Nordic Masters announced

26-1-2012 00:39

Today a new tournament called Nordic Masters with a prize purse of 50,000 SEK was announced to take place at the end of April in Northern Sweden.

Nordic Masters will be held at NX LAN Festival 2012 set to take place on April 26-29 in Piteå, Sweden. The event will offer 50,000 SEK in prize money, of which 40,000 SEK (roughly 4,500€) will be going to the winners.

The event has so far invited a list of twelve top teams for the event but worth noting is that these are simply preliminary invites and the teams have not yet confirmed their attendance.

Teams invited:

SK Gaming
fnatic
Lions
Natus Vincere
DTS
ESC Gaming
mousesports
WinFakt
Moscow Five
Virtus.pro
Anexis
eSahara

More information regarding the event will be made available soon on their website which is currently not up yet. NX LAN Festival 2012's Facebook page also offers some information regarding the LAN itself, where Nordic Masters is set to be held.

interesting

2012-01-26 00:38

19 replies

hmm... im just taking a wild guess here.. you posted because you had the chance to be the first person, posted without reading? or am i totally on the wrong rail

2012-01-26 00:52

17 replies

this answer is relevant I should've seen this From a mile away I should've never let you get that deep inside You're an actress I can't believe a word You'd say anything to get anywhere in life

2012-01-26 00:56

8 replies

i just started to pee and cry a little

2012-01-26 00:59

5 replies

Hate your face, hate your lies and the blank look in your eyes Hate your needs, hate your wants, hate the way you love to taunt Hate your voice, makes me cringe every time I hear you speak

2012-01-26 01:16

BE MY FAN!

2012-01-26 03:19

3 replies

haha! u wish! :D

2012-01-26 03:28

2 replies

Denmark needs some 1 like Arbalet.......

2012-01-26 05:06

but you clearly ARE! :D

2012-01-26 17:53

never gonna let you down.

2012-01-26 01:00

1 reply

Never gonna run around and desert you

2012-01-26 19:17

no, its interesting that there is a new european tournament that also may possibly have all the top teams in attendance also the thread was posted like 3 spots down from the top initially and had been sitting there for a while you can get an admin to delete my post if you want not like i give a fuck

2012-01-26 02:21

1 reply

don't swear kid

2012-01-26 06:04

why you care?

2012-01-26 05:43

moro zikkan:D

2012-01-26 06:23

omg, are you mad that you are not the first or what?

2012-01-26 07:19

1 reply

i am so jelly.

2012-01-26 07:46

n u dnt need to reply if there's no benifit from ur talk :S sure it's interesting to see another tournament , it's better from nothing ... n it's nice to see strong teams gonna play this tourney with low prizes , that mean they play it cuz they love CS n to have fun , not just to take a money : )

2012-01-26 13:10

Whats the difference for you if he posted it without reading or not ? Hate the people like you whos angry against the 1st post!

2012-01-26 14:55

2012-01-26 12:35

cool

2012-01-26 00:39

GL FNATIC !!!

2012-01-26 00:39

just "WOW"! UAUUU

2012-01-26 00:40

1 reply

2012-01-26 01:26

4,500€ rofl

2012-01-26 00:41

17 replies

2012-01-26 00:42

its much or not ?

2012-01-26 00:50

10 replies

I think the trip will cost more :S

2012-01-26 00:54

8 replies

LOL what ? Dont think it would cost even 2000 euros to send a team to Sweden... At least not from Germany, Denmark, Finland and France, not sure from Russia or Ukraine.

2012-01-26 01:03

3 replies

Not for the nordic teams no, but it's definitely not cheap for teams such as Na`Vi. They won't end up with much profit if they win first price :) Don't forget about hotel etc.

2012-01-26 14:21

1 reply

Thats why I said not sure from Ukraine or Russia, but the rest can get a profit. As i said to a user below: "You fail to see the bigger picture, attending an event is not always a matter of money, what if my sponsor is really interested in the Swedish market, and would get exposure to that market by my team attending the event ? Its all about the ROI but tthe ROI is not determined by the prize money completely."

2012-01-26 19:25

IF they WIN.

2012-01-27 07:02

I thought the same :)

2012-01-26 14:09

Are you kidding me? You think the trip will cost more than 4500€?! LMFAO. I went from Estonia to Egypt for 2 weeks in a hotel with all the foods and drinks included for free and it costed 600€. BITCH PLEASE..

2012-01-26 17:23

The sponsored teams don't pay their trips, so I cna't seem to find the relevance.

