Sweden name ENC squad

31-7-2009 13:56

Sweden have announced their call-up list for the LAN Finals of the European Nations Championship.

The LAN Finals of the ESL's nations tournament will be held at the gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, from August 19-23.

Sweden, who enjoyed a perfect 5-0 record in the group stages, have just confirmed their roster for the tournament, which contains three players from fnatic and two from Lemondogs.

With no surprise, none of SK Gaming's players have been called up for the tournament after not featuring for Sweden in group play.

LAN Finals will take place from 19 to 23 of August at gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, featuring ten national teams to compete for €15.000 in four disciplines.

Sweden will take on France in the semi-finals of the ENC tournament, with the winner meeting either Germany or Poland in the final.

Sweden will feature the following line-up:

Patrik "cArn" Sattermon (fnatic)
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (fnatic)
Rasmus "GuX" Stahl (fnatic)
Björn "threat" Pers (Lemondogs)
Johan "face"Klasson (Lemondogs)

0 from SK :)

2009-07-31 14:58

nice line-up :)

2009-07-31 15:14

leathal line-up, bet on them to win it this year

2009-07-31 15:15

where is f0rest?

2009-07-31 15:15

6 replies

good question, where's forest??:> imo he's better then carn or gux

2009-07-31 18:47

5 replies

f0rest had some other stuff to do, like work or something.

2009-08-01 11:18

2 replies

what?

2009-08-01 11:26

1 reply

He wanted a little break to focus a little bit on his real life. He will be back on next event most probobly though so dont worry <)

2009-08-01 14:56

carn game leader idiot >D

2009-10-16 03:15

1 reply

call ur mummy like that, kid

2009-10-16 13:52

no f0rest :(

2009-07-31 15:17

Sweden with Germany in final

2009-07-31 15:17

gux + gtr = autowin :E

2009-07-31 15:17

move it left move it right do it like get_right !! :)

2009-07-31 15:17

12 replies

:DDDD

2009-07-31 15:22

lol that was goood maaan xd

2009-07-31 17:51

Imo not good since you have right twice ^^

2009-07-31 18:35

2 replies

imo you are retard

2009-07-31 19:08

1 reply

2009-08-01 00:07

If you play against Get_Right. Be ready to see several highlights. Cuz this kid really knows how to bite. Why do you even bother to fight? He will dazzle you with his flashlight. Which will make him win the gunfight. He's like the Black Knight. Pew pew, to bad he's white. When you attack and he covers the bombsite. You will feel his might. Then you'll see him stand up with a smile like snow-white. Doesn't matter if y'all unite. You'll still be no match for mother f***ing Get_Right! Yours Truly Rap Boy (:

2009-07-31 19:47

6 replies

you have waaaaaaaay too much time in ur pockets.. lol

2009-08-01 04:52

2 replies

Took me about 2 minutes to write..

2009-08-01 18:43

1 reply

ah gd then :P keep writing them lol

2009-08-02 05:26

wow nice1 mang

2009-08-07 15:30

u are famous! :D those rap rhymes are in GeT_RiGhT's sk-gaming profile.

2009-08-10 22:06

1 reply

Hahaha yeah I see that. Cool :P

2009-08-14 17:16

why Sk and fnatic doesnt play together? do they hate each other or what?

2009-07-31 15:20

14 replies

nonsense. Face is better than any SK player currently and threat fits well in any team he plays. There's no need to bring in any SK player.

2009-07-31 15:36

12 replies

face better than walle ? you must to be kdg .

2009-07-31 15:41

3 replies

fanboy

2009-07-31 15:50

1 reply

fanboy? just like to watch good players. and walle is playing really good atm. :S i'm zet fanboy btw ;)

2009-07-31 20:28

You cant compare walle to face...walle is and ingame leader( not atm for SK but still) and face is a hardcore aimer...if anything you should compare walle to carn.

2009-07-31 16:29

do you even know what are you talking about?

2009-07-31 15:51

1 reply

No I don't. I've never seen Giants/Lemondogs outplaying the mighty SK. Wait a moment... yes I did.

2009-07-31 20:42

face < walle/tentpole/allen and maybe robban

2009-07-31 16:07

5 replies

In my eyes tentpole is not at hes best right now:/ seems like hes lacking some motivation or something.

