ESWC 2011 with CS and CS:S

24-2-2011 15:57

The Electronic Sports World Cup has announced the first game titles for the 2011 event, seeing Counter-Strike for males and females, as well as the addition of Counter-Strike: Source.

The ESWC organizing committee today announced that the 2011 event will, just like previous years, feature Counter-Strike for males and females. In addition to the traditional Counter-Strike version, ESWC announced they this year decided to open the doors for Counter-Strike: Source (males only).

"Since Source has an increasingly active community, Games-Solution aims to satisfy the expectations of both players and spectators and maintain its level of excellence in the world of competitive gaming." - Reads the ESWC website.

It is stated that more games will be announced, both on PC and console, single-player as well as team-based games. The 2011 event was in late 2010 announced to take place in late 2011, once again in France, the location and dates are yet to be announced.

ESWC 2011 is set to hand out a total of $220,000 in prizes, divided in how many games is yet to be revealed.

source :/

2011-02-24 15:57

24 replies

well each and every 1.6 team can with the source tournament easily if they play sauce... without practice...

2011-02-24 17:04

23 replies

emm whAT?

2011-02-24 17:19

guess coL actually could win both events...

2011-02-24 17:20

10 replies

You are very very wrong.

2011-02-24 20:35

7 replies

why is that? it's probably the only top team in the world which plays both games.

2011-02-24 23:12

6 replies

Aren't you talking about the old coL team? (The one that most of the members went to EG)

2011-02-25 02:58

5 replies

nope the Brazilian team made a deal with some other organisation so they would get their support aswell if they played CS:S with the IGL of their team i believe. hltv.org/news/6131-complexity-partner-wi..

2011-02-25 04:05

4 replies

!! Why do I always miss random news on the way lol. Ah well, good to know thanks. They may win the CSS tournament but it might be pretty hard to win the 1.6 one due to the competition :P

2011-02-25 05:17

3 replies

that is true, but it's probably the only team who could have a shot at both, though a you say it would a shock if they won 1.6

2011-02-25 16:04

2 replies

Yeah, but we're both routing for mTw right? ;)

2011-02-25 17:46

1 reply

most definetely :D

2011-02-25 18:59

I'm sorry but coL(1.6) would never win the CS:S tourney of ESWC....and I doubt fnatic and NaVi would either without practice...

2011-02-25 08:50

1 reply

might be right but i ment was that they are the only pro team in the world playing both games so they would be the only team with a shot at both titles, though it probably wouldn't work with the schedule.

2011-02-25 16:07

yea lol a top cs 1.6 team can easily win it

2011-02-24 17:25

8 replies

u are crazy? verygames in source powned any top team from 1.6 Im happy cause 1.6 will be on ESWC

2011-02-24 17:42

7 replies

not true Verygames consists of former French 1.6 mid-skills so give a team like Fnatic maybe 2 month to get used to it and you will see them easily beat them, at least that's my opinion. xLo a danish mid-skill player just changed and went straight into one of the best Danish Source teams, and it's not like DK are bad at Source we are a top 3 country team wise.

2011-02-24 23:17

6 replies

I'm not sure of that, a few months ago shox played with D4 along with dim2k & mayers and I must say that his aim was just outstanding, he surprised all the 1.6 players of the teams that he faced even though he returned to source after the competition

2011-02-25 14:13

3 replies

well i'd still say the 1.6 players are a lvl above the source players, but i'm not that much in to Source so just my humble opinion.

2011-02-25 16:05

2 replies

You are so ignorant if you think fnatic or NaVi can be the best CSS team with little practice....ya VG was mid-level skilled players but that was like 3 years ago when NaVi and fnatic players were nothing more than mid-level 1.6 players same as VG....so your argument is invalid either way I have seen team VG play the old emL and -M- lineups and beat them on a regular basis

2011-02-27 05:45

1 reply

you honestely wanna say that? Carn, DSN f0rest mid-lvl three years ago? i still stand by my statement 1.6 players can become better source players than what's on the source scene atm.

2011-02-27 14:54

They are far from being one of the best Danish source teams :p

2011-02-26 21:37

1 reply

CPHwolves.DSrack is probably the 4th best behind Reason, Xaya and Speedgaming.

2011-02-27 14:52

no they cant idiot... different game, different spots/tacs.. cmon ..

