US WCG spot abolished

9-9-2011 14:12

The United States of America will not see a Counter-Strike squad represent the 50 federated states at World Cyber Games 2011, as the spot has been abolished.

Changes were made to the WCG USA program last night, announcing that due to sponsorship funding issues some serious cuts have been made. Team USA will this year not be sending a Counter-Strike team to WCG, as only winning teams in League of Legends and Crossfire will be sent to compete in Busan, South Korea.

Counter-Strike qualifiers will be played out online and will lead into an online national final, which will act as qualifier for WCG Pan-Am in São Paulo, where the winning team will receive a paid trip to Brazil, for the event which will take place November 4-6.

It is not just Counter-Strike teams missing the opportunity to go to Busan, also StarCraft II players will see the chance to attend WCG 2011 slip away.

too bad

2011-09-09 14:12

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CS in America dieing(

2011-09-09 15:33

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THEY WILL PLAY IN CS:GO :D HA HA HA!

2011-09-09 16:19

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actually they really will. cs:go looked more like cod which is way more succesfull than cs or css

2011-09-09 17:34

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And the reason for that is baby's first console. (a.k.a. xbox360)

2011-09-09 19:41

way more succesfull in what way? More 6 year old playing it? If you mean the competitive scene you are way off

2011-09-09 22:39

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of course i dont mean the competetive scene. in this case you are right. i mean the number of people playing the game :)

2011-09-10 00:54

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I prefer to say "paying" than "playing" :p

2011-09-10 03:56

cod community scene was begging since cod2 to enter the wcg/wsvg and stuff. it's never stopped since then

2011-09-10 15:33

UPDATE Torbull CS and SC2 teams that win the online national final (and get the paid trip to Brazil) will be given the opportunity to pay their way to Grand Finals.

2011-09-09 19:11

that's sad

2011-09-09 14:13

Oh dear, it would have been nice to see the new EG or Temporary lineups in action. Now it's already at least Finland and USA without a WCG qualifier for cs, damn..

2011-09-09 14:14

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Holland didn't have one for CS for a few years now :(

2011-09-09 15:44

Yeah, wouldve been nice to see the new EG lineup at WCG. Theyre qualified for GC New York though.

2011-09-09 18:09

Changes were made to the WCG USA program last night, announcing that due to sponsorship funding issues some serious cuts have been made. USA is one of the richest countries etc and they can't afford to send one CS team to Korea? It's 5 guys. I'm pretty sure, that the players on their own could pay the trip for themselves and if not, than the organization could help out. Pretty sure Evil Geniuses would win and EG are a pretty good organization. This is just sad..

2011-09-09 14:16

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EG just purchased a house for SC2, Not to mention they send around 4-6 SC2 players to every tournament. EG also just purchased HuK from Liquid($$$). Personally, there is not a single North American team that could do anything internationally. While I think EG.cs is a great team, its just hard facts. North American eSports(Casual & Professional) has shifted towards Console(MLG), SC2, and LoL. I do agree that WCG should cover the way and I don't want you to take this as a "durF" comment. tl;dr - EG.SC2 is a better investment then EG.cs

2011-09-09 14:40

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Doesn't matter, if they can't do anything internationally. It's not like some randoms teams, who will win their WCG qual will do better than EG. Pretty lame, that they won't send a CS team there.

2011-09-09 14:54

its just hard fact? rofl yeah right they did not even attend 1 single lan with this line up sick fact bro you clearly know rofl

2011-09-09 15:54

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Lol, It's a hard fact indeed. EG won't be sending the team to 95% of the events, why? Because its not worth it when SC2 is the main game driving EG. You're either naive to accept the fact that North America won't return to its former glory days, or just trying to troll me. Btw, while pauLy and hero are great players, they wont improve EG's results internationally.

2011-09-09 23:41

uhmmm usa is on the brink of economic Collapse... they were one of the richest countries... but theyre also the one with the biggest debt

2011-09-09 15:49

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Still they are pretty cool :D

2011-09-09 15:53

its not the teams that are having funding issues.. its the WCG organization. If i remember correctly, the organization pays for whichever team wins the countries qualifiers to come and participate... i assume the reason that they cut America is because i dont think we've won a WCG since Team 3D did in 2004

2011-09-09 21:23

money problem in US. strange) if they eat less cheese in there burgers a day then i think money problem will be sorted.

2011-09-09 14:17

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Maybe if your country stopped eating all the curry's, it might develop faster :))))))))

2011-09-09 14:20

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fail

2011-09-09 14:29

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He was just pointing out the absurdity of the slightly offensive comment choudhari made. (Seriously, the fat jokes are so tired.)