2009-07-31 16:32

2 replies

hes to fat to be good :')

2009-07-31 17:29

yep, hes lacking motivation, him and robban :( and zet only plays good when his team are playing good (eg. vs fnatic )

2009-08-02 05:38

zet >

2009-07-31 16:37

tbh RobbaN is quite better than allen and tentpole

2009-08-01 02:44

They don't hate eachother, it's just that the fnatic-players fit well with and like the Lemondogs-players, while SK think the same about the players from Begrip.

2009-07-31 18:36

Yeahh no SK Gaming players, anyway good luck guys..

2009-07-31 15:34

they maybe think good in-game leader (cArn) > frager (f0rest) , becouse fragers in sweeden isn't unusual.

2009-07-31 15:45

where allen ?

2009-07-31 15:46

threat has det second best aim in skandinavia. it has been proved in a tournament and he is insane when he is one, but i would like to have a guy like allen that has the experience and the skills to go all the way. but face and threat are good players. the swedish guy's now what they are doing;)

2009-07-31 15:48

7 replies

1on1 is nothing compared to 5on5..... So you think Smaugy, who won the tournament, should be a part of the team aswell? MY team beat his once.

2009-07-31 18:37

6 replies

You have a point, but THREAT aims just aswell in a 5on5 as he does in 1on1 and you know that too :)

2009-08-01 14:59

5 replies

I know he aims well, though I know Smaugy doesn't when it comes to 5on5. So you can't really think like that.

2009-08-03 15:40

4 replies

The guy you answered to said tHREAT has a sick aim in 1on1 and 5on5, I pointed out he was right. Nowhere did I mention Smaugy. I know very well 1on1 shootout doesnt neccesarily mean anything. However its often the good aimers who pick out the entry frag in matches, like f0rest.

2009-08-07 15:58

3 replies

f0rest often does in 5on5 yes, and he crashed out early in the UGT tournament.. :P

2009-08-07 19:35

2 replies

define "early"?? He lost in the semi finals....

2009-08-08 17:25

1 reply

He did? Oops my bad=D Well you have other great players from fnatic, LD and SK who crashed out early.

2009-08-08 20:12

lol this is just dreamhack lemondogs + carn roFl

2009-07-31 15:48

I'd love to see f0rest playing there, but even without him the team is super strong and probably going for #1 place. :]

2009-07-31 16:06

line up sweeden: f0rest Walle GeT_RiGhT GuX allen

2009-07-31 16:13

3 fnatic 2 lemondogs what can i say great!!

2009-07-31 16:14

ARE THEY FREAKIN SERIOUS ?! all the other teams will be made of the very best players in each country, seriously how stupid is it to make a line-up without one of the two best players in Sweden ? I get the way this was thought though, they wanted cArn as the leader, so it only left spots for 2 more fnatic players and Gux and gtr were wanted in the line-up so they cut off f0rest... but still, that's insane.

2009-07-31 16:21

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Man, Sweden is and always was one of the best countries in CS. So why should the managers, or the team, plan something stupid ? Albeit, some of the players are not so famous (e.g face) like the SK players, but if you look more careful on these players you will never, or very very rarely find a mistake in their gaming style. In difficult situations like e.g 1vs3 they are mostly successful. I am sure this lineup is atm the best possible IN THE WORLD and I don't mean mixed lineups like "solo walle spawn etc.", I mean national team. +to be honest, SK isn't as good as they were 1 or 2 years ago, they have the potential but atm they are not so strong.

2009-07-31 16:35

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I totally get you, Sweden is a sick nation for CS and all these players are amazing but man... f0rest, the legend, probably the most dominating player in CS history, you know what I mean... it's so weird to see a Swedish line-ups created for finals of a tournament, without him. although gtr is already a freakin beast by himself, having two freakin beasts never hurts.

2009-07-31 16:42

4 replies

f0rest would have been in the lineup if he was able to. Unfortunately he had to turn the offer down, according to fragbite.com

2009-07-31 18:23

3 replies

err ok :l has a reason been given ?

2009-07-31 18:35

2 replies

nope, not that I'm aware of

2009-07-31 19:19

1 reply

focus on Real life and a small break from cs just for this event as he did for Dreamhack Summer.

2009-08-01 15:01

I think face are just as famous as SK players...i mean he played in NiP and was the best player there.

