n!faculty to participate in ESWC Finals

29-7-2008 21:02

German team n!faculty have been offered a place at the 2008 ESWC Finals.

After having finished third in the national qualifiers, behind mousesports and Team Alternate, it did not seem like n!faculty would be attending the 2008 ESWC Finals.

However, in what appears to be a turn of luck, the ESWC committee have offered an invitation to the EPS runners-up.

The decision is yet unexplained and remains a surprise but n!faculty will be pleased with the chance to participate.

N!faculty's roster includes:

Christoph "chrizzo' Krämer
Bastian "b4d" Gaffron
Daniel "Frigh" Enderle
Gerhard "gerdi" Grimm
Jérôme "shiddy" Tóth

gl guys

2008-07-29 22:11

Wow, big surprise imo. Gl guys :)

2008-07-29 22:17

Good luck.

2008-07-29 22:34

good luck SHIDDY

2008-07-29 23:02

b4d@awp d2 b2 closed ;P gl

2008-07-29 23:08

and what with mym?? they should get invitation too

2008-07-29 23:55

11 replies

I think it's the right thing not to invite MYM. If they would invite MYM every top team would be less motivated to participate in local qualifiers because there would be a chance they would get an invite anyway.

2008-07-30 00:02

10 replies

mym is defending 1st place so I thik that they should get invitation, and mym was on KODE5 when in the same time in poland was eliminations for ESWC Grand Finals

2008-07-30 00:10

1 reply

why they didnt play eswc poland? is it the problem of the eswc committee that mym was on kode5? or the problem that eswc poland was in same time with kode5? who's fault is it?i cant understand what u want. ofc mym shouldnt be invited. then lets invite all big teams. YEs it is rly big chance that mym will be invited but its not fair. To prevent stupid questions: defending champion is pentegram not mym. Its all about money.

2008-07-30 08:55

#8 is right, man. They're not invitated as a defending champions only because of changing organisation just after their win. It's not like they should get invitation because they choosed KODE5 instead of Polish qualifiers while they would get them for sure. They SHOULD be invitated for only one little reason - they're actually champions, so if they won't attend San Jose, there will be no title-deffenders. Somekind of strange? :/

2008-07-30 00:49

7 replies

Pentagram are the defending champions, not MYM. You cannot let it follow the playerrs, imagine 2 players went to TeamX, 2 other players went to TeamY, and 1 retired, which team was now the defending champion? Only thing that makes sense is to tie it to the organization that won..

2008-07-30 12:33

6 replies

Ok ,but why is nifaculty invited?? "The decision is yet unexplained..." If i had good information Delta from Poland can't go to ESWC finals, so ESWC team should invite 3rd polish team or mYm :)

2008-07-30 12:55

4 replies

Maybe because Germany is a much bigger esport nation than Poland?

2008-07-30 13:04

Delta? I thought FX got an invitation... or we had 2 (*5) tickets to San Jose?

2008-07-30 19:42

2 replies

We have 2 slots for ESWC but only FX(winner) have flight, hotel etc. for free :) Delta dont have money to send CS team to San Jose:/

2008-07-30 19:48

1 reply

Thanks, didn't know or just forget ;)

2008-07-30 19:51

I understand it, but it does not like you said. They didn't separate, they're still playin' together in one team.

2008-07-30 19:32

They deserved for what they do in the qualifiers and on the GG...GL ;)

2008-07-30 00:46

i want mym there for the show not for defender chamions or somthing like that, just beacaue another powerful team will make the tournament even more exciting :d

2008-07-30 00:53

6 replies

Sometimes tournaments are more exciting without "big names" where presenting level is a bit worse, but more balanced. I mean teams are on similar level, matches are square and obstinate ;)

2008-07-30 11:05

5 replies

Like GameGune :D :D

2008-07-30 17:04

4 replies

Almost ;d cause there was mibr, mouz & more well-known teams ;)