2012-01-26 20:13

fail

2012-04-15 14:07

actually, i think its pretty good... if u have that low prizemoney, then u can believe to organizers, that they will pay it to teams.. not like that Digifest... my opinion :)

2012-01-26 11:29

very low prices, I agree. :/ it's a very popular lan here in Sweden, hundreds of swedish semi-proes usually play cs there. Weird that they dom't offer bigger amounts x:

2012-01-26 00:51

4 replies

The amount is not awesome, but not so bad either...

2012-01-26 01:03

3 replies

peanuts money, divide it by 5+1 manager.

2012-01-26 01:08

2 replies

You fail to see the bigger picture, attending an event is not always a matter of money, what if my sponsor is really interested in the Swedish market, and would get exposure to that market by my team attending the event ? Its all about the ROI but tthe ROI is not determined by the prize money completely.

2012-01-26 01:20

i don't think any teams split prize money with their managers, maybe Na`Vi, but i doubt it.

2012-01-26 02:52

fnatic

2012-01-26 00:41

nice that there is new tournament but shity prizes

2012-01-26 00:42

COOL! but small prize :(

2012-01-26 00:42

GO WinFakt fnatic SK NaVi M5 and mousespors <3 HF all

2012-01-26 00:42

cool =)

2012-01-26 00:42

Very Nice.

2012-01-26 00:42

omg nice

2012-01-26 00:42

4 replies

very nice :))

2012-01-26 00:52

3 replies

dollar <3

2012-01-26 00:54

2 replies

Ak Favelado but <3

2012-01-26 01:01

1 reply

"old but funny" by dollar

2012-01-26 01:03

amazing teams but the prize money won`t attract the teams I guess..it`s not worthy

2012-01-26 00:43

go WinFakt!

2012-01-26 00:44

ESC GAMING!

2012-01-26 00:47

WOW nice teams.

2012-01-26 00:48

eSahara !!!!!!! >>>>>

2012-01-26 00:48

big teams, small prize

2012-01-26 00:49

WOW nice

2012-01-26 00:51

Would much rather see the money spread out down the line. Sweet team list, hope it stays that way after confirmations.

2012-01-26 00:51

and now, nobody will say that cs is going to die

2012-01-26 00:51

1 reply

Nordic master is a new lan, the solid lans are ESWC,dreamhack winter\summer,wcg,sec,IEM,gamegune. Then not cs isn't going to die.

2012-01-26 00:54

fap fap fap fap fap fap

2012-01-26 00:52

I like how the Polish flag is above the German flag XDDD

2012-01-26 00:57

3 replies

why? what is so cool about it ? xD

2012-01-26 11:40

2 replies

I don't know too :P

2012-01-26 19:20

BELIEBER?!?!?!?1

2012-01-26 20:20

niiiiice! :D

2012-01-26 00:57

nice ;DDDDD go sk gl

2012-01-26 00:58

ESC NAVI M5 GOGO :D

2012-01-26 01:01

N11111111111111111111CEEEEEEEEEEEEEE GO M5

2012-01-26 01:06

where is ENTiTY ? <3

2012-01-26 01:13

4 replies

Not their league. It's obvious:)

2012-01-26 09:12

2 replies

Too easy for them

2012-01-26 09:21

1 reply

sure

2012-01-26 09:36

Who are entity?

2012-01-26 15:26

Amazing teams, but low prizes..

2012-01-26 01:15

too early for posts like "GO M5" etc.

2012-01-26 01:15

nice teams

2012-01-26 01:17

I dont think that Na`Vi, ESC, M5, mousesports will attend this tournament. Such a low prize money for these and other teams. Sweden tournament. :) but it would be nice to see every invited team in this tournament, hfhfhf

2012-01-26 01:24

The prices sucks! they deserve more than that!

2012-01-26 01:24

awesome! too bad the price is that low.

2012-01-26 01:28

nice! good tournament! interesing.. for how long :)

2012-01-26 01:29

esc :)

2012-01-26 01:35

Hope all will attend :-)

2012-01-26 01:38

Even if the price money is not that high, its amazing to see a new counter-strike tournament in 2012! <3

2012-01-26 01:38

1 reply

2012-01-26 09:38

let's hope they can add some prize money. somehow :p

2012-01-26 01:38

have all top teams , THIS is THE TOURNAMENT ! gl4all

2012-01-26 01:41

1 reply

with such a low price, maybe some of them will skip it.

2012-01-26 02:03

AWESOME TEAMS

2012-01-26 01:41

nice event

2012-01-26 01:43

navi shows all who are the best.

2012-01-26 01:51

go lions :DA

2012-01-26 01:53

gogo 1.6!!

