Second EU New York qualifier finished

5-9-2011 00:13

The second European qualifier for IEM6 Global Challenge New York has just finished with Frag eXecutors, SK Gaming, WinFakt and Anexis all qualifying for the final qualifier next Sunday.

A total of 98 teams signed up for the qualifier, with most managing to show up on time. The event favourites were spread out throughout the bracket, so most of the big names had smooth runs through the first three rounds.

Frag eXecutors had an easy run through the bracket and even went on to defeat HRG from Moldova in the final round, the same team eliminating them in the first qualifier. Fx won the match easily 16-7 16-2 and booked a spot in the final qualifier next week.

SK had a much tougher draw to reach qualification, they came up against NOM-GAMING from Israel, Dark Passage from Turkey and finally defeating Electronic Sahara 2-0 before booking their spot in the final qualifier.

The team that has come leaps and bounds recently is WinFakt from Finland. Today proved no exception as they easily moved past Alternate 2-0 to advance to the final qualifier.

The last team to join the others in the final qualifier was the newly formed Anexis (former TCM-Gaming and notable). Anexis met ESC Gaming in their last match, with Danes getting a good start winning de_train 16-12, however ESC were able to take the second map in the second overtime 21-18. Anexis were finally able to seal the deal on de_tuscan winning 16-11.

The match between SK Gaming and Electronic Sahara, as well as Alternate and WinFakt are currently in protest, with Electronic Sahara stating SK's Marcus "Delpan" Larsson has too many config files, which is against the ESL rulebook. The protests are not expected to be resolved before Monday the earliest.

As for now, following teams are qualified for the final qualifier:

Moscow Five	mousesports	mTw	Lions
Frag eXecutors	SK Gaming	Anexis	WinFakt

The final qualifier will take place on Sunday, September 11 and will see three teams qualify for the IEM6 Global Challenge New York. Tune in next Sunday on HLTV.org to find out which three teams will make it to the Big Apple.

GO SK!

2011-09-05 00:13

Kinda strange that Na`Vi didn't participate in any of the qualifiers. Even the Guangzhou ones. :(

2011-09-05 00:14

11 replies

expect some big news about Na`Vi.cs in few days

2011-09-05 00:15

5 replies

Lineup changes?

2011-09-05 00:32

link to the rumours plz :D

2011-09-05 00:33

?!?!?! fake :\

2011-09-05 03:05

1 reply

not fake

2011-09-05 10:31

Where did get such inf ?

2011-09-05 16:53

I just checked, they have WCG qualifier on the same weekend as the final qualifier for NY. About Guangzhou, they wont go as they are going to SEC, as far as I know.

2011-09-05 00:25

2 replies

thnx

2011-09-05 00:35

what about fnatic?

2011-09-05 08:02

Ummm.. probably because they won IEM 5 and have a spot reserved for IEM 6. They don't need to participate in the qualifiers.

2011-09-05 09:56

What are you talking about? They don't have a reserved spot for Guangzhou and New York :)

2011-09-05 15:04

GO SK GO f0rest

Frag eXecutors !

gl M5 & Frag eXecutors :)

now FX Time :))

2011-09-05 00:16

I hope ; D

2011-09-05 16:11

SK! <333

2011-09-05 00:17

Why protest in WinFakt vs Alternate?

2011-09-05 00:19

too much cfg files (podbots or something) - lurppis facebook

Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen Apparently aTTaX are protesting because of naSu & plastE using Lux CSDM bots which come with too many .cfg files for ESL's $500,000 anti cheat to handle... ESL rules always find a way to make things interesting, apparently SK has the same problem, we'll see how this goes... :D

2011-09-05 13:08

fnatic already in right?

2011-09-05 00:20

3 replies

2011-09-05 00:43

not

2011-09-05 00:44

i hope this moldova guy will be banned

2011-09-05 00:21

They are smart, they lose the crucial match everytime so nobody cares about them cheating or not.

2011-09-05 01:53

i do care :(

2011-09-05 02:11

Correct: -SK, WinFakt +eSahara, Alternate =D

2011-09-05 00:22

bracket ? :F

2011-09-05 00:23

10 replies

hltv.org/?pageid=217&eventid=795

2011-09-05 00:26

esl.eu/eu/cs/masters/season6_newyork_qua..

2011-09-05 00:28

8 replies

xDD

7 replies

What?

2011-09-05 00:51

6 replies

You reply with ESL brackets, Nix0n HLTV's.

2011-09-05 03:07

There more info, the better, isn't it?

2011-09-08 23:50

4 replies

Rahim: 'You made bRUHO?'

2011-09-09 00:03

Pardon? You should indeed stop this kind of cryptic replies.

2011-09-09 00:13

I was like, you understood my point Jonathan... Well, but if you didn't, was like, why not entering HLTV.org (own site brackets) and do it ESL way ? :p

2011-09-09 00:15

The ESL one features the match links too thus I think it is a nice addition if that given user is in the end interested in checking that info too ;)

2011-09-09 00:27

Haha, good to see the French protesting for once, usually it's always us being f***ed by whatever whining team ;) Unfortunately, the admins always favour the big orgas and the Swedish teams (and SK is both) so I don't expect them to win this one.