2011-02-24 18:53

Not in 2011;)

2011-02-25 01:41

nice

2011-02-24 15:57

Awesome =)

2011-02-24 15:57

2 replies

shitsome:p

2011-02-24 16:29

1 reply

+++

2011-02-24 16:47

css nooooooo

2011-02-24 15:58

16 replies

2011-02-24 15:59

2 replies

2011-02-24 16:00

1 reply

2011-02-24 16:09

What is the problem? cs is still there.

2011-02-24 16:07

10 replies

the problem is they are idiots

2011-02-24 16:11

1 reply

2011-02-24 16:14

2011-02-24 16:41

lower cash prizes for CS :D

2011-02-24 16:45

5 replies

and that affects spectators HOW??

2011-02-24 17:15

4 replies

that affects cs scene but whatever cs is gonna die

2011-02-24 17:25

affects the CS scene...affects the quality of the game ;)

2011-02-24 21:02

You are not very smart aren't you?

2011-02-25 01:47

1 reply

You are expecting a bit too much from a dancing panda

2011-02-25 23:41

2011-02-24 17:42

2011-02-24 16:15

+100^2

2011-02-25 01:15

'mon the css

2011-02-24 15:58

css no

2011-02-24 15:58

Male and female css? Anyway, glad to know ESWC is back on track :)

2011-02-24 15:59

9 replies

Only female 1.6 :)

2011-02-24 16:00

8 replies

The ESWC organizing committee today announced that the 2011 event will, just like previous years, feature Counter-Strike for males and females.

2011-02-24 16:04

7 replies

yes for males and females at 1.6 for css male only

2011-02-24 16:06

He was saying that CSS wouldn't have female, that only 1.6 would have female = )

2011-02-24 16:06

4 replies

oh right, the way he said it wasn't easy to understand lol :D

2011-02-24 16:08

3 replies

it was if u look at what the spanish guy said :)

2011-02-24 16:35

2 replies

No if you think abou the great number of trolls around...

2011-02-24 17:00

1 reply

what?

2011-02-24 17:10

#27 said it :)

2011-02-24 17:24

its begin of the end the cs 1.6....

2011-02-24 16:00

1 reply

CS will die if we will die.. :) c´mon bro, CS never dies!!!

2011-02-24 16:13

is css money is near or equal to cs money i will not be happy =[

2011-02-24 16:00

1 reply

why? are you going to win any of the prize money?

2011-02-24 19:59

nice :)

2011-02-24 16:01

Great!

2011-02-24 16:01

50%

2011-02-24 16:02

CS:S? So who cares CS:S? :D

2011-02-24 16:02

1 reply

haha. yep.

2011-02-24 16:08

CS:S takin ova.

2011-02-24 16:04

4 replies

2011-02-24 16:09

fuck that, i'd rather let it die..

2011-02-24 16:36

It'll be the proof everyone needs to realize that 1.6 is bigger...

2011-02-24 17:07

1 reply

Did anyone really doubt that in the first place...?

2011-02-25 14:52

Nice man. CS:S is the bombbbbbbbbbb

2011-02-24 16:04

2 replies

someone beat you to it on gotgames >:D

2011-02-24 16:05

1 reply

aw you are jiggering my flow

2011-02-24 16:07

who cares about css? let's just be happy there's still 1.6 there...

2011-02-24 16:04

lool, cs:s is groing, and cs is falling back :S

2011-02-24 16:05

4 replies

Not!

2011-02-24 16:06

Actualy you are right, but 1.6 is still bigger than source, BUT, source is growing more than 1.6 if we talk about who is now growing more, but 1.6 still is bigger and will be for atleast few years

2011-02-24 18:12

2 replies

You kinda wrote the same thing twice in one sentence.

2011-02-24 20:41

1 reply

kinda now

2011-02-24 21:16

Css is csap since the update. Stfu valve! 1.6 4ever

2011-02-24 16:06

let source be there doesn't matter anyway will never be as big al 1.6 anyways

2011-02-24 16:07

Very good, some more a better game mode! NICE

2011-02-24 16:09

I love France

2011-02-24 16:09

Hopefully CS SOURCE will not replace 1.6. Source is a piece of shit.

2011-02-24 16:11

Expected some better flames already :(

2011-02-24 16:12

There WE GOOOOOOOOOO CS 1.6 ESWC 2011 good. Finally some great news.