2012-01-26 01:58

I thought by the title it would be Nordic only haha :P anyway can't wait :)

2012-01-26 02:13

hopefully mousesports will be stronger then. but gogo SK

2012-01-26 02:17

when will WEM ? nice lan, all teams added without qualifications like it ;)

2012-01-26 02:25

2 replies

There are messages that WEM will be held in February,but now it seems impossible,so WEM will be probably happend in the first half of 2012

2012-01-26 06:40

1 reply

thanks

2012-01-26 14:45

eSahara will show how strong they are I hope !

2012-01-26 02:41

omg everyone accept please :)

2012-01-26 02:51

1 reply

+1 but if DTS, Anexis and VP skip it, i'll be fine :P

2012-01-26 03:01

Niceee all the competitive teams, Greaaat!

2012-01-26 03:13

all great teams are here!

2012-01-26 04:00

Go Go Go Go eSAHARA !

2012-01-26 04:03

Want to see team seven there.

2012-01-26 04:04

so interesting, we need tournaments! :P

2012-01-26 04:25

Very good ! nice event !

2012-01-26 05:05

nice

2012-01-26 05:27

omg why they not look for sponsor to add a bit more cash to the tourney.. I'm sure a big sponsor will happily do it seeing these teams invited! bigger potential!

2012-01-26 06:08

1 reply

i guess this probably will happen

2012-01-26 07:22

virtus.pro? wtf

2012-01-26 06:16

1 reply

2012-01-26 16:13

coool, bit more prizemoney would be nice but whatever :P

2012-01-26 06:29

Too small prize fund. Many commands will refuse participation.

2012-01-26 06:54

It's sad how everyone is complaining, just be thankfull that there are any CS 1.6 event in 2012 at all.

2012-01-26 07:23

1 reply

People aren't complaining, just pointing out that with the small prize money, the majority of the invited teams won't participate.

2012-01-26 11:59

it's interesting for me,how virtus.pro will attend?

2012-01-26 07:23

3 replies

lex will play 1vs5 :D

2012-01-26 09:12

2 replies

LeX,evil,hooch 3 vs 5 =)

2012-01-26 11:24

1 reply

ye,but hooch will drink with dts guys ^_^

2012-01-26 12:15

Quit bitching about prize money, its not like any of you are going to get it, all you should care about is there is going to be another tournament to watch that will have the top teams in attendance. A tournament with low prize money is better than no tournament at all.

2012-01-26 07:31

1 reply

+1 .. also its a new event and no team is yet confirmed

2012-01-26 08:14

every time i see someone write "prices" instead of "prizes" my eyes bleed a little.

2012-01-26 07:34

huh, hope to see all teams which are listed -.-

2012-01-26 08:06

not a big prize pool but hopefully majority of the top teams will still attend

2012-01-26 08:12

Na`Vi

2012-01-26 08:23

4,500€ SK Gaming fnatic Lions Natus Vincere DTS ESC Gaming ROFL

2012-01-26 08:30

All top teams on list, someone is missing?

2012-01-26 08:53

1 reply

Remember that it's only invite list! :)

2012-01-26 10:25

Omg, i would like to see all of these teams attending iem, wcg. Now, minor tournament will be more intresting then WCG with sk and esc only : ].Ofc if they wont play there 4fun only because of not impressive prizes.

2012-01-26 09:15

40000 SEK is roughly 5700 dollars so I don't think that the prize money is very low (still not high though) and from what I've heard the prize-pool might go up :)

2012-01-26 09:33

4 replies

who cares about dollars, only european teams attendig so the prize in euro is more interesting. 4500e/5 = 900e/person, i guess thats pretty good for playing cs for a couple of days if you get a sponsored trip there

2012-01-26 10:06

3 replies

But only one team will win that, 2nd place gets hardly any money. Is it worth the risk for teams like Mouz to travel there, when the only way they can possibly earn a profit is if they manage to win over SK, Na'Vi, fnatic and ESC?

2012-01-26 12:02

2 replies

well i dont know. but surely the teams sponsors wants the team to go to events, otherwise there would be no idea in sponsoring a team, so if you get a free trip to sweden to possibly win 900e, wouldnt you go ?

2012-01-26 20:44

1 reply

Well I guess that depends on how many viewers this tournament will get. I guess if all them top teams do go, then it would be worth sending your team :)

2012-01-26 22:49

ESC will win this

2012-01-26 09:42

I'm really happy with team invited list:-)

2012-01-26 10:01

Virtus.Pro?? ahaha

2012-01-26 10:05

Virtus.pro lol they don't even have a lineup yet

2012-01-26 10:20

just hope that moddii turns up in some shape or form

2012-01-26 10:21

Low money - low motivation for NaVi(( and others teams

2012-01-26 10:36

looks nice

2012-01-26 10:38

Nice, but last time I checked France was in south-west Europe :P:P, league name fail

2012-01-26 10:46

Omg, amazing!

