EG confirm tuBBy for WCG qualifier

20-8-2010 02:13

Evil Geniuses have confirmed to HLTV.org that Travis "tuBBy" Bechtol will be their fifth player for the WCG qualifiers.

The American player, who represented TAU at Arbalet Cup Dallas last month, will also take part in EG's campaign at WCG Pan-America next week in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Bechtol is no stranger to the demands at Evil Geniuses, having played for them last year at the WCG qualifiers and the world finals, where he helped the team reach the Round of 16.

He will once again fill in for captain Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen, who is ineligible to play due to the WCG's nationality restrictions.

Evil Geniuses will attend the WCG qualifier from September 10-12 with:

Danny "fRoD" Montaner
Tyler "Storm" Wood
Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert
Ediz "goodfornothing" Basol
Travis "tuBBy" Bechtol

nice

2010-08-20 02:16

1 reply

nice? omg.

2010-08-20 19:53

Drop goodfornothing...there are like 1000x options that are better than gfn... :S Just don't get EG. GFN just can't cut it internationally.

2010-08-20 02:16

18 replies

before a few months ago i would have said the same. but recently he is doing well

2010-08-20 02:17

actually gfn is doing better than storm and lurppis now

2010-08-20 02:19

2 replies

Aint lurpis from "finnish, finland"?

2010-08-20 13:53

1 reply

yes yes swedish sweden...

2010-08-20 16:33

storm is the real problem. But actually, the team sucks when they play together. They just don't get along in-game. Totally horrible team.

2010-08-20 02:27

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do u suffer from some kind of mental retardation? they get along gr8, one of the beast real "teams" in the us...u dont have aclue

2010-08-21 09:39

there's just so much American Talent being wasted domestically because their teams cannot pay for them to bootcamp in Europe. imo COL or Loaded are favorites. Not EG.

2010-08-20 02:31

11 replies

yeyeyeah, but..! EG > col loaded

2010-08-20 02:45

you can hate on EG all you want, but EG still consistently beats loaded and col at lan.

2010-08-20 07:33

coL and Loaded have arguably better talent than EG now, but EG puts the time in to make them better. I really wish they would get rid of gfn though, he's obviously holding them back internationally as everyone has pointed out.

2010-08-20 13:32

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yea i think they need someone like dboorn with international experience instead of gfn. They seem to get 1 map vs top teams then loose the last two maps. They just can´t finish the enemy off. And from what i´ve seen it´s always gfn or storm who are bottom fragging.

2010-08-20 16:00

7 replies

Would be cool to see Rambo on EG :D

2010-08-20 18:40

oh my.........

2010-08-21 02:31

5 replies

Well am i wrong? I can look up the demos and matches to prove my point.

2010-08-21 02:45

4 replies

Based on your comments, you seem to just download the demos and let them sit. If you actually watch counter-strike, you'd realize how silly and shallow your observations are.

2010-08-21 04:31

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Instead of flaming you could just have made some valid arguments. I´ve seen enough games from EG where they can pick up a map and then loose the next two because they are playing 4vs5. Latest game i can think off was vs navi at arbalet cup dallas.

2010-08-21 04:46

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My original reply was directed towards two things: saying dboorn has more international experience than gfn (which is incorrect), and the fact that you look for who's "bottom-fragging" as a way to judge who played well and who didn't. Every player on that team plays a role and they do so very well. If EG needed to replace someone, they would have.

2010-08-21 07:34

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Right. GFN's role on the team is what? He doesn't entry frag, he doesn't call, he doesn't awp, he isn't a fragger, he can't clutch for shit, he isn't a smart player. He's not bad at all, but when he's not calling he is not a big enough asset to a team to warrant him competing internationally.

2010-08-22 14:48

fG :D win EG is good but fg in brazil is very strong! =s

2010-08-20 02:17

it's bechtol*, just sayin.

2010-08-20 02:18

2 replies

thank you alex, for that.

2010-08-20 03:31

caleCBCB!

2010-08-20 07:48

nice team

2010-08-20 02:19

shocker

2010-08-20 02:22

wanna see his perfrormance

2010-08-20 02:22

tubby is a very good player @net , let's see on lan...

2010-08-20 02:23

3 replies

he is actually good, he played last wcg

2010-08-20 02:31

2 replies

i know , but @esea he is insane , tuBBy + dboorN @net = gg

2010-08-20 02:39

1 reply

haha this is how it is :D pronets rocks!

2010-08-20 02:41

This rule doesn't make sense since it's only one player and it has been a with EG for a while (+1 year).

2010-08-20 02:24

11 replies

It's about nationality, not about how long anyone has been in the team.

2010-08-20 02:30

10 replies

I know, that's why i said "it's only one player" because if it had more internacional players the rule would make sense. (To prevent teams that fail to qualify in their home country and go to the neighbour country to try qualify )

2010-08-20 02:42

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I'm sorry I don't get what you're trying to say. WCG is all about nationality. No matter what, your team has to be pure 100% citizens of the country you qualify in. It's like World Cup. Have you ever seen a player who has Brazilian nationality play for South Korea or England? No, right. Basically, if you're a Swedish and you fail to qualify in Sweden, you can't go to another country to qualify for the Grand Final.