2011-02-24 16:12

1 reply

These aren't THAT great news at all.. It's obviusly that there was going to be CS 1.6 this year, the scene is still very active. However, the addition of CS:Source will cut the prizes for both games, and this affects the scene a lot.. some teams may not find participating in ESWC anymore if they keep cutting prizes.

2011-02-25 01:50

source what? naahh, jking. i play 1.6 but besides being a 1.6 supporter, i am also a eSport supporter. that said, im glad they're having other games. (sad part is, that they will probably low the prize pot for 1.6)

2011-02-24 16:13

1 reply

+1.

2011-02-24 16:15

Aint that sweet. <3 Source

2011-02-24 16:14

source is a big piece of shit.

2011-02-24 16:16

why is everyone upset that css is included? its like eswc announcing that sc2 would be included and everyone getting angry your game is still there so stop crying about how you think css sucks

2011-02-24 16:19

6 replies

This guys got a good point

2011-02-24 20:28

1 reply

sure but css still suck

2011-02-24 22:59

because it might lower the prize pool?:(((

2011-02-25 01:17

3 replies

as if you will win anything of that money? why the hell do u even care?

2011-02-25 15:09

1 reply

its not like you will, i never said i will. However if there is no money or no money sufficient enough, then i highly doubt the biggest teams will show up, like we haven't seen this happen before.

2011-02-25 15:48

actually this encourages sponsors who dont usually even think about supporting eswc to support it if one company likes 1.6 they will support, if another likes css they will support that.

2011-02-25 22:18

as long as cs1.6 is there i got no problem with source! very nice RESPECT for ESWC!

2011-02-24 16:21

-css + naruto hahaha

2011-02-24 16:26

1 reply

neo would be best if he was in css right :D

2011-02-24 16:27

njs

2011-02-24 16:26

Nooooooooo !

2011-02-24 16:27

when ESWC ? december?

2011-02-24 16:30

9 replies

July no ?

2011-02-24 16:33

8 replies

"to take place in late 2011" july is mid

2011-02-24 16:38

The 2011 ESWC edition will be around Autumn.

2011-02-24 16:38

4 replies

i think i read it somewhere here that it was going to be in december.. :s

2011-02-24 16:39

3 replies

The ESWC 2011 Grand Final will take place in France this autumn. eswc.com/news/28/first-games-announcemen..

2011-02-24 16:41

2 replies

moriah placed 2nd in trackmania nations last year in ESWC last year, wow, didnt know that, ty for the link..

2011-02-24 16:45

1 reply

Just to not talk 1.6 on HLTV Was an amazing game, Carl failed big time. Letting Bergie get back, and then fail with last jump so Morriah won. Craaazy game. Poor Carl got 4th place in the end =/

2011-02-24 17:34

2011-02-24 16:41

1 reply

my bad sry :D

2011-02-24 16:40

finally!

2011-02-24 16:32

Fuck CSS !

2011-02-24 16:32

ehh losing money on CS:S... they should make bigger prices in 1.6 instead of it :)

2011-02-24 16:35

14 replies

why spend more money on a dead game?

2011-02-24 16:37

13 replies

it's not dead yet.

2011-02-24 16:39

1 reply

loved the yet

2011-02-24 16:40

have you ever watched a match before? No obviously not. If you knew anything about the spectator base you wouldnt allow yourself to be baited into looking like a moron.

2011-02-24 16:40

10 replies

what the hell does that mean? sponsors will not sell more products cause CS have more spectators on the internet than other games...

2011-02-24 16:43

9 replies

wtf does that have to do with anything? That moron said the game was dead and I brought up spectator stuff to say otherwise

2011-02-24 16:52

8 replies

its not the number of spectators that keep a E-game alive, those would be the sponsors.. but yeah the game its not dead, but its walking towards it :) oh and there is no need to name call :/

2011-02-24 16:56

7 replies

youre saying this after 1.6 got dropped from EPS france and Norway, and CS:S just got added to the second biggest tournament during the year. Im farting with disappointment.

2011-02-24 16:58

6 replies

yeah lol thats why im saying it (sarcasm obviously) who cares about eps france and the gathering honestly? im saying because starcraft2 is taking over the scene, have tons of players all around the world and its a really good game as far as i heard.. valve should fight this sc2 grow with a new CS! otherwise 1 year 2 tops, its bye bye cs and hello SC2. for us oldschool players CS is the shit, but for this new kid generation its gonna be all about SC2, sadly.