2011-09-09 14:49

curry is a british invention, you might want to rethink that statement

2011-09-09 14:37

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Curry is super common in Indian cuisine.

2011-09-09 14:46

too much vodka here Yes/No? for starters an invention is thougt up and made up. Curry is a generic description used throughout Western culture to describe a variety of dishes from Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Thai or other South and Southeast Asian cuisines.

2011-09-09 14:53

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i was using the term "invention" to designate the origin of the dish. curry (kari) in india was used to describe a mixture of spices, not the actual dish. curry, as you know it (the dish of meat/veggies in sauce) was created in england. im really not going to go into the entire history of curry here, you can read it for yourself and then try to make an educated statement

2011-09-09 15:23

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that is why i love russians

2011-09-11 07:07

In all fairness I like curry more than I like cheeseburgers :(

2011-09-09 14:49

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If people would have wanted to know that, they'd have just clicked on ur name i guess. on; too bad USA's not involved, because they rock

2011-09-09 17:14

First see condition of our country douche bag. We are also facing the same problem. Lack of Sponsors. People like you should get IP banned for life.

2011-09-09 14:58

australia has overtaken u.s as the most obese country... and indeed america is responsible for the money troubles the world encounters today...

2011-09-09 15:08

nt br0

2011-09-09 15:56

sad for eG

2011-09-09 14:19

1.6 is dieing

2011-09-09 14:20

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u is stupid or what ?

2011-09-09 20:28

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nah just realistic

2011-09-11 07:08

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....

2011-09-11 12:01

lol

2011-09-09 14:20

fail

2011-09-09 14:21

sad for'em

2011-09-09 14:22

top2 the wealthiest country and can not afford to send representatives of all games to WCG. facepalm

2011-09-09 14:23

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the US is broke as hell now

2011-09-09 14:38

Counter-Strike in the US is all but dead, save for maybe EG, temporary, backfire, etc. A handful of teams here. And none of them good enough to compete on the international level, so no one's willing to invest. The CS scene here is dreadful. There's like an ESEA lan once a year and it seems like that's it. It's not because our country is bankrupt (we are), although that certainly plays a part in sponsors' willingness to dish out money for trips like this when they're pretty much guaranteed not to win any $$$ and since the scene is so small here now, there's not a wide enough audience to warrant the $$$ to advertise their products. The economy here could be the same as it is now, but if the CS scene were much larger here like it used to be years ago, then sponsors would be all over it and we'd have teams going to all the tournaments again. But it's all but dead over here, so yeah. Nothing really to do with the US economic situation. Everything to do with how small and inactive the american CS community is.

2011-09-09 14:53

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and how esea's monopoly on 1.6 has pretty much strangled it into the small group it is now

2011-09-09 15:56

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No. ESEA is the only reason we still have any competition whatsoever. There is no reason to waste money on a CS team when you'd get 5x as much advertisement/respect/fans for funding an SC2 team.

2011-09-09 21:03

Crossfire? Wtf?

2011-09-09 14:24

the end is near wcg 2011 eswc 2011 dreamhack winter 2001 iem 2011 and the end

2011-09-09 14:26

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and start of CS2!

2011-09-09 14:28

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CS2 hasn't even been announced yet ... even when it is announced it takes years to make it playable on a competitive level ...

2011-09-09 14:30

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i started to believe after reading this blog ; hltv.org/?pageid=18&threadid=84405

2011-09-09 14:40

WCG-Panamerican *

2011-09-09 14:26

crossfire ? lmao

2011-09-09 14:27

AFAIK the scene in India is similar but in a different way ; The title sponsor backed out and now no qualifiers (LAN) for any of the games in any other city except Delhi(The capital) , a solution is being reached as we speak

2011-09-09 14:32

The same thing happened in INDIA too...wtF???...sponsor backed out and our qualifiers wer supposed to start 2mrw

2011-09-09 14:39

wut a fucking joke, they removed USA but allow 3rd world countries the chance to attend these tournaments.. rofl

2011-09-09 14:41

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Who cares what country it is. It's about sponsors willing to pay, and sponsors are about people. Maybe those other countries have larger CS communities with more teams and players, so the sponsors are willing to shell out some $$$ to plaster their brand on everything and get the name out and advertise. What country it is means nothing. It's about the size and activity of the community, and to be quite honest, the American counter-strike scene is all but dead. It's tiny and what little there is is hardly active (one ESEA lan a year, and that seems like it's about it for us).