2010-08-20 03:41

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no its not like world.. its 0 alike the world cup.. 1st - WORLD CUP = National teams.. 2nd - a player doesnt quit to be from a nationality just because he plays in another country.. so, WCG rules fail all over.. its just non-sense.. if it was NATIONAL TEAMS i would understand, but just teams? with contracts ETC, i dont..

2010-08-20 03:50

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Yeah, I agree WCG isn't national team where you can pick your country best players. What I meant by being similar to World Cup is that the players are all from the same country no matter what teams you're representing.

2010-08-20 07:34

Completely disagree. The teams background should be chosen by the team, not the players ****CITIZENSHIP****. That way you only get to attend 1 qualifier with whomever is on your squad. World Cup is a silly example, there are Argentina born players on Italy, Africans in Germany, Algerians in France, and ETC ETC. However as long as your main citizenship is to the country your playing for it makes it O.K. However CS players don't get paid millions of dollars to invest in a long time career in cs. Thus leaving your family to play a video game in another country that you could just as easily play from home is asinine. International teams can only mean a good thing, as they unite the cs community together. WCG should really change their ruling imho.

2010-08-20 03:56

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World Cup is a silly example, there are Argentina born players on Italy, Africans in Germany, Algerians in France, and ETC ETC If an Argentinian born in Italy, well then he has the right to represent Italy, even though his race is Argentinian. Once again, in order to represent the country you want to represent, what matter is your citizenship, not your race. That's the point I'm trying to make here. And the thing I'm discussing isn't about 'what WCG rules should be', I'm merely just discussing the rules of WGG itself.

2010-08-20 07:35

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u dont have to be born in italy, and the mojority of those players arent. u simply have to have the said countries citizenship. So if say Germany scouts a great rising Ghana player, they bring him into a little league in Germany until he becomes a citizen. Then that player can choose whether to play for Ghana OR Germany. Same with WCG, but its unrealistic for a cs player to change citizenship just for WCG. thats ridiculous

2010-08-20 09:01

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applying for citizenship for a videogame is ill advised

2010-08-20 17:38

That would be unfair.. What about teams that got 2 players with another nationality? The team with a player that only has 1 other nationality has the advantage then..

2010-08-20 04:18

then it should be about national teams.. he's right, WCG doesnt make sense at all..

2010-08-20 02:58

I don't know who to cut but they should add tuBBy as a full member, he's playing too well when he's with EG.

2010-08-20 02:25

tuBBy > fRoD Maybe I should make tuBBy's fanclub :D

2010-08-20 02:31

- storm + evolution goodfornothing is a good player :)

2010-08-20 02:33

tubby isn't very good...i just played with him yesterday and he's not really impressive at all..and storm isn't the problem btw

2010-08-20 02:36

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esea.net/teams/41075?tab=stats

2010-08-20 02:42

ah i see..

2010-08-20 02:56

cool story bro

2010-08-20 10:27

WOW U SO COOL, CAN I TOUCH U? oh no wait..

2010-08-20 13:20

when you guys play on a top team for the first time you will realise you dont need to change your lineup all the time, its funny seeing people say change this person change that person when they really have no idea.. The only people that understand the team is EG themself when will you realise this ?

2010-08-20 02:37

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We're fans. For any sport really, we will always speculate and dream up lineups that may never exist.We're cynical. We criticize. Simple really... when will you realize this?

2010-08-20 02:40

3 replies

nice comment :)

2010-08-20 02:45

2010-08-20 03:09

Very nice comment indeed!

2010-08-20 06:27

i still think iM need to cut that miles guy though

2010-08-20 05:02

really nice , and btw ofcourse kick gfn and add somebody else ;)

2010-08-20 02:37

add milesrize ofcourse hahah

2010-08-20 02:38

fans of a team wouldnt tell there own team how to operate, would they ? I understand you think they should remove people, but don't you think EG would have a better idea of there how there team is going and have more of an idea if there team needs changing, seeing as they play together everyday and hang out with each other alot ?