2011-02-24 17:04

5 replies

they are more concerned with getting a new portal out that no one will play

2011-02-24 17:04

4 replies

really? what is it?

2011-02-24 17:05

3 replies

portal 2, you can read about it in the steam store. Its on pre order

2011-02-24 17:07

2 replies

what the hell is wrong with those guys seriously..

2011-02-24 17:09

1 reply

Why would Valve ever work on a new cs again? They got burned once with a game which failed to live up to it's predecessor even when it had a TV network behind it with insane prizes. Also Portal was awesome.

2011-02-25 01:06

gj.

2011-02-24 16:36

nice 220,000 prizes, awesome if they can achieve that..

2011-02-24 16:39

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (sun)

2011-02-24 16:38

fffuuu source

2011-02-24 16:40

youtube.com/watch?v=FFLCSmBmQuk

2011-02-24 16:40

i guess every game gets his share of fame but css is a fail game :/

2011-02-24 16:41

maybe tekken comeback ? :D source is shit

2011-02-24 16:42

css baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!

2011-02-24 16:45

CYA 1.6

2011-02-24 16:48

1 reply

youtube.com/watch?v=eBPqksG9nbA

2011-02-24 16:51

finally some good news

2011-02-24 16:49

2 replies

LOL U MAD?!?!?!?!?1?1

2011-02-24 22:08

1 reply

How are those news bad? After that one hltv.org/news/6239-official-eps-france-r.. and that one hltv.org/news/6253-cs-left-out-of-the-ga.. i consider the news good.

2011-02-24 22:27

fu css :/

2011-02-24 16:50

bad story bro...

2011-02-24 16:50

incredible story. CS:S best CS

2011-02-24 16:53

go cs!

2011-02-24 16:54

css :S dont separate the community! there is not enough space 4 both games to go along. cs1.6 the one and only!<3

2011-02-24 16:54

1 reply

ahahaha eswc separates the community?

2011-02-27 03:57

CS SOURCE ALL THE WAY BABY !!

2011-02-24 16:55

NICE!!!

2011-02-24 16:55

:( kill source with fire!!!!

2011-02-24 16:56

first of all pay navi for 2010 :D

2011-02-24 16:58

css OFF!

2011-02-24 17:16

top teams from 1.6 should take part in cs;s if they want some 'easy' money :D

2011-02-24 17:17

ahahah css! fail ;o

2011-02-24 17:18

Only cs nothing more isnt important!

2011-02-24 17:18

even my little brother can kill those noobs of CS:S, so i don't really care much about it.

2011-02-24 17:19

Nice! css fail.

2011-02-24 17:26

The only wish i really have, is that hltv.org will start covering css and doing sourcetv aswell :). But ye, i dont think thats ever gonna happen.

2011-02-24 17:45

VeryGames to rape CS:S tournament easily

2011-02-24 17:46

I wonder whether commentators in this topic played cs:s recently. If they have ever played it at all. I'm glad that independently growing community is given a chance to take themselves to a higher level. Cs:s has changed a lot since its release.

2011-02-24 17:54

CS:S sux ..

2011-02-24 18:05

3 replies

Why so? I bet you havent even played it

2011-02-26 10:53

2 replies

rly ? i played it one time and was sooooo STUPID .. so go play tetris and i dont care for ur comment.

2011-02-26 21:07

1 reply

are you mad? ^^

2011-02-27 14:28

only the tournaments that really matter go on with 1.6 :p

2011-02-24 18:18

They should remove css and 1.6 female..

2011-02-24 18:20

Lol how much i understand from cadred post, CS:S have bigger prizes, as eswc prefer to support source more than 1.6

2011-02-24 18:27

1 reply

Eh, doesn't say that?

2011-02-24 18:29

Tetris would be better than CS:S. (Not kidding)

2011-02-24 18:39

5 replies

You're a retard. (Not kidding)

2011-02-24 19:08

3 replies

I am not. (Not kidding) PS: If you like CS:S more than Tetris, YOU are the retard.

2011-02-24 23:50

2 replies

You should be happy to still see 1.6 in ESWC, that's probably the last year.

2011-02-25 11:07

1 reply

I am.

