ESEA Invite 11 moves to finals

Twelve teams competed in ESEA Invite Season 11 with the field being cut down to just the top six who have qualified for LAN finals taking place at the end of June.

Overwhelming favorites former Back2Back topped the regular season with an impressive 15-1 record with their only loss coming in without starter Kory "semphis" Friesen in their last game. Paul "pauLy" Guerboyan's Ultimax Gaming achieved the second seed.

Check Six removed Spencer "hiko" Martin from their roster after last season and Matt "Warden" Dickens returned to activity. Derrick "impulsivE" Truong also came back for season 11 and reunited with former Gravitas Gaming teammates Joe "perez" Perez and Shaun "hostile" Catron in HRG.

1. United States Need Sponsor (ele1Nt, n0thing, semphis, sgares, swag)
2. United States Ultimax Gaming (flowsicK, kiko, pauLy, sobo steno)
3. United States High Rollers Gaming (happa, hostile, impulsivE, khayes, perez)
4. United States mouseSpaz (arya, blade, BOS, FNS, n0swal)
5. United States Check Six (dizzaman, fRoD, Storm, Warden, Xp3)
6. Canada sapphirekelownadotcom (btk, els, knc1, OceaN, ScorpioN)

The event will feature a double elimination best-of-three bracket where the top two seeds receive forfeit wins in the opening round. As opposed to the previous seasons where the maps were pre-determined and announced weeks before the finals took place, this season will feature the standard veto system for map selection.

Prize distribution:

1. $10,000
2. $4,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,400
5-6. $1,100
5-6. $1,100 

ESEA Invite Season 11 Finals will take place in Dallas, TX on June 29-July 1. Although ESEA does not allow HLTV.org to host our own HLTVs, we will still cover the event with hot matches to give fans a chance to follow the action.

Follow HLTV.org's @lurppis_ on Twitter.