2010-08-20 02:42

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but not so long stick that is the question

2010-08-20 02:45

3 replies

maybe :P but i think they are good friends together, very hard to create that kind of chemistry when u bring new team member

2010-08-20 02:51

2 replies

yeah but VL > immunity ;/

2010-08-20 02:58

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hhaha probably :D

2010-08-20 02:59

remove this rizE idiot from team immunity and they would be top 3 in the world. <3 miles ;)

2010-08-20 03:20

Fans love to speculate because they always want the best outcome for their team so they devise different line ups to create that desired outcome. It's in human nature to explore what cannot be known. Look up any sport and I'm sure there's a forum of fans mixing and matching lineups. Well that may very well be true but their age is starting to show. The core of EG (Storm and fr0d) have been together for a long time...so they have arguably the best chemistry in North American CS but they fail to incorporate newer talent into their team. Professional players in America is a club really...they rarely admit new up and comers and even foreign prospects that are better than themselves. If you look at the teams in ESEA invite, they have the same players that existed in CAL invite too. It's just the same players but different lineups. Newer and more exciting teams such as Loaded have shown they are capable of taking down EG if they had as much financial incentive as the EG players. If some of these organizations had the financial backing, I promise you there would be at least 2-3 American teams in the top 5 like there used to be. Which is why players need to earn their keep thus cuts. It's not personal just business. Just look at the NBA free agency this year, the Miami Heat, needed to make the necessary changes for future success despite the fact the chemistry would obviously not be there.

2010-08-20 19:58

n0thing n0thing n0thing <3

2010-08-20 02:43

1 reply

+1+1+1 :D

2010-08-20 02:46

will the winner of wcg pan america also get a place a the wcg finals?

2010-08-20 03:14

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WCG Pan America and WCG Qualifer are two separate events. They don't get a spot for winning Pan America.

2010-08-20 03:34

-tuBBy -storm +pauLy +herotowN

2010-08-20 03:23

lurppis??? :/

2010-08-20 04:15

where is PaTyoJoN, a genius in U.S!!

2010-08-20 04:19

Miss the 3D vs coL rivalry

2010-08-20 04:26

1 reply

Miss X3/3D vs NiP/SK more =D

2010-08-20 13:34

to bad for lurppis, i was hoping to see EG playing together in a event, but i guess wont be in WCG Pan America :| but GL tuBBy and EG!

2010-08-20 04:40

gl goodfornothing, brother! :)

2010-08-20 05:04

EG is still the favorite, but obviously they are weakened without their IGL. And EG > Anyone in Brazil easily. Brazil teams only play one game and can't adjust to beat a variety of teams.

2010-08-20 05:12

niceeeeeeeeeeee

2010-08-20 06:01

fRoD Strom and n0thing are the best and not the problem. tuBBy is good but they have to make sure this is the right guy. Warden was still really good too. stupid mmoves in cs = waste of 6 months as a team.

2010-08-20 07:11

EG means fRoD and n0thing and other 3 .............CS-S ruined US cs 1.6's life

2010-08-20 07:29

gl travis

2010-08-20 08:20

2010-08-20 08:24

-tubby +hostile

2010-08-20 09:01

2 replies

+1000

2010-08-20 10:15

1 reply

agree ^

2010-08-20 16:02

imo EG should to kick lurppis, sign player from usa, and start to play with strong five.

2010-08-20 09:10

is he good?

2010-08-20 09:28

goodluck :)

2010-08-20 09:50

curb stomping @ wcg in la

2010-08-20 10:20

gl EG and tuBBy!

2010-08-20 10:33

2010-08-20 10:48

gl eg

2010-08-20 11:03

fRoD n0thing PaTyoJoN goodfornothing lurppis Then you have a good combo of current EG and old Turmoil :) - (n0thing gfn patyojon)

2010-08-20 11:15

gl EG u will need it

2010-08-20 11:27

gl EG.

2010-08-20 11:31

now everybody in the 2 O 2 put ur hands up coz eg is through

2010-08-20 11:38

I wonder whos gonna be their IGL

2010-08-20 11:52

2 replies

TuBBy will but ofc Tomi will make the tacs and lead them behind(?)

2010-08-20 12:59

1 reply

goodfornothing will be commanding them midgame, but i think lurrpis will be behind them calling strategies, etc.

2010-08-20 17:36

tuBBy will do fine I guess , as he has played with the guys before they aint no strangers to him.

2010-08-20 13:15

2005 coL. (L)

2010-08-20 13:36

Bring in dboorn and irukandji for gfn and storm!

2010-08-20 13:47

hmm they should take out gfn an add patyojon he did really well in all of the matches hes played with them.

2010-08-20 14:01

Sorry, but i want to ask. When will be a results of contest "win xai" ?

2010-08-20 14:50

Yes lurppis is from finland

2010-08-20 15:30

Great for them!! tuBBy rocks! Just love seeing him with the awp. :)

2010-08-20 15:32

Loaded will win WCG probably, both COmplexity and EG must switch international players in and out to compete.

2010-08-20 16:00

they always use tuBBy when they need a stand-in, so hes is probably skilled, or a really good friends of those guys.

2010-08-20 16:12

3 replies

He used to live near where the old complexity used to boot camp in Texas. So they used to I believe, live near each other.

2010-08-20 16:23

2 replies

that was exactly what I'm thinking, BTW who is gonna be the sniper in the new Loaded roster? evolution or sgares ? :O just wondering.. sean was pretty impressive in the last Arbalet event

2010-08-20 16:38

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sgares will be their primary awper

2010-08-20 17:27