Platinium handed E4US' ESWC spot

29-10-2014 18:57

The ESWC organisers have announced that Platinium will be handed E4US' spot in the CS:GO tournament.

Earlier today, HLTV.org revealed that Algerian side E4US would be forced to miss the $50,000 CS:GO tournament, which kicks off on Thursday, because of visa problems.

With E4US out of the picture, Group C was reduced to just five teams, but the ESWC organisers have now confirmed that Platinium, who came in third place in the French qualifier, will take the Algerian team's place.

Brandon "⁠Storen⁠" Valembois's team posted 13-16 and 2-16 defeats against LDLC and a 16-9 victory over iGamerz during the ESWC qualifier, which was topped by Titan.

This means that Group C now have the following six teams:

Titan

NiP

HellRaisers

CPH Wolves

KaBuM

Platinium

Platinium will attend the ESWC finals with:

Brandon "⁠Storen⁠" Valembois
Simon "⁠Fuks⁠" Florysiak
Matthieu "⁠matHEND⁠" Roquigny
Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro
Antoine "⁠to1nou⁠" Pirard

Deserved

2014-10-29 18:57

nice

2014-10-29 18:58

n1, Good Luck

Great news for them! must be epic :-) GL

2014-10-29 18:59

gl guys

gj, to1nou best

Nice job! gl boysz

2014-10-29 19:00

good luck guys! you deserve this!

So sad Epsilon couldn't make it thro the qualifier cuz of iGamerz who got stomped. Would be nice to see them have this spot!

2014-10-29 19:01

1 reply

nah pointless they'd be trashed just as hard

2014-10-29 19:06

nice touch.

lol no way nip is getting outta that group :D

2014-10-29 19:02

How many from each group is going to the playoffs?

10 replies

two

2014-10-29 19:04

2 from each

8 replies

not enough

2014-10-29 19:28

4 replies

well, go tell them you want more then

2014-10-29 19:32

3 replies

very smart answer my USA friend. You dont think that this tournament need more emotions? More chance to new teams like WOLF ? They need to have more opportunities to leave the group

2014-10-29 21:37

but they are leaving the group...leaving back home

2014-10-29 22:01

2014-10-29 22:58

You guys need to look into team Matcheting. They are clearly hacking, and nothing is being done about it.

2014-10-29 23:36

2 replies

? I have no affiliation with lounge

2014-10-30 00:28

I didn't say you did

2014-10-30 12:33

wow awesome group

2014-10-29 19:03

GL !

smart from ESWC

2014-10-29 19:05

Nice too bad iGamerz couldn't beat them.

very good move from the ESWC Congratulations Platinium

2014-10-29 19:07

how many teams from groups advance?

2014-10-29 20:15

7 replies

that's fucked up. thank you :)

2014-10-29 20:17

6 replies

yea, titan and hr to advance i think

2014-10-29 20:19

5 replies

hehehehe, I think that cph will be better than hr and nip and titan will advance :)

2014-10-29 20:34

hmmm i dont really give nip a chance, they always struggled against HR or former VP, i think titan is pretty safe i dont see them losing a match in that group, maybe against CPHW if they surprise, but we'll see :)

2014-10-29 20:42

2014-10-29 20:44

Just like at EMS when HR knocked up NiP from groupstage...oh wait.

2014-10-29 21:33

are you claiming that nip have never struggled against HR or former VP? or did i read that wrong

2014-10-29 23:24

2014-10-29 19:08

GUUD :D DESERVED :)

group of the death!

2014-10-29 19:09

This group is so stacked, good luck to get out of this now.

Kabum 5 loss fucking Algerians

nice BR .... Kabum 2w (cph / platn) 2D ( Hell, Nip ) 1L ( Titan ) i think ... maybe surprise more...

2014-10-29 19:16

In youre dreams

2014-10-29 19:31

Is he dreams?

2014-10-29 21:25

yes he is dreams.

2014-10-29 23:10

very well deserved best of luck boys !

2014-10-29 19:10

gl, gain some experience!

2014-10-29 19:13

expected

2014-10-29 19:14

gl guyz

Wasn't it iGamerz that kicked Epsilon out of contention for a ESWC spot?

It was. But they finished 4th place at today's french qualifier.

2014-10-29 19:18

yes it is but they lost to Platinum in the ESWC french qualifier today :)

2014-10-29 19:19

wtf why not add indian team?

2014-10-29 19:17

LOL for a tournament starting on Thursday?

2014-10-29 20:10

GJ!

nice, favorite french subtop team !

gl to1nou

2014-10-29 19:20

great news for KaBum

HAHA

2014-10-29 19:43

Why not let dat team get the spot ? Regarded decision

2014-10-29 19:22

Retarded *

Because dAT would have to apply for visas, find the funds etc. to go to a lan with such short notice? GL with that.

2014-10-29 19:24

because it starts on Thursday maybe

2014-10-29 20:18

#50 and with Platinium already at the venue coming in third at their qualifier, it makes alot of sense asking them to stay and play.

2014-10-29 19:29

It's a day until the tournament. Trying to invite teams from outside of France, especially a mixed Russian team who always seem to encounter visa issues would be a nightmare.

2014-10-29 20:16

They will perform better than algerians so nice.

bodyybest

2014-10-29 19:36

n1ce

2014-10-29 19:39

easy for fallen

2014-10-29 19:49

will probabbly win to Kabum ? :D

2014-10-29 19:57

again HLTV.org, where is the viewer's guide? stop slacking ;)

2014-10-29 20:04

The Group of tears, NiP, top team in a rut, Titan, too much to prove, Hellraisers, Devastaion to not make it through, Kabum! A huge mistery, came so far to drop out in groups. and finally, Platinum Given the opertunity of their lives.

2014-10-29 20:21