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North Macedonia indianosix
NEED SPONSORS :)) go
2012-06-05 15:24
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#2
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North Macedonia dimitar[A]
lol nice prizes . gogo umx
2012-06-05 15:24
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#3
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Sweden Prrryd
NEED SPONSORS GREAT TEAM WITH CLEVER NAME!!!!! :) GOGOGO Check six vs Need Sponsors = final GL!!
2012-06-05 15:25
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#16
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United States lurppis
i doubt check six will make top three based on their regular season play unless frod plays completely out of this world well at the finals. hrg and umx seem to be more likely candidates for top3.
2012-06-05 15:38
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#20
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Sweden Prrryd
Ty for your opinion once again :)
2012-06-05 15:42
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#30
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Croatia dabl
lan is smnth much more as u know it
2012-06-05 16:15
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#32
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United States lurppis
they placed 3rd last season and warden has played really bad this season, hiko seemed much better as their fifth. also, hrg is back this season with good players like perez, impulsive and hostile. my guesses (if lineups don't change for lan): 1. need sponsor 2. hrg 3. umx 4. check six 5-6. mousespaz 5-6. sk
2012-06-05 16:20
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#43
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United States syNysteRRR
no one should be arguing what he is saying, x6 is lucky to even make it to the lan. If all the teams in invite didn't just die then x6 would be grunting online but instead they're going to go to lan and show everyone who still thinks it's 2005 that they're really not that great.
2012-06-05 17:24
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#67
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Turkey AGAiNstt
need sponsor check six umx
2012-06-05 21:00
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#99
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Canada DAVEY_k
Saphire is way too under-rated in my opinion, canadians always do better on lan cause of usually playing with such high ping :D
2012-06-08 21:24
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#100
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United States lurppis
not sure if they are underrated because i don't know where you would really rate them, but it wouldn't be realistic (based on their results or the players' results in the past who are on that team) to assume they can beat any of the top four teams
2012-06-08 21:25
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#101
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Canada DAVEY_k
I just know they will cause an upset somewhere because of the randomness you get from being canadian on lan :D. just one of those things like esc winning big tournys and not small ones
2012-06-08 21:29
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#102
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United States lurppis
that's not at all the same... :d
2012-06-08 22:06
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#72
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Sweden kuggan-WR
They're playing bad lately (x6). I watched the match of them yesterday against HRG and they lose the map 16-12. I think that the top3 will be: NS UMX and sapphirekelownadotcom, shapphire looks more strong than HRG imo
2012-06-05 21:38
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#29
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Croatia dabl
+1
2012-06-05 16:15
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#4
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World endofdays
1. Need Sponsor lol EG and coL doesn't support cs?
2012-06-05 15:25
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3 replies
#8
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Denmark SuperSaiyan
They left EG, because they have not enough money from this organisation. There were some news about it at greatfrag.
2012-06-05 15:26
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2 replies
#13
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United States hubwub
They didn't leave EG, they left B2B Gaming.
2012-06-05 15:36
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1 reply
#18
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Denmark SuperSaiyan
Oh yeah, sorry ;-D
2012-06-05 15:39
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#5
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Japan murasa
HAHAHAHA xD Need Sponsor,really nice name :D gl everyone
2012-06-05 15:25
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#6
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Denmark SuperSaiyan
what means "BYE"?
2012-06-05 15:26
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#14
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United States hubwub
They don't play the first round and advance to the semi-finals in the upper bracket.
2012-06-05 15:36
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1 reply
#19
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Denmark SuperSaiyan
Thanks.
2012-06-05 15:40
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#7
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Greece hacker:D
Need Sponsor GOGOOGOGO!
2012-06-05 15:26
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#9
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Portugal speedyym
Need Sponsor with Canadian flag? Shouldn't it be USA's ?
2012-06-05 15:29
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1 reply
#21
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Other ohai
They use a Canadian flag for their ESEA team, and two of their starters are from Canada methinks (Semphis and ele1nt)
2012-06-05 15:47
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#10
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Portugal luK,ws
Where is FODDER? ahahh
2012-06-05 15:32
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1 reply
#68
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Turkey AGAiNstt
he is trollin
2012-06-05 21:00
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#11
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AdreN | 
China hujingtao
They should back to FULLGAMING
2012-06-05 15:33
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#12
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Sweden raveN4s[A]
Need Sponsor :D
2012-06-05 15:33
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#15
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Taiwan iloviz
too easy for Need Sponsor
2012-06-05 15:36
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Lov need sponsors xD
2012-06-05 15:39
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#22
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Poland el'barteK
gl n0thing :)
2012-06-05 15:47
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#23
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Sweden adrenal1NE
waiting stream... :)
2012-06-05 15:56
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#24
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Romania miezu
HRD impulsivE :O!!
2012-06-05 15:58
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#25
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India rathi