Unfortunately?

2011-09-05 00:36

eSahara is totally lose against SK, from tactics through skill, and eSahara's line up from the last match is not their best, so lose is absolutely right and there is no favour imo

2011-09-05 01:00

Eh? That's one retarded reason to protest. "Unfortunately" my ass, hopefully they do favor the better teams and they get through.

2011-09-05 06:53

unfortunately hhahahahaha

2011-09-05 14:50

Do you really think SK must be disqualified because Delpan likes to play with bots? Are you serious?

2011-09-05 18:02

looks like Lux CSDM bots are popular for finish guys, i really don't see reason for protest just cause of bots

2011-09-05 00:29

GL to all

HRG is cheater team

sh*t, no ESC

Thats what happens when they dont play with Kalle :P

2011-09-05 00:40

i think the online fact is also related to this, but yes, kalle is a big part of ESC. We will miss so many good players on this IEM, especially MODDII

2011-09-05 00:57

GO SK

2011-09-05 00:42

I have to say it is absolutely unbelievable to see teams whine about some bots. Once again the rules are there to prevent cheating, not to let some whiners go past better teams because they don't have an ounce of sportsmanship in them. Even if it is against the rules the players should say themselves that they don't want to make a protest. Most of the players in question are way above 20, yet they act like children. Grow up.

I support this comment. Then again, ESL Wire should be able to handle endless config files, its a €500,000 anticheat for crying out loud.

2011-09-05 00:54

Indeed, it is laughable how many problems ESL online cups have that are related to their anticheat.

2011-09-05 00:55

its not even producing screenshots. there was alot of default hunting yesterday and its poor.

2011-09-05 14:45

it would not be first time that delpan or plaste are cheating =)

2011-09-05 17:54

youre talking about years ago. + the fact that delpan would rape Esahara by himself on LAN. period

2011-09-06 18:30

what a shame.. losing 16-2 and opens protests like that. where is your honor "progamers"?

2011-09-05 01:29

i think the players dont care that much, but the org (as long as its a professional org), its all about money you know :)

2011-09-05 01:38

LOLPAN with 2 many configs O_o whta is the issue b/w WinFakt and ESC?

2011-09-05 00:52

same thing. seems to be popular to whine about some bot configs :D is it not enough to be humiliated in the game? do they really need to be known as whiners as well?

+1 stupid moves by Alternate and eSahara

2011-09-05 01:08

How does anexis get in but not ESC GAMING>?@@@?@? =[[[

2011-09-05 01:12

Because anexis won over ESC?

2011-09-05 01:48

Sounds really embarasing. Just got mad because they lost...

2011-09-05 01:14

thes bests ;)

2011-09-05 01:16

good luck lions and winfakt

2011-09-05 01:26

As much as I love CS and as much as I know ESL are doing good things for the community, these qualifiers have been utterly poor and a huge mess. The entire scenario about protests, has become such a joke that it really annoys me. Say two highly ranked European teams play each other and one team wins fair and square, even the losing team would be aware of the fact that they faced a better team. But then it seriously beats me, why would you file a protest, due to too many configs (CSDM bots), just to see if you can get a rematch or default win. At the same time, ESL Wire seems not to accept more than X amount of config files. For a anticheat they claim they spent over €500,000 on, seriously, fix it already, not like ESL Wire has been a walk on roses since its launch.

2011-09-05 01:57

maybe teams are desperate as i understand these qualifiers and qualifing for IEM stops and rank "good" are the only chances to qualify for IEM finals.. does not justify it but oh well...

2011-09-05 03:38

This is a very common issue among teams even in other sports, except in football "diving" is excusable. In this case there's no excuse to wanting to cheap shot another team.

2011-09-05 05:07

esl is piece of shit - thats a fact

2011-09-05 07:13

GOGOGO M5 :D

2011-09-05 03:02

if there 3 spots: SK, FX, mTw but I hope M5 will win :o

2011-09-05 06:46

mtw easy gl trace

2011-09-05 07:25

nice winfakt :D

2011-09-05 08:00

GO SK :)

2011-09-05 08:31

What? eSahara & alternate are doing a protest? When I contest the Lions default win for the Ghanzhou final qual, I learned a lot of things, and according to your analyze : hltv.org/match/1835170-lions-tcm-gaming-.. "It`s not ESL`s or Lion`s fault. The only one responsible is the guy" I guess here Delpan is the only one responsible "Yes, but I didn't cry about it, if u someone has a missing file u don't deserve to move on to the next round." I guess here SK don't deserve to move on because of too many commandmenu config. "Its common that the ESL admins are one of the dumbest so get used to it :) anyway the only one to blame here is harts" I guess the only one to blame here is Delpan Cmon Lions! Show 'em how it's done I guess a default win doesn't really matter Rules are rules, i don't see any place for discussion. I guess I finally don't see any place for discussion. ...What? It's SK? Everybody loves SK? So if It's SK, rules don't have any impact on them because of too many fans? Oh well, ok, you are nasty boys eSahara! really nasty!