2011-02-25 16:07

2011-02-24 22:54

happy to have 1.6 (:

2011-02-24 19:02

Finally some god news for CS :D

2011-02-24 19:18

Finally a good news for CS which is duying :'(

2011-02-24 19:29

Good to se css in big camps, its amazing

2011-02-24 20:01

I love both games.. but people need to realize CSS isn't a bad game. You guys have it in your mind that it is bad because you tried it once in the early stages of the game.. the game has evolved, has improved and is fantastic to spectate. Don't hate on it, this will only help esports grow, what's wrong with that?

2011-02-24 20:13

2 replies

+1, im 1.6 player, but my friend pushed me to play source because we got future in that, I very very hardly accepted it, Source is not bad game, its probably for me would be nr1 after 1.6, but 1.6 is still better, because ther if you own you will own like 1vs1 situations etc, but source is more like, you get HE granade from nowhere, someone spray you super randomly etc, and most important no wallbanging, its very very hard to move from 1.6 to source, thats why people playing 1.6 and will play till it dies...

2011-02-25 13:59

1 reply

LOL, i quited today, no time for this shit

2011-02-27 17:04

2011-02-24 21:01

I used to adamantly despise source, but CSS is a LOT better now than it used to be. Actually try playing it. Flashes/smokes make the game a lot more fun to play. Still has nothing on 1.6, but it's not garbage anymore. Plus, they are still working on it as we speak! It's only a shame that these updates weren't implemented a couple years ago when playing source was just a chore.

2011-02-24 21:44

It sucks how today's kids replace some hardcore games like Counter Strike 1.6 and DotA with some idiotic games like Source and LoL...

2011-02-24 22:14

Guys, why do you complaing so more, if theres still cs 1.6, then great !, who cares if cs:s gets added. Actually this a great opportunity to really realize which community is bigger, so just support your favourite game and thats all...

2011-02-24 22:57

1 reply

Thanks for your post, at least there's one non-CSS hater...

2011-02-24 23:52

YES! :D

2011-02-25 00:31

"Since Source has an increasingly active community, Games-Solution aims to satisfy the expectations of both players and spectators and maintain its level of excellence in the world of competitive gaming." Yeah right, 5 new players per year (? 1.6 at its stage is surely getting atleast 10 times the new players source is getting.

2011-02-25 01:35

3 replies

wow you must be pretty ignorant to say such a thing.

2011-02-25 02:24

2 replies

Maybe not 10 times, but it sure is getting more players. People must be retarded to play CSS.

2011-02-25 03:04

1 reply

no, im just gonna say youre off your rocker

2011-02-25 12:10

It is good for reading that organizations as the ESWC continues betting for the Counter Strike. Many know that the things do not last nor are for always, but the CS must still much demonstrate, much.

2011-02-25 02:30

CAN WE CSERS FUCK CSS?

2011-02-25 02:34

2 replies

+1 xd

2011-02-25 03:06

1 reply

2011-02-25 05:43

CS Community is never happy about anything, jesus. Should be happy there are still E-Sports events and be happy that they are having your game even in it. I don't care either way if CS is in it or not, but I'm happy there are still events for esports and cs. The addition of CSS is just an addition of another game, relax your game is still there and both communities can be happy. This whole community just complains that the game they love has been dominating for so long and they never want it to go away. We understand that you love 1.6, just because time change doesn't mean you need to play a different game, unless you wanna keep up with what the corporate sponsors want to sponsor and put prize money into.

2011-02-25 03:02

Current Players Peak Today Game 21,105 73,394 Counter-Strike: Source 19,689 78,671 Counter-Strike despite 1.6 having half of the community cheating because they don't update VAC we still pwn source (:

2011-02-25 03:23

2 replies

yeah, because of china which has half the world population and not enough money to afford decent pcs.

2011-02-25 06:28

1 reply

not half, just 1/3 and another 1/3 are hindu ppl

2011-02-26 19:00

CSS = biggest fail of Valve ever...

2011-02-25 13:31

Glad CS:S is there, absolutely great for that community, and what harm does it do? Thumbs down to all the 1.6 fans speaking out against Source for this tournament - what difference does it make to you? Mostly sounds spiteful/jealous that the lime-light has to be shared now! 1.6 also had to start somewhere before it was as big as it is now, and so CS:S has the right to. Maybe with more recognition and more tournaments like this it will grow even bigger and more popular in time.

2011-02-25 14:56