Kinguin replace FaZe at DH Winter

2-11-2016 02:13

Kinguin have secured an invite to DreamHack ZOWIE Open at DreamHack Winter after defeating Epsilon 2-0 in a last-minute qualifier (22-20 on Mirage and Cobblestone.

Following FaZe's withdrawal from DreamHack Winter due to a packed schedule, the organisers of the Swedish event decided to host a best-of-three clash between Kinguin and Epsilon, the losing semi-finalists of the closed qualifier, to determine who would replace Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team in the tournament.

Coming off a disappointing 9th-16th place at ESWC, Kinguin stepped up to the plate and gave a much better account of themselves, ultimately winning the series on two maps that went to overtime.

Kinguin will attend DreamHack Winter, later this month

DreamHack ZOWIE Open at DreamHack Winter will run from November 24-27, in Jönköping, with eight teams battling it out for a share of a $100,000 prize pool. The list of participants for the event now comprises:

FlipSid3	Gambit
Cloud9	Dignitas
Renegades	OpTic
GODSENT	Kinguin

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Winter 2016 Closed QualifierBest of 3

Kinguin

Matchpage

1st November 2016

Epsilon

Mirage

Cobblestone

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski mouz	64 - 58	+6	97.9	73.8%	1.25
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Furlan	69 - 58	+11	83.3	72.6%	1.20
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek SZPERO	66 - 55	+11	74.5	67.9%	1.16
Michał 'MICHU' Müller MICHU	62 - 59	+3	81.7	71.4%	1.06
Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz rallen	53 - 53	0	68.0	71.4%	1.05

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner REZ	66 - 58	+8	83.6	76.2%	1.13
André 'BARBARR' Möller BARBARR	64 - 61	+3	82.8	67.9%	1.07
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö freddieb	58 - 66	-8	77.7	61.9%	0.98
William 'draken' Sundin draken	49 - 58	-9	58.8	59.5%	0.82
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun disco doplan	46 - 71	-25	69.2	60.7%	0.76

this makes no sense for FAZE

2016-11-02 02:13

26 replies

RIP FaZe

2016-11-02 02:15

21 replies

better invite a t4 polish team... btw faze should just disband

2016-11-02 02:42

20 replies

Kinguin t4 team? Nt

2016-11-02 07:04

12 replies

low t3 - high t4 idc tbh

2016-11-02 11:48

9 replies

Kinguin is t2 team, they can beat teams like dignitas, vp and more when they have good day

2016-11-02 14:29

8 replies

no they can't

2016-11-02 14:34

7 replies

Kinguin have aim like t1 team (szpero michu furlan) better than vp ofc:)

2016-11-02 14:40

6 replies

biased polak. kinguin is shit period e: and kinguin is not even close to be considered as a t2 team

2016-11-02 14:58

5 replies

ok stfu lewak cuck letfist dumbo

2016-11-04 22:00

2 replies

everything will be ok my son

2016-11-05 10:19

1 reply

so mad, cry is free! #RunKinguinG! #VamosVP

2016-11-05 14:35

''They can't beat dignias'' nt

2016-11-24 14:33

rofl it seems like i've really hurt your feelings, that you still remember this shit lol. yeh gz, they've won in overtime against an bad-playing dignitas. go out and celebrate it on the street lmao

2016-11-24 15:35

they are not even tier4 team they play last LAN agaisnt pure tier4 team with hunden on board and all of them lose anal virginity 16:3 on ,,own best map,, train and congratz to Dreamchack oficialy become trash tier tournament R.I.P Roberth Ohlena 2010-2014 never forgit all DH with you

2016-11-02 15:35

Have you not seen a DH Masters

2016-11-03 05:35

invite? nt

2016-11-02 07:22

invite? they won with Epsilon...

2016-11-02 11:22

Still they are the worst team there and will be last

2016-11-02 11:47

4 replies

godsent didnt even get out of group in eswc and gambit lost with PRIDE tier5 Polish team. so they are worse then worst

2016-11-02 11:53

everyone is in a slump now and then. on the paper kinguin is the worst team. ofc they can pull some upsets but the odds for them to be the last will be higher

2016-11-02 11:56

So what? They will get some experience at least.

2016-11-02 22:56

what ever

2016-11-02 23:02

faze t2 team. no point playing with these t4 teams. (dignitas/cloud9 these mofukas are good but this an exception)

3 replies

"yeh man let us better not attend to that tournament to get free money by playing against t4 teams" are you retarded? lol but i see <3 rain, you delusional kiddo fanboy. faze is shit and will never achieve anything same as last year. There is only one thing what this pile of trash can do for beeing good to the scene and that is disband

2016-11-02 12:01

yeah ofc i know faze will never achieve anything. ITS THE ORG. they buyout famous players and hope they reach major for that sticker money. rain has nothing to do with my fanboyism. faze is just a trap for good/great players (because team chemistry is pure shit) djskullfuck boi. and the "not attending" was just a bait

2016-11-02 12:07

+1 actually this was a pretty obv bait and you still got me because most people here are completely retarded and actually think stuff like that is true. That would never happen on a other forum lol

2016-11-02 12:11

2016-11-02 02:14

nice

i think karrigan would do well !

2016-11-02 10:56

bad replacement but wth ;3

lol

k then

Ez for optic

polish onliners.... EXPECT LAST PLACE WITH RENEGADES

Expect first for renegades my swedish dude

2016-11-02 03:08

U have chance of top 8 if Ur Roster consists of IGL : Ustilo Awp: Ustilo Entry: Ustilo Support: Ustilo Lurk: Ustilo

2016-11-02 04:41

I'd rather say IGL: JKS AWP:YAM ENTRY: JKS Support: JKS Lurk: JKS

2016-11-02 09:05

>Cloud9 >Renegades Pick one pls

2016-11-02 06:08

This list looks like it is not DreamHack.