2011-09-09 14:58

lol... they din remove USA.. its gettin more n more obvious that ur country is broke :)

2011-09-09 15:25

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How so? EG just bought 2 sc2 players for tens of thousands of dollars, just bought a team house for their sc2 players, and are also sending several players to Korea. Please don't open your mouth when you have no idea what you're talking about.

2011-09-09 21:05

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they gonna have a group orgy in that house ? It is not just Counter-Strike teams missing the opportunity to go to Busan, also StarCraft II players will see the chance to attend WCG 2011 slip away. stfu if you cant read bro.. i presume you must be american then!

2011-09-10 03:19

and?

2011-09-09 17:13

that is lame, i was hoping temporary would take it so i can see them play against international teams can't an american team win a spot through WCG pan america, if the can beat FG, or GameCrashers???

2011-09-09 15:02

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temp couldnt go anyways because the only qualifier left was a last chance one and they didnt play in the earlier ones.. and xp3 is canadian anyways :D

2011-09-09 17:24

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actually french, but i know what you mean :D

2011-09-09 18:34

sad..fail

2011-09-09 15:30

"WCG Pan-Am in São Paulo" YEEEAHH ! :D

2011-09-09 15:33

Fuck yes! That's what they deserve!

2011-09-09 15:37

bad news!

2011-09-09 15:44

CROSSFIRE hahaha

2011-09-09 15:49

fucking LoL...damn:)

2011-09-09 15:50

Hahaha what a surprise ...... not.

2011-09-09 16:09

FODDER told the true CS is almost dead in USA ;(

2011-09-09 16:10

Its HotshotGG's fault.

2011-09-09 16:32

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that gay bastard again! XD

2011-09-10 00:04

Waiting for FODDER's Comment. /bored face

2011-09-09 16:58

Crossfire instead of CS? O_____O

2011-09-09 17:16

I miss arbalet...

2011-09-09 17:19

CS and SC > Crossfire..

2011-09-09 17:20

expected , since cs died in south america its only natural to expect it to die in north america next

2011-09-09 17:23

They will send a team of crossfire instead of a team of counter-strike, seriously, what the fuck...

2011-09-09 17:24

damn this crysis

2011-09-09 17:47

sad news every day :(

2011-09-09 17:52

crossfire? worst game ever

2011-09-09 17:52

sad for EG.I like to see n0thing n co in action but sad sponsors.......:(

2011-09-09 18:08

sad for EG.I like to see n0thing n co in action but sad sponsors.......:(

2011-09-09 18:07

Wont see the two time champions... disgusting.

2011-09-09 18:16

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in which game?

2011-09-10 02:40

Crossfire! Why can replace CS!!! Because of the korean holds WCG!

2011-09-09 18:27

League of Legends ? epic fail

2011-09-09 19:43

other new news, other people stupid saying "cs dies"

2011-09-09 20:30

1.6 dying.

2011-09-09 21:05

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+12141234

2011-09-09 23:28

The CS thing i guess i can understand because we in the USA haven't won it since Team 3D days... but what i dont get is why would they not bring the SC2 players? seriously???? EG holds some of the worlds best SC2 players, and probably the only players who can compete with the new korean SC2 onslaught... no clue why this happened-_-

2011-09-09 22:05

ESEA taking this WCG flag should of been the best for all US scene. You know how Americans love to put their flag anywhere in the world, specially in probably the best championship out there, WCG. And I'd like to join h3ro1n in his thought, YOU CAN'T FUCKING TELL ME THERE'S NO 1 ORG AT LEAST TO SEND 5 BOLLOCKS ALL OVER THERE, CMON, R'U' KIDDIN' ME??????? I know their scene is pretty dead, but seriously...

2011-09-10 00:09

we may be the richest or used to be but that doesnt change the fact that so called sponsored dont give a shit about cs all americas sponsors are looking towards the future and that is the new games sc2 d3 dota2 sadly wow and kotor d3 ect lots and lots of graphic games are coming out where cs hasnt updated graphics in 10 years so sponsor wont dish money out even if its a legendary game

2011-09-10 00:13

facepalm <3 ESEA ftw

2011-09-10 00:50

...so n0thing is moving to Sweden then?

2011-09-10 04:24

same here in India #GG

2011-09-10 05:41

CrossFire O.o

2011-09-10 16:14

wtf! Americans play crosfire? i've always presume that's a tragic game in asia.

2011-09-11 05:58

Tragedy

2011-09-11 07:10

and the only reason LoL is getting paid trip is that riot is paying as they have paid every tournament to hold their game lol, what kind of game do you have to pay organizers to have and pay for everything in it...such a fail game.

2011-09-11 13:33