nice prizes
2012-06-05 16:04
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#26
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North Macedonia EXTOL[t]
NEED SPONSORS gl, Good Prizes :))
2012-06-05 16:09
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#27
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Croatia dabl
Check Six and NS 2 teams u need to watch
2012-06-05 16:13
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#28
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Ukraine R/T
gogoogogo Check Six!
2012-06-05 16:14
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#31
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Romania davs
nice prizes, gl n0thing!
2012-06-05 16:17
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#33
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Sweden t0rr3
I love the name! haha
2012-06-05 16:20
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#34
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Other ohai
Warden is ranked dead last in Invite for fpr with .475 and again dead last for adr with 55 ...washed up?
2012-06-05 16:30
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#42
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World patcher_^
warden's stats: esea invite season 2: 0.627 fpr esea invite season 3: 0.680 fpr esea invite season 4: 0.629 fpr esea invite season 10: 0.444 fpr esea invite season 11: 0.475 fpr slightly worse than before
2012-06-05 17:15
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#48
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kNgV- | 
Japan kayenji
washed up, and then sun dried!
2012-06-05 17:47
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#35
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Argentina seroh^k
n0thing the big boss :P JAJA gl for the six equipments
2012-06-05 16:35
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#36
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Spain Jon10
go n0thing and company.
2012-06-05 16:42
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#37
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Germany yuki
Finals without tromhaT and FODDER won't be interesting ;(. Good luck to all though.
2012-06-05 16:43
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ahahah +1
2012-06-05 16:53
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#38
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World dzcdzc
Ultimax Gaming (flowsicK, kiko, pauLy, sobo steno) sobo,steno mouseSpaz (arya, blade, BOS, FNS, n0swal) and isnt his nickname BOG?
2012-06-05 16:45
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#40
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Sweden s0vi3tzor
i thought ele1nt said eLement first.
2012-06-05 16:58
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#41
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Canada raisin
BOG not BOS lol =p
2012-06-05 17:05
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#44
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United States syNysteRRR
LMAO BOS
2012-06-05 17:25
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1 reply
#45
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United States syNysteRRR
retard eyes can't spell
2012-06-05 17:25
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wow prizes are better than in germany :D
2012-06-05 17:39
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#47
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United States narin
NEED SPONSORS were messing around the match they lost on by using auto's n stuff play.esea.net/index.php?s=stats&d=match...
2012-06-05 17:46
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#49
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Netherlands tyr010
10k is a decent sponsor
2012-06-05 17:54
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#50
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India AwpTimisT KappaMode
Yeah you can call me a noob..but just 1 question..fRoD swtiched to CS:S right? Then how is he playing in checksix 1.6 squad? (sorry for mysad knowledge about this..but i just <3 fRoD..cudn resist to ask.. ;)
2012-06-05 18:00
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#54
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United States lurppis
fRoD played CS:S in CGS for compLexity LA from 2006-2007, he joined EG in early 2008 and has played CS 1.6 since then
2012-06-05 18:34
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#87
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India AwpTimisT KappaMode
And with that..you made my day.. thanks mate.. ;)
2012-06-06 04:55
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#94
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Vietnam robocopvn
fRoD won the world title with EG in MSI BEAT-IT 2010 Beijing, and It was in CS 1.6
2012-06-06 19:21
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#98
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India AwpTimisT KappaMode
Oh....Thanks for the info.. ;)
2012-06-07 04:40
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#51
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Costa Rica Mek0
Need Sponsor vs Hig roller Gaming in final for sure!
2012-06-05 18:17
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#52
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United States spanky's back
check six<3
2012-06-05 18:19
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#53
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Argentina HH Sebax
go X6! fRoD, Storm, Warden ftw
2012-06-05 18:25
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#55
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Bosnia and Herzegovina vlada-
Nothing !!!!!!!!!!!
2012-06-05 18:36
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#56
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Argentina natswag
gl n0thing & co :D
2012-06-05 18:58
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#57
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Brazil teknotek
date ?
2012-06-05 19:00
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#60
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Other ohai
read the article
2012-06-05 19:35
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#58
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Mexico tim7
n0thing > neo
2012-06-05 19:35
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#59
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Slovakia nfear1
why nothing a co cant find any sponsor,? they are top 1 USA lol
2012-06-05 19:35
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#61
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World dieseLLL
dead game lol
2012-06-05 19:53
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#64
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United States DeGReeS
yep, no one is going to pour money into this game unless their main revenue is from this game, hence the $10k prize from esea. i cant see the 1.6 prizes for finals staying this high for long, though.
2012-06-05 20:54
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#62
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Brazil th3W
Need sponsor the best
2012-06-05 20:27
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#63
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Sweden Prrryd
Who would like to see lurppis shoutcast on stream this matches in ESEA with some random american guy that streams it already? reply to me "+1" if you like to see lurppis shoutcast thoes games along side with some american guy. +1 for lurppis shoutcasting thoes matches!!
2012-06-05 20:44