2016-11-02 02:24

gj kingu

2016-11-02 02:28

what have happend to dreamhack? before the was so good teams there

2016-11-02 02:48

masters.dreamhack.com/vegas/ 450k event in Las Vegas

2016-11-02 14:38

tier3 lan

Not sure if dignitas, c9, flipside are T3

2016-11-02 09:47

they are not but the whole event is

2016-11-02 11:37

Lol. I still find it quite offensive when people complains about events to also give chance to lower tier teams. Like WTF? You have so many events with top teams going on this fall/winter and still managing to complain about some event being t3.

2016-11-02 12:06

so if i say grass is green then im complaining that it is not red? lul. im just stating the fact

2016-11-02 12:18

In that case i got it wrong and I'm sorry. But it's hard to get here who's complaining or bashing something here on hltv.

2016-11-02 12:20

np man its hltv i never really know :D

2016-11-02 12:21

Given latest results this event now looks very competitive, especially if optic shows their best and godsent shows something

2016-11-02 02:50

Maybe

2016-11-02 03:52

ez for GODSENT ;>

2016-11-02 03:09

boredom

2016-11-02 03:10

Pretty intense match

2016-11-02 03:12

Epsilon :(

2016-11-02 03:16

c9 winner winner chikn dinr

2016-11-02 03:19

c9 vs dignitas

2016-11-02 03:26

LMAO

2016-11-02 03:51

I am actually really keen for this event. All the teams here appear to be on the same level (Except maybe C9). Should be a really interesting event.

2016-11-02 04:38

Ah hem Renegades. Last time we saw them do decent on LAN was around IEM GAMESCOM 2K15 and ESL ONE COLOGNE 2K15 time. Ever since then they have sucked on lan (especially against china)

2016-11-02 08:56

Since 2015, Renegades have changed two players, they are a completely different team. Recently they have stepped up considerably in their online play and had they been able to go to ESL Pro League Finals they definitely could have made a decent run. The only Asian team that was able to beat them at the recent Asia minor was Tyloo. I think they are easily on the same level as Godsent, Optic, Gambit, Kinguin, F3 and Dig.

2016-11-02 13:15

doplan -25? wat

2016-11-02 05:18

no chance ma frend

2016-11-02 05:49

Final is Dignitas v Cloud9 remember this post.

2016-11-02 06:07

2-1 C9 in the final remember this post

nevermind 2-0 C9 in the final

2016-11-02 06:11

2-1 C9 First map 22-20 Second 17-19 Third 16-10

2016-11-02 06:14

Ez for the Asian duo

Walkover for all teams who meet kinguin 😑

2016-11-02 06:23

easy for c9 and renegades

2016-11-02 06:45

Faze down

2016-11-02 07:29

im back noobs

2016-11-02 07:35

Okey Clown9 fangays, if C9 doesn't win DH Winter they're not Top 5. So easy if they really are "Best in NA"

2016-11-02 07:38

Furlan back to entry <3

2016-11-02 08:48

-jkaem +k1o

2016-11-02 08:59

NICE!!!! BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY GONNA LOSE

2016-11-02 09:07

I feel bad for Godsent, playing on homesoil against two tier 1 teams and then optic. Wouldn't be surprised if they fail completly.

2016-11-02 09:18

FaZe packed schedule? lmfao

2016-11-02 09:25

C9 or maybe Dignitas take this. Godsent as an outsider.

2016-11-02 09:28

easy for Bravado

2016-11-02 09:52

EZ for HOMESTAY.... ow wait.

2016-11-02 11:11

fix godsents lineup

2016-11-02 11:23

$100,000 prize pool No tier1 teams Good tournament xD

Dignitas and Cloud9 are both tier 1.

2016-11-02 12:10

Because they won 1 tournament? Cool story. dignitas won epicenter and failed to go through the groups ight after that at another tournament. The same fate can wait for Cloud9 also. NiP used to win some tournaments, but still were barely regarded as a tier1 team. Even Immortals won 1 tournament, please call them a tier1 team. Don't jump into conclusions like many did to dignitas after epicenter.

2016-11-02 15:30

Cloud9 also got to the semi finals of starladder, they're not lucky in 1 tournament, they're proving their status

2016-11-02 15:32

What T1 teams did they play against at the starladder? Struggling nV couldn't be regarded as T1 at that moment, and even now they're not T1 yet. Flipsid3? Please. And even F3 took 1 map from C9. VG CyberZen? The only solid (not T1 but at least solid) team at that tournament raped C9 in the semis. To be regarded as T1 you should defeat tier1 teams on regular basis. Now SK and VP are tier1 teams. OK, C9 raped SK once, but nobody knows if it will be ever repeated in the near future. C9 should prove that that win wasn't just a lucky stuff.

2016-11-02 15:41

What's wrong with that? Good tournament for lower teams. Will be fun to watch. And also there are few T1 teams.

2016-11-02 12:22

What exactly T1 teams are there?.. #106

WTF?? They could have played in finals. This would have been so ez for faze. Holy shit.. WTF.. retarded shit.

2016-11-02 13:11

where is ENVY?

2016-11-02 14:41

What the... Where are the invites for the Swedish teams, like wut? VP, NaVi, G2, Mousesports, EnvyUs, Fnatic, like dafuq, never seen a Dreamhack Winter lineup worse than this.

2016-11-02 14:43

EPL S4 and Epicenter paid $100k to 2nd place team alone while Dreamhack has a price pool of $100k. ELEAGUE and Majors pay even more and then there is WESG. No tier 1 team cares.

2016-11-02 19:46