2011-09-05 10:37

Unfortunately, I'm betting that they'll find something so SK can go to NY. Even with teams beeing disqualified earlier in the tournament for the exact same issue (as far as I know), something is going to happen :( Hope not but let's see

2011-09-05 11:37

do you honestly think that you deserve the spot more than SK? Why can't you just admit that SK were the better team and move on. You are making your team look naive and pathetic by raping some bullshit loopholes.

2011-09-05 12:08

Do you honestly think that the players from sk are idiots? your answer will be the same as an possible response from iorek: Not really. But why are a lot of so called "professional" gamers not able to follow such easy rules, like using wire correctly?? It's part of their job, like writing match-statements and uploading demos. Don't cry about the protest, cry about the guys who made the fault! If SK violates the rules, every team is allowed to protest. Thats it.

2011-09-05 13:06

No I don't think that the players from SK are idiots; never said anything like that and I don't think delpan even realized that he had illegal cfg (POD bots?). I just said esahara is acting childishly,naively and that makes them look unprofessional. I have no idea even how the anti-cheat system works, never used it. But it just sucks that mediocre teams get to finals via default wins, like redbyte. They got all the way to the final via default wins and get one round in a bo3 against FX. No one wants to see those kind of matches, simillary i think esahara and attax would be out classed by the better teams, like FX, mtw and SK. The winner should always advance, unless they clearly got some advantage of some illegal settings/cfg/whatever, in this case they didn't.

2011-09-05 15:37

I'm agree with you but you have to consider that we have been forfeit more than 3 times even when the match was easy. I'm sad that it have to be against SK and they do deserve a slot but when you have been screwed by ESL rules so many times without having the chance to rematch (even when its just a wire issue and not a player fault) you don't want to let this happen without fighting ... I'm thinking of the 3/4 teams that have been disqualified of the qualifier and didn't have the chance to rematch bcause they are not SK. Plus, Delpan didn't have the good steam ID. I thought it was a big mistake but it's not and they can replay. I'm almost sure that if we had the samme issue it would not be a rematch. Diodel is unban in 10 days, and we asked to play the qualifier with him. He will be unban for the final and after 2 years I thought that a 10 days gift could be OK but again, esl rules are strict only when admins decides and they don't for teams like us. I never read in rules that a match is replayed only if it is the last match of the tournament ... We would have let the victory for SK if admins were sometimes clever with some specific issues (like a 30 bots cfg disqualifing teams) Anyway we will probably replay the match but I just want everybody to notice that such qualifier are just jokes, esl rules are just jokes and everything is even more a joke when you just have 1 admin to deal with everything. He just can't so he doesn't have time for "small" teams

2011-09-06 12:39

don't see the point of why esahara and attax are complaining, even if they would get through to the next stage. They wouldn't have any chance against the top teams, unless...

2011-09-05 11:08

2011-09-05 11:26

Is there a third qualifier, and if so, when?

2011-09-05 12:07

2011-09-05 13:05

nvm

the same problem with net_graph, i dont believe that some1 use it to find enemies in smoke and etc, but "rules are rules". Rules are rules. There is no any place for discuss.

2011-09-05 13:28

Ridiculous. Both eSahara and Alternate got trashed by their opponents and now they think they deserve the place in the final qualifier.

2011-09-05 13:44

go suck a big one esahara and alternate

2011-09-05 14:54

lol even if they go to next qualify (eshara and that german team) they will still lose next round but w/e

2011-09-05 15:30

i have expected this teams..gl to all

2011-09-05 15:32

FX SK and mTw

2011-09-05 16:22

fx:)

2011-09-05 17:17

Can you tell me where is the rule that allows default win for having more than 30 config files in your steam directory? ESL webpage says that the only valid rulebook is IEM's rulebook, which states as follows: Each player has to make sure to be within the above mentioned limitations and if Linesman is not able to work correctly because a player does not follow the above mentioned rules, then one of the parties involved in the match has to file a protest. No correct Linesman files may then lead to one (1) major penalty point being awarded and the opponent of the match may request a rematch. There is not a single word about default win, which means that if someone lost his match entirely due to too much cfg files then it means he got ****** by ESL admin. On the other hand I must admit that these qualifier were a joke. Player accused of cheating made it to the deciding stage. Ok, accusations might be wrong, but do you really think that anyone from ESL crew even watched his demo? No and still (after the cup) they don't seem to care. Most probably they will allow him to participate in the next stage of qual when the same story will take place. Yeah, but really, who cares about cheaters, when a well-known and LAN established CS player has too much config files in his folder! :-)

2011-09-05 17:34

ya 364l stolko chitat'

2011-09-05 19:24

Someone post that on the ESL page : Delpan User Id: 4360169 Match Id: 23949504 Game: Counter Strike System Color Depth: 32 bit Game Color Depth: 32 bit Steam Id: 0:1:22086243 ? Game Value Created SteamID CS/DoD 0:0:71449 17.08.09 19:00 Did he really play without his ESL account?

2011-09-05 19:23