2009-07-31 20:24

maybe f0rest didn`t want to participate in ENC....

2009-07-31 17:19

f0rest was supposed to take part instead of Gux though he couldn't attend.

2009-07-31 18:38

f0rest wasnt able to play this event thats why he doesnt play.

2009-07-31 20:21

swe lineup without f0rest :'(

2009-07-31 16:29

What is it people don't understand? None of the SK players were selected to the ENC-line from the beginning and after the groupstage they can not just bring in SK-player to the finals. And stop whining on the lineup, I think cArn knows what he's doing. -_-

2009-07-31 16:30

1 reply

You certainly don't have your facts straight.... From the beginning the lineup WAS 3 fnatic- and 2 SK-players, though the Lemondogs players+Gux were added afterwards.

2009-07-31 18:39

f0rest and SK doesnt have the passion or time anymore for counter-strike as Lemondogs and the rest of the fnatic lineup. You have to realise that. Plus cArn gives an opportunity for new talents to grow and such. I mean why play with SK players when they dont wanna play the qualify on internet? The players who were playing on the internet should be the ones playing this. Please stop be retarded and fanboy SK.

2009-07-31 16:44

walle f0rest Gux face allen

2009-07-31 17:12

nice lineup

2009-07-31 17:19

carn forest G_T face threat the best line-up fow swe...

2009-07-31 17:20

Strange story this Sweden ENC line-up; first they announced the one from last year, and in the end they added a lot more of people to the team ::) The results have shown that whatever players play the results were positive ones. On personal preference, I would change face for allen but still face too deserves the spot to show that he has a less publicized but equal to other players' skill. If, as #32 states, SK players did not want to play online qualifiers and cArn chose to reward those who did, well, as to me it would be a chance those players lost to claim a new title, if Sweden wins in the end. I would nevertheless be careful as France is a dangerous contender.

2009-07-31 17:23

5 replies

Sk/Begrip Fnatic/Lemondogs That's how they mix in Sweden. That's it, they just like eachother.

2009-07-31 18:41

4 replies

If you take a look at the last year (and announced for this year) ENC squad it was fnatic/SK and the team did fine. Therefore your "rule" does not seem to be applied "strictly" ;)

2009-07-31 21:51

3 replies

This year it is. They've said it themselves.

2009-08-01 11:54

2 replies

cArn said too that they would try to stick to the announced five man line-up, that is 3 fnatic 2 SK - the same line-up than in 2008. Therefore, the changes apparently were decided later on and not prior to "mix preferences" which would have lead to the announcement of a different line-up, f.e. the one that has been playing regularly during the on-line qualifier ;)

2009-08-01 19:08

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Well, I'm not saying there's a rule but earlier this year I just saw some interview or something where walle and cArn spoke about it, and they just said they felt good with eachother and that that was how they'd line up. Ofc there's exceptions..

2009-08-03 15:40

Could be a better line up. f0rest is definitely missing on that team. Probably cArn out and f0rest in, imo.

2009-07-31 18:21

8 replies

f0rest was supposed to take part instead of Gux though he couldn't attend.

2009-07-31 18:41

4 replies

Well, cArn is the weakest link in that line up in my opinion. But I guess it could be discussed a lot.

2009-08-01 02:45

3 replies

Yes he sure is, though he is the team captain..

2009-08-01 11:53

2 replies

carn is amazing, does his job to the max capacity

2009-08-07 16:06

1 reply

Yes though he still is the weakest link imo, though the best IGL.

2009-08-07 19:35

Why is that a good idea? f0rest is probobly the best all round player in the world, but GT,GUX,FACE,THREAT these players are basicly same level anyways. cArn on the other hand cant be replaced as hes not only the captain but probobly the best in-game leader in the world..

2009-08-01 15:05

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If you look apart from that he's the "captain" then he's pretty much useless. And by now they should know how to play, so I can't really see how much tactic there would be needed to play in a "top team" like that.

2009-08-01 18:34

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You are wrong, cArn is an amazing in-game leader cuz he knows his stuff. Its not all about just running and shooting them, even if these guys are that good. But also interpret the opponents game. Knowing what spawnpoints they have, knowing what tacts they play in order to make it easier on his team, switching things up if not going as planned. There is more to the title captain then you seem to think. Theres a reason why he is the swedish team captain.

