fnatic to miss IEF 2009 after all

25-10-2009 02:52

fnatic have confirmed they will not attend International E-sports Festival 2009.

The Swedish giants had been credited with an interest in attending the Asian tournament, which will take place from October 30 through to November 1 in the South Korean city of Suwon.

However, the Extreme Masters Dubai champions have now issued a statement to counteract the stories, explaining they have declined the invitation to participate in the competition due to scheduling conflicts.

Instead, the Swedish team will stay in their homeland and practice for the WCG World Finals, which will be held from November 11-15 in Chengdu, China.

This means that SK Gaming are now the only non-Asian side confirmed at the event, making it a seven-team list that looks as follows:

SK Gaming
WeMade Fox
TyLoo
wNv.cn
TitaNs
UMX
RS-Gaming

fail.

2009-10-25 02:56

no fnatic no event...

2009-10-25 02:57

18 replies

thats dumb, otherwise only sweden would have a real cs scene. yeah sure they gr8, but to bad they cant make it.

2009-10-25 02:23

14 replies

Well Sweden is dominating the CS scene atm (and past a few years too..) .. top 3 teams probably - fnatic, SK, mYm - are swedish.

2009-10-25 11:40

13 replies

mym showed great game in one competition and all of the sudden they are top3?

2009-10-25 12:25

7 replies

if they were playing together for a bit longer period of time like SK or fnatic does, they would prove their skill in many more tournaments

2009-10-25 12:45

1 reply

but we're talking about now not future. they're good but we've seen them playing together too short to tell if they really are top3 ;)

2009-10-25 14:18

They've been top3 in Sweden for quite a while

2009-10-25 16:22

I think he said MYM.swe as being ex-Begrip who were/are (under MYM tag) top3 in Sweden.

2009-10-25 17:45

3 replies

No he did not, notice the "are Swedish", if he would've spoken about the Swedish top3 what would have been the point in writing that. :)

2009-10-26 13:49

2 replies

notice the probably

2009-11-01 10:23

1 reply

I said nothing against you, I just tried to explain what you meant for people who didn't understand.

2009-11-13 20:55

grow up, they did well at one tournament. so did alternate, wemadefox, mousesports, EG, and tyloo. they are not top 3.

2009-10-25 21:59

3 replies

I agree ;)

2009-10-25 23:36

2 replies

i don't agree..mym destroyed every top team there, including fnatic..just not in the finals, so yes they are and will be top3 imo..

2009-10-27 18:45

1 reply

Err so what if they won several top teams once in one tournament ? You can't say that fast that they're in top3... ===F

2009-10-28 17:23

Still, it's lame saying no fnatic no event.

2009-10-26 13:50

2009-10-26 12:42

no fnatic no event

2009-10-26 16:17

1 reply

u'r a legend :P hail brasil brain !

2009-10-27 18:17

sad~!

2009-10-25 02:14

invite plz ;)

2009-10-25 02:18

6 replies

looking forward to see minet and trace internationally, see how they fit there. gl

2009-10-25 02:24

i heard Remi already send a mail for you danny

2009-10-25 07:54

Man the are invited, but they want to practicing for WCG World finals.

2009-10-25 13:22

3 replies

Are u dumb? He was talking about his own team, mTw

2009-10-25 16:23

AHAHAHA n00b!

2009-10-25 21:37

HAHA

2009-10-26 13:50

Sad but they doing good

2009-10-25 02:45

fnatic won't go to Aisa to rob those awards:))) so, another championship for SK?

2009-10-25 02:53

8 replies

true

2009-10-25 08:04

What happened in Chengdu last time around?

2009-10-26 13:51

6 replies

what do you mean "What happened in Chengdu last time around?" you don't know SK got the championship?

2009-10-26 13:57

5 replies

That was my point. I interpreted your message as if you were saying that SK could win now just because fnatic had left, and you saying fnatic would've robbed the awards had they attended, only probated my interpretation, and don't forget fnatic losing to TyLoo quite hard when they played in China last time..

2009-10-26 14:05

4 replies

my friend,i know what you mean now. Sk beated fnatic at ChengDu, i think that just because SK changed two new players at that time.you know some team get new players, they get new power,which will make other teams upset. so, I think fnatic > SK now.and they did in Dubai:))))) and, let's enjoy WCG at ChengDu:)))

2009-10-27 12:17

3 replies

We won't know until they meet again, but yeah, let's look forward to that. :)

2009-10-27 13:14

2 replies

my friend, i heard that fnatic will join in IEF, instead of SK,is that ture? "fight.pcgames.com.cn/cs/news/0910/166959.." reported this.

2009-10-28 13:48

1 reply

fight.pcgames.com.cn/cs/news/0910/1669591.html I can't really read that, but since they said they needed the practice before WCG I doubt it. :P

2009-10-28 16:45

smart choise

2009-10-25 03:06

WTF zonic ahahahahaha? MTW, MYM, FG, esq-wind, Vitriolic, H2k...... bye fnatic.

2009-10-25 03:07

invite mTw : D

2009-10-25 03:34

nice, I would rather see them win WCG without attending this event, than go to IEF, win it then fail at WCG :P

2009-10-25 03:41

fnatic got butt raped owned by tyloo so doesent realy bother me

2009-10-25 03:47

pfffffffffffffffffffff.... 2easy4fnatic :S

2009-10-25 04:00

IEFAIL

2009-10-25 04:02

invite mTw.dk :D

2009-10-25 04:41

SCARRREEDDD OF SK

2009-10-25 05:04

2 replies

I don't think so. They just want a break before WCG. Traveling isn't that easy for real, and SK don't even attend WCG so they better attend every other event they can to make up for it. ;)

2009-10-25 05:20

u dumbass, cArn cums vs SK...

2009-10-25 21:40

sad, but now invite the mTw gang

2009-10-25 05:31

invite the VP!

2009-10-25 06:34

really no fnatic ; NO FKING EVENT !!!!

2009-10-25 07:15

6 replies

stfu

2009-10-25 12:48

4 replies

admit poland sucks in CS xD

2009-10-26 06:31

3 replies

i have already told that many times. you fail :*

2009-10-26 16:13

2 replies

again sayin c clearly eyes wide open; admit poland sucks in CS !!!

2009-10-26 16:40

1 reply

do you know what did i write down in the last reply? people are strange.

2009-10-26 18:22

Too bad for you, don't watch it then? I'm sick of this..

2009-10-26 13:51

btw where r d last day and final demos of GC dubai 09 ?

2009-10-25 07:19

invite k23 , alternate and mTw

2009-10-25 07:32

NOW EASY FOH SK I THINK =DD

2009-10-25 08:06

Agree

2009-10-25 08:29

invite mouz , mtw and teg :D

2009-10-25 09:08

1 reply

hey do you know if TeG has a site? because the old one doesn't work :D

2009-10-25 10:27

fnatic =( esq.wind!!! want to see ari =)

2009-10-25 09:33

invite MYM omg...

2009-10-25 09:50

hehe a chance SK Gaming to take another trophy with new lineup. <3 Always 4 SK :)

2009-10-25 10:01

Send EG. I enjoy it when americans go to events because everyone wants to know how they are stacking up to the teams in other countries. I dont believe they would win the event but it would spice things up a bit

2009-10-25 10:42

3 replies

First they need to remind a little bit how to play CS 1.6 ... Then we can send them to any tournament xD

2009-10-25 13:13

2 replies

2009-10-25 13:20

rofl! :D

2009-10-25 16:26

go go go sk!!!!!<3)thq fnatic)

2009-10-25 10:55

Invite MYM then :)

2009-10-25 12:01

TitaNs will crush them. huhu. =D

2009-10-25 12:44

invite mym and mtw plz

2009-10-25 12:45

1 reply

If they come, that's would be very very NICE !

2009-10-25 13:22

i dont think mTw will attend , cause probably , just like fnatic , they will decline ,so they can pracctice for WCG :)

2009-10-25 13:32

1 reply

You can see further down that zonic himself asked for an invite.

2009-10-26 13:55

SCARED OF SK . NO DOUBT :D

2009-10-25 13:55

scared of sk and tyloo of getting raped again

2009-10-25 14:22

Correct me if I'm wrong, but playing against some of the best teams in the world does not count as TRAINING? I mean with witch team they can practice at home, if SK will be here, if mym will surly be here, h2k and many more, will they practice with mix teams or what?

2009-10-25 15:00

1 reply

Yeah, that's one way of looking at it, but I doubt both H2k and MYM will attend. And the travelling part isn't really easy, you really notice it when coming home, being tired when playing WCG wouldn't be that smart.

2009-10-26 13:53

SK will win!!!!

2009-10-25 15:20

ok. SK win

2009-10-25 16:12

in this case - TyLoooo ftw infa 100%

2009-10-25 17:12

:s bad news :@ it's ure the envent is for SK Gaming :s

2009-10-25 17:54

NO FNATIC NO PARTY.

2009-10-25 20:07

event care = 1 %

2009-10-25 20:19

bad news :(

2009-10-25 20:32

#53 I thought the same thing. The same maps they're practicing on will be in the IEF tournament. so why not go and pickup some cash while you're at. They're guranteed 2nd place at the very least.

2009-10-25 20:54

3 replies

afaik carn hasnt won a wcg gold, so he probably really want that. Going to events = ~3 days of traveling = no praccing. Going to this event would also mean that they might need to show of some of the taccs they are working on for the WCG. Good choice to stay home imo. Work hard on the dust2 setups and so on..

2009-10-26 03:07

1 reply

2009-10-26 13:54

Guaranteed 2nd place?

2009-10-26 13:54

Guess fnatic just wants to relax and party (atleast few of them)

2009-10-25 21:17

FNATIC FEAR SK! ... in all seriousness. This was probably a good move by Fnatic. Gives them some down time from traveling and should give them more time to prepare for WCG --which is more important imo--

2009-10-25 21:54

seriously if u guys are inviting rs-gaming, wnv, etc... then why not mtw and mym? they definitely deserve to be there

2009-10-26 06:59

1 reply

They just invited six Asian teams before starting with the European ones, relax...

2009-10-26 13:55

plzzz guys plzz upload GC dubai's final day demos plzzzzzzzzzzz............. :(

2009-10-26 09:56

I have to say how it sucks that there is no CS going on atm, when the Danes, or at least one I spoke to, had theirs, there was CS everywhere to watch, now I have mine and there's nothing, and it's just raining outside so there's not really anything to do since I'm not really in the mood of taking my bicycle to the gym in the rain....... :(

2009-10-26 14:33