04:04

I hope they get Fnatic and LDLC

Fnatic is a first seed so it's impossible for NiP to get in their group, but LDLC is possible.

2014-10-22 04:07

Oh Yeah forgot about that :I Maybe Virtus instead of Fnatic then

2014-10-22 04:24

and then nip play cloud9 in the semis with 3 16-14's and nip winning 2-1 :)

2014-10-22 04:32

Wait.. Wait... Where is Team ALSEN on this list? I'm sure they won't throw. Lol.

2014-10-22 04:05

yeah because their odds will be shit....

2014-10-22 04:51

planetkeydynamics and penta.. Its joke lol

2014-10-22 04:11

16 replies

yep online top strong for germans

2014-10-22 04:27

Why is this a joke? They took their chance and won the spot, what is your problem with that? I suppose you'd like to see same teams qualifying over and over again

2014-10-22 05:34

if pro-teams like HR can't beat teams in that qualifiy they simply dont deserve to be there. The new teams took their chance and they really deserve it, expecially penta who played awesome against hr :>

2014-10-22 12:52

You know score what the score would be if they played lan. 16:3, 16:2 in favor of HR. Germans are somehow good onlain, but complete s*** lan.

2014-10-22 15:11

Esc is more of a joke tbh

2014-10-22 07:11

2014-10-22 09:29

haha esc is getting better and better in every single game, they deserve this spot CPH Wolves and Alternate aren't noob teams and ESC beat them 2-0. And remember ALTERNATE is great online but still loose 16-2. Get over it ESC can surprise everyone ask VP they know them better than any of u..

esc is fucking shit dude, but i forgot im writing with poles, so its a waste of time you win, they're the best team in the whole world, top2 vp is top 1 gg wp

2014-10-22 11:54

in shit u were born...

2014-10-22 12:23

the country you love to immigrate to ^____________^

2014-10-22 12:33

how can they be shit if they qualify for major?? logic??

2014-10-22 17:26

i agree with you, esc is the 2nd best team in this world, only vp is much better are we done?

2014-10-22 17:30

learn to read with understanding pleas. u didnt answer my question

2014-10-22 17:32

The game vs Wolves was 2-0 yes, but it was 16-14, 16-14 and the game was way too affected by DDoS on multiple parties. Besides that, CPHW is new and haven't been together for more than a few days. ESC "deserves" it, but man that ddosing is getting retarded and its a shame that it is such a big factor. Alternate is better on LAN than online - they have the experience compaired to many of the other teams.

2014-10-22 14:41

DDoS affects most of matches at the moment and that is big shit.

2014-10-22 15:14

PKD xDDDDDDDDDDD

2014-10-22 04:14

kinda sad 3DMAX didn't make it.

2014-10-22 04:49

2014-10-22 05:03

And f3, dat, HR, cph wolves, etc...

2014-10-22 06:26

Very sad that we won't get to see 3DMAX/CPHW/ex6tenze at the event. Hopefully at least HR qualifies so that at least one tier 1 contender can do some damage to the legends.

2014-10-22 05:22

lol x6tenz got absolutely wrecked at last esea LAN if you dont remember

2014-10-22 05:24

and the only times we saw them after that they just got better and better

2014-10-22 05:26

what lans are you referring to ?

2014-10-22 05:28

esc <3

2014-10-22 06:05

wow germans :D

2014-10-22 06:17

Yep, possible wow! hltv.org/forum/663941-penta-fel1x-vs-hel..

2014-10-22 18:34

HR please qualify.

2014-10-22 06:19

These online results, eek.

nice!!!!

2014-10-22 06:40

PENTA and ESC 5-16 5-16 xD

2014-10-22 07:00

same for PKD

2014-10-22 11:17

HR, just disband already. Mousesports lol. Cph wolves epic.

2014-10-22 07:17

How can you be surprised that two new teams didn't qualify? mouz have had more changes to their lineup than most teams recently, and all of those is on the IGL position. CPH Wolves just switched three players, which says it all. The only real surprise is that 3DMAX couldn't qualify and that HR is in lower playing for the last spot. The rest of the teams are tossups, because they all lack something.

2014-10-22 09:20

Mate I'm more disappointed with hr.. And here I thought they would beat vo the other day.. Plus cph played so well against fnatic.. So awesome for a good team. 3dmax was a surprise, mouz even though with lineup changes is still better than half the team who played the qualifier.

2014-10-22 11:33

Half the teams that played the qualifier was mixteams, and mixteams plays as such. Of course CPH can do good one day and falter the next one - don't like the lineup anyway, too many players who lack stability in their game. Mouz better than most of them? sorry, but thats something we need to see before I believe it, on LAN. And still they are a team with no sort of stability. We can agree that they might have a higher potential when playing perfectly and can challenge some of the big teams aswell, but they are way too reliant on their individual skill and have zero teamplay. Its all about chrisj and allu. Which also can be said about HR with simple and dosia.

2014-10-22 14:47

ESC right wing party.