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#65
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United States DeGReeS
imo from past events, players dont usually make the best shoutcasters. only good one i can remember was bsl from cg. leave the shoutcasting to the professional shoutcasters.
2012-06-05 20:56
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#69
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Sweden Prrryd
BS man, IGL can give great input on whatever happens in the game, especially the guys that is concidered as one of the best IGL, tell me 1 shoutcaster that can tell you by heart of what kind of money number the player have and such, sure they might be able to guess if they have eco or not but thats it. cs pro's like cArn and lurppis know the money system good and they do it so elegantly with fluently english, in europe we have rahim whitch is a guy that isnt serious at all, just all about fun, but people like him because of that, how fun is a guy to listen to just tell just facts that may or may not be accurate, especially if its a tournament with full day of cs, the only bareable is the funny guys or Joe Miller, then again I dont know anybody else than wisenhunt that is from america, most people hate him anyways, so adding lurppis to the mixture as a co-caster makes it funner to watch as the tournament progresses.
2012-06-05 21:09
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#73
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Sweden Kicklaren <3
agree with you mostly. i like one professional igl with a "professional" shoutcaster - i mean, someone who's exciting to hear, who feels the game and show those feelings. the ideal for me is ReDeYe + lurppis
2012-06-05 21:40
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#83
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United States lurppis
while i don't agree with it myself, i think the best combos for viewers are usually one play-by-play guy and a strat caller who speaks good english. i liked casting with joe miller a lot, he's a fun guy. unfortunately i can't cast this event at all due to schedules conflicting (as they did last time since my team was at firecore 3 in london) but generally i like casting as long as it's not all day :)
2012-06-06 01:52
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#86
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Sweden Kicklaren <3
well personally i don't like Joe very much, imo looks like he tries to be the "strat caller" and actually i don't think he has enough knowledge
2012-06-06 04:54
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#96
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United States Ragamuffin
After he retired, I thought Xeqtr was a great shoutcaster for the few events he did. Absolutely brilliant player at the time.
2012-06-07 00:06
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#66
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Brazil zLickx
Too much money for such teams...
2012-06-05 20:57
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#74
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United States Iruga
I think most of the money comes from entrance fees for the leagues
2012-06-05 22:24
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#70
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Sweden Kicklaren <3
20k every year and they all complain about "cs dead in usa"
2012-06-05 21:29
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#78
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Other ohai
It's actually 2-3 times a year :p plus the whole pot goes up each time
2012-06-06 00:10
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#71
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Brazil awesomeguy:D
1. need sponsor 2. HRG 3. UMX
2012-06-05 21:34
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#75
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Russia koarce
i wouldnt be surprised if x6 placed top 3 still tho, considering their players lan exp and comfort with playing on lan
2012-06-05 23:21
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#76
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Netherlands liQuidmoTion
perez and hostile seem to be playing since the dawn of time :P frod storm too, impulsive I missed out on wardens comeback btw, did he do anything noteworthy?
2012-06-05 23:48
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#79
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Other ohai
he came in dead last for fpr and adr this season. that's pretty noteworthy, as only one person can claim to be last
2012-06-06 00:11
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#91
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Netherlands liQuidmoTion
LOL :p
2012-06-06 08:12
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#77
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Slovakia bit0x
gogo n0thing
2012-06-05 23:52
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#80
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Ireland dizzaman
appreciate the support tomi LOL, keepin the dream alive
2012-06-06 00:16
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#81
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Other ohai
any international lan plans in the works dman?
2012-06-06 00:30
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#84
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Sweden kuggan-WR
Good luck dizza, I'm cheering for you guys!
2012-06-06 04:15
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#85
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Ireland dizzaman
ty kuggan and no nothing on our agenda right now as far as international lans ^
2012-06-06 04:31
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2 replies
#88
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United States flowsicK
gl, praying4u
2012-06-06 05:32
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1 reply
#95
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United States SeaNw0w
kyles gay
2012-06-06 22:42
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#90
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GuardiaN | 
Sweden Xoxogossipgirl
go rape faces dizza ;D
2012-06-06 06:37
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#82
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shaGuar | 
United States brieN
american cs is dead, they dont leave the country and only play esea, i remember when the names 3D and coL scared everyone if they were in your bracket at international events, now you'd laugh at american teams as they are free wins
2012-06-06 01:45
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#89
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GuardiaN | 
Sweden Xoxogossipgirl
fRoD[A] Storm[A] Warden[A] FK YESSSSSS <3
2012-06-06 06:33
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#92
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Georgia whattt
go n0thing
2012-06-06 13:33
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#93
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Europe Billy the Kid
That's still more prize money than most (or all?) European national leagues offer. German EPS: 1. 4.300 Euro 2. 2.600 Euro 3. 1.900 Euro 4. 1.500 Euro
2012-06-06 16:08
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Tunisia Darius^penta
go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD go fRoD :DD
2012-06-07 00:34
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#103
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Czech Republic Stredy
GL.. Need Sponsor :)
2012-06-10 20:01
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