2009-08-02 01:38

f0rest was supposed to take part instead of Gux though he couldn't attend!!

2009-07-31 18:42

Final: Sweden-Germany.

2009-07-31 19:31

the best team sweden is: get_right f0rest cArn walle allen but this good lineup to win germany xD

2009-07-31 19:34

omfg are u crazy what missin in this line up face threat gtr gux and cArn ? gtr at the moment is best player in the world gux is on the way to be one of the best cArn is maybe best in-game leader in the world... im big fun on fOrest but i want to see how this line up playing together

2009-07-31 20:56

perfect lineup imo would be f0rest get_right gux walle zet

2009-07-31 21:33

2 replies

there are much better players than zet in Sweden right now, he is like SpawN, completely overrated because of the legend he once was.

2009-07-31 23:39

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like i said it's only my opinion. www.sk-gaming.com/match/22056 i think zet can play good, really good when he's teammates are doing so

2009-08-01 01:02

-Gux + f0rest ... omg

2009-07-31 21:37

Germany vs Sweden. Will be fun to watch ^^

2009-07-31 22:55

1.f0rest 2.walle or DSN 3.allen 4.face 5.GeTRighT

2009-07-31 23:01

where is f0rest? >_>

2009-07-31 23:01

Ups, right again :) Good choice rush!

2009-07-31 23:07

walle -> carn forest > threat

2009-08-01 01:20

no sk no f0rest :S

2009-08-01 04:32

no good awper for swe

2009-08-01 11:14

Khrystal instead of Threat imo :P 2 callers .. Threat and Carn..;x

2009-08-01 15:01

So many SK fanboys.. god.. f0rest declined the offer to play himself so no point in arguing about that. This team is great as it is. THREAT and Face are amazing and one of swedens best players. Adding them to the team is gonna be killer, just look at what they did to the other teams including SK at Dreamhack summer 2009. Only possible exchange I could see is getting kHRYSTAL into the mix. But still, as it is now they are still gonna win every match. Period

2009-08-01 15:08

5 replies

threat and face are way better than khrystal.

2009-08-01 15:17

3 replies

sure, but none of them is as awesome with the big green gun as kHRYSTAL

2009-08-01 15:50

GT,gux,face,THREAT are all great players and aimers, however none of them is an awp player. kHRSTYAL however is one, hence why I think he should be added to the squad to make it perfect.

2009-08-01 16:08

1 reply

you are right, but then again, this lineup dosen't really need awp :D

2009-08-01 16:35

FYR773 is twice the awper kHRYSTAL is

2009-08-07 16:12

i dont think allen would fit in because he plays very good with his team because hes very sneeky and "gay" at times. they have a pretty good lineup but i would switch walle for threat

2009-08-01 15:57

old giants, ok almost... ;) swe could provide better lu, but this one also can do some dmg.

2009-08-01 21:31

carn noobs player fnatic

2009-08-01 21:56

1 reply

wtf? and by that you mean?

2009-08-02 15:50

walle allen f0rest GTR GuX/tentpole/face Swe > ALL

2009-08-02 01:42

f0rest cArn allen G_T niko

2009-08-02 02:38

SpawN,vilden,f0rest,face,get_right

2009-08-02 15:05

What are you talking about? Sweden will win with any squad, the only thing they need is to pick walle or cArn - 2 best in-game leaders in Sweden.

2009-08-02 19:05

great lineup for swe.. super mix =)) shame that f0rest couldn't play, but its fine like this =) gl

2009-08-03 18:00

WHERES F0REST?!

2009-08-03 18:02

2 replies

See #51 By the way, no need for capitals. Thank you.

2009-08-03 18:19

1 reply

Didn't read every comment <3. Just posted my "thoughts".

2009-08-03 19:43

f0rest is thes best player in the world where is f0rest ?

2009-08-05 03:56

1 reply

Ever read #113? ::)

2009-08-07 16:43

Yes, because they had to play against players who are better at aiming then them. Even if Smaugy isnt a great 5on5 player like he is 1on1, but if he play with him ( He usually mixes in playpark cups ) ull c hes still like I say, a great Terrorist, he picks out an entry frag quite well with his aim, just as f0rest does. Aiming sure isnt the only thing that matters in a 5on5 but it sure is still helpful..

2009-08-09 01:10