2008-07-30 19:33

3 replies

Yeah, but behind mibr and mouz everybody were pretty close to each other, anyone could beat anyone. GameGune was a tournament with 3-4 World Classteams and the rest were just the step behind(except uX from Spain, lol.) Without mouz and mibr anyone could have won the tournament(except uX, again) That´s how I want a tournament to be :)

2008-07-30 19:43

2 replies

Yep, but don't blame uX, this team was a mix of GameGun's admins ;d About balance (except mibr & mouz) you're clearly right. I can give a sample of situation that happened in group B. There were 3 teams with 3 matches played (2 wins, 1 lose) and that was like FX beat HG 2 times a lost 1 time. wooSai won with FX 2 times and lost 1 time. I don't know what with HG, but propably similar situation, which was great for me! Such a close fight! ;d

2008-07-30 19:49

1 reply

Hehe, yeah it´s always fun to see when it´s so close :) Great sample, but how about Group E where all 4 teams ended on 4 points and almost all matches were really tight? ;)

2008-08-03 18:46

gl gl :)

2008-07-30 04:17

anyway.gl,hf ,n!

2008-07-30 04:25

gl guys

2008-07-30 07:39

2008-07-30 08:57

If MYM cannot bother to show up at a qualifier I cannot see why they should be invited, then no top team would ever bother to qualify, because they'd just automatically be invited..

2008-07-30 12:31

1 reply

It has been said and for me it's weak argument. I can say the same about n!faculty. They can pass over next year's local qualify, because they'll be invited without any reason at all?

2008-07-30 19:39

<3 b4d

2008-07-30 13:04

GL n!

2008-07-30 13:13

this is a good surprise

2008-07-30 13:54

For the sake of the quality of the tournament, MYM should get invited.

2008-07-30 15:37

GL n! :D

2008-07-30 15:40

The decision is yet unexplained The worst way to do things as this always starts things like why these and not those ::)

2008-07-30 16:09

2008-07-30 17:04

Agree with nixon, i don't think it would be fair on other teams if MYM got invited purely on there skill, but it would make the tournament better for us spectators ;)

2008-07-30 18:40

lol now pls tell me why they invite nfaculty coz they skill is much lower than MYM so it must be a reason....

2008-07-30 18:43

1 reply

Maybe they paid for that? Oo ;d

2008-07-30 19:40

this is ridiculous

2008-07-30 21:04

gl shiddy gl n! ;D

2008-07-30 22:18

gl for u n!

2008-07-31 01:08

I gotta say imo EPS is a very strong league and most of the teams are very qualified, with one or two (maybe three) teams on the top of the world. So good to see n!f got invited and yet we do need a reason to make it professional. MYM are still good but I don't think they are as good as the team last year, the id's of the plays do butter the tournament up if they were in it. I think the popular tournaments like kode5, eswc, wcg or even GG will be nearly the same with the absence of just one GREAT team. The competition is so intense and close so no matter which of these team are playing, we will definite have a great time!

2008-07-31 22:36

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Totally agree with you. But you know.. it's always great to see mates from your country and the honest they're last year's champions - so the question would be "who will declass the title defenders?". As we know, nobody defended his last year's triumph.

2008-07-31 23:30

gl shiddy hungarian bro

2008-07-31 22:43

Can some1 tell me when is eswc In San Jose?

2008-08-01 00:23

1 reply

25th-27th of August

2008-08-01 15:58

I'm happy to see n! among eswc participants. : )) - #31, MYM is a better team in average, but those professional teams are close to each other and n! play very good in these times. I think they will appreciate this chance. Good luck n! - #44, I agree.: )

2008-08-01 05:08

2 replies

If you use the 'Reply' button the user will/would know you replied to him ;)

2008-08-01 15:59

1 reply

okay sorry;D:D

2008-08-02 02:28

defending champion...defending champion...u just know these 2 words. There is no defending champion. Defending champion is P-E-N-T-A-G-R-A-M. ANother organization couldn't be invited to defend title of the another team. Mym just could be invited as top5 team in the world. But not defending champion. Its so easy...

2008-08-01 07:14