2014-10-22 07:31

Finally some german teams :D I hope they can win something

2014-10-22 07:38

gg wp mouzinho!

2014-10-22 07:58

GG ddos Even whitout bets :S

2014-10-22 08:30

u gotta do this hr

2014-10-22 09:40

Damn... Pimp deserved to come to major after how insanely good he has been playing lately, topfragging all games, which they even lost, vs top teams in the world like fnatic and NiP. R.I.P Wolves :(

2014-10-22 10:08

Same goes for twist ma man;)

2014-10-22 10:58

6 replies

He still has the chance, and I think he can do it :)

2014-10-22 11:07

It's hard tho, even if he wins against myXMG wich is hard they will have to face HellRaisers tho, but I hope they qualify to be honest.

Wish this qualifier had been on lan... CPH, LDLC, HR and Flipsid3 would probably have qualified then. <.<

2014-10-22 11:11

For sure but oh well :) #OnlineKings qualified :D

2014-10-22 11:12

Penta..........

2014-10-22 11:13

Dude, I'm out xD I can't even imagine how bad they will perfom there but anyways xD

expected

Lounge gonna try to strongarm DH for free publicity again

2014-10-22 10:18

gl ESC!

2014-10-22 10:21

rip HR

2014-10-22 10:47

esc ez

2014-10-22 11:01

nice news , gl ESC :)

2 teams here have at least one cheater who helped them to qualify :D Guess which 2 teams! Tip: 1939

2014-10-22 11:15

Tip: You are a faggot.

2014-10-22 11:48

and these 2 teams are from different countries, not ONLY germans!

2014-10-22 11:56

who's cheating in esc then? rallen?

2014-10-22 11:58

yep :D

Didn't know it..

2014-10-22 12:08

Never go full retard my frend

2014-10-22 13:46

gl twist you deserved play major :D

Twist deserves a good team. Hopefully he finds himself in one soon.

2014-10-22 14:48

GJ ESC!

Nip is getting epsilon and one of this teams (apart from ldlc) in their group 100%.

2014-10-22 11:20

Where is MICHU?!

2014-10-22 11:34

in shock

2014-10-22 12:58

I don't get why people keep joking about german teams. Yes, I do agree that there are relatively many german cheaters in MM, but I doubt that's even ~5% of all german CS:GO players. PENTA deserves their spot, they have improved a lot over the last few months - they have won the latest EPS Cup as well. Planetkey has beat mouz, no one has expected that with an overwhelming, surprising performance. cLy didn't even play, where's the problem? Please stop all the hating, it's useless and childish. Not every german player is a cheater..

2014-10-22 12:19

what was dennis from lgb doing in full german penta team?

2014-10-22 12:28

denis =/= dennis

2014-10-22 12:57

so who is this denis from penta? could you paste a link or sth?

2014-10-22 13:02

esl.eu/de/player/5207984/ took me 2 seconds

2014-10-22 13:03

People just like to whine about german cheaters because it's a stereotype. There are hella American cheaters in MM and I'm sure there are just as many cheaters per capita in every other country.

2014-10-22 14:49

hltv.org/forum/663941-penta-fel1x-vs-hel..

2014-10-22 18:33

From his tweets I get the feeling the article would have a different tone if it had been written by Lurppis xD

2014-10-22 12:34

whatever group gets LDLC is gonna be so stacked

2014-10-22 12:40

GG germans ddosing LC

2014-10-22 13:15

i feel so fucking sorry for Flipsid3, they are so much better than both PENTA and ESC... fucksake.. but they will cursh myXMG and hopefully crush SuckRaisers aswell.....

2014-10-22 13:34

imo sorry for both F3 and HellRaisers, 3 out of the 4 teams that has qualified will most likely go out in the group without a single win.

2014-10-22 14:21

yeye, and fuck valve i want to see u playh....

2014-10-22 14:58

i feel sorry that you could not cheated them to victory. dude, you're out of your mind. you're playing so unlegit with your aimbot fov over 9000 if i was you i would be really quiet.

2014-10-22 15:02

wtf are you talking about

2014-10-22 15:10

WOW ESC !

2014-10-22 13:50

Who is playing for ESC?

2014-10-22 13:54

Mouz, Innocent, Minise, Rallen, Szpero

2014-10-22 13:57

I am kind a confused now. is it mouz innocent minise, rallen szpero or kuben luq rulon ths drive?

2014-10-22 13:58

mouz innocent minisi rallen szpero

2014-10-22 14:00

hltv.org/news/13421-duttdutt-penta-esc-f.. ESC squad

2014-10-22 14:10

great! =)

2014-10-22 14:12

lurrpis on PENTA's vs HR match ---> twitter.com/lurppis_/status/524697847770.. Take from: hltv.org/forum/663876-lurppis-mad

PENTA and PKD to DREAMHACK while we have myXMG, HR, Flipsid3 and even Alternate and only one of those teams will qualifiy for the dreamhack. Bullshit :D

2014-10-22 14:29