2012-01-26 10:57

just UAU

2012-01-26 11:09

ESC GOGO

2012-01-26 11:10

Virtus pro? any news about their lineup?

2012-01-26 11:17

very nicee to see all top teams together in a event! nice effort by the organizers tho.

2012-01-26 11:27

-Virtus.pro +k1ck from portugal :D good teams!

2012-01-26 11:28

40,000 SEK (roughly 4,500€) :( CS 1.6 R.I.P.

2012-01-26 11:31

2 replies

#143

2012-01-26 13:42

Why are you writting this shit ? Or you're just so retarded that you rate cs by one not important tournament.

2012-01-26 14:17

It's always nice to see new tourneyZ.

2012-01-26 11:35

hmm wishing to see natus against esc or sk

2012-01-26 11:37

Let's go fnatic!

2012-01-26 11:41

Virtus.pro this week present new line-up)

2012-01-26 11:45

another bullshit LAN which will never pay out their prices my tip: please don't go and waste your time on something else

2012-01-26 11:49

Wow, that's only 70km from my hometown :D If the event gets stacked, it might b3 worth a visit :)

2012-01-26 12:20

mouz win this.

2012-01-26 12:45

Visit india in april 12 lakh rs :) aprox 16000 Euros :D For 1st prize

2012-01-26 12:50

1 reply

really? can you give link to champ anons?

2012-01-26 13:04

I doubt any other teams than the Scandinavians will attend, since it's not worth it, trip cost more than the money they'd get

2012-01-26 13:04

SK or ESC gona win it : )

2012-01-26 13:11

GL ESC (l)

2012-01-26 13:33

ex-esc?

2012-01-26 14:41

MOSCOW FIVE!GO!

2012-01-26 14:52

most of the invited teams wont go cuz its not worth. nice to have a tournament though :)

2012-01-26 14:52

go LIONS FNATIC NAVI ESAHARA

2012-01-26 15:13

1, a three-day event 2, only 4500 euro goes to the winners 3, aint tell details about the fees of trip and accomadation so ...... most of foreign teams wont go

2012-01-26 15:13

they said that they could raise the money for this tournament if many teams take part

2012-01-26 15:21

GL ESC fnatic will take this :]

2012-01-26 15:53

Great with new tournaments. But as stated by several other ppl here at HLTV, the price pool is no enough. Hope we will see som good action.

2012-01-26 16:10

I see the best teams on the world

2012-01-26 16:13

Lions win!, onlinerz

2012-01-26 16:15

GL ESC !

2012-01-26 16:18

WOW! Very nice teams, this should be for sure an interesting tourney!

2012-01-26 16:30

1 : ESC gaming . 2 : Na`Vi 3 : M5

2012-01-26 16:39

1.SK 2.ESC 3.Na'Vi

2012-01-26 17:44

New tournament? frist year?

2012-01-26 19:00

1 reply

NX Lan have been around for quite some time now, but it have been for swedish semi-teams, looks like they want to expand this year tho :)

2012-01-26 22:07

GO Virtus.pro GO Moscow Five and GO Ukraine =)

2012-01-26 19:08

interesting... GL Ukraine!

2012-01-26 20:21

BX3 should be invited

2012-01-26 21:43

3 replies

agree

2012-01-27 04:18

line-up?

2012-01-28 15:53

1 reply

Not published but, previously AU and maybe kalle?

2012-01-31 22:02

go lions

2012-01-26 22:53

gl my fnatic and Lions

2012-01-27 13:37

What is happening with ex-ESC???????????????????????????

2012-01-27 23:41

LEST GO FNATIC! ! ! ! ! !

2012-01-28 19:20

Wheres MTW? :O What happend to those guys??

2012-01-30 04:52

5 replies

Lol, they fell apart like 3 months ago.

2012-01-30 10:32

4 replies

What? ive totally missed that. Did they all quit cs or wtf?!

2012-01-30 17:01

3 replies

trace in sk, the rest of the guys are retired now.

2012-04-10 04:11

2 replies

arcadion in xapso

2012-04-10 04:22

1 reply

my bad there. sorry

2012-04-10 04:31

DTS ? =DD

2012-04-10 15:45

DTS,mouz,eSahara out - don't exist +Alternate,kerchnet,DELTA?(I hope) and Xapso for sure

2012-04-15 12:29

1 reply

esahara is now Absolute Legends

2012-04-15 12:41

xapso ?

2012-04-15 12:33

delpan will own !

2012-04-15 12:57

mousesports will do this

2012-04-15 14:05

EX-XAPSO?????????????????

2012-04-25 18:01

lol

2012-04-29 01:04

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