ESWC comments on penguin use

1-7-2010 17:55

The ESWC has commented to HLTV.org on the issue of 12-year-old Bogdan "penguin" Marchenko being used by PinG.

Marchenko's appearance at the ESWC world finals clashes with the ESWC eligibility rule which states that every player "must be at least 16 years old on 30th June 2010" to participate in a tournament.

The ESWC justifies Marchenko's go-ahead to play with the fact that the French law says nothing on the matter, and has indicated that exceptions like this have been granted before.

"The ESWC has made exceptions in the past for certain WarCraft 3 and Quake players, such as av3k, and since the law does not force us to set an age limit, like in Germany, where there is a limit, we have decided to let him play and there will be no further actions," ESWC head referee Camille Versteeg told HLTV.org.

PinG are currently playing against Fair Frag for survival in the competition after losing their opening match 21-9 to Evil Geniuses.

2010-07-01 17:56

LOL

good he will do some damage :)

good call, it´s not like not allowing will stop them playing the game anyways

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agree, good call. But PiNG will not win anyway :p

2010-07-01 18:47

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Still big ego boost for the lil guy. Think about beeing 12 Years old traveling all the Way to France and play on ESWC Grand Finals - THE B O M B

2010-07-02 09:01

good ruling.

2010-07-01 17:57

2010-07-01 18:00

ROFL

2010-07-01 18:01

2010-07-01 18:03

kids should play football but ok ...

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everyone does what they want, dude.

2010-07-01 18:13

and adults shouldint be playing games that are ment for kids:P fuck face

2010-07-02 15:42

CS is meant for kids? You do know there's a 16 years old age limit in Sweden?

2010-07-21 12:33

MIRA fix the match WeMadeFOx against the spanish guys in the dreamteam thing , thanks

I was wondering where to report that too, but here seems a tad too random :p

2010-07-01 18:07

Listen, we do NOT have stats for the match yet, therefore we cannot input it into Dreamteam.

lol... and I want to know why can't we bet on the matches that begin at 18h30 ?

As far as I have heard, Polish TrackMania (or NFS?) player wasn't allowed to participate at the Grand Finals because he was only 15 y.o. Can anyone confirm it and I wonder how can ESWC comment on that matter? At the moment I see double standards which put a shadow on the ESWC commitee, given the fact that penguin a son of oligarch. A scandal or what?

2010-07-01 18:08

That player was Nothing and it's true that he couldn't go to Paris because of the age limit... He's 15 now and won the polish ESWC finals. Great harm for him i think, coz he plays really great in such a young age. Instead of him to Paris went Mikus (US), who was 2nd at the polish finals...

2010-07-01 18:34

They didn't make exception for av3k. I pretty sure ESWC didn't allow him to play since he was 16.

2010-07-01 18:10

ORLY ?

2010-07-01 18:16

av3k was born in 1.4.91. he's debiut was in 2007. exception posted in this news is wrong.

2010-07-01 19:07

he's pretty good for his age

yeah. but not with pro =[

2010-07-01 18:17

gogo penguin common and show us the new school style ;D -or don't. and we gonna LOL of you :D

2010-07-01 18:18

2010-07-01 18:21

if they can let a 12 year old play as a stand-in for PiNG then they should also let niko play for h2k instead of pop. why have stupid rulez anyway.

2010-07-01 18:26

totally different cases

2010-07-01 19:48

The niko case is absolutely no stupid rule, it's actually quite common that you have to have a majority of the players that you qualified with, left in the team you play the finals with. Otherwise you'll see less good teams qualify with really good players without the intention of using them in the finals. Ofc it doesn't happen too often at this level, but at lower levels it does.

2010-07-21 12:35

go lil dude go!

2010-07-01 18:25

:DDDD lol

2010-07-01 18:28

When that 12 year old child kills an opponent. His Opponent might fell some shame after dying from him :). Damn he is very young future's lagend.

i just rofl'd

2010-07-01 18:38

He had a great fight mostly against fRoD, maybe 5 or 6 times when the little guy killed it:D Maybe he's got future on this game.

2010-07-02 01:10

since the law does not force us to set an age limit wierd, counter strike requires person to be atleast 16 to play it, so thats basicly breaking laws?

2010-07-01 19:01

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Actually that's just a recommendation. But I guess itmight differ from country to country.

well, yeah, but still 12 for CS is a bit too younh in my opinion.

2010-07-01 19:09

I agree.

2010-07-01 19:10

If parents are ok, it isn't breaking law. I think it depends on kids. With a good education there is no problem. It's just a game and most 12 years old kids are intelligent enough to understand it. My little brother was playing unreal tournament when he was 8 years old and he did not become a psychopat, not even a geek.

2010-07-01 19:28

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I don't mean like to become psychopat or geek, just for me its wierd, that he rather play computer games than going out or attending in some practise. I know also some young gamers who are ok guys and then its who is not.

2010-07-01 19:54

Hold on, he hasn't finished school yet.. ;) Most school massacres are carried out by people who have finished school!;)

2010-07-21 12:37

Are you talking about penguin or my lil brother? My bro is 17 now and I can assure you he won't kill anyone at school...

2010-07-22 12:23

Your little brother. ;) We'll see I'm telling you!;)

2010-07-22 14:43

Strange decision. Eheheh, I'll pay for them and fx change me for pasha :f <joke>

2010-07-01 19:22

camille qx versteeg knows his stuff I can tell you! theyre right letting him play what's the point in making a team field no more than 4 players? or were there better options along with them (manager or something?)

2010-07-01 19:23