ESL One Katowice 2015 Main Qualifier ESL One Katowice 2015 Main Qualifier

xartE steps in for 3DMAX in Katowice

8-2-2015 17:50

3DMAX have confirmed to HLTV.org that Mikko "xartE" Välimaa will step in for the team at the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice.

The Finnish team secured a place at the event in Katowice following the disqualifications of WinneR and Epsilon as Valve looks to tackle the issue of match-fixing in e-sports.

Shortly after the announcement from ESL, Joona "⁠natu⁠" Leppänen revealed that he would not be able to attend the event as it falls on the same day as his wedding, which left 3DMAX on the lookout for a last-minute replacement.


xartE will replace natu in Katowice 

Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa is no stranger to the Finnish team, which he represented from August 2014 to January 2015, when he and Timo "⁠REFLEX⁠" Rintala were replaced by Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli and Tom "⁠stonde⁠" Glad.

"Quite obviously xartE is a very skilled player, but most importantly he was a very easy choice for us to make as we know what we get and he plays any type of role without a problem," Leppänen told HLTV.org.

"Those are key components with short preparation time."

3DMAX will take part in the offline qualifier for ESL One Katowice with: 

Finland Jesse "⁠KHRN⁠" Grandell
Finland Taneli "⁠disturbed⁠" Veikkola
Finland Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli
Finland Tom "⁠stonde⁠" Glad 
Finland Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa (stand-in) 

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Finland Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Age:
23
Team:
3DMAX
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
103
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.68
Finland Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Taneli 'disturbed' Veikkola
Age:
21
Team:
3DMAX
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
100
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.71
Finland Tom 'stonde' Glad
Tom 'stonde' Glad
Age:
21
Team:
3DMAX
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
32
KPR:
0.59
DPR:
0.67
Finland Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Timo 'REFLEX' Rintala
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
133
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.70
Finland Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.20
Maps played:
266
KPR:
0.83
DPR:
0.64
Finland Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Age:
29
Team:
3DMAX
Rating 1.0:
0.88
Maps played:
150
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.71
Finland Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Age:
25
Team:
3DMAX
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
152
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.67
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Rush B, next round rush a, then rush mid, then b, then b, then mid, then a, then a, then a. Ez win
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xartE > natu wise choice
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all > natu in terms of skill
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natu > joelz
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no joelz, no wins one day joelz will attend a lan and win everything
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xartexpected
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joelZ pls xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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xartE nice! 3DMAX GO!
2015-02-08 17:53
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What a deuce girlfriend, just fucking get married another day... really :D
2015-02-08 17:53
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Yes, after u have reserved church and invited all the quests and stuff u can just say "fug u all i go play videogames :DDDD"
2015-02-08 17:58
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They knew it along time ago. I crash their wedding
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yep, CS:GO > wedding
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I mean...If an American Football player had to play the Super Bowl they would reschedule the wedding, if a football player had the World Cup final, they would reschedule the wedding... This isn't some online match, this is Katowice one of the biggest if not the biggest event of the year.
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well, natu have been one of most unprofessional players over decade.. not really surprise that he rather go having wedding same time that Major is :)
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yes fully comparable to super bowl :D
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It's a huge event, is what I was trying to say.
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Yeah but it's not even the actual event, it's a qualifier. And they're unlikely to qualify. Throwing away wedding just for that would be ridiculous.
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Ah, I thought this was for the actual event also. In that case, I could see why.
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good choice
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Even if they get ruuit back they wont win. WINLAND
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Inverted Y axis will carry 3dmax to Katwice
2015-02-08 17:55
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Maybe he can show his best :)
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whaaaat? worst old player.... again and again
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It seems they have some sort of weight requirement in their team.
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Xarte is not really awper. He just played awp role in 3DMAX when allu and stonde wasn't in the team and they didn't have good awper.
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When 3DMAX did their best (at DH Sthlm) it was because of xartE's awp play, he played really well at that event.
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Yes i know but i just mentioned that he isn't awper. Xarte tweeted about it when he got kicked.
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twitter.com/xartE/status/550721007867404.. here is link
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some day finnish team will win major, same day joelz will show up on lan!
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Make this permanent, natu's job is raise his kids, not play computer like nolife.. He got one of worst stats ever among pro players anyway and he don't even get living from gaming
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lol calm your tits. You have no right to say what natu wants to do in his life.
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Natu said he isnt professional player, just competitive player. I hope you see difference between these?
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They would drop out as the bottom team with natu, they will drop out as the bottom team with xarte. Why even bother making this a "story"?
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three awp's in one team, oh boy.
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twitter.com/xartE/status/550721007867404..
2015-02-10 08:57
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Fi scene.. Get kicked from team and then get asked to standin :DDDDD
2015-02-10 08:49
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fxy0 style
2015-02-10 08:57
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expected
2015-02-10 09:09
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MAANGGG, think about those ct sides with